"Alas! It's really abominable! Are you deliberately leaving us out?"
A great scholar said angrily.
"We waited here until noon, but His Highness the Crown Prince still didn't show up. This is obviously intentional!"
Another great scholar said coldly.
The great scholar present was like a monkey in a circus, being watched by the people, and the guards all standing around him were tired.
Lin Fan appeared with two pigs in his hands, and the scholars became more energetic. They stood up and said, "Students have met the teacher."
ah!
After the words of the great scholars fell, all the people present were stunned. These were great scholars from the Hanlin Academy! They actually called Lin Fan teacher!
What kind of trick is this?
Lin Fan waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down, then looked at the people present and said: "People, this is the pig I raise. It is twice the size of an ordinary pig!"
"The method of raising these pigs is to castrate the pigs. After castration, the pigs will become extremely lazy and will no longer bite each other."
"Moreover, because I like to eat it so much, the weight of this pig increases very quickly. Moreover, the pork does not have any fishy smell. It can be said to be a rare delicacy in the world."
"However, recently, some people spread rumors that pork is poisonous, so I called the great scholars from the Hanlin Academy to kill the pigs in public and make them into delicacies, which were eaten by the great scholars from the Hanlin Academy."
this……
"is this real?"
"I remember, didn't the rumor about poisonous pork come from the great Confucians of the Hanlin Academy?"
"There is something fishy about this matter. Could it be that a great scholar from the Hanlin Academy was threatened by His Highness the Crown Prince?
I think this is very possible!”
"Tsk tsk! The dignified prince actually used such means to harm a great scholar in the Hanlin Academy. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the world?"
The people present began to discuss.
When Lin Fan heard these common people's discussions, he was speechless. The policies implemented by the emperors and officials in ancient times were all policies that deluded the people.
Now it seems that this policy is very effective, and the people's minds are not normal...
"Your Highness, what should we do next?"
Several people came forward and asked Lin Fan what to do next.
Lin Fan said in a deep voice: "Kill the pig! Just kill the pig at the entrance of the vegetable market. Cut one pig into pieces and arrange every part of the meat. The other pig will be grilled on the fire."
"Yes! Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Several people said.
Then, the two pigs were slaughtered in front of all the people, and then one pig was stripped of its hair and grilled on the fire.
The other pig was divided into various parts, and the pork belly was used by Lin Fan to make braised pork. This dish was just eaten by Emperor Chongzhen yesterday.
As for the taste, Emperor Chongzhen was naturally very satisfied. These great scholars would definitely be shocked by the taste of braised pork after eating it.
The great scholars in the Hanlin Academy looked at Lin Fan cooking pork belly, with worried looks on their faces.
After all, they were the ones who spread the rumor that pork is poisonous, and they are actually skeptical about whether pork is poisonous.
"Look! When His Highness the Crown Prince cooked pork, he actually added medicinal herbs to it!"
"Eh! If you don't tell me, I really haven't noticed that there are indeed medicinal materials in it. Although star anise and fragrant leaves are the most common medicinal materials, they also have the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying!"
"I understand, this is used to remove the poison in pork, haha! Does the prince still want to deceive us with this method?"
"Hmph! When he cooks pork, he can put these medicinal materials. We don't have the money to put medicinal materials when we cook pork!"
The people all said coldly.
Lin Fan shook his head helplessly and explained: "Common people, these are not medicinal materials, but a kind of spice that is put in when cooking meat."
"When you cook at home in the future, you can also put some in it to enhance the color and aroma and make the food taste better!"
The use of star anise, bay leaves, and Sichuan peppercorns as spices for cooking began in the Qing Dynasty. However, it is the end of the Ming Dynasty, has no one invented this yet?
"Your Highness, is this thing really supposed to enhance the color and fragrance?"
A commoner was curious and came forward to ask.
"If you don't believe me, come here and have a smell."
Lin Fan said.
Then, he called the common man to come forward and smell the braised pork. When the common man smelled it, his eyes widened. It was so fragrant!
"Yeah! It smells good! It's so fragrant that my mouth is watering!"
The man said excitedly.
“Not only is it fragrant, but the taste is also extraordinary!”
Lin Fan said with a smile.
Seeing that the braised pork was almost cooked, he took out a piece from the pot and handed it to the man. The man hesitated for a moment, then put the piece of meat into his mouth.
As the piece of meat entered his mouth, the man's body couldn't help but tremble, and he shouted: "This! This is the most delicious meat I have ever eaten!"
"His Royal Highness, you are not lying. The star anise and fragrant leaves really enhance the color and aroma. The taste is very good, and the pork does not have any fishy smell!"
"I just said that His Highness the Crown Prince would never harm us common people. How could pork be poisonous? Isn't that a good thing for me?"
Hearing what this commoner said, the common people looked excitedly at the cauldron in front of Lin Fan, and the eminent scholars of the Hanlin Academy sitting beside him also became a little excited.
What is the taste of the food that can make that people so excited?
Lin Fan smiled and said: "Common people, if you have pigs at home, remember to castrate them when they are still young and breed them."
"Of course, we should also keep some breeding pigs. After all, pigs that have been castrated cannot give birth to piglets."
"Ha ha!"
The people all laughed after hearing this.
Lin Fan cooked a large pot full of braised pork, and after serving a small plate for each scholar, half of the pot was left, which Lin Fan distributed to the people around him.
When the common people smelled the delicious braised pork, they didn't care about anything else. They all devoured it hungrily. The great scholar from the Hanlin Academy didn't use his chopsticks at first, but when he saw that the common people were fine eating, they all started eating with their chopsticks.
Zhang Hanlin took a bite, his beard stood up, and he praised: "Good! This pork is hundreds of times more delicious than beef and mutton!"
Liu Hanlin also said: "It's so delicious! Someone said before that pork is poisonous, who said that?
It’s simply unreasonable!”
"Alas! What a pity! Academician Confucius is not here. If he were here, he would probably be able to praise this pork to the sky!"
The bachelors of the Hanlin Academy said one after another.
Because Academician Confucius did not make a bet with Lin Fan, he did not need to sit at the market entrance, but he also missed such delicious food.
After finishing the braised pork in front of them, the scholars were still unsatisfied. Some of them stared at Lin Fan and asked if he had any more braised pork. They wanted to continue eating.