Chapter 210 -Pursuing Girls Lined Up

“Steamed buns, fermented flour, knead with water, then steam out.”

Liszt had breakfast, took a thick sheet of paper and began sorting out what he thought of as pasta.

Most pasta is very simple. Even if he doesn't eat much, he knows the basic method. “The most important thing for noodles is fermentation. Fortunately, bread is also fermented, so the rest is a creative problem.”

Liszt thought more about it.

His fear was not just about the matter of creativity.

Although there is magic and fighting spirit in this world, food preservation was still a serious constraint. Bread has a long shelf life, especially the dark bread that civilians eat, it can still be eaten even after half a year. But steamed bread and buns, if not eaten for two days, would grow some kind of hair. Even if the ordinary people came up with this kind of dish, they would still be reluctant to make it.

If it wasn't finished right away, it would be a huge waste.

“Knights still use bread as the main food when they go out to fight. It is easy to carry and does not spoil easily… The most unfortunate thing to do would be to bring some biscuits and baking pie. You can't take dumplings and churros to the battlefield.” He summed it up, and felt that some foods are a little taken for granted.” Pancakes, noodles, crepes, their shelf life is also quite long, only needs water, and can be eaten anywhere.”

Just so.

After all, it is poverty that limits the imagination of the civilians.

He continued to study the recipes and write down his limited memory of pasta techniques.

“Steamed buns, fermented flour, knead with water, then steam out.”

“Dumplings,fermented flour, dough rolled into strips, cut into small pieces, roll using a rolling pin and into dumpling wrappers, wrap in vegetables, and cook in a pan.”

 “Noodles, flour fermentation, the dough is constantly pulled, and pulled into long strips.” He didn't finish the entry, and he suddenly felt that this approach seemed to be a practice with ramen, “Ramen and noodles should be different … Alas, I can't think of the difference, forget it, i'll merge it into one entry. “

After writing these recipes, Liszt thought about it, and realized he plans to launch too many at one time, a bit of an overreach.

He picks out the simplest, steamed bread. He was prepared to dial Mrs. Abby and the baker Rainier for the “invention”. With steamed buns, the subsequent buns will be easy to make.

Of course.

Pasta was not List's favorite food after all, but he's just going to make it and improve the flavor. There wasn't really pa.s.sion involved for his favorite is the authentic Sichuan and Huaiyang cuisine. It is a pity that these dishes are too demanding on knives skills and ingredients and Liszt cannot do anything about it.

It was not easy for Mrs. Abby to make the scrambled eggs and egg drop soup in the first place.

At one point, he called out Rainer and Mrs. Abby, told them that he had encountered a pasta meal from another place and described to them the appearance of a steamed bread.

“Mrs. Abby, Rainer, study the bread when you have time.”

“Master, just leave it to me. The method of buns sounds simple. I will steam out buns soon.” Since “inventing” several new types of bread and the scrambled eggs and egg soup, Mrs. Abby felt a star chef's momentum and was full of confidence.

Rainer was also busy nodding. “I will do my best to a.s.sist Mrs. Abby.”

He heard others say that Mrs. Abby had invented egg soup and scrambled eggs. The chefs of Coral City all learned from Mrs. Abby on how to cook the said recipes. With admiration, he was willing to cooperate with Mrs. Abi for food research.

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How to cook steamed bread.

All that was to do was write and write.

The morning pa.s.sed like it was just a short amount of time.

Just as Liszt thought it was another leisurely day, a knight came from Coral City. “Master Baron, the Tulip Caravan has returned, Sir Frank asked you to send someone to Coral City to talk business.”

It didn't say anything that the serfs had arrived.

But Liszt naturally understood. “I'll send someone right away, go have a rest first.” 

“Thank you, Baron. “

A few moments later Gort rushed in and was instructed by Liszt to immediately arrange how to hand over the serfs. This time is different from the last time. Since it was colder and snow had fallen, one of the serfs would surely be frozen to death. Fortunately, he had already prepared for the arrival of the caravan. They had brought a pile of winter supplies, and set off for Coral City.

Liszt intended to go there in person, but he remembered that Black Horse Island mineral deposits still needed to be calculated. In time, Marcus will return with the s.h.i.+p this afternoon, which will likely bring news about the fire-attributed mineral nodules.

He handed over the 300 coins he had saved these days to Gort. “Adviser Gort, this batch of 1000 serfs I have bought with 210 gold coins. It's acceptable that the number of losses would  not be more than 150, but if it's more than that then they'll have to make it up to me.”

“I'll talk to Frank carefully.”

“These three hundred gold coins are the cost of buying a new batch of serfs but do try keep the prices of serfs as low as possible. War will definitely bring innumerable serfs. I believe that there is still room for the price to be further discounted. How to talk that through is up to you. “

“Please rest a.s.sured that I am familiar with Frank and that even if I can't reach his bottom offer, I won't make him get away much of a bargain…… By the way, can I take advantage of … certain things?” Gort was a little hesitant but was not too embarra.s.sed to say.

Liszt said, “Say whatever you want.”

“Your charm is unmatched on Coral Island and is the ideal marriage partner for many n.o.ble ladies. I can see that the Franks are hoping to get your favor. Maybe I can use this to reduce the price to the bottom line, to buy more serfs. “

n.o.bles are mostly elegant people, but for the benefit, it is normal to use all the resources available to them.

That's why Gort came up with the “beautiful man plan.”

However, Liszt couldn't get over his conscience and directly denied it. “Frank is a distinguished n.o.bleman, I believe he has his own code of conduct, so, do not involve little s.h.i.+rley. Try to fight for the difference between a few gold coins and a dozen gold coins, but do so with no harm. “

He was in a liquidity crisis and did not have much fixed a.s.sets, there wasn't really much he could do.

But when it comes to manipulating feelings, Liszt wants to keep his innocence.

"Alas, when I reach 30 years old, I'll be alone and troubled. But now, that I am 16 years old with girls chasing me and lining up, it annoys me a little."

——-

Liszt guessed right.

The Flower came back from the sea when the snow stopped in the afternoon.

In addition to half a s.h.i.+p of dragon bone fragments, Marcus also brought information about the fire-attribute mineral nodules. “My Lord, this is the rock that I dug out from the cracks in the rock columns as I dug up the bone fragments, which is very strange. I vaguely sense the existence of magic on it.”

He handed a brown irregular rock.

The surface of the stone is smooth, and regular lines of concentric circles can be seen on the fracture surface, just like the sh.e.l.l surface of a clam sh.e.l.l. There is a gla.s.s texture on the whole, and the edges are even transparent, but it is far less transparent than gems and crystals. At first, it feels lighter than ordinary rocks. If one would look closely, they would see that there are many bubbles inside.

Such shape and characteristics immediately reminded Liszt of  volcanic lava–volcanic gla.s.s.