The days when I skipped school and opened a restaurant in ancient times

It's been half a month since Jin Mingchi's celebration banquet to send Evil Moon away, Lu Yunnan has been in the gourmet street for the past half month, and Lu's house is two o'clock and one line.He was so busy that he didn't even have time to step on the gate of the Imperial College, let alone study in class.

In order to save someone last time, Lu Yunnan also fell into a coma for a day due to exhaustion.Father Lu and Lu Yu, the two heads of the Lu family, saw that Lu Yunnan attached great importance to the food street, and this street might bring unexpected gains in the future.The father and son were worried that Lu Yunnan would faint again from exhaustion, so they turned a blind eye to the matter of playing truant.

Let's talk about it after this period of time.

During the preparations for the opening, Meng Donglai, the general manager of Yoyo Valley, sent a letter to Lu's residence.Said that the strawberries were ripe, and asked Lu Yunnan how to deal with it.Should they be picked and sent to Lu's residence, or put in the valley and stored in an ice cellar.

If it is stored in an ice cellar, the quantity is too much, and the place is not big enough.

Because every year when the fruits in this valley mature, they will pick out the bad ones, and send all the other fruits to the palace.Therefore, the ice in the ice cellar in the valley is generally used by the people in the valley, and is rarely used to store fruits.

This year there is no need to send it to the palace, but I don't know what regulations the new owner's family has for the fruits in the valley.If you want to store them all in the ice cellar, then if you want to put the other fruits in the ice cellar, you will not be able to store much. The ice cellar is too small, and it is difficult to dig in the valley, which is easy to cause collapse.

Lu Yunnan knew that in Da Zhou, all the ice used in summer had to be stored in winter, but he knew a way to make ice.The mountain where I lived in my previous life had no electricity for the first few years, so my master would dig saltpeter to make ice in summer.

The food court happened to be planning to open an ice drink shop, so Meng Donglai was asked to store the strawberries first, and he would figure out how to deal with the ice.

Saltpeter is mostly used as medicine in Da Zhou, Lu Yunnan sent people to buy all the saltpeter available in the market.

Since Gu Yunlan built the Firearms Division, the amount of saltpeter on the market has been strictly controlled.The source of all the saltpeter is in Gu Yunlan's hands, because he is worried that banning it all will attract the attention of interested people, so on the surface it is the same as usual.

Even if someone really knows something and buys up all the saltpeter that is currently on the market, that little amount will not be able to make any waves.

However, Gu Yunlan was a little surprised when he heard that the Secretary of the Imperial City reported that Lu Yunnan had bought up all the existing saltpeter in Ningjing City.What does this Lu family boy buy so much saltpeter for?Could it be that the Holy Way taught something in a dream?Could it be related to fire｜powder?

Just in case, Gu Yunlan sent shadow guards from the Anbu Department of the Imperial City Department to keep an eye on the whereabouts of the saltpeter.

After the shadow guard reported that Lu Yunnan had made ice with those saltpeters, Gu Yunlan really didn't expect it to be like this.

Can saltpeter still make ice?After knowing what Lu Yunnan was doing with the saltpeter, Gu Yunlan did not withdraw him, he asked the shadow guards to continue guarding, but this time they mainly focused on secret protection.

Thinking of my younger brother who is obviously afraid of water, but rowed a dragon boat for him, and finally jumped into the water with him.It doesn't matter if there is someone secretly protecting Lu Yunnan, if anything happens, the shadow guard can rescue him immediately.His silly younger brother can only dive, and if he can't solve the problem, he will only add trouble to others.

In the end, Gu Yunlan specifically explained that as long as Lu Yunnan did not do anything to collude with the enemy and treason the country, as long as he did not inquire about other matters, he did not need to report them to him.

It is already very tiring to deal with invalid greeting memorials every day, and Gu Yunlan really does not want to have another copy of "Lu Zhi's Daily Life" before the case.

But his brother should want to see it.

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The problem of ice is solved, Lu Yunnan has to solve the problem of spices and vegetables.The seeds of these things are firmly in the hands of the foreigners who opened the shop in Dazhou.

Alien people have always been restricted to planting on land. They have to submit an application to the government if they want to plant something on Dazhou's land, and it is impossible to agree if it exceeds [-] mu.And the land is generally not a good land, unless a sky-high deposit is paid.

As a result, their vegetables and spices are still very expensive even if they have seeds that can be grown in Dazhou.Also because of the harsh conditions, they protected the seeds very well.Business is already difficult to do, but this family alone can make a small profit.But if you come to the second or third one, forget it.

Those who buy their dishes are also rich families, in order to change the taste and try something new.However, because of the single cooking method, you can't feel any difference every time you eat it.

The common people think more simply, isn't it just a dish?So how are the dishes of foreign countries different from theirs in Dazhou?No matter how different it is, it tastes like vegetables. Although they can't afford it, it's true that it's not uncommon for them to spend so much money to buy a few vegetable leaves.It's not a dish of immortality, but it's really expensive.

But Lu Yunnan is in great demand, especially lettuce and spices, even if they are wrapped round, they are not enough.At the same time, because there was a dish of meat wrapped in lettuce at the palace banquet, those officials and gentlemen also love to buy lettuce wraps to eat.Not only is it refreshing and crispy, but it also has a bit of sweetness. No other dish is as good as this lettuce.

Fortunately, there are quite a few Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the Lu Mansion, and each Zhuangzi also has a lot of land.The tenants planted the land for Lujiazhuangzi, and they planted everything. It depends on how to cooperate with those aliens and make them willing to give seeds.

The housekeeper was the one to discuss this matter, and in the end, the foreigners who sold the vegetables agreed to give them [-]% of the total harvest amount every year.Paula on the side of spices said that he could not be the master, so he had to ask the master for instructions.

Originally, Lu Yunnan thought that this matter was closed, but who knew that the next day, Bo La sent someone to send a greeting card, asking Lu Yunnan to go to the spice shop to talk about it in person.

Paula had been guarding the door of the store early on, and it was so hopeless.After seeing Lu Yunnan's car, he hurried up to meet him.Zhuzhi and Xinglin wanted to follow, but were declined by Bora, completely mysterious.

Paula led Lu Yunnan all the way into the inner courtyard, and opened a door to invite Lu Yunnan to enter.Lu Yunnan couldn't figure it out, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this alien man, but he was really curious, so he went in.

The flowers Xuan Yao waited for were all withered, and when he heard movement at the door, he hurried out of the screen.Before Bo La even had time to close the door, she saw their noble seventh prince rushing down the young son of the Right Prime Minister of Da Zhou like a tiger.

With the sudden pounce, Lu Yunnan was unprepared, his feet were unsteady and they both fell to the ground.

Thanks to showing off his quick response and supporting the ground with his hands in time, he didn't let himself fall on Lu Yunnan, and Lu Yunnan avoided a tragedy of spitting blood.

"You want our spices to cook, don't you? Is the taste the same as what you cooked at the palace banquet?" Although it was a question, Xuan Yao's eyes seemed to be shining when looking at Lu Yunnan.

Lu Yunnan understood that he was another poor little eater who was tortured by Da Zhou's food.

Maybe it's because the weather is getting hotter, or maybe it's because the Seventh Prince didn't plan to go to the Imperial College today.So Xuan Yao is wearing the clothes of the Luojia country today, and the other party is still leaning on him with his body propped up. In the eyes of Da Zhou, the clothes of the Luojia country are not well-dressed, and his breasts are exposed. Pass.

Lu Yunnan always felt weird in his heart, but he couldn't quite tell where it was.

"You get up first, we have something to say straight up." Lu Yunnan said in a low voice, "This is not good, it is indecent."

Hearing this, Xuan Yao seemed to realize that his posture was really wrong at this time, so he got up quickly, not forgetting to pull Lu Yunnan up from the ground.

"You don't know, I'm going to be hungry and thin these days. I thought that Da Zhou's dishes are as delicious as those in the palace banquet, but who knows it's not the case."

Xuan Yao held Lu Yunnan's hand, looked at Lu Yunnan intently, smiled and showed his white teeth, which were more dazzling than the gold jewelry on his forehead, "I know you are so happy that you want my spice seeds, I put all the spice seeds Here you go, can you cook for me!"

It was the first time for Lu Yunnan to meet such an enthusiastic foodie, it was perfectly fine to provide meals to the seed merchants, so Lu Yunnan nodded.

The moment he saw Lu Yunnan nodding, Xuan Yao felt that Lu Yunnan's whole body was shining with holy light.If he was required to eat the same food for the past two days during his studies, he feared that one day he would not be able to hold on, and he would ride an elephant and escape overnight.

Xuan Yao actually thought about it, if he didn't eat the dishes made by Lu Yunnan in the palace banquet, he wouldn't find the following dishes so difficult to swallow.But it's hard to go from extravagance to frugality!

After solving the problem of eating by himself, Xuan Yao excitedly picked up Lu Yunnan and spun around in circles.Lu Yunnan only felt his waist tighten, and in the next second he began to spin, and Xuan Yao's barbell-like laughter sounded in his ears.

Xuan Yao's speed was getting faster and faster, Lu Yunnan was dizzy, he patted Xuan Yao's shoulder with great strength, and said in a vain way: "Big... big brother... loosen up! I'm going to be strangled to death by you, strangle you and let the ghost give it to you Do you want to cook and eat!"

Xuan Yao immediately put down Lu Yunnan when he heard the words, Lu Yunnan's feet touched the ground like an ass.

He was dizzy, nauseated, and nauseous now, so he didn't bother to stand up, and just sat on the ground and waited for his body to adjust.

Seeing that Lu Yunnan was sitting on the ground and couldn't get up, he thought that Lu Yunnan was angry.Xuan Yao rubbed his head, looking like he had done something wrong, squatted down and put his shoulders in front of Lu Yunnan's eyes, "It's my fault, I shouldn't have hugged you around. Don't be angry with me, give me You calm down."

Lu Yunnan raised his eyes and looked at the shoulder that Xuan Yao brought over to vent his anger, there was a slap print on it right now, which he just slapped.Lu Yunnan was a little embarrassed, pushed Xuan Yao, and said that he was not angry with him, but his head was a little dizzy, so he should take it easy.

Seeing that Lu Yunnan didn't seem to be lying, Xuan Yao breathed a sigh of relief, and then said cautiously: "Then don't forget to cook something delicious for me." After a pause, he added earnestly: "I know you guys There is a saying in Dazhou that monks don’t tell lies.”

Lu Yunnan couldn't hold back, he burst out laughing, "Do you know what it means to become a monk?"

How can Xuan Yao remember what it means, he can remember that not telling lies means not lying is already amazing.Da Zhou's books are too difficult to read, and he can fall asleep after listening to a few sentences.

He vaguely knew that it had something to do with the gods. After thinking about it for a while, Xuan Yao felt that he was a genius, so he explained to Lu Yunnan confidently, "It is to dedicate our lives to the gods! We are all monks!"

Lu Yunnan knew that this guy didn't understand, so he suppressed a smile and gave him science education, saying that monks had to shave their hair to become monks, and there were strict rules for living in temples.

"The most important thing is that monks can't kill and eat meat. You should say that a gentleman is hard to follow. It means that what you say is true and you can't go back on your word."

Xuan Yao, who was drowsy at first, woke up when he heard that monks cannot kill and eat meat, "Yes! We are gentlemen who eat meat as we say!"

Xuan Yao pulled Lu Yunnan and boasted sincerely: "You are so knowledgeable, you know everything, you are the smartest person in Dazhou!"

Lu Yunnan only hated that Xuan Yao controlled his hands, otherwise he would have covered his ears.He was afraid that if he heard it, he would dirty the words "erudite" and "smartest".

Not to mention the Xu family brothers and Chi Muhan, none of the hundreds of people in his old Lu family could boast to him, Lu Yunnan.

Quan Dazhou was as good as the foodie prince in front of him could say.

In the end, Xuan Yao didn't want Lu Yunnan to give him any share, he wanted to eat.Lu Yunnan really didn't want to take such a big advantage for nothing, he knew how expensive this spice is now.

Xuan Yao couldn't hold back Lu Yunnan, so he suggested that Lu Yunnan promise him three things, and I will talk about the specific things later.Lu Yunnan only thought that the other party was looking for an excuse to waive his exorbitant money to buy spice seeds, and offered to provide the meals for the other people in Luojia Kingdom.

Xuan Yao agreed happily.

At night, the shadow guard hid in the tree, looking at Lu Yunnan who happily wrote the menu to customize meals for the group of Luojia people, he couldn't help but secretly sighed.

King Luo Jia has a good plan, money has a price, and friendship is priceless.Those three requests, I still don't know what to ask.For things that can be solved with money, one must never talk about feelings, but Young Master Lu has not noticed the key to this.

It would be fine if Xuan Yao was the same outside and inside, but if it was a wolf in sheep's clothing, I don't know what kind of tragedy it would end up with.

Lu Yunnan, who was busy writing the menu, didn't know that there was a man in black on the big tree in front of his yard, who was mourning the spring and autumn. If he knew what the other party was thinking, he could only say that he thought too much.

He's an idiot, yes, but the rest of his family are pretty darn good.

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Because of Lu Yunnan's previous idea, Gu Yunlan is now in the hearts of the people in Ningjing, he is really like a god.In particular, Gu Yunlan also announced the production methods of all kinds of soy products besides soybean oil, and even issued orders to all places, before winter, every household should be able to eat tofu and drink soy milk.

Tofu in Ningjing City is not uncommon. Dried tofu, tofu skin, and bean curd are also on the table of every household.Apart from the Fengji Seasoning Shop and the bean shop, Blacksmith Shop is by far the shop with the most traffic.

The treasure of the iron pot has been passed on from generation to generation, and because of the cheap soybean oil, everyone wants to change the taste and try the taste of the cooking of the big family. Every household wants to add a big iron pot to their home.

With the arrival of summer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

As midsummer approached, Lu Yunnan's food street was finally completely completed and opened to the public.

There is a long queue at Fengji Oil Shop every day, and several small stalls selling tofu, tofu, and soy milk have also moved to the food street.Another wave of customers has been brought to the food street.

Gongs and drums are beating at the entrance of the food street, and it is very lively.Lu Yunnan also invited dragon and lion dancers to add to the fun, and found fire-breathing, gravel, and sword-wielding performers to attract people's attention.

All the servants and maids of the Lu Mansion went into battle, distributing leaflets at the street corner.

This flyer was designed by Lu Yunnan, with a combination of graphics and text.There are very few texts, and most of them are pictures in Q version.The servant girl who sent it out pointed to the picture and explained a little bit, and everyone understood what it meant.

Because this flyer is very novel, the food and the villains painted on it are very cute, everyone stared at the flyer and listened patiently to the explanation.

Later, quite a few people even came here specifically to ask the servants and maids for leaflets, not because they still had novelties that others had.Anyway, you don’t need money, if you don’t take it for nothing, don’t take it.

Fang Laowu is a casual worker who loads and unloads the passing cargo ships at the wharf. He is a bit old, and the water transport union at the wharf does not want him.In order to supplement the family, he can only do casual work.

Ice is the most precious thing in summer, but except for wealthy families who have the conditions to store ice in winter and use it in summer, ordinary people drink well water and enjoy the coolness under the shade of trees, which is a "good recipe" for relieving heat.

If the conditions are a little better, go to the pharmacy to grab a soup according to the prescription of sour plum soup, boil it, let it cool and drink it, which is very refreshing.

All those who work on the wharf want to join the labor union, not for anything else, just to have a bowl of sour plum soup mixed with ice in summer, and to have a bowl of hot mutton soup to warm up in cold winter.

Fang Laowu's family is poor, otherwise he wouldn't be working as a coolie at the dock. He has never seen ice in summer in most of his life.

Just now I heard that the fairy-like girl pointed to a few small square paintings on the paper and told him that this is an ice shop selling ice, and the number of copper coins on the side means a few pennies per barrel.

Fang Lao Wu counted and counted, rubbed his eyes, and held the paper up to the sun to make sure that he counted correctly and the paper was fine.I couldn't hold back and asked, "Girl, you said this is an ice shop? Ice seller?"

Xiaocui nodded, she could understand the mood of the old man in front of her at this moment.It was exactly the same as when they first heard the young master say that in the past, even the Lu family did not dare to use ice recklessly in summer, and the daily amount of ice fruit, ice basin, and ice was fixed by each courtyard.

If there is more ice in this courtyard today, there will be less tomorrow. The ice cellar is only so big, and there is only so much ice that can be stored, and it will be gone when it is used up.If you use it without a quota, you won't be able to survive this scorching summer.

No one would have thought that the young master would know the magic of turning water into ice a few days ago!There is so much ice in the house that even the rough envoy's wife can get two pots of ice every day to cool off the heat.

Fang Lao Wu got the letter and glanced around. Most of the people were either attracted by juggling or were still admiring the interesting pictures on the paper, and did not pay attention to the last ice shop on the paper.

Fang Lao Wu squeezed out of the crowd and ran towards the food street.There are various stalls on both sides of the street, selling soy products.Lu Yunnan also made new products, spicy dried tofu and iron plate tofu were finally arranged.

However, cumin was replaced with salt and pepper. Although pepper is not cheap, it is local after all.Compared with the sky-high price of foreign cumin, it is still very cheap, and ordinary people can afford it.

Fried rice cakes and ham sausages are also placed separately.The rice cake made from glutinous rice is fried crispy on the outside and glutinous on the inside. It is smeared with homemade sweet sauce and sprinkled with dogwood powder. It is full of sweet and spicy taste.

Ham sausage is to beat the meat into puree, add starch, eggs, and seasonings and stir well.Squeeze it into a custom-made wooden strip-shaped semi-circular mould, put the last two together with the cover and steam it in a steamer, and the simple version of ham sausage is made.

Lu Yunnan asked the kitchen to make two kinds of meat, pork sausage and chicken sausage, and the ham sausage was inserted with a bamboo stick and cut with a flower knife, and it looked like blossoming after passing through the oil pan.Smeared with sauce, it is very delicious.

Fang Laowu really couldn't stand the smell of repeated bombardment from the left and right, so he ran to the ham sausage stand and asked, "What is this? How much is it?"

The stall owner said: "This is called ham sausage, red sausage is one penny made of pork, and white sausage is one penny made of chicken."

This ham sausage is really big, and Fang Lao Wuyi thinks that although he has never eaten this kind of thing, the taste is really terrific.Look at this pot of good oil, so much oil is made, and it only sells for a penny.

buy!

"Give me a penny of white sausage."

"Okay, do you want to eat it now or pack it?"

Fang Lao Wu scratched his head, "What is packing?"

The stall owner said: "Packing means that I will wrap it for you with washed leaves so that you can put it in your pocket, so that the sauce does not get on your clothes."

Fang Laowu didn't want to eat the whole thing, so he said, "One pack."

The stall owner started to fry the ham sausage, and then spread the sauce on the pan, "Spicy or not?"

Fang Lao Wu was very surprised. He used to buy food, but no one asked him these things, and it was the shopkeeper who decided.Here, diners can even make their own decisions.

"The packaged ones don't need to be spicy, but the ones you eat now need some." After Fang Laowu finished speaking, he was afraid of asking for money, so he asked one more question, "Don't add more money for spicy food? You don't need it if you add more money."

The stall owner said with a smile: "How can you pay for this cornstarch powder? Don't worry, I don't need money for you."

Only then did Fang Lao Wu feel relieved.

The stall owner took out a leaf from a wooden barrel. This leaf was quite large with water droplets on it.After shaking off the water drops, he skillfully wrapped the ham sausage, and finally tied it with a small hemp rope, and sent it to Fang Lao Wu together with the freshly eaten ham sausage, "Eat well and come back next time!"

The aroma of fried ham sausage couldn't help drilling into his nose, Fang Lao Wu couldn't wait to take a bite, it was so hot that he hissed for a long time, but he didn't spit it out in a daze.

Seeing this, the stall owner regretted that he hadn't reminded the diners not to burn it.He had to remember to remind the next one.

When Fang Lao Wu was chewing the ham, he had already decided not to pay next time, but just now, another two cents.

The sauce on the outside has some sweetness, and the deep-fried ham sausage is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.The ham sausage itself also has a salty aroma, the chicken is soft and rotten, the meat is firm, and it is slightly elastic when you bite it.

Originally, I couldn't resist buying it because it was too fragrant, but I didn't expect it to taste so delicious.It was so delicious that he wanted to buy another one for his wife, son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter and granddaughter.

After the stall owner fried it, he tied it together with the ham sausage that Fang Lao Wu had packed earlier with a longer hemp rope for Fang Lao Wu to carry.

More and more people entered the food street, Fang Laowu remembered that he had to buy ice.

He counted the copper coins on the paper, five.In other words, the bucket of ice is only five cents!If it is true, he has to act quickly, otherwise he will not be able to grab it if it is too late.

When I entered the ice shop, it was very cool inside, unlike the outside in the same season.It's early spring inside and midsummer outside.There are also several tables and chairs in the hall, with tea sets on them, separated by screens, presumably for people to sit and drink tea.

Fang Laowu entered the store, isolated from the hot air outside, feeling refreshed and cool, and suddenly forgot to say that he bought ice.

The clerk at the counter asked Fang Laowu what he needed with a smile on his face. Fang Laowu came back to his senses, handed the flyer to the clerk, pointed to the five copper coins and said, "I want this five cents a bucket. ice."

After speaking, he asked uncertainly, "Is there anything here?"

The guy nodded and said yes, "The ice in the store is packed in wooden barrels in the store to avoid unnecessary losses. Those who buy ice need to make a registration.

Tell us your name, age, where you live.If the wooden barrel is irreparably damaged when it is returned to the store within the specified time, the buyer of the ice needs to pay compensation at the price.

You can also buy the wooden barrel directly, and next time you can just bring the wooden barrel to buy ice.

If you have a wooden barrel at home that is about the same size as our store, after we check the size, you can also carry it to buy ice, but you don’t have to use the wooden barrel in the store. "

Fang Lao Wu asked, "How much is this wooden barrel?"

The man replied, "Ten Wen."

After counting the money on his body, Fang Laowu didn't have that much money, so he had to register.I just went back and made one myself according to the size of the barrel.

The man brought out a big bucket of ice, and there was a whole big block of ice in the bucket.

The ice sold to private households in the ice shop is made of saltpeter through molds, so that people may eat it by mistake.The ice made directly from saltpeter is all sold to shops, and it is only used to cool down in the shop, which is also cheaper.

When Fang Laowu went out with the ice bucket, there were already quite a few people in the food street, and there were queues in front of each stall, and the stall owners were too busy.

Many people also entered the ice shop, some to buy ice, and some to eat ice.

The tables and chairs in the hall are for diners. Besides selling ice, the ice shop also sells all kinds of ice food.

Strawberry jam smoothie, watermelon smoothie, peach smoothie...

In addition, there are daily special drinks, iced peach jam milk, iced strawberry jam milk, iced pearl milk tea.

Lu's Niu Huahua has been under a lot of work pressure recently. In order to save two mouthfuls of milk, Lu's family stopped eating Shuangpi Nai.There are only ten cups of each drink made of milk in the ice shop, is there too much?

Lu Yunnan was looking forward to the next time the treasure ship that went to sea by Da Zhou would bring back more Niuhuahua brothers and sisters.

The ice shop also sells relatively cheap honey water popsicles. In addition to the original flavor, there are two other flavors of red bean and mung bean for people to choose from.

The food street suddenly became lively, the roadside stalls were crowded with people, and even the shops were full of people.

There is no shortage of poor or rich people in Ningjing City.

Lu Yunnan made his debut at the Palace Banquet, and the delicious dishes won the hearts of civil and military officials of the Great Zhou Manchu Dynasty. His name has long been spread in private, and he is called the God of Cookery.

Who knows that this food street was rewarded by His Majesty to Lu Yunnan, the food shop under Lu Yunnan's hands, can it be unpalatable?They were salivating at the cheap food sold at the small stalls outside, and they sent servants to line up to buy.

There were countless quarrels due to jumping in line. If it wasn't for the intimidation of the imperial city guards who patrolled back and forth, there might have been fights already.