Chapter 156: Small things, big craftsmanship

The boss of the ship has his own rules for traveling, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes stopping. There are many tricks in it, and Su You is still in the learning stage with an open mind.

For example, after noon today, the boat boss stopped the boat and allowed everyone to move around freely. He said that he would set off before dawn tomorrow, and crossed the unfriendly Shama Department in one go and arrived at the Beeswadden in Kebu.

The boat was leaning against a stream. The green gauze tent was pulled up. Atunmi and Su You were sitting on the white rattan lounge chairs. In front of them was a bamboo silk rod frame with two golden bamboo fishing rods placed on it.

Under the fishing rod is a kite-wheel-like reel, which is in the shape of a trigram. The latest jackknife-grade ball bearings are used on the central axis, which represents the highest level of metal processing technology of Shijia Ironworks.

The fishing line is made of pure mulberry silk, three threads are woven together to form a thin thread, and then the three thin threads are woven into a thick thread with a larger diameter, which is gradually thickened. It also uses a wet process, that is, water glass is added during winding.

solution, the weaving is tighter, representing the highest silk thread processing level of Sujia printing and dyeing workshop.

There is a set of magnetic rings on the fishing rod, from large to small, embedded in the wire claws, used to pass the line.

Although the cavity inside the magnetic ring is extremely small and can only pass through the wire, it is glazed inside, so the inner wall is extremely smooth and will not damage the wire. This is the superb glazing technology of Shijia Porcelain Workshop.

The handle is inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and the paint color is very bright. Needless to say, this is the latest mineral paint technology developed by the Cheng family.

A small fishing rod represents the highest level of craftsmanship in the Song Dynasty.

There is a cotton knot on the silk thread. After absorbing water, the silk thread is held tightly. You can slide on the silk thread to adjust the fishing depth.

The cotton knot is used to block the small copper ring at the bottom of the Nandi float. After the float is blocked, the float body is submerged under the water, holding the bait and falling, and only a short length of the float tail is exposed on the water surface.

There are small red and green meshes on the tail of the float, separated by thin black paint lines in the middle. A small float takes nearly a month to make.

The fishhook is made of thin iron wire that is finely ground, bent, and then carburized. It has extremely high strength, an extremely thin hook body, and some elasticity. It is no different from the advanced handmade hooks of later generations.

Su You's fishhook has no barbs. To him, the current waters are simply fish warehouses. Besides, with the skills he brought in later generations, it would be a joke to catch fish.

There is also a delicate little clip on the top of the pole, which is connected to a thin spring. There is also a small bell on the top of the spring. When the pole shakes a little, the little bell will jingle.

Next to the lounge chair is a small table with a black iron stove on which pine cone charcoal and bamboo charcoal are burned.

An exquisite white copper pot is placed on top.

There is a coffee table beside the two of them, a small vase with a few wild flowers on it, and a set of crystal-like glass tea bowls on both sides. Su You's side is a plain tea, and A'tunmi's side is a three-cup tea set.

There is also a fruit box, which contains melon seeds, dried meat, dried fruits, and sweets.

Ten meters away from the two of them, there were three warriors from the Erlin tribe, holding their hands on the hilts of their swords, motionless.

There is actually a small team in the surrounding mountains and forests, but they can't be seen.

Su You squinted his eyes and seemed to be sleeping. Although Atunmi was still a beautiful girl in Song Dynasty clothes, she had one leg crossed under her buttocks, unable to sit upright, and hit Su You with pumpkin seeds.

Su You was so disturbed that he had to sit up and asked, "Sister, what are you going to do again?"

Atunmi raised his hand again. Seeing Su You sitting up, he put the melon seeds in his mouth and bit open the shell: "I want to eat grilled fish!"

Su You lay back down again: "I'll bake it for you when I'm tied up later."

Atunmi refuses: "The food that is tied up and roasted is not as delicious as yours!"

Su You rolled his eyes: "They don't all have the same seasoning. Besides, today's fish is so big that it won't taste good when grilled."

Atunmi hit Suyou again with melon seed shells: "Then you catch a few small ones."

Su You had no choice but to stand up again: "Sister, you didn't catch the small ones yesterday, you had to catch the big ones. Today I changed the hook to the big one, and you have to catch the small ones again. My fishing rig is very fine, and the sub-line is changed to

It would be very troublesome to change it!”

Su You's fishing rig is also divided into a main line and a sub-line. The sub-line is one size smaller than the main line. In this way, even if a big fish is encountered, at most the sub-line will be broken and only one hook will be lost, while the rest of the fishing group can be preserved.

Atunmi said: "No matter what, we have to eat grilled fish!"

The two siblings were making a fuss when the float clicked twice and then disappeared. Then the pole moved slightly and the bell also rang.

Su You quickly stood up and closed his pole. After a few turns, he saw a red-mouthed carp weighing more than two kilograms in front of him.

Su You said to Atunmi: "This one is the smallest, so we can only bake it."

Atunmi clapped his hands: "Great!"

A warrior took the fish, took out a knife from his waist, and prepared to cut open the fish.

Su You saw the knife and called to the warrior: "Show me the knife."

Atunmi waved his hand: "Go and cut open the fish quickly. I have the knife here. Look at it."

After saying that, he took out a small silver sheath knife from his arms.

Su You took out the knife. The knife was thin, thin and pointed. What was even more strange was that the blade was recessed. It was the opposite of a commonly used knife blade and looked more like a small sickle with a straight handle.

Su You turned over and looked at it and found out that it was novel. There was a tiger-claw knife in later generations that also had the reverse shape, but the blade was very broad and thick, which was very different from this one.

Atunmi smiled and said: "This is a fish knife. It is very useful for killing fish, shaving meat from bones, repairing nails, and trimming beards."

"The most common uses are to trim horses' hooves, rescue horses, and cut reins and cargo ropes in emergencies. It is quick and convenient."

Su Youfan looked at the unique-shaped knife: "You really pay attention to everything and learn a lot. During this trip, I learned a lot about ships, bows and crossbows, marching, sentries, and orders!"

Atunmi smiled at him with sideways eyes: "Don't blame me for not reminding you. Those old masters in your academy value articles. If you run away for so long this time and don't bring some poetry back, be careful!"

The bell rang again, and Su You ran over to collect the one from Atunmi: "It's hard to rest for a long time, sister, you know how to spoil my fun!"

The taste of grilled fish is very rich because of the large number of spices used in it: bay leaves, cinnamon, galangal, fennel, cardamom, cloves, lingcao, lemongrass, perilla...

Oils include lard, butter, camellia oil, soybean oil, and spicy rice oil.

In addition, bean paste, Yongchun dew, chicken mince, snow salt, pepper, green onions, garlic, ginger...

Although it is called grilled fish, it actually involves three processes: frying the fish, stir-frying, and stewing. It has nothing to do with grilling.

Later, Wanzhou grilled fish was a famous dish that became famous all over the country.

The samurai from the Erlin Department cleaned the fish and brought it back. Su You asked him to use a fish knife to make a cross knife on the back of the fish and a straight knife on the inside of the fish, and then smeared the carp with rice wine mixed with garlic juice.

In order to make grilled fish two days ago, Atunmi and Su You had completely destroyed a square copper ear basin worth three guan. In line with the principle of recycling waste, Su You decided to barbecue frequently along the way.

After the fish flavor is enough, let the Erlin warriors carry the fish head and pour oil on it, fry both sides until it is hard, and then put it on the bottom of the basin to fry.

Fry the fish and put it aside, then stir-fry the ingredients.

Scoop out the excess fried fish oil, add lard and butter and cook again until it is about 70% cooked. Pour in various spices and stir-fry until fragrant. Then add bean paste and spicy rice oil sauce and stir-fry. The sauce on the pot noodles will be cooked quickly.

The oil is bright red in color and has a pleasant aroma.

Pour five qian Yongchun Dew into it to take away the fishy smell of the oil and the medicinal smell of the spices. Finally, add an appropriate amount of chicken mince and salt.

The valley is slowly filled with an appetizing aroma.

Take another pot and fry the side dishes. Add the fried spicy ingredients to the bottom of the pot, then add an appropriate amount of soybean oil, green onions, garlic slices, and ginger slices.

Place the side dishes in order according to the degree of ripeness of the ingredients. After they are all cooked, add salt, chicken mince, pepper, white sesame seeds, crispy peanuts, crispy soybeans, chopped green onions, and coriander.

Place the fried fish on the bottom of the square copper ear basin, arrange the fried fish, pour the fried side dishes on the grilled fish, and the dish is complete.
Chapter completed!