This unique method of cooking, called Yuanyang Hotpot, was learned by him from Jianyi.
The procedures for making broth alone are extremely complicated. Chicken feet, pig's trotters, duck meat, and chicken are used to make a pot of broth for a very long time. Jinhua ham, which is unique to the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas, is also needed to season it.
In order to make the soup clear as water, it is best not to be conditioned. It is also necessary to use Cistanche deserticola and Cistanche deserticola to screen and sort it out to make the whole soup even clearer.
When Xue Cheng learned about the hot pot-related clear soup recipe from Fulai Inn, he was convinced that Zhang Mingtu was undoubtedly a prince.
It is ridiculous to say that an ordinary middle-aged woman from a remote place who has basically never been to a wider area, and the head of an escort agency can develop such dishes. They treat people like fools.
Only aristocratic families, or even the royal family, have the time and energy to use such complicated and complex methods.
The related red oil hot pot base is the real one that shows more effort. The concentrated preparation of the butter hot pot base requires not only butter that is rarely seen by ordinary people, but also a large amount of butter, as well as related spices unique to the area, such as peppercorns and red peppers.
The mere fact of casually combining all kinds of special ingredients from all over the country in the summer is enough to show that his family background is quite extraordinary.
Being able to cook with the best ingredients from all over the place so easily and comfortably is something that even the wealthy local families would not do.
Only the royal family has such courage and mind to call upon human and material resources from heaven and earth at will.
Zhang Mingtu took his seat and skillfully placed the already cut beef beside him into the red oil broth to dip it in. He fanned himself and said with a smile, "You are indeed thoughtful."
His skillful movements and calm posture made Xue Cheng more confident.
But at the same time, Xue Cheng felt a little worried.
Originally, this prince hid himself very well. He had been in Jianyi for more than ten years, and Xue Cheng had never heard of him. Moreover, he joined the Jinyiwei smoothly.
Xue Cheng didn't think there was anything different about this guy before, he was just an ordinary farm kid, but recently the peculiarity of this guy has become more and more obvious, and he doesn't seem to be hiding it anymore.
Related changes are happening one after another, the apprentice of the agricultural master, the top varieties, the dishes in the "adoptive father and adoptive mother" restaurant of Zhang Mingtu, who is related to Jianyi...
These many changes made Xue Cheng feel uneasy.
He didn't believe that Zhang Mingtu couldn't hide, after all, he had been through it for more than ten years.
At least in the more than ten years before that, there was nothing unusual in the Tibetan family. Both his "father" and "mother" were ordinary people.
It was obvious that he had not received any special care for many years, and Xue Cheng remembered that all the changes seemed to have started about half a year ago.
The Weiyuan Escort Agency, which had been peaceful for a long time, gradually became special and different from before.
Xue Cheng later investigated and found out that it was a special secret recipe for brewing wine that appeared in their family.
This kind of small-scale change is normal in this era.
On that night, Zhang Mingtu was brought to him by Zhang Benji, the patriarch of the Zhang family, and he recommended Zhang Mingtu to inherit the position of Jinyiwei Xiaoqi that his family had been holding.
This is a very normal thing. It has not been considered special throughout the ages. At that time, the young man did not seem to be much different except that he was tall and strong.
"No……"
Xue Cheng thought about it carefully. He didn't care much about it before and didn't know much about it. But after thinking about it later, he found that Zhang Mingtu was surprisingly calm during that process, and his temperament and state were slightly different from ordinary people.
"During that period, I think he already had some true energy in him. Maybe his strength level was even higher than mine."
Ever since Zhang Mingtu joined the Jinyiwei, related things have happened one after another. Someone suddenly came to visit on a moonlit night, and judging from his clothes, he was suspected to be a top figure in the Jinyiwei, possibly a captain or even a commander.
Then came the Jianyi underground demon incident that shocked the entire Jiangnan West Road. After that incident, he ascended to heaven directly.
Not long after arriving in Jiujiang County, he was hunted down by Blood Knife Hongji, who was ranked 77th on the Black List. At the same time, strange evil spirits were targeting him with strange and terrifying methods. There were also poisonous insects that only appeared in the palace.
Thinking of this, Xue Cheng was shocked.
"Danger has never ceased. It keeps coming. Someone is always targeting this person, so his actions are becoming more and more high-profile and obvious. Is he forging a golden body by doing this?"
Opposite him, Zhang Mingtu skillfully cut the washbasin-sized king crab into pieces, then stewed it in a clear soup pot, while naturally adding a small seasoning.
In the mist rising in front of him, Zhang Mingtu's face became a little blurry. Xue Cheng looked at him and was a little dazed for a moment.
He vaguely remembered that the person in front of him was only eighteen years old, an eighteen-year-old boy.
"Is this dish too novel and not to your liking?"
The young man in front of him was calm and composed. Even after experiencing many terrible disasters, this young man remained calm and composed, without showing off.
Just because of this kind of character and magnanimity, Xue Cheng felt that he had never seen anything like it in his life.
"No, it's just that this hot pot is a bit too spicy. It's a little hard to get used to it at first."
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