Coming to the kitchen, Zhao Si looked at the pile of ingredients in front of him and fell into deep thought.
It is useless to think about the impact of the raw jade halo on crops now. It will not take a year or two, and there is a high probability that it will not be confirmed unless a few crops are planted.
Growing food is a matter of effort and cannot be achieved overnight, and the halo of raw jade cannot prevent food from being produced prematurely.
In comparison, instead of thinking wildly here, it is better to think about how to prepare today's dinner so that the First Emperor can eat comfortably, so as not to care about his own disrespectful little actions.
"Hmm... something doesn't seem right, Muzun-sama." Zhao Si thought for a moment, and realized that he was taking a sneak peek, and it was clear that all he could see was the First Emperor.
He lowered his head and looked at the various vegetables in front of him.
The first is the tender corn. Thanks to the golden fingers, the corn cobs are large and full. No special cooking is required. The tender corn tastes best when boiled in white water.
Next is sweet potato leaves, which can be used for stir-frying, but Zhao Si plans to change the method.
Then take out the flour. White flour is extremely precious these days.
Stone mills are very valuable these days, so it is not appropriate to call them stone mills. Instead, they should be called 癙.
Secondly, the focus of white flour is peeling. In ancient times, it could only be ground and manually screened.
Wash the sweet potato leaves slightly and do not need to dry them. Dip the moist sweet potato leaves directly into some flour and steam them. Knock out the garlic juice by the way, and sprinkle it on after steaming, which is a unique taste.
You can add chili salt and other seasonings to the garlic juice, but Zhao Si likes to simply order garlic juice. Adding chili salt will affect the original flavor of the sweet potato leaves.
The next step is to simply make a few small stir-fries.
Because he picked up a few small potatoes that were not fully grown, and also made a potato stew with beef, Zhao Si was greedy for this bite for a long time.
One stir-fried spinach, one spicy chicken, and one vinegared cabbage.
In addition, I made a white noodle soup with flour and added egg droplets in it.
If you don't have time to make steamed buns, you can just spread out a few white flour pancakes and eat them directly rolled up with vegetables. It is called baked steamed buns and rolled vegetables in the Lianghe River Basin.
As for the small sweet potatoes that were not fully grown, Zhao Si thought about it and simply threw them into the fire to roast.
Half an hour later, Master Zhao, who had been busy for a long time, began to serve the dishes.
A simple five dishes and one soup!
The First Emperor did not invite Zhao Si this time.
Fortunately, Zhao Si still had some left in the kitchen.
The First Emperor glanced at Zhao Si, and Zhao Si immediately stepped forward and began to introduce him.
"Your Majesty, these are sweet potato leaves."
Flour, garlic juice, sweet potato leaves, steamed, simple.
The First Emperor picked up a few pieces and put them into his mouth without any hesitation.
Among the taste buds, the crispy sweet potato leaves and the garnish of garlic juice instantly activated the taste buds of the First Emperor.
There is no extra seasoning, the taste and texture of the ingredients themselves are outstanding. Just right, steamed but not steamed, retaining the crispness and the softness of the flour.
The First Emperor's appetite, which was originally lacking, began to grow silently.
"Your Majesty, this is beef stew with potatoes." Zhao Si said with a smile.
"Have they grown?" When mentioning potatoes, the First Emperor naturally put aside eating.
"They haven't grown yet. I just pulled out a few to see how they grow. I can't waste them. I specially stewed the beef. This thing goes well with the beef." Zhao Si said with a smile.
The First Emperor nodded and picked up a piece of beef.
Entrance!
Slightly spicy and chewy.
Chili peppers, aged vinegar, rice wine, peppercorns, scallions, coriander, Zhao Si's cooking skills are not very good, but the dishes are novel.
Then he picked up a small potato the size of his thumb.
The small potatoes are relatively tender, so Zhao Si stews them directly with the skin on, which gives them a better taste.
It is soft and glutinous in the mouth, pink and tender, and you can eat the beef soup thoroughly. When you taste the potatoes for the first time, you can say that it is amazing.
"This is stir-fried spinach."
"This is spicy chicken!"
The First Emperor tried them all one by one. The spinach was tender and the spicy chicken was delicious.
After the first taste of hot pot, the novelty was gone, and the Emperor's appetite dropped again. When he went to Lantian again, he didn't expect that Zhao Si had once again innovated in the art of cooking.
The way to eat the steamed buns and cabbage also satisfied the First Emperor. After all, he was a man from northern Shaanxi, so it was normal for him to taste delicious. The white flour and egg soup had no taste, but it was perfect for making seams.
The rest is the highlight.
Roasted sweet potatoes and boiled corn.
The sweet potatoes are not big, and they are not fully grown. However, because they are not fully grown, there are not many old muscles in them, so they taste better.
Boiled corn made the First Emperor's eyes light up.
Tender, waxy and slightly sweet.
The First Emperor vaguely remembered that Zhao Si's evaluation of corn seemed to be not very tasty?
It's obviously much tastier than wheat.
Even if wheat is made into fine white flour, the taste and texture are far different from boiled corn.
"When the corn is tender, it is best cooked. Chicken soup and bone soup can be placed in it. However, you need to pay attention to the season. If it is a little older, the taste will be much different."
Zhao Si's explanation made the First Emperor confused.
Fully mature corn is not delicious, even if it is ground into powder, but this is an unexpected surprise. Young corn is indeed delicious when cooked.
The First Emperor miraculously discovered that his appetite seemed to have improved again.
Maybe it's a mood factor? Maybe it's a new trick Zhao Si came up with?
In short, the First Emperor has rarely had a good appetite recently. He once again ate at Lantian Camp and his stomach was full, which made the First Emperor even more tired. He was lying on a lounge chair in the ground, looking at the cornrows as tall as a person. smile.
"How long will it take for these crops to mature?" The First Emperor looked at the lush hundreds of acres of fields.
What is planted here is the future of Great Qin.
"It's less than a month." Zhao Si stood beside the First Emperor and answered.
"Corn should be the fastest, it will only take another ten days, followed by sweet potatoes, which won't take long either." Zhao Si answered.
Zhao Si also has some expectations at this moment.
After all, the growth of these three crops is related to your reward afterwards.
And Zhao Si also wanted to know how much impact his raw jade halo could have on these three crops.
If the yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes is one to two thousand kilograms per mu, and the yield of corn is three to five hundred kilograms per mu, and if you bring back the merits of going to sea, you will probably still be a feudal prince even if you don't have to do anything in the future.
The First Emperor did not speak, but quietly looked at everything lush and vibrant, feeling comfortable and happy.
Zhao Si, on the other hand, continued to peek at the First Emperor who never looked back.
How novel. If I hadn’t brought my mobile phone, I would have done a photo shoot with the First Emperor and sent it to Moments.
In the end, the First Emperor did not bother with Zhao Si's slightly disrespectful look, and left with Meng Yi before dusk fell.
In addition, several pairs of deck chairs were taken away, and Wang Jian's deck chair was also taken away by the First Emperor.
If it weren't for Zhao Si's other arrangements, Bao Buqi and Zhao Si would have to be sent to the palace as royal cooks.
