Chapter 142: The real one cannot be fake. The fake one cannot be fake.

Pork is the main meat food on the people’s dining table. Whether it is mutton or beef, people really can’t afford it because of cost issues.

Many people believe that there was no beef to eat in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, this is a wrong perception. Of course, it is illegal to slaughter beef in the Tang Dynasty and will be subject to heavy taxes and fines. However, it is not impossible to eat beef. After all, cows will die of old age, die of illness, fall and injured their legs, or damage their hooves. If they cannot do heavy work, it is a waste to raise them and they can only kill and eat meat.

Of course, when the legal procedures are complete, you can still kill cattle. For example, let the Lizheng and the fellow villagers as a certificate to prove that the cattle can be a disabled plowing ox and cannot work at all. In this way, it will be completely legal to kill cattle and eat meat.

In the Tang Dynasty, a plowing cow can be sold for 8,000 or 10,000 yuan, but the beef is as high as 100 yuan per kilogram. Who knows that even the smallest cow is actually far more than 100 kilograms, so the cattle killed is far more expensive than the adult strong cow. Because of the interests, the Tang Dynasty is almost everywhere with various methods of cattle killing procedures.

But although beef is delicious, it is not something that ordinary people can afford. Of course, mutton is also expensive. Although mutton is only one-fifth of beef, it is still priced at several buckets of grain. People who can't even eat rice will naturally not eat meat.

However, Chen Ying knew very well. Whether a nation is strong or not depends mainly on the source of the food of this nation. In the late Qing Dynasty, Chinese and Eastern people were called "sick men of East Asia". This was actually because the corrupt Qing government imposed heavy taxes on the people, and the people could not even eat enough, let alone health. Almost all Chinese people are thin and fat, and fat people are rarer than giant pandas.

Although the Tang Dynasty has been warring for years, most of the wars have been decisively won outside the country. Except for the Rebellion of Liu Wuzhou in Hedong and the Rebellion of Qidi in Lizhou, it was found that the impact was not very serious within the Tang Dynasty. Now the food of the people is gradually enriching. They can eat enough, but they are far from meeting the standard of eating well.

In the words of later generations, the people of the Tang Dynasty are still struggling with food and clothing. It can be foreseeable that in the near future, the people of the Tang Dynasty will no longer be short of food and food, and it is urgent to improve the quality of life.

The Central Plains are not like grasslands. There is no large amount of grassland for raising sheep, and it is not realistic to eat mutton in large quantities. However, pork is different. Pigs are omnivorous animals, and whether they are grass or leftover rice, they are all meat and vegetables.

However, in this era, pork still has a very significant disadvantage, that is, the taste is too poor. Even if the chen is cooked with a lot of spices, the taste is still very poor. The reason why Su Dongpo invented Dongpo pork and became popular was because the pork was fishy and difficult to eat. Dongpo pork was different. It contained a lot of sauce. It had to put two taels of green onion, two taels of sugar in three pounds of pork, and four taels of Shaoxing wine, one tael of ginger, and three taels of soy sauce. Chen Ying was completely prepared according to the Dongpo pork method, and the taste of Dongpo pork made was far inferior to later generations.

Of course, the main reason for this is the fishy pork sausage. Because of a large amount of seasoning, the fishy pork sausage can be removed. However, in this era, the seasoning is actually a luxury item. Many people can't even afford salt. They have to buy inferior salt mixed with sand. How could they add so many seasonings to make a meal of meat?

In the Tang Dynasty, there were a lot of sheep eating, but not many fish and shrimp. The meat that people eat mainly is mutton, and many raise sheep. Pigs are rare even in the countryside. Of course, because pigs are very active, consume quickly, and eat amazingly, they do not gain much meat.

The only difference between pig farming in later generations and this era is that when pig farming in later generations, pigs will be castrated, commonly known as castration. It is a surgery to remove or destroy pig ovaries or **. After castration, pigs lose their reproductive functions and become obedient in their temperament, which is easy to manage, servile, fatten and improve the quality of meat. It can also prevent poor pigs from mate freely, and play a positive role in improving domestic pig breeds. After castration, domestic pigs greatly improve economic benefits.

After some experiments, Chen Ying asked the military officer to castrate more than 100 pigs, and the effect was still very obvious. In just less than half a year, these pigs had grown to more than 100 kilograms. The lazy and fat pigs looked very cute.

Just when the big fat chicken stewed by Chen Ying was not out of the pot, a sudden burst of rapid horse hooves sounded. A team of fierce cavalry came from afar.

Chen Ying ignored it. There were no established cavalry on Xizhou Road. No matter which tribes were used, the numbers of each tribe were marked on the buttocks of war horses. Once these war horses appeared on the battlefield hostile to the Tang Dynasty, these tribes would suffer.

Therefore, Xizhou Road will strictly manage each tribe, and war horses will not flow out, and there will be no groups of cavalry running around.

Just as Chen Ying was about to lift the pot and add the scallions, a burst of laughter came from outside: "It's better to come early than to come by chance. It seems that I came at the right time!"

Chen Ying looked in the voice and saw Li Yuanji's Adam's apple surging in silver armor, drooling towards the big pot in front of Chen Ying.

Chen Ying looked at Li Yuanji and smiled and said, "Why are you here?"

Li Yuanji reached out and was about to take the pot, "Third brother-in-law, I'm idle in Liangzhou, so I'm here to find you in Xizhou Road. This trip is so exhausted. I went to Gaochang City first and then to Jingjue City. Now I've run to Jingjue City again, so I'm so exhausted!"

Li Yuanji was also bold and ran more than 3,000 elite guards of the Qi Palace on Xizhou Road for more than 3,000 miles. After half a month, people lost weight.

Seeing Li Yuanji drooling, Chen Ying said, "This is just a chicken!"

"I don't care!" Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Third brother-in-law, you have to give it to me!"

Just then, Li Yuanji suddenly found Minavar beside Chen Ying. He looked at Minavar vigilantly and asked, "Third brother-in-law, don't you explain to me who this woman is?"

"You are the fan woman!" Minaval yelled with his eyes and said, "Your whole family is the fan woman!"

Li Yuanji immediately smiled: "Hey... you are quite stingy, I wonder if you will be so excited in bed!"

Chen Ying said: "Your Highness, don't act recklessly, she is Minavar, the princess of the Sassanian Empire!"

Li Yuanji said proudly: "What's so great about a princess of the Sasanian Kingdom? I am the King of Qi in the Tang Dynasty!"

Chen Ying looked at Li Yuanji and Minavar who were quarreling and said, "You go out and argue, don't interfere with the Protector of the Great Manchu cooking!"

Looking at Chen Ying's face full of evil spirits, Li Yuanji pointed at Minavar.

Chen Ying said to Zhou Qing: "Go and get two big pigs, let's eat pork today!"

When Li Yuanji heard about eating pork, he said unhappy: "Third brother-in-law, I want to eat mutton!"

"Okay, kill two more sheep!"

Chen Ying directed Zhou Qing to kill pigs. The fierce soldiers in the army killed pigs simply and roughly. With one knife, the pig's head was cut off directly, holding a large basin followed by pig blood, and then removing internal organs, removing hair, and chopping them into pieces of meat.

Pour two buckets of water into two three-foot-diameter big army pots, then throw the sound of pork cut into the size of a palm in it, and then drop pig blood, pork bones, lean meat, pork belly, pork intestines, pork kidneys, and pork heads into the big pot. In later generations, this is a famous dish, a famous dish in Northeast China. It was originally a stew held in rural areas when killing pigs in the New Year every year. In a large pot, all parts of the pig were thrown into the pot.

Li Yuanji looked at Chen Ying killing pigs, cutting meat, and throwing all parts of the pig into a big pot, and he had no appetite for this dish.

Chen Ying naturally didn't force him.

I watched the fire on my own, and as the steam spread, the fragrance of pig-killing vegetables gradually emerged.

Minaval, who had been fighting with Li Yuanji, looked at Chen Ying and smiled and said, "I'm not eating chicken, I want to eat pork!"

"I'm really willing to eat it?" Chen Ying couldn't believe that although this pig-killing dish is famous and has a good taste, it's really not very good.

Minaval waited for Chen Ying to prepare the pig-killing dish, and volunteered to pick up the chopsticks, but looking at the white pork, she began to hesitate again.

Pork is a cheap meat, which is an undisputed fact. The Sassanian Empire also used mutton and beef as its main source of meat. The Sassanian Empire also did not have many pigs, and most people did not eat pork.

Li Yuanji looked at Minavar and laughed, "You're eating!"

Minaval picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of pork, looked at it for a while, but it finally didn't stuff it into his mouth.

Li Yuanji was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, so he continued to add fuel to Minavar's fire and said, "You are so scared!"

Minaval hesitated for a moment with a pork squeezing, gritted his teeth and said, "Eat is to eat!"

As she said that, she closed her eyes and stuffed them into her mouth.

But... gradually, Minavar's face became slightly strange.

The meat has no fishy smell? Instead, it has a strong aroma. With a light bite, the fat in the fat meat is accompanied by the lean meat, and the taste is soft and delicious, giving Minavar a strange flavor.

She is the princess of the Sassanian Empire. Even though the Sassanian Empire is now setting and the rivers are getting worse, she will not lack what she eats in one bite. However, even though she tastes all the delicacies of mountains and seas, Minavar felt a different feeling.

In this era, there are actually almost no large pieces of fat meat. Whether it is cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, they are covered with skin and flesh or bones.

Minaval should be the first person to taste the big fat meat of later generations.

Perhaps for later generations, fat meat is too greasy and not delicious. However, they don’t know that for those who have never tasted fat meat, this taste of fat is another taste that other meats cannot bring.

Minaval began to chew carefully, and his face became more and more weird. I have to say that the meat is more and more delicious the more it chews. Compared with the slight fishy smell of mutton and the older it is, Minaval feels more and more wonderful as it is.

Seeing Minavar eating so hard, Li Yuanji also picked up the chopsticks.

However, when Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui arrived, the banquet completely changed.

Eating was like a world war, with chopsticks intertwined, and the dishes were empty wherever they went. The most fiercer one was Chen Ying, because it would be more delicious when he snatched it, so he began to snatch Li Yuanji and Luo Shixin unscrupulously. He was not polite at all. Minavar could not find the opportunity to cut off the chopsticks when he had dinner with him.

If the husband hadn't served Minaval a bowl of pig-killing dishes alone, she would have to eat bones with the rice for this meal.

Chen Ying's appetite was so good that he ate all the meat of the pig-killing vegetables, and even let him mix the soup with rice. His eating habits can only be described as terrible.

After seeing the gentleness of scholars drinking and humming, Minaval was full of contempt for Chen Ying's reincarnation-like eating style, but while despising him, he also admitted that he was much more energetic than those guys who were powerless.

After eating and drinking, Chen Ying looked at Li Yuanji who was burping one after another and said, "Okay, you won't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. You have run more than 3,000 miles. Are you just going to eat this meal? If you have something to do, just tell me!"

Li Yuanji pondered for a moment, looked at Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui, opened his mouth but did not speak.

He looked at Chen Ying with his eyes and signaled that the two of them would leave.

Chen Ying waved his hand and said, "Shigui and Shixin are both my friends. If you have anything to say, it's okay!"

Zhang Shigui and Luo Shixin were moved when they heard this!

Li Yuanji sighed and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll just say it!"

Chen Ying said lightly: "Tell me!"

"The second child was assassinated in Taiyuan City!" Li Yuanji looked at Chen Ying in surprise and said with a calm look on his face: "Don't you seem to be surprised?"

Chen Ying smiled and said, "This is the news from four months ago. Do you think I can still not know?"

Li Yuanji said: "Do you know, the assassin confessed you?"
Chapter completed!