The best restaurant in this area of ​​the wharf is the "Wangjiang Tower" belonging to Yongcheng Commune. It not only has exquisite dishes, but also many female prostitutes singing songs downstairs at the door. To be precise, the restaurants of this era are entertainment venues, some of which are like the Karaoke in Du Zhongxiao's previous life.

In the small pavilion on the second floor, Du Zhongxiao and Han Jiang sat opposite each other, looking at the view on the Bian River outside the window.

A well-dressed servant ran over quickly and saluted, "What wine are the two officials drinking? What dishes are they using?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "A bottle of the best wine, and a few fresh fruits and vegetables should be fried over high heat. Also, a plate of mutton and steamed fish. By the way, if there are fresh green vegetables, tender lotus roots, make a few cold dishes."

The servant agreed and left quickly.

Du Zhongxiao said to Han Jiang: "Zihua, try the flavor here. Haven't we just seen soybean oil squeezed in the tofu shop? Let's see how the dishes fried with soybean oil are different from before."

Han Jiang smiled and said, "I am not greedy for my urge to be honest. I don't have to think about these things when I wake up."

Du Zhongxiao said nothing. This is not a question of the desire to taste, but a dietary revolution. This era was a critical period for the formation of Chinese food culture later. The most core of it was of course stir-frying. Fried dishes were not just a change in taste, but more importantly, the use of fat, and the intake of fat to replace staple food, making people's appetite smaller.

At this time, the planting structure in the north was still centered on millet, and there were not many wheat planting north of the Huaihe River. There were naturally many benefits of millet, such as storage resistant, easy to process, and good taste at the entrance, but it was far inferior to wheat. If flour could be promoted and the wheat planting area could be increased, it would not only eat well for the people, but also change the planting structure. If winter wheat was planted, you could plant another season of soybeans in two seasons a year. Although problems would arise in succession, as long as millet and sorghum were replaced, the problem could be solved.

With the promotion of wheat area, the soybean planting area can increase. The extra soybeans used to squeeze oil can greatly fill the shortcomings of staple food. After all, the same land area can support more people.

Du Zhongxiao promotes oil pressing and uses oil to stir-fry vegetables. The purpose is not to have a better taste, but to improve the planting structure.

It didn't take long for the servant to bring some cold dishes. A plate of mixed lotus root, a plate of black fungus, a plate of spinach, and a plate of fish sashimi. Han Jiang looked at Xinqi and asked Du Zhongxiao: "This shop is weird, it doesn't have fruit, but it comes with a few plates of time vegetables."

Du Zhongxiao said: "This is the different place in this restaurant. It tastes refreshing and is just right to drink wine. Zihua, our daily soft rice and fat meat are actually not good for our health. Eating more dishes is good for our body. If you try it, these side dishes taste very delicious."

Han Jiang ate a slice of lotus root, which was crispy and sweet, and it was really good. But he was not used to eating it like this. After tasting two slices, he put down his chopsticks.

The custom of eating now is big fish and meat, with soup cakes, etc. Du Zhongxiao said in his previous life that he cooked large pieces of meat, and found places with a lot of fat meat, and cooked them with various noodles and noodles. Even if he drank, it was mostly like this. From the perspective of that era, eating this way was certainly not healthy, and there were too few vegetables.

This restaurant is a menu that Du Zhongxiao changed according to his own taste, and it already has the style of later generations. As a magistrate, Du Zhongxiao certainly had to arrange the food according to his taste, otherwise the official would be too boring. The magistrate likes to eat like this, and Yongcheng County has also learned to eat like this, which quickly became a trend. The dishes here have quickly become local flavors. Many merchants on the Bian River have to come here to eat them once. This is a high-end restaurant, and they only need expensive words, and these dishes taste better than the original ones.

Han Jiang was not interested in the appetite, but unfortunately he was not used to it and was not interested in it. If Du Zhongxiao had two officials of this status in his previous life, it would be a bad experience for him to come up. But in this era, the emperor was also a big meat and big fish for dinner, and what he wanted was this vulgarity.

Just when Du Zhongxiao felt sorry for Han Jiang's disinterest in his new dishes, a young lady in her 20s held the pipa, followed the old man, and went to the pavilion. Without talking, she sat down at the door and started singing.

This is the atmosphere at this time, just like when I came to Karaoke in my previous life, there will always be people coming to serve you. These people make a living by making a living. Many times they buy and sell for forcibly, and you have no choice but to refuse.

Du Zhongxiao wanted to talk to Han Jiang, took a few copper coins and handed them over to two people, and asked them to sing songs elsewhere.

The two of them took the money, gave a greeting, and went to other pavilions calmly. They had been here, and no one would come again afterwards.

Seeing the little lady singing the song leaving, Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but think of Lu Saisei. The woman was raised by Chen Qin these days and became restless again. She asked Qu Wuniang several times to manage the restaurant again, but Du Zhongxiao did not agree. The woman was really bad in character, so she didn't know what happened to her when she got here. Chen Qin worked hard and had a lot of livestock breeding in the pastures. Try to be as at ease.

As the song left, the servant shouted loudly and brought up a few hot dishes one by one. A plate of fried beans with meat and a plate of steamed mandarin fish.

Han Jiang tasted the meat fried beans, which were crispy and delicious. The unique flavor of this stir-fry was something he had never eaten before. He put down his chopsticks and said in his mouth: "This is good, this is good! It is fragrant and crispy, but it is never eaten before."

Du Zhongxiao persuaded each other repeatedly, and the two drank a few glasses of wine.

After a few rounds of drinking, the topic turned to political affairs. Du Zhongxiao said: "Zihua, the steam engine is small now, and it seems that it can be installed on the boat. When you go back, I will give you a complete set of drawings and you will find someone to try it out. My skilled craftsmen can also take two of them back."

Han Jiang nodded: "I heard that this machine was all made by Tao Shiqi. If there was this person--"

Du Zhongxiao shook his hand repeatedly: "Others can take it to Chenzhou, but Tao Shiqi cannot. I still have the use of this person."

Han Jiang shook his head and no longer insisted. As long as there are drawings and guidance from the side, the machine can always be built. What he is worried about now is to find a craftsman who makes boats. Chenzhou can only make small boats in the river, and it is absolutely impossible to build cars and ships.

The two of them communicated the most about this matter. After talking for a few words, they skipped it.

Han Jiang said: "I am looking for master craftsmen in Chenzhou when making steam engines, but the iron-making craftsmen will ask me to take a few of them back when they are late. In the future, if you want to make machines, you will definitely use a lot of good iron. Where can you buy it? Only by making iron in this state can things be done."
Chapter completed!