I just discovered that the strange cart they were pushing next to them seemed to be made of iron. Could this silver-white iron be refined iron? So much iron? No. And what was on their table? The white lard fat was solidified and just sat there in the cart! And there were big basins of spices. Old man Zhang couldn't help but stand on tiptoe and stretch his neck to see clearly what spices were in the big iron basins. Let me count them, ah, bay leaves, ah, that's cinnamon, and star anise! Oh, that's cumin! And what is that red thing? Old man Zhang sniffed his nose and it was a bit choking. He held back the sneeze, turned back and poured the tea leaves into the boiling water, picked up the stove ash to put out the fire, and couldn't help but look over there again.

Is he going to cook? How is he going to eat all these spices? Old Man Zhang's mind was full of questions.

It was already daybreak. Old Man Zhang quickly glanced at the five people busy around him. "Hey, where's that young man?" He gave up looking. He glanced at the ground. There was a shadow. Old Man Zhang was completely relieved.

Is this really from the future? Regardless of whether it is or not, we must report it to the master and the young master as soon as possible. He glanced at the sky. Yesterday, the government sent a message saying that his grandson would come to the teahouse today to pick up the eldest young master's classmate to bring him home. It's already dawn, why hasn't the unfilial grandson come yet? He shouldn't have been allowed to sit on the dustpan when he was a child. Even catching maggots is not so slow. Old man Zhang thought randomly.

Ling Xiaoyue had already prepared all the side dishes and was adding water to the pot through a tube.

Old Man Zhang sat down at the teahouse table, poured himself a bowl of hot tea, ate a pancake, and looked ahead. He finally realized something was wrong. Just now, while chatting with the young man, he noticed the girl and a few young men washing vegetables. He had thought they were going to the river to fetch water, but now he realized! They actually had a transparent pipe! The pipe was constantly flowing with water, clear and transparent, and looked as clean as mountain spring water!

Su Yu used a lighter to light a fire. Chen Hua threw a few blocks of solid alcohol in, and the fire instantly grew bigger. Soon the water boiled.

Wow, it actually boiled. What did they add to make it so durable?

Ling Xiaoyue took out his mask, poured the dried chili peppers in, boiled them for two minutes, and then took them out. "Someone, go chop the chili peppers."

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

"A sneeze, a sneeze!"

Listening to the sneezes coming one after another, Ling Xiaoyue smiled maliciously: "Sorry, this knife-edge chili is a bit pungent."

Su Yu lowered his head in the downwind direction, pretending he hadn't followed Sister Ling's lead to get the Shizhuhong No. 5, secretly mixing some spicy flavors into it. He silently put on his double-layer mask.

Cheng Jia came out of the house wearing a double-layer mask and triple-layer gloves, took over Lin Chen's job of chopping peppers, and asked them to run away if they sneezed.

Old Zhang choked on the increasingly bland Sanhe flour pancake, tears and snot pouring down his face. He was fine, only sneezing a little. After all, his senses had deteriorated with age. Now, his nose was sore and his eyes were burning. Nothing he ate had the same flavor as when he was younger. He hadn't expected the knife-edge chili peppers the girl had mentioned to be so potent, even spicier than the dogwood. Before he even took a bite, his saliva was already soaking the pancake.

Ling Xiaoyue saw that the water in the pot had boiled dry, so she threw in the butter cubes, followed by 15 kilograms of chicken fat and 5 kilograms of rapeseed oil.

After the oil is heated, add the celery, shallots and onions that have been drained. The aroma will immediately rise.

Old man Zhang was drooling and didn't even bother to pick up the wet handkerchief on the table. He walked straight to the wall made of bamboo strips with his neck stretched out.

Ling Xiaoyue fished out the squeezed-out side dishes, poured in half the glutinous rice cake chili sauce, and quickly stepped back to grab the oversized spatula. Su Yu silently held an umbrella and focused on making the fire.

Use a spatula to turn the peppers over to prevent them from getting stuck in the pan. When the oil temperature comes up, add all the remaining peppers. After they are fried, add the rock sugar. After frying for a while, add the fermented black beans and bean paste. After they are fried until crispy, pour in half a pot of Sichuan peppercorns. The aroma is taken to the next level.

Ling Xiaoyue and the others were drooling even though they were wearing masks. Not to mention Old Man Zhang in the teahouse next to them, who was practically drooling.

The ancients had never experienced such a provocation. Even meat and oil were rarely seen every day. Even if the Zhang family was generous and their servants and tenants lived better than anyone else in the surrounding area, they would still only serve boiled pork with some vegetables and spices. They wouldn't have been willing to use so much oil.

Ling Xiaoyue mixed cinnamon, galangal, star anise, bay leaves, white cardamom, cloves, and other spices with the fermented glutinous rice and poured them all in at once. As the spices began to dry out, she asked Su Yu to lower the heat to low and simmer. Finally, she added salt, chicken essence, and other seasonings. Then, she took off her mask and returned to the store.

The air outside was incredibly fragrant, even inside the shop, the aroma was overwhelming. Ling Xiaoyue thought, this one should be a sure thing.

He touched a small bucket of Erguotou on the shelf, turned around and walked out.

Over on the official road, Zhang Erquan, who had been leisurely trotting along, had already unknowingly whipped up his horse whip, his mouth watering as he took in the aroma. "Oh my god, who could make something so fragrant so early in the morning? They're just trying to make me greedy." He was thinking about rushing to Grandpa's teahouse to eat a couple of pancakes to soothe his teeth.

A gentle summer breeze blew early in the morning. Combined with the abundance of ancient trees and the favorable environment, the wind blew occasionally, which normally brought a pleasant coolness to the common people of the prefecture. However, today, the common people and guards living near the city gates suffered a lot.

At first, I could only smell the faint aroma of rich oil on the wind, and I silently cursed it in my heart, unconcerned. Eating such greasy food so early in the morning, and not worrying about diarrhea. Then, the breeze brought an overbearing spicy aroma, the fat of meat oil, with a spicy aroma, and a hint of peppercorns. The more I smelled it, the hungrier I became, and the more I sniffed, the more I craved it. The breakfast stalls near the city gates were doing much better business, but there was nothing I could do. I was greedy, and I didn't know where this aroma came from, but it just kept lingering. The cool breeze I used to enjoy became inexplicably intrusive.

Zhao Lingyun, the city guard at the gate, smelled the aroma. With his palate, accustomed to a wide variety of delicacies, and a particularly sensitive nose, he immediately detected the aroma coming from the official road. If it were just an ordinary aroma, it would be fine, but he detected the scent of spices, a very strong one. To be able to carry it this far, a lot of spices must have been used.

Zhao Lingyun's eyes darkened as he thought about the letter he'd received from the capital a few days ago. "How dare the foreign barbarians dare to act so arrogantly!" He then thought about the firearms displayed in the hall by the foreign barbarians mentioned in the letter, in front of the Emperor's uncle and all the civil and military officials. He couldn't help but pound his fist on the wall.

Everyone knows that it is called a display, but it is actually a demonstration!

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