Chapter 321: The Ming Dynasty
Chapter 321: Smoky talks about the Ming Dynasty
When the sun has not set and the moon has risen, the workers on the construction site are also at rest. Those who are close to home can go home and those who are far away can live in tents.
Three meals a day, and the dinner has always been the best these days, and there is also a bowl of wine, just like the ones in Zhang and Wang's family used to work.
Today, because Li Xun still wanted to eat barbecue, the entire construction site started barbecue. There were no vegetables, and if you wanted to eat vegetables, you could only drink soup. People here are not used to roasting vegetables.
Li Xun's food is naturally different from others. The things others roast are a small part of mutton, most of which are chicken and pork, and the fish is one by one person. People don't like to eat grilled fish.
While preparing, Li Xun began to walk around, following a few guards, looking here and there, and occasionally stopping to say a few words to others.
The people who work now know who this person is, the royal family and the prince of Tong'an County Li Xun.
If it is just this name, the people just talk occasionally when they are idle and look for something fresh, but Li Xun is definitely not so easy to forget. People are not stupid. Of course, they know how the people in Shuzhou live now, and they can know from the merchants who come and go.
What they didn't expect was that the legendary royal family was so kind that everyone laughed, and they didn't speak condescendingly. They didn't wear silk clothes like ordinary rich people, but light blue cloth clothes. It was said that they were made of white folds.
You can't tell the difference if you look like such clothes, unless you look closer, look at the stitches, workmanship, and the dark patterns embroidered on them.
"When grilling this kind of fish, remember to apply oil. Look, yours is baked and you need to sprinkle the salt immediately after sprinkling it. Don't let the salt stay on the fish. It's not salty fish. I've caught a few shrimps today, otherwise I'll give you some grilled shrimps."
With respectful eyes on everyone, Li Xun stared at a grilling table and told the people sitting here how to barbecue.
In fact, people know how to roast, but they don’t do that. The people who are barbecue are very conscious of melting the salt into the water, making a small plate, gently brushing the fish, turning it over frequently, and not adding oil at all.
At this time, after hearing Li Xun's words, the person in charge of baking nodded and replied: "Your Highness, it's too much to apply oil on the baking stuff, and it's not easy to salt. Just save some."
"No, don't save money. Let you eat just to be able to eat well. If you save money, I won't prepare these for you. Eat as long as you should. Don't worry, eating all these things are out of the work you do. As long as you do well, you will be worthy of the food you eat."
Li Xun found out this time. It turned out that he was not smart alone, and he was not stupid either. He just couldn't bear to let him go. He quickly persuaded him and ordered the mission of persuasion, so that the guards could see each place.
After looking around, he came back. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had already prepared everything. In addition to what others had eaten, there were also shrimps caught, and the cows that Li Xun accidentally fell to death during the day. I don’t know why the cow was so stupid. He got angry when he was plowing the land and was for a long time. As a result, people secretly found someone and sold it. Isn’t it a fall to death?
After picking up a piece of meat and baking it online, Li Xun suddenly asked Zhang Xiaobao: "Xiaobao, who do you think the court will send to replace Feng Changgong's current position? I don't like him anymore. I came here again during the day. I didn't understand anything and just talked nonsense there. I even brought a Taoist priest to look around. I guess I didn't have any good intentions."
Zhang Xiaobao put two shrimps on the Internet, and slowly flipped through them, saying, "It doesn't matter who you send, as long as there is a result, if Feng Changgong didn't come to the Taoist priest, he might be able to stay in a certain idle position. Now that the Taoist priest has found him, he will be done.
Don't you want him to come to your place to spend money? You have to hurry up, otherwise there will be no chance. I have to deal with him as a person. Yu Gong, he has no ability. In order to bring Zhongxian to Shangxian, he actually sent someone else to find refugees. I heard that there is a room in his house where the statue of the King of Hell is enshrined.
He has to worship and incense sticks every day, which is nothing. The problem is that he wants to cause disaster in the surrounding areas so that he can attract refugees to replenish the population.
In private, this is the most important thing. He offended Juanjuan and me. He knew that we wanted to lead a river, but he insisted on stopping it. Even if he was a saint, I would not let him live a good life. Otherwise, once he spread it in the future, wouldn’t anyone offend us?”
Li Xun can understand Zhang Xiaobao, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, both of whom are easy to talk to, but once someone targets them, it will never be easy. Even if they don’t die, they will have to peel off. When they were in Luzhou, what did those officials be tortured by them? I guess if they dream now, they would be a nightmare.
But he really couldn't think of how Zhang Xiaobao would deal with Feng Changgong, so he asked, "Xiaobao, then you can't just let him do it there, right? The people will believe it."
"Of course, we can't let them do that. The effect is not great. I have to help them do it together. Let people know that there is another Taoist priest named Zhu Meng, who is very powerful and can match the world. Not to mention just looking at the disaster in Xincai County, even the major events in the world can be seen.
I decided to meet him tomorrow and see his skills. If he is really powerful, I will commend him in a realistic way and not let the capable people bury him."
Zhang Xiaobao said to Li Xun that the shrimp turned red at this time, and he took it over without any heat. He peeled the skin bit by bit. The first one was sent to the plate brought by Wang Juan and said to Wang Juan: "Pick the next one by yourself, don't always bully me."
"I peeled myself without the incense you peeled, Xiaobao, where are the Taoist priests we are looking for? Didn't you say you wanted to fight the poison with poison?" Wang Juan bit off one-third of the shrimp meat, smiled at Zhang Xiaobao, and asked again.
"Here, our master is His Highness, Prince Tong'an." Zhang Xiaobao raised his chin and pointed at Li Xun.
"Why is it me? I won't." Li Xun shook his head and refused.
"Why is it not you? You eat the meat I made, and you still have to do some work. It won't be simple. Can you learn it? In fact, you don't need to do too much. To make makeup for you tomorrow, just do what I said. Feng Changgong will definitely apologize himself, otherwise he will be alone, and even his family will be finished."
As Zhang Xiaobao said to Li Xun, he roasted a shrimp for Wang Juan.
Li Xun stared at Zhang Xiaobao's actions, "Then I'll try it, but if the performance is broken, don't blame me. Slowly, let me see clearly."
Li Xun also wanted to learn Zhang Xiaobao's ability to cook, and then do it by himself, or for future wife, even if it is made for the servants to taste it together, it would be nice to make some praises.
Since meeting Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, he has never thought that men are not good at cooking. It is really good that cooks are not men.
Zhang Xiaobao really couldn't guess Li Xun's psychology, so he tried to slow down. While baking, he said, "The best roasted shrimp is actually turned with your hands. I think it's hot, and when roasting it, it turns into a calluse, which will affect the sensitivity of my hands. I also write and draw. Many literati are unwilling to do rough work because of this.
The advantage of grilling shrimp with hands is that it can be pinched during the grilling process. If you use chopsticks for a long time, your wrist will be sore and not as good as your hands. You see, when Juanjuan and I eat salted shrimp, the shells are still complete after eating them. In fact, the same is true for grilled shrimp. Grilled with hands and pinched them accurately. Then, the head slightly lifted, pinched the tail, and a whole shell will come out."
"Oh, so, won't you wear gloves?" Li Xun's mind was really focused on how to make things.
"It's okay to wear gloves, but it takes a long time to practice, otherwise it will not feel good. If you want to make your hands tender, remember to bubble more milk." Zhang Xiaobao roasted the shrimp again, blew it a few times before peeling it. The peeled meat naturally entered Wang Juan's mouth waiting to open there.
Li Xun nodded and suddenly realized, "What are the reasons for not being sensitive to writing and drawing? First, I want to use a flying knife, and I am afraid that I will not be accurate when I take action?"
"It's the same, I don't always say such violent things. We are civilized people. Don't eat your roasted meat. Take the grate next to it and grill the beef once. You eat it slowly. I will remove the grate and let you see how to grill the whole fish. The tail of that thing will be easily roasted if you accidentally."
Zhang Xiaobao put his shrimp in his mouth and chewed it together with the shell.
Night finally came. Some people who work during the day went home, while others went into the tent to sleep without chatting, so as not to delay tomorrow's affairs.
Countless torches were lit up, and another group of people came here and began to continue working during the day. For twelve hours, people were working in the hope of completing the work as soon as possible.
Zhang Xiaobao finally persuaded Li Xun to go to bed. He and Wang Juan were lying in the tent but couldn't sleep anymore. The two of them opened the skylight on the tent and covered the blanket tightly, leaving only a pair of eyes to look at the stars.
"It seems that there will be no rain tomorrow, the sky will be clear." Wang Juan said with his eyes looking at the stars.
"That may not be possible. Maybe there will be a shower. This is still here. If it were Shanghai, who would dare to say that there is rain or no rain?" Zhang Xiaobao's mind was not on the weather, and he said as he heard the sound of mosquitoes flying around.
"What is Shanghai now? I hate mosquitoes. If you want to bite, just bite them quickly, buzz and fly around, which is annoying." Wang Juan tidied up the blanket again so as not to be bitten by mosquitoes.
"I didn't go to see it. I'll only take a few days to see it. It should be connected to this place. It is said that it was separated later. The relationship between the movement of the earth's crust is useless now. It is impossible to develop foreign trade there. The only advantage is to establish a port so that other people's warships dare not pass by easily."
Zhang Xiaobao listened to the sound of the mosquitoes and couldn't tell the male and female. He yawned and said, "Go to sleep, there will be something fun tomorrow."
Chapter completed!