The Pentium Era - South to North

"Teacher Gu, how come this kind of messy deceitful thing is still written in the book?" Lao Bao asked, not understanding.

"It's not just written in books. There are a lot of deceptive things in history. There are many liars who have been written in books and touted as positive figures." Gu Gong said.

"Is there such a thing?" Lao Bao continued to ask.

"Of course, let's not talk about the far ones, let's talk about the nearby ones. Have you all been to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Palace in Jinhua? This Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a lie. Hong Xiuquan is a big liar. For a while, we said what he was , the leader of the peasant uprising, and when talking about the peasant uprising, it seems to have natural legitimacy and is worthy of praise." Gu Gong said.

"Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Isn't it just long hair? Long hair is not a good thing in the mouths of ordinary people." The pig-killer said, "There are many stories of escaping long hair here."

"Yes, what the common people say is more reliable. That long hair is really not a good thing. Hong Xiuquan was in his thirties. He failed the scholar exam four times. Once he had a high fever and said he saw God in a coma. Wearing a Taoist robe and holding a sword, he told him that he was the second son of God. He gave the sword to him, saying that he would stay in the mortal world to strengthen justice and eliminate evil.

"Isn't this nonsense? God only has one son, Jesus. What does your second son mean? Isn't it just a second son? God also has a son of a yellow race like you? According to the Chinese, this is nothing, even his own parents Is it treasonous to recognize a Western God as my father, even if I don’t recognize my ancestors? How can I be considered a hero?

"I guess this guy just read a few Christian books translated at that time and started talking nonsense. He thought he could use this method to deceive people. His use of Chinese gods didn't work. He wanted to say that he was the son of the Jade Emperor. Everyone thought he was crazy. Everyone knew that the Jade Emperor had no sons. Even in "Journey to the West", there were only seven daughters, seven fairies.

"He said God, and other people don't know what God is like. If they don't know, it's easy to lie.

"After he recovered from his illness, he organized some kind of 'God Worship Society', called himself the younger brother of Jesus, and started preaching. Of course, no one in Guangdong believed in him, and he was easily slapped in the face. There were already many missionaries in Guangdong at that time. The missionaries were familiar with God, and they were all surprised. Who was this brother of Jesus? They had never heard of him.

"He ran next door to preach in Guangxi, which was even more backward at that time. In Guangxi, he met a bastard who was even more ruthless than him, Yang Xiuqing. Yang Xiuqing followed Hong Xiuquan. Later, the war failed, and Hong Xiuquan fled back to Guangdong. Well, Yang Xiuqing thought of an idea, you are the fucking brother of Jesus, the second son of God, Yang Xiuqing simply said that he was possessed by God.

"He often possessed people, and used them when necessary to convey God's will. Later, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom made Nanjing its capital, Hong Xiuquan named Yang Xiuqing the Eastern King. He was nine thousand years old and continued to work. When Yang Xiuqing was dissatisfied, he let God possess him again. Come to him and let God and Hong Xiuquan say that Yang Xiuqing should be considered Long Live. Heavenly Father said so. What should you do with Hong Xiuquan, your second son?

"Of course Hong Xiuquan knows that he is a liar and has met a liar, but he cannot be exposed yet. If Yang Xiuqing's possession by God is false, he, the younger brother of Jesus, may also be exposed, but if he is to treat it as long live, this matter is It’s not fun anymore, so don’t do it.

"The two people were fooling around like this, and eventually, their own people began to kill their own people, which led to the Tianjing Incident. The Northern King Wei Changhui killed the Eastern King on the secret order of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, and the Wing King Shi Da launched a crusade against the Northern King. The Northern King rebelled against the Heavenly King. The King of Heaven killed King Bei and King Yan again, killing them indiscriminately. After the Tianjing Incident, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was basically finished. Hong Xiuquan, an old liar, could no longer survive.

"Such a liar. Who of you who studied in childhood didn't think he was a hero?"

If you think about it, it's true. Someone shouted: "He is such a liar, who says he is a hero?"

Gu Gong laughed and stopped talking about the topic. He picked up the wine glass and suggested that everyone drink. After everyone did, Gu Gong asked Zhang Xiangbei:

"How about the meat from this two-headed crow?"

"It's delicious." Zhang Xiangbei said, then looked at the pig butcher and said with a smile: "It's just that the scene of killing the pig is a bit miserable. When I was eating, the sound of the pig was still ringing in my mind, which affected my appetite a bit. Otherwise, I would You can eat a plate like this.”

Everyone laughed, and the pig-butcher said, "Follow me for three days, and you won't feel miserable anymore. What else will you do?" A green vegetable is growing well, but if it is cut with a sickle, its life will be gone. Isn't the green vegetable miserable? If people are afraid that this will be miserable and that will be miserable, people will not eat anything and starve to death.

"That man is in trouble." Gu Gong said, and everyone laughed again.

"By the way, the pig's cry reminds me of a story. Do you want to listen?" asked the consultant.

Everyone said yes, so Gu Gong started to talk:

"After Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor in Nanjing, the emperor at that time was very boring. He couldn't access the Internet, and there were no TV or movies to watch. Although there were many women in the palace, he was tired of watching them every day. This guy was a fool. As a wild monk and a warrior, he would often change into plain clothes and wander outside wherever he could stay in the palace.

"Anyway, there was no "Xinwen Lianbo" at that time. Even the emperor, not many people had seen him. He was wearing casual clothes and no one could recognize him. The day he slipped out was the Chinese New Year, and there were signs on every door in Nanjing. Sticking to the Spring Festival couplets, he walked to the door of a house and saw a couplet posted on the door. The first couplet was "Earth-shattering cause" and the second couplet was "The family that has broken the yin and yang".

"Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry when he saw it. Why, the tone was too loud. What is an earth-shattering undertaking? A change of dynasty is an earth-shaking undertaking. Isn't this a rebellion? After Yin Duan Yang, that is the power that only the Lord of Hell and Zhu Yuanzhang have. , holding the power of life and death over others.

"Zhu Yuanzhang walked in and found that this was a pig-killing workshop. A butcher was killing pigs, and there were several pigs that were ready to be killed. Zhu Yuanzhang was watching the butcher killing pigs. Zhu Yuanzhang watched. He laughed. The pig's cry was earth-shattering. People say that he has an "earth-shaking career." That's right.

"After the pig butcher finished killing the pig, Zhu Yuanzhang asked the butcher, the couplet on your door, 'Earth-shattering cause' is correct. This pig killing is indeed earth-shattering, but I don't know, your couplet is 'Yin Duanyang family' How to say?

"The pig-butcher pointed at the pigs nearby and said, "You haven't seen me here. As long as others send them over, I will kill all the boars and sows? Isn't it Yin Duan Yang?" Zhu Yuanzhang heard that it made sense. Laughing loudly."

As he spoke, Gu Gong turned around and said to the pig butcher: "You are cutting corners when killing pigs now. In the past, when people killed pigs, there was a process of beating the pigs, clubbing the pigs and blowing air."

"I've never heard of it," said the pig-butcher.

"Yes, that's why I told you."

Gu Gong said, dipped his finger into his cup, dipped some wine, and wrote the word "梃" on the table for the butcher to see.

Gu Gong said: "In the past, among the pig-butcher's tools, there was a one-meter-long rod made of iron or hardwood. To be more precise, it was made of mahogany or red sandalwood. It was as thick as a little finger and was called a stile.

"After the pig is killed, use a pick knife to cut a hole at the base of the hind legs, insert the slats from here, and slug all the way to the pig's ears. Pull out half of it, and then slug the back and abdomen. After trussing the upper body, trussing the lower body, once this side is trussed, turn the pig over, then go in from the base of the hind legs on that side, and truss that half of the pig as well."

"What is this for?" asked the Pig Killer.

"In order to poke grooves in the pork, we can blow air into it and tighten the skin for easier shaving," Gu Gong said.

"It's so troublesome. Just like us, don't we have a clean shave?" said the pig-butcher disdainfully.

Gu Gong rolled his eyes at him and cursed:

"It's not fastidious. In the past, rich people and officials lived a more classy life than now. Why were Jinhua ham and Dongpo meat invented by people in the past? Now people just know how to eat them without using their brains. Be careful, if rich people in the past killed pigs like you, no one would eat them."

"That's an exaggeration, Teacher Gu," said the pig-butcher.

"Of course it's not an exaggeration." Gu Gong said and apologized to everyone, "I'm sorry, but it may affect everyone's appetite. I stood up and said together after the pig is ready, use a blowtorch or something like a blowtorch to blow it towards the pig. Blow air into the pig through the opening, and beat the pig with a wooden stick while blowing.

"This can make the pork taste better. The flat pork in Fujian is made by beating it with a wooden stick. The whole dead pig is blown until it is as fat and round as a balloon. Then the hole is tied tightly with a rope, and then the pig is released. Get into boiling water and shave.

"Now let me tell you why we do this. The pig lies down, rolls around in the pen every day, mixes and soaks with its own feces and urine. How dirty is it? The pores are full of sweat and dirt accumulated there for a long time. Pig butcher, shaving like you are doing now only removes the hair on the surface of the pig. The sweat stains and dirt cannot be removed.

"When the pig is beaten and blown into a round shape, the pores are completely opened, and the dirt inside swells to the surface. When shaving, all these are removed."

When Gu Gong said this, even the pig butcher was convinced. He scratched his chest hair and chuckled, saying a little embarrassedly:

"Why didn't my master teach me?"

"China has been killing pigs like this for thousands of years. It's just that in the past few decades, you pig-killers have become lazy and have saved all these items. The pigs are beaten, the pigs are sticked, and the air is blown. In fact, with today's From a visual point of view, it is also very scientific. Use slugs to poke grooves in the pork, beat it with a stick, and blow air, which is conducive to the rapid acidification of the pork.

"Although our ancients didn't know what acid removal was, they were very particular about it. They knew that pigs had to be killed with such care so that the meat would be delicious. Think about it, if a culture is careless and careless, what will happen? Can it last for thousands of years?”

"That makes sense, that makes sense. Teacher Gu, what you said makes sense. I'll give it a try next time. Will you teach me?" said the pig-butcher.

Gu Gong said yes.

Lao Bao greeted everyone and said, come on, eat quickly.

Zhang Xiangbei picked up a piece of white meat with chopsticks, looked at it, and put it down again. Gu Gong saw it from the side, laughed and asked:

"Do you feel the sweat and dirt, making you feel a little nauseous and unable to eat?"

Zhang Xiangbei said with a sad face: "I ate it very happily and it was delicious. But when you told me, I really didn't dare to take off my chopsticks."

Gu Gong laughed loudly and said, "You can eat this meat without worry, otherwise I won't be able to eat it."

"Lao Bao, did you do as I asked?" the consultant asked.

"Of course, it's almost not delicious at all." Lao Bao said.

"The key to delicious food is to pay attention to it." Gu Gong and Zhang Xiangbei said, "You look like it's just white strips of meat, with nothing added, but I added a key process."

"What process?" Zhang Xiangbei asked.

"Cut the pork into three-inch long chunks. Heat the pot without adding any oil. Hold the meat with your hands and slide the pig skin against the pot until the skin is a little burnt. Then put it in clean water and wash it with water. The skin of the pig is scraped with a knife to remove all sweat stains and dirt, and then it is steamed in a steamer. Then there is no smell at all and it is very fragrant."

As Gu Gong said, Zhang Xiangbei nodded and understood.

"Teacher Gu, Zhu Yuanzhang, how is that Zhu Yuanzhang?" someone shouted.

Gu Gong said: "Zhu Yuanzhang told the pig-butcher, I saw that you were killing pigs by blowing air and beating them with sticks. I will give you a horizontal rule called 'Behead first and then report'. When the pig-butcher heard this, he said Then I realized that the person in front of me was the current Long Live, and I quickly knelt down."

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