I am a child of Daqin Xiong, who supervises the country at the age of eight

Chapter 268 Slaughtering cattle?

"Father doesn't want to eat that beef, probably because he thinks that farming cattle are too important in our Great Qin. We still need farming cattle in Daqin, so we don't want to kill farming cattle to eat. My minister said Yes, right?"

"You boy, you can guess what I'm thinking!"

Hearing this, Ying Zheng couldn't help laughing a few times, expressing his agreement.

In this era of extremely backward productivity, the role of cattle is of course very important.

In this era, there is no such large industrial machinery as later generations.

Without this kind of industrial machinery, it means a serious consequence. This consequence is that without machinery, it will lead to a large amount of reliance on animal power.

Among the strength of livestock, although the speed of the cow is not fast, it is not as fast as the horse.

However, the cow also has an advantage. First of all, its stamina is strong enough, several times that of a horse.

Secondly, it is hard-working.

If you raise a horse, raising a horse well is not just about feeding the horse fodder.

How can a horse grow well if it is fed only fodder?
Therefore, if you raise horses, you must feed them some food.

And this cost is naturally extremely high.

But if you are raising a new year, you don't need to think so much.

If you raise cattle, you can feed them some forage.

Therefore, in the current era, cattle are the most important production tool.

In fact, in the feudal dynasty of China for more than 2000 years, from the beginning to the end, it has always attached great importance to farming cattle. In ancient China, farming cattle were slaughtered privately without the permission of the imperial court.

Those are extremely serious crimes.

the reason is simple.

In an era of backward productivity.

When a person is plowing, the strength he can exert is much inferior to that of an ox.

But at the moment, from Ying Changsheng's point of view, all of this is not a problem. He only heard Ying Changsheng say to Ying Zheng in front of him with a smile.

"Father, how can our Daqin still lack cattle now?"

"Now that we, the Qin Dynasty, have conquered the grassland, we have the Xiongnu grassland for grazing. Now, on the grassland, there are flocks of cattle, sheep, and horses. There are too many to use up. Why should we stick to the rules like before? Forbidding the slaughter of farm cattle?"

"In my opinion, I, Daqin, should eat more beef!"

"Also, from my son's point of view, in the future of the Great Qin Dynasty, the people should also be allowed to slaughter farm cattle, because now, there is no shortage of cattle to eat, let alone such a restriction?"

"This one……"

After hearing what Ying Changsheng said, Ying Zheng nodded slightly.

Indeed, what Ying Changsheng said made sense.

In the current Great Qin, there is no shortage of cattle for a long time. There is no shortage of cattle. Naturally, it can be slaughtered and eaten.

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng slapped his thigh, and then said to Ying Changsheng.

"Then do as your boy said, kill the cow and get some beef to eat!"

As he spoke, Ying Zheng looked at Ying Changsheng, and continued to ask questions.

"It's just that I don't know what you plan to cook, kid. What about the beef?"

"Well, father, you will understand after a while!"

Ying Changsheng said with a smile.

Immediately, he retreated, planning to get some beef for Brother Zheng to eat.

A cow that was transported from the grassland to Xianyang was brought into the imperial dining room.

At this moment, I only saw Ying Changsheng, looking at the cow in front of him, and asked the cooks beside him.

"Can you kill a cow?"

"Of course it will!"

Hearing this, the cooks on the side opened their mouths without thinking.

They do kill cattle.

Although the imperial court banned the slaughter of farm cattle during the Qin Dynasty, this prohibition, in fact, did not prohibit the consumption of beef.

After all, although cattle are large-scale production animals, the problem is that cattle will get old, get sick, and die as well.

Once a cow is old and has no strength to work, once it is sick, it seems that it cannot be cured, or it will die directly.

This cow can't just be wasted, right?
After all, in this era of extremely backward productivity, no one is willing to give up this rare protein and meat that weighs several hundred catties.

In this situation.

This slaughter of farm cattle is naturally very common.

As the imperial chefs in Xianyang Palace, they are naturally proficient in this craft.

I saw a few cooks stand up and volunteered to speak to Ying Changsheng.

"Young Master Nineteen, don't worry, this cow will be given to us, and it will be slaughtered for you in a while, but what do you want this beef for?"

"Here, make steak!"

Ying Changsheng said with a smile, and then, as if he had thought of something, he ordered the eunuch beside him.

"Go to me immediately and prepare another iron plate for me. Then wash it clean and light a charcoal fire under it. Do you understand?"

"Little understand!"

The latter nodded hastily, not daring to be negligent in the slightest, and then hurriedly retreated to prepare according to Ying Changsheng's instructions.

Not long after, the beef was ready.

Ying Changsheng looked at the beef in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.

At the same time, the iron plate was also prepared, and at this moment, a hot charcoal fire was lit below. All of this made Ying Changsheng very satisfied, and he said with a smile.

"Very good, very good, with these things, you can successfully make beef and eat it!"

After saying that, Ying Changsheng immediately smeared some oil on the iron plate. The oil was lard. In fact, butter should be used when frying steaks.

But the problem is that this is the Qin Dynasty.

Moreover, although the difficulty of making butter is not high.

But in a while, where can Ying Changsheng get butter?

Therefore, we can only use lard.

But fortunately, lard, although it has been criticized a lot in later generations and is considered to be an unhealthy fat, but in fact, lard is actually the most suitable fat, and the taste is not good. explain.

Moreover, it is easy to obtain.

It can be said to be a must-have for home cooking.

I saw that after the lard was hot, Ying Changsheng picked up a piece without hesitation, cut it up, and added it to the marinade, then put it in ice cubes, and refrigerated the marinated steak. , and put it on the iron plate in front of him.

Naturally, Ying Changsheng fried stuff will not be cooked half-baked - it doesn't matter how good the taste is if you eat it raw.

No matter how delicious he tasted it.

But still, it cannot change the fact that it is easy to be infected with parasites.

The steaks of later generations, after their own selection, can probably put an end to this problem.

But the Qin Dynasty can be done at the moment, so Ying Changsheng is sincerely afraid to take such a risk, so it's better to fry it until it's fully cooked!

Ying Changsheng and Brother Zheng are both big-bodied people.

One steak for a meal is definitely not enough, so Ying Changsheng was unambiguous, and he fried more than a dozen steaks in one go, and then he gave up.

(End of this chapter)