Qiming 1158

Chapter 983 Is this the pork that these migrant workers on the construction site can eat?

While they were shaking, it was time for lunch. Wang Qi went to see the food at the construction site today, then walked back with a smile.

"It's a coincidence, today is the day to eat meat. Both lunch and dinner have meat. In the morning, all the vegetables and meat porridge are eaten. Will the three of you be willing to deal with one meal on the construction site?"

Lu You and Yu Yunwen were stunned for a moment, then looked at Chen Kangbo, who had never spoken.

Chen Kangbo hesitated for a moment, then nodded. He seemed to have something he wanted to confirm, so he agreed.

Wang Qi smiled, and asked people to make meals for the three main envoys and the other attachés of the Southern Song Dynasty envoys, and brought tables and chairs to prepare them to sit down and eat.

During the meal, Chen Kangbo asked Wang Qi, whether intentionally or unintentionally, if it was not good for them to join in for dinner, and whether it would make the workers unable to eat enough.

Wang Qi shook his head and said they didn't need to worry.

"I always cook more meals on the construction site. After a morning of labor, the migrant workers always have a big appetite. They can only eat enough to eat by pound of cooking cakes and steamed cakes. Therefore, the cooking on the construction site is also a big fire, so try to cook as much as possible. , leaving room.

Don't be afraid of leftovers, just be afraid of not being full. It doesn't matter if you have leftovers, but it matters if you are not full. Naturally, you don't have to worry about wasting the leftovers. Because the construction period of the construction site is long, it takes several years. Make a circle to raise pigs.

This big guy eats the rest of the swill and feeds it to the pigs. The swill is a good thing. Pigs are not picky eaters. After eating the swill, they will grow fat quickly. On the meat of their own pigs slaughtered.

There are also advantages to raising pigs. In addition to pigs, the cooks who cook also set up their own vegetable gardens, use pig manure as fertilizer, and grow some green leafy vegetables. "

"This...I..."

Chen Kangbo didn't react for a while, and he didn't know whether to lament the abundance of food on the construction site or the excellent thinking of recycling, but after thinking about it, he still focused on the pig.

"pork?"

"Ah, pork, it's delicious."

Wang Qi smiled and said, "Da Ming eats a lot of pork, and many people like to eat pork. By the way, wasn't Mr. Su Dongpo particularly good at making pork? Didn't the Southern Dynasty still eat pork very much?"

"This... there is, but not much."

"Don't worry, Daming's pork is fragrant. Don't look at this construction site as a big stove. The pork stewed in the fire is so fragrant that you can bite your tongue."

What Wang Qi said is true. The pig industry in the Ming Dynasty began to change as early as the time of the General Administration of Central Capital.

As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, the industry of pig-carving has already appeared in China, but this industry has not prospered for a long time, and the pig method has not been promoted in the pig industry, although there are already meat and pigs in some areas. Mothers need to get rid of this rule, but in most areas, there is still no such rule.

After Su Yonglin conquered the Central Capital and established the General Affairs Bureau, he instructed some people who mastered the pig technique to gather together to carry out technical innovations in the pig industry, and widely taught the breeders how to use the pig.

Since then, except for the breeding pigs, the rest of the pigs raised in Daming, regardless of male or female, have all died, which has changed the pig industry, and the pig industry in the Ming Dynasty has begun to flourish.

If the pigs do not die, there is no distinction between males and females, and most of the food they eat is used to accumulate essence for reproduction, and it is difficult to grow meat.

The boar is not slender, the body is slender, the sow is not slender, the body is graceful, and the character is irritable, easy to hurt people, very difficult to raise, the meat taste is not good, after slaughtering, the smell is very strong, and it cannot be done without a lot of spices and sugar. To cover up the fishy smell, it is naturally not delicious.

Therefore, pork has been made cheap meat in China for many years, but people with a little grade will not let pork on the table, otherwise it will become the laughing stock of everyone.

But once the pigs are slaughtered, the boars and sows are pure in heart, and their dispositions become docile, and they begin to gain weight in peace. The cost is also greatly reduced.

As a result, the advantages of pigs over other livestock began to emerge.

Therefore, starting from the first year of Hongwu, the number of pig farms in the Ming Dynasty increased year by year. State-run large pig farms and privately operated small pig farms soon spread across various provinces, and pork soon occupied most of the private meat. It has become the main meat favorite of the people.

The price of pork was originally "cheap as earth", and it rose for a while after it was popular. However, with the comprehensive entry of national nutrition pig farms, a large amount of pork entered the meat market, and the price of pork gradually fell back to a normal level.

The common people in Daming like to buy some pork from time to time to satisfy their cravings, but after the festival or harvest, when they have money in their hands, they will take their families to the market to buy a whole pig leg, or even half a pig, and then buy some more. Soy sauce, bring back the braised pork that has been cooked for a few days, and eat the meat hard.

Because the pork after the breeding reform is very fragrant and delicious, and the price is not expensive, even chickens, ducks, goose, fish and mutton, which once dominated the private dining table, have begun to take a back seat. Pork has become the main meat on the dining table of the common people. great change.

Wang Qi knew that this was the situation in the Ming Dynasty. As for whether there was such a situation in the Southern Song Dynasty, he didn't know much, but it should be not. Otherwise, why would these officials look bad when they heard that they were eating pork?
You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor took the lead in eating pork.

Emperor Su Yonglin especially liked to eat pork, and during festivals and festivals, the ministers also gave more pork.

Not only that, he is also engaged in the innovation and research and development of pork menus in the palace, and tossed out many famous pork dishes such as Jiao Liu Pork, Pot Pork, Braised Lion Head and so on.

Su Yonglin also generously disclosed the pork menu and production method he ate in the palace to the Ming Dynasty for free.

So it didn't take long for the restaurants in Zhongdu to start, and the qualified restaurants all over the country began to launch the same menu, euphemistically called palace cuisine, which was extremely popular among the people.

Over time, some folks will also make pork dishes at home, and they are very proud that it is the same meal that the emperor eats.

Looking at this situation, it seems to be turning palace dishes into home-cooked dishes.

Pork was so popular in the Ming Dynasty, but the envoys of the Southern Song Dynasty were embarrassed about it.

However, they were only moved when they saw the food that was called.

There is no other reason, the meat smell is really fragrant, really fragrant.

It was also at this time that they discovered that the pork on the construction site was braised vegetables with soy sauce added.

The smell of meat really evoked greed in the stomach. A group of people looked at me, I looked at you, and finally looked at Chen Kangbo together.

As an envoy, as an official with the highest status, he must play an exemplary and leading role.

"Chen Xianggong, please."

Wang Qi smiled and looked at Chen Kangbo.

Chen Kangbo swallowed his saliva, hesitated for a while, then stretched out his chopsticks and took a piece of pork that belonged to him in front of him, slowly put it into his mouth, and chewed it.

This……

This taste...

Is it the pork that these migrant workers on the construction site can eat?
Chen Kangbo ate pork in the Southern Song Dynasty.

To be precise, I have eaten two kinds of pork. One is high-grade pork that is carefully cooked with a lot of seasonings. The taste is indeed delicious, but it is said that sugar and a lot of seasonings and spices are used. children, so the price is quite expensive.

He has also eaten low-priced pork, and after being tossed by the meaty smell for several days, it was not delicious to eat.

Of course, with his status, he can easily eat mutton that is difficult for ordinary wealthy people in the Southern Song Dynasty to eat.

Even if you can't eat mutton, you can eat a lot of other meats. There's no need to embarrass yourself to eat pork that only the people at the bottom and those "honest officials" who pretend to be aloof.

But even so, he did not expect that the migrant workers on the Ming Dynasty construction site could actually eat this pork.

This taste, this meaty fragrance, was definitely not something that ordinary people could afford in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, it could be sold to officials and wealthy businessmen in restaurants, but here...

Chen Kangbo swallowed the pork in his mouth and looked at Wang Qi.

"Why does Mr. Wang specially make such pork for us?"

(End of this chapter)