Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 9: The first KFC in the Tang Dynasty

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Li Zexuan and his party came to West Market. You can see many hotels, flag booths, wine shops and food stalls around the street, where tourists and traders are coming and going in an endless stream. There are also some "Hu people" from the Western Regions, Central Asia, West Asia and other places who came to Chang'an through the Silk Road to do business. Some are selling gold and silver jewelry here, and some are buying some silk, porcelain, etc., intending to transport them. Return to the country and resell.

Looking at the bustling market in front of him, Li Zexuan was a little shocked. You must know that the entire Tang Dynasty now only had a population of more than 20 million, which was far less than that of later generations. It is really not easy to have such a bustling market in this era. .

"The prosperous age has been revealed. In a few years, the people of the Tang Dynasty will usher in the unprecedented prosperous age of Zhenguan." Li Zexuan said with emotion in his heart.

I accompanied Lan'er to buy candy figures, puppets and her favorite toys, and also took her to see the Persian sideshows that she had been talking about for a long time. It was already noon, and after shopping for a long time, Li Zexuan was also very hungry. I was looking for a restaurant to eat out at.

"Xiao He, which restaurant nearby has delicious food?" Not knowing which restaurant to choose, Li Zexuan decisively asked the question to Xiao He, a native of the Tang Dynasty.

"Master, Xiao He doesn't know either. Xiao He rarely leaves the house and has never eaten here." Xiao He blinked and said cautiously.

Li Zexuan patted his head and thought to himself, how could this little maid be willing to spend money to eat at a restaurant in the West Market

"Master, how about we go to the Zuixian Restaurant owned by the master to eat?" Xiao Xi suggested.

"Ah? My father also opened a restaurant in Xishi?" Li Zexuan expressed surprise.

"Pfft, Master, why don't you even know about your own business?" Xiao He couldn't help laughing.

Li Zexuan was also quite embarrassed, "Okay, let's go to Zuixian Tower! Which of you knows where Zuixian Tower is? Lead the way."

"Lan'er knows. Daddy brought Lan'er here last year." Lan'er spoke enthusiastically. The little girl gets excited when she hears about eating. She is like a snack foodie. I bought her so many snacks in the morning and she is still not full? Li Zexuan was a little puzzled.

"Then let's go."

Led by Lan'er, the group came to Zuixian Tower. This is a five-story restaurant, standing very conspicuously among low-rise shops. It looks quite majestic from the outside.

"Tsk tsk, dad is really rich. This is equivalent to a five-star hotel in later generations. This is one of the family's industries. Tsk tsk, I only knew that dad was rich. I didn't expect to be so rich. It seems that the rich second generation is a prodigal son. The road ahead is long and arduous, so how can we spend so much money?"

Li Zexuan was just a poor man in his previous life. He didn't know how to spend so much money at once.

Entering the restaurant, the restaurant owner, a fat man in his forties, happened to see Lan'er and immediately came up to him, smiling like a Maitreya Buddha: "Hey, why are you here today? Come on, upstairs. Please." He had never met Li Zexuan, so naturally he didn't know that this was his young master's house.

"Shopkeeper Liu, this is my young master. He just came back from Longhu Mountain yesterday. Why don't you say hello?" Xiao He said angrily when Shopkeeper Liu ignored his young master.

"Oh, don't blame me, Master. Don't blame me, Master. I'm a villain. Master, come upstairs and invite me." After hearing this, Shopkeeper Liu apologized to Li Zexuan repeatedly. He had heard before that his employer had a son who went to Longhu Mountain to learn martial arts. Unexpectedly, he would bump into him as soon as he came back, and he couldn't help but secretly scream that he was unlucky.

"Ignorance is not a crime. Shopkeeper Liu, don't be so polite. Uncle Liu, you have worked hard helping my father manage the restaurant these years."

Li Zexuan patted Shopkeeper Liu on the shoulder and said to Shopkeeper Liu as gently as possible. After all, Shopkeeper Liu is considered a middle-level and senior-level member of the "Li Group" and has made a lot of contributions. A few words of encouragement can help people continue to work for him. The "Li Group" has contributed light and heat, so there is no need to feel sorry for others over such a trivial matter. Li Zexuan is not such a stingy person. Li Zexuan said that he is still very generous.

"Whatever the young master said, this is what I should do." Hearing Li Zexuan's words, Shopkeeper Liu was very happy, and the fat on his smiling face trembled. Hey~~ It was off-putting to see, so Li Zexuan hurriedly He turned his head away, fearing that he wouldn't be able to eat for a while.

The group of people went up to the fourth floor, entered a private room, and asked shopkeeper Liu to serve some signature dishes. Li Zexuan and Lan'er began to sit down and eat, while two maids and two servants stood aside to wait on them. "You guys should sit down and eat together. Why are you standing here?" Li Zexuan expressed that he couldn't eat when others were looking at him, and quickly waved to the four people next to him.

"Master, how can this be done? How can a servant sit and eat with the master?" Xiao Xi waved her hands hurriedly. Although Xiao He, Ah Fu, and San Bao also wanted to sit down and eat, they all knew the rules. When they heard Xiao Xi's refusal, they all nodded in agreement despite being sorry.

"What's wrong with the subordinates and the superiors? There's so much nonsense. Just sit down and eat if you are asked to eat together." Li Zexuan said impatiently. He is not yet deeply aware of these class concepts.

Seeing that the young master was showing signs of going crazy, the four of them looked at each other and sat down cautiously.

No one was watching him eat anymore. Li Zexuan picked up the chopsticks and wanted to taste the cooking skills of the chef of this five-star hotel. The result was very disappointing. It was not as delicious as the shark fin soup made by his mother yesterday, Li Zexuan cursed. There is nothing we can do about it, mainly because the cooking methods of the Tang Dynasty were too simple.

Li Zexuan ate a few chopsticks before he didn't want to eat anymore. After eating these cooked dishes every day, his mouth almost faded away. He had to find a way to improve his food. He planned to go to the restaurant's back kitchen to see if he could get the chef to cook something delicious.

what to do? Just make KFC, suitable for all ages. The key is that in his previous life, in order to please his girlfriend, he studied this online for a long time, and he still remembers the production process in detail.

Lan'er also put down her chopsticks at this time, mainly because she had eaten too many snacks in the morning. Li Zexuan said to Lan'er at this time: "Lan'er, brother, go to the kitchen and ask the cook to make you something delicious that you have never eaten before. Do you want to eat it?"

"What's delicious?" Lan'er asked expectantly with her big cute eyes open.

"Haha, Lan'er will know it soon." Li Zexuan laughed and left.

I went to shopkeeper Liu and told him that he wanted the restaurant chef to make some new tricks, so he asked him to take me to the restaurant's back kitchen.

"Wang Erhu, come here. Come and see the young master. The young master wants you to get some new food. You can do whatever the young master tells you to do. Do you hear me?" Shopkeeper Liu said to a fat young man in his thirties. beckoned.

"Yes, yes, it's the shopkeeper." Wang Erhu responded quickly.

Shopkeeper Liu quickly bent down and smiled at Li Zexuan: "Young master, this Wang Erhu is the best chef in our restaurant. If you have anything to do, just give him orders."

"Well, thank you, Shopkeeper Liu. If you have anything to do, go ahead and do your work. Don't worry about me." Li Zexuan waved to Shopkeeper Liu.

"No, no, I just want to see what new food the Young Master wants to make."

"Whatever, you can watch it if you want. The dish I want to make is called KFC." Li Zexuan said nonchalantly, and then ordered Wang Erhu: "Erhu, get twenty pairs of chicken legs." Since you've done it, let's take a look. Just do more.

After a while, Wang Erhu got a lot of chicken legs. Li Zexuan continued to order: "First cut each chicken leg into three even pieces, and put a knife on each piece to make it easier to taste. Well, you can add some sugar to it." , five-spice powder, salt, ginger, you can decide how much to add. If it tastes good, your salary will be doubled this month. If it tastes bad, your salary will be deducted."

Wang Erhu was immediately stressed out, sweating secretly on his forehead, and carefully controlled the proportion of seasonings with his years of cooking skills.

Seeing that Wang Erhu had finished it, Li Zexuan continued to order: "Pour another half a pot of wine into it, yes, yes, that's all. Well, take this over and steam the chicken pieces first."

Half a quarter of an hour later, the chicken nuggets were steamed, and Li Zexuan ordered again: "Roll the chicken nuggets in the starch, okay, that's it. You go and beat four more eggs, mix well, and roll the chicken nuggets again." Serve the eggs." After a while, Wang Erhu was done.

"Is there sesame oil?" Li Zexuan remembered that sesame oil should have been available in the Tang Dynasty.

"Yes, how much does the young master want?"

"One pot, half a pot is fine."

"Ah? There are so many, my young master, sesame oil is very expensive." Wang Erhu felt a little distressed.

"It's okay, go ahead. Master, I'm not short of money." Li Zexuan said that he was so poor that all he had left was money.

Wang Erhu had no choice but to get sesame oil. Under Li Zexuan's command, he poured the sesame oil into the pot and brought it to a boil. Then he put in the chicken pieces and fried them until the skin was brown.

Immediately, the smell of crispy chicken permeated the entire kitchen. The other cooks all turned their attention here and swallowed secretly. Wang Erhu was also a little dumbfounded. Looking at the golden chicken nuggets in front of him, he couldn't believe that it was him. Made.

Li Zexuan picked up the chopsticks and couldn't wait to take a piece. It was crispy in the mouth, charred on the outside and tender on the inside. The key was that it was not salty or bland, and the taste was just right, not much different from the KFC of later generations.

He patted Er Hu on the shoulder happily and said, "Er Hu, you did a good job, shopkeeper Liu, Er Hu's salary will be doubled from now on. Er Hu, you will work hard in the future, my Li family will not treat you badly, don't think about it If you change jobs, I can give you what other companies can give you."

Li Zexuan still valued talents like Er Hu, so he ignored Er Hu's constant expressions of loyalty and walked away with the KFC.

Passing through the lobby on the first floor, the smell of fried chicken nuggets immediately attracted the attention of all the diners. They all turned their attention to the plate in Li Zexuan's hand, sniffed fiercely, and secretly swallowed their saliva.

Seeing that Li Zexuan was about to go upstairs, a dark and thin young man stood up and said, "Wait a minute, little brother, what is the food you are holding? Why have I never seen it in Zuixian Tower?"

Li Zexuan paused upon hearing this, looked at the thin black brother, and said: "This is KFC, a new food launched by Zuixianlou. It will be available tomorrow. Today is just a trial. If you want to eat it, come early tomorrow."

After a while, I asked shopkeeper Liu to include this dish on the restaurant's menu, which might also add a lot of revenue to the restaurant. This can be regarded as increasing my father's financial resources, and Li Zexuan was secretly proud of it. After saying this, Li Zexuan ignored everyone's reaction and quickly went upstairs. His little sister was still waiting for him.

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