Emperor Xiaoyao of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 88 Hairy?pulled out! (recommended)
Wheat has been planted in China for a long time, but it has not been popularized. In ancient times, the staple food was millet.It was not until Emperor Cheng of the Western Han Dynasty that wheat in the Guanzhong area was popularized under the promotion of the famous agronomist Fan Shengzhi. However, this popularity was also temporary, and there were still highs and lows with the change of dynasties.Wheat was still called "hybrid" or "miscellaneous crops" until the Tang Dynasty. When the court collected taxes, it also harvested millet. Only places that did not produce millet harvested wheat. It was not until Tang Xuanzong that wheat was popularized again.There is another crop that can be used to compare and verify the status of wheat as a "miscellaneous crop", that is, cotton. It took only a few decades for cotton to become popular from the beginning, and it has continued to this day. (Xie Fangde, a man in the late Southern Song Dynasty, mentioned in a poem that there was no cotton in Jiangdong at that time, but in the year of his death—1289, the ruler of the Yuan Dynasty established a kapok lifting department in Jiangdong and other places. More than [-] pieces of cotton cloth are collected from the people every year.)
Since ancient times, China has been a big agricultural country, while traditional agriculture emphasizes "hybrid planting", that is, planting as many kinds of crops as possible to prevent floods and droughts.This is also a time when there is no way, because the irrigation and drainage technologies in ancient times were not as developed as they are now, and fertilizers were scarce, so at that time, we basically depended on the sky to eat. If God is in a good mood, everyone will be full. It would be nice to have a bowl of porridge.In ancient times, officials and common people had a feeling of fear of God, and when there was a solar eclipse, they had to review themselves and find out a minister who behaved badly to top the vat. Unlike now, people blame Lei Gong for man-made disasters, and they are not afraid of hacking to death!Pulling away, back to the topic.

With the use of fire, although people's dietary level has made a qualitative leap, this is only relative to "drinking blood with hair".Cooking, the reason why it is called cooking, is mostly cooking in ancient times, and there is no such cooking skills as frying and frying. To put it bluntly, it is just cooking with a little salt. thing.Roasting is an exception. It has existed since ancient times. The difference is that in ancient times, only salt was used to satisfy the hunger. However, roasting in cooking is a lot of seasoning, and the standard is delicious. The origin of roast duck is the earliest. It was during Wu Zetian's period that this was also confirmed from the side.

The pasta is similar. In ancient times, rice was the main food, including millet porridge and rice.In the early Tang Dynasty, there were steamed cakes, which were ground and mixed with a variety of grains and steamed without peeling, so the taste is probably not very good.Not peeling the skin may also be one of the reasons why wheat is not popular. At that time, it was cooked and eaten whole. It tastes good. If you are curious, you can try it. It is definitely not good.As for why it can be ground but not peeled, because there was no basket at that time, the earliest origin of the basket was in the Song Dynasty, and the ancients cherished food very much. Since the outer skin has been peeled off, there is no need to waste the inner layer , so few people think about re-scrambling the ground grain.

Explain the appearance of the luo (the "luo" here and above refers to the noodle luo of the luo noodles), Yang Guang is tyrannical, the country is rich and the people are poor, and the people are not in a good life, so they don't have the heart to tinker with fine food.Although the Tang Dynasty had the "Government of Zhenguan", a large part of this prosperous age was established on the shoulders of the Sui Dynasty.Why do you say that?Although the Tang Dynasty hid wealth from the people and lowered taxes, the food in the treasury was basically inherited from the former Sui Dynasty. Otherwise, Li Er would not have been able to create a prosperous age so easily.Why did Li Er ask Empress Xiao who is stronger between herself and Yang Guang?Why does Li Er often discuss the former Sui Dynasty with ministers?He thinks that Li Er is still a little unconfident, a very simple statistic - population, the Tang Dynasty was 289 years old, and there were several flourishing ages, but it still failed to catch up with the Sui Dynasty, which existed for 37 years.It can be seen that the common people have had fewer ``` campaigns, and they only have a mouthful of food to satisfy their hunger. Of course, they don't have the mind to tinker with exquisite food.In the Song Dynasty, "Yuanxiao" appeared among the people. Book friends who know the method of making Lantern Festival must know that fine noodles are used for this thing, so the Song Dynasty already had baskets.At the same time, Hoe He also reported an injustice for the "snot Song Dynasty". It is really not easy to use infantry to resist the Mongolian cavalry for many years. In addition, in the 319 years of the Song Dynasty, there was not a single princess who was married!Even if it is to pay the compensation for the defeat, there is no need for such degrading things to exchange for peace!
Pulling away again, back to the topic. (The reason why I say this is also to dig a hole.)
After the two brothers left, it was Jin Yu's turn to worry. The reason was simple, there was no flour these days!Seeing some ancient wearers come over and do this and that, Jin Yu is speechless, he has given up the thought of complaining, and he can do everything by himself.

The snacks that Jin Yu made himself and the ones used in the kitchen were all ground by his orders, and they were not peeled, so they could only be said to make do with it.But this time Jin Yu didn't want to make do with it, and Jin Yu felt guilty for missing Yang Ying's birthday. Jin Yu planned to give Yang Ying the best life in the future, at least to achieve the ultimate in diet.Although I promised Li Ke this time that he would do his best, for Jin Yu it meant more to practice his skills, and maybe he could open a dim sum shop by the way.

There is a stone mill in the yard. Hoe He ground some flour by himself a while ago, and now he basically eats it all. As for why he didn’t think of making a noodle basket at that time, the reason is very simple-no!The situation is different now, with such a master carpenter as Taishi, it's really a pity for his craftsmanship that he can't make it.

If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools.To make snacks, an oven is indispensable, right?There is no electric oven these days, so use charcoal to bake!But this oven is going to do it?Simply put the fire sickle first, and get all the utensils that need to be prepared.There is no welding technology these days, so use integral casting.Unexpectedly, after Jin Yu explained his purpose to the blacksmith, the blacksmith kept shaking his head, it was impossible!why?It is too difficult to turn it into molten iron, especially turning it into a big pot before casting it.

Just as Jin Yu was struggling, the blacksmith tentatively asked, "I wonder if the utensils you need can be made of copper?"

"Okay, just a little thicker." Jin Yu nodded, why did he forget this?The Shang Dynasty could cast Simuwu Ding, so why not in the early Tang Dynasty?Moreover, the activity of copper is lower than that of iron, so there is no need to worry about seeping into food.

Of course the blacksmith is willing, the thicker the better, the thinner it is, the better it is.

After telling Tai Shi and the blacksmith to do it, Jin Yu continued to think about which kinds of dim sum to start with.

Although the planting amount of wheat is much less than that of rice, its value is even lower than that of rice. After all, it is a miscellaneous grain that people don't like to eat.There are some cost advantages in this point, but oil and sugar are indispensable for any snack, right?Some even use eggs, the price of these items is not low, it seems that we can only take the route of high-level nobles.Except for shaved ice and fire scythes, the soaps and snacks made by oneself are high-consumption, or luxuries, not to mention the high cost, and the output cannot be guaranteed.

Thinking of this, Jin Yu shook his head. It was not easy to mix in ancient times, so it was cheaper to eat rice, and it was not easy to eat a snack.How does it look like future generations?With half a catty of rice and a processing fee of [-] cents, you can pop a pot of rice crackers, a basket full of flowers, cheap and affordable, and delicious.

Popcorn?Jinyu seemed to be struck by lightning, and his head suddenly became clear. Is there anything lower cost, higher profit, and quicker than this?All you need is a few sets of utensils and some candy, which is definitely better than the previous ones!
What is it called?This is called inspiration!No wonder Edison said: "Success is 90.00% ninety percent sweat plus one percent inspiration, but that one percent inspiration is more important!" Jin Yu boasted triumphantly on the way to the backyard to inform the blacksmith to try out a set of utensils . (One percent inspiration is more important. It is not self-compiled. It is indeed Edison's original words, but it was castrated by the teacher for his own needs.)
When Jin Yu came to the backyard, he spent a long time talking and made a model with mud, so that the dull-faced blacksmith could understand what the popcorn machine looked like.

"What's your name?" Jin Yu asked the blacksmith, knowing that soldiers are a big taboo.

"Young Feng Jishi." The middle-aged man looked at Jin Yu and asked, and replied with fear and sincerity.

"Good name!" Jin Yu praised it, it's strong, you can tell it's strong just by looking at the tendons!Although Feng Jishi is honest, but just because of Jin Yu's waste of time talking, Jin Yu also knows that this Feng Jishi is not as worry-free as Taishi, because he is indeed a bit stupid``````But under the heavy reward, he must There is a brave man, so Jin Yu tempted: "Feng Blacksmith, if you can cast the two artifacts I mentioned, I will allow you to be an offering to the Jin family, and the treatment is the same as that of Taishi!"

"Small ```Small ones must be made for the young master!" Feng Jishi was a little stupid, but he was not stupid. Seeing Jin Yu offer such a high bonus, he was also quite moved, and immediately expressed his opinion excitedly.

"Okay, try to do it!" Jin Yu encouraged him seeing that this trick worked.Jin Yu likes honest people, because honest people are honest and easy to satisfy.

When it was dark, Cheng Huaimo came.From the moment he entered the door, he had a wretched smile, which made Hu Yue numb.When he came to the backyard alone with Jin Yu, Cheng Huaimo laughed and twitched, clutching his stomach and laying on Jin Yu's reclining chair, twitching his body, his voice was intermittent, as if he was about to die, tears came out of his eyes.

"What's wrong? Be careful that extreme joy begets sorrow!" Jin Yu didn't know what funny things happened to Cheng Huaimo, so he couldn't experience his happiness.

Cheng Huaimo had just filled a mouthful of shaved ice, and immediately burst out laughing again, intermittently saying to Jin Yu: "I'm laughing so hard, haha```I met Huaiyu today, this kid secretly said to my younger brother```haha`` `He said he has long hair on the bottom, haha```Ask the younger brother what is going on, is he sick, haha```"

"Pfft~" When Jin Yu heard this, he also sprayed out the shaved ice in his mouth. Isn't this Qin Huaiyu too ridiculous?As expected of a nerd! "What did you tell him?"

"Little brother said```Little brother said```haha```" Cheng Huaimo covered his stomach with one hand, and patted the recliner with the other hand a few times. Unplug ```haha```Otherwise it will grow all over the body ```haha```”

After Jin Yu heard this, he was also out of breath from laughing, Cheng Huaimo is too tricky, right?Can you think of such a deceptive trick?

The laughter of the two floated far away, startling a crowd of birds returning home.Days are such a happy one.

(End of this chapter)