Chapter 76 Jiangzhou Moutai
"Actually..." Fang Xiucai thought for a moment and said to the two of them in a somewhat mysterious tone, "I was also a scholar who passed the exam last year."
"Actually, there is a secret to this college entrance examination!"
Mr. Fang looked around again, as if afraid that someone might be eavesdropping.
Zhu Lan, who was beside Qiao Youyou, couldn't help but prick up his ears.
"There is a master in Jiangzhou City..."
Mr. Fang told his experience mysteriously.
He had taken the examination for the title of scholar for many years but failed repeatedly. Later, he met a master by chance. The master was very knowledgeable about poetry and prose. After several months of instruction, he actually passed the imperial examination!
After hearing this, Zhu Lan's first reaction was disbelief.
How can it be so mysterious?
Could it be that some expert has some connections and is helping Mr. Fang to get through the crowd and bribe the examiner or something?
But on second thought, the county examination in Jiangzhou City is so strictly managed, and this is an academy examination, so it must be more difficult to tamper with it.
Moreover, Daliang attaches great importance to the imperial examination, and has always dealt severely with bribery and fraud.
Dare to accept bribes, don’t you want your head anymore?
Then I heard Mr. Fang praising the master's high level of poetry.
It sounds like it's really quite high level.
A possibility suddenly flashed through Zhu Lan's mind. Could it be that Zhu Qingyan's master, the immortal poet in the original plot, appeared?
Thinking of this, Zhu Lan suddenly felt that there was no time to waste.
When it comes to snatching a master away, it’s better to strike first!
"How about I introduce you to someone?" Mr. Fang said excitedly.
Qiao Youyou had no interest at first and was about to refuse when she heard Zhu Lan smiling and saying:
"Okay, then it's Mr. Laofang."
Zhu Lan and Fang Xiucai agreed on a time and went to visit the master's home together three days later.
After saying goodbye to Mr. Fang, Zhu Lan went directly to Yuxiang Pavilion.
She remembered that the immortal poet in the book had an eccentric temperament, but loved wine and food very much. He once traveled thousands of miles to eat a beggar's chicken and almost died on the road.
Anyway, he is the kind of person who would rather eat than live.
The waiter at Yuxiang Pavilion saw Zhu Lan and came towards him from a distance.
"Hey, Miss Zhu, why are you here alone today?"
The waiter started chatting her up and led her in.
Zhu Lan’s status in Yuxiang Pavilion is very special now. Although she is a guest, the entire Yuxiang Pavilion, from top to bottom, including the store’s chef Wang, treats her with great respect.
It’s not just because she taught them how to make ice!
Yuxiang Pavilion is now very popular in the whole Jiangzhou City. If you want to eat there, you have to make a reservation half a month in advance. It is so difficult to get a meal.
Zhu Lan and her friends certainly made great contributions to this.
Like using soybeans to brew soy sauce, using yellow mud water to bleach the color of the white sugar, and so on.
Each of them was a great invention that shocked the entire Imperial Fragrance Pavilion.
But why did such a great invention only shock the Yuxiang Pavilion?
Because Wang Yuchu was reluctant to spread this method, he even refused to reveal it to ordinary apprentices in Yuxiang Pavilion.
In order to prevent Zhu Lan and his friends from telling other restaurants about this great idea, now when Zhu Lan and his classmates come to Yuxiang Pavilion to eat, all the meals are free!
How can you charge your own people for eating?
Yuxiang Pavilion was making a lot of money and didn't mind the small amount of money Zhu Lan and the others spent on their meals.
Zhu Lan walked towards the kitchen with ease and asked the waiter whether Wang Yuchu was there today.
"Yes, yes!" The waiter smiled attentively to the God of Wealth.
"Miss Zhu, what are you talking about? Now that you are here, you have to be here even if you are not here!"
Before entering the kitchen, the air was already filled with the aroma of food, and Zhu Lan couldn't help but snort.
Garlic soy sauce!
Cumin lamb!
Along with the aroma came Wang Yuchu's loud voice.
"Too much soy sauce! That's dark soy sauce!"
"The utensils used to make iced plum cheese must be clean! Sterile! Sterile, do you understand?"
Chef Wang Yu was frowning, watching the new apprentices cooking with an expression of dismay.
At the same time, he selectively taught them the new knowledge he learned from Zhu Lan.
Seeing Zhu Lan coming, Wang Yuchu's twisted brows finally relaxed. He quickly wiped his hands on his clothes and walked out.
"Master Wang, I will need these dishes in three days. Please prepare them in the next two days."
Zhu Lan handed a piece of thin paper to Wang Yuchu.
Chef Wang Yu took it with both hands with a smile on his face, opened it and saw the recipes of Pomegranate Chicken, Fried Asparagus with Yellow Vegetables, and Shredded Crab with Ginger.
Wang Yuchu was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
In the past, Zhu Lan would tell him the recipe of a new dish every once in a while, but he didn’t expect that this time he would come up with three at once!
Make a fortune!!!
Chef Wang Yu readily agreed, saying that he would study these new dishes in seclusion for the next two days, and would guarantee that Zhu Lan would be satisfied!
Zhu Lan nodded. She believed in Wang Yuchu's skills. Every time she came up with a new recipe, he would quickly make it in the original style, and sometimes even improve it to make it more delicious.
Or maybe he worked in the palace!
Zhu Lan nodded and asked, "By the way, how is the wine brewing?"
Wang Yuchu took her to another room. On the cabinet in the room were many pottery jars as big as watermelons, and the outside of the jars were covered with a layer of khaki mud.
"I selected the wheat and sorghum according to the method you taught me, ground them and used them to make wine. The spring water used for making wine was also filtered and boiled."
Zhu Lan calculated the time it had taken for the wine to be brewed and it was about time, so he asked chef Wang Yu to open a jar and take a look.
Wang Yuchu opened a jar of wine without saying a word.
He had been eagerly waiting for Zhu Lan to speak!
For a moment, the rich aroma of wine filled the entire room.
Zhu Lan even heard the sound of Wang Yuchu swallowing his saliva.
Sure enough, only after strictly controlling the moisture content and degree of crushing of the raw materials can sugars and flavor substances be fully released during the fermentation process of the grains.
The aroma of the wine soon attracted many young men to come over. Their eyes lit up and they leaned over the door frame to look inside.
Wang Yuchu scolded them back.
Then he poured a bowl of wine.
As soon as the clear liquid flowed out of the jar, Wang Yuchu's eyes widened.
This wine... is actually crystal clear!!
After tasting it again, Chef Wang Yu almost cried.
In his entire life, he had never tasted wine that tasted so sweet and mellow!
Even the imperial wine in the palace is inferior to the bowl in front of him.
Wang Yuchu regretted his decision so much that his intestines turned green. If he were still in the palace, he would have presented this wine to His Majesty and the Empress.
Isn't it easy to get the position of the head chef of the imperial kitchen?!
With tears in his eyes, Wang Yuchu asked Zhu Lan what the wine was called.
How could such a fine wine not have a resounding name?
Zhu Lan looked serious——
"Just call it Jiangzhou Moutai!"
Wang Yuchu gave a thumbs up. This name sounds expensive!
After Zhu Lan picked up a few jars of Jiangzhou Moutai and left, Wang Yuchu immediately asked someone to write a letter to his friends in the palace.
"...Now that I want to return to the Imperial Palace to resume my previous duties, will there still be a chance for me to return to the Imperial Kitchen?"
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