Wei and Jin cooks

"Tell me, what is something that is cheap, relevant to people's livelihood, and can be used as a New Year gift to make everyone happy?"

Fu Tinghan: "Do you want to give gifts during the New Year? Wouldn't it be better to give rice, flour, grains and oil?"

He said: "The school gives away things every year and festival, and it has lasted for so many years and has not declined, which shows how popular it is."

Zhao Hanzhang looked confused, "Is it very popular?"

When she asked this, Fu Tinghan became unsure, "It's very popular, weren't you happy when you received it?"

Maybe it was because it was so common, she received it every year on Teachers' Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, so she didn't feel too much when receiving these benefits.

But if it is applied to the present, everyone will be happy, right?

Zhao Hanzhang touched his chin, "You don't need a lot of things, just hand out some rice noodles and oil."

Zhao Hanzhang remembered, slapped the table and said, "Yes, oil, soybean oil! In addition to soybean oil, there are also various soybean products!"

Wasn't it because of soy products that she had an argument at the gluttonous feast this time?

Zhao Hanzhang hummed and said: "I have thought about it. This Chinese New Year, I will send soybean oil, tofu, soybean powder, and Shangcai, I will also send some."

They didn't like soy products, so she insisted on giving them.

Since the Wei Dynasty, extravagance has become more and more popular in the Jin Dynasty. People from aristocratic families can eat fine things, but they will definitely not eat coarse things.

Under such a situation, powerful people from aristocratic families increasingly look down on coarse food such as beans and millet, and thus they have evolved to look down on common people who eat coarse food such as beans and millet.

This is a deformed chain of contempt. Of course, some people do not agree with it and despise them in turn.

But most people go with the flow and don’t like eating beans anyway.

However, there is only so much land suitable for planting in the world, and the land conditions for growing rice and wheat are higher. Most importantly, manpower is limited!

The current planting model is extensive enough and yields are very low.

There are certainly reasons for this, including seeds and fertilizers, but extensive farming is also one of the reasons for low yields.

The method of planting beans is much simpler, and the labor required per stone is much less than that of rice and wheat, so many people like to grow beans.

Soybeans, black beans, mung beans, red beans, and all kinds of beans can be eaten with less care and can fill you up, although it is really not very delicious to eat them as rice.

Zhao Hanzhang is well aware that her manpower is limited now, and from the historical knowledge she has learned, the climate during this period is quite unpredictable. Whether it is wheat or rice, the planting conditions are higher. In contrast, drought-resistant and tough beans It is easier to maintain a balanced harvest.

Therefore, she hopes that the people can try their best to develop the breadth of beans in the diet, so that people can not only eat enough, but also eat as well as possible.

She originally wanted to adopt a top-down popularization model. After all, what is good at the top will be affected by the bottom. For many things, especially food and clothing fashion, people like to imitate and admire the upper class.

But now she has changed her mind. She wants to take the route of surrounding the city from the countryside.

Humph, forget it if they don’t eat it. It’s because they don’t have the taste. Isn’t that the trend?

As the county magistrate, she took the lead and held another event. When she was hungry, she didn't believe that the people would not take the bait. Oh, no, he should understand her painstaking efforts.

Once they taste the benefits of soy foods, they can set up oil press mills, tofu stalls, and bean flour shops, which will solve many people's employment problems at once.

As for the economy, as long as it circulates, it will survive.

Fu Tinghan saw her pulling out a piece of paper and starting to write a plan, still talking casually, obviously still worried about what happened during the day.

He couldn't help but laugh.

Zhu Chuan's gluttonous banquet was held in the Song family's courtyard. His purpose was very simple, to sell a few pots he had accumulated in order to raise money for his trip home.

Ahem, of course, it is impossible for him to tell others about this purpose, because the price will drop too much.

In addition, it is because he is really hospitable and likes to be lively.

So he was very serious in preparing for this feast, and invited many people, including the gentry and scholars from Xiping County, the scholars who still stayed in Xiping County, and even some larger merchants.

Zhu Chuan's family is not small. Although he lives in Sichuan, everyone has heard of him. In addition, he is also funny and humorous, so everyone admires him. After accepting the post, they all said they would participate.

Even Zhao Cheng gave him face.

You must know that this person is more difficult to recruit than Zhao Ming.

Even the Zhao clan members found it difficult to invite him.

So the gluttonous feast is very lively.

Zhao Hanzhang changed his clothes early in the morning and was about to go with Fu Tinghan and Chen Zhou. When he was leaving, he thought that he was mainly going to eat this time, so he asked Zhao Erlang to be found.

Zhao Hanzhang still has a good impression of Zhu Chuan. Although he is not as stupid as Chen Zhou, when doing business with her, he really negotiates the terms back and forth, but once he makes an agreement, he is very generous and saves face (otherwise How did you buy the pot?).

Therefore, in order to express his support for him, Zhao Hanzhang and Wang specially borrowed the cook at home to send it to him to help him organize this gluttonous feast.

Because she had an insider, many of the dishes at this gluttonous feast included soy products.

Not to mention soybean oil, which is used in every stir-fry dish, tofu, bean sprouts, tofu puffs fried with soybeans, bean skins, noodles, steamed buns, steamed buns, etc. made with soybean flour, it can be said that everything Zhao Hanzhang can think of is about All bean dishes are available here.

Oh, there are also fried beans, mutton tendons stewed with soybeans, big bone red bean soup...

Although Zhu Chuan had checked the menu, he was still stunned when he saw so many dishes related to beans.

The guests didn't pay attention at first. It wasn't until the dishes were brought to them for tasting and a servant explained how to make the dishes that the guests slowly realized something was wrong.

Zhao Hanzhang is the county magistrate. Regardless of what everyone thinks, she is the boss in Xiping County!

So she and her host Zhu Chuan sat at the top, while Fu Tinghan and Zhao Erlang sat at the bottom, opposite Zhao Ming and Zhao Cheng.

There were many people sitting downstairs, and there were some in the garden pavilion. Since it was a gluttonous feast, the main thing was to eat the dishes, so the dishes were served one after another, and one after another was tasted.

As they were eating, someone asked, "Why is it that it's all beans? Even the beef is fried in soybean oil."

Zhu Chuan liked this dish the most. Hearing this, he asked: "Isn't it delicious? I think this dish is the best. The cook also added some ginger slices to remove the fishy smell and make it slightly spicy. It is chewy."

Seeing Zhao Hanzhang looking at him, he explained to everyone: "This cow broke its leg before. I kept it until last night to kill it. The meat is still fresh."

"The taste is okay, but why do you use soybean oil instead of butter or mutton fat for cooking?"

Zhu said: "Beef is red meat, so it is best to use vegetarian oil. Why use meat oil?"

"But soybean oil is cheap," the other party said, "Young masters, you have too many soybeans at this banquet today."

Zhu Chuan frowned slightly.

Zhao Hanzhang asked: "Is it that the tofu doesn't taste good, or that the tofu skin is not tasty enough? Is there any taste error?"

The other party held it back for a while and then said: "It's too rough."