After the salted fish is married

Crispy Roast Pig

Yan Xining soon saw the uncanny Chiling army camp, and the soldiers dug out cavities one by one from the mountain.The large cavity can be used for living, storing grain, and serving as a school yard.Each cavity is connected by a passageway five feet wide and eight feet high, let alone people leaving, even traveling in a carriage is not a big problem.

As he imagined, if there is no one to lead you into the mountain, it is easy to get lost.Fortunately, the people around him have lived in the camp for many years, and they are familiar with every corner of the camp.

Because the project was excavated by hand, the stone walls on both sides of the passage are not smooth.Looking up at the thick mountain, Yan Xining was amazed and worried.He lowered his voice and asked Ji Song, "Rong Chuan, it's good to live in the mountains, but what if there is an earthquake?"

Such a thick mountain, if there is a big earthquake, and all the soldiers are in the mountain, wouldn't it be a one-pot thing?Although Yan Xining felt that he shouldn't be crowed, he still couldn't help worrying.

Hearing this question, not only Ji Song laughed, but even the soldiers on the side laughed.Yan Xining was confused: "Did I say something wrong?"

Ji Song smiled and took his hand: "No, that's a very good question." In fact, Ji Song asked the same question after entering the camp for the first time. The camp that sheltered them became their grave.

In order to answer Yan Xining's question, Ji Song took Yan Xining's hand and casually walked onto a side road beside the passage. The side road was only three feet wide, and the two could only walk one behind the other.After walking a dozen steps, a wooden door appeared in front of him. When he opened the wooden door, he saw a narrow mountain road in front of him.

Ji Song introduced: "Although Liangzhou is not prone to earthquakes, there is a possibility of earthquakes. The ancestors thought of this when digging the mountain. There are thousands of such trails in the barracks, and each one leads to the mountain. Outside. If there is a real earthquake and the soldiers happen to be in the mountain, they can quickly escape from the mountain through such a trail."

Ji Song and the others conduct earthquake drills every year, and the soldiers can evacuate the mountain from the passage closest to them without using half a stick of incense.Moreover, the camp was reinforced at the beginning of excavation. During the previous earthquakes, some houses in the towns in the basin were damaged, but the camp was unscathed.

After thinking for a while, Ji Song said, "Of course, we haven't encountered any landslides and earthquakes so far. If there is such a big earthquake one day that the mountains and rivers collapse and the rivers divert, the camp will probably not be able to be kept."

At that point, even if they escaped from the mountain, they would have nowhere to hide.That is, the sky is going to kill the Chi Ling army, and it is useless for them to resist.

Yan Xining was amazed: "It's really amazing!" If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have thought that there would be such a magical building in the mountains?

Under the leadership of Ji Song and the others, Yan Xining soon arrived at the school grounds.The school grounds were bigger than the platform where Ji Song and the others camped. There were hundreds of bonfires burning in the grounds, and thousands of people were busy around the bonfires.On the edge of the school grounds, dozens of large pots were lined up, and fragrant meat was stewed in the pots, which smelled like braised pork.

Large and small barbecues were set on the bonfire, and before they officially walked into the school grounds, the aroma mixed with the heat came oncoming.After everyone saw Ji Song, enthusiastic cheers broke out in the school field: "Coach—welcome the coach—" "Welcome the princess!"

There were bright smiles on the faces of the soldiers, and the smiles infected Ji Song and the two of them. Ji Song waved his hand: "There is no need to be formal, everyone eat and drink well today!"

The temperature difference between day and night in Liangshan is large, and the temperature will drop rapidly after the sun goes down.However, in the school field, not only did Yan Xining not feel the chill, he was also sweating.

Yan Xining and the others were dragged to the middle of the school field by Yan Ke, where there was a special desk for the coach.Surrounded by hundreds of bonfires, listening to the laughter of soldiers and smelling the delicious smell of meat, Yan Xining's cheeks began to turn slightly red.

Ji Song turned his head to look at Yan Xining with a peach blossom face, he smiled and moved the burning knife in front of him to his own.Immediately, he took a small jade-colored wine glass, and then poured the liquid from the wine glass into the glass.

The liquid was purple-red, and a scent of grapes wafted out.Yan Xining sniffed it and asked, "Is this wine?"

Ji Song said happily: "You can't drink, how can you drink? This is the juice squeezed from the grapes produced in Yongchang County. I think you will like this taste."

Yan Xining picked up the grape juice and took a sip, then he opened his eyes wide: "Yeah! It's delicious!" The pure grape juice is sweeter than sour. I don't know how the soldiers squeezed the grape juice. I can taste the astringent taste of the grape skin less than.

The ice-cold grape juice tasted very refreshing, Yan Xining shook the small jug: "There are ice cubes in it."

Ji Song nodded slightly: "Yes, on the way to Liangzhou, you made ice with saltpeter, and I brought the recipe to the soldiers. Thanks to your recipe, the soldiers had a cool summer. "

The eight soldiers lived in a small stone room. It was fine in winter, but when it was really cold, it would warm you up if you went out for a run.However, in summer, the days are not very pleasant. In the summer of previous years, the soldiers would have prickly heat all over their bodies, and they would feel unbearably itchy all over.

This year, with the technology of making ice with saltpeter, the soldiers can get two catties of ice cubes every night.Put ice cubes in the stone chamber, and the temperature in the stone chamber will drop quickly.In previous years, some older veterans would even fall under the scorching heat. With the ice, the entire army did not lose a single person this year.

In addition to ice-making technology, Ji Song also sent Aning's recipes to the logistics army.Now the diet of the soldiers is much better than before. Everyone can eat fragrant tofu curd and dried tofu, and they no longer have to chew salted beans that are as hard as stones during inspections.

Yan Xining frowned: "Really? That's really great."

Ji Song picked up the wine glass and clinked a glass with Aning lightly: "A-Ning, thank you."

Yan Xining smiled and clinked glasses with Ji Song lightly: "This is what I should do." As a commoner in Chu and Liao, it is his honor to be able to serve the border guards.

Grape juice has no alcohol content, it tastes sweet and sour, Yan Xining drank half of the bottle in a short time.Seeing him pouring cup after cup into his mouth, Ji Song smiled and said, "Drink slowly, the soldiers have prepared barbecue for you. There are too many grapes, and you will regret it if you miss the barbecue of the soldiers."

Yan Xining sensitively caught the key words: "There are too many? Rong Chuan, are you saying that there are more grapes in Chiling Army, or more grapes in Yongchang County?"

After thinking for a moment, Ji Song replied honestly: "There are many, the grapes in Yongchang County grow well, but the grapes are not resistant to transportation, so whenever the grapes are ripe, the logistics army of the Chiling Army will go to Yongchang County to buy grapes."

There are relatively few fruits and vegetables in Liangshan, and vegetables are more expensive than meat here.Soldiers who eat meat for a long time are prone to illness, so the logistics army will regularly go to nearby counties to buy fresh fruits and vegetables.Among them, grapes and honeydew melons are the fruits that soldiers eat more, and it is not uncommon to eat them after so many years.

Yan Xining held the grape juice with sparkling eyes: "Actually, grapes can be made into wine." The taste of grape juice is so good, the quality of the wine will definitely not be bad.If the government came forward to collect the grapes from Yongchang County to make wine, wouldn't there be another market for the grapes?

Ji Song didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Eat well, look at you, you always think about how to make money after eating."

At this time, Yan Ke walked quickly, followed by two soldiers, who carried a wooden box four feet long, two feet wide and two feet high.Facing Ji Song's suspicious eyes, Yan Ke cleared the desk and directed the two soldiers: "Come, put it here."

The heavy wooden box was placed on the desk, and there was no place to put the dishes and fruit plate on the table.Yan Xining held the fruit plate in one hand and the wine cup in the other, he looked at the wooden box curiously: "What is this?"

Yan Ke rubbed his hands: "You guess?"

Yan Xining smelled it, and a burning smell came out.However, he didn't smell the unique fishy smell of mutton, so he shook his head honestly: "I don't know."

The soldiers lifted the lid and saw a huge roast pig lying in the box.The skin of the roasted pig is oily maroon, and the fat is so rich that it looks like it is about to burst out of the skin.

Yan Xining was shocked: "It's so big!" He has seen roast suckling pigs before, and a one-foot-long piglet lying on a plate can already scare people.But he had never seen a four-foot-long roast pig. This pig weighed one or two hundred catties?

Seeing Yan Xining's shocked eyes, the soldiers smiled kindly.Pang Wenyuan walked to the desk with the wine, and he respectfully saluted Ji Song and the two: "This is the third batch of pigs this year, please the coach and the princess to taste."

In the spring, Ji Song heard Yan Xining say something in Wenzhang Garden, he said that the smell of pigs that have been gelded will be much smaller, and they will grow bigger and stronger.So Ji Song passed the news to the Chiling Army, and the soldiers who got the news were skeptical, and they experimented with some piglets.

Of course, I encountered some troubles when I was piggybacking, and some piglets were damaged.However, as the skills gradually become more sophisticated, the survival rate of the piglets is getting higher and higher.As Yan Xining said, the piglets that survived grew faster than those that had never been gelled.Take the little pig in front of me as an example. It was born in summer, and it has grown to such a big size in only four months.

The soldiers did not like to eat pork before. Compared with mutton, pork has a very strong fishy smell.But pigs grow faster, and even though they don't like the taste, it's better than eating no meat.In addition, the soldiers needed lard as fuel, so many pigs were raised in the mountains.

The smell of stewed pork has been greatly reduced, and with the recipes for roasting pork sent by the princess, the soldiers love to eat pork now.Who can say no to the fragrant braised pork and braised pork?

The pig in the wooden box was specially roasted by the soldiers to thank the princess. They picked the fattest piglet in the batch and slaughtered it early this morning.The slaughtered pigs were first marinated for half a day, and then baked in a pan for half an hour. Only then did this shocking crispy-skin roasted pigs come out.

I just don't know if the roast pig they made suits the princess's appetite, Wu Chengkai looked forward to it: "Let the subordinates share the meat with the coach and princess!"

Ji Song smiled and nodded: "Okay." Normally, these guys would have already attacked the roast pig, so how could they have waited until now.

Roasted in the pit for half an hour, the roast pig is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The moment a sharp knife cuts it, the crispy skin makes a crisp sound, the maroon skin shatters, and the rich gravy under the skin splashes along the edge of the knife. out.

The half-sized pork bones are tender, and with a knife, the skin and flesh are separated to reveal the joints below.Wu Chengkai cut off the complete pig's head with the first knife, and then quickly slashed the knife on the pig's body. It didn't take long for the whole pig to be divided into large pieces by him.

In Wu Chengkai's view, the most delicious part of roasted pig and lamb is always the pork belly near the ribs.So he first took two fat pork ribs and put them in front of Ji Song and the others: "Please, coach, please, princess."

The one-foot-long pork ribs are full of weight, and the two finger-thick ribs are surrounded by a thick layer of meat.The fat and thin streaky pork belly was oily and fragrant, making Yan Xining's stomach gurgling.It's just... how do you eat such a big rib?Do you want to hug and chew?

Just when Yan Xining hesitated, Ji Song handed over a small knife: "Use this to cut and eat."

Yan Xining took the knife and poked lightly at the five-flowered part, and the crispy pigskin split open. Just by hearing the sound, one could tell how crispy the pigskin was.Yan Xining carefully cut off a piece of meat, and impatiently stuffed it into her mouth and began to chew it carefully.

After the pork skin is roasted, the taste is very similar to oil residue.When the teeth meet, the pork skin makes a "cracking" sound, chewing the mouthful of the oily aroma.

Ordinary roast suckling pig tastes crisp and smooth because of its short growth time.And this roasted pig is fat and thick, the rich fat is almost melted by the high temperature, and the layers of lean meat are crisp and delicious in the mouth.

Special spices are applied to the inside and outside of the roast pig. After half a day of marinating, the flavor of the spices has penetrated into the meat.The salty and slightly sweet roasted pig has a rich and unique taste, and the fat but not greasy roast makes Yan Xining let go of his reserve and start eating.

When eating snacks in the capital, whenever she ate pork, Yan Xining would always lose her appetite due to the fishy smell in the meat.Pigs that have been gelded do not have this trouble. They are as fragrant as suckling pigs, and they have a lot more meat than suckling pigs. The taste and aroma are much improved.

Seeing Yan Xining eating so happily, the soldiers smiled even deeper.Yan Xining ate three mouthfuls of meat before raising his head. He was full of praise: "It's delicious!"

It was Ji Song's first time eating pork that had been hoarded, and after taking a bite, he raised his eyebrows happily: "It's really good."

Wu Chengkai beamed and said: "Master, do you know? The first batch of piglets that have been hoarded have grown to four to five hundred catties. The fat on their bodies is three inches, and the lard produced is clear and resistant to burning."

In previous years, the largest pigs weighed only more than 300 catties, but the piglets that have been gelded can easily grow to four to five hundred catties.Raising two pigs now is worth as much as raising three pigs before, and the rations of the soldiers are much more.

In the past, lard that had not been hoarded was used to light the lamps, and the smell of pigs would permeate the entire camp with the light.It's all right now, when the lamp is turned on again, there is only the smell of meat, and there will be no fishy smell anymore.

This is all thanks to Wang Hao, if Wang Hao hadn't thought of such a wonderful idea, they can only eat fishy pork up to now.Thinking of this, Wu Chengkai added another tenderloin to Yan Xining's bowl: "Princess, eat more."

The texture and taste of each piece of roast pig is slightly different, some parts are soft and tender, and some parts are chewy.Yan Xining's stomach was already full after tasting the pork leg tenderloin and other parts.

Seeing this scene, Ji Song smiled and said to Wu Chengkai: "Take it and share it with everyone."

This is what Wu Chengkai and the others were waiting for. As soon as the words fell, Wu Chengkai and Yan Ke walked towards the bonfire at the side with the wooden box: "Brothers! Let's eat roast pig!"

After a yell, the entire school grounds erupted.The soldiers grabbed it with bare arms and empty hands, and there was a sudden rush of people, and the noise was endless.Yan Xining looked intently, and could only see hands raised high, each holding a piece of meat: "Don't squeeze, don't squeeze!" "Damn! Who the hell stole my meat!"

Yan Xining: ...

It turned out that on his birthday, he saw Chi Lingjun brothers robbing meat to eat, which was already very reserved. Seeing this group of people robbing meat, only one word flashed in his mind-the division of tigers and wolves.

Pigs weighing hundreds of catties can't stand the points of thousands of generals. Those who got the meat were happy, and those who didn't were not angry. Anyway, there is no shortage of pork in the army, and they have meat to eat at any time.Just like now, there are more than a dozen pots outside the school grounds, in which braised pork is stewed.

Today when Ji Song returned to the camp, the soldiers were extremely excited. After drinking a few glasses of wine, everyone's emotions rose again.They were bare-armed and wanted to perform the song of killing the enemy and breaking the formation for Yan Xining.

A hundred or so strong men with bare arms and long knives in their hands, hacked and stabbed in unison.Different from the soft dance music, each of the soldiers present had seen blood on their blades.The simple movements were danced with murderous spirit, and the onlookers applauded.

The bonfire illuminated the faces of the soldiers and lit up the light in their eyes.Everyone laughed and made noises, completely losing their former chilling spirit.Yan Xining mixed in the crowd to cheer and cheer. After a banquet, his throat was hoarse.

The banquet didn't end until midnight, and most of the soldiers who participated in the banquet fell to the ground after getting drunk.Seeing this scene, Yan Xining was a little worried: "Everyone is lying down like this, isn't it going to be sick tomorrow?"

Ji Song was used to this scene, so he said calmly: "Don't worry, there will be guards coming to clean the school grounds later, and they will send the drunk soldiers back to the barracks."

Only then did Yan Xining feel relieved, after a long time of fussing, he also felt a little tired: "Rong Chuan, why don't we go back to rest too?"

Ji Song responded, he took Yan Xining's hand and stood up: "It's really time to rest, it's getting late, and the lieutenants will have morning exercises tomorrow."

As he said that, he led Yan Xining to walk towards the passageway when he came. Only then did Yan Xining realize that there were at least a dozen passageways around the school grounds, and each of them looked similar.

Yan Xining looked around and became dizzy: "There are so many roads, Rong Chuan, did you miss the road?"

Ji Song took Yan Xining's hand and walked steadily forward: "I didn't, but Han Jin, Wang Chunfa and the others missed it."

Yan Xining carefully looked at the road under his feet, he was surprised: "Someone really went wrong!"

Ji Song slowed down his pace, looked back, and after confirming that there was no one around, he quickly said: "I'm telling you secretly, don't tell others. Wang Chunfa once went off the road and couldn't get back. Later, he was in the pigsty. He slept all night. We thought he was attacked by the enemy, and when we found him in the pigsty, he was sleeping with a pig in his arms."

Yan Xining couldn't hold back her laughter: "Hahahahaha!"

Laughter echoed in the passage, and for a while, the entire mountain echoed with laughter.Yan Xining quickly shut up: "It seems that you can't make loud noises in the barracks."

Ji Song smiled: "Yes." It's okay to talk in a low voice with the door closed in the stone room, but if the voice is too loud in the passage, most of the people in the mountain may hear the echo.

After the laughter disappeared, there was a sudden "croak croak" sound in the passage, and it sounded like many frogs were croaking.

Yan Xining was a little puzzled: "In addition to raising pigs, cattle and sheep in the mountains, there are also frogs?" Hearing the sound of these frogs, they are quite big, could they be bullfrogs?If it is really a bullfrog, the soldiers will have a lot of delicacies.

Ji Song paused, his expression twisted: "That's not a frog." Seeing Yan Xining's bewildered expression, Ji Song couldn't help it: "That's the snoring of soldiers."

Although there are doors in the stone rooms where the soldiers live, there are always some talented soldiers who can grunt through the wooden doors and into the passage.Large and small grunts were intertwined, and finally merged into large and small croaks.

Yan Xining:! ! !

He actually took the grunts of the soldiers as bullfrogs just now, and he was thinking of being a dry-pot bullfrog... What a sin.