Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 25 Sauerkraut Fish out of the Pan

Sun Xiangfu hadn't been in contact with Tang Dynasty characters for a long time, and it was still a bit difficult to read the traditional characters on the account book. After a while, he put down the account book in a daze.

"The accounting is very complicated, and I can't understand it. Just tell me how much money the Fisheries Department has now."

I don't understand!It is too clear to see how we can make money.

Huang Xuan thought so in his heart, but reported in his mouth, "Summer is the peak season for taxation, and the accounting office has 520 seven guan in surplus, which should be able to meet the shortage this winter."

In winter, there are not many people fishing, and there are few boats in each pond, and only a small amount of docking fees can be collected. However, so many people in the Fisheries Department need to eat, and they have to deliver some goods to the palace. Naturally, they have to be in summer. Time to save some money.

Sun Xiangfu nodded when he heard the words and said, "Allow two hundred guan to buy more wooden barrels or build water tanks. Don't put the fish caught in the future in bamboo baskets, and keep them in the water tank. Don't put a single dead fish in the water tank." Send it from the palace. In addition, set aside a hundred guan to buy a fishing net shuttle and a large amount of fishing net thread. I want to teach you how to weave new nets. The old fishing nets are no longer applicable. If you have more money, go to the eastern and western cities to buy one each. When the fish store comes out, more water tanks will be built in the shop, and in the future, it will be a fixed sales point for fish products of our Fisheries Department."

"Uh, well, my lord, do you want to use up all the money in the account at once? Also, selling the extra fish is our way of making up for the shortfall in private. If you sell Huangzhuang publicly Fish, Yousi is hard to explain!" Huang Xuan said in a daze.

"Stop talking nonsense, I'll just ask you if you want to make more money. If you want to, just do as I say, and it will be more than what you have retained in your account."

"Uh, this..." Huang Xuan's face blushed, he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say.

"Okay, it's such a happy decision. I believe in your ability, and you must complete the tasks I assigned as soon as possible. In addition, if the money in the account allows, change the office equipment in the yamen! Kneel for a long time If you hurt your knees, how about replacing them all with Hu Bengao cases?"

There is nothing in Chang'an that cannot be bought with money, especially the things Sun Xiangfu said are all available in the market. One morning, Huang Xuan bought what Sun Xiangfu asked for, and bought it directly Dozens of large bathtubs were placed in the warehouse to hold fish. In addition, a few four-wheeled carts for transporting these bathtubs were also bought, bundles of fishing net lines, a large box of fishing net shuttles, and as for the stools, the height For the case, Huang Xuan only bought one according to the head of the clerk, and there was no more money in the account.

Just because the shops in the eastern and western cities are too expensive, the two shops under the market cost nearly [-] guan, and the subsequent decoration and construction of the water tank will cost at least dozens of guan. Clear all.

With the Hu stool, Sun Xiangfu's knees no longer hurt. At ten o'clock in the morning, Xiong Tingzhong, Sun Dali and others rushed from Jinshui Wharf. They each brought two hundred catties of loach and eels, and some The fresh big live fish salvaged this morning weighed three to four hundred catties. Sun Xiangfu directed the big guy to pack the fish in a big bathtub, and personally escorted the fish to the harem.

After the guards in the harem saw the empress' conscript order, they only checked Sun Xiangfu's official records, and then issued them an access token. With this token, they could pass through the corridors in the imperial city and the harem, Enter the door corresponding to the direction of the imperial dining room. Although the entire harem is accessible, it is not easy to go from the area of ​​the imperial dining room to the palaces where the masters live.

The chief steward of the imperial dining room is a high-ranking official, not an eunuch. He is usually in charge of arranging banquets for the emperor. His name is Luo Tian. He is in his thirties and has calluses on his hands. He looks like a chef who is good at knife skills.He was very satisfied with the live fish sent by Sun Xiangfu. After visually checking that the quantity was only a little more, he issued a document to Sun Xiangfu for a full supply, and personally sent him out of the yamen.

"I heard that Sun Jiancheng came from the Duke Yi's mansion, and he is the inventor of those new dishes. Aunt Meng admires you very much. I don't know when you will be free, and I will learn cooking skills with Luo."

Luo Tian is only one rank higher than Sun Xiangfu, but his official career ends here. A cook who can serve as the head of the imperial dining room has reached the top. Although he belongs to the same line of emperor's retainers, Sun Xiangfu can go further at any time The foreign affairs officer has a much better future than Luotian, so he speaks very politely.

"It's better to hit the sun than to choose a day! I haven't got lunch today, why don't I just have a meal in your imperial dining room?"

"That's great, let's go to the fire room together!"

Luo Tian was overjoyed. Mrs. Meng came to the imperial dining room several times and boasted that Sun Xiangfu was a man of heaven and earth. He just wanted to see and see. It is said that Sun Xiangfu can cook with unparalleled momentum What's the matter.

The size of the imperial dining room in the harem is huge, because there were two generations of emperors and their harem groups living in the imperial palace at that time, and the number of people in the harem was extremely large. Therefore, the imperial dining room also had a lot of ingredients, and many spices that were not available outside were available here. After watching and identifying it, Sun Xiangfu mentioned it casually, and Luo Tian asked someone to put a small bag for him, and walked around, and all the chefs in the fire room knew that the person who came was Sun who invented the new style of cooking. Enjoyed the blessing, so they gathered around.

"Boss Luo, there are a lot of ingredients in the imperial dining room, and I think there are a lot of delicacies that are usually made, but I don't know, in the middle of winter, does the fire room have so many ingredients?"

"Here, in winter, there are only a few fresh vegetables from Jiucheng Palace, which are not enough for His Majesty to eat."

"So, we need to research some delicacies that can be made with simple ingredients. In the middle of winter, what dishes are the most in the palace?" Sun Xiangfu asked again.

"Of course it's sauerkraut, a pickled vegetable." Luo Tian replied without hesitation.

"Okay, just use these two dishes for cooking, please bring some dishes."

Hearing this, Luo Tian ordered people to open the altar immediately, and brought some high-quality sauerkraut and pickled vegetables over. Sun Xiangfu took a sip and nodded. Poor, the sauerkraut was cut into shreds, and after the pickled vegetables were chopped into fine pieces, Sun Xiangfu took some fat and thin pork, and a big grass carp that he sent by himself.

"Today, let's cook a pickled fish dish and a pickled pork dish for Manager Luo!"

After finishing speaking, Sun Xiangfu began to cut the meat, but Luotian took the initiative to help Sun Xiangfu kill the fish. Seeing that Luotian's knife skills were obviously a few blocks better than his own, Sun Xiangfu asked him to slice the fish into thin slices. Luotian is very familiar with fish slices. Tang people like to eat fish slices, that is, sashimi, and Li Shimin is no exception. Therefore, he usually has a lot of opportunities to slice fish. After a while, a grass carp weighing four to five catties It was turned into a large plate of fish slices by Luotian slices. At this time, all the ingredients Sun Xiangfu needed were found and prepared by other imperial chefs.

Sun Xiangfu first smeared the fish fillets with a little salt. Since there was no raw flour at this time, Sun Xiangfu stirred the fish with egg white to make it smoother. When the oil in the frying pan was hot, Sun Xiangfu added garlic Saute the shredded ginger until fragrant, then pour in the shredded pickled cabbage, add water after frying the aroma, add a large firewood to cook, during the period, add the extra fish heads and fish bones after the meat is sliced ​​into the pot, which can be regarded as Boil fish soup.

After the water boiled for a while, the fish fillets were put into the pot, boiled for a while, then added some dogwood, and started the pot.

Just when everyone thought that Sun Xiangfu's sauerkraut fish was finished, they saw that he put the washed iron pan on the stove, fried peppercorns and several spices with a small amount of oil, and finally put the fried peppercorns The sesame oil is poured over the fish and sprinkled with finely chopped green onions and tender mustard greens, or cilantro.

"Sweet, really fragrant." Luo Tian couldn't help praising the brightly colored fish and sauerkraut in the large porcelain bowl.

"Try it, there will be a surprise." Sun Xiangfu made a gesture of invitation, and immediately, all the imperial chefs in the imperial dining room were eager to try.

"I'll come first."

After all, Luo Tian was the chief executive, with authority, took the chopsticks, and first picked up a piece of fish fillet and put it into his mouth.

"Well, it's delicious and smooth. It's really delicious." After saying this, he picked up another piece of sauerkraut. After eating it, it didn't have the pungent taste of sauerkraut in the past, but it was crispy and delicious, with a slightly sour taste. It magnified his appetite. The raw materials of this wild grass carp plus the special sauerkraut made by the palace are much higher than those restaurants in later generations that specialize in sauerkraut fish. Some well-known sauerkraut fish restaurants in later generations are several streets away.

When Luotian ate the pickled fish bite by bite, the other royal chefs couldn't help it, and came up to taste a few mouthfuls one after another. After that, their tastes remained on the fresh and smooth taste of the pickled fish, and then everyone While the memory was still hot, they ran to the fish barrels to grab fish. Naturally, the royal chefs of the palaces wanted to curry favor with their masters, so the three hundred catties of live fish were snatched by the royal chefs of the palaces before the rice eel and loach. Light.

As for Sun Xiangfu, who was cooking pickled pork with preserved vegetables, everyone didn't pay much attention to it. Pork is cheap meat, and the nobles don't eat it. The top royal chef made a move.

"I'm convinced, Luo Mou is really convinced this time, if Sun Jiancheng comes to the imperial dining room in the future, I, Luo Tian, ​​will definitely welcome him backwards."

"Thank you, but if this pickled fish is made with more than ten catties of Yellow River carp, it will be called top-notch delicacy, but it's a pity..."

Sun Xiangfu didn't finish his sentence, but Luo Tian knew that he was afraid of breaking the taboo, but he was an old man from the Qin Palace. When the march was difficult, he cooked carp for Li Shimin. He didn't eat carp because he was afraid of offending his surname. Taboo, Li Shimin, who has always been open-minded, doesn't care. In private, everyone will continue to eat what should be eaten, but on the bright side, there will be no big feast.

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