It seems that I am still too full [travel]

When Han Ji came to the saltworks, the first thing Xie Shi showed him was of course not the ones he made for the improvement of his own living standard—of course those are worth showing off, but he still took him to visit the Saltworks where the salt is sun-dried.This place is only 500 meters away from the sea. In order to keep the method of drying salt secret and to make salt privately without being discovered by the government, in this place called Changle Salt Field for the time being, except for the side facing the sea, there are soldiers standing guard on the other three sides. , six tall watchtowers, coupled with the secret site selection, isolated the prying eyes of the outside world.

In fact, this place was originally one of the ports of call for Han merchant ships. The water depth of the port is still sheltered from the wind. Xie Shi took a look and found that it is indeed a deep-water port with very good natural conditions. It is said that during the Three Kingdoms period, King Wu built ships here and went to sea. Later, he did not know why it declined Yes, until now it belongs to the Han family and belongs to the private port.Covered by this layer of cover, no one will notice that the Han family has secretly built a salt farm here in a short period of time.

Xie Shi saw that the sun was shining brightly, so he asked for a green parasol, Han Ji took it and propped it up for him.On the tidal flat, Xie Shi and Han Ji walked side by side. Xie Shi introduced to him as he walked: "This is an evaporation pond. When the tide is high, seawater will be introduced into the evaporation pond. When the wind blows and the sun is exposed to a certain degree, it will be turned into brine. Then it will be introduced into the crystallization pool over there."

When they walked to the evaporation pool, Han Ji found a salt worker holding a small tree and putting it into the pool. Han Ji asked, "What are you doing?"

Xie Shi said: "It's a shrub of yellow crocodile. It can be used to measure the salt content in the brine. If the branch sinks, it means that the concentration of the brine is sufficient. And this kind of shrub will only grow on the edge of the salt field. Interesting, isn't it? "

Han Ji was not attracted by the magical branch, but looked at the people around him who were in high spirits, and said with a smile, "It's really interesting."

When he reached the crystallization pool that seemed to be filled with snow, Xie Shi said: "At this time, the seawater is actually a saturated solution of table salt, and if it is exposed to the sun, it will slowly crystallize and small white particles will appear. The salt workers will use long wooden shovels to Sweep the salt together to form hills and collect it into bamboo baskets."

Of course, the process is definitely not as simple as what Xie Shi said. In order to speed up the efficiency of drying salt, there are other processes and technical points.Xie Shi picked up his robe, knelt down and showed Han Ji a handful of salt in a bamboo basket, "This is the coarse salt that ordinary people eat. The grains are relatively large, and there are silt and impurities in it."

Han took a few grains and put them in his mouth. It was indeed slightly bitter coarse salt.

"If you want to get snowflake salt, you have to go through several more processes. The coarse salt is transported to a nearby workshop, filtered through lime milk, and then exposed to the air to evaporate and dry. It is snowflake salt." The reaction of adding lime milk is for Filtering the magnesium ions in the coarse salt and exposing it to the air is conducive to the dissolution of carbon dioxide into it, and the removal of calcium ions after a chemical reaction. However, Xie Shi did not give Han Ji this chemical knowledge, otherwise he would not be able to explain it.

Now the salt farm has produced the first batch of snowflake salt and two batches of coarse salt. Next, as long as we follow Xie Shi’s method and guidance, we will continue to produce salt here and supply it to Le County and even more places, so as to solve the high salt price. sleepy.

After participating in the salt field, the sky gradually darkened, and the two returned to their temporary residence. The merchant ship and the fishing boat that just went out to sea returned to the port, and brought several baskets of freshly caught seafood to Xie Shi.In the past half a month, almost all the trilogy stationed by the Han family at the harbor and the accompanying saltworks sergeant knew that this Mr. Xie who came to guide the saltworks, in addition to possessing miraculous salt-making skills, was also a man with the ability to turn decay into delicacies. chef.

Not long after they arrived, they brought them all kinds of unheard-of seafood delicacies. The crew members who had eaten seafood for a long time realized that it was not that the seafood was unpalatable, but that their cooks were not as skilled as Mr. Xie. Waste of good things!Although it is the most common and unpopular sea oyster, once cooked by Mr. Xie, it can also become a delicious and crispy oyster.

So these days, as soon as the ship returns to its voyage, whenever the good things are caught at sea, the cooks on the ship will always be the first to send them to Xie Shi, and then they have the cheek to help Xie Shi, in fact learning the art.

Xie Shi didn't mind this kind of "stealing teacher" behavior at all, after all, they gave him a lot of rare seafood as "tuition fees", and usually taught them how to get local materials without any secrets, and they could also use them at sea. Seafood is made into flowers to improve food.

Xie Shi looked at the baskets of seafood, was overjoyed, and said to Han Ji, "Brother Han is lucky today." In the basket were several rare big fish and nine-hole abalone.

There were two people who brought the seafood, one was a crew member, and the other was Li Dahai, a cook who had become acquainted these days. He asked Li Dahai to stay and help. Seeing that there were a lot of seafood, he asked the other person to be in charge of the saltworks. The firemen who served the food called to help.

Han Ji also entered the back kitchen, rolled up his sleeves when he saw Xie Xie, and began to direct other people to deal with the sea things.He volunteered: "Is there anyone I need help with?"

Xie Shi looked him up and down for a while, and wondered if this man had never cooked before. Seeing his expression, Han Ji said, "I'm good at long daggers." Xie Shi smiled. It is said that Han Ji has practiced martial arts since childhood. He is good at long spears, but according to Cen Yu's boast, his patriarch also has a lot of research on various weapons.

Xie Shi made the decision and decided to entrust him with the important task of dissecting the mullet roe. After all, he has never dissected the mullet roe, and only bought ready-made products. Think badly from time to time.

To deceive Han Ji into not knowing, to deceive him into embarrassment!

In fact, mullet roe is what modern people often call mullet and mullet. Mullet roe is the eggs of this kind of fish. It is a very precious food. It is said that the Queen Mother Wei loved it most.Every year when the winter moon is approaching, the sea water is getting colder, and the baby fish will go to the sea area of ​​Fujian and Yue to lay eggs. At this time, the baby fish are the most plump, and their stomachs are full of fish eggs.

Xie Shi and Han Ji stood in front of the chopping board together, Xie Shi tied an apron on him, and instructed him according to the fish-killing video he had watched, "First cut the anus of the fish horizontally, without cutting it completely, and then open it For the fish fins, cut off the fins, not too deep, carefully cut through the fish egg membrane inside, and then enter the knife to cut open the fish belly, so as not to touch the fish eggs."

Han Ji, who had never cooked before, was even calmer than Xie Shi who was beside him. He took a knife, and according to what Xie Shi said, he cut across the tail of the fish, and then gently slashed down on the fin. When Xie Shi saw that no fish roe fell out, he knew that the knife was successful, he lightly bumped into Han Ji, and boasted: "It's really a skill. "

Xie Shi carefully took out the fish roe and a piece of fish meat from the tail, washed it and put it on a plate.This roe was about ten inches long and four or five inches wide. The roe was also very plump, longer than Xie Shi's palm. Xie Shi weighed it with his hands, and it should weigh a catty.The mullet roe is clear yellow, and the yellow is still translucent. It looks like amber and cantaloupe flesh. It is as big as a palm, and it is marinated. If you put it in modern times, you can't buy it for less than 1000 yuan.

Chef Xie was very satisfied with Han Ji's performance, so he entrusted him to handle the next few mullet roe. Han Ji completed the task perfectly, and one of the mullet roe was cut out, which was very big and the color was the most beautiful. Xie Shi couldn't put it down, and decided to pickle it with salt and store it for himself. Such a top-notch product is a treasure that the chef can't buy for tens of thousands of dollars.

Freshly sliced ​​mullet roe is generally not eaten raw, but marinated with thin salt and dried before eating. Strictly speaking, this is the real mullet roe.However, there is no mullet roe to eat for the time being, but there are other rare seafood that can be a real treat.

There are a lot of abalones in the seafood delivered, but the ancient people did not call abalones abalones, but called them "finches".There are nine threaded small holes on the back of the flatfish salvaged by these crew members, and the colorful patterns are very pleasing to the eye. This kind of flatfish is called nine-hole flatfish. Compared with ordinary flatfish, it is fatter and more tender. Unlike other sea melon seeds, they can only be stuffed between the teeth to satisfy the craving.

Remove the ligaments, sprinkle with fine salt, dry roast on the fire, and master the heat, you can eat fat, tender, delicious, mellow and delicious flatfish tender meat.However, only Xie Shi and Han Ji can appreciate this way of eating its umami. Others prefer the stewed prawns made by Xie Shi and Li Dahai and others, and the improved version of spicy crabs, etc. Dishes with rich flavors.

The staple food is eel fried rice and oyster fried rice. The method of oyster fried rice was taught by Xie Shi before, and now it has become a popular snack and staple food on saltworks and ships. However, eel fried rice is a new dish. There are no ready-made eel products in supermarkets. Xie Shi needs to teach them Kabayaki eel first, and then make fried rice.After killing the mullet and taking the mullet roe, Han Ji was useless, and was "bombed" out of the kitchen by Xie Shi, and the rest were sea chefs and salt farm cooks who came to learn their skills.

These people are all ordinary members of the lowest level of the Han family, and most of them have never even met the face of the head of the family. At this time, they didn't even recognize that the official standing with Mr. Xie in front of him was their immediate superior. The immediate superiors all only "show courtesy" to Xie Shi, but the real head of the family was left out in the cold, and some even secretly murmured in their hearts that this elegant and luxurious official was in the way, and the scene was very funny for a while.

Han Ji didn't bother, and went to listen to the reports from the subordinates of the saltworks and the ship. In the evening, he had an evening meal with Xie Shi who came belatedly after washing.In addition to those fragrant dishes, the chefs of the salt field today also enthusiastically cooked a seafood barbecue feast according to Xie Shi's previous instructions. He also accepted it without hesitation.

Xie Shi recommended to Han Ji, "These garlic scallops are grilled tender and juicy, try it quickly." He himself took a bunch of sliced ​​grilled squid, bit it off, the taste was tender, and sprinkled Xie Shi's special Barbecue powder is really good.What’s even more amazing is the eel fried rice. The diced sand eel is tender and juicy, sweet and salty, with a delicate and mellow taste. It is served with rice that is light yellow, soft and distinct. It is extremely delicious, and you can eat a bowl without knowing it into the stomach.

Xie Shi didn't eat much fried rice because he wanted to try other dishes, but the big bowl full of fried rice was not wasted at all, and it all went into Han Ji's stomach.He also commented: "Eel fried rice is very delicious."

After enjoying a full meal, under the moonlight, the lights were like beans, and the two chatted in the courtyard with a cup of tea in hand.

Xie Shi asked him, "How is the current situation in Le County?"

Han Ji didn't hide it from him, "In the past few months, many refugees have arrived in Le County. Although the number is not large, it has been constant..." Han Ji also revealed some information found by his subordinates to Xie Shi. The reason why the number of refugees is several times higher than in other places is because the magistrate of the nearby Changning County has been spreading rumors among the refugees, encouraging refugees to flock to Le County.

"Then why did the magistrate of Changning County do this?" Xie Shi was puzzled, how much hatred and hatred was there?They not only encouraged those in Changning County, but also spread rumors when they went to other places.

Han Ji said: "I don't know about it at that time. The county magistrate of Changning and Fan Yao are related by marriage. They have a close relationship. Fan Yao was imprisoned by me. He was naturally dissatisfied, so he secretly hurt him. But Le County is now expanding, no matter how many refugees there are. Work can be settled, Ah Shi doesn't have to worry."

Xie Shi can't help this kind of political struggle, so he can only leave it behind, so as not to add trouble to himself.At the end, he suddenly thought of Li Dahai's proposal in the kitchen just now, and asked Han Ji, "Does Brother Han have any arrangements for tomorrow?"

Han Ji said: "The main task of my trip is to see Ah Shi, there is nothing else important."

When Xie Shi heard this, for some reason, his heart skipped a beat, and his fair and handsome face felt a little hot, but soon this strange feeling was ignored by him, he just thought it was because the weather was too hot. After fanning the wind, Chao Hanji invited: "Then you want to go out to sea with me tomorrow?"

When Xie Shi saw the fishing boats going out to sea, he felt a little eager to go fishing.But to be honest, the smaller fishing boats used for fishing looked really rough when he thanked him. He felt that he regretted his life and didn't dare to go out to sea on these small fishing boats.Today, Li Dahai, who is learning to cook, is the cook on the largest merchant ship that the Han family stationed here in Changle Port. He knew that Xie Shi had a wish for sea fishing, and the ship happened to be going to a nearby port to transport a batch Cargo—in fact, it was just a sea trial after maintenance. It took about a day and a night to go back and forth, so I asked if I would like to go together when I thank you.

Xie Shi was a little moved, but Han Ji was worried about him, so he came to see him specially, and he couldn't leave his friends behind and go to sea alone, so he got this invitation.What Xie Shi thought was that if Han Ji was not interested, he would refuse and leave it for a later date.It's a pity that he didn't know that his friend had the ability to read people's hearts, and he could already see his thoughts from his expression.Naturally, Han Ji would not refuse what Xie Shi wanted to do, and this trip was for him, so he readily agreed.

At the same time he said: "I see that the salt field has been completed, so there is no need for Ah Shi to stare at it. After returning from the sea, Ah Shi will return to Le County with me?" Said, and nodded in response.

On the second day, the weather was fine and the wind and waves were not big, which was a good day for sailing.When Xie Shi got up early in the morning, he was a little excited, and even the people around him were in a good mood. Some young people boldly joked: "The official looks like someone who has never gone to sea."

Xie Shi was not annoyed, although he was born in a city by the sea, he had never been in a boat before, that's why he was so excited.

He laughed and said, "I've never been out at sea before, and I don't know if I'm seasick. Please protect me from this kind of trouble."

Everyone was shocked, and then remembered that they had ignored this problem. They all grew up by the sea, so naturally they would not suffer from seasickness. Some elders persuaded: "Officer, why don't we go today?" gone?"

Xie Shi waved his hand, "It's okay, I have paid homage to the sea girl this morning, and I also brought cooling oil, if there is something wrong, just apply a little and it will relieve it."

Seeing that he insisted, the servants had no choice but to stop dissuading him. They just brought all the things they thought would prevent seasickness to Xie Shi, and Xie Shi accepted it dumbfounded.

In addition to these things, Xie Shi also brought the sea fishing rod made for him by others according to the instructions, and the bait he made himself, and was about to go out. After thinking about it, he brought some seasonings from the kitchen. What kind of seafood is on board, and it happens to be cooked and eaten on board.

Han Ji is the same as him today, dressed in a neat and non-cumbersome narrow-sleeved short gown, coupled with his expressionless handsome face, he looks like a cold-faced killer.However, this handsome and stern look disappeared without a trace after Xie Shi put on a wide-brimmed sunscreen straw hat for him.

Xie Shi: ...It's very tanned if I don't wear it, but I can't be the only one wearing it. If you want to be ugly together, you are a good brother.

Taking advantage of the deflection of the wind, Xie Shi and Han Ji set foot on this big three-story ship that can carry 200 people.To be honest, before seeing this sea-going ship, Xie still hadn't really realized the financial strength and power of the Han family. He didn't understand until he saw this sea-going ship, which is considered to be the most technologically advanced in the world. How much confidence does Han Ji have to start an incident.

And it is said that this is not the largest ship of the Han family. The largest ship is currently out for ocean trade, and it can carry [-] tons of cargo and thousands of people.It can only be said that the wealth of the Han family is beyond Xie Shi's imagination, and it is indeed a big family that has grown from the previous dynasty to the present.

Although it is not powered by steam, with the help of the wind direction and the huge sails, the speed of the ship is not slow on the sea, and it will soon lose sight of the coast.I don't know if it's because Xie Shi listened to the advice of the people around him before going out, and worshiped the sea girl. He didn't feel any discomfort when he went out to sea for the first time, but he was very energetic.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual about Han Ji, and he was quite familiar with the structure of the ship during his actions, he asked curiously: "Brother Han, isn't it the first time to go to sea?"

Han Ji nodded, pulled Xie Shi, who was in the wind, back a little, to block the sea wind, and replied: "When the ship was built, I went up a few times, and then I went to the opposite Ryukyu by boat." Sending personnel to Ryukyu to proclaim peace, and also set up the Penghu inspection department, which belongs to Tong'an County, Quanzhou Road, Fujian Province. Ryukyu business.

Ryukyu, that is Treasure Island Bay, a Treasure Island that has not been colonized by the Dutch, has not been seized by the Japanese, and has not been separated from the mainland.Xie Shi suddenly felt a surge of pride. He could not change the history of Huaguo, but in this parallel time and space, maybe he could do something...

"Ah Shi, we're here." Han Ji's words interrupted Xie Shi's reverie, Xie Shi took a look and realized that it was a place suitable for sea fishing.The ship didn't speed up any more, the crew started to eat, Xie Shi and Han Ji lowered the hooks at the stern.

Xie Shi had no experience in sea fishing, so he didn't have any skills. He just found a place that was pleasing to the eye, made a nest with the bait he brought, put down the hook, and began to wait.Han Ji is also a layman, and he was just messing around with Xie Shi, accompanied by Qi Qi, who has a weak sense of presence and looks like he is here to protect Han Ji.

Xie Shi was admiring the natural scenery that has not been polluted by humans, and at the same time chatted with Han Ji. The distance, the funny thing is, for the first half hour, the fishing rod in Han Ji's hand didn't move, and Xie Shi's fishing rod didn't stop.

As if their heads had been lowered, the clattering fish took the bait one after another, and almost finished eating the bait prepared in Xie Shi's bucket. Xie Shi was so happy that he smiled and joked to Han Ji: "Brother Han didn't pay homage to the sea girl when he went out today?" ?”

Han Ji did not worship, he never prayed for the blessings of gods and Buddhas, and he was a big boss who relied on himself for everything.Seeing that he hadn't opened, Han Ji suggested: "If we change places, maybe my place has good feng shui. The fish in this place are so stupid that they don't need to be vigilant when they watch others take the bait."

Han Ji looked at Xie Shi with a smile and said that he was stupid, but he didn't know that in the eyes of others, he was also stupid when he was teaching Yu with a bucket of fish.

For half an hour, the fish was so enthusiastic that Xie Shi was tired of carrying the fishing rod. After finishing his addiction, he was about to stand up, pack the fishing rod and go back to the cabin. Suddenly, Xie Shi felt the fishing rod in his hand being pulled vigorously. He almost dragged himself into the sea, Han Ji's eyes sharpened, instead of grabbing Xie Shi's clothes, he helped him hold the pole with one hand. His strength was much stronger than Xie Shi's, and he was able to drag Xie Shi's big body away with one hand. The goods, in his hands, are as stable as Mount Tai.

Xie Shi broke out in a cold sweat, and nervously watched Han Ji wrestling with the big fish under the fishing rod. Even Qi Teng was worried about the master's safety and got closer.At this time, the crew members who had finished their lunch also went to the deck to watch the harvest of the two officials.

As soon as the crowd came, they saw the lord waved his arm, and he stopped dealing with the big fish under the sea. He took advantage of his unpreparedness, relaxed his strength, and slammed a big fish with the length of an adult onto the deck. superior.

The crowd was in an uproar, regardless of their superiority or inferiority. Seeing this spectacle, they all gathered to watch. Xie Shi pulled Han Ji's arm to take a look. Seeing that his arm was not injured, he thought about taking a closer look and found that it was actually a A rumored bluefin tuna!Xie Shi was stunned, not only because of the species of this big fish, but also because of its size. According to Xie Shi's visual inspection, this bluefin tuna probably weighs [-] catties!Han Ji's arm strength is so strong that he can pull this deep-sea monster directly onto the deck!Xie Shi looked at him right now, as if he was looking at some superman!