There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 308 I have something

"Can it be stored for one to two months?" Wantong calmed down and asked Wu Youwei, "Will it deteriorate?"

Wu Youwei thought for a while and said, "In a dry climate, it will definitely be fine for a month and a half, but it is said that in that case, the naan will be very dry, and you need to soak it in soup or tea to soften it before eating."

"Why haven't I heard of it?" Emperor Xianzong said with a serious face, "Come here!"

"My lord!" The eunuch Wynn responded.

"Go and ask the cook back then, what happened to the naan!" Emperor Xianzong said very displeased: "If it can really be preserved for a month or two, the army over there should also know about this thing!"

Marching food has always been the most important thing in the army. As the saying goes, "before the soldiers and horses move food and grass." In ancient times, there was no such thing as compressed cakes and instant noodles. Marching food is basically fried rice noodles, packed in a bag , put salt, pepper, etc. in it, when the time comes, put it in your mouth and drink it with water, it will be a meal

Wu Youwei burst into tears when he heard this: "The soldiers are suffering too much!"

Wantong didn't say a word. Emperor Xianzong was amazed. It was the first time he saw someone who was so sympathetic to the sergeant...a literati.

In other words, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War did not have this awareness. Although Lord Shangren also supported the royal family's control of military power, he was never so emotional.

To be honest, even the British Duke, who holds the military power in Gyeonggi, has never done this!

"When I tried it, I studied it myself. There is a kind of noodle, which is curved. It can be oiled and served with a piece of seasoning oil...and dried vegetables..." Wu Youwei After gesticulating, he told Emperor Xianzong about the instant noodles

"Zhongming is not surprised at all?" Emperor Xianzong was very surprised after hearing this, but he saw that Wantong was eating imperial food normally.

"When I was cooking at home, Lord Wan was watching." Wu Youwei said with a smile: "The first pot came out, and he ate several bowls!"

Instant noodles were something that had never appeared in ancient times, especially Chef Fang, from selecting flour to making noodles, to drying and storing.

It took three months of tossing and tossing before it was over. The first time he entered the examination room for Luo Lun, Wu Youwei thought that when he entered the examination room, he could already bring him in and cook it.

"I want to eat it too." Emperor Xianzong said: "Let someone make it to see if it is feasible, see if it can be included in the marching ration?"

"I'm afraid not." Wantong dared to pour cold water on the emperor at this time: "The instant noodles need to be deep-fried. Where can I get so much oil?"

Emperor Xianzong was stuck.

Also, in ancient times, fats and oils were precious things.

"Soybean oil is fine!" Wu Youwei said: "After deep-frying, the soybean oil can still be used for cooking, because it is cooked oil and does not have the taste of raw soybean oil. It is suitable for stir-frying and stewing."

Of course, you can't use too much oil, it's unhealthy

It should be good just to fry it, and the instant noodles are preserved, and it can be very convenient.

When Emperor Xianzong heard about the use of oil, he understood a little bit. This thing can be popularized, but the only ones who can afford it are the officers, and the soldiers are in trouble.

"If you don't need to fry it, can it be preserved?" Emperor Xianzong asked, "It must be fried before it can be preserved for a long time?"

After hearing this, Wu Youwei knew that the key lies in the oil, so he thought of another food: "Noodles are also fine!"

Wantong looked at Wu Youwei suspiciously. Although he didn't ask aloud, he had already expressed his attitude.

"Dried noodles?" Emperor Xianzong had never heard of dried noodles either.

Wu Youwei choked: "You don't know?"

Emperor Xianzong shook his head: "I don't know.

Chinese people like to eat noodles, especially in the north, where instant noodles and dried noodles are very popular.

Wu Youwei remembers that when looking at history, he was already eating this kind of "fast food" as far back as the Tang Dynasty.According to Dr. Gao Qi’an, who specializes in the study of Dunhuang diet: “A review of Dunhuang documents found that dried noodles appeared as far back as the Tang Dynasty, and they were called “xumian” at that time.

So I asked them: "Do you know Xumian? Longxu noodles?"

"I know the dragon's beard noodles!" Emperor Xianzong said, "Every year on my birthday, I will make dragon's beard noodles for me to eat."

Wu Youwei laughed dryly: "I also eat birthday noodles at home.

It's just that he's too young to live a full life, and his birthday is October 22, which is the time when everything is bleak and cold.

The family will not celebrate, because it is said that the birthday celebration is too early, and it will be recorded in the account by Yama, so the ancient people only started to celebrate the whole life after the age of 50. Usually, they just secretly get together with their own family members to have a birthday. up.

60 years old and 70 years old only give a big congratulations, when 80 years old, not only my family and the whole village, even the parents and officials here will come to celebrate birthday.

"But the dragon's beard... isn't it all freshly made?" Wantong couldn't figure it out.

Wu Youwei knew they were not talking about a noodle!

No way, Wu Youwei had to compile a story: "It is said that in ancient times, soldiers and common people worked hard day and night regardless of the intense heat and cold. In order to make their relatives eat noodles, they hung the thinly rolled noodles on bamboo poles. Dried and bundled in the sun, sent to the construction site together with the adjusted sour soup, let the relatives cook it in the pot after work, and eat it in the sour soup. This way of eating can not only satisfy the hunger but also quench the thirst, and is known as the first-class Relief meals. Later, some people improved the sun-dried noodles into hand-made dried noodles, and added piaoshao' (egg pancakes, tender leeks, and chopped cabbage hearts) to the sour soup, and it became the sour soup that is widely circulated among folks and banquets today. vermicelli.

The dried noodles are made of refined flour, without preservatives and additives, and the nutrients are effectively preserved.The reason why vermicelli can be stored for a long time is that it passes through the process of drying and dehydration without moisture, so the storage time is naturally long.

Moreover, dried noodles can also be made from cornmeal. Corn dried noodles can also be preserved very well. They will not go bad for at least two years.

The same feature is that there is no moisture, and the storage time is long. As long as it is kept in a cool and dry place, it can be stored for one or two years. This is especially in line with the environment in the north.

Emperor Xianzong immediately noticed something: "The food you mentioned has no water or very little water. Is it related to water?"

"Yes." Wu Youwei nodded.

Then he told the emperor about the influence of the environment, air, moisture, etc. on food. This talk was about the end of the imperial meal, and he finished talking after drinking Xiaoshi tea.

"Today, I have something to gain!" Emperor Xianzong concluded: "I call myself the Son of Heaven, I have countless ministers to assist me, and I have scholars who are constantly giving lectures, but there are still many things I don't know, especially those who live by my side. , I don’t even know.”

Sure enough, after finishing speaking, eunuch Wynn also came back.

"My lord, it's not that you are ignorant, but that this matter is too small. If the slaves didn't ask, the cook would not know about it, because they are used to it. Everyone knows about it. "Eunuch Huai En came over and said with a smile, "But our Daming has a vast land and rich resources, so we don't care about their food at all, so we will give you and the masters of the harem a taste of something new. Well, that time the cook couldn't stay in the imperial dining room for a long time

went.

Huihui's cook and his family were all born and raised in Hamiwei, but they were brought to the late emperor as chefs, so they settled down in the capital.

They all have their own specialties in cooking. They like naan, drinking tea, and eating beef and mutton, but they don't eat a single bite of pork!

It doesn't matter if it's chicken, duck or goose, but you can't eat pork.

"Yes!" Emperor Xianzong stood up and took two steps: "I am very happy today, I have learned a lot, Zhongming, you can take Wu Shi to study, you don't have to come back to work today, take a good rest.

"Yes, Your Majesty." After Wantong pulled Wu Youwei and Emperor Xianzong to leave, they were followed by a few little eunuchs who sent them out, and sent them out of the gate of the palace.

The two walked side by side all the way out of the palace.

"Why haven't I heard of what you said today?" Wantong asked Wu Youwei curiously: "Is it from your place?"

"Yeah!" Wu Youwei nodded: "In our place, vermicelli is overwhelmed. You can find it in any... grocery store. You can buy it in bundles, thick or thin. Go home Boil the water, boil the noodles, put a handful of vegetables, an egg, cut into pieces of ham sausage, oh, that thing that looks like a sausage, and then cook it and eat it, it’s a very simple meal.”

"That's great!" Wantong is still very curious about the world Wu Youwei described: "Then the army in your place also eats like this?"

"Sometimes it is, but because the army, oh, the army, is there to defend the country, so they are more particular about what they eat. I'm talking about ordinary people who eat this way. The army wants to keep young. People’s physical strength and nutrition are more particular about eating. Every morning, there is fresh milk to drink, big meat buns and the like, vegetables and meat at noon, and no ambiguity at night. But I have never been a soldier, so I don’t know the specific situation. Those who served in the army said that their daily standard is a box of milk, one apple or two pears and other fruits, two meat and two vegetables, the staple food is either rice or steamed buns, and the breakfast is meat buns...

Wu Youwei tried his best to recall the things mentioned in modern military programs. The general standard in the military is the same, but the standard of the special battalion seems to be higher?

"Where is this place, is it a soldier? Is this a master?" Wantong rubbed his teeth: "No wonder your place is safe and sound."

"It's safe and sound, and it's the peace and peace that has been brought down by generations." Wu Youwei reminded him: "Don't forget what I said, the War of Resistance and Liberation, the two wars almost crippled the land of the Central Plains."

"Let's work together, my Ming Dynasty will never be cut off by a foreign race!" I have to say, Wantong is still a patriotic young man, er, middle-aged?He is thirty.

"As long as everyone doesn't get biased, and advances both civil and military, that's fine!" Wu Youwei said, "Civil officials are fine now, but in another hundred or eighty years, civil officials will become the real power holders of Ming Dynasty, and even the emperor will be subject to them." of control."

"It's so difficult for a general to stand out." Wan Tao said, "I dedicated the things you gave me to the emperor, and the emperor asked the British Duke to manage the regiment camp, but I don't know how effective it will be.

"It will get better." Wu Youwei said, "Look, I just saved the life of the second son."

He will always change Daming little by little. When he is 80 years old, hehehe, how can he change a little bit?

The two walked out of the palace all the way, and then separated, Wantong went to Beizhen Fusi to do errands, and Wu Youwei was going back to the Imperial Academy.

When he arrived at the Imperial Academy, Wu Youwei found that the atmosphere was not right, and everyone had a wrong attitude towards him!

And Yin Zhi, who is an academician of the Imperial Academy, directly asked him to go to the room with him.

Hanlin bachelors have their own row of five large rooms as their office locations, and this is also where the papers are graded during the examinations.

Wu Youwei also came in here on the first day he came, but he hasn't come in since then. This place is equivalent to the emperor's golden palace.

Nothing goes wrong.

Yin Zhi, whose character is Zhengyan, is from Taihe.

He was a Jinshi in Jingtai for five years, and he was born as a standard civil servant.

Later, he was changed to a good scholar and awarded editing.

After Emperor Xianzong ascended the throne, he acted as a lecturer at the banquet and participated in the compilation of "Records of Yingzong".

Later, he was granted a bachelor's degree in Hanlin.

Wu Youwei strongly supported the reconstruction and compilation of the library, the establishment of a library, and the teaching of "Chinese Pinyin" and "Arabic Numerals". Although Yin Zhi was a bit arrogant, he had a unique vision. Seriously asked Wu Youwei to talk alone, Wu Youwei was a little confused for a while.

Yin Zhi sat on the main seat after entering the room, pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Sit down and talk!"

Wu Youwei sat down fearfully: "Scholar Yin, what do you want to tell the students?"

Yin Zhi was also one of the assistant examiners when he was taking the test, so calling Wu Youwei "Sir" didn't hurt him.

Yin Zhi pursed his lips: "I heard that you have a good relationship with Shi Wantong, the commander of Jin Yiwei?"

Wu Youwei...? ? ? "