This is not even limited to ancient times, Shangluo's "known history" even continued into modern times. In 1850 AD, the Hungarian obstetrician Semmelweis published a series of views titled "The Causes, Symptoms and Prevention of Puerperal Fever". At that time, the maternal mortality rate was as high as 20% or more in some hospitals. And he thinks the main culprit of all this is that doctors don't wash their hands.
He found that the high incidence of puerperal fever did not distinguish between high and low, and existed in both higher-level and lower-level delivery wards. The reason is that regardless of whether they are high or low, all doctors at that time held the view that "professional doctors are cleaner than patients" - this means that even the doctor who delivered her baby, Queen Elisabeth of Austria, known as "Sissi" You may not be able to wash your hands either.
Semmelweis's views seem completely reasonable today. However, once his views were published, they were denounced by the entire medical community and even sent him to a mental hospital. It is conceivable that this is certain, and it cannot even be attributed to "ignorance" alone. But once admitted, all doctors will be under tremendous pressure because of their past behavior that they regarded as common sense.
As for Zhu Xianfen in front of him, he was the emperor - this title was so noble that it did not need to be lengthened, and only the word "emperor" was enough. As a supreme being, he had to wear a mask and anti-bacterial clothing when entering the imperial dining room. This is one of the most shocking scenes in Shangluo for a long time.
Although it was just a change of clothes. If we were to rank them, they would probably be in the top three. The most shocking one so far was the scene where the lighthouse system reduced the dimensionality of the Forest King in front of him.
After changing his clothes, Zhu Xianwen had already started to wash his hands——
Washing hands is a must. Lu Huaiyang handed the same protective clothing to Shangluo, and after putting it on, he also took him to wash his hands.
The sink alone is very particular. A huge stainless steel wash basin slides against the wall. In addition to faucets and hand sanitizer, there is also a row of disinfection pools.
While Lu Huaiyang was washing himself, he told Shangluo: "Wash your hands first, wash them with hand sanitizer, and scrub the palms, backs, and between the fingers thoroughly. After washing, soak your hands in the disinfectant and cover your hands for at least 30 seconds." "
Shangluo put his hand in, and Shangluo took it out.
The hands are as white as peeled eggs. He felt that his hands had never been so clean in his life.
After washing, they passed by the dust removal duct and walked into the interior of the imperial dining room.
Stainless steel, stainless steel is everywhere. There are no stoves for stir-frying or cutting boards for cutting, just long rows of stainless steel assembly lines connecting one workshop to another. Across the glass window, the closest thing is the workshop that produces "pork". The rumble of the dust removal fan was heard behind, and there were bigger and more machines roaring in front.
"The hooves we eat are made here." The noise was a bit loud, so Zhu Xianfen got closer before talking to him, "There is a conveyor belt over there, and the cold chain transport truck we just saw outside will transport it Pork transported in the cold chain is delivered. They were all slaughtered just this morning, and then sent to the decomposition line via a conveyor belt, where they are decomposed into 96 standard parts. The hooves we eat are the front elbows of pigs."
"Why the front elbow?"
"Because the pig skin on the back elbow is not tasty. After the front elbow is cut off from a pig here, it will be separated and stored together with the other 96 standard parts. The hoof is in the front of the workshop, go a little further ahead. Oh, by the way, Besides eating hooves, what else do you eat at your school?"
"Fries? The fries seem to be quite delicious."
"Fries out front."
They walked inside the glass walkway during the visit. Raw and cooked food are separated in the imperial dining room. They wear dustproof suits and have to go to the cooked food area to come into contact with the ingredients. At other times, they walk on the glass walkway.
After walking for a while, Zhu Xianfen pointed to the right - on the right, an employee of Guanglu Temple, also wearing sterile clothing, was pouring a basket of potatoes into the shredder. Each potato was peeled and nearly all the same size.
“These fries will be made into pre-made semi-finished products, frozen and then the moisture will be removed, and then sent to your school’s frying pan using a cold chain transport vehicle for frying.”
"So it turns out that our school's dishes are also semi-finished products here?"
"Yes, the lunches in our schools, including the Imperial College and many other schools, are all prepared dishes produced by the Imperial Kitchen. Because the Imperial Kitchen is essentially the official office of Guanglu Temple, and its ancient responsibilities are in the capital. Each yamen provides ingredients and is mainly responsible for slaughtering and pre-processing. Pigs come in from outside and pork comes out here. Cooking is another step. Oh, we are here."
The rich aroma of soy sauce has floated over the glass:
"This is a braised meat workshop. In addition to making semi-finished pork knuckles, it also produces semi-finished roast duck. Oh, it's early in the morning. You see, the pork knuckles have been marinated first, because the pork knuckles have the flavor of fat."
White steam was billowing in the huge stainless steel brine pot. The ingredients are being cut here, and someone else is taking samples from the brine pot to analyze the composition of today's brine.
"After the pork knuckles are braised, there are braised beef, braised duck, braised chicken feet, chicken hearts, pork livers, and pork heads. There are rows of soy products such as vegetarian chicken, which will be used to absorb oil after they are all braised. .”
"How come it's so clear?" Shangluo asked him.
"Because I loved coming here when I was a kid. You can go into the braised meat workshop here. I especially like to eat freshly braised vegetarian chicken."
"So what do we usually eat?"
"After the pre-made semi-finished pork knuckles are prepared here, they will be sent to the refrigerated warehouse for storage. The imperial kitchen will calculate our meal orders, then take out the pre-made dishes to defrost, simply heat them up and pour the braised sauce on them. . The seasonings and other things have been adjusted before, and they are already very delicious. So you can eat as much as you want. The imperial kitchen can serve unlimited dishes during working hours. Anyway, they are all pre-made dishes, and there are rows of them in the warehouse. .”
"." Shangluo didn't know what to say for a moment.
[Ah~~~] Apollonia appeared, [Visiting a food factory is such a happy thing. This is simply a factory that creates happiness. My dream career, besides driving a tram, is to work in a factory that makes chocolate chip cookies. Have you ever eaten chocolate chip cookies? When I was in Delphi, visiting children often brought me cookies. Although I can’t taste it, this is a place where happiness is created~]
"Yeah" Shangluo pressed his head.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Xianfen asked him, "Are you hungry? If you are hungry, you can actually eat it now. You can get some braised food from the production line to eat. It's not a big problem."
"I was thinking. I am running a special errand in a modern country, and it will affect everyone's lives. This is really difficult to handle."
"That's for sure. The era you live in is not modern, how can it still be ancient?"
"That's true. But the appearance of the imperial dining room is really beyond my expectation."
"You don't think there are still cooking stoves in the imperial kitchen, do you? It's not a folk scenic spot. Tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people eat the food from this kitchen. Of course, only the cold chain transportation of modern industrial central kitchens can satisfy it. Although The taste of pre-prepared dishes is indeed a bit monotonous, but I don’t hate pre-prepared dishes. Oh, by the way, you actually have to pay to eat in the imperial dining room. I will send you some meal coupons to your office. You can do it if you are within the limit. There is nothing you can do about debiting the amount beyond the limit. Eating a set lunch every day is sufficient, but ordering extra dishes may not be enough, so you have to pay for it yourself."
(End of chapter)
