Fang Zheng looked at Bai Rui with disdain: "You are so disgusting! You have no food to eat in Taoyuan County? Why do you come here to eat slop!"
Bai Rui looked ashamed: "I'm sorry, sir... I was greedy and couldn't help it."
Then he complained: "Master, you don't know! Xie Xian is afraid of spending too much money. He keeps saying he wants to control costs. He is so stingy!"
"We really didn't have anything good to eat! He went out to socialize with rich businessmen every day and brought us some leftovers."
"There are more than 20 of us! How can we eat?"
Speaking of this, Bai Rui's face was filled with grief and indignation. This job was so fucking uncomfortable!
In the past, when doing business outside, everyone enjoyed the best food.
I took on the biggest job but the food I ate was bland.
"Well, Xie Xian did a good job. Let's reward him when we get back." Fang Zhengyi's face was full of admiration.
People who have studied are different! They are much more professional than you bunch of thieves and robbers.
Fang Zhengyi looked at Bai Rui's indignant face and said with a smile: "Alright! It's not easy for you to come out on this mission this time. I will give you a reward when I go back."
"It won't be long before I can let you live a life of luxury in Jianjiang!"
"Keep your mouth shut and don't tell anyone!"
Bai Rui immediately smiled happily. When the master said it was fun, he meant it, and Master Wu was still here!
"What else do you want, sir?"
Fang Zhengyi pinched his chin and thought carefully: "Hmm... go find Lao Qi and ask him to make a phonograph for me. It would be best if it is smaller. And ask Zhang Biao to print more silver foil to make it more delicate."
"What is a phonograph?" Bai Rui asked with curiosity.
Although the phonograph is not a particularly high-tech item, it has always been a top-secret project in Taoyuan County.
Only a few people know that when it was first made, it was Fang Zhengyi who instructed Lao Qi to make it based on what he had read online.
Lao Qi was originally a carpenter. He was experienced and had a pair of deft hands, so he could understand things at a glance.
He has always had a high status in Taoyuan County.
"You don't need to ask too much. Just tell Lao Qi and he will understand. Send the things to me when they are ready."
"yes!"
After Bai Rui finished speaking, he flipped over and disappeared.
After Fang Zheng finished explaining, he walked back to the household registration office with his hands behind his back.
It was time for lunch, and all the clerks went out to eat.
Fang Zhengyi was sitting in the room looking through other account books. Not long after he sat there, Wei Shan suddenly came in, carrying a food box.
With a smile on his face, he said to Fang Zhengyi: "Master Fang, it's time for dinner. You must be hungry."
Fang Zhengyi looked at the food box and smiled slightly.
Sending yourself delicious food so soon?
Fang Zhengyi lowered his head and continued to look at the various account books: "Xiaoshan, why didn't you ask the servants to take you there instead of running all the way here in person? I'm really sorry to bother you."
"But... don't send me those porridge and vegetables in the future. I'm not used to them. Aren't there restaurants outside?"
Wei Shan stepped forward and said, "Sir, this is what Lord Liu personally ordered me to deliver. Lord Liu has always been considerate of his subordinates."
"I know you came all the way from the capital and you are not used to those foods, so I specially ordered someone to prepare some delicious food."
After saying that, he opened the lunch box, which contained a plate of braised beef and a bowl of white rice.
"Sir! This is beef. It's hard to come by! Even the prefect can't eat it!"
"Don't worry, this cow died of exhaustion. We have a cattle slaughtering order!"
Haha, bullshit, Taoyuan County has exhausted so many cows, I don’t believe you! Fang Zheng was disdainful.
He glanced at the braised beef and sighed, "Tsk, Lord Liu's caring heart really touched me."
"But... you should take this beef back and let others enjoy it."
Wei Shan was surprised and asked, "Why? Is this food not to your taste?"
"Yeah." Fang Zheng smacked his lips.
"The cow that died of exhaustion must be an adult cow, and I don't like to eat adult cows."
"When I was in the capital, I only ate three-month-old heifers, Australian Wagyu beef, and took a piece of the tenderest tenderloin, which I grilled carefully on a plate of thousand-year-old rose rock salt from the Himalayas."
"When grilling, add rosemary and purple bamboo salt before eating. That's what beef is all about."
Wei Shan was stunned for a moment, and stared at Fang Zhengyi blankly.
Fang Zhengyi continued chattering, "Beef noodles are also good. We also use the shank of a three-month-old Angus heifer, cut it into pieces, and then use a hundred-year-old brine to stew it for four hours."
"Even if the soup and meat are poured over the noodles, the noodles can't be just ordinary noodles."
"Choose the best chicks, bleed them, dry them with wax, apply more than a dozen spices, grind them into powder and knead them with the best white flour."
"Finally, add the pickled cabbage from the feet of an unmarried girl to the noodle soup. Wow, that's when it tastes so good."
After saying that, Fang Zheng looked at the plate of braised beef on the table with a hint of regret.
Wei Shan was so shocked that he couldn't speak!
Awesome! So awesome! I didn’t expect that the nobles in the capital city lived such a life! I dare not even think about it!
There are also Himalayan rose salt, Australian Wagyu beef, my God! These are all tributes from foreign countries!
In comparison, what Lord Liu ate last night was shit!
No wonder people don’t like this braised beef! I wouldn’t eat it either.
But the task assigned by Lord Liu has not been completed.
Wei Shan said with a stiff face, "Master Fang, I have never heard of what you said. What else do you want to eat? I will try to arrange it for you. Otherwise, if I fail to take good care of you, Master Liu will be punished. I cannot afford it."
Fang Zhengyi laughed secretly in his heart.
I haven’t eaten it either! I learned it from watching Douyin and other bloggers showing off their knowledge of restaurants. I don’t remember much of the useful stuff, but I still remember the nonsense clearly!
"Well, if there is no meat, let's eat some vegetables. I want to eat eggplant."
Wei Shan blinked and said happily: "We have eggplant! We have eggplant! How do you want to eat it? Fried or steamed?"
Fang Zheng curled his lips and shook a finger.
"It's actually quite simple to cook eggplant. You peel the freshly harvested eggplants, take out the flesh, cut it into small dices, and fry it with chicken oil. Then use chicken breast meat, fragrant mushrooms, new bamboo shoots, mushrooms, five-spice dried tofu, and various dried fruits, all cut into dices, simmer them in chicken broth until dry, add sesame oil, add fermented rice wine, mix it, put it in a porcelain jar, seal it tightly, take it out when you want to eat it, and mix it with the fried chicken and melon."
After hearing this, Wei Shan shook his head and stuck out his tongue, saying, "My Buddha! He needs ten chickens to match him. What would that taste like!"
Fang Zheng smiled and said, "Is this impossible?"
Wei Shan swallowed his saliva: "I really don't have this!"
"Alas, please go. I have two major hobbies in my life. One is eating good food, and the other is making money. Now that I have left Beijing, I am afraid I will have to spend the rest of my life in Jianjiang. It will be hard..." After saying this, Fang Zheng's eyes became blank and he slumped in the chair.
Wei Shan was about to cry.
You can't live without braised beef? Then what am I? A maggot in a toilet?
The more I think about it, the sadder I feel.
Wei Shan lowered his head, cleaned up the food on the table and left the room silently.
When Fang Zheng saw him leave, he pursed his lips.
Damn, I’m hungry!
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