Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 38 Making the Plow and Boiling Oil

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with him, Gong Shanzhi said goodbye with a wink, saying that he would take the study manual home and pass it on to his staff.

The first meeting was a happy one.That's right, everyone is a mature adult man, and they work together under Her Royal Highness. If they do a good job, everyone will get the credit. It's not that they are stupid. Who would want to give the new boss a blow.

The Jianghu District is not far from the Princess Mansion, and there are not many households, only five households.Her Royal Highness's Princess Mansion here is only temporary, and her base camp is still in the capital. According to Xue Lang's popularization by Lady Liu, there are nearly a hundred artisan households affiliated to Her Royal Highness.These five households were only temporary relocations.

"I've met Master Xue, and Wan joins the army."

Five old men and several young and strong men waited at the gate of the workshop to welcome Xue Lang and Wan Siming.

"All masters, no courtesy."

Xue Lang didn't like politeness, and didn't want to be greeted by these elders, so he walked into the workshop and asked, "Has Qu Yuanli been made? Or is there something unclear about the drawings?"

A master craftsman with all white hair came out and replied: "Go back to Master Xue, the drawings of Master Xue are clear at a glance, but, in terms of the size, I am a little uncertain, please Master Xue give me some pointers."

It turned out to be size.

Xue Lang nodded: "What's the name of the master?"

"Don't dare, the little old man's surname is Bi."

"It turned out to be Master Bi."

"Don't dare."

Xue Lang laughed and said: "To tell the truth, Master Bi, although I have seen the real Qu Yuanli, I don't know the exact size. That's why I didn't mark the size on the picture. In addition, the size I usually use is also the same as Bi's. You guys use different ones, master. In this way, let me roughly talk about the real-life size I have seen, and then we will study it slowly, okay?"

"Here."

Xue Lang once saw the restored Quyuanli in the museum. It was not the Quyuanli of the Tang Dynasty, but the improved Quyuanli of the Ming and Yuan Dynasties, which was lighter, more flexible, and more efficient in farming.

Xue Lang gesticulated the size according to what he had seen, and said, "Master Bi, let's measure the size I gesticulated first, and make one for a try, is it feasible?"

"Is the size of Master Xue's gesture accurate?"

Xue Lang closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "It shouldn't be much different from the real thing I've seen."

"Success, then measure the size of the master book's gesture first. Two bulls!"

"Hey!"

The boy named Erniu came forward with a ruler. Xue Lang gestured while he was measuring, and there was someone beside him recording and memorizing the size. The boy called Erniu held a pen, spread out a piece of uncut paper, and tried to draw A full-size image is produced.

Xue Lang watched from the side, and saw that the young man was holding a thin, hard brush, and his hand was steadily falling on the paper, stroke by stroke, almost like a printer, everything seemed to be in his mind, without a trace Where it went wrong.

The skilled craftsmen in ancient China had a ruler in their hearts, and the drawings they produced were not like modern drawings, each of which had a size.There are several ancient architectural drawings, such as panoramas, roofs, bucket arches, and an independent dimension drawing.Except for the dimensions marked on the size chart, the others are all drawn based on experience. The drawings only record patterns and styles, without dimensions, and the dimensions are all in the mind of the master.

Seeing this skill, Xue Lang admired him, and once again felt that he was a weak chicken, and he would not dare to show off his painting skills in the future, it was simply incomparable.

Xue Lang asked, and the masters rushed to work, and it would take two days to make the finished product.So let the master craftsmen do it first, let him know when the finished product is finished, and then go to the field to test it.

After making an appointment, Xue Lang bid farewell and left.Er Niu watched his leaving back, hesitated to speak, wanted to say something, but was kicked by Master Bi, then bowed his head and fell silent, silently drawing his own picture.

Xue Lang didn't see this scene. Today's work has been completed, and he separated from Wan Siming. Before returning home, he transferred to the medical office——

"How come Lang Jun is free today?"

Licorice was pleasantly surprised to see Xue Lang. She glanced behind Xue Lang, and was a little disappointed when she saw the empty place: "Why didn't Mr. Lang bring the buns?"

Xue Lang smiled and said: "I'm out on business today, so I can't bring the buns with me. Now I'm going back after finishing my work, so I stopped by to have a look. I haven't seen you for a few days, but the work is done?"

"It's packed."

Xue Lang chatted with Licorice for a while, and it was Changjian who reminded him that it was getting late and it was time to go back.Before leaving, I asked for some seasonings from Licorice.

These seasonings are still used as medicinal materials, especially pepper, which is now stored as a valuable.He gave Xue Lang a little of the other licorice, but he didn't dare to give the pepper, it was too precious.

Xue Lang knew it well, and he didn't force others to do anything. He didn't value pepper too much, and he didn't care whether he could eat it or not.

Returning to Tingfengyuan with the seasonings to come, Wanfu has already returned with cut pork——

Fat meat and lean meat are separated, and fat meat is cut into small pieces, which is convenient for boiling oil.The pig's head, pig's ears, and pig's tail have all been cleaned, and even the water has been cleaned according to the method Xue Lang taught.

Xue Lang was quite satisfied: "It's handled well! Wanfu, tomorrow I will take the usual money to A Zhou, and ask him to share a point with those who help."

"Here."

Wanfu agreed.Xue Lang asked Changjian: "Changjian, have you bought the baking soda?"

"Back to my lord, I have bought it and placed it where my lord ordered."

Xue Lang nodded in satisfaction, everything is ready, just waiting for the lard to be boiled.

Asked Wanfu and Changjian to bring dry firewood, built a simple stove with stones in the courtyard, brought a large pot from the kitchen, cleaned it, poured the cut fat pieces into the pot, and started to boil the oil— —

A smell of meat mixed with oil filled the air.Changjian and Wanfu sniffed their noses from time to time, it was really delicious.People nowadays don't have much oil in their stomachs, and this smell is simply tempting and sinful.

Even the wintersweet and black bamboo in the inner courtyard were drawn out to look around a few times.Unlike the unmarried ladies like Lamei and Mozhu, Xiuniang avoids taboos, holding a spatula to the side, turning over the oily meat in the pot from time to time.

The pigs at this time were not as fat as modern ones, and the fat of the whole pig was actually not much, and it was cooked in a big pot.However, although there is little fat, there is still half a pot of oily residue in the pot.

"It smells so good!"

Wanfu couldn't help swallowing.Xue Lang laughed so hard that even Wanfu felt embarrassed.

After laughing, Xue Lang said to Xiu Niang: "Let Xiu Niang cook it for a long time, if you don't think it's pork, take back a few strips of oil residue and lean meat. Lean meat, use the one I taught you to stir-fry. Method, first slice the lean meat into thin strips, stir-fry with ginger and garlic, put it down and stir-fry on high heat, remember to add green onions and soy sauce before cooking, it is also extremely delicious.”

Xiu Niang thanked her with joy on her face: "Thank you, sir. A family like this slave has no qualifications to be particular. He can eat meat if he has it. I should put the meat away first, lest there will be mice stealing it at night."

(End of this chapter)