Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

Half an hour later, a sturdy Western Region yak was dragged and driven back to the backyard of the kitchen by seven or eight people.

It was a little different from what Su Chen imagined. These yaks didn't seem so irritable. Perhaps Su Chen thought of these yaks as wild yaks.

After being domesticated by herdsmen, the temperament of yaks changed.

"My Lord, Brother Ding said he has the skill to cut beef." Wang Xi brought an elderly villager to Su Chen.

The villager surnamed Ding bowed to Su Chen, "Master!"

"Although I have never slaughtered a live cow, I have cut up many cows that died of injuries or illness in the past. I wonder if it is feasible?"

"Hahaha, it's totally possible! Uncle Ding, I'll have someone give the cow to you later... Then you will do the butchering, and they will assist you." Su Chen made a hand knife gesture.

"Oh, Uncle Ding, if possible, try to remove the whole tendon and cut the cowhide into larger pieces."

The cotton from the Western Regions has been delivered to the manor. When the time comes, we will definitely have to add cotton slingshots. With these tendons, there is no need to ask Li Shimin for them.

Beef tendons are a very scarce commodity in the Tang Dynasty.

"Okay!" Uncle Ding said with a smile.

Then, Su Chen looked at Wang Chao and said, "Wang Chao, do it! Try to kill it with one blow and let it go peacefully!" After that, Su Chen turned his back to the yak to be slaughtered.

The yak is not much bigger than the Tang Dynasty's oxen, and it is estimated to be around 900 kilograms.

"Okay, Lord Marquis, you watch it!"

Wang Chao spitted and rubbed his hands, picked up the hem and tied it up. He raised a hard big stone and smashed it into the middle protruding part of the top of the ox's head.

"Bang!"

There was only a sound of heavy objects hitting, and the yak fell down.

"Plop~Boom~!"

After the yak fell to the ground, its limbs scrambled a few times, and its neck stretched straight, and it completely stopped moving.

"My Lord, it's done!" Wang Chao reminded Su Chen who had turned his back.

Su Chen was very surprised. It had been less than fifteen seconds since he turned around. "It's done so quickly?" He walked over slowly and checked it out.

The yak that fell to the ground was very stable.

"Well, good! Clean and neat." Su Chen nodded.

"Uncle Ding, the next step is up to you. You tell them how to do it, and they will listen to you."

Uncle Ding had asked Wang Xi to arrange for someone to set up a rack nearby. It was estimated that the yak would be put up and boned and divided.

"Okay, rest assured, the manor will be divided clearly!"

Uncle Ding picked up the knife he had prepared in advance and sharpened it.

Su Chen left after watching the slaughtering scene for a while. He was going to the kitchen to make some preparations in advance.

...half an hour later.

"My Lord, the beef has been cut up. Do you want to take a look?" Wang Chao came to the kitchen to report.

"So fast. OK, I'll go take a look!" Su Chen picked up a rag and wiped his hands.

When he came to the backyard, the yak had been separated from the bones and flesh.

"Master, this yak has cut about 450 kilograms of pure beef." Uncle Ding pointed to the cut yak meat and said.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Uncle Ding." Su Chen smiled and picked up a piece of beef that weighed about three kilograms. "Uncle Ding, take this beef back to add to the dishes for your family!"

"Master, this is not allowed!"

Uncle Ding pushed the beef back and retreated again and again.

In Su Chen's stunned eyes, Uncle Ding turned around and left without looking back.

Uncle Ding kept muttering as he ran:

"I got the beef from the owner of the manor, but I'm still being scolded by the villagers. The owner of the manor is so nice!"

Su Chen smiled helplessly, "Wang Chao, take these pieces of meat to the kitchen, and keep the others in the ice cellar."

"And the beef viscera and skeleton, move them to the backyard and wash them."

"Okay, Lord!"

Wang Chao immediately organized people to work.

"I've met Lord!"

Suddenly, Master Cheng from the imperial kitchen of the palace arrived with two imperial chefs.

"Master Cheng, did His Majesty ask you to learn how to make beef balls?" Su Chen joked with a smile, secretly complaining that the emperor couldn't wait any longer.

Maybe Master Cheng will bring beef balls back to the palace later.

"Lord, it's a good idea. It was His Majesty who ordered me to come to the manor to ask for advice!" Master Cheng bowed and replied.

"Haha, that's perfect, we're just about to start!" Without saying anything, Su Chen began to instruct Master Liu on how to make beef balls.

"Master Liu, this is beef hind leg meat, which is perfect for making beef balls. Let's focus on the hind leg meat first and see how many beef balls we can make."

After the selected yak meat was sent to the kitchen, Su Chen immediately called Master Liu.

"My Lord, please tell me how to make beef balls!"

Master Liu and several other chefs humbly asked Su Chen for advice.

"First weigh how many pounds of beef there are here."

Su Chen picked a large piece of hind leg meat and tenderloin,Prepare to make beef balls.

The waiter weighed the beef immediately.

"My Lord, two pieces of beef weigh thirty-two pounds and six ounces."

Su Chen nodded, feeling that the beef was a bit too much.

"It's very simple to make beef balls. First, remove the surface fascia and then beat it repeatedly until the whole piece of beef is minced and slightly pulped."

"When beating, pay attention to picking out the fascia inside the beef at any time." After a pause, when Master Liu and the others nodded, he continued: "After the beef is beaten..."

"Begin by beating it, and we'll talk about the next step later."

It's better to do it for Master Liu and the others later than to talk about it. He picked up the mallet he had found before and handed it to Master Liu, "Control the strength, don't let the blood and flesh fly everywhere."

"Okay, my Lord!" Master Liu picked up the wooden stick for rolling noodles.

There were only three wooden sticks in the kitchen, and the other two chefs came forward and picked up the wooden sticks to start beating the beef.

There was no meat grinder, so they could only beat it by hand.

It would take about half an hour for three people to beat more than thirty pounds of beef.

Su Chen did not watch Master Liu and his friends process the beef, as he himself had no experience in this area.

After a while, he came to the backyard to watch the waiter clean the beef entrails.

Seeing the cleaned beef bones, Su Chen slapped his head.

"Oops!"

"I forgot to leave some meat on the beef ribs again, so I can only use it to make broth!"

I wanted to stew a steak to try or braise it, but now there is no meat on the steak.

The dog shook his head when he saw it.

"Master, wash the steak and cut six of them to make a big pot of broth."

"Okay, Lord!" The waiter replied.

They call broth "big soup", and most of them are boiled with chicken and duck, and sheep bones are not suitable for making broth.

Suddenly, Su Chen remembered something.

The cotton has not been sent to the paper mill yet, and Su Chen does not know how much cotton has been shipped from the Western Regions this time, so he will use half of it to make paper first.

The paper used for banknotes needs to be added with cotton to ensure wear resistance. Paper with cotton added is not easy to break and can also improve the absorption of ink.

Previously, the person in charge of the paper mill and Li Tai tried using silk, but it didn't work at all.

Looking at the time, it was already more than two quarters of an hour in the afternoon.

"Wang Chao..."

"Lord!"

Before Su Chen finished speaking, Wang Xi hurried to the kitchen backyard.

"Wang Xi, you came at the right time! I was just about to ask Wang Chao to find you!" Su Chen smiled when he saw the person coming.

"Lord, when the servants were sorting the cotton just now, they found a lot of gold in it."

"Half of the cotton has been cleaned out, and a total of 36,875 taels (more than 2,300 kilograms) of gold have been picked up."

When Wang Xi said the amount of gold, there was not much excitement on his face.

The Lord's manor doesn't have much of anything.

It's just a lot of money.

The money cellar has long been full, and a large underground money cellar was built some time ago.

"Gold hidden in cotton?" Su Chen thought for a while and soon figured it out.

He smiled and said, "The gold should be earned by Atana from the Western Regions. We will count it and store it separately. We will send someone to return it to him someday."

"Yes!" Wang Xi was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly stopped.

"My Lord, what important matter did you come to me for?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I came to you to talk about cotton. Arrange someone to send half of the cotton to the paper mill. Find the person in charge, Wang Ziyu. He knows what to do."

Wang Xi bowed and responded, "Yes!"