Recently, Bai Tu finally pointed out the "gathering pig" - it's a bit unprofessional, mainly because the technologies related to the "proper industry" are a bit laborious and waste money. Although the rewards are huge, before the drought can be overcome, Bai Tu just wants to make soy sauce.
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Speaking of soy sauce, "jiang" has already appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty, but it was fermented from meat and was something only nobles could enjoy. The technology of fermenting soybeans was already available in the Han Dynasty, so it can also be seen among the people, called "doujiang"
"Qing", similar to soy sauce.
It’s just this smell…
There are all kinds of strange things, and the various recipes of "Doujiang Qing" are still kept secret. In order to test the pork, Bai Tu specially asked the Lu family, Zhang family, and Yu family for some cooks with ancestral skills. The taste of those sauces
...very complicated!
Especially the chefs of the Lu family, whose technique is said to have been passed down from the pre-Qin Dynasty - fermenting beef puree and then adding beef blood... has simply changed Bai Tu's view of soy sauce.
And where there is soy sauce, there is naturally "braised pork", but it's not called this name now.
In the "Qi Min Yao Shu" in the early Southern and Northern Dynasties, the method of braised pork is clearly recorded, which is as heroic as the current farming technology. A pig is cut into four large pieces and boiled in a pot. After the blood is boiled, it is taken out and cut into small pieces.
Change the water and cook again - cycle several times, finally add the sauce, cook until it turns amber, and it's done.
Before the technology of grooming pigs existed, this should be regarded as the kind of meat that ordinary people could eat during good times and big days.
Let alone a wealthy family, even the children of poor families would not eat it openly. No matter whether it was an official reward or a prominent family that was gaining reputation, they would not use pork as a gift - shabby.
Bai Tu made a special trip to visit Gan Ning. When no outsiders were around, Gan Ning didn't hide his temper at all... In fact, when outsiders were around, he only slightly hid it.
For example, no matter how big the meeting was, Gan Ning dared to walk barefoot into the central hall of the Prefecture Mufu. According to the etiquette at this time, it is necessary to take off your shoes when entering the house, but can't you wear socks once?
Moreover, he never picked up the tinkling bells on his body. As the high ritual wine of the Ministry of Etiquette, Hua Xin had criticized him before the meeting in the Prefecture Mufu. As a result, Gan Ning raised his buttocks and did it with his fingers on the cushion.
He made a gesture of cutting off the mat, and winked and said: "Don't Mr. Hua just like to watch the excitement? Ning's bell is not lively enough?"
Hua Xin was so angry that he almost ran away...
At this time, Bai Tu saw Gan Ning looking at him unhappily and showing no intention of greeting his "lord". Bai Tu enlightened him and said, "Xing Ba, be happy. We will come to the Prefectural Mufu to eat meat in the evening!"
When Gan Ning heard this, he became even more angry: "I tell you! Even if I, Gan Ning, starve to death, die in Jinling, jump from the city tower, I will not eat cheap meat!"
Regarding Bai Tu's plan to treat everyone to a pork feast on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Gan Ning was not the only one who secretly felt uncomfortable, but not only Yu Fan, Zhang Zhao, and even the old man Lu Kang could understand this as
"Mr. Bai wants to put on a show and enjoy the people together."
On this basis, they can overcome their discomfort, put on a show to gain reputation, and get over it with gritted teeth!
However, Gan Ning was different. Although he also came from a noble family, but... Gan Ning's emotional state gave the old men of the Gan family in Shu County headaches and scratches their hearts. In addition, for Gan Ning, life is a matter of life.
The meaning is, just to show off, to pretend to be "beep" and let him eat "cheap meat", he really would rather die than surrender!
"Let's not talk about pork for now, let's talk about business." Bai Tu felt that pork was business, but it had nothing to do with Gan Ning. He could just be responsible for eating it. What he wanted to talk to him now required him to do it.
things.
When Gan Ning heard that something serious was going on, his attitude became a little better...
"I'm not going to hand over the Shu Brocade craftsmanship to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so I'll give it to you as a family business," Bai Tu said.
This Shu brocade craft is the "reward" Gan Ning needs, but the reward Bai Tu originally promised him was Gan Ning's latest Shu brocade craft to enjoy forever. The first batch of Shu brocade produced by any new Shu brocade craft must be Gan Ning's.
Ning's.
Bai Tu also considered at the beginning that the government-run "Jiangdong Brocade" would be used to raise funds. Although the craftsmanship was handed over to Gan Ning, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Gan Ning were required to cooperate to build an industrial chain in Kuaiji and southern Wu County.
But later I discovered that there were too many things that I could raise funds for...
Therefore, as the "veteran" who initially followed him, Bai Tu decided to gradually hand over this skill that could be passed down to his family to Gan Ning as the foundation for Gan's future career.
When Gan Ning heard this, he looked at Bai Tu in surprise. Gan Ning knew very well how much profit this concession gave him - Gan Ning might have been slower in calculating others, but his family was involved in the Shu Brocade business in Shu County.
, and it’s the kind that’s embarrassing!
The craftsmanship that Bai Tu gave him was from the Tang Dynasty. This was done to allow the craftsmen to gradually grow, otherwise the span would be too great and it would be easy to go astray.
The prosperous and graceful Tang Dynasty was the next major development of luxury goods such as Shu brocade...
"It's not completely free of charge. This is the new commercial tax standard formulated by the state and animal husbandry government. It may be revised in the future, but the general framework is definitely like this... In addition, I am giving this craft to you, not to you Gan family. If Gan family
If you want to settle in Jiangdong, I am very welcome, but this business cannot enter Shu earlier than me." Bai Tu said.
In other words, this craft Baitu gave to Gan Ning, and there may even be upgraded crafts in the future, but the tax must be produced in Jiangdong - or in other words, it must be produced within Baitu's territory.
Shu County is a silk producing area, and so is Jiangdong!
It's just that the silk weaving industry in Jiangdong developed on a large scale after the Eastern Jin Dynasty moved its capital to Jiankang, which is now Jinling.
However, in terms of climate, Jiangdong also had the foundation for the development of the silk weaving industry. In later generations, Jiangdong's textile industry was its strong point, and most of the silk quilts were produced here.
At the same time, after the new commercial tax comes out, there will inevitably be a running-in period, and Gan Ning will have to charge on another battlefield and stand clearly on the side of the Prefectural Mufu!
This decision is the result of Bai Tu's careful consideration...
Bai Tu has too many things that can make money, and it is unrealistic to keep everything in his own hands. It is better to transfer the non-core part to people he trusts, even to aristocratic families.
Not only can you collect taxes and even buy shares, but it can also act as a "glue".
For example, the Lu family, the Yu family, the Zhang family... Bai Tu is also observing which technology they are suitable for.
Of course, there is a difference between "trust" and "trust".
Not to mention Shu brocade, shipbuilding technology basically refers to the level of the middle and late period of Soochow. Regardless of the current year, it is not very high, but you must know that during the Soochow period, Jiangdong's ships and navigation technology were developing rapidly.
As for more advanced shipbuilding techniques, although Baitu is not without them, firstly, shipwrights must consider that shipwrights cannot adapt to a large technological span. Secondly, seagoing ships with truly modern craftsmanship also require more supporting technologies. This
It cannot be gathered together in a short period of time.
The skills of the middle and late Eastern Wu Dynasty alone were enough to support Bai Tu to find Yizhou and travel north to Liaodong by sea.
It was also out of trust that he was able to hand over the construction of ships to Gan Ning.
After Gan Ning heard that Bai Tu had given him the Shu brocade craft as the foundation of his career, his face immediately brightened, and he finally said: "Tonight... I will eat pig with you!"