Chapter 2 Change starts with eating
From the kings to the people in Yan State, most of the meals were served twice a day.
As a foodie who comes from a big foodie country, you can imagine how deep the taste of the food in Jigong is now.
The meat is cooked, and the vegetables are cooked with some salt. Even the staple foods of Yan State - millet, sorghum, wheat, beans, etc. are simply "shelled and peeled". They are boiled in water and steamed in fire and are eaten. Ji Kang said how can you bear this?
Ji Kang knew that no matter what, no matter whether you are willing to accept this world or not, but what can never be denied is that the life in this world was given by the woman who now holds her own. This woman will always keep you in my heart like the mother of the previous world, always remembering you and caring about you.
Especially when I found out that this woman had regarded herself as the only support in her life, as a son, husband, and father, the sense of responsibility in the past life arose.
Nothing else, just for the sake of peace and wellness of your loved ones. Especially when you still feel that you have the ability and ability.
I have accepted this world and am ready to change him, so start with eating!
When he looked at his mother kneeling on the mat with a smile on her face, Ji Kang decided to shock her mother for the long-term plan for the future.
"Shi Gan, let someone serve the food. I brought the food we prepared to my mother and General Manager Ji for tasting."
"promise."
The meal was very simple. Mother, Ji Mao and Ji Kang both had the same meal: a small plate of stewed meat with tofu, a small plate of cold bean sprouts, a bowl of noodles, and two small steamed buns.
In the kitchen hall, except for Ji Kang and Shi Gan, who accompanied the young master to make these things, everyone widened their eyes, and some palace maids and eunuchs even covered their mouths.
I haven't seen it before, it looks delicious, what should I do?
Looking at his mother's surprise, the manager Ji Mao's dull face, Ji Kang stood up and introduced:
"Mother, Ji Bo, I named this plate of soft, white and tender, this plate of thin, bean sprouts, this pottery bowl is called noodles, and I called these two steamed buns."
"Please try it with my mother, Ji Bo."
"Oh, oh, okay, okay."
Looking at his mother who had finished all the meals, including two small steamed buns, and the boss who was shameless and ate all the food he had not had time to eat, sitting there burping, Ji Kang felt unprecedented satisfaction.
"Young Master, the items you asked Shi Gan to make out a few days ago were made for these meals, right?"
"Yes, Ji Bo is wise."
"Young master, the old slave is arrogant. I want to ask you what are the things you made of tofu and noodles?"
"It's very simple, it's made of beans and wheat."
"Can beans and wheat make these things?"
"Brother Ji, it's actually very simple."
"Oh, oh, young master, can you let the old slave see how these things are made?"
"sure."
When the old butler Ji Mao saw in the southwest corner of the kitchen, a thick stone plate with two round stones on it and a wooden stick was inserted, his eyes were so big that they were almost protruding. What is this?
When I turned around and saw that there were large and small black iron containers on the newly built stove, I could even put a big egg on the mouth.
"Mother, Ji Bo, look, I call this stone the grinding."
"I call it a pot made of iron on the stove. This can be used instead of pottery cooking, and can also be used to make more and better food, which is of great benefit to the body."
In the kitchen, Ji Kang pointed to everyone and introduced it to everyone at a few things they had never seen before.
"Actually, the few things we ate just now were very simple. We only need to make the above things to process them."
As an undergraduate student majoring in mechanical design and manufacturing from a rural background in the past and who received the most systematic higher education, and as a young man from Yan State in this life, Ji Kang said that there is no pressure to make these things.
A milling disc made of two wear-resistant pieces, with a grinding groove and a hole, and a bluestone with the same diameter stacked together can turn the wheat into white flour. Cut the flour into noodles and steam it into steamed buns.
Similarly, draw the pattern with silk silk and mark the size, so that Shi Gan asks the blacksmith to create an iron pot according to the picture. Soak the soybeans overnight in clean water, clean them up, crush them with a more detailed grinding plate, add water to grind them into soy milk. Then filter them with multi-layered silk, put them in an iron pot to boil, and after cooling, pick the bean skins on them, add vinegar or salt water to stir, and then press and cool to make tofu.
"The bean sprouts are even simpler. Wash them with clean water, put them in a pottery basin and cover them with a linen cloth, and soak them for three to four days."
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Listening to the little man Ji Kang's talk, the smile on his mother Ji Zhao's face became more and more, and the eyes of the general manager Ji Mao became bigger and bigger.
At the end, Ji Kang suddenly changed his style and asked:
"Bo Ji, you said, if we open a few mills and tofu shops in Jitsu, can we make money?"
"Ah! Young Master, it's certain to make money!" The boss's voice was trembling with excitement.
"Oh, Bo Ji, if we set up a chamber of commerce and invite all the merchants in Jidu to promote this thing together, do you think the merchants in Jidu will agree?"
"Young Master, this is a once-in-a-lifetime good thing for them. These businesses will definitely flock to you! Youth Master."
Ji Zhao's face next to him showed a little embarrassed expression, adding:
"Your grandfather, King Yan and father have not eaten it yet? Especially the Chamber of Commerce, you need to report to your grandfather and father."
Ji Kang blinked his eyes, and then he realized that his mother, as a wife and Princess Zhao, was unknown to her side.
Looking at my son who was tired all day and asleep on the couch.
Ji Zhao waved everyone away and said to Ji Mao, who was standing in front of the couch and also looking at his son:
"How is the matter that the young master told you?"
"Empress, a few days ago, the young master told me to ask the old slave to find a larger shop on Xuanwu Street, saying that it would be a chamber of commerce to be established in a while, and the old slave had already arranged it. Judging from the food today, the old slave thought that the young master had this plan!"
"In addition, I want to make arrangements from my uncle and go to my own Yizhuang to check it out. I have already asked someone to clean up the courtyard of Yizhuang in the past two days. After I finish this time, I can go with the young master to check it out."
"What do you think of your son?"
"I can only say that the end of it will be seen in my cone."
"Empress, I have been with you since the young master was born. The stupidity I used to behave in the past is deceiving everyone. I have discovered it for a long time, but I dare not overthrow it, nor dare to tell you, Empress!"
"Empress, think about it, after the young master was born, did he rarely make noises? Is he also very clean? At the age of two, he knew the words of the Empress and the others. When he was three, he liked to read the bamboo slips in the Empress's room. Although he didn't like to talk too much, he had his own rules for his actions. Although the old slave was ignorant, he thought about it carefully and had never seen such a premature wise person."
"And the old slave thinks what the young master has done recently is even more terrifying!"
Ji Zhao listened to the boss's words and looked quietly at his son who was sleeping cleanly like New Year's pictures. His young mother's face was full of pride.
After a while, he turned around and looked at Ji Mao, with a sharp light in his eyes, and asked slowly:
"Boss Manager, in your opinion, how do I compare my son with Ji Ying's son Xi?"
When Ji Mao heard this, he knelt on the ground "thump". Although it was winter, the sweat on his head rolled down. After a while, his voice hoarsely said:
"Empress, as soon as the young master was born, the old slave was appointed by the king to be the chief supervisor of the servant. The old slave's wealth and life had long been integrated with the young master. But this matter is extremely serious and we need to wait and see it."
"If you need to accomplish something, you will look at the young master himself and the foreign aid. Looking at it, although the young master is young, he has his own strategies and rules. Although the young master Xi is five years older, he is more than a thousand miles away from the young master."
"Empress, I am a traitor. Originally, my Yan State was only an ally with Zhao State, but the young master's grandfather just passed away last month, and Qin State sent an envoy to our Yan State. I heard that the Qin State had met with the king many times. This... this is not a good sign!"
"Since the throne ascended, everyone can clearly see that the prince and the prince are gradually moving away from Zhao, and their relationships with Qin are gradually getting close! The old slave thinks that this is not a good thing for the young master and the empress. Therefore, the old slave thinks that if the young master succeeds, he should not act too quickly and should slowly try. A movement is worse than a quiet person. I hope the empress will accept this from my heart."
"Empress, take the matter of the young master's fief for example. Some time ago, I finally got to know each other. The old slave, on the order of the empress, went to visit ministers such as Qiqu and Changguojun Lejian, and talked about this matter. As a result, when he arrived in the court, just like in the previous few years, he was delayed by Su Fu and others using various reasons."
"Jiqu, Lejian and others suggested that the king enfeoff the prince to Zhongdu County, but Su Fu and others resolutely enfeoff the prince to Liaodong County. The prime minister of Gongsun did not argue, and the king did not express his opinion, and this matter was delayed again."
Ji Zhao sat slowly on the couch where his son was asleep. He looked at Ji Mao, held the silk handkerchief tightly in his hand, and cursed with gritting teeth:
"As both princes, Gongzixi was named Wudu Jun by the former king when he was born, and he gave the best Wudu County to Gongzixi as a fief. My son is over five years old this year, but like me, there are only two villages. Now, I heard that Yan and Qin envoys still want my son to go to Qin to be a stake? What do they want to do? Are they trying to force my mother and son to death?"
"The old slave is not good at doing things, which makes the empress panic, and the old slave deserves to die. The Changfu Subao did suggest that the young master go to Qin to serve as a quasi-mass, but he was opposed by the ministers of the Qu and Lejian. However, the prime minister Gongsun Cao did not make any statement about the proton matter and the court has not yet concluded."
Ji Zhao gently kissed her son's face, looked at his son's slightly wrinkled expression, and sighed:
"I am a woman who is a man who can't do too much for the young master, I can only count on you to help him."
"Ji Mao, I know you have always been loyal and righteous, but the young master is young and needs you elders to shelter him from the wind and rain. You retreat and do your best."
"promise."
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After the boss left, Ji Zhao looked at his sleeping son and sighed: "Son! Mom is incompetent, you should grow up quickly!" Then he gently closed the door and walked out.
Chapter completed!