The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

This ice sculpture theme temple fair was named Ice and Snow Temple Fair. Yun Yan conceived it in detail and combined with the situation of Daxiangguo Temple. At that time, these ice sculptures should show the Buddhist scriptures in the form of ice sculptures in addition to the amusement facilities.

As for the craftsmen, they are looking for them from the carvers, and they definitely need to familiarize themselves with how to create with ice as a material in advance.

But it's not in a hurry, there is still some time before the sky is freezing, enough preparations.

Yun Yan returned to the peace and settled the time, and asked Daxiangguo Temple to set up a team to take charge of the ice sculpture, and to dock with him with Huichong.

After recording the contents of the ice sculptures one by one, they went to see the carvings of the hired craftsmen, and the results were not bad.

At this time, the craftsmen were extremely solid. Yun Yan looked back when they practiced with ice cubes. The slap-sized animals that were carved out by Yun Yan already looked alike.

Hui Chong even asked someone to sculpt a wild goose on the spot, then pierced the rope and gave Yun Yan back: "It's cold these days, it's hanging outside the house. It can be kept for a long time."

Yun Yan looked back at the ice geese with an expression, fluttering wings and flying, lifelike, but as if...as if...

"Why are you a little fat?"

Hui Chong winked his eyebrows, learning the accent of brothers Zhihe, and said, "Because of the wild goose fat."

Yun Yan replied: "..."

Yun Yan glared at him back and pulled the ice sculpture in his hand, "I'm angry, I'm leaving!"

Hui Chong clutched his stomach and laughed.

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Yun Yan returned to Kaifeng Mansion with the ice geese, intending to show Bao Zheng the results.

At this time, Bao Zheng seemed to be talking with someone. As soon as he knocked on the door, after opening the door, Gongsun Ce and Zhan Zhao were both inside, "Hey, there is something to do with Fuzun, then I will come back later."

Zhan Zhao was about to close the door again, but Gongsun Ce raised his hand and said, "Wait...wait, wait, Brother Yan comes in first."

Gongsun Ce looked thoughtful.

Yun Yan walked back in, "What's the matter, Mr. Gongsun."

Gongsun Ce looked at Bao Zheng, saw his head nod, and said: "Recently, Bianjing often distributes winter supplies to the poor, but a few days ago, the official introduced the palace to the palace and asked him to investigate a case privately-someone Embezzle this money."

Yun Yan took a breath back, "What? It's so cold this year and they are embezzled. What about the poor who can't afford charcoal silk?"

"It is precisely because of this that the officials are furious, but the case is very involved. If you want to uproot, you can't smash the grass and startle the snake, so he ordered the palace to detect it in secret." Gongsun Ce slowly said, "We have found the first branch of Duzhi. Yang Shiheng, the famous medical doctor, is a key person. According to other people's confession, he has a secret account that records money transactions."

Yun Yan took a step back, "Wait...it seems like I can't finish talking for a while, I'll hang this up."

Because there was a charcoal basin in the house, it was very warm, Yun Yanhui hurried to the window to open the window, tied the ice sculpture under the window, and then closed the window and returned to listen.

"..." Gongsun Ce continued, "But this Yang Shiheng is extremely strict. I tried several times in disguise, but I couldn't get in. The guards of the exhibition visited several times at night and found nothing."

Yun Yanhui suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he nodded, "Hmm, so what?"

Yun Yanhui has always been in charge of logistics and financial matters. He doesn't understand things like this kind of investigation, and they basically don't know how to talk to him. Now it is inexplicable to mention it, and it naturally makes him feel a little drummed.

Even Bao Zheng didn't understand, "Are you going to ask Yan Ge'er to deal with his family?"

"Almost..." Gongsun Ce smiled, "Yang Shiheng rules the family very strictly, and he usually doesn't let people go out. Even if he goes out, his mouth is very strict and he can't get it out. If you want to get any clues, you have to go inside and check. The chef is hiring..."

When it comes to hiring people, what else do you not understand? Yun Yan replied with a sigh of relief, "Mr. Gongsun, you said you wanted me to be careful, it's mysterious, it scared me to death."

What's the problem? If they dare to send him, will he dare to do a good job?

Speaking of it, he was a food lover before crossing, but after crossing over, he kept practicing for his own life. He also learned more culinary knowledge because of holding food festivals, and now he is also half an expert.

Gongsun Ce was also taken aback, "Unexpectedly, Yan Ge'er is so young that he has courage."

"I don't necessarily dare to change the request of the palace veteran." Yun Yan said back with a smile.

At this time, Yun Yanhui found that Bao Zheng's face seemed a little weird.

"What, what..."

Bao Zheng said slowly, "But, isn't their family recruiting a chef?"

They felt useless after hearing the news, precisely because they had no cooks to send in!

Yun Yan was taken aback, stepped back a few steps, swinging his hands straight, "Mr. Gongsun, I won't play this..."

Gongsun Ce couldn't laugh or cry: "What are you playing, I mean, you go and prove that you are worth more than a cook! Only you can do this!"

Before the Song Dynasty, there was no cook who said that the cooks were all men.

But in the Song Dynasty, professional chefs appeared. After some small families gave birth to daughters, they trained them in various skills, one of which was cooking, so that they could be sent to powerful people to be chefs.

The treatment of this kind of professional chef is extremely high, and ordinary people simply can't afford it.

-In other words, people with a certain status will choose to hire a chef.

When recruiting, women are more important than men. If it is a cook and a cook of the same level, others will definitely choose to be a cook.

Yun Yan listened to Gongsun Ce's words, and then heaved a sigh of relief, "I was scared to death, and thought I was going to betray my beauty."

The other three: "..."

Yun Yan replied: "Haha, just kidding."

"Really nonsense..." Gongsun Ce muttered, "Since Yan Ge'er agrees, then sending him is the best choice."

Bao Zheng nodded, "Yes, Ge Yan is clever. You only need to find out the news to report back, so that Zhan's guard can steal it."

"I know." Yun Yan is the second time to live. Although he is not a person who is greedy for life and fear of death, he also cherishes his life very much.

Yun Yan responded with an undercover job this time, but he was also a little nervous, mainly because he was afraid that his acting skills would not be good enough. When he went back, he packed up his baggage and told Zheng Ping that he was going on a business trip.

Zheng Ping always thought that he could just take care of things in the backyard, and didn't even think about it elsewhere, even thinking it was about the ice and snow temple fair.

Yun Yanhui was afraid that she was worried, but she wanted to keep it secret for the time being, so she acquiesced.

In the Kaifeng Mansion, in order to get Yun Yan back in, Gongsun Ce specially made up an identity for him, found a reliable introducer, asked him to give him a pseudonym, and then took him to the home of Nadu Zhisi Lang to apply for the job.

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A post-cook steward of Yang Shiheng’s family was sitting on the top spot and was unhappy when he saw the middleman came with a boy.

The Yang family originally had three cooks, all of which have been used for ten years, but recently one of them had to be relocated with the whole family, and it was vacant. The above meant that another cook would fill it up.

However, when the news was released, there were also several middlemen who brought a lot of cooks, but they couldn't match each other. This time this is even more funny, and I brought a kid over.

The introducer hurriedly laughed: "I’m not telling you, it’s not intentional to neglect. This kid had been a cook for several generations. He just came from Hangzhou and was anxious to find a job. Although he is young, he is a master of cooking. The chef who came to visit your mansion did not know how much better, thinking that if it was him, she would be satisfied with the mansion, so she brought it over."

When the steward heard this, he was a little moved, and he looked at Yun Yan and replied, "What are you good at?"

It looks pretty and pretty, and it looks very pleasing to the eye. When you stop there, you don't have any cramps, no small movements, and your eyes are not erratic. If you are recruited for other positions, maybe this manager will immediately respond.

The young man laughed before speaking. The smile made people feel very comfortable. In a Bianjing dialect with a Hangzhou accent, he said: "The red case and the white case are okay, and the fruit is also good, but they don’t know how to divide tea. They are good at it. Soaked snails in butter, pan-fried scallops, yolk soup..."

The steward heard him report a list of dishes, and the first two made him move.

It doesn't matter if you don't know how to divide tea. There are also two cooks in the house, both of whom are good at dividing tea.

Butter snails have been very popular in the upper class of Tokyo in recent years. It is indispensable for every restaurant to serve customers. Pan-fried snails seem simple, but in fact the heat is extremely difficult to control, just like the time for picking up snails in butter. , Both of them are very important to the touch, but this kid dares to say that he is good at it.

If he can't find a suitable cook, if he really blows it so well, it's okay to attract him.

After thinking about things, he said: "Then you can make a table of noodles, soaking snails in butter and pan-fried scallops, other materials are not restricted, and then make four or five dishes."

The young man responded, rolled up his sleeves and walked to the stove to get alive, his hands and feet were extremely neat, except for the buttered snails and the fragrant fried fish, he also made eggplant soup, steamed anchovies, simmered venison, and smoked. The roe and other dishes are full of Calais.

The manager was extremely pleased. In fact, his test began with the selection of ingredients, and this man chose the most expensive and rarest ingredients in the kitchen, and then cooked them skillfully.

With this alone, this young man is better than many cooks I've seen before, after all, not everyone has enough ingredients to practice.

Including the pan-fried scalloped fish, if it is pan-fried, you have to use a lot of oil for practice. This is not an ordinary kitchen utensil, and ordinary people don't use oil for cooking.

It seems that the middleman is not talking nonsense, this is not a cook for several generations, and he has no work experience at a young age. Can he practice it?

After tasting the dishes, the steward nodded again and again.

"Not bad, not bad..."

It's more than good, he is just a little reserved.

He had tasted the most authentic pan-fried hehua fish at the Food Festival of Daxiangguo Temple several times. This young man made it so much better than anything else. It is hard to imagine the pan-fried hehua fish made by a chef from Hangzhou. It turned out to be extremely authentic and authentic!

Even the cook ladies of his family can't do this. Guan Shi couldn't help sighing again that the origin of family learning is the origin of family learning.

The introducer was full of laughter, "Look, I didn't make a mistake."

The manager glanced at him, "Well, what's your name?"

The young man obediently said: "The villain's name is Niu Er."

The steward frowned. A handsome young man was actually called Niu Er so tacky, even a bit like a rascal name, "Niu Er, right...you stay in the house, let's sign a contract."

Niu Er's white and tender face is full of gratitude: "Thank you for giving me this opportunity, I will definitely work hard!"

Under the witness of this introducer, they signed a tripartite contract, which was then notarized by the government. This is the work contract.