"This is the oven!" Liu Chan pointed to the row of monsters and said, "It was just built two days ago."
"Oven?"
Zhuge Qiao asked inexplicably: "Your Majesty, what is this for?"
Speaking of the oven, just from the name, Zhuge Qiao thought it should be used for baking something.
It’s just this oven.
Why is it so strange?
The neat rows are made of adobe bricks, with a square hole every few steps.
Looking inside through the hollow, the space inside is not small, three meters high, two meters long, and one meter wide.
Zhuge Qiao counted the holes carefully and found that there were twelve holes in total. The reason why this room didn't look big was because of the row of ovens, and the remaining space was a passage about two or three meters wide.
There are some chopped wood stacked in the passage, and basically there is a pile in front of each cavity.
As he spoke, Zhang Shao suddenly asked Liu Chan: "Your Majesty, this oven has been completed. When will we start production?"
Zhang Shao can’t wait any longer.
A few months ago, Zhang Shao was envious when he learned that Zhuge Qiao was in charge of refining refined salt, because as soon as the refined salt was put on the market, it immediately aroused a strong response.
He is the emperor's brother-in-law, so naturally he wants to do something for the emperor.
Just when he envied Zhuge Qiao, Liu Chan gave him a task.
He used a small part of the song to conduct normal training in a dilapidated courtyard to confuse the audience. Then Zhang Shao took part of the song to dig a basement in a house.
In order not to attract attention.
They dug out excess soil and smuggled it out at night when others were sleeping.
I have been struggling for half a year.
Zhang Shao dug out this space located underground in the ruined courtyard, and built this row of ovens based on the drawings Liu Chan provided to him.
Everything is ready now.
Is it time to start production?
“We can’t produce it yet!”
Liu Chan waved his hand and said: "Once production starts here, the smoke emitted will soon be known throughout the city. If so, do I still need to let you dig this underground workshop?"
"It would be nice to just build a row of ovens outside, why bother?"
"Then——"
Zhang Shao was also a little confused. Liu Chan just said before that he should dig this underground space and build this row of ovens, but he didn't tell him what exactly it would be used for?
"It just so happens that Bo Song is here today," Liu Chan said with a smile, "I'll tell you, what do I want you to do?"
Both of them were a little excited when they heard this.
In the past six months, the emperor first improved the method of rice cultivation, and then developed a refined salt refinery.
Now, what will Your Majesty do?
Liu Chan said seriously: "If you can accomplish this for me, you will be the number one contributor to the revival of the Han Dynasty."
Both of them were stunned when they heard this.
The most important figure in reviving the Han Dynasty?
Shouldn't this be Prime Minister Zhuge Liang?
In this Han Dynasty, the person who shoulders the important task of reviving the Han Dynasty is Prime Minister Zhuge Liang. If he can succeed, he will be the first hero.
Liu Chan saw their confusion, but did not explain it. He just said: "From now on, you two must cooperate with each other."
"Zhang Shao is in charge of the interior, and Bo Song is in charge of the exterior."
Both of them looked confused, but they nodded in agreement.
"Zhang Shao," Liu Chan said, looked at Zhang Shao and ordered: "I will give you ten days to build eight more ovens for me, right here."
After Liu Chan finished speaking, he pointed to the top of his head: "Remember to connect the chimney here with the one above."
"No!"
Zhang Shao immediately agreed, and Liu Chan said to Zhuge Qiao: "Bosong, the task I give you is to find a way to get some food."
"Remember!" Liu Chan reminded: "No one should know about this, including the Prime Minister."
"No!"
Zhuge Qiao responded.
Liu Chan was so mysterious that both of them had a lot of doubts in their hearts, but they both knew the emperor in front of them.
At least for the past six months, he has liked this.
The purpose will not be told to you at the beginning, but when it is finally done, it will make people’s eyes shine.
The next few days.
Zhang Shao returned to the ground and led a group of men to build an oven in the basement.
When building ovens and laying chimneys, Liu Chan would draw drawings for them, and they only had to follow the drawings to construct.
Zhuge Qiao will be in more trouble.
Now the Han Dynasty was short of food, and Liu Chan wouldn't let him buy it openly. In desperation, he could only secretly send people to nearby counties to buy some food in batches.
Then they were sent to Zhang Shao's house in batches.
It took ten days.
Zhang Shao built eight more ovens, which were almost identical to the twelve underground ovens.
Zhuge Qiao was also very reliable. In ten days, he bought more than 20 stone rice noodles and piled them all in Zhang Shao's warehouse.
January 8, 226 AD.
Morning.
Inside the ruined courtyard.
There is a long table in the room, and next to it are a bag of rice noodles, a bag of flour, a basket of eggs, and some chopped dried fruits.
The rice noodles of this era were not as white as those of later generations, but Liu Chan was already very satisfied.
Kakaka.
After breaking a dozen eggs, Liu Chan handed them to a young man: "Stir hard and stir in one direction."
"No!"
The young man was very obedient. He took the egg basin and started stirring the eggs there.
Taking advantage of this interval, Liu Chan scooped out several bowls of flour and rice noodles. The ratio was three bowls of rice noodles and five bowls of flour.
Then mix in a bowl of dried fruits.
The onlookers looked at the emperor who looked serious, but they were speechless in their hearts.
It took me a long time.
Your Majesty, are you asking us to learn how to cook?
Zhang Shao and Zhuge Qiao also thought so. They were looking forward to it, thinking about what novel skills Liu Chan would teach them.
I didn’t expect it to be kneading noodles.
Isn’t this just making pasta?
Does this have something to do with the revival of the Han Dynasty?
Although these people didn't say anything, Liu Chan could feel their disappointment through their expressions.
But he didn't care.
After the young man had beaten the eggs, he poured all the egg liquid directly into the rice flour.
Then I made some boiled lard, and finally added some water.
Kneading noodles——
This is the most important step. When Liu Chan rolled up his sleeves, he started to meet him personally.
This surprised everyone.
Your Majesty can do this.
Mix the rice flour into a dough, then use a clean and smooth pole and a rope to tie it to the other end of the table, and then use the pole to press the dough continuously.
This is how Liu Chan made the dough when he was watching his grandma making twists when he was a child. Grandma said that after constantly pressing in this way, the dough will be stronger.
Of course——
Liu Chan doesn’t want to make twists.
After pressing the dough for a full quarter of an hour, Liu Chan stopped, then rolled the dough into a thin strip, and finally cut it into pieces the size of playing cards.
After everything was completed, Liu Chan shouted excitedly: "Fire!"
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This chapter has been completed!