I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

Chapter 387 [3 More] 387

Liu Tan didn't know that Liu Che was sulking, and he didn't deliberately let Liu Che down. The main reason was that high-quality jade was not so easy to come by, and his craftsmen couldn't carve so many things in ten days.

The seventh prince's full moon ceremony cannot be perfunctory, and what is given to Liu Che cannot be perfunctory.

And why hasn't Liu Che seen such a good jade?Dunhuang jade is newly discovered and not well-known, so it must be the best quality jade, and it must be large.

Don't say you can't find this kind of jade, even if you find it within a few months, you won't be able to carve it out. The craftsmen under him have already worked overtime for the Seventh Prince's work. Adding this one, it is estimated that they can only use it for 48 hours a day.

Donkeys in the production team don’t carry such squeezers.

Liu Tan thought about it anyway, Liu Che was coming here to escape the summer heat soon, so what else to give, we'll talk about it when he comes.

Of course, the most important thing is that the gift for Liu Che should be high-end and innovative, Liu Tan has to focus on other things now, and has no time to get this piece of jade.

Before getting busy with other things, Liu Tan took the time to meet Jiang Chong's fellow countryman Ji Fei.

Ji Fei's first impression is that he is thin, extremely thin, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a stick.

Liu Tan was so thin that he hesitated when he saw him: "Your health..."

Ji Fei said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't worry, grass people can eat and sleep, five meals a day, and they are born not to gain weight."

Liu Tan raised his chin slightly: "Sit first."

After Ji Fei sat down, Liu Tan asked, "How much do you know about Tongda City and Guan City?"

Ji Fei probably did his homework, but it should be true that Jiang Chong gave him some basic information. Ji Fei knows more about these two places than he does.

Liu Tan's expression was dull after hearing this, and Ji Fei was a little uneasy. This Northern King is young, but his experience is too legendary. There is nothing he does that doesn't make money. Come on, when he came to the northern border country before, he swore that there must be a place for him here.

But when he got here, he found that he seemed to be wrong.

Because here is a man with more skill than him.

While he was thinking about this, Liu Tan suddenly said, "I need someone who can execute."

Ji Fei looked up at Liu Tan in a daze, and Liu Tan continued, "It doesn't matter how good his ideas are, as long as he can implement my request in place."

After hearing this, Ji Fei's confidence immediately increased. He would definitely not be able to compete with the king of the Northern Realm, but if he only needs to implement it, then he still has a certain ability.

Ji Fei immediately said: "The grassroots should satisfy His Highness."

Liu Tan said with a smile: "Oh? You know, my request is not so easy to fulfill."

Ji Fei reservedly smiled and said, "If it's easy to do, why does Your Highness need to meet me in person?"

Liu Tan turned to look at Miao Rui: "Give him that document."

Ji Fei felt a burst of excitement, knowing that he should have passed the first test, but this excitement made him feel stupid after seeing Liu Tan's paperwork.

That document... said it was a document, it was basically a piece of paper, on which several shops in Tongda City were divided, and then the items written below were divided into various styles according to their locations, such as Chang'an style, Zhao Guo style and so on.

Looking at this, Ji Fei was a little dazed: "What does your Highness mean?"

Liu Tan asked, "Don't understand?"

These three words really made Ji Fei's mouth dry for a while -- urgently.

Only now did he realize that his friend's sentence "It's not easy to do things under His Highness, you'll never know what he's thinking." It was true advice.

He originally thought that Jiang Chong was just reminding him not to speculate on Shangyi, after all, the main reason why he became a businessman was that he was naturally good at observing words and emotions.

This specialty made him feel at ease no matter how he interacted with anyone, but this time he found that he really didn't understand what His Highness meant.

I don't know if he is satisfied with me, and I don't understand what the words he wrote mean.

Ji Fei hesitated again and again, but decided to trust his friend, and said honestly, "I don't understand."

He remembered that Jiang Chong said, don't pretend to be ignorant in front of their highness, or you will be kicked out.

Liu Tan chuckled: "There is nothing difficult to understand. There is a whole street in Tongda City. If you want to retain people, you must have characteristics. And Tongda City is destined to have businessmen from all over the world, so I want to create a comprehensive The commercial street allows people from all corners of the country to find things that belong to their hometowns and see the characteristics of other places on this commercial street. Generally speaking, it is both innovative and makes people feel at home."

Ji Fei was stunned for a while when he heard it, and couldn't help but exclaimed at the end: "Good!"

Liu Tan waved his hand: "Similarly, such a comprehensive store can also be set up in Guanshi City. I only have a few shops there, and the area is not large. I may not be able to build a comprehensive store like Tongda City."

Ji Fei swallowed his saliva: "Your Highness... Your Highness... slow down."

This was the first time he encountered a time when he couldn't keep up with the other party's thinking. In the past, he was the one who lobbied and explained to others, but now it's the other way around... he's not used to it.

It's just that he's not used to it. On the other hand, he doubts that if he continues to be so ignorant, will the King of the North throw him out?

Liu Tan looked at Ji Fei and said, "Do you understand what I said before?"

Ji Fei nodded frantically, this time he didn't talk nonsense.

Liu Tan nodded: "Okay, I'll give you the framework. On this basis, you can write a report. If it were you, what would you do?"

Ji Fei was stunned for a moment: "Let... let Caomin write?"

Liu Tan drank his saliva and said, "Yes, I have other things to do now, and I don't have time to take care of so much. I've given you the framework. Since both Huo Xiang and Jiang Tingwei recommended you, you must have your own merits." Office, I heard that you have traveled to many places over the years, I hope you can give me a surprise."

Ji Fei took a deep breath, feeling that whether he could reach the pinnacle of his life was all up to him, and he said quickly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, Caomin will go right away. I don't know when Your Highness will want it?"

Liu Tan made some calculations and said, "Anyway, before the opening of Guan City, everything must be in place. Tongda City should be opened earlier. You can decide the time yourself."

Ji Fei was very excited: "This subordinate will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations."

Liu Tan waved at him and said, "Go."

Ji Fei happily left, Liu Tan took a deep breath and said to himself, "I should be busy with my work."

Liu Tan is not busy this time, but researching new dishes.

When Liu Che came last time, he gave Liu Che a garden-style palace. This time, he must be staying in the Longevity Palace, and it is not easy to make tricks on the appearance of the Longevity Palace.

So this time we have to start with the details of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Liu Tan had planned to make some soybean-based dishes before, but he didn't have much time all the time, and this time was just right.

He wanted to get a table of lettuce for Liu Che.

He doesn't have the elixir of longevity, but he knows a lot of health-preserving methods to prolong life.

Those health preservation methods are all the rage in later generations, even ordinary people who have not studied medicine can know a lot, but they are novel in this era.

It's just that health preservation is usually accompanied by an insatiable appetite, so Liu Tan intends to relax the boundaries of health preservation a little bit, and work hard on taste by the way.

The first thing he thought of was Quansu Zhai, which only appeared in the Qing Dynasty. Liu Tan didn't know how many dishes there were, but he knew that most of them were made of yuba, winter bamboo shoots, fresh mushrooms, and magnolia slices. It is also mainly sweet.

However, the focus of Liu Tan's vegetarian diet is not on those vegetables, but on "meat dishes", that is, using ingredients to make meat dishes look like meat dishes, and at the same time, the taste must be infinitely close to meat dishes.

Vegetarian chicken and vegetarian duck are not difficult to make. Among them, the vegetarian chicken is made of bean curd, but unlike the real vegetarian, Liu Tan uses high broth to cook.

Anyway, he doesn't want to be a real vegetarian, but only healthy dishes with less oil and less salt.

Unlike vegetarian chicken, vegetarian duck needs to wrap the filling with bean skin. The filling is made of winter bamboo shoots and shiitake mushrooms, shredded, stir-fried with oil, and then wrapped with bean skin to make it into a shape similar to duck breast. Deep fry.

In fact, there is basically nothing easy to fail about these two dishes, the only thing is that the taste and ingredients must be studied a little bit, and the shape should also be studied.

But he doesn't need to do it himself, he just needs to direct the chef to do it.

Although the vegetarian feast is mainly made of soy products, it can't be all these things. Otherwise, after a meal, everyone might spit out the word bean when they see it.

After thinking about it, Liu Tan proposed another ingredient on the menu: lotus root.

Such ingredients are not rare for the northern border country. Who made his territory have so many oxbow lakes?

There are many things that can be made with lotus root, such as stewed lotus root, glutinous rice osmanthus lotus root, fried lotus root box, sweet and sour lotus root slices, fried diced lotus root in sauce... Liu Tan’s writing is a lot of dishes, which are comparable to soy products. With it, you can come up with a lot of tricks.

Anyway, Su Zhai only once or twice at most, once or twice because the taste is fresh, it really makes everyone eat too much, I am afraid some people will wonder if he is not willing to give everyone meat.

In particular, Liu Che often suspected that Liu Tan was short of money to spend, so giving him some money at that time would be too eye-catching.

After finishing the main course, Liu Tan started to think about the dessert.

His father still likes to eat sweets, he thought about it, in the scorching summer, there must be smoothies and the like to relieve the heat, he asked the kitchen to boil all kinds of jams, and at the same time asked people to prepare ice.

But what he didn't expect was that there wasn't enough ice!

Liu Tan asked with some differences: "Why is there not enough ice?"

Bi Gao quickly said: "There is no edible ice."

Ice in summer is generally used to cool down the house, or to cool down the fruits and vegetables. No one would eat ice directly, so the hygiene level of the ice cellar used for storage is only average.

Liu Tan didn't expect it either, so he sighed deeply and said, "Since there is none, then we can only make some edible ice."

Bi Gao whispered, "Your Highness, it's almost summer."

How to make ice in this weather?Generally, the ice is frozen in winter and put into the ice cellar to store enough to consume in the summer, and then the cycle repeats. During this process, the ice in the ice cellar is also melting all the time, making ice in summer is almost unheard of.

Liu Tan smiled at him and said, "Come on, I'll do magic tricks for you, go and get some saltpeter."