The father and the kilnmakers were busy preparing for the worship of gods, while Zhang Chao was busy cooking.

There were many stoves in the steaming shed, so Zhang Chao directly asked Xiao Ba Xiao Shisan to come here with a big bone, washed several large pots, and filled them with clear water.

"Add more firewood and don't have wheat straw, as the firepower is too small, so you have to add chopped materials."

Zhang Chao directed the seventh and eighth girls, the nineth girls, and the three girls were burning fire. The three girls have been in Zhangjiagou for a while and are still apprentice workers at present, but they enjoy much better treatment than the apprentices who just recruited. They can get a daily salary of two liters of corn. However, they still have to start with the fire girl and learn to steam.

Large pieces of mixed trees are placed in the stove. The new stove is easy to burn without a bellows to help burn. Large pieces of firewood are already burning in the stove.

The big bones that have been cut are not even needed to be washed. In the words of the villagers, if the blood is washed away, it will not be so sweet. Anyway, they are all very clean. Zhang Chao originally planned to be a little bit water, but everyone was even more reluctant to let it go, thinking that it would be too wasteful.

Ask Qian Daya and Erya to bring the ginger, garlic and green onions that have been washed.

"Plack the ginger and do not cut it. Tear the garlic sprouts and onions directly."

Zhang Chao taught the two girls step by step. Zhang Chao couldn't train the two girls into a secret recipe, so he planned to train them into an excellent female chef.

If you want to eat various delicacies in the future, you can just talk and not use them. This is the comfortable life for landlords.

The seventh girl was burning the fire while looking at Qian Daya enviously. That girl was just a servant, she was so thin and not as good-looking as herself, but now she could follow Brother Sanlang for so long. Brother Sanlang also taught her cooking step by step, but she could only sit in front of the stove to burn the fire, which was smoky and burning. It felt bitter when she thought about it.

It’s all my fault that Ba Girl is this dead girl. If it weren’t for her bad things, she would have cooked the raw rice of Saburo that day, and now she might have become the landlord’s wife.

He sent a piece of pine wood into the stove and the seventh girl glared at her sister, Eighth girl. The eighth girl over there immediately rolled her eyes unwillingly.

A pot of water is boiled quickly on the new stove, especially now, which is full of large pieces of chopped materials. This kind of firewood is the most powerful and it burns very quickly.

The fire churned in the pot and the water vapor rose.

"When the water is boiling, put the ginger, garlic and green onion in it, and then put the big bones in it."

"Seven women, keep the fire."

Put the bones in, Zhang Chao covered the pot cover, leaving only a little gap.

The important thing about stewing soup is to boil it with high heat first, then change to low heat and simmer it.

After the pot boiled, Zhang Chao asked the seven girls to remove some firewood and keep it stewed on low heat. The longer the stewing time, the stronger the taste.

"Just cover the pot and simmer it on low heat for two hours. Remember not to lift the pot and don't worry about boiling the water dry. This big pot of water will not dry after simmering for two hours."

The most taboo thing for big bone soup is to always lift the lid of the pot, and it is even more important to add water in the middle, especially cold water.

Stew a pot of water for a few hours, it is enough. Don’t add salt first. After stewing, add salt. Only then can you stew a pot of big bone soup with milky white and rich flavor. Sprinkle some chopped green onion when you are out of the pot, which is perfect.

Zhang Chao added a small spoonful of vinegar to each pot before covering the lid, so that the phosphorus, calcium and other in the bones can dissolve in the soup and preserve the vitamins in the soup.

"You remember that it is best to boil the big bone soup in cold water so that the bones can fully cook. Also, don't add salt too early. If the salt is added early, the water in the meat will come out quickly, which will accelerate the solidification of protein, which will affect the umami flavor of the soup. You can add some onions, ginger, and wine in moderation, but don't add too much, otherwise it will affect the umami flavor of the soup itself."

"What is protein?" Erya asked.

"Uh, it's bone marrow." Zhang Chao explained casually.

"We have a lot of people, so we can wait halfway and put the radish into half before simmering, which can not only add portions but also improve freshness."

"By the way, every quarter of an hour or so, remember to skim the foam from the soup so that you can keep the milky white color of the soup."

“We can also add some wolfberry.”

There could have been some other spices, but these days, the spices are too expensive. Many of them are brought by Hu merchants. Many of them are even equivalent to gold, which is really unaffordable for ordinary people.

After giving the big bone soup to a few girls, Zhang Chao went to deal with other dishes again.

When slaughtering pigs, blood tofu and blood sausage are indispensable. These two dishes are definitely something you need.

Pig blood is paired with fresh tofu, red and white, and cooked with some ginger, red, white and green, delicious and beautiful. This is also called the first-hand dish of pig slaughter rice. Fried pork noodles, dried beans, roasted pork intestines, and then a repot meat, stewed pig skulls.

There is no need for too much dish, and most of them are worthless on pigs, so good meat must be kept.

The formal respect for the gods is tomorrow, and the flowing mat is also tomorrow. However, today we have to kill the pigs first and prepare the ingredients for all kinds of dishes first. It is winter now, so there is no need to worry that the pork will be broken if it is killed in advance.

Copper had already killed the second pig, and Qian Gui had already taken the third pig with his men.

When Qian Gui saw Zhang Chao, he ran over with a flattering look on his face and reported to Zhang Chao the weight of the newly collected two pigs.

"Well, butler, please bring two families to make money later."

With a whistleblower, Qian Gui's face turned into a chrysanthemum. He was originally a groom and a disciple, but now the Zhang family is so prosperous, so Zhang Chao promoted Qian Gui to a steward.

In fact, I was doing the past things, but my salary increased. Although Qiangui was a slave of the Zhang family, Zhang Chao still set a monthly fee for their family. Qiangui was a steward, and the monthly fee was 900 yuan. This is linked to the price of grain, but it is actually one stone of monthly grain, and the standard is one stone of corn.

Because now the rice has dropped to 150, and the corn has also dropped to 90, so a stone of millet is only 900, and the salary is 900. If it is reduced to 800, then his monthly salary will be only 800.

After being promoted to steward, Qian Gui's first thing he did was to ask for a change of his surname.

No longer have his surname Qian, he changed his surname to Zhang.

In fact, Qian is not his original surname. Qian is only the surname of his previous owner. As for what his original surname is, he himself is a little confused. Nowadays, many slaves have their own surnames, but not every slave can have their own surnames. If they can have their own surnames, it is equivalent to the emperor in the court giving the ministers a surname, which is very honorable.

Now Qian Gui has changed his name to Zhang Gui, and his son Qian Shuanzi has also changed his name to Zhang Shuan, so his two daughters naturally become Zhang Daya and Zhang Erya.

Zhang Gui felt that his life is very good now. Not only did he get the surname given to his master, but he also increased his monthly money. One stone of corn per month, and the monthly money of his wife, son and daughter is also two stones per month. The family has three stones per month. As long as they save a little, they can save it.

Zhang Gui hopes to save enough money in the future and redeem his son and daughter. If he removes this slave status, he will at least be able to get the status of a guest girl.

Zhang Gui felt that Zhang's father was really good at treating their family. The family lived in a cave. The owner even plated a kang for them. The food was very good every day, and three meals a day were something that he could not imagine before. The young man often gave their family one or two dishes.

Now that there are so many people in the Zhang family’s industry, the villagers are very polite to him. When the juniors meet, they have to call him Uncle Gui.

I feel like I am twenty years younger, and my waist is much straightened.

"By the way, the accountant will come from Chang'an soon. You will be responsible for arranging accommodation for him later. Just the old kiln beside you. You can help clean up and ask the village chief to arrange someone to set up a kang."

The account was asked by Qin Qiong, and Qin Qiong also asked for the character. At that time, the old friend of Wagang and now the general of the Central Army Chang He recommended a person to Qin Qiong, a scholar named Ma, a scholar, and a down-and-out scholar. Qin Qiong introduced him to Zhang Chao to make an account.

It was said that Cao Cao was here, but Qin Dan had arrived with his new account.

Qin Gan rode a horse, while Xinguan house rode a donkey.

The new accountant looks not very old, and is probably less than thirty years old, but considering that people generally look older these days, Zhang Chao probably is only in his early twenties.

She was wearing a long white cloth gown, a little thin, with a soft head on her head.

He is very tall and thin, at least 1.75 meters above 1.75 meters, with long beards and not much care. He looks like he is not down and out, but he looks a little unruly.

"Sanlang, let me introduce you. This is recommended by Mr. Qin. His surname is Ma. He is willing to come to your house to do the accounting."

The horse account got off the donkey and bowed to Zhang Chao.

"I have met Zhang Xiaolangjun." Zhang Chao's youth amazes him. Before coming, Qin Qiong had already told him about the situation of the Zhang family. He knew that the owner of the Zhang family was Qin Qiong's old brother. There was only one young man in the family, and he was still the heir of his successor. I heard that he was still a young monk who had just come down the mountain to return to secular life, but he was very capable, so Qin Qiong even accepted him as his adopted son.

Before I came, I heard that although the Zhang family was a teammate of the Cheqi Mansion, the family business was quite large. The family rented more than 500 acres of land and also operated a business such as meals.

Now that he arrived in Zhangjiagou and entered the village, he felt that the Zhang family's industry was indeed very prosperous. The village was not ordinary lively, with hundreds of people working, and these people were actually working for the Zhang family.

"Mr. Ma, you have also seen that your family has some industry, and you usually purchase materials and make a lot of payments. If you don't have a special account, I'm really worried. Now that you are here, it's really a solution to my big trouble."

Zhang Chao said to him with a smile.

"Uncle Ma, do you think this is OK? If you are willing to come to my place to do your accounting, you will be able to have three meals and boarding, and two stones of corn per month, and there will be some gifts for the New Year. Do you think?"

Accounting is a technical job, and the people who do accountants are scholars, not to mention that this was recommended by Qin Qiong and Chang He.

Zhang Chao also showed sincerity, and his salary was not low. Nowadays, an official of a ninth rank has only about fifty stones per year. Of course, officials have many other incomes, such as career fields, official eternal fields, and various subsidies. But Zhang Chao's salary for the Ma Accountant is indeed not low, at least the salary of the housekeeper Zhang only has one stone per month.

The accountant gave in and said, "There is two stones of corn per month. The young man is very generous. But please rest assured that Ma will definitely live up to the two stones of corn."

Looking at his confident look, Zhang Chao felt that he liked this new accountant very much.

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Chapter completed!