I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

The golden shreds are crisp and the shredded meat is tender.

He has never eaten such crispy vegetables. In terms of vegetables and fruits, the people of Tang Dynasty have always been relatively deficient, such as bracken, weir, and shepherd's purse.
After these boiled water, they are all soft and lumpy.

Although the Tang Dynasty already had cucumbers, people in the Tang Dynasty ate ripe cucumbers with a yellowish taste.The really crisp and juicy green cucumber is actually just a sign that the cucumber has not yet matured.

The texture and taste of the golden silk gave Cheng Yaojin a very special experience.

But what surprised him the most was the pork shreds.

The shredded meat is very finely cut, and it won't fall apart when caught in the chopsticks. It has a little toughness, but it only feels tender in the mouth, softer than biting cotton.

Cheng Yaojin had never eaten such tender meat.

And it was obvious that the meat was still covered with fat, but there was not even a single bit of mutton smell.

mutton?

No, this is definitely not mutton. If there is fat, the smell of mutton will only be heavier.

That's beef?
Although the beef is delicious, the taste of the beef is not like this. It is even illegal to eat beef in Datang. This store does not look like an ordinary commoner, so it should not do such a thing.

He put down his chopsticks again and ate several mouthfuls in succession.

Still haven't figured out what kind of meat is in this dish, Cheng Yaojin frowned slightly, and couldn't help asking Yin Xuan: "Shopkeeper, what kind of meat is in your dish?"

Yin Xuan replied, "It's pork."

Cheng Yaojin was stunned, and Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang also paused slightly in their hand movements.

The answer was somewhat unexpected.

pork
Meat such as "pork" is of course included in the diet of the Tang people, but it is not the mainstream. They mainly eat mutton.

The most critical reason is that there is no relatively mature breeding system, and the pigs raised can easily have parasites in their bodies.And if it is born, it will not be one or two, but a mess of twine.

Another reason is because of "Sao".

Naturally, the taste of suckling pigs is needless to say, but when raising pigs, you can’t just raise suckling pigs and slaughter them. That way you won’t make much money, even if you eat them yourself, you will lose a lot.

But if the old sows are brought up, their meat will be very spoiled. If the old pigs are not castrated, their meat will be very spoiled, and their body odor will be even higher than that of mutton.

This is the key reason why, even though the cost of raising sheep is higher than that of raising pigs, mutton still replaces pork.

"Pork is not very showy, how can it be so delicious?" The nobles say that pork is cheap meat, but Cheng Yaojin doesn't have so many taboos, as long as it is delicious, he stuffed the food into his mouth with one chopstick, he was puzzled He asked, "Is there any trick?"

Hearing these words, Mrs. Wang's complexion turned uneasy: "Oh, nobleman, I don't know what you are doing asking about this matter. This is our ability to eat."

Yin Xuan waved his hand and interrupted Wang's words: "Mother, he just doesn't know these rules, and he is curious, so he asked such a question."

Mrs. Wang snorted, turned her head away, and continued to supervise Yin Lulu's reading.

Cheng Yaojin scratched his cheek, his face flushed slightly, and he said awkwardly: "Shopkeeper, I was the one who was abrupt."

From the princes and nobles to the common people, what is the most important thing?
It is the art of eating.

This must not be spread to the outside world. If someone wants to learn art from a teacher, not to mention Shu Xiu, three years of learning art and five years of practicing art are the most basic.

Yin Xuan shook his head and laughed, "I can't help but understand."

"but."

When he changed the topic, the three people on the table were all aroused.

But what does this mean? Is he really willing to hand over the method of how to deal with pork?
Yin Xuan paused for a while, then said softly: "I won't teach you how to make pork so smooth and tender, but how to make pork tasteless is still possible. Said."

Cheng Yaojin suddenly became interested: "Oh? How did the store make the pork tasteless?"

Yin Xuan coughed twice: "The key to keeping pork from smelling is how to raise pigs."

Having said that, Yin Xuan shut his mouth.

Seeing that he didn't continue talking, Cheng Yaojin felt itchy, and urged him: "How to raise it, the shopkeeper, tell me, what's the point here?"

Yin Xuan rubbed his hands together, with a smirk on his face: "Well, do you think I will say it for no reason?"

"Using this method to raise pigs is not much cheaper than raising sheep or cattle."

"You don't give me everything, but you just want to take it away empty-handed, don't you think too much?"

Cheng Yaojin raised his hand and rubbed his chin, and began to think, although he was a little stupid, but he was not a fool, if this method can really make the pigs raised without smell.
For the entire Datang, it may be something that can subvert the eating habits of the entire Datang.

"Then what do you want, shopkeeper?" Cheng Yaojin said cautiously, "I do know some officials, if this method can really be like what you said, the pigs raised will not smell bad, maybe I can win you a farmer Officials do it."

Yin Xuan sneered and waved his hands: "It's fine to be an official or something. If you really want this way, you can either exchange it with land or money."

Cheng Yaojin raised his eyebrows, and said in a strange tone: "You don't want to be an official?"

Yin Xuan glanced at him and nodded: "Is there any question?"

Cheng Yaojin shook his head. Although he was curious, he didn't ask further. They had just met once, and they were not even considered acquaintances. It would be impolite to ask any further.

"How much land do you plan to change, or how much do you want?" Cheng Yaojin asked again.

Yin Xuan was a little surprised: "Hey, are you really going to want it?"

He looked at Cheng Yaojin and began to think.

This family is at least aristocratic, but what is the use of this method for ordinary nobles?Moreover, ordinary nobles would not understand how rare it is to raise pork that is not showy.

Seeing that he is in his early forties and still has such insight, then he might be the top group of nobles in the Tang Dynasty?

Li Jing, Yuchi Jingde, Qin Qiong, Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin
I just don't know which of these people the man in front of me will be.

Yin Xuan figured this out in an instant, and was about to open his mouth: "Two acres of fertile land, or a hundred guan."

During this period of time, he also learned about the prices of Datang.It is very low, that is, the price of a good field is not low, and one mu of good land costs about 40 yuan.

Of course Yin Xuan needed something like Tian.