I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

However, Liu Ju guessed wrong this time.

Liu Che was really angry, and he really wanted to punish Liu Tan.

But Liu Tan's whereabouts have always been known to the Embroidered Emissary. Calculating the time, he knows that his son has not had a good rest these days and has been on his way. He also knows that he went straight to the dining room as soon as he returned to the palace.

Before Liu Tan came in, what he wanted was to let Liu Tan have a long memory.

But after Liu Tan knelt down without saying a word, it didn't take long for him to soften his heart again.

He couldn't bear to read the memorial in his hand, so he had no choice but to raise his head and glance down. He couldn't help being stunned for a moment, then looked at Liu Ju and asked, "Ji'er? Didn't you go back to the uterus?"

Liu Ju immediately said: "Just now, after my minister left, I suddenly realized that the position of Dahonghe is now vacant. Seeing that the envoys of the Fanbang are about to enter Beijing one after another, the position of Dahonghe will not last long, so I want to ask my father how to deal with it."

As soon as Liu Che heard this, he knew that this was Liu Ju's excuse, so he couldn't help but glanced at him, not knowing how much the elder son followed him to plead for his younger brother and how much he wanted to eat.

He snorted and said, "I didn't make you kneel, why are you kneeling?"

Liu Ju whispered, "Father didn't say who to kneel down."

Liu Che put down the pen in his hand and said, "Get up."

Liu Ju was about to get up immediately, but Liu Tan was a little hesitant, why did his father dislike the subject so much recently?

Who do you want to wake up?

As a result, when he was hesitating, he suddenly felt Liu Ju pulling him, and Liu Tan also stood up subconsciously.

After standing up, he took a sneak peek at Liu Che, and found that Liu Che hadn't said a word, and he was relieved, well, it seems that his father will not punish him.

Just when he was thinking this way, he suddenly heard Liu Che ask: "Do you know what's wrong?"

Liu Tan was so clever that he almost knelt down again: "I know my mistake."

The expression on Liu Che's face was flat, and he couldn't see any emotion. He just continued to say: "Well, what's wrong?"

Liu Tan: ...

This dialogue is so familiar to him, it's really... Can God spare anyone.

However, Liu Tan thought about what to say before he came back. It's not that he guessed that Liu Che would definitely ask such a question. The main reason is that since he came to admit his mistakes, he must analyze where he was wrong, and then admit his mistakes. Just like writing an inspection, you must write hard and profoundly to be considered over-the-top, otherwise it will give people a perfunctory feeling.

It's okay to be perfunctory to the teacher and boss, but to be perfunctory to the emperor... Don't you want to mess around?

Liu Tan said seriously and honestly: "Your minister should not be willful and disobey your father's words."

Liu Che raised his eyelids: "You know it well, what if it happens again next time?"

Liu Tan suddenly felt a little stuck, this was not in the routine he prepared.

To be honest, this question is actually easier to answer than what was wrong and where was it before, but Liu Tan doesn't want to dig a hole for himself. According to his temper, the possibility of committing another crime...is quite high.

If he wants not to commit a crime, unless he never returns to Chang'an.

But even thinking about it, I knew it was impossible.

In the end, he had no choice but to say in a low voice: "Next time... next time, I will try to get my father to agree."

Liu Che was about to be laughed at by him!

Liu Shi on the side was shocked, it was the first time he saw someone dare to talk to his father like that.

Liu Che clapped the case and said, "I see that you still don't know how to repent, go back and contemplate behind closed doors for three days!"

Oh, three days, it's nothing.

Liu Tan hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "My son asked the dining room to prepare ingredients for tomorrow."

There is nothing wrong with thinking behind closed doors, but he asked someone to marinate the duck... so what should we do?You can't marinate for three days, can you?

Although it can be eaten after three days of marinating, Liu Tan will definitely not let Liu Che eat this kind of duck.

Liu Tan thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, the emperor will send an order to tell the dining room not to prepare."

After he said this, Liu Ju's expression instantly became very indescribable, and he couldn't help poking his brother's waist, telling him to shut up first.

Liu Tan's body shook for a moment after being poked by him, he looked up at Liu Ju, then at Liu Che who was sitting there expressionless, and obediently shut his mouth.

Liu Che asked, "How is King Wusun injured?"

Liu Tan sighed: "It's not serious, the wound was stretched open again in order to hurry."

Liu Che instantly connected to Lu Xuan's brainwaves, and looked at his son very vigilantly: "Lu Xuan has arrived, please stay in the palace obediently until you return to the northern border country."

Liu Tan immediately said: "But... I still have something to finish in Shi He Courtyard."

Liu Che thought for a while: "Then you go out and bring the guards I arranged for you."

Liu Tan: ...

Where is the guard here? This is simply to send someone to monitor him, okay?

But it’s okay, anyway, he doesn’t plan to make any fuss before the new year, let’s wait until the next year to talk about everything, this year has been too tiring, although he has been resting these days, he doesn’t know why The feeling of slowing down.

Seeing that Liu Tan honestly agreed, Liu Che calmed down and asked, "What did you go to the dining room just now?"

Liu Tan immediately leaned over and said, "I didn't do anything, I just added a dish to Father's dinner, but because time was too tight, I made a more convenient one, and Father can have a taste."

Liu Che glanced at the time: "Let's pass on the meal."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Liu Shi next to him, and instantly understood why the eldest son came back, and he couldn't help laughing: "It's hard for you to kneel with Tan'er once, and you can't miss a bite."

Liu Ju: ...

He found that his father's mouth was becoming more and more poisonous.

But after passing the meal, Liu Ju sat there looking at the dish called pickled duxian and felt that it was worth kneeling once.

When the dish was first served, he smelled an extremely strong aroma, which was very descriptive, with some refreshing and meat-specific aroma.

After putting the dish on his desk and removing the lid, he felt that it must be delicious just by looking at the bright soup color and the visual effect of yellow, red and white inside.

Liu Tan kept paying attention to the expressions of Liu Che and Liu Shi while eating.

Liu Che frowned when he took the first sip of the soup, and he liked it more at first glance.

Seeing his expression, Liu Tan was relieved a lot. As for tomorrow's roast duck, he shouldn't hate it, right?

At least among the people Liu Tan knows, there are not many people who hate roast duck no matter where they are. At most, they feel greasy and dare not eat more.

Liu Tan originally thought that it would be fine as long as Liu Che didn't hate this dish, but he never expected that this dish would become the main course of the evening.

If it weren't for the fact that he kept his identity and left a piece of meat, a bamboo shoot and a little soup, Liu Che would probably be able to finish it.

As for Liu Ju... Compared with his father, Liu Ju lacked a little bit of idol baggage, so he ate all of them.

Then the other dishes on the desks of these two people basically didn't move much, Liu Tan felt a little bit sorry for the chef who cooked for them.

After Liu Che was full of wine and food, his mood became much better. He glanced at Liu Tan and said, "You have been tossing around for several days, go back and rest quickly, and see how dark your eyes are."

After Liu Tan heard this, he left happily. He didn't know why he was restrained from thinking about his mistakes!

However, he originally planned to meet Lu Xuan the next day, but now he can't. He has to go to the dining room to clean up his ducks, so he can only send someone to send a message to Lu Xuan. After thinking about it, let him Don't eat anything at noon, he is going to send a set of roast duck over.

Well, Liu Che shouldn't embarrass him about this matter.

In fact, the practice of roast duck is difficult and difficult, and it is simple and simple.

The difficulty lies in how to make the duck skin crispy.

Back then, Liu Tan tried to roast it at home, but no matter how he roasted it, he couldn't do it. He also tried countless kinds of crispy water and the like, and the roast duck that came out... tastes not bad, but it's not crispy roast duck.

It wasn't until later that he learned that the crispy-skinned roast duck in restaurants usually inflates the duck's embryo to separate the skin from the flesh.

After arriving there, Liu Tan remembered this era... It seemed that there was no pump.

In the era without inflators, we could only rely on manual blowing. After thinking about it, Liu Tan felt that it was not hygienic. He originally wanted to tell the manager of the dining room to let him wait a while, so he found a way to find someone to make an inflator.

As a result, the steward was very worried. The roast duck was to be served as lunch. Although His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Realm came down earlier, it would take a long time to hold the roast duck.

Without saying a word, he chose a big and round cook to blow the roast duck, and at the same time dragged Liu Tan to life and death and refused to let him go.

The corner of Liu Tan's mouth twitched. He had no choice but to do this temporarily. At the same time, he got out the pump when he was about to go back. That thing was difficult to say, but easy to say.

Blowing air to the duck is not just blowing, it needs to be blown in at the knife edge of the duck's neck to fill the whole body of the duck with air.

To be honest, if this thing is really made by manpower, it is definitely a laborious task, and even people with only strength may not be able to do it.

That guy really blushed so much that his neck was so thick that he was about to roll his eyes before filling up the whole duck.

Seeing that it was almost the same, Liu Tan hurriedly let him go down first, and then let people start to deal with the remaining steps.

After blowing the air, it is to scald the skin and hang the color. The duck body is scalded with caramel boiling water, three to four times from top to bottom, and then poured with sugar water. The sugar water does not need to be boiling water. After several times like this, The skin of the whole duck will become smooth and firm.

After the watering is finished, it is air-dried, and the water on the skin of the duck needs to be evaporated.

If you let it dry naturally, the time is definitely not enough, so Liu Tan simply asked someone to fan the duck, trying to dry it as soon as possible.

While the duck is drying, Liu Tan needs to make other things, such as sauce and spring pancakes.

It is not difficult to make spring cakes, especially now that the dining room in the palace has flour.

Yes, when Liu Tan finally saw Flour, he was moved to tears.

These flours were still brought in through the Silk Road. If Liu Tan hadn't settled the Silk Road, things like flour probably wouldn't have reached Dahan by now.

After all, compared to other more popular things, flour seems too inconspicuous.

However, people in West Asia will transport flour mainly because they want to expand the types of commodities.

Originally, the colored glaze they fired was very popular in the big man, but unexpectedly, Liu Tan turned out to make the glass directly.

There are transparent glass, how can there be less high-quality colored glaze?

Although the cost of firing is high, the price of colored glaze is not low, but the problem is that colored glaze shipped from West Asia is more expensive.

Those people have to calculate the cost, the loss along the way, and the freight and so on. The price is simply sky-high compared to the products produced in the northern border country.

People in West Asia began to look for other things to replace them after they found out that Liuli was not working, and wheat was one of them.

It's just that wheat hasn't been planted on a large scale yet, and Liu Tan plans to study it and rice after returning to the northern border country.

With flour, making spring cakes is no longer a problem.

However, it is very difficult to make spring pancakes well, because the real good spring pancakes are as thin as cicada's wings.

This one is difficult for many people. In fact, Liu Tan did not do well back then.

But it doesn't matter, he has a theoretical foundation, and the people in the dining room have craftsmanship.

He doesn't need to do it himself, he just needs to direct.

The water used to make spring pancakes and noodles must be hot water, which is the legendary hot water scalding noodles. This method has never been tried by anyone in the dining room.

Liu Tan couldn't help asking, "How do you eat this flour?"

The manager of the dining room smiled apologetically and said, "I haven't used it yet, mainly because I don't know how to make it for His Majesty to eat."

In fact, it's not that there are no recipes, but they all dislike the barbaric way of eating in West Asia, or they have made a little and tried it and found it is not delicious.

Liu Tan also said helplessly, "I'll give you some prescriptions later."

After a little hesitation, the head catering manager said, "Your Highness...this thing...is not easy to make, it is too delicious."

Liu Tan was surprised: "What?"

The steward of the dining room sighed and said, "This stuff is only produced in the west, it's too far away, and there aren't many people who bring it here. This... If His Majesty wants to eat it every day... we're afraid we'll have to hang ourselves."

Liu Tan: ...

He never expected that there would be such a reason.

The head of the dining room also told him the truth, of course, mainly because Liu Tan's reputation has always been good, no matter what rumors say that he is cruel and murderous, but the palace people in the palace think that the King of the North is a rare kind People, the most important thing is that he is reasonable.

If it weren't for Liu Tan's reasoning, he probably wouldn't have said these things to Liu Tan.

Liu Tan also deeply felt that this matter was not easy, so he couldn't help asking: "Didn't you ever think about planting?"

The head of the dining room smiled bitterly and said, "Why haven't you thought about it? But... until now, I haven't figured out how to grow this thing."

Liu Tangang wanted to ask why he didn't ask those merchants how to plant them. Don't say that merchants won't tell, as long as they are given enough money, these merchants will definitely tell.

But before he even asked, he had already figured it out—the climate in West Asia was different from that in Dahan, even if the businessman told him to plant it in that way in Dahan, it wouldn't be able to grow it.

Liu Tan patted the head of the dining room on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, if the emperor likes it, I will tell him."

At that time, let Liu Che find someone to study, and it happened to study how to plant rice together.

Professional things should be done by professionals.

Cough, Liu Tan doesn't want to admit that when he searched for things related to crop cultivation in his mind, it was basically blank.

All right, most of the things he has done in the past have been learned or researched. This thing...he really hasn't touched it, but he can give some advice on the direction.

The key point of spring pancake noodles is to wake up the noodles, which takes at least half an hour, and during this half hour, Liu Tan began to ask people to make spring onions and sauces, as well as the indispensable cucumbers.

Liu Tan couldn't help but thank Zhang Qian when he asked people to cut cucumbers. If there were no cucumbers, the taste of roast duck would be lacking.

After all these things are prepared, the duck is basically air-dried and can be put into the oven.

The duck's butthole needs to be plugged and then filled with [-]% boiling water, and the duck is put into the furnace.

Originally, the heat of the roast duck was the most important thing, but Liu Tan didn't need to worry about it, because this stove was originally used for roast suckling pig, and the people in charge of roast duck were very good at roast suckling pig. The fire control is simply superb.

A while before the roast duck came out of the oven, Liu Tan asked someone to brush it with a layer of honey, and after it was out of the oven, brushed it with a layer of sesame oil.

In the process of roasting the duck just now, the spring pancakes have already been steamed in the drawer.

After finishing all these, Liu Tan saw that it was almost time to pass the meals.

He directly asked someone to bring the whole roast duck over there, and when he got there, Liu Che looked at the bright red duck and laughed and said, "This smells good, how do you eat it?"

Liu Tan directly picked up a dagger from the side and said, "My son will come in person."