The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 70 Fire System
"Don't you know how to put oil in your cooking?" Zhao Huan questioned.

"Release the oil?" This statement shocked the shopkeeper, who asked suspiciously, "What kind of oil?"

"Lard oil or soybean oil is fine!" Zhao Huan said. He suddenly realized a problem. Stir-frying with oil was a thing after the Song Dynasty. Although it started from the Song Dynasty, this cooking method at this time , It was also regarded as a secret recipe treasure by the royal chef in the palace, and it has not been spread among the people.

"Guest officer, you're just joking. Where did the pig get the oil from? It's all meat. As for the soybean oil, it's used for waxing. How can it be eaten?" the shopkeeper laughed. Hehe said, the meaning is obvious, that is, what you said is wrong, so don't play tricks here.

"Why is there no oil on the pig? If you heat the white meat fat in a pot, it will quickly turn into oil. Cooking with this oil must taste very good." Zhao Huan said.

"Stop talking nonsense, you don't look like someone who knows how to cook, but you are here to teach us how to cook. You are really good at talking!" A diner next to you said sarcastically.

"That's right, it doesn't hurt to talk while standing, have you cooked?" Another diner chimed in.

"Eat if you like it, leave if you don't like it, don't interfere with us eating here." A diner said to Zhao Huan.

When Cheng Dafu heard people talking about Zhao Huan, he was about to have a fit, but Zhao Huan stopped him and said: "Whether it's right or not, it's not what I say, nor what you say, just give it a try." I will know."

Everyone didn't believe in evil, especially the diners, who thought that Zhao Huan didn't know how to cook, and he was just making a big fuss here, so he encouraged the shopkeeper to try it.

The store didn't have soybean oil, but there happened to be a piece of lard, so the store simply took it for a try.

The white pork fat was put into the pot, and after being roasted at high temperature, a layer of oil and water quickly melted out. As the temperature rose, the oil blossoms began to crack, and the aroma of the oil also wafted out.

"The oil is already boiling, you can start cooking!" Zhao Huan reminded.

In fact, at this point, when the fragrance wafted out, everyone present already understood that what Zhao Huan said was not a lie.

The store owner woke up from a dream and hurriedly put the cut vegetables into the pot. Zhao Huan didn't need to teach him the rest of the steps, he is a professional cook.Stir-frying vegetables with oil is commonplace for later generations, but in the Song Dynasty, this was really a treatment that only the royal family could enjoy in the imperial dining room.

Zhao Huan, this can be regarded as promoting the process of folkization of Chinese cuisine.

Because of Zhao Huan's instructions, the dishes made by the store became more delicious. In order to thank Zhao Huan, he specially made Zhao Huan another table of special dishes for free, and this time the dishes were fried with oil.

Zhao Huan didn't refuse either, he was happy in his heart, and after eating a delicious home-cooked meal, he hurriedly took Cheng Dafu to the Ordnance Department.

In the hall of the Ordnance Department, Zhao Huan saw the unshaven old Taoist Wang Yuqing, his eyes were bloodshot, he looked like a beggar, but his mental state was very good, his eyes seemed to be shining .

"Your Majesty, you are finally here!" After Wang Yuqing saw Zhao Huan, she immediately reached out and pulled Zhao Huan's sleeve, and said as she walked: "Your Majesty, let me go and see, according to what you said, the things we developed .”

"Bold, rude!" Seeing this, Cheng Dafu immediately reprimanded loudly.

Only then did Wang Yuqing realize that she had lost her composure, so she quickly let go of Zhao Huan's sleeves and was about to salute, but was stopped by Zhao Huan and said, "I forgive you for your innocence, quickly take me to see your research results! "

Wang Yuqing seems to be obsessed with the development of this firearm now. After the development is successful, he is like a child showing off his research results at this time, and he wants to demonstrate it to Zhao Huan.

Zhao Huan didn't understand the distance from Huo Tong, but just gave Wang Yuqing a model and suggestion, but he didn't expect to be researched by him so quickly.

"This is the tube that I asked the blacksmiths to make according to the drawings given by His Majesty. After filling it with gunpowder, it can shoot and kill enemies three hundred steps away. This thing is really powerful." Wang Yuqing handed it to Zhao while talking. Huan took a fire system and said, "Let me demonstrate it to His Majesty."

In fact, the fire system developed by Wang Yuqing is not a musket in the true sense, but more like a firework bomb of later generations. A gunpowder bomb is stuffed into an iron tube as thick as a baby's arm, and then the fuze is ignited. For the front and rear ends, the gunpowder bomb at the back explodes after the fuse is ignited, thereby launching the gunpowder bomb at the front.

With a loud "bang!", a small tree three hundred steps away in front snapped off, and there were still bursts of blue smoke from the broken part of the trunk.

"Escort!" This sudden voice frightened Cheng Dafu, he rushed to Zhao Huan, protected Zhao Huan firmly, and said: "Your Majesty, go, it's dangerous here."

Zhao Huan is not only full of black lines.

"Cheng Dafu, don't be nervous, I'm fine!" Zhao Huan was also grateful for Cheng Dafu's sincerity, and said, "You should step down first."

Cheng Dafu was still a little worried about Zhao Huan's consolation. After all, the power of this thing was too scary. It was a tree trunk as thick as the mouth of a bowl. Just shot the person to pieces.

"Your Majesty, how is the effect?" Wang Yuqing said very proudly, like a child waiting for praise.

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "Let's be so-so!"

Wang Yuqing was a little upset, and said: "Your Majesty, you are not sincere."

Zhao Huan said: "This thing can only be said to be so-so. It is not very convenient to carry such a large fire control tube when marching. However, if the fire control tube is reduced, the explosives that can be weighed are less. In this way, Then there is no power, am I right?"

Hearing what Zhao Huan said, Wang Yuqing frowned and said, "This itself is an unsolvable problem. I also tried hundreds of times before I chose this thick and thin fire pipe." Wang Yuqing was a little upset, and her eyes rolled around Said: "Does His Majesty have any better ideas?"

Wang Yuqing's little action naturally did not avoid Zhao Huan's eyes, Zhao Huan did not hide it, and said: "Actually, it is very simple. I told you before that you can solve this problem from two aspects."

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(End of this chapter)