69novels Chapter 376
Chapter 376
Changle Avenue, about two miles away from Mingde Gate, a slightly luxurious carriage slowly moved forward.
"Beauty, you stare at me like this, I feel uneasy!"
After leaving the palace, the two chatted well in the carriage. Princess Changle suddenly got excited and looked at Su Chen with her head tilted and her eyes motionless.
"Tell me! What other delicious dishes can you cook? Tell me the truth!" Princess Changle clenched her fist and gestured in front of Su Chen.
The other hand pressed on Su Chen's shoulder, but Su Chen was taller than her, and the posture looked very unnatural.
She completely liked the two new dishes that Su Chen had recently made, especially the boiled pork slices. She didn't particularly value the pork dishes that Su Chen had made before.
Su Chen removed Princess Changle's arm from his shoulder and smiled:
"I don't want to come for a while, I don't even know what ingredients you have in the Tang Dynasty."
Princess Changle suddenly frowned slightly, with a hint of unnaturalness on her face.
Perhaps Su Chen himself didn't notice that he would inadvertently say the words "your Tang Dynasty" several times when talking to people. To others, it seemed that Su Chen was not from the Tang Dynasty.
Su Chen didn't notice the change on Princess Changle's face.
Soon Princess Changle returned to her previous playful and playful look and said, "Tell me what dishes you would make and what ingredients you would use, I'll find a way."
"This... Let me think about it, you like the dish of boiled pork slices, right?"
Princess Changle nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Then do you like fish?" Su Chen thought of boiled fish, which is similar to boiled pork slices.
But Su Chen felt a little strange. The person in charge of purchasing ingredients in the manor had never bought fish, except for the crucian carp used for the barbecue.
After thinking for a moment, Princess Changle shook her head in disappointment and said, "The fish is not delicious. It is bland and has a slight fishy smell when steamed or boiled."
"That's because their cooking skills are not good. Can you tell me what kind of fish there are in the Tang Dynasty?"
Princess Changle agreed with Su Chen's words. She admired Su Chen's cooking skills.
"I have only seen crucian carp, carp, and bream. Carp fishing is prohibited and will be imprisoned!" Princess Changle reminded.
"Are there no grass carp and bighead carp? What kind of fish is bream and what does it look like?" Su Chen suspected that Princess Changle was ignorant. It is impossible that there are only two kinds of fish in the Tang Dynasty.
Princess Changle shook her head first, "The bream is short and wide and flat."
Su Chen did not reply, but thought of a poem in his mind, muttering: "White egrets fly in front of Xisai Mountain, peach blossoms flow in the water, and mandarin fish are fat."
This poem was written by a poet named Zhang in the Tang Dynasty, and it was not published until a hundred years later. But this poem can prove that there were mandarin fish in the Tang Dynasty.
"I have heard of mandarin fish!"
Princess Changle heard Su Chen recite two lines of poetry and was about to praise the good poem. When she heard about mandarin fish, she suddenly raised her hand to speak.
"Then you said just now that you have only seen carp and bream?"
"That's right! I have seen it with my own eyes, and I have only heard of mandarin fish!" Princess Changle explained very seriously.
"Haha, you are lewd!" Su Chen did not argue with her based on the principle that a good man does not fight with a woman.
"Huh!"
Princess Changle raised her head proudly and looked at Su Chen with her two nostrils.
"Okay! Let's call Li Tai and Li Zhi back to the manor for lunch tomorrow at noon. I'll make a boiled fish for you to try."
Su Chen raised his hand and gently scratched Princess Changle's nose. Princess Changle couldn't dodge in time, and her nose was scratched by Su Chen.
"You bold scoundrel, watch out!" Princess Changle stretched out her claws to Su Chen's waist.
"Wait a minute! Let's make a deal first. We have to buy mandarin fish tomorrow to make boiled fish." Su Chen subdued Princess Changle with one move, and made a promise in advance so that she wouldn't be accused of breaking her promise.
"Are other fish not okay?" Princess Changle asked in confusion.
"Mandarin fish has tender meat and few bones, and tastes the best!" Su Chen slowly let go of Princess Changle's hands.
"If there is no mandarin fish tomorrow, you can come up with a new dish. Anyway, this lady will definitely come back to the manor for lunch tomorrow!" Princess Changle thought for a while and reminded solemnly.
"Okay, I promise to complete the task! At worst, we can still have boiled pork slices."
Then, Princess Changle sighed listlessly and said sadly: "My gloves were taken away by my mother, and I have to start all over again." The more Princess Changle thought about it, the more she felt sorry. It was only a week away from completion, but it was robbed halfway.
"Hehe...!"
Su Chen didn't know how to respond, so he smiled foolishly!
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Around 3:30, Su Chen and Princess Changle returned to Lijin Manor.
After getting off the carriage, Su Chen went straight to Sun Simiao's residence to see how the operation turned out today.
Sun Simiao told Su Chen that his apprentice Cen Ren was the surgeon for today's operation.
Everything went well during the operation, and when the patient stayedAfter three to five days of observation, they can be allowed to return home.
"Old Immortal, this is what I think. One month later, I will arrange for someone who knows medical skills to visit these two patients. If the patients recover normally after the operation, I plan to report to the people that intestinal abscesses can be cured by surgery in the future."
"What do you think?"
"Visit?" Sun Simiao stroked his beard and thought about it. After a few breaths, he understood the meaning and smiled: "Haha, my friend has a wonderful idea. I admire you very much!"
Su Chen smiled awkwardly and did not respond.
When he just came in, Su Chen saw Sun Simiao flipping through the medical theory. He wanted to remind Sun Simiao to study the formula of Ganmaoling granules when he had time, but he thought about it and gave up, thinking that Sun Simiao had his own plans.
Su Chen left after not staying with Sun Simiao for long.
Su Chen promised that the lady would make boiled fish for her tomorrow, so he had to do some preparations.
Make an important tool at random.
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“Wang Xi, tell the purchasers to buy five mandarin fish tomorrow morning, and the items on this list.”
“Buy what you can buy, forget about what’s not available in the market.”
After Su Chen returned to the study, he wrote a purchase list, which mainly included some side dishes and spices, as well as some items that were uncertain whether they existed in the Tang Dynasty.
For example: white sesame, star anise and bay leaves.
“Okay, my Lord!” Butler Wang Xi looked at the list carefully.
“My Lord, I have never heard of star anise and bay leaves, and I’m afraid they can’t be bought in the market.” Wang Xi thought it necessary to remind Su Chen.
“It’s okay, forget about what you can’t buy.”
Su Chen didn’t notice that Wang Xi meant that in addition to star anise and bay leaves, white sesame can be bought in the market.
Then, Su Chen returned to the study again.
“Although the current sweet potatoes produce less starch, we should be able to get some.”
“Well, get a file.”
The file is used to rub the sweet potatoes into sweet potato residue, which is convenient for extracting the starch inside. The file board uses a thin copper sheet to chisel out dense small holes on it, and then nails it to a wooden board with a handle.
When the copper sheet is used to chisel holes, the burrs left on the back are rubbed against the sweet potatoes, turning them into sweet potato residue.
The file board is the same as the file used for manual tire repair, but it will be larger.
We can only call more people to rub the sweet potato residue one by one, and stone milling or beating should not work.
Draw a picture and give instructions, and give it to Wang Chao to send it to the General Works Supervisor tomorrow to make a few sets as soon as possible.
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