Good Life in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 72

Li Jiyang took the three of them out of the gate, and saw A Da and A Er at the gate, standing there awkwardly, with a small stone mill beside them.

Li Jiyang could tell at a glance that this was the stone mill he wanted!

"It's done?" Li Jiyang squatted down excitedly, trying to move the stone mill to see the situation inside, but he didn't move it!

"What are you doing in a daze? Quickly take it away and let the young master take a look!" Chunya little loli hurriedly instructed Ah Da and Ah Er.

Only then did the two agree with an "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" and moved away from the stone mill together.

The inner core of the stone mill is the same as Li Jiyang's request, and it has ribs, which can be ground into things, such as soaked soybeans.

There is a wrist-thick opening on the top for beans; there is also a wooden handle for grinding.

"That's right! That's it!" Li Jiyang was very happy, but when he saw the hands of the two, he became angry: "How did you do it?"

Ah Da and Ah Er's hands were slightly torn, and bloodshot from them.

"Master, forging stones is just like this." Ah Da smiled honestly: "I haven't done it for many years, and this hand is born."

"That's right, it's not earthquake-resistant anymore!" Ah Er rubbed his hands together: "If you build a small object, it will be cracked."

"Don't rub it!" Li Jiyang looked in pain: "Chunya, go get some ointment and rub it on them!"

"Want to be tall?" Little Lolita looked confused, why should she be tall?

"Forget it!" Li Jiyang waved his hand: "Go back and wash it with warm water, don't work for the next two days, and wait for the wound to heal!"

"No!" The two brothers responded in unison, and then looked at Li Jiyang hopefully.

Li Jiyang was looked at inexplicably, but Li An saw what the two of them meant, so he asked instead: "Master, what is this thing for?"

Everyone has never seen it, so I can't help but be curious!

And Ah Da and Ah Er wanted to know how to use the things they got.

"This? It's easy!" Li Jiyang snapped his fingers: "Go and get some brine!"

"Master, I don't have that at home." It was Butler Li Zhong who spoke.

He came back to find someone to carry water for the people in the field to drink. It was all requested by the young master. It was boiled water and let it cool down.

I don't know why the young master did this!

But the young master of the family had the final say, and he complied with this request.

However, I heard from the old wife that the youngest son has no diarrhea these days, which is a surprise.

It's just that as soon as he came back, he saw the young master standing with others, making a strange stone pier and asking for brine!

"Housekeeper, you are here!" Li Jiyang turned around and saw him with a bright smile: "Is there no brine?"

What is brine?

It's a marinade!

That is, the bottom of the pot left after boiling salt.

Bitter, astringent, poisonous, inedible, basically discarded.

But Li Jiyang knew that if he wanted to make tofu, this thing was essential!

"Young master, why do we have such things in our family?" Butler Li Zhong smiled: "In the past, when buying salt, we bought brine blocks, but we just threw them away."

"So, can you get it?" Li Jiyang touched his chin.

He is afraid that this is Xianyang, where there is no salt production and no brine blocks.

"Is it possible, or should I go to the kitchen to have a look?" Seeing that Li Jiyang really wanted it, Li Zhong's housekeeper remembered the salt he brought with him when he came back yesterday. There might be some in it?

"Go! Go!" Li Jiyang hurriedly directed little loli to the kitchen.

"No!" Little Lolita Chunya ran fast.

"Master, what is this?" Butler Li Zhong had never seen this thing before, why is this stone pier so strange?

"Wait for the young master to invent something for you to eat!" Li Jiyang commanded Li Ping and Li An triumphantly: "Move the things outside the kitchen!"

"No!" The two young men were full of energy, and they moved away.

Li Jiyang also talked about giving Ah Da and Ah Er a vacation to recuperate their injuries. Butler Li Zhong waved his hand after knowing it: "Since the young master has said so, you two will go back to recuperate. When will the wounds on your hands heal?" , when will I go to the fields again?"

"No!" The two brothers couldn't stay here, so they had to turn their heads and go back, thinking that after the housekeeper left, they would come to the young master and ask what the stone pier could do.

To put it bluntly, the two are more curious!

But housekeeper Li Zhong cupped his hands: "Young master, this old slave is going to have someone carry water to the fields."

"Drought?" Li Jiyang immediately thought of this.

Butler Li Zhong looked embarrassed: "Young master, this old servant is asking people to carry water to the fields to quench the thirst of the servants."

Li Jiyang: "...!"

It seems that unconsciously, I sold a stupid one!

Butler Li Zhong didn't care about the young master, he brought someone to carry Liang Baikai and went to the field. Li Jiyang looked at these people and immediately started shouting: "Chunya! Chunya!"

"Master!" Little Lolita came out of nowhere and appeared in front of Li Jiyang.

"Let someone boil a pot of broth and make some pies for everyone to eat. I'm tired of weeding today, so the young master gave it to everyone!" Li Jiyang saw that it was noon, and eating a meal should be Yes, and you can take a break.

"No!" Little Loli immediately went to make arrangements.

She is now representing the young master, the owner of the Li family village, and people still believe what she says, and Li Jiyang is installing a stone mill in the yard outside the kitchen.

After Li Jiyang installed it, he pushed it twice, and it really worked!

Speaking of this stone mill, they saw it at the home of a local fellow when they went to archaeology. It is said that the stone mill was passed down from the Ming Dynasty. Later investigation found that the stone mill was at least from the Song Dynasty!

As for their village, the time when the village was established can be inferred to the Tang Dynasty, where they discovered an ancient tomb from the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Later they encountered several villages with stone mills, and the stone mills were basically the same.

Li Jiyang wrote a special paper on this back then!

After the stone mill was installed, it was time to eat. This was the second lunch. It was rare for Li Jiyang to have a real lunch instead of hiding in the space and eating fruit as a meal.

Even though it was just broth with dry pancakes.

But because it's summer, this wild vegetable can be picked more, and the taste is much better. Li Jiyang ate more green vegetables, and the meat in the broth didn't move much, and finally left it to the little Lolita Chunya.

It was also at this time that Li Jiyang knew that little Lolita Chunya kept a small bowl for herself, and distributed the rest to Li Ping and Li An.

"Don't they have enough to eat?" Li Jiyang thought that Li Ping and Li An were also two young men. As the saying goes, a half-grown man eats a poor man.

It's time for these two people to eat and drink to grow their bodies!

"It's enough to eat, and the servants will share some with them, so they can eat more." Little Lolita smiled and said, "They are going to follow the young master for a walk. They must not be too bad. Only when they are in good health can they protect the young master."

"Oh!" Li Jiyang really didn't think so much!

After Chunya finished her meal, she went to clean the utensils, and reported to Li Jiyang when she came back: "Young master, I found a bit of brine, and it was found in the salt."

The so-called brine block is actually what some people put in as salt, which is actually used for weighing. A bag of salt is mixed with at least one piece, and a maximum of ten pieces can be mixed in!

"Let me have a look!" Li Jiyang's eyes lit up. Back then, he made tofu with fellow villagers. Whether it was to make tofu with brine or plaster, he was good at it!

At first I was just curious, but later I felt that the tofu I made was delicious!

The tofu cooked in brine is a bit old, so it is suitable for stewing and eating, or making dried tofu or dried tofu.

The tofu made with gypsum is very tender, suitable for dipping in sauce, making soup, and making tofu!

The brine block is soluble in water and is called brine. It is a coagulant commonly used in making tofu in the north, which can coagulate the protein solution into a gel.Tofu made with brine as a coagulant has strong hardness, elasticity and toughness, and is called old tofu, or northern tofu, and hard tofu.

I also thought that there is no bean paste yet!

Because the current sauce is called "Jiang"!

There is a history too!

Folklore: The sauce was created by Fan Li unintentionally.According to legend, Fan Li managed the kitchen at the rich man's house when he was 17 years old.Due to inexperience, the meals are often not prepared satisfactorily and there are many leftovers. After a long time, they become sour food.In order to prevent the owner from finding out, Fan Li put the food in the storage room.However, there is no impenetrable wall. The rich man finally found out about this. The rich man scolded him and limited him to turn the sour food into useful things within ten days.The clever Fan Li first processed the food with green and white hairs, then dried them in the sun and then fried them in a pan to remove the odor and kill bacteria, and then added some warm water to stir them into a paste to feed the pigs.The rich man was also very happy to see the pig eating happily.Later, a young farm worker joked with Fan Li and put the food in noodles for Fan Li to eat. Unexpectedly, the noodles were particularly delicious.At this time, the little Changgong told the whole story. Inspired by this, Fan Li used this sour and hairy food to create a delicious sauce.

However, this is just a legend.In fact, the first brewing of sauce was in the Western Han Dynasty.

Shi You in the era of Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty recorded in "Jijiupian": "Waterflower salt, soy sauce, vinegar sauce".

Sauce, why is it called "General"?It is said that among various condiments such as salt, plum, 醯, and 醢 in ancient times, sauce always played a dominant role.If you eat fried rice, you must use mustard sauce, and if you eat boiled bear paws, you must have peony sauce... This is the "sauce" recorded in "The Analects of Confucius" that "you can't eat without its sauce".

"The Analects of Confucius" was completed during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period!

It can be seen that the condiment "sauce" has been around for a long time.

The ancients also said: "The sauce is the general of all flavors. The handsome is the one with all the flavors."It is also said: "Sauce, like a general calming violence and eliminating evil, can control the poison of various foods."

"Sauce" probably got its name from this.

The bean paste in this era is a more commonly used seasoning in condiments. Its raw materials are sauces made from broad beans, salt, flour and other raw materials.

The kind that doesn't even have a pepper!

Thinking of this, Li Jiyang is so upset!

Forget it!

Just wanted to make tofu, but I didn't even have sauce!

In other words, this "will" is not that "sauce"!

"Master, look!" Little Lolita Chunya took a plate, and put a fist-sized brine on the plate.

Li Jiyang immediately said: "Let someone soak a pot... No, soak ten pots of soybeans!"

This brine block can at least be turned into a pot of brine, which is definitely enough to turn ten pots of tofu!