For a time, the European continent was turbulent, with the arrival of the Chinese in Genoa, the European continent, which seemed to have not been calm for a long time, began to be uncalm again, and the two sides that were engaged in a fierce war - Spain and Britain seemed to have heard some news, and no one knew what their ideas were, but Spain's attack was sharper, the British defensive counterattack became more intense, and the war became more fierce.

At this moment, Chen Longzheng is still living in the VIP residence next to the Governor's Palace, and he is not very clear about the ups and downs of the outside world, his main trouble is not here, but in terms of food, these days, he is always unaccustomed to eating the food here, except for the noodles that can be eaten slightly, the rest of the food, especially meat food, is difficult to eat.

The beef and mutton are fishy, just like the taste of those Europeans, haven't they learned to use spices to cook? Even if it is grilled meat, it is not half-cooked, it is also a smell, Chen Longzheng wants to vomit when he eats it, there is no way, except for noodles, Chen Longzheng spends his days on bread and jam, this thing is sweet and sour, and he can barely eat it.

Chen Longzheng also learned about the problem of spices through Matteo Ricci's side, and learned that these things are now monopolized by Spain, an old maritime power, Genoa of course has spices, but spices are too expensive, these nobles themselves are usually reluctant to use them, only when they hold banquets to support the façade, and the rest of the time they eat such things, which is already the highest standard of hospitality.

Chen Longzheng began to regret that he didn't bring more domestic seasonings, now there are pots, spoons and chefs, but the spices and seasonings are used up, the rice and wheat are also eaten cleanly, and there are only some leftover potatoes and corn on the ship, until Chen Longzheng really eats noodles and jam bread and loses his appetite, so he reluctantly recalled the chef from the port of the ship and asked him to carry a pot to save his life.

The two chefs knew the crux of Chen Longzheng's problem, so they searched all over Genoa, and finally found the ingredient that they could solve the problem in their current state - eggs!

Steamed eggs, poached eggs, scrambled eggs with potatoes, these three dishes are his policy to solve the problem, but unfortunately this master will not be in vain, is a stir-fry master, so he can not accurately use European flour to make food, although there is no seasoning, but steamed eggs and poached eggs are not used, as long as there is a pot with oil, as for potato scrambled eggs, he found a meat sauce similar to fish sauce from the kitchen of those European chefs to season, after stir-frying, there is actually a different taste.

With bread, Chen Longzheng ate a beautiful meal, which is called a whirlwind and clouds! Matteo Ricci was actually captured by Chinese food, after staying in China for so many years, after arriving in Myanmar, he was further deepened by Xiao Ruxun, a big foodie, and further deepened his captivity, and he has long become a prisoner of food.

It's also funny to say, at this time there was no stir-fry in Europe, only stews and grilled food, but they had pots, iron pots similar to those in China, where did the pots come from? Also from China.

This thing still started from the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty began to use iron pot stew and stir-fry Chinese, and after the rapid popularization of iron pots, the Song Dynasty merchant ships that went to sea would also use iron pots to cook on the ship, some Arab merchants boarded the Song people's sea boats, saw the black thing, very strange, and asked what it was, and the Song people replied, that is the pot for stir-frying.

Arabs do not know what stir-frying is, but know the pot, at that time, the whole world except for the Chinese, basically used clay pot casserole to cook, the iron pot is well heated, and the volume is large, not easy to break, so it soon received the world's welcome, in addition to silk porcelain and tea, Chinese iron pot is also the world's best-selling product, the Song people made a fortune.

This thing is not valuable in China, but how valuable is it abroad?

The monarchs of some countries and some wealthy lords have made wills to pass on the iron pot as an important inheritance......

China is naturally popular, because China's technology is leading, but the nomads in the north are not so lucky, they will not make iron pots, but the iron pot is a very important cooking utensils, life to use, the Central Plains Dynasty is worried that they use the iron pot to melt after making weapons, so do not sell, but this thing is an extremely rare thing in the nomads, the pot is broken and are not willing to throw it, take the cowhide to make up for it and continue to make do with it, the two brothers have to divide the iron pot in half.

So sometimes they go south to rob, if they fail, forget it, if they succeed, the first choice is not people and money, but iron pots, you just watch a group of Ming soldiers riding horses panting and chasing, and a group of nomads in front of them are riding horses and carrying pots and running back! For them, that pot is really more important than money!

Therefore, Chen Longzheng's two chefs carried iron pots on their backs on their backs on the way from the port to the governor's palace, and the pots on their backs received unanimous attention from the whole people.

Wow, the iron pot alas! I've seen it at the lord's house, but it's a baby! Don't touch it, this is an authentic Chinese iron pot! How much is it worth!

If they could understand European languages, they would know what the Europeans were talking about.

The pot is there, but they don't have the skills and skills to stir-fry dishes, so when the governor of Genoa heard that Chen Long was looking for a Chinese chef to cook Chinese dishes, he was very interested, and hurriedly ran over to see the Chinese catering, just happened to bump into Chen Longzheng and Matteo Ricci having dinner.

It's still the same, poached eggs, steamed eggs, and potato scrambled eggs, as well as wheat rice, for the food that has never been seen, the governor of Genoa expressed great surprise, Chen Longzheng handed him a pair of chopsticks for him to enjoy together, but the governor of Genoa stared at the chopsticks in his hand with a confused face, did not know how to use, Chen Longzheng smiled bitterly and taught him how to use chopsticks to pick up vegetables to eat, the governor took a chopstick potato chips into his mouth, chewed, and immediately opened the door to a new world.

After Chinese calligraphy swept the European upper class, Chinese stir-fried food once again swept the European upper class.

When they realized that the Chinese use an iron pot to stir-fry food in a completely different way than them, and really tasted the simple Chinese stir-fry, they were instantly conquered by this delicious taste.