It seems that I am still too full [travel]

The yellow mud decolorization method is not complicated, and even a page is not enough to write, but this method is really unimaginable. Wetting the precious brown sugar with yellow mud and other filthy things can actually remove the color of the brown sugar and obtain a snow-white and crystal clear color. White sugar?

Cen Yu has read it back and forth three times, and he can even recite the words on it backwards. In the end, he gently put down the prescription in his hand, and looked up at the young man sitting at the bottom, with a serious expression, and his tone did not return to the wanton laughter just now. : "I don't know where Tanwei's method came from, has this recipe been verified?"

Xie Shi could not tell the real origin of this recipe, so he could only tell him a story according to the process of the real birth of the yellow mud decolorization method recorded in history: "The method was discovered by Xiaosheng by chance. There is a lot of rain in Le County. There was a year of continuous spring rain, and the wall of my house was made of loess, and unfortunately one side collapsed due to the constant rain, and it happened to be pressed on the sugar bowl in the kitchen."

"The rain continued until it cleared after more than ten days. When cleaning up the kitchen to remove the mud, I accidentally discovered that the brown sugar soaked in the yellow mud water in the sugar bowl had discolored and turned white. Tanwei discovered this situation, in order to verify whether this is true. It is a common method, and then I tried it at home, and found that it worked, but after several experiments, I found that the only way to make white sugar according to the method written in the prescription is the most time-saving and labor-intensive, and the cost is very small."

Brown sugar and yellow mud decolorization has its own development process. The early method is not efficient and takes a long time. The mature method in Gongkaiwu.

Cen Yu never thought that this priceless decolorization method was discovered in this way, but he has to say that the discovery process was flawless. As for why other people couldn't find it, Cen Yu can only say that Xie Shi's luck was against the sky , and even if ordinary people discover this situation, they probably wouldn't think of it.Who would have thought of dipping sugar with yellow mud?How many sugar craftsmen did his Cen family raise, and how much effort was spent on the research of decolorization method, didn't he not discover it?

As for why Xie Shi discovered this priceless recipe and didn't open a sugar shop to make a profit?Cen Yu had already thought of reasons for him, one was that the Xie family did not have the background to set up a sugar factory, and the other was that Xie Shi was a scholar and did not know much about businessmen.

Fuzhou is located in the southeast, with a warm and humid climate, which is suitable for extensive planting of sugarcane. As early as the early Western Han Dynasty, the King of Minyue paid tribute to the Central Plains for "sugar".Before this dynasty, sugar was generally made by boiling sugar. After mashing, steaming and frying, frying and steaming, the final syrup produced was liquid and turned into black residue after cooling. This is black sugar, also known as brown sugar.

When the Mongols established the Mongolian Dynasty, several Egyptians introduced the ash-adding and coagulation method to China, adding tree ash to the syrup, so that the syrup quickly condensed and formed a solid, and this method was quickly spread throughout the country.But the coagulation problem has been solved, but the decolorization of brown sugar into white sugar has always troubled sugar merchants.

In ancient times, there was also white sugar, also known as icing sugar and sugar ice, but it did not decolorize brown sugar into white sugar, but the frost block that crystallized in advance on the sugar pot and the bamboo stick that stirred the sugar. This layer of frost block is actually not white sugar. It's purer rock sugar.However, thinking about the process, we also know that this method of producing rock sugar cubes can only be based on luck, and the resulting small and fine pieces are incomparable with the square rock sugar cubes of later generations.

Even so, this kind of rock sugar is still very precious and rare. Fuzhou, as a major sugar producer, needs to pay a certain amount of rock sugar every year.When Cen Yu went out a few days ago, he received a banquet invitation from Zhou Yinxia, ​​and went to a Hongmen banquet.Zhou Yin ordered that due to the request of the palace, the amount of rock sugar tribute from Fuzhou this year will be three times higher than in previous years. As the number one sugar merchant in Fuzhou and the unpopular southerners, the Cen family will naturally bear the brunt.

Xie Shi naturally didn't know, due to a coincidence, his prescription this time can be described as just the right gift in time!Relying on the Cen family's sugar workshop, it's not that the sugar tribute mission cannot be completed, but it will inevitably affect their own weight and consume a lot of manpower and financial resources.But if Xie Shi's yellow mud decolorization method is proved to be feasible, then the eternal problem of mass production of white sugar that has troubled countless sugar merchants will be solved. At that time, there will be as much white sugar as you want!

Cen Yu looked at the thin piece of paper in front of him, and what he saw was a future in which snow-white sugar turned into white silver bills rolled in. At this time, he had already forgotten that he didn't want to take advantage of scholars, but was full of thoughts. How to secretly experiment with recipes, expand your own sugar workshop, and exchange white sugar for gold!

However, his heart was shaken, and he sighed with a wry smile on his face, "Brother Shi, your gift is really too precious."

Xie Shi took a sip of his tea and smiled softly, "It depends on who owns it. This prescription is in the hands of Xiaosheng. It is not very useful, so it is not considered valuable." Besides, he is not the only one who makes money prescription.

Sugar was always a rare thing before the modern industrial revolution. Behind the forces that can afford the sugar business, there is absolutely either wealth or wealth. crime.Xie Shi just wanted to use this in vain formula to buy out Father Xie's imprisonment, as long as his goal was achieved.

Cen Yu clapped his palms and laughed: "This kind of xinxing cannot be achieved by Gu'an. To be honest, if this decolorization method is serious, it will benefit the Cen family greatly, but my Cen family can't take advantage of Brother Shi for nothing. , this method can be achieved, and the ten-year profit will be divided between my Cen family and Shi brother."

Cen Yu can be said to be very sincere, and he handed over a golden mountain to thank Shi Shi.When he intends to make friends with him, this son is definitely not something in the pool, and it is also to pull people into a boat to prevent Fang Zi from spreading.

But Xie Shi was not blinded by wealth, there is no free lunch in the world, and this recipe is not made by him, but the result of the experience of predecessors, perhaps as recorded in history, in the near future, there will be someone accidentally in a heavy rain After the collapsed wall was found.

But when it comes to business negotiations, Xie Shi is not Cen Yu's opponent. The two saw each other, and finally Xie Shi used this method to get half of the sugar profit for five years and a certain monthly share of white sugar.After all, sugar, as one of the five flavors, is an indispensable existence in food production. Compared with money, Xie Shi pays more attention to the share of sugar.

The two parties agreed to meet again after Cen's Sugar Factory inspected the recipe, and signed a contract. As they were talking, Panda'er came in from the outside, walked quickly to Cen Yu, whispered a few words in his ear, and Cen Yu listened. After finishing, his brows frowned.When Xie Shi saw this, he bid farewell.

But Cen Yu stopped him: "Take a moment to explore, is your father free now?"

Xie Shi didn't know why he asked this question, but he still replied: "My father was invited by a family to have a wedding banquet today." This happened when Xie Shilin went out. Hearing that Xie Ju was at home, he hurried to the door to ask for help.

Upon hearing this, Cen Yu could only sigh, "What a coincidence."

It was about Xie Ju, so Xie Shi asked one more question: "What's the urgent matter in Gu'an to find my father?"

Cen Yu smiled wryly, and told him this and that.It turned out that Mr. Song Xi visited the academy yesterday and ordered Xie Chef's cold salad. This was originally a trivial matter, and he only needed to tell the kitchen.Now that Xie Ju has been fired, he originally wanted the deputy Lu Jia to replace him, but just now the servant went to the cafeteria kitchen to spread the word, and found that Lu Jia was not going to work in the future!There is no leader in the group, and the back kitchen prepares some common dishes, which is really not decent enough to entertain distinguished guests.

When Xie Shi heard this, he laughed. Normally, he wouldn't meddle in other people's business, but he still remembered Lu Jia's instigation and accusation against Xie Ju.

"Brother Gu'an also trust me?"

Cen Yu now has a very good opinion of Xie Shi, and he has a very high evaluation. He regards him as a lifelong friend. After all, he gave him a cornucopia without blinking. The charm of money makes Cen Yu look at Xie Shi like seeing him off Fairy Cai immediately responded: "Why do I need to ask this question? Tanwei has a recommended chef? Tell me quickly!"

Xie Shi covered the food box, and said in a leisurely tone, "The chef is right in front of you, it depends on whether you dare to use it."

Cen Yu was taken aback, followed Xie Shi's actions to look at the food box, pursed his mouth, the rich aroma remained on the tip of his tongue, longing for the soft and glutinous taste, then looked at Xie Shi who was calmly waiting for him to make a decision, and slapped the table : "Looks like I'm lucky again today!"

As we all know, unless they were officials in the early dynasty, the ancients generally only ate two meals a day, and ate snacks when they were hungry.The time to eat the morning meal is at Si time, which is roughly equivalent to nine o'clock in the morning in modern times. The meal when you eat tomato scrambled eggs is the morning meal. There was still an hour before lunch, and for Xie Shi, it was not difficult to prepare a sumptuous banquet in two hours.

But Cen Yu didn't know, he thought for a while, reluctantly shared a portion of the snack Xie Shi gave him, and asked someone to send it to Mr. Song, in case the dinner was late and the old man was hungry and waiting.

Cen Yu happened to have nothing important to do, so he personally led Xie Shi to the cafeteria, and at the same time was quite curious about Xie Shi's cooking skills.There are thousands of teachers, students and servants in Dongcang Academy, and the dining halls naturally occupy a large area, and all of them are two-story buildings in a row.Cen Yu pointed to a building with the best decoration and a smaller area. It was Shiqian Pavilion, the place where Naishan and the teachers ate. There was another entrance and exit, and the rest of the cafeteria faced the students.Xie Shi is familiar with this model, isn't this a teacher's special meal and a student canteen!

Since it was a rescue, Xie Shi didn't visit much, but asked someone to take him to the back kitchen.The back kitchen is a place where filth is hidden. Fortunately, Xie Ju has stayed in a rich family and knows that diseases come from the mouth, so he pays attention to the hygiene of the back kitchen on weekdays.If the sanitation is not up to standard, the food you cook will cause the owner to fall ill, and you may be killed and sold.

Xie Shi didn't see anything like cockroaches, so he felt relieved.Cen Yu didn't know why, so instead of going out and waiting outside, he began to pick out the ingredients when he saw Xie Xie, and asked, "What kind of dishes will Brother Shi want?"

Xie Shi did not return to him immediately, but took out the ingredients that needed to be used one by one, and then began to report the name of the dish: "Four pieces of cold salad, one plate of white-cut chicken, green mandarin fish roll, fried stuffed tofu, winter melon cup, shrimp stick It is fresh, and the staple food is shrimp wonton.”

Cen Yu: ...What is a white-cut chicken?I generally know the mandarin fish rolls, but I have never eaten fried tofu. How to make tofu?What is new about wantons?

Cen Yu: It seems that I still eat too little...

The author has something to say:

Zhou Huan's "Xinghua Fu Zhi" in the Ming Dynasty is the earliest document known to record the method of decolorization of Huangpi, so the time of discovery of the method should be in Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and this article is only for reference.