Lu Chen arranged everything, Fang Qi was smoldering charcoal, Meng Ji was cutting meat, dog boy Liu Jing was washing and picking vegetables, and Lu Chen came to the kitchen to make sauce. He said he was making sauce, but actually he was. Get the seasoning from the warehouse.
Fang Qi and Meng Ji now have a bit of a "Jiao Jiao Meng, Meng Bu Jiao" feeling, and Lu Chen couldn't help but tease the two of them about their current state, which is almost stuck together.
When Lu Chen took out the "made" sauce in a pottery basin and put it on the table, he saw that Fang Qi's eyes were red, his face was black with charcoal ash, and two tear stains hung brightly on his cheeks.
"What's wrong? I asked you to burn charcoal and you're still crying?" Lu Chen couldn't help but tease Fang Qi when he saw Fang Qi's miserable look.
"Military advisor! This charcoal-burning job is hard to do! This makes me choke! Look at it!" Fang Qi cried and complained to Lu Chen.
"Are you stupid? Won't you stand upwind and get burned? Do you have to stand downwind?" Lu Chen couldn't help laughing when he saw Fang Qi's miserable look.
"Military advisor, didn't you make me squat there and burn it?" Fang Qi looked at Lu Chen with wide eyes.
"I asked you to squat there and burn charcoal, but I didn't let you move around? What, if I ask you to wait for someone in one place, will you either wait to die? Or wait to die?" Lu Chen looked helplessly. Look at Fang Qi, good guy, let him squat there, he actually squatted there motionless, "Please be smarter! Go and wash up quickly!" Lu Chen couldn't help seeing Fang Qi's stubborn behavior. He patted Fang Qi on the shoulder.
"Aren't I obedient?" Fang Qi looked at Lu Chen and smiled, then went to wash his face.
Lu Chen looked at the red-hot charcoal in the pottery pot, picked up a few pieces with iron chopsticks and put them under the hot pot. At the same time, he added a few more pieces of charcoal and put them in the pottery pot to continue smoldering.
Just when the soup base in the hot pot was bubbling, Li Xiuning came with Ye Zhu and Lu Qiuming. Ye Zhu was carrying two wine gourds. Behind the three of them were two guards, each guard holding a hand. There were two jars of wine in it.
"Your Highness came at the right time, the hot pot has just started!" Lu Chen saw Li Xiuning entering the hospital and hurriedly greeted him.
"Is this the hot pot you are talking about?" Li Xiuning walked around the table curiously, constantly looking at the copper hot pot surrounded by dishes on the table, "Is this what you want to eat tonight? How do you eat it?" Li Xiuning asked He looked at Lu Chen and asked.
"There is only one key to eating hot pot, which is to 'boil it'!" Lu Chen asked Li Xiuning to sit down at the main seat, and he sat opposite Li Xiuning. "I have overstepped my bounds! Demonstrate how to eat hot pot for His Highness!" Lu Chen said He picked up a piece of mutton and cooked it in the hot pot. Meng Ji's knife skills were really good. It was not much thicker than the mutton slices that were shaved by machines in later generations. He put it in the pot and rolled it three times. Basically, the aroma of the mutton was It spread.
Fang Qi and Meng Ji stood behind Lu Chen, looking at the mutton on Lu Chen's chopsticks, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Lu Chen first scooped out a saucer for Li Xiuning's silver plate, then put the cooked mutton on another plate and pushed it in front of Li Xiuning, "Your Highness, dip it in the sauce and try it! This sauce is a secret for me. Made!"
Li Xiuning followed the instructions and picked up the mutton with silver chopsticks, dipped it in the sauce on the plate, opened her lips slightly, and put the mutton into her mouth. The soft and delicate texture, combined with the sauce, filled her mouth with the meaty aroma of the mutton. The taste is completely different from the mutton roasted with cabbage and the mutton stir-fried with green onions that he had for lunch, which directly impacted Li Xiuning's taste buds. After swallowing the slightly spicy and hot mutton, he immediately felt a heart-warming and stomach-warming feeling throughout his body.
"What a hot pot!" After swallowing a mouthful of mutton, Li Xiuning's eyes widened slightly. "After eating such delicious food, how can I eat in the future?" Li Xiuning sighed.
"This thing is effortless and can be eaten even when marching and fighting!" Lu Chen said to Li Xiuning with a smile.
Back then, it was said that Kublai Khan commanded his army to go south to attack the Song Dynasty. During the many battles, people were exhausted, horses and horses were exhausted, and they were hungry. It was winter at that time, and Kublai Khan ordered the cooks to slaughter and stew the plundered sheep. This was a common way of eating on the grasslands of Mongolia. But as soon as the sheep were killed and before they were put into the pot, spies came to report that the Song army was approaching and the war was getting urgent. At this time, Kublai Khan was so hungry that he ordered the army to move and called the cook: "Bring the mutton!"
I was afraid it was too late to eat the stewed mutton. Kublai Khan had a bad temper and had to move away. Fortunately, the chef had quick eyesight and quick wits. He quickly cut the mutton into thin slices and put it into the boiling water pot with other ingredients. When he saw the meat changed color , quickly pick it up, and then immediately sprinkle with seasonings, chopped green onion, minced ginger and other condiments. Kublai Khan quickly gave it to Kublai Khan, who ate it with big mouthfuls and shouted: "It's delicious, it's delicious!" After eating several bowls, he got on his horse and went to meet the enemy. Finally, he won the victory and returned home in triumph.
When he held a grand celebration banquet after the war, Kublai Khan thought of the time-saving and delicious bowls of mutton slices, and specially let the generals taste the mutton slices he had eaten before the war. The soldiers were full of praise after eating. , praised again and again. Everyone asked what this dish was called? The cook came forward and asked Kublai Khan to give him his name. Kublai Khan rinsed the meat slices again and again, and laughed boldly and said: "I think it will be called "mutton shabu-shabu"."
Of course, Lu Chen couldn't tell the story of Kublai Khan fighting the Han people. Naturally, he changed Kublai Khan's name and became a Han people fighting the Turks. But it didn't matter who it was. The important thing was to tell Li Xiuning through this story that this was also possible. It is a dining method practiced in the military, and there is also a name for hot pot called "mutton shabu-shabu".
Li Xiuning listened to Lu Chen's story and nodded with a smile: "Sir, what you said makes sense." Then he motioned for everyone to sit down and eat together. If it were in Li Xiuning's mansion, no one else would be allowed to sit at the table except Lu Chen. , but this was in Lu Chen's yard, not to mention a military camp, and there were people nearby. Li Xiuning would not eat at separate tables because of this. As for Liu Laosan and his son, they were busy serving food.
"This hot pot is about the word "shabu"! Because we are not marching to fight, so we have to cook the hot pot and chat, that's how comfortable it is! It would be better if there is wine!" Lu Chen looked at Ye Zhu and said mischievously.
"Sir, I brought you the Dukang!" How could Li Xiuning not understand what Lu Chen meant, so naturally he asked Ye Zhu to take out the gourd Dukang, and then pointed to the other gourd and said, "This is the gourd that I brought. The royal wine that I brought out from the palace was also given to Sir!"
"Thank you for the reward, Your Highness! It would be disrespectful for me to refuse!" Lu Chen stood up and raised his hands towards Li Xiuning and said.
"Royal wine! I didn't expect to be able to taste the emperor's wine today!" Looking at the gourd containing imperial wine, Lu Chen secretly felt a little proud.
