Dad and the potters were busy preparing for the gods, and Zhang Chao was busy cooking. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

There are already a lot of stoves in the steaming shed, and Zhang Chao directly asked Xiao Baxiao Thirteen to come here with big bones, wash several large pottery pots, and fill the pots with water.

"Add more firewood, don't use wheat straw, the firepower is too small, you have to add splitting wood."

Zhang Chao commanded the seven girls, the eighth girl, and the ninth girl to burn the fire, and the three girls have been in Zhangjiagou for a while, and they are still apprentices, but they are much better than the treatment they have just recruited, and they can get a daily salary of two liters of corn, but they still have to start from the fire girl, and learn to steam while doing things.

Large pieces of miscellaneous trees are set up in the stove, and the new stove is very easy to burn, without bellows to burn, and a large piece of firewood is already burning in the stove.

The big bones that have been chopped don't even need to be washed. In the words of the villagers, if the blood is washed away, it will not be so sweet. It's all clean anyway. Zhang Chao originally planned to cross the water for a while, but everyone was even more reluctant, thinking that it would be too wasteful of oil and water.

Tell Qian Daya and Erya to bring the ginger and garlic that are ready to be washed.

"Crush the ginger, don't cut it, the garlic sprouts and green onions are directly knotted."

Zhang Chao taught the two girls hand in hand, Zhang Chao couldn't train the two girls into a female secret recipe, so he planned to train them into an excellent female chef.

If you want to eat all kinds of delicacies in the future, you can just use your mouth, which is the comfortable day of the landlord.

The seventh girl looked at Qian Daya with envy while lighting the fire. That big girl is just a slave, and she is also dry and thin, and she is not as good-looking as herself, but now she can follow Brother San Lang for so long, Brother San Lang also taught her to cook, but she can only sit in front of the stove and burn the fire, and she feels bitter when she thinks about it.

It's all to blame for the dead girl of the eighth girl, if it weren't for her bad deeds, she would have been able to cook San Lang's raw rice that day, and now she may become a landlord's lady.

Hatefully sent a piece of pine wood into the stove, and the seventh girl glared at her sister and eighth girl fiercely. The eight girls over there immediately rolled their eyes back not to be outdone.

The new stove boils a pot of water very quickly, especially now it is still used with large pieces of chopping wood, this kind of firewood is the most powerful and burns quickly.

The fire is churning in the pot and the water vapor is rising.

"The water is boiling, put the ginger, garlic and shallots in it, and then put the big bones in it."

"Seven daughters, keep the fire."

The bones were put in, and Zhang Chao covered the pot, leaving only a little gap.

One of the most important aspects of the stew is to bring it to a boil first, and then change to a simmer.

After the pot boiled, Zhang Chao asked the seventh girl to take out some firewood and keep it simmering. The longer it is simmered, the stronger the flavor becomes.

"Just cover the pot and simmer it for two hours over low heat, remember not to keep removing the lid, don't worry about boiling dry water, this big pot of water will not dry if it is simmered for two hours."

The most taboo thing about big bone broth is to always remove the lid of the pot, and avoid adding water halfway, especially cold water.

A pot of water has been simmering for several hours, it is enough, do not add salt first, wait until it is stewed and then add salt, so that you can stew a pot of milky white and rich taste of large bone broth, and sprinkle some green onions when it comes out of the pot, it is quite perfect.

Zhang Chao added a small spoonful of vinegar to each pot before covering the pot, so that the phosphorus and calcium in the bones could be dissolved in the soup and the vitamins in the soup could be preserved.

"Remember, it's best to boil the big bone broth in cold water, so that the bones can be fully cooked. Also, don't put salt too early, if you put salt too early, the moisture in the meat will run out quickly, and it will also speed up the coagulation of protein, which will affect the umami of the soup. ”

"What is protein?" Er Ya asked.

"Well, it's the bone marrow." Zhang Chao explained casually.

"We have a lot of people, so we can wait until we are halfway through the stew and then put in the radish cut in half, which can not only increase the volume, but also improve the freshness."

"By the way, every quarter of an hour or so, remember to skim off the foam from the soup, so that you can maintain the milky white color of the soup."

"We can also add some goji berries."

Originally, I could have added some other spices, but these spices are too expensive, many spices are brought by Hu Shang, and many spices are even equivalent to gold, and ordinary people really can't afford to eat them.

After giving the big bone broth to a few girls, Zhang Chao went to deal with other dishes.

To kill a pig, blood tofu and blood sausage are indispensable, and these two dishes are definitely necessary.

Pig blood with fresh tofu, red and white, plus some Chinese cabbage boiled, red, white and green, delicious and good-looking, this is also known as the head knife dish of killing pig rice. Stir-fried pork noodles, dried beans and roasted pork intestines, and then a return to the pot meat, stewed pork skull.

You don't need too many dishes, and most of them are worthless on pigs, and good meat should be kept.

The formal worship of God is chosen tomorrow, and the flowing water banquet is also tomorrow, but today the pig must be killed first, and the ingredients for various dishes must be prepared first. It's winter, so don't worry about killing pork in advance.

Cober has already killed the second pig, and Qian Gui has already brought someone to collect the third pig.

When Qian Gui saw Zhang Chao, he ran over with a flattering face and reported to Zhang Chao the weight of the two newly collected pigs.

"Well, butler, you can bring the two families to settle the money later."

A housekeeper smiled Qian Gui's face into a chrysanthemum. He was originally a groom and a protégé, but now that the Zhang family is so prosperous, Zhang Chao promoted Qian Gui to a housekeeper.

In fact, I still do the same things as in the past, but the salary has increased. Although Qian Gui is a slave of the Zhang family, Zhang Chao still set a monthly salary for their family, and Qian Gui is a housekeeper, and the monthly money is 900 yuan. This is linked to the price of grain, which is actually one stone of monthly grain, and the standard is one stone of corn.

Because now the rice has dropped to 150 and the corn has also dropped to 90, so one stone of millet is only 900 yuan, and the expensive salary is 900. If it drops to 800 when, then his monthly salary will only be 800.

After being promoted to housekeeper, the first thing Qian Gui did was to ask for a change of surname.

No longer surnamed Qian, changed surname to Zhang.

In fact, Qian is not his real surname, Qian is only the surname of his master, and as for what his real surname is, he himself is a little confused. In these years, many slaves have the surname of their master, but not every slave can have the surname of their master, and they can have the surname of their master, which is equivalent to the emperor in the court giving the surname to the minister, which is very glorious.

Now Qian Gui has changed his name to Zhang Gui, and his son Qian Zhuan has also changed his name to Zhang Zhuan, and the two daughters have naturally become Zhang Daya and Zhang Erya.

Zhang Gui felt that his current life was very good, not only did he get a surname from the main family, but he also increased his monthly money. As for one stone of corn a month, the monthly money of the wife, son, and daughter adds up to two stones, and the family has three stones of monthly money in a month, as long as you save a little, you can save it.

Zhang Gui hopes that in the future, he will save enough money to redeem his son and daughter, and if he gets rid of this slave and maid, he can at least get the identity of a guest girl.

Zhang Gui felt that Zhang's father treated their family really well, the family lived in a cave, and the main family also gave them a kang, and they ate very well every day, three meals a day, which was unimaginable before, and Xiao Langjun often gave their family one or two dishes.

Now that there are so many people in Zhangjiaye, those villagers are very polite to him, and the juniors have to call Uncle Gui when they meet.

The whole person feels twenty years younger, and his waist is much straighter.

"By the way, there will be a bookkeeper from Chang'an, you will be responsible for arranging accommodation for him later, just the old kiln next to you, you will help clean up and clean it first, and ask the village to arrange someone to make a kang."

The account room was found by Qin Qiong, Qin Qiong is also a good friend, an old friend of Wagang back then, and now Zhonglang General Chang He recommended a person to Qin Qiong, surnamed Ma, a scholar, and a down-and-out scholar. Qin Qiong introduced him to Zhang Chao to be an accountant.

said that Cao Cao Cao would arrive, and Qin Dare had already arrived with a new account room.

Qin dared to ride a horse, and the new account office rode a donkey.

The new account office looks very old, estimated to be less than thirty, but considering that people generally look older in these years, Zhang Chao estimates that he is only in his early twenties.

He was dressed in a white cloth robe, somewhat thin, with a soft head on his head.

The person is very tall and thin, at least more than 1.75 meters, with a long beard, and he doesn't take care of it much, but he doesn't look down, but a little unruly.

"San Lang, let me introduce you, this is recommended by Duke Qin, surnamed Ma, he is willing to come to your house to do the accounting office."

Ma Cheng got down from the donkey and bowed to Zhang Chao.

"I've seen Zhang Xiaolangjun." Zhang Chao's youth amazed him. Before coming, Qin Qiong had already told him about the situation of the Zhang family, knowing that the master of the Zhang family was Qin Qiong's old brother, and there was only one Xiao Langjun in the family, or the heir of the heir, I heard that he was still a little monk who had just come down the mountain and was still vulgar, but he was very capable, and Qin Qiong also accepted him as a righteous son.

Before I came, I heard that although the Zhang family was a deputy of the Che Riding House, the family business was not small, and the family rented out more than 500 acres of land, and also ran a business such as meals.

Now that he has arrived in Zhangjiagou and entered the village, he feels that the Zhang family is indeed very prosperous. The village is not ordinarily lively, hundreds of people are doing things, and these people are actually doing things for the Zhang family.

"Mr. Ma, you have also seen that there is a bit of industry at home, and there are usually more material purchases and payments, which really makes me anxious if there is no special account room, and now that you are here, it really solves my big trouble."

Zhang Chao said to him with a smile.

"Uncle Ma, do you think this will work, if you are willing to come to me to do the accounting room, cover your three meals and lodging, and two stones of corn per month, and some gifts during the New Year's Festival, do you think it's okay?"

The accounting room is a technical job, and the people who do the accounting room are all scholars, not to mention that this is recommended by Qin Qiong and Chang He.

Zhang Chao also showed sincerity, two stones a month, and the salary was not low. In these years, a nine-grade official is only fifty stones. Of course, officials also have a lot of other incomes, such as vocational fields, official permanent fields, and various benefits such as subsidies. But Zhang Chao gave the horse account room a salary of two stones a month, which is indeed not low, at least Steward Zhang only has one stone a month.

The horse account room arched his hand, "The monthly salary is two stones, Xiao Langjun is very generous." But rest assured, Ma will live up to these two stones of corn. ”

Looking at his confident appearance, Zhang Chao felt that he liked this new account room.