Section 103 Xiaobao's return
The two sides gave an unequal amount, Feng Xiaobao knew that he had money, but he found that he couldn't get much cash, his hairy son-in-law came to the door this time and brought a gift of three thousand yuan, which was not less, but he didn't expect the Tang family to be so rich, the relatives were enthusiastic, and returned his five thousand yuan of property, what horses, cattle and sheep collected a lot, as well as jade jewelry, tea and ironware, etc., which were expensive, so Feng Xiaobao was uneasy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Tang Tian is the daughter of the head of the family, and she is skilled in bow riding, so she is deeply loved by the Tang family.
He had a mansion to raise, and he couldn't give many gifts, but the knowledge of his later generations allowed him to give something more valuable than goods!
"I will not abandon your mansion, visit everywhere, and see that your mansion is rich and the people are happy, it is really a paradise on earth!"
"Xiaobao is not talented, I am willing to contribute to the great cause of your house, and I would like to send the following strategy as a gift."
The first piece!
Smoked horse meat, stuffed horse sausage!
This gift was seen by Feng Xiaobao when he traveled to Xinjiang in later generations, and it is not difficult to make it from the production method of Kazakh herdsmen, but now it is cherished as the first big gift, which is not unusual at present.
The people take food as the sky, and Feng Xiaobao's gift solves a big problem for the Tang family... Eating of horse meat.
Horse meat is the meat often eaten by nomads, is an important part of their diet, such as the Tang family, every year when choosing horses, there are always some horses that can not be used as riding horses or even pack horses, are eliminated, and there are many horses, frozen horses, not a few.
However, when horse meat is boiled or fried, it will produce foam and emit a foul smell, so many people do not like the taste of horse meat and stay away, but if there is other meat to eat, they will not eat horse meat.
Therefore, eating horse meat often needs to be seasoned with mushrooms, burdock and coriander plus a large amount of ginger and pepper to remove the fishy smell of horse meat.
All in all, horse meat is not easy to process compared to beef, sheep and pigs, and the taste is unbearable.
However, horse meat is widely available and cannot be discarded, and the productivity at that time cannot be wasted, so the Kazakh nation has created a unique way, and from the end of November to December every year, it is the peak season for Kazakh herdsmen to smoke meat. At this time, they should select some fat and strong cows, horses, and sheep to be slaughtered for the winter. In order to preserve the meat for a longer period of time, they use the smoked meat method that has been accumulated over many years. When smoking meat, the meat is first chopped into pieces, sprinkled with salt, and placed on a wooden frame, surrounded by a clod wall or covered with other things, and smoked with pine branches and firewood smoke until it is smoked. Kazakh herdsmen are the best at making horse intestines, the essence of the horse is in the ribs, select two to three years old fat foals after slaughtering, take their horse intestines, wash them with water, cut the ribs of the horse into strips of meat, sprinkle with salt and seasonings, etc., and then cut the horse meat into minced meat and pieces of meat, mix well with seasonings, stuff into the horse intestines with more than three feet long and good toughness, tie the two ends with bamboo sticks, make more than 20 days to become, and do not deteriorate for a long time.
In addition to using rib meat, ground meat and pieces of meat are also used, and horse intestines can also be smoked, which is relatively costly.
Now Feng Xiaobao will make smoked horse meat and stuffed horse intestines on the plate and tray, not only that, Feng Xiaobao also sent the food method: clean the smoked horse meat and horse intestines, put them in a pot and add cold water, and then after boiling over high heat, change to low heat and slowly boil for about an hour, let it cool after leaving the pot, cut it into thin slices, and it is a good product to drink and eat.
The taste is first-class and the flavor is unique, which solves the big problem of bad taste of horse meat.
Feng Xiaobao visited the Tang family and keenly discovered the Tang family's unscientific processing of horse meat, and immediately sent a new food method, which made Tang Zhengming happy.
Not only that, but I also hurriedly made some smoked horse meat, sparing no expense, using the best meat and the best pine branches, and the smoked horse meat was rich in flavor, bright in color, and fragrant, and the whole hall was full of aroma!
It can be seen that it is edible, some of the smoked horse meat has been cooked, presented on the plate, Tang Zhengming tried a piece, chewed it, there was a fragrance of pine oil and horse meat in his mouth, chewed slowly, the more he chewed, the more fragrant it became, and the taste was extremely beautiful.
He thought while eating: This is a method of eating that the Tang family has never seen, and it can undoubtedly greatly promote the meat production of the Tang family.
Soldiers need a lot of meat, but the price of meat is difficult to support, the price of meat is expensive because it is less, the productivity of that period is still insufficient, the Tang family's horse meat is more and cheaper, made of smoked horse meat and horse sausage, cheap and edible, the price is moderate, it will be welcomed by the military!
The Tang family has a rich source of horse meat, smoked horse meat, and the seasoning of horse intestines is not difficult, and the Tang family has its own salt mine, although the pepper is a little more expensive, but the smoked horse meat provided to the military, and the horse intestines are not necessary so many spices, and it is good to give them salt to eat!
If the method of smoking horse meat and filling horse intestines made Tang Zhengming's eyes shine, then Feng Xiaobao's second gift made him unable to sit still, and immediately called someone to invite the three powerful elders to come and discuss together!
Coking!
What is exactly the soil method of coking, Feng Xiaobao visited the Tang family, the Tang family did not cherish the broom, and even the iron ore was seen by Feng Xiaobao, where there was a high-quality iron ore production, and the embarrassing thing was the lack of fuel.
Using wood to heat and melt iron ore, Liangzhou is a bitter cold place, trees grow slowly, how many forests are there?
Moreover, the Tang family also has knowledge, and is very clear about "soil and water maintenance", such as the woods on the snowy mountains behind them, there are strict orders that not a branch can be easily broken, and livestock must not gnaw away the turf.
Therefore, there is a shortage of timber, and it is not practical to transport timber from a distance, and to transport iron ore out... There were no trucks and no railways, no waterways, and not much transport.
Liangzhou is a treasure land, in addition to iron ore, there are also coal mines.
Coal mines can be heated, and the Tang family ranch has made extensive use of coal for fires, reducing the use of wood.
However, there are too many impurities in the coal mine, and the direct use of the coal mine to process iron ore leads to poor iron quality and cannot be used.
Therefore, the Tang family has a large iron mine, and the output has not been able to rise, and the pig iron business is tepid.
Now, Feng Xiaobao Dao broke the sky: earth method coking!
The method is to wash the coal to remove the stones and soil, leaving high-quality coal ore, and then stacking it in the cellar, sealing the top and bottom with refractory bricks around it, so that it can be ignited, and after a period of time, the gas is all burned out, and there is no longer smoke, and it is coke.
According to Feng Xiaobao, the effect of using coke to process iron ore is higher than that of wood, and there are no impurities of coal mine, the success rate is high, and the iron material is of high quality.
The method is the same as smoked horse meat and horse sausage, it seems to be very simple, and there is no high-tech, but others can't think of it, Feng Xiaobao just thought of it!
Several bigwigs of the Tang family were secretly shocked, this Feng Xiaobao was really powerful, but after a few turns in the Tang family, he found two solutions that were greatly beneficial to the Tang family.
At first, some people in the Tang family were not very convinced by Feng Xiaobao, after all, he had a serious phenomenon of hanging silk, a little force value and small money, at most he was a high-quality white-collar person, how could he be qualified to marry Bai Fumei?
Now Feng Xiaobao's two gifts are both beneficial to the Tang family in the long run, so I have to take them!