Marquis Weiyuan is nearly forty years old, but due to his superb martial arts skills and good maintenance, he looks only in his early thirties. He was thin, with a noble temperament, and exuded the elegance of a scholar, without any of the vulgarity of a military general.
However, when he raised his eyebrows and his eyes turned cold, an aura that no one dared to disobey poured out involuntarily, making people's scalps numb. Qin Erniang was so frightened that she was shaking all over. She quickly pulled Lin Dan's sleeve and whispered, "Young boss, you must not argue with him. He is the Marquis of Weiyuan and has killed many people!"
Lin Dan naturally knew that this person was Weiyuan Hou, but he just raised his chin slightly and looked at the other person, with the faint smile on the corner of his mouth unchanged.
Tang Jiu stepped forward, standing between the two men, and bowed to Weiyuan Hou, saying, "My Lord, there is indeed no Thousand Days Wine in the store."
"Prince Tang, you're back from the north?" Marquis Weiyuan glanced at him casually, his gentle voice concealing a hint of toughness, "Hu Feng told me that the wine was brewed by herself. If she doesn't have it, I can wait. But if she has it, she won't sell it. What's the logic behind this?"
"Master Tang?" Lin Dan ignored Marquis Weiyuan's questioning and walked forward to look at Tang Jiu carefully, with a look of realization on her face: "Are you the young marquis?" His surname is Tang, and he is the ninth child in the family. She should have thought that this person was Tang Cheng, the young master of Marquis Yongding's mansion. I don't know what he has been through over the years. He has grown from a beautiful young man as pretty as a spring flower into a burly man now. His facial features are still handsome, but with a very strong masculine air. A scar between his eyebrows makes him look even more brutal. The tight-fitting clothes can't cover his strong muscles at all. He is completely different from the handsome young man back then.
Not to mention the emotionally indifferent Lin Dan, even if the original owner, who loved the young marquis deeply, came, she probably wouldn't recognize him.
Tang Jiu's body froze, and he quickly explained: "Lin Dan, listen to me, I had been planning to tell you a long time ago..."
Before he could finish his words, Lin Dan smiled first. It was not a fake smile of pretending to be generous, nor was it a bitter smile of being deceived, but a genuine joy of seeing an old friend: "Young Marquis, I haven't seen you for many years. I hope you are well. How is the old Marquis?"
Tang Jiu suddenly fell silent and said in a low voice, "Okay, we are all fine." Lin Dan was not angry. He should have been relieved, but why was he filled with disappointment?
"I am not here to listen to your reminiscing about the past. Shopkeeper Lin, are you going to sell this Thousand Days Wine or not?" The gentle voice of Marquis Weiyuan was completely replaced by coldness. Several of his guards put their hands on the hilts of their swords, as if they would explode in the next moment.
A group of people blocked the door. The diners in the restaurant wanted to run away but didn't dare to, and wanted to stay but didn't dare to. They were all scared out of their wits.
Lin Dan, however, was still calm and composed. He bowed and said, "Don't be upset, Lord Marquis. Have you ever heard of Pengya?"
"The Shi Zi said: Chixianzhou is the ruins of Kunlun. Its brine floats and becomes tumbleweed, on top of which grows red grass. If you eat one of its seeds, you will be drunk for three years." Weiyuan Hou looked a little surprised. He originally thought it was just a legend.
"Thousand-day wine can make people drunk once and drunk for three years. What kind of wine is brewed with such a strong aftertaste? I followed this clue and finally found the pampas grass, and restored the wine recipe from hundreds of years ago. But did you know that the pampas grass floats once a year and bears hundreds of fruits at a time, and it takes thousands of fruits to brew a jar of wine. It took me three years to get a jar, but it has been ruined by bandits. Where can I brew another jar for you? What I just said is only one of the reasons. There is another one. You came back to Beijing to recuperate this time, but do you know what disease you have? I see that your face is red, your lips are white, your eyes are red, and you are easily irritable and angry. This should be a sign of liver damage. Wine is a poison that penetrates the intestines. It is the only thing with a hot nature, which is particularly harmful to the liver. If I sell you another jar of such strong wine, who will be responsible if your condition worsens?"
Lin Dan said slowly: "For the sake of the Marquis' health, I cannot sell this jar of wine. I hope you will forgive me."
Hey! After all, it turns out that I'm the one to blame? Marquis Weiyuan turned the ring on his hand, and his cold and hard expression relaxed a little. The head guard who came with him hurried forward and whispered, "My Lord, the imperial physician has repeatedly told you not to drink excessively. Please listen to him. This Thousand Days Wine is too harmful to the body. Can we not buy it?"
The guards who had been so aggressive before, as if they were going to smash the store if they disagreed with something, now all looked more relaxed. It’s right that they don’t sell this wine. They want to wait for the Marquis to recover and follow him back to the southeast base as soon as possible.
"You don't have to buy the wine," Weiyuan Hou knew that his subordinate was doing this for his own good, but he was not very happy after all. He sneered and said, "I will have a meal here. I just heard from your waiter that you can cook any dish and satisfy the customers. Well, I will order a table of dishes cooked with wine. Can you do it? If you don't cook well and don't satisfy me, I will destroy this restaurant."
At this point, the seemingly suave Marquis Weiyuan finally revealed some of the ruggedness and domineering nature unique to military generals.
Isn’t it just up to you to decide whether you are satisfied or not? Tang Jiu frowned and was about to stand up and argue. Others were afraid of Marquis Weiyuan, but he was not.
Lin Dan held him back and nodded, "Of course I will."
"You little girl are so ignorant but so arrogant. You agreed so easily. You didn't even listen to my request." Weiyuan Hou continued, "Don't think that pouring a cup or a half of cooking wine and letting the ingredients smell like wine can be considered a dish made with wine. What I mean is, use the wine itself to make a dish, and eat it in one bite, and it will be full of wine, but it won't hurt your liver. Can you do it?"
As soon as this request was made, all the diners were in an uproar. In cooking, wine can only be used as a seasoning. I have never heard of it being used in cooking. That's wine, which is equivalent to a handful of water. If you put it in the pot, at most you can scald it and then put it into the pot. I have never heard of any chef being able to make it into a dish. Without mentioning anything else, just think about how you mix the tastes of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty into drinks so that they are tasty, filling the stomach and satisfying the appetite. This is the biggest problem.
Marquis Weiyuan is clearly here to cause trouble!
Tang Jiu glared at him and said word by word, "My Lord, you are forcing me. If you are so bored, why don't you go home and take some Chinese medicine to recuperate?"
"You little bastard, when will it be your turn to take care of my affairs?" Marquis Weiyuan sneered.
Lin Dan tied her headscarf leisurely and said slowly: "Use wine to cook? Sure, please wait a moment, my lord." As soon as she finished speaking, the nervous Xiao Zhu took out a jar that she treasured.
Seeing the jar sealed with mud, Marquis Weiyuan smiled triumphantly: "You said there was no wine, but now it's out? Let me tell you, if the wine you gave me is not as good as the Thousand Days Wine, I will still smash your store and it will be useless to beg for mercy." He thought that Lin Dan would never cook with wine, so he gave in first.
However, Lin Dan just smiled faintly, broke the mud seal on the jar, and carefully scooped out something with a colander. Everyone looked closely and was shocked. I saw that this thing was half an arm long, long and oblong, and the whole body was crystal green, like jade. It bounced when placed on the chopping board, and was very soft and tender, and like some kind of food. Not only did it look good, but it also had a very strong aroma. As soon as it appeared, it covered up the taste of the wonderful marinade, which was very overbearing.
Even Weiyuan Hou, who had drunk countless wines, couldn't tell the origin of this thing for a moment, and couldn't help but ask, "What is this?" He swallowed secretly and sniffed. Fragrant, this stuff is really damn fragrant, not much worse than Thousand Days Wine.
"I learned how to make this wine in Yanglin County. It is fermented with dozens of medicinal herbs such as Codonopsis pilosula, jujube, tangerine peel, cloves, etc. The wine is rich and mellow, and has health-promoting effects. Even if it is dry vinegar without water, you won't get drunk even if you drink hundreds of jars. It is the opposite of the Thousand Days Wine. This wine is called Yanglin Fei. Why is the word "Fat" added? It's because there is another ingredient in the wine, and that is fat meat."
I've never heard of using fat to make wine! Everyone present couldn't help but be shocked, but when they saw the emerald green object on the chopping board, they had to believe it.
Weiyuan Hou's eyes widened, and his dissatisfaction was completely replaced by curiosity. He loved wine, so naturally he also loved listening to stories about winemaking. Lin Dan seemed to know a lot about all kinds of strange and wonderful wines, which made him even more interested. He suddenly realized that he had misjudged this little girl. She was not arrogant because of her lack of experience. She had seen too much and knew what was going on.
Lin Dan cut the crystal clear, emerald green meat into thin slices and said slowly: "This jar of wine has just been sealed for three months and is not yet brewed, but the meat has already absorbed the wine and become crystal clear, like ice jade. Don't be surprised, there is actually a similar winemaking method in the Baiyue region called Yubing Shao, which is named after this."
She put the chopped meat into a bowl, poured two spoonfuls of the fragrant marinade on it, and marinated it with her hands. Then she took out the unfermented glutinous rice that had been soaked for a day, beat it into glutinous rice crumbs, mixed it with light soy sauce, pepper powder, five-spice powder and other seasonings, and set it aside.
Everything was ready. She poured the marinated pork slices into the chopped glutinous rice and mixed them evenly. She then put the mixture into the steamer and steamed it for 35 minutes. When she was done, she served it on a plate and finally sprinkled a little minced ginger and chopped green onions on it. The dish was ready. She then asked Xiaozhu to take out her kimchi jar, picked out some bean sprouts from it, scattered them one by one on a small plate, and garnished them with a drop of sesame oil.
"My Lord, please enjoy your meal." Lin Dan gently placed the dish on the table. Two muffled thuds were heard, and Weiyuan Hou finally came back to his senses. He stared at her intently with surprise in his eyes.
Lin Dan explained softly, "This dish is called steamed pork with rice wine and rice flour. Although it is made with wine, it does not harm the liver. Instead, it nourishes the spleen and lungs, strengthens the heart muscle, and is very healthy. This dish is called Liao Zao mung bean sprouts, which nourish the liver and calm the mind, clear the gallbladder and unclog the meridians, and can detoxify alcohol. You can try it first. If it does not meet your requirements, you can destroy this store, and I will have no objection."
Weiyuan Hou, who had no appetite for a long time due to liver damage, picked up the chopsticks unconsciously.
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