Seeing Empress Changsun and the others leaving, Li Shimin glared at Li Ke: "Humph, you've got your chance."
"Dad, what are you talking about? You don't understand. Let's go for a walk. Let's get something to eat. Let's have hot pot for lunch." Li Ke said quickly, pulling Li Shimin and the others towards the kitchen.
"You want me to make food?" Li Shimin and everyone were confused.
"Hey, what are you afraid of? It's not good if we all come together." Li Ke said with a smile.
Li Shimin was a little speechless. You really dare to say that. Look at who in the entire Tang Dynasty dares to let me get him food.
But Li Ke has directly asked the chef to start preparing the dishes.
He had a very large restaurant and kitchen here. Li Ke called everyone over. He didn't ask any chefs to help. He only gave them the fried butter base. The rest of the people came over to help. Li Ke even found an apron for Li Shimin, Li Chengqian and himself to wear.
Looking at the three men in aprons, Changle and the others couldn't stop laughing. This scene in front of them was almost impossible to see in the entire Tang Dynasty, but they just saw it like this. If it weren't for their third brother, they would probably have seen it all their lives. I can't see this scene with my father.
Queen Changsun's mood calmed down now, and she joined in helplessly. Naturally, Concubine Yang could not be left behind.
They all changed into neater clothes, and although Li Shimin was a little speechless, he was surrounded by his queen, concubines, daughters, sons and daughter-in-law, so Li Shimin didn't care.
"Changle, you take them to pick and wash vegetables. The chef will bring them over in a while." Li Ke explained, and he asked someone to take out the thick mutton rolls and beef rolls and prepare them for slicing.
In fact, this is the cutting method used by Li Ke and others in Inner Mongolia in their previous life. They shaved off the slaughtered mutton, placed the fat and thin alternately, then wrapped it tightly with plastic cloth, wrapped it into a meat roll as thick as an adult's calf and as long as an elbow, and then used Slice with the slicer you bought yourself.
Anyway, many people in Inner Mongolia make their own mutton rolls, and there are not many people in the city who go out to buy finished rolls. Many people living in the city will go to the farmer's market to buy the frozen meat sticks directly, and then slice them themselves when they come back. More fragrant.
It was already freezing outside, so these were naturally already frozen. After thawing a little, Li Ke started cutting them directly.
"No, can you do it? Is it so difficult to cut a piece of meat?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke's movements speechlessly.
"Then dad, why don't you come." Li Ke gave up his position.
"I'll do it, I'll do it. I said you're stupid, but you still don't believe it." Li Shimin stood in Li Ke's position, took out the knife and started to cut the meat. After he cut a few pieces, Li Ke couldn't help but started to taunt: "Dad, I said You can’t do it, you still don’t believe it, the meat you cut is too thick, the meat will be more fragrant if you cut it thinly after shabu-shabu.”
"What the hell, you have to eat meat in big mouthfuls. If you cut it so thin, there's nothing to eat." Li Shimin retorted angrily.
"Dad, why don't you sharpen the horizontal knife I just gave you and use it to cut meat? This knife is not very good." Li Ke looked at it for a while and said.
"How dare you!" Li Shimin glared. Do you think you are speaking in human language? Such a good knife, you cut meat for me?
"Aye, how about I give it a try?" Li Chengqian looked at it for a while and felt a little itchy.
"Then give it a try." Li Shimin let go decisively.
This time, it was Li Chengqian who stood there and started slicing, "Hahaha, brother, you are not as good as dad." Li Ke laughed even harder this time. Li Chengqian really never moved. After all, Li Shimin led troops to fight when he was young. He has actually made food by himself. Although it is not many times, this is really the first time for Li Chengqian.
"This thing is really not easy to cut. Is this mutton?" Li Chengqian was a little curious.
"Yes, mutton, I asked people to make it like this. The cut pieces are fat and thin, and the meat is more delicious after shabu-shabu." Li Ke said.
"You can just eat it." Li Shimin hated the fact that iron cannot become steel.
"Father, I see what you said. Food is the most important thing for the people. Isn't this what people live for?" Li Ke said with a smile. As he spoke, the chef outside quickly came in with a variety of fresh vegetables. These vegetables It was grown in the two acres of glass greenhouses that have been built so far.
Cabbage, cilantro, young alfalfa, cucumber, spinach, lettuce, carrot, white radish, kale. Brassica japonicus is similar to white radish and has a sweet taste. In ancient times, it was eaten as food. In later generations, it was generally used to pickle pickles in the north.
There are also tomatoes, which are tomatoes made by Li Ke. Others have been introduced from Persia, India and other places in this era. In addition to these, there are many edible wild mushrooms. Dry stuff.
When so many vegetables were put on the table, Li Shimin was surprised, "How did you get this?"
"The greenhouse, I call it a greenhouse, is made of glass and has a stove inside. It is the same as the crops we grow in the hot springs in Lishan Mountain. However, some crops require artificial pollination." Li Ke shrugged, " Changle, hurry up and wash the vegetables."
Although there are not many types of vegetables, the quantity is definitely enough. There are two special crops here, which no one has paid attention to at this time. One is sweet potatoes and the other is potatoes. The quantities of these two are not large. After all, they still have to save seeds for next year.
"Okay, come on, come on, let's wash the vegetables." Changle called a group of sisters to help. Queen Changsun, Concubine Yang, Concubine Su, and Concubine Wang were naturally not idle either. They all just laughed and didn't do anything.
"Dad, I think we should also help. There are so many people, otherwise the meat rolls won't be enough." Li Ke looked at the number of people and said quickly.
"Come on, come on." Li Shimin also said with a smile, and the three grown men started slicing here. Soon the plates of meat slices of different thicknesses they had cut were brought out, and they were put outside for the time being, so as not to eat them directly later. melted.
To be honest, Li Shimin had a different emotion when looking at the scene in front of him. He never thought that he could cook a table of meals with his queen, concubine, daughter, and son. As an emperor, These things have been prepared by others, but once you do it yourself, you will have a different experience.
This feeling cannot be felt by others.
Not to mention Li Shimin, Li Chengqian and all of them have never had such a feeling. It is probably that Li Ke has done similar things many times in his previous life. It is the warmth of family. Therefore, the ruthless emperor's family since ancient times may not be accurate. There are some feelings. , always asking you to look at it but not do it.
When Qin Wangzhuang was busy preparing for lunch, about thirty miles south of Chang'an City, there used to be a large mass grave. However, now it has been artificially leveled. There is a piece of land near the mass grave. In the large open space, the people who work here are dumping truckloads of garbage directly next to the large pits that have been dug, and then after filling the landfill, they sprinkle quicklime on top.
This is the landfill created by Li Ke. Most of the garbage in Chang'an City can be recycled. Needless to say, feces and the like, the farmland around Chang'an City can already be recycled, and other kitchen waste and the like can be recycled. Pigs can be fed, and other domestic waste is directly landfilled here.
In ancient times, there were no non-biodegradable things, so there was no need to worry about polluting the environment when buried here. However, we still had to prevent diseases, so quicklime was sprinkled on it.
Outside the garbage dump, at this moment, there was a man about 1.7 meters tall, with white hair and a childish face. He was holding a wooden cane in his hand, a machete more suitable for chopping firewood, and a rattan basket on his back. Carrying two or three gourds, he was looking thoughtfully at the scene in front of him. He had been watching it for a while.
"Old man, do you need help with anything?" After finishing his own business, the carriage pulling the garbage began to return to Chang'an. The person in charge of the landfill came over and asked curiously.
"No, I am a doctor. I just want to ask why you buried this garbage and then sprinkled this white lime on it?" the old man asked.
"Oh, this, this is what His Highness King Qin told you. His Highness said that when these garbage are piled together, they will ferment and rot and turn into something similar to fertilizer. However, diseases may occur during this process, so they will Bury it, and this quicklime can kill invisible germs and prevent epidemics. We don’t understand, but we will do whatever His Highness the King of Qin asks us to do." The common man who worked immediately said with a smile.
"I haven't asked for my father-in-law's name yet." The commoner heard something and asked again.
"My surname is Sun." The old man didn't hide it, but said with a smile.
"Ah? Dare I ask if my father-in-law is Sun Simiao?" The common man was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and asked.
