Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 588

In October, the heat gathered in Dingxiang City finally began to subside, and the cold winter came. Instead of staying at home, everyone packed up their luggage and took a carriage going south, Dingxiang and Shanyang. There are thousands of carts full of people on horseback. These are workers who responded to the imperial court's call and wanted to use the winter time to go to Shanyang to catch up with work.

At the same time, on the Yangtze River, a boatload of strong men transported from the northeast also disembarked at the docks along the river. Lawyer Pei has to arrange for these new workers who are constantly coming every day, arrange food and accommodation, demarcate work areas and other matters.

And what is Sun Xiangfu doing?

He is teaching the common people.

"After the autumn harvest! Our fields can actually catch up with a season of rapeseed or peas. The growth time of rapeseed and peas is about the same as that of wheat. However, planting rapeseed will affect the planting of double-crop rice after next spring. Therefore, our experimental field, It will definitely not be planted.

But I suggest that all of you who require more labor in the breeding industry or other aspects can plant rapeseed for one season, and then plant rice for another season next year.

The first is that it is more economical to plant rapeseed. Now, stir-frying is more popular in our Tang Dynasty, and it will become more popular. The price of rapeseed oil is rising all the way.

The second is that it saves a lot of work compared to planting two crops of rice. Once two crops of rice are planted, the labor force in the family will almost start from the beginning of the year and will be busy until after autumn, which cannot be afforded. "

After Sun Xiangfu finished speaking, over a thousand people who came to the temporary folk school in Jiuyuan County to listen to the lecture nodded their heads to express their understanding.

Ordinary people in this era mostly lack knowledge, do not know how to plan rationally, allocate production, and do not know how to cultivate crops and combine them with market demand. With Sun Xiangfu's enlightenment, everyone immediately knows what they should do next year , is the most cost-effective.

The so-called temporary folk school is nothing more than a shelf and a blackboard erected in an open space in the city. Although the Dongting Lake area after October is not as cold as in the north, it is still a bit cold. However, Sun Xiangfu , He has been teaching the common people here for half a month. Simply, the classroom will be built soon, and after that, he will be able to instill this knowledge to the common people under better conditions.

"Thank you, Mr. Sun, for explaining the confusion to us all. We will rush to plant the rape seeds you got us later. By the way, what kind of food will you teach us today?"

The winter rapeseed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is planted around September and October. Although it is a little late now, the growth of this overwintering crop will not be affected if it is planted a little later. The winter here is quite warm.

"Before planting, remember to prepare the field according to the requirements. I specially asked the painter to draw the requirements of the field into a colorful atlas. Later, it will be posted on the bulletin boards of all villages. You draw according to the atlas. The first step is to make the field the same, and then sow the seeds. In this way, the yield will definitely be high next year. As for the food I will teach you to cook today! It is called fish meal.

Everyone is watching, first fillet the fish, fish bones and fish heads, and put them in the clear soup cooked with ginger and garlic. After the fish soup is cooked, add the flour and fish fillets with a colander, and the fish fillets will be cooked as soon as the water boils. , Our homemade rice noodles are also the same. After a little fishing, it can be out of the pan. Sprinkle a little salt, sesame oil, a little chopped green onion, sauerkraut foam, and a little bean paste. It is very delicious food. There are For green vegetables, you can also choose fresh lettuce, coriander, etc., and boil them in fish soup. Tofu can also be added to fish head soup to cook. If you like sour ones, you can also add some vinegar. This is an instant dish A convenient and quick way to solve the food for the whole family. "

While explaining, Sun Xiangfu actually taught them to operate on a charcoal stove and a pot. The home-cooked food of the common people should be simple in materials and convenient to make. If it is really used for sale, then Cooking wine has to be used to remove the fishy smell of the fish that has been killed, and some spices or fried fennel beans need to be added to the hot rice noodles, which will be more delicious.

Sun Xiangfu explained all these points to the people one by one, so that they can make them by themselves. After all, for this kind of simple and cheap snacks, the taste is generally not the pursuit of perfection. Delicious will do.

"How about it, let's make it simple! Is there anyone who wants to come up and try to cook by themselves, and those who learn the fastest can be the first batch to follow the caravan and set up a stall on the Jiangling pier..."

More than half a month is enough for Sun Xiangfu to get out some not too difficult things and teach them to the common people, pickled salted duck eggs, Xingfu Village has long had mature technology, such as lo mei, which is loved by everyone Things, after Wangjiang Tower was researched, it has been spread to the people. Now, in Chang'an and Weinan New City, there are many vendors selling braised meat. All these require a letter from Sun Xiangfu and the introduction of mature technology. , even if it is the introduction of technology, it can also make its unique characteristics.

For example, the ducks in Jiuyuan County are all raised on the river beach, not like the landlubbers raised in cages in Guanzhong. The ducks here eat fish and shrimps in the river, algae, and some insects in the rice fields. Earthworms grow up. Yes, it is fatter than the landlubbers in Guanzhong that grew up on a relatively simple wheat bran feed or grass feed.

Moreover, the duck meat tastes better after being boiled, even the duck eggs are different. The duck eggs of the ducks raised here are marinated, cooked and cut, and the yolk is full of red fat. Now Datang’s People like to eat something with an oily smell. After the first batch of duck eggs made by the egg factory were marinated, everyone agreed that they were good in appearance and taste. Sun Xiangfu couldn't eat two for one meal. It may become the designated procurement ingredients of Wangjianglou.

"I will do it, I will do it..."

Soon, people who had memorized the whole set of procedures started to learn. She was a woman in her thirties. In this class of folk studies, no matter who you are, you don’t need to be ashamed, as long as you have mastered a skill, or If you have a specialty in a certain aspect, if you reveal it, there will be a nearby chamber of commerce in charge, who will come to discuss employment contracts with you, and even women who do not occupy the main labor of the household will be given priority in admission.

After a while, this woman named Aunt He cooked a bowl of fish meal according to the procedure taught by Sun Xiangfu just now. If you go to sell it, you may have to sell it for more than 100 yuan a bowl, but if you set up a roadside stall here in Jiangling, where fish is abundant, you can sell it for eight to ten yuan a bowl at most. This is because the quantity is sufficient, and the fish is cooking wine. Been fishy.

In fact, its actual cost is only two to three pennies, because here, one penny can buy a catty of ground rice flour, and one catty of rice flour can make nearly three catties of rice noodles. A catty of vermicelli can cook at least five bowls of vermicelli.

The market price of fish in the river that is longer than chopsticks is generally only one or two pennies a catty, and some are even sold directly. The price of raw materials has also been lowered, and the fish output in the lake area is abundant. There are rivers and rivers for fishing everywhere in Jiuyuan County, and every village has fish ponds and various fishing tools. , the actual cost of fish is even lower.

"Well, your craftsmanship is enough to follow the Chamber of Commerce to set up a stall on the pier. Remember, the signboard of your stall is called 'Jiuyuan Fish Meal'."

Sun Xiangfu praised her, and the woman immediately laughed out her front teeth, and followed the people from the chamber of commerce to set up a stall at the pier of Jiangling City, and she was paid one hundred yuan a day!Unexpectedly, it only took me half an hour to learn a craft that can earn three pennies a month.

Recently, there are many famous snack cities starting with "Jiuyuan" started by Sun Xiangfu, such as "Jiuyuan Duck Neck", "Jiuyuan Salted Duck Eggs", "Jiuyuan Braised Meat", "Jiuyuan Teppanyaki" and "Jiuyuan Teppanyaki". Duck blood noodles', 'Jiuyuan bridge rice noodle', 'Jiuyuan duck hot pot', 'Jiuyuan snow cake' and so on, are all to help local people establish their own brands, make their own products unique, and better sold out.

Soon, the people from the chamber of commerce contacted this Aunt He, and made an appointment for the subsequent training and the time to set up the booth. The number of common people employed by the chamber of commerce has exceeded 500.

Of course, we are talking about the Chamber of Commerce. In fact, it is an organization dedicated to the development of commerce in the county, which is jointly organized by people from several towns under Jiuyuan County, some literate people, and some outsiders from the north. All the people’s surplus grain output after the autumn harvest was used as start-up capital to build factories and recruit workers. Then, with the remaining money, they made some wooden tables and chairs, and things that could be cooked. In the southern night market in later generations, it is commonly known as "walking ghosts". car' stuff.

There is no way, the shops at the wharf are too expensive. Now that Shannan Road is about to rise, ordinary proprietors are unwilling to transfer it. The cost of buying land and building shops in a big city is too high. Everyone doesn’t have that much money, so Sun Xiangfu has no choice but to I came up with such a way to help them accumulate initial development funds.

"Okay, for the next class, Master Luo from the back kitchen of Chang'an Wangjiang Building will teach you how to kill ducks. Everyone applauds and welcomes you."

"Mr. Sun, is there any skill in killing ducks?" Many people who have been raising ducks for several years immediately asked. Now that the living conditions are better, there are many people who raise a relatively large number of ducks. Slaughter and eat.

"Of course, you only know what it means to be professional after seeing how they slaughter."

Soon, Master Luo began to slaughter ducks in public. First of all, it was bloodletting. Everyone knows that duck blood is more delicious than pig blood. It is very good for making noodles or making hot pot. This duck Blood, everyone is usually willing to stay.

However, except for the bloodletting with a knife, the whole routine of the family is different from their usual duck killing. This Master Luo is actually a young man who is in charge of slaughtering in Wangjiang Tower, performing in front of thousands of people. He was a little cautious about killing ducks, he only knew how to move his hands, and didn't know what to say.

Seeing this scene, Sun Xiangfu said, "Look, everyone, he is picking duck feathers, especially the duck feathers that he put into the baskets here."

Sun Xiangfu deliberately held up the feathers Master Luo plucked from the ducks for everyone to see, "Ducks are all treasures. It can be said that duck meat is the least valuable thing. Have you seen this kind of duck feathers? With certain processing, it can be made into lightweight and warm duck down clothes and quilts. The price of these things in Chang'an market is several times more expensive than cotton ones. Moreover, due to limited production, very few shipments are made. , which is a seller's market.

Our place is the place that produces the most ducks in the entire Tang Dynasty. After that, we will teach you how to process these duck feathers, set up factories to specialize in the production of duck down, and even directly make duck down clothing.

Let's take a look at the duck tongue that was removed by Master Luo. This is a great tonic. It is specially taken out and sold to Wangjianglou as raw materials for top-level dishes. A plate of duck tongue in Wangjianglou can be sold for at least a penny. As mentioned above, they will buy the duck tongues we picked up at three hundred yuan a catty. "

Hearing Sun Xiangfu's explanation, the big guy suddenly exclaimed. Now, in Jiuyuan County, the price of a whole duck is only more than 20 yuan. This catty of duck tongue can be sold for more than ten The price is as high as a duck. In the past, they had wasted these things.

Soon, a duck was cut into many kinds by Master Luo's knife skills.

Duck head, duck tongue, duck neck, duck wing, duck leg, duck frame, duck paw, duck gizzard, duck intestine, and duck liver.

And Sun Xiangfu pointed to the board and said to everyone, "Everyone will kill ducks in the future, just like Master Luo."

(End of this chapter)