Da Qin: Comparing his sons, Ying Zheng was sour.

As soon as Zhong Lichun's words came out from the sky, the world suddenly fell into silence.

A new pasta recipe that can increase the amount of pasta by two to three times!

Is this really possible?

The staple foods of this era are mainly five types: rice, broomcorn millet, millet, wheat, and beetroot.

Among these five staple foods, wheat is the most common staple food, followed by millet, then broomcorn millet, then beetroot, and finally rice.

The reason for this is mainly because various staple foods have different planting requirements for different geographical environments.

For example, for rice cultivation, you need to choose soil that is fertile and rich in organic matter, and should have a high water content and strong hydrophilicity.

Wheat cultivation is more suitable for soil with loose texture and good drainage, and the demand for fertilizer is not very high.

At the same time, rice requires high humidity, rainy, and warm climates, while wheat is more suitable for growing in cold areas.

Therefore, within the current territory ruled by the Qin State, only the Chu State area in the south is suitable for widespread rice cultivation.

As for Guanzhong of the Qin State, as well as other original regions such as Korea, Wei, and Zhao, only a few areas are suitable for growing rice, and most other areas are more suitable for growing wheat, a staple food.

In other words, within the current territory ruled by the Qin State, most areas are suitable for growing wheat, a staple food.

In other words, most people in Guizhou Province today eat wheat as a staple food.

In other words, if the new pasta method can increase the amount of pasta by two to three times on the original basis.

So the yield per acre of wheat grown by most people in Guizhou today may not change, but the amount of food ultimately eaten in their mouths can increase two to three times as a result.

From another perspective, this does not increase the"yield per mu" of wheat by two to three times!

As for making wheat into pasta, you need to shell the rice first and then grind it into flour with a stone roller.

The fact that the whole process is time-consuming and labor-intensive has been ignored by the people in Guizhou.

If wheat is made into pasta, the grain content cannot be increased by two to three times.

Then they will definitely feel that doing so is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the gain outweighs the gain.

But if doing so can increase the amount of food by two to three times, then they will feel that it is worth the money.

Moreover, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to grind wheat into rice and then use stone rollers to grind it into flour. Doesn’t farming also take time and labor-intensive?

But no matter how hard they farm ten times, they can't really double the grain yield per acre. Now, they can just grind the rice into shells and grind it into flour with stone rollers, which can increase the grain content by two to three times.

For the people of Guizhou, it can be said that there is no more cost-effective deal than this.

The only question now is whether what Zhong Lichun said on the screen is true about the new pasta recipe that can increase the weight of pasta by two to three times out of thin air.

【Facing the blazing gazes of everyone focused on him, Zhong Lichun nodded with great certainty and said:"This is true!"】

【"I can now demonstrate it to Your Majesty, Your Highness, and all your Lordships!"】

【"You will be able to see the corresponding results in one to two hours at most."】

【As soon as these words came out, King Qin Yingzheng immediately ordered:"Demonstrate immediately!"】

【Zhong Lichun bowed his hands and responded:"Yes, Your Majesty!"】

【Immediately, Zhong Lichun walked to the chopping board aside, poured out the flour from the clay pot, then added water to mix and knead the dough.】

【The whole process was extremely skillful. It was obvious that Zhong Lichun had done this kind of thing many times before.】

【And during this process, whether it was King Qin Yingzheng, Prince Fusu, Xu Zi, Xiangli Ji and others, they all stared intently at the movements of Zhong Lichun's hands.】

【In about a quarter of an hour, the flour was gradually kneaded into a large dough in Zhong Lichun's hands.】

【Then Zhong Lichun put the dough on the flat pottery plate aside, and finally looked at King Qin Ying Zheng, Prince Fusu and others, and said confidently:"Okay, now just wait for one to two hours.""】

【Hearing this, King Qin Yingzheng, Prince Fusu and others all looked at Zhong Lichun suspiciously.】

【Is this enough?】

【During the whole process, they did not see Zhong Lichun do anything special, he was just kneading the dough.】

【Similarly, they did not see that Zhong Lichun had added any other special things that might increase the weight of the dough by two or three times. He just simply added water to knead the dough.】

【If this is a new way to make pasta, then they really don’t see what’s"new" about it.】

【Because there is no difference at all between Zhong Lichun’s current pasta recipe and his previous pasta recipe so far.】

【Xu Zi was worried that Zhong Lichun would get carried away, say the wrong thing, and miss a certain step or steps in the new pasta recipe.】

【So Xu Zi quickly asked the steps:"Are you too nervous, so you missed a certain step of the new pasta recipe?"】

【Zhong Lichun shook his head and said:"No, all the steps of the new pasta recipe have been completed. Now just wait."】

【Seeing that he was going down the steps, but Zhong Lichun was not following the steps, Xu Zi was also a little angry and said:"Have all the steps been completed?"】

【"If so, what's 'new' about your new pasta recipe?"】

【"Isn't this exactly the same as the pasta recipe before?"】

【"Is it possible that after kneading the dough, waiting for an hour or two is where your new pasta recipe becomes"new"?"】

【After hearing Xu Zi's last words, Zhong Lichun nodded with a strange look on his face and said,"The teacher is right!"】

【"The 'new' part of making new pasta is that after kneading the dough, wait quietly for an hour or two, and then it will slowly become two to three times larger than before!"】

【"The original way to make pasta is to wait for several hours after kneading the dough."】

【Xu Zi was also stunned when he heard this. He just said,"Waiting for an hour or two is where the new noodle recipe becomes 'new'." It was just a casual comment on his part, and he didn't really think so.】

【Immediately, Xu Zi became even more angry and said:"You didn't add anything or do anything extra. Just wait for an hour or two and the dough will be two to three times bigger than before?"】

【"is it possible?"】

【"If you admit your mistake now, Your Majesty and His Highness may be able to forgive you for your temporary nonsense!"】

【While speaking, Xu Zi kept winking at Zhong Lichun, asking him to quickly admit his mistake to His Majesty the King of Qin and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.】

【His Majesty the King of Qin and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are both broad-minded people. In addition, Zhong Lichun has made great achievements in studying white bean cubes and hyacinth buds before.】

【As long as Zhong Lichun admits his mistake in time, His Majesty the King of Qin and His Royal Highness the Prince should not be specially punished for Zhong Lichun's greed for merit and nonsense.】

【And Zhong Lichun could also understand that the reason why his teacher said that to him was simply because he was worried that he would talk nonsense and attract the condemnation of the King of Qin and the Crown Prince.】

【That's why before King Qin and the prince spoke, he scolded himself first so that he could quickly admit his mistake.】

【But the problem is, he really didn’t talk nonsense, he really didn’t need to add anything, and he didn’t need to do anything extra.】

【As long as you wait quietly for an hour or two after kneading the dough, the dough will really be two to three times larger than the original size.】

【So Zhong Lichun looked at his teacher again and said with an extremely serious expression:"Teacher, I really am not talking nonsense.""】

【"If you don’t believe it, you can just ask other farmers in Baicao Division"】

【"They have also made pasta many times according to this method, and the result is that after letting it rest for a few hours, the dough will be two to three times larger than the original one."】

【After hearing this, Xu Zifang frowned and looked at the other farm boys in Baicao Division.】

【Seeing this, the other farm boys also spoke up and testified:"Teacher, what Senior Brother Zhong said is true!"】

【"You really don’t need to do anything or add anything. Just wait quietly for an hour or two, and the dough will become two or three times larger than before."】

【"If you don’t believe it, you’ll see the changes after a while."】

【Seeing all the farm boys from Baicao Division talking like this, Xu Zi's original disbelief was gradually shaken.】

【After all, a farmer's boy may deceive him, but all farmers' boys will definitely not deceive him at the same time.】

【So, after kneading the dough, you don’t need to do anything. Just wait for an hour or two, and the dough will become several times bigger than before. Is it true?】

【Zhong Lichun also took a clay pot about the same size as the dough, and then said to King Qin Ying Zheng, Prince Fusu, Xu Zi and others:"Your Majesty, Your Highness, Teacher, and all the gentlemen, please take a look."】

【"The size of the dough now is about the same as this clay pot. We don’t do anything and just let it sit quietly for two to three hours."】

【"At that time, we will compare the size of this clay pot, and we can clearly see its size changes."】

【"Now, we can taste the white bean cubes first. The white bean cubes should be almost ready."】

【Hearing what Zhong Lichun said, everyone immediately decided to temporarily shift their attention to the white beetroot cubes.】

【As for whether the dough will really grow in size, you will be able to tell whether it is true or false after one or two hours.】

【And up to now, everyone is actually more inclined to believe that what Zhong Lichun said is true.】

【After all, if it is false, then there is no need for Zhong Lichun to tell such a lie that can be exposed in one or two hours.】

【Immediately, Zhong Lichun came to the table where the white bean cubes had just been pressed, moved the heavy objects on the lid of the box, and opened the cloth. Then everyone saw a large piece of the same white bean cube that Zhong Lichun had presented before.】

【"The white garlic cubes are now ready and can be cooked and eaten together with other foods."】

【"For example, it is very delicious and tender when cooked with fish."】

【As he spoke, Zhong Lichun took a large clay pot, then cut the freshly prepared bean sprouts into small pieces, then put a few more river fish in it, and then added salt and other condiments.】

【Finally, put it under firewood to cook】

【Two quarters of an hour later, the white beetroot fish soup is ready.】

【Immediately, Zhong Lichun served a small bowl to everyone present.】

【As soon as the fish soup was in their mouth, everyone opened their eyes. The taste was beyond their expectation and was delicious.】

【Then everyone eagerly picked up the spoon and gently dug out a spoonful of white garlic cubes, and finally blew it into their mouths.】

【As soon as they entered, everyone's eyes flashed with shock.】

【The pieces of white cabbage in their mouths were tender, refreshing and slightly chewy. Coupled with the sweetness of the fish soup, it could be said that it tasted beyond their expectations.】

【Not long after, everyone finished eating the shiitake chunks in their respective bowls, and then had another bowl one after another.】

【Then Zhong Lichun cooked meat with white cabbage cubes, or boiled cabbage sprouts with white cabbage cubes, or directly cooked tofu and only added seasonings for seasoning, all of which tasted very good.】

【"This product is very good, tender, smooth and refreshing. It is tasteless but can infect all kinds of flavors. It is indeed as you said, it is a good new food!"】

【After eating, King Qin Yingzheng did not hesitate to praise the white bean cubes.】

【Prince Fusu also nodded, also expressing praise and recognition.】

【���That is to say, King Qin Ying Zheng pondered for a while and then said:"But the name Bai Shu Kuai is somewhat inelegant. You can give it a different name.""】

【As soon as King Qin Yingzheng said these words, Zhong Lichun immediately said with great discernment:"Your Majesty, please give me a name!"】

【Originally, King Qin Yingzheng planned to let Zhong Lichun change his name, but since Zhong Lichun wanted him to give him a name, he would not refuse since he was quite satisfied with Bai Shu Kuan.】

【After thinking about it, King Qin Yingzheng said:"This thing looks like white jade and is made of beans. Let's call it white jade tofu.""】

【"In addition, the hyacinth sprouts grown from beans nourished with water have also been renamed bean sprouts to distinguish them from the hyacinth sprouts originally eaten."】

【Zhong Lichun immediately thanked him with joy and said:"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name! From now on, the pieces of white beetroot will be white jade tofu, and the sprouts grown from nourishing the beans with water will be bean sprouts.""】

【With the name given by King Qin, White Jade Tofu and Bean Sprouts should be able to truly spread and flow out】

【As they are the ones who developed white jade tofu and bean sprouts, their name should also be passed down along with the white jade tofu and bean sprouts named after the King of Qin.】

【In a disguised sense, they can be regarded as being famous in history in another sense.】

【Just when King Qin Yingzheng was about to take a step further and show his merit to Zhong Lichun and other farmers from Baicao Division, Xu Zi's shocked voice suddenly sounded.】

【"It’s really getting bigger!"】

【Xu Zi looked at the dough that had at least doubled in size in front of him and said with a shocked look on his face.】

【Ever since the dough was made and left to rest, he had been turning his head sideways from time to time to see the changes in the dough.】

【However, the dough had not changed much in the past few quarters of time.】

【But after a few minutes passed, the dough was at least twice as big as it was at the beginning!】

【Xu Zi's exclamation immediately attracted everyone's attention.】

【The next moment, King Qin Yingzheng, Prince Fusu and others gathered around the dough that had been resting before.】

【At this moment, Xu Zi was holding a clay pot in his hand and was gesturing with the dough.】

【With the clay pot as a comparison object, everyone can clearly see that the dough, which was originally about the same size as the clay pot, has now become at least twice as big. The clay pot cannot hold the original dough at all.】

【What's more important is that this piece of dough has been right under their noses.】

【During the resting period, no one touched the dough at all, let alone added anything to it.】

【In other words, after the dough is kneaded and rested for a period of time, it really becomes bigger.】......

PS1: There was pasta during the Qin Dynasty, but the noodles during this period were all"dead noodles", that is, unfermented noodles. After adding water directly and kneading into a ball, they were steamed or boiled and eaten immediately. Fermentation is such a process.

The earliest appearance of fermented pasta should be from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Western Jin Dynasty..