The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 117 I want plant ash

In the morning in Lijia Village, both Liu Dong and Liu Nan got up early. One came to the village, organized the old people and women, and went out to cut weeds. The other left the village and headed for the slaughterhouse in Chang'an City.

Of the two errands, Liu Nan's was a little more difficult than Liu Dong's.

Liu Dong was a bit naive, so Li An asked him to do a relatively simple thing. Liu Nan, in fact, Li An also heard Liu Yiyi say that the second eldest child in the family has always been very active. In the past, when the family did not have enough to eat, , it was Liu Nan who took Liu Dong to pick elm money from the trees and come back to make elm money rice.

You don't know how many people will grab a little money, but Liu Nan can grab it every time and keep the family full.

Liu Nan is much smarter than Liu Dong at this point, so let Liu Nan do the thing of lowering the price. The pork of the Tang Dynasty has always been cheap meat. At least in the early years of Zhenguan, the pork of the Tang Dynasty was not The high-end ones usually eat by ordinary people.

However, even if it is cheap meat and has some unpleasant smell, the number of pigs that need to be slaughtered in Chang'an City in one day is not a small number, and lard is usually sold at a low price. What is it used for?
Some are made into lamp oil, and some are bought for cooking. The price has not been high, because the smell of lard is very unpleasant, an indescribable taste.

Compared with lard, the price of mutton oil is much higher. More civilians like to buy mutton oil for cooking. When lighting lamps, they basically use rapeseed oil and some other vegetable oils. Therefore, lard is really very good. Few people use it, unless they are too poor and have no choice but to use lard excessively.

Therefore, Liu Nan's negotiation went smoothly, and he got the lard from the slaughterhouse in Chang'an City at a very low price.

"Ah!" It was about 8 o'clock in the morning. Li An stretched and got up from his bed. At this time, Li Duoduo had already gotten up. She got up earlier than Li An because she was going to feed Lele and Ya in the morning. Damn.

Li Duoduo really likes these two pandas. Once, Li Duoduo cried very sadly when she heard that some pandas were not doing well abroad.

This time Li Duoduo owns the panda himself, so he treats the panda desperately.

As soon as Li An came, Liu Yiyi came in with a mouthwash cup in her hand, toothpaste already squeezed on her toothbrush, and a basin of face wash. Li An finished washing in the room, then went to the dining room below and had a meal. A bowl of shredded chicken soup cake, followed by a piece of soaked oil cake.

Hey, this soaked oil cake is a very famous snack. Li Shimin said it was good after eating it. The outer skin of the oil cake is bubbling, crispy and smooth, and the filling is soft and sweet. Don't think that there was no delicacy in ancient times. To be honest, ancient delicacies are no worse than modern ones.

After Li An was full, Liu Xiatian took the time to come over.

"Mr.!" Li An was drinking the tea he had brought. He could drink it as soon as it was brewed. Sitting in the main room, he heard Liu Xiatian's voice. Li An looked up and saw that Liu Xiatian was followed by someone who thought he was in his 40s. The man, after seeing himself, the man quickly bowed and saluted: "Mr. Lang!"

Li An nodded and smiled: "Uncle Liu and Master Mao, you are here."

The 40-year-old man in front of him is Mao Atie. He was once a blacksmith in the army and is now the chief craftsman of Lijiacun.

"Mr. Lang, I wonder why you asked me to come?" Mao Atie asked Li An respectfully.

Li An smiled and said: "Master Mao, wait a minute, I'll get the drawings." With that, Li An went upstairs and took out a method for making iron pots from his box upstairs.

What I want to explain here is that there were no iron pots in the Tang Dynasty at this time. When there were iron pots, it was also the time of the Song Dynasty. This time Li An came back to arrange iron pots for the Tang Dynasty. Of course, this At that time, the Tang Dynasty already had ironware, but the ironware was basically made by wealthy families, such as iron cauldrons, iron coffins, etc.

Rice and pancakes were the staple foods of the Tang Dynasty at that time. Cooking techniques such as stir-frying were not allowed at that time, so most of them were seasoned meats and vegetables boiled into soups as complementary foods.

The reason why Li An made the iron pot was to satisfy his desire to eat stir-fry dishes. There was another important reason. Soon, the drawings of the iron pot came.The production process that Li An found on the Internet was completely clear. After looking at it for a while, Mao Atie nodded repeatedly: "Lang Jun, I can make this kind of iron pot."

With Mao Atie's affirmative answer, Li An also felt relieved and said with a smile: "Okay, then go ahead and do it. Remember to make more. These iron pots will be of great use in the future."

"How much do we need to do?" Mao Atie looked at Li An and asked.

"Yeah!" Li An thought for a moment and replied, "Make a hundred first."

"Promise!" Mao Atie bowed and promised.

Then Li An asked Mao Atie to leave first, leaving Liu Xiatian to ask: "Uncle Liu. How are Liu Dong and Liu Nan doing?" Because these two people are currently the most important soap schedule controllers, Li An was very interested in the two. People should also be more concerned. If they are not up to the task, Ang Lee will have to replace him.

"Don't worry, Sir. Liu Dong has already taken people to cut weeds early. Now the weeds have been transported to the designated location, weighing three to four hundred kilograms." Liu Xiataan replied with a smile.

Li An nodded, very satisfied. You must know that the most important thing to make soap is lye. The more weeds, the more lye, so that more soap can be made.

"Where's the lard?" Li An asked.

"I just came back with the news. I was afraid that you would be waiting, so I sent someone to deliver the news quickly. Liu Nan has already reached an agreement with the other party. Our Lijia Village has bought out all the lard from the slaughterhouse.

And the price is extremely cheap. From now on, you can just send someone to pull it every day. "

"Okay!" Liu Xiatian's words made Li An burst into laughter, and he stood up and said, "Let's start doing things."

"Where to go?" Liuxiatian asked.

"Where the weeds are piled, now we have to start burning the weeds." Li An smiled slightly.

This pile of weeds is in an open space to the west of Lijia Village, about the size of a football field. At this time, the open space is filled with weeds, sticks, branches, etc. collected from everywhere!
After Li An passed by, Liu Dongzheng came back carrying about a hundred kilograms of weeds alone. The weeds piled up on Liu Dong's body, making Liu Dong look like a scarecrow.

"Lang Jun, you are here!" Seeing Li An, Liu Dong quickly put down the weeds on his shoulders and rushed to Li An happily.

"Liu Dong, you did a great job." With a compliment, Li An looked at the weeds that had piled up like a hill and shouted with a smile: "Everyone did a great job. I will ask the canteen to cook for everyone in a moment." Two eggs."

"Thank you sir.!"

When they heard there were two eggs, the old man and the woman laughed happily. You know, it was their first day at work, and they were immediately rewarded. Although it was only two eggs, it was very exciting. So happy.

After Li An finished speaking, Li An said to Liu Dong: "Liu Dong, please find some old people to come over. They must be careful and ask them to draw a circle, and then burn these weeds for me. Don't worry." I don’t want the things, I just want the ashes of the burned vegetation.”

(End of this chapter)