Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 181 Mission Completion 80%
Chang'an will promote sweet potatoes for spring plowing in the coming year. The seeds are selected and stored first, and the unqualified ones are made into vermicelli. It is precisely this opportunity to train people who make vermicelli.The vermicelli workshop is already in preparation, and the candidates are naturally ready-made. After picking out the unqualified sweet potatoes, Xue Lang began to teach them how to make vermicelli.

Perhaps it was really influenced by time travel. Whether it is sweet potatoes or potatoes, they are all very regular, with the larger ones and the smaller ones. In this way, it is very convenient and quick to pick seeds.

Most of the best were selected to make seeds, and for the rest, Xue Lang began to teach people how to make vermicelli.Xue Lang said: "Before making food, there is a very important problem! It is the hygiene problem! We are in the food business, and the environment and workers must be kept clean. The so-called disease enters from the mouth. When making food, we must be responsible for the people who eat it. So , all of them, stretch out your hand and let me see, if you need to cut your nails, cut your nails, and wash your hands several times!"

Yang Zhengqing was taken aback, unexpectedly Xue Lang was the first to emphasize this issue.Seeing that he is handsome and dignified, I think he has a very good background, so he can be so particular about it.

After checking the sanitation and having people clean the place, and boiling water to wash the utensils for making vermicelli, Xue Lang began to teach formally:
"There are two ways to make vermicelli. One is to dry and grind sweet potatoes first, and then make vermicelli. The other is to directly use fresh sweet potatoes to make vermicelli. Because of time constraints, I will teach you how to use fresh sweet potatoes to make vermicelli today. When the sweet potatoes are harvested next year, you first dry the sweet potatoes and grind them into powder, and then I will teach you how to do it.”

"Here."

Although after selection, the sweet potatoes that can be made into vermicelli are not too many compared to the total number, but they are not ready before dark.There is a curfew at night, for this reason, Yang Zhengqing went to the palace to ask for a warrant from the saint for later use.

Xue Lang didn't know how to do it, he just directed from the sidelines, not afraid of wasting materials, in short, he wanted people to learn it by himself, and he could learn quickly only by doing it himself.

He directs people to wash and grind the sweet potatoes, then rub them repeatedly, filter them, and then let them stand to wait for the starch to settle.During the waiting process, people made another batch.

By the time the second batch starts to precipitate starch, the first batch has already settled.In this way, taking turns, I don't believe that after doing three or four batches, there are still people who can't learn.

When the noodles were leaking, Xue Lang demonstrated the first batch by himself.While operating, Xue Lang explained the key points: "The height must be grasped properly. If it is too low, the vermicelli made will be thick, and if it is too high, the vermicelli will be made too thin."

Xue Lang made a mistake, so he asked the people watching to get started, and he himself corrected it at any time.Although it has entered autumn, I can't help sweating profusely after staying by the burning stove for a long time.

Xue Lang simply took off the Fu head and wiped his sweat with the Fu head, but he didn't avoid it.He insisted on staying next to the stove until the workers were all able to get started, and then nodded in satisfaction.

Yang Zhengqing nodded secretly, at first seeing Xue Lang coming up to ask for hygiene, he thought he was a noble person, and he couldn't bear the hardship.Now it seems that he was the one who made the decision. This Duke Xue is just like what the sage said, he is a man of determination and a man of success.Also, if you are not a person with a strong will, you will not be able to survive the hardships of the journey.

Until nearly midnight, half of the fresh sweet potatoes that can be made into vermicelli were cooked, and the yard was full of wet vermicelli that had just been made to dry.

Xue Lang said: "Let's hang it in the sun for a few days, and let it dry. The rest, you will do it yourself tomorrow, and I will check it the day after tomorrow. If you pass it, you will be a teacher!"

"Here!"

A group of workers were elated and did not feel tired.On the contrary, Xue Lang talked too much today, his voice was a little hoarse, and he couldn't even look at his clothes.He cupped his hands towards Yang Zhengqing and said, "That's the end of today! Please Yang Zhengqing to stay up all night with you. After a busy day, go back and rest first. Whether these people have learned it or not will be known in the future."

Yang Zhengqing said: "I was just watching from the sidelines, but Jungong Xue must be tired, go home and have a good rest, I will watch tomorrow, Jungong Xue should rest at home and come back later."

Xue Lang was indeed tired, and he was not polite, he cupped his hands, said goodbye to Yang Zhengqing, called Chang Jian who was dozing off, and went home in the dark.

"Mr. Xue, at the end of the day, the Jinwu Guard patrols the streets and was ordered to escort Mr. Xue home."

When I went out, I found that there was a young general of the Jinwu Guard waiting outside with sergeants.The Jinwu Guard is responsible for public security in the capital, and it is the Jin Wu Guard who patrol the curfew at night.Xue Lang was stunned for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "I have a special envoy."

"Don't dare, Mr. Xue, please get on the carriage."

Xue Lang nodded, climbed into the carriage, and was escorted home by members of the Jinwu Guard, which saved him the trouble of being questioned about the curfew.

Back home, Xiu Niang boiled hot water for him, and it was still warm in the pot. As soon as Xue Lang entered the house, he quickly prepared hot water for him. Said, came up directly to wait for Xue Lang to change the laundry, both silent and neat.

Xue Lang likes this kind of servants, nagging and so on, that's the wife's right, servants just do their duties as servants, what's the point of talking nonsense!

After soaking in a hot bath comfortably, Xue Lang sat slumped in the carpenter's new grand master's chair, wrapped in a thin blanket and asked He Xiang to wipe his hair——

It has been half a year since I traveled in early spring, and my hair is not long enough to be tied into a bun, but it can be tied into a ponytail.Xue Lang stroked the ends of his hair that were still a little damp, and sighed: "From now on, you can't say that your hair is long and your knowledge is short!"

He Xiang who was standing behind him wiping his hair couldn't help laughing "puchi", and said after laughing: "I have never seen Dalang say that before."

Xue Lang said with a smile: "Because Dalang, I have long hair now, so naturally I have to be more cautious when speaking, so as not to trap myself in it."

He Xiang pursed her lips and smiled, after laughing, she was silent for a while, and asked hesitantly, "Da Lang really wants to keep the servants in Chang'an?"

"That's right, there is no one in charge in this big beach in Chang'an. You are the one in my hands who is the most organized. Everything in the county mansion can only be assured if you look at me."

He Xiang said: "Didn't Da Lang let Mrs. Erlang into the mansion?"

It was only then that Xue Lang realized why He Xiang, who had always been reticent, would say these things. He looked back at her and said, "He Xiang, you have been with me for a while, and you know what kind of person I am. If you have something to say, just say it. Come on, don't play around with me."

"Here."

He Xiang thought for a while, and said: "The friendship between Dalang and Erlang, slaves and maidservants are well aware of it. However, slaves and maidservants have never touched what kind of person Erlang's lady is. The servants are in charge of Dalang's treasury and stay in Chang'an, what kind of regulations should be, I have no idea what kind of regulations this is, so I ask Da Lang to show me."

Xue Lang nodded, and said: "You don't need to worry about this matter for the time being, I will make arrangements before I return to Weize Pass. What's the situation with the thirty handymen rewarded by the saint?"

He Xiang said: "Just going back to Dalang, those people are all servants, they were locked up for two days without seeing their masters when they arrived in a new place, they are naturally worried and have no bottom in their hearts."

Xue Lang nodded, and said: "Tomorrow we will lock them up for another day, and we will arrange them the day after tomorrow."

"Here."

After drying his hair, Xue Lang fell asleep, and it was already the second watch.

(End of this chapter)