The autumn air is crisp and the blue sky seems to have been washed. It is so clean and thorough that it makes people feel particularly comfortable.
The fields outside Chaoge City are golden, and the heavy rice has already bent over. It's harvest season again.
Although due to the continuous war in recent years, the government's various taxes on the people have increased by several percent, and there have been many complaints from the people, this kind of annoying thing obviously does not affect Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan is now in an extremely happy mood.
Looking at Jiang Ziya who was busy in front of him and had cut his hand for the third time while chopping vegetables, Qi Yuan couldn't help but laugh out of the evil in his heart.
Jiang Ziya's face turned red and he wrapped his hand in a piece of white cloth.
He still carries some elixirs with him, which he got from his fellow disciples when he was studying Taoism in Kunlun Mountain. Not to mention this small wound, even if he cuts a hole one or two feet long on his body, one elixir will be enough.
Can recover quickly.
However, it would be too wasteful to use such a precious elixir on such a small wound accidentally cut by a kitchen knife. He didn't have many elixirs on his body, so he couldn't bear to use them indiscriminately.
Jiang Ziya couldn't help but feel a little discouraged and said dejectedly: "Sir, this is a joke. I can't even do such a small thing. I'm really ashamed."
Qi Yuan shook his head and comforted: "There are no people in this world who are born with various skills. Although cooking is a minor skill, it requires hard work to achieve success. You have just started studying for less than three days, and you are already here
Denying yourself in your heart is a bad mentality. If when you encounter difficulties, you not only don't want to overcome them, but also have a mentality of giving up without any perseverance, then what else can you accomplish in the future?"
"Looking at the sages of the past dynasties, which one did not achieve anything through innumerable hardships? Dayu controlled the floods and failed to enter his house three times. Cangjie went through a lot of hardships in creating characters. We should not only look at the achievements of the sages, but also
Think about the hard work they put in when they did these things, and how many hardships they went through before they made such great contributions to our human race. Although we dare not compare with the sages, we must learn from them the principles of life and work.
OK."
"Even ordinary people are busy in the fields every day, and they may not have a few free days throughout the year. Even if they are free, they will still go hunting in the mountains and fish in the water. If they were like you,
If we give up easily when encountering difficulties, then where is the place for my human race to survive in this vast wilderness!"
"No matter what we do, we must work hard to do it well and do it well, so that we can be worthy of our experience in this world. Everything requires us to put in hard work and sweat in order to get better results."
Qi Yuan put one hand behind his back and gave Jiang Ziya a lecture with an attitude of hating iron.
It was rare for Jiang Ziya to come to the door by himself, Qi Yuan didn't want to let him slip away, so he immediately spoke out a lot of truth and quickly dispelled his negative ideas.
Jiang Ziya was greatly ashamed when he heard this. Yes, if he gave up just because of such a small setback, it would only mean that he was unworthy of development.
Just like when I was studying Taoism in Kunlun, although I was not qualified enough to achieve immortality, didn't I still not give up and practice hard? Why did it become so easy to give up after I came down the mountain?
Thinking of this, Jiang Ziya quickly raised his hands and bowed deeply: "Sir, what you said is true. Jiang Shang will definitely study hard in the future and live up to his teachings."
Qi Yuan nodded with an inscrutable look on his face, snickering secretly. It seems that the effect of chicken soup for the soul is good. It seems that in the future, if anything happens, he will have to give the old man two bowls of poisonous chicken soup to prevent him from wanting to run away.
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Thinking of this, Qi Yuan stretched out his hand and pointed at the people practicing knife skills in the yard and said: "Look at everyone, who is not practicing hard and may not get the rewards you want for your efforts, but those who give up midway
There will definitely be no reward! So, Ziya, just calm down and practice hard. Only by putting your mind into it can you master the skills faster."
Qi Yuan showed off his teacher's style, instructing Jiang Ziya like a primary school student.
"Thank you sir for your teaching. Ziya will definitely keep it in mind."
Jiang Ziya bowed respectfully and went back to practice the basic skill of cooking - shreding radish.
Qi Yuan, who was feeling happy in his heart, stood aside and gave some casual instructions. After cutting the radish shreds, they should not waste it. The current living conditions did not allow them to waste food.
Qi Yuan guided them in making the dough, and then used the rolling pin he invented to roll the dough into thin sheets. Then he put the shredded radish that had been pickled with seasonings on top, layer by layer, cut it into pieces and put them in the bamboo.
Put it in a steamer and steam it for a quarter of an hour.
Although the food is simple, it is already a delicious delicacy for ordinary people.
Every day outside the gate of Qi Yuan's courtyard, many people come to buy the various crafts made by these apprentices. The prices are cheap, the taste is good, and they are very popular among everyone.
In fact, not only steamers, but also copper pots, shovels, spoons and other items, Qi Yuan also had people build them according to his own requirements.
Although copper pots have many shortcomings, and the copper smelting technology of this era is not up to standard and is easy to rust, when training cooks for some high-ranking officials and nobles, using pots can obviously better reflect one's own talents.
It is powerful and can make all kinds of stir-fried dishes.
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In the main hall of the palace, King Zhou rarely went to court, and all the civil and military officials went to the hall to discuss matters.
King Zhou, Emperor Xin, looked very majestic, tall and majestic, wearing gorgeous royal robes, sitting high on the throne, looking down at his highness and ministers.
All the civil and military ministers reported on the state affairs accumulated during this period, including the rebellion of the two major princes in the east and south, and the reports of the 72 princes including Taishi's northern expedition, Yuan Futong, etc. There were many things, and King Zhou listened to them.
Had a constant headache.
"The ministers will just watch and deal with it. Those things that are not too important should not be reported."
King Zhou waved his hands in annoyance and listened to these ministers discussing endlessly, how could he have such a beautiful woman accompanying him in the harem?
You Hun, a treacherous minister who was good at figuring out King Zhou's thoughts, knew that King Zhou was a little impatient.
As the jester next to King Zhou, who is best at flattering and flattering beings, how could he not play his role?
So You Hun came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, I heard recently that there is an old man in Chaoge who can cook delicious food that is unparalleled in the world. Anyone who has tasted the food cooked by that old man will be astonished. Your Majesty,
It is very hard to work on state affairs every day, so why not recruit the old man into the palace to cook delicious food and wine for Your Majesty and the Queen, I think it will definitely make the Queen happy."