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Chapter 352 Have you ever eaten French fries?
"Xianzun, carp baked noodles, the cook is new, it is said that it is Yanjin method."

At this time, the cook brought the last dish, a five-jin big carp in Lantian, covered with burnt yellow dragon beard noodles, it looked quite appetizing, and it was also poured with red soup, which was very appetizing open.

Li Chaosheng looked at the plate of baked carp noodles and said, "This is a famous dish in Henan. How did our Kanto cooks learn it?"

Hearing this, Guo Bao said: "Master, there was a disaster in Henan this year, and some refugees fled to Lantian. This method was brought over by them, and it has been improved by our cook. The taste is even better. Please taste it, Mr. County."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at the carp baked noodles on the table, picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks, um, sweet and sour, not bad.

As Li Chaosheng said, he looked at the cook and said, "You did a good job, who are you?"

"Hui Xianzun, a young man from Chang'an, Lantian."

Li Chaosheng nodded when he heard this. It sounded awkward, but it was normal in Lantian. Logically speaking, Lantian County and the original Chang'an County were at the same level, and even not as high in political status as Chang'an County. But now It's different, Chang'an County has been completely included in Lantian.

People in the area of ​​Lantian in Guanzhong are asked where they are. People generally like to add Lantian to the front, such as people from Chang'an in Lantian, people from Dali in Lantian, and people from Baishui in Lantian.

It can be said that the entire southern Shaanxi area is now almost full of Lantian people. This is the charm of Lantian and the pride of Lantian people, because Lantian has brought them all kinds of affluent life, and as long as outsiders mention the word Lantian, others will At a glance, this is the centripetal force of Lantian.

Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "Oh, the carp in Chang'an Reservoir is bigger than this carp."

Hearing this, the cook smiled and said, "That's the magistrate. The carp was caught from the Huayin Reservoir. The Huayin Reservoir has only been repaired for a year. There are no big fish in this reservoir. There are three or four years ago in our Chang'an Reservoir. Such a big carp can weigh thirty to forty catties."

Li Chaosheng nodded. He liked to listen to the people under his rule tell his real life. Li Chaosheng didn't like to be a loner. Li Chaosheng was very resistant to the way of touching the ground.

If you have not stayed at the bottom, how can you truly understand the sufferings of the people?

"How about it, people in your hometown can eat the fish in the reservoir, right?"

The cook said: "Yes, thanks to the county lord, there is a fish market in our county every five days. At that time, as long as the whole county has two spare money in hand, they will buy a fish and try it out. Expensive, [-] cents a catty of fish, this price may not even be able to buy a piece of sweet potato in other places, but in our Lantian County, you can buy a lively big carp to try something new, such a day before we dared to dream I thought, I didn't expect the county venerable to help us achieve it, these are all the credit of the county lord."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at the cook and said, "Hey, why do I hear you speak so officially? Did Guo Bao teach you how to flatter me?"

"No, the magistrate, I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart. It has nothing to do with Mr. Guo. If you don't believe me, the magistrate can go to Chang'an County and ask anyone. As long as he says that what I said is a lie, I will It's the bastard donkey ball."

The cook was arguing with his face flushed, and Li Chaosheng laughed and said, "Okay, then I'll ask when I have time."

Guo Bao looked at the cook at this time and said, "Okay, the county lord is just joking with you."

"Oh, scare me."

Li Chaosheng was in a good mood, took another mouthful of fish, smacked his mouth and said, "Did you add tomatoes to your sweet and sour sauce?"

After hearing this, the cook said: "Ah, the county gentleman, you have such a good mouth. You can taste this little change. I added some tomato puree."

"Tomato puree? Tell me about it."

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at the cook curiously, this kid doesn't know how to make tomato sauce.

Li Chaosheng looked at the cook thinking about it, and the cook said: "It is to change the top of the tomato into a cross knife, then scald it in boiling water, peel off the skin, then cut it into small cubes, pour oil into the pot, fry the tomato cubes and turn them into sand. , and then add some sugar, if you like salty taste, you can also add some salt, and it’s done.”

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said curiously, "Take out this tomato puree and let me have a look."

After hearing this, the cook quickly took out two small ceramic jars from the back kitchen, put them in front of Li Chaosheng and said, "Xianzun, there is no salt in this jar, it's pure sweet."

"This jar has salt in it, it's sweet and salty."

Li Chaosheng looked at the two jars of ketchup in front of him, picked up the chopsticks and took a sip. The sweet and salty ones made Li Chaosheng's eyes shine. The taste is similar to the two big fast food KFC and McDonald's tomatoes in the real world. The sauce is too similar, and this immediately hooked Li Chaosheng's idea of ​​wanting to eat French fries. "

At this moment, Li Chaosheng got up and looked at the cook, "Do you have any potatoes in the kitchen?"

The cook said, "Yes."

Li Chaosheng said: "Okay, let's go, you have a good time today, I will cook a new dish for you."

Li Chaosheng said as he walked towards the kitchen, seeing Li Chaosheng like this, the cook looked stupidly at the big man sitting next to him, everyone smiled wryly when they saw this, "Let's go, don't look at it, and beat the county venerable. "

So a group of Lantian bigwigs followed to the kitchen. After entering the kitchen, Li Chaosheng ordered the cook to peel the potatoes and then cut them into strips. He followed Li Chaosheng to throw the potato strips into the pot, put some salt, and cook for a while. One bite, tasty.

Then take out the hard potato strips, coat them with starch, throw them into the oil pan and fry them.

Soon a pot of golden French fries was ready. Li Chaosheng was very satisfied with his work, and said to the curious people looking at the French fries, "Try it."

Everyone took a bite of the fries and nodded in unison: "Not bad."

"Well, it's good. I didn't expect potatoes to be eaten like this. I've learned a lot."

"Crispy on the outside, soft and tender on the inside, not bad, delicious."

Everyone was talking, but the evaluations were all not bad. Li Chaosheng smiled and handed them the ketchup invented by the cook, "Dip it and try it."

After hearing this, Li Chaolong was the first to pick up a French fries, put some ketchup on it, and put it in his mouth, his expression suddenly became rich: "Hey, this taste, I'll have another one."

As Li Chaolong said, he picked up another French fries and started to eat again. Seeing Li Chaolong's expression, everyone asked curiously, "How are you doing?"

"good to eat."

Li Chaolong said sincerely, and immediately started to eat it. When everyone saw Li Chaolong eating like this, they immediately became impolite. They picked up French fries and dipped them in ketchup to taste, and they were all attracted by the wonderful taste. .

"Not bad, delicious."

"Hey, don't eat so fast, save some for me."

"Woo, I don't have enough to eat."

Seeing how everyone was eating, Li Chaosheng smiled and said to the cook, "Try French fries."

The cook nodded. It was so difficult. Two more pots were easily fried. The cook himself tasted one and was also attracted by the taste. Li Chaosheng said: "The good thing about these French fries is that they are still delicious even if they are cold."

The cook nodded and said, "I didn't expect the county master to do research on eating."

Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "Food is the most important thing for the people. Eating is never a small problem."

The cook nodded half understanding.

Li Chaosheng looked at the cook and said, "Who else can make this ketchup besides you?"

The cook said, "There's no one left."

"So sure?"

The cook said with a smile: "That's for sure. Tomatoes are a rare commodity. Now you have enough tomatoes here in the county. There are no other places, not even tomatoes. Where can they get tomato sauce?"

Li Chaosheng said: "That's right, by the way, how did you come up with this tomato sauce?"

After hearing this, the cook said: "Actually, I made this by mistake. The half acre of tomatoes planted by our county government back then were all ripe, and I was not in a hurry to eat them. I had no choice but to preserve them. I have salted it and dried it in the air, but it didn’t work, and in the end, this method of making the sauce was successful. My tomato sauce will not go bad for three to two months if it is stored in a cool place.”

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "Well, this is a good method. By the way, what's your name?"

"Healing spring."

"Oh, Master Kang."

Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "Old Kang, you are going to be a cook in Lantian all your life? Do you have any idea of ​​going out and seeing the world?"

Master Kang shook his head when he heard this, and said, "No, it's my good fortune to be able to serve the county magistrate for the rest of my life."

Li Chaosheng laughed and said, "If I want you to go out and help me expand the territory of Lantian, would you like it?"

"Ah, county lord, do you need me to expand the territory of Lantian?"

Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "That's right."

After hearing this, Master Kang said: "Then I am willing, and I will die for the honor of the county."

Li Chaosheng waved his hand and said, "Okay, Lao Kang, I am optimistic about you. Come on, I will give you the secret recipe of fried chicken. You go back and study it. After studying it, let me try it."

"okay."

After hearing this, Lao Kang agreed, as long as the county lord asked, Lao Kang didn't say anything. Back then, Lao Kang's family was starving to death. It was the food distributed by the county lord that saved their lives. Well, just for this, he is willing to die for the county magistrate, and he will go through fire and water without hesitation.

……

Li Chaosheng sat in a familiar position in the Lantian County Office, and looked at Bai Shoumin who was sitting across from him. Bai Shoumin said, "Master Xian, this is the city where our Lantian secret spies are currently in-depth, and their identities as cover. Yes, most of them are restaurants, but at present, except for grain stores, which are in a state of profit, others such as restaurants are in a state of loss, this is the specific breakdown.”

"In addition, if the county governor follows your plan and arranges a secret spy agency in every city, our current finances in Lantian can't support it at all. The cost of the restaurant alone is an astronomical figure."

Bai Shoumin reported to Li Chaosheng the expenditure of his secret spy project in detail. Over the years, secret spy work has always been an important part of Lantian's work. Every year, Lantian's expenditure on this aspect can account for a quarter of Lantian's fiscal revenue. This is not a small burden for the current Lantian.

Moreover, this amount of money is far from enough to achieve Li Chaosheng's level of supervision of the world. After investigation, Li Chaosheng found that the reason why the secret spy department spent so much is inseparable from the expansion model.

When the Lantian secret agent expands to a city, it must first establish a stronghold. The stronghold is generally designed as a restaurant or a grain store, and then the secret agent is sent out to undercover. The original purpose of this model is to let the restaurant and the grain store bear part of the secret agent. However, in the end, it was discovered that, except for the fact that the grain store was profitable, the restaurant was also in Shaanxi, and the restaurant in Shanxi was comparatively profitable, and the others were not profitable.

And grain is a hard currency in this era, not to mention opening a grain shop, even if you put it in Lantian, he can make money selling it to other merchants, and it can also save shipping costs. Therefore, this model is problematic. Li Chaosheng decided to change it. , why do you have to do a restaurant business with such a large cost?
Li Chaosheng looked at Bai Shoumin and said, "Well, this expansion cost is exaggerated. It costs one or two thousand taels for a restaurant, and the sum of various operating costs is indeed a bit beyond the standard, so we will take a refined route next. The pattern can no longer be expanded."

After hearing this, Bai Shoumin said: "The county restaurant is well connected and is a good place to inquire about information. If we give up, our intelligence capabilities will be weakened."

Li Chaosheng said: "You're right, so we need to carry out refined development, and at the same time, don't give up the advantage of convenience brought by restaurants."

"Ah, so how do we do it?"

Li Chaosheng said with a smile at this time: "Before how to operate, you are hungry, first try the delicious food I prepared for you."

"Master Kang."

Li Chaosheng yelled, and soon Master Kong came in with a tray. There were four items on the tray, fried chicken, French fries, rice wine and a cup of special brown drink.

"Try it."

Li Chaosheng motioned Bai Shoumin to have a taste, Bai Shoumin looked at the things on the plate, first picked up a chicken thigh, and saw that the skin of the chicken thigh was golden, and after taking a bite, Bai Shoumin's eyes lit up.

good to eat!The taste is unique.

Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "The chicken legs are marinated with our Lantian special secret ingredients, the most important of which is chili powder, which is our unique secret recipe, and then fried."

"Try this French fries, eat it with ketchup, it tastes unique."

Introduced by Li Chaosheng, Bai Shoumin kept nodding, followed by Li Chaosheng, pointing to the rice wine beside him and said: "This rice wine, served with fried chicken after chilling, is a perfect match, and this one is made from more than a dozen kinds of dried fruits such as ebony plums." The fruit soup tastes better when chilled."

"It's delicious, it's delicious. Fried chicken, served with rice wine, in the words of your county official, it tastes 'really refreshing'."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at Bai Shoumin and said, "It's cool, what do you think of changing the restaurant to sell this?"

"this?"

Bai Shoumin looked at the chicken legs and the refreshing iced rice wine in his hand, nodded and said, "It's possible, but the cost of opening this kind of store is not less than that of a restaurant."

Li Chaosheng heard this and said: "You are wrong. Opening this kind of store is definitely more profitable than restaurants. If you don't believe me, I will give you a good economics lesson."

(End of this chapter)