Chapter 289 Chu Caiwei: I love you so much!
When Chu Caiwei heard that the food was fresher, she became excited.

"Can you make a seasoning that makes food more delicious? Can you help me become an alchemist?"

Li Changan said, "This kind of seasoning is called flavor enhancer. When it is sold to thousands of households, the people's food will taste better and they will certainly recognize you."

The so-called chicken essence, the main ingredient is MSG, the main ingredient of MSG is monosodium glutamate.

Before reincarnation, Li Changan knew something: the harm of MSG to the human body is the same as that of mobile phone radiation, and the lower the education level, the greater the harm.

"I knew you had a way!" Chu Caiwei was very excited.

She had no choice but to come to Li Changan. After all, different professions have different worlds, and Li Changan had never shown any ability in alchemy.

"We need to prepare some ingredients, sea cucumber, kelp, and mushrooms. Prepare one pound of each. It doesn't need to be too much. I can ask the night watchman or the government office to get some."

As soon as Li Changan finished speaking, Chu Caiwei rushed to say, "No, no, leave it to me! Senior Brother Song has all kinds of materials. If it's not enough, I'll ask someone to go to the palace to get some."

"Leave all these matters to me. You just need to rest well, gather your strength, and prepare to teach me alchemy!"

"Okay then." The Imperial Observatory had a lot of reputation, and Chu Caiwei was also very familiar with the princesses, so this matter was indeed not difficult.

"Li Changan, I'm leaving now."

Chu Caiwei jumped up from her chair, smiled sweetly, and there seemed to be stars in her eyes.

After Chu Caiwei left, Li Changan looked at Xu Lingyue. Xu Lingyue clasped her hands in front of her and walked over shyly.

Xu Lingyue is the fresh and refined type, while Chu Caiwei is the cute and lovely type. They both have their own merits.

However, Xu Lingyue's status was relatively low, so she lacked confidence, which prevented her from fully displaying her charm, so Li Changan decided to help her.

"come over."

Xu Lingyue sat on Li Changan's lap smoothly, letting Li Changan hold her waist.

"Lingyue, start from where Caiwei left off."

"Yeah." Xu Lingyue's voice was barely audible, but she leaned forward honestly and pressed her thin red lips against his.

Li Changan took it in his mouth and began to teach Xu Lingyue how to kiss passionately. Xu Lingyue cooperated awkwardly but actively.

She didn't know when it started, but the relationship between the two of them became closer and closer, and she was not only not opposed to it, but was looking forward to it.

After all, the Xu family was not wealthy. When Xu Lingyue came to Li Changan's place, her horizons were completely opened. Li Changan's mansion was extremely luxurious, and the two princesses and people like Wei Yuan visited frequently.

Xu Lingyue felt that it would be a very glorious and proud thing if she could be Li Changan's maid for the rest of her life.

She was smart and knew that Li Changan would become rich and powerful in the future, but he didn't have any concubines around him now.

Xu Lingyue secretly looked forward to becoming Li Changan's first concubine, at least before the courtesan came into the family.

Li Changan hugged the little beauty in his arms. He knew that Xu Lingyue seemed fresh and refined to outsiders, but that was only for others.

Just like Huaiqing appears cold and elegant to outsiders, but not in front of Li Changan.

For maids in wealthy families, even if they are hired maids of good origin, becoming the master's concubine is a very good way out.

Therefore, it is only a matter of time before Li Changan takes down Xu Lingyue.

"Eat your rice one bite at a time, soak your girls one by one, and keep an eye on what's in the pot while eating what's in the bowl. Eat them all one by one."

In Sitian Prison.

"Brother Song, do you have any sea cucumbers, kelp, or mushrooms?"

A sorcerer in white raised his head from among a pile of bottles and jars, with a pair of dark circles under his eyes that were comparable to Zhang Yi's.

This person is the sixth-rank alchemist Song Qing. It’s not that this Senior Brother Song is incapable of advancement, but that he is obsessed with alchemy and is unwilling to advance.

The dark circles under his eyes were caused by overdrawing his body for the Dafeng chemical and biological business, not like Zhang Yi's, which were caused by promoting domestic sales of the Dafeng brothel industry.

"I have quite a few sea cucumbers. You know, I've been researching the differences between sea cucumbers and sea cucumbers, and whether they can mate."

"I don't have kelp or mushrooms. Go to the restaurant and buy some good ones yourself..."

Song Qing said a few words and then continued to work on something with his head down.

"Brother Song, I want sea cucumbers. Give me the key to the warehouse."

"Junior sister, you should focus on alchemy now. Your brain is not working well, and if you don't work hard, when will you be able to become an alchemist?"

Hearing Song Qing's words, Chu Caiwei puffed up her cheeks and said angrily, "I'll use sea cucumber to nourish my brain, hurry up!"

Song Qing threw a bunch of keys over and asked Chu Caiwei to take it herself.

Not long after, Song Qing saw Chu Caiwei carrying a large basket of sea cucumbers and she returned the key to Song Qing.

Song Qing immediately became anxious, "You should at least leave some for me. We can't eat too much seafood at once."

Chu Caiwei knew that Song Qing was very serious about her materials, and she really needed these sea cucumbers.

The restaurant certainly couldn’t collect this kind of rare seafood as well as Song Qing, so she took away all the sea cucumbers that Song Qing raised, a total of about 20 kilograms.

"Brother Song... Actually, I have already figured out how to become an alchemist. I need to use these sea cucumbers to make flavor enhancers to make food more delicious!"

Song Qing blinked his small eyes with dark circles under them, looking surprised.

"You don't even know the simplest alchemy, how can you come up with any good ideas? Are you crazy with greed?"

"Besides, even if you want to try it yourself, do you need so much?" Song Qing still held the basket of sea cucumbers, with an anxious look as if his money had been robbed.

Chu Caiwei hugged the big basket in front of her tightly and said, "You will fail if you try, just like you often fail in alchemy."

Looking at Chu Caiwei's determined expression, Song Qing became even more confused, because he knew that Chu Caiwei didn't have this ability.

"Your alchemy ability is too poor. I must be present to supervise you. I will never let you do anything reckless."

In fact, he was just afraid that Chu Caiwei would use alchemy as an excuse to eat all his sea cucumbers.

Chu Caiwei pulled Song Qing's hand away and said proudly, "Come to Li's house on Xuanwu Street tomorrow morning and let me open your eyes!"

She was full of confidence in Li Changan. Although she knew nothing about Li Changan's refining plan, she knew that Li Changan could do everything.

Song Qing is a technology geek who doesn't care much about what's going on outside, especially romance, poetry, talented men and beautiful women. He has no interest in that at all.

Of course he had heard about Li Changan, but after listening to it, he let it out through the other ear and focused all his energy on alchemy.

"Li Mansion... There are people who can do alchemy outside of the Sitianjian. Could it be a restaurant?"

He was talking to himself when Chu Caiwei ran away, looking very anxious.

"Isn't this seasoning invented by Junior Sister? Why don't we go check it out tomorrow morning? We can't let Junior Sister eat all the sea intestines!"

The next morning, Chu Caiwei sat in a carriage and happily arrived at the back door of Li Changan's house.

Her legs were swinging under the shaft of the cart, and she was chewing some jerky in her mouth. She looked like she was in a very good mood.

There were several large baskets on the carriage behind Chu Caiwei and the driver. Xu Lingyue was shocked when she came to open the door.

"Miss Caiwei, didn't the young master say that only one pound of each item?" Chu Caiwei jumped off the carriage, put her small hand on Xu Lingyue's shoulder, and her face became extremely serious.

"Lingyue, you don't know how to do alchemy, you don't understand."

"When it comes to alchemy, the failure rate is very high. My senior brothers may fail hundreds of times but still not succeed once. So we must be prepared for any eventuality. Prepare more."

Xu Lingyue didn’t quite understand it, but she thought it was very impressive.

"Then come in quickly. The cook that the young master asked me to arrange is ready."

Afterwards, Xu Lingyue arranged for the servants to load all the large baskets on the cart into the kitchen.

The kitchen in the six-story courtyard is very large. Li Changan sat on a chair outside the kitchen and began to think about the production plan of traditional MSG.

Due to the limited conditions of that era, it was impossible to extract monosodium glutamate, so we could only make a crude version.

He only needs to make the simplest one and then let Chu Caiwei perfect it herself. After all, a real foodie will cook her own food, and she will definitely be able to do it.

Li Changan was a little surprised to see the servants bringing in several large baskets filled with piles of kelp and mushrooms.

Chu Caiwei's work is really reassuring.

"Li Changan, how about this? Is this enough?"

Chu Caiwei jumped in front of Li Changan and put one hand on Li Changan's shoulder. Li Changan sat with his face facing Chu Caiwei's open heart.

Li Changan raised his eyes and looked at Chu Caiwei's delicate and lovely face, which was very pleasing to the eyes.

"Enough, even enough for you to perfect the recipe yourself."

Afterwards, Li Changan ordered the cooks and servants to start refining MSG. It would definitely not be a perfect MSG, but he was confident that it could take the cuisine of this era to a higher level.

The cooks and servants rolled up their sleeves and began to wash the mushrooms and kelp, and then cleaned all the sea sausages.

In the meantime, Song Qing came to visit. It was the first time that Li Changan met this Dafeng biochemist after more than half a year in Beijing.

Song Qing obviously didn't care much about who Li Changan was. He just greeted him politely and began to observe the production of MSG.

"It's just ordinary. What can these things be used to make fresh ingredients?"

Since it is impossible to purify these ingredients, we can only use methods such as distillation and baking to reduce the amount of water and impurities in these ingredients as much as possible.

In fact, these ingredients can be dried and ground into powder to make simple seasonings, but since Chu Caiwei brought so many ingredients, they can be a little extravagant.

The cooks followed Li Changan's instructions and cooked the mushrooms and kelp separately in a large pot, then squeezed out all the juice with gauze. If the juice was not thick enough, they would cook it until it was thick enough.

The juice will then solidify and can be ground into powder.

As for the sea cucumber, it is simply washed and placed on tiles to dry, and then ground into powder.

Song Qing watched silently. The materials and methods were not uncommon. Could they really be used to make a delicious condiment?
“It smells quite fresh…”

Just when the baking business was in full swing, a guest arrived. This guest was a frequent visitor to Li Changan's mansion.

"Li Changan, what are you doing!"

Princess Lin'an, wearing a bright red dress, walked into the backyard curiously, twisting her waist.

She stretched her neck and looked at the sea cucumbers that were almost drying up on the tiles in the kitchen, and the kelp juice and mushroom juice that were cooked separately in two large pots.

The strong umami smell and the fishy smell of sea sausage filled the kitchen, leaving the princess, who never cooked, bewildered.

What Lin'an noticed was Chu Caiwei who was busy inside. How could this girl appear in Li Chang'an's kitchen!
She had mentioned to Concubine Chen the idea of ​​recruiting Li Changan as her consort, but no one else knew about it. Only Huaiqing, who had spies everywhere in the palace, knew about it.

"Chu Caiwei, why are you here?"

Chu Caiwei looked back at Lin An and said, "Hello, Your Highness. Li Chang An is teaching me alchemy. I will soon be able to become an alchemist!"

Looking at Chu Caiwei's excited expression, Lin'an felt a sense of crisis.

To Lin'an, Fuxiang was a girl from the Imperial Music Bureau. If Li Chang'an really liked her, there would be no problem in taking her as a concubine in the future.

But now her mother does not agree with her marriage with Li Changan, so if Li Changan gets too close to another woman, there is nothing she can do.

When Li Changan saw Lin'an's pouting lips, he knew what she was thinking.

"Lingyue, play shuttlecock with His Highness."

When he saw Xu Lingyue take out a shuttlecock with colorful feathers, Bianbiao's mind was instantly diverted. It turned out that he still had the mentality of a child.

"Lingyue, what is this?"

Xu Lingyue said respectfully, "Your Highness, this is the shuttlecock made by the young master. Playing shuttlecock regularly can make your waist thinner and your legs longer..."

Now Xu Lingyue can talk to the princess naturally, and when facing Lin'an, she does not feel as much pressure as when facing Huaiqing.

She told Bian Bian what Li Changan said, and Linan instantly became interested. She thought she was as beautiful as Huaiqing, but she was a little shorter and had smaller breasts than Huaiqing.

The two women started playing shuttlecock, their slender waists twisting and their long legs swaying in front of Li Changan's eyes.

Bian Bian's fiery red skirt fluttered in the air, and she looked very energetic. It seemed that she had good core strength, and was a good athlete. She was truly a little nightclub queen who could dance all night long.

The only regret is that the skirts of this era were too conservative and had to be worn with pants underneath.

Li Changan has already made up his mind that from tomorrow on, Xu Lingyue is not allowed to wear trousers under her skirt.

Finally, after a whole day of hard work, three cans of fresh seasoning were finally ready.

The mushroom powder and kelp powder filled up a small earthenware jar, but the sea intestine powder was less than a quarter.

Song Qing and Chu Caiwei smelled the fragrance in the jar and were curious about the actual effect.

The cook started to cook dinner, and Chu Caiwei went to help with three jars, probably to experiment with the effect of the seasoning.

Song Qing pulled Li Changan aside and asked him all sorts of questions, mainly asking him how he came up with the idea of ​​using these ingredients to enhance the flavor.

A quarter of an hour later, a scream was heard from the kitchen!

"Ahhh! I did it!"

Then, Chu Caiwei ran out of the kitchen, with traces of delicious food still on her little mouth.

"Li Changan, I love you so much!"

Chu Caiwei kept shouting as she walked, and scared Bian Bian so much that she kicked the shuttlecock onto the roof. She turned around in horror and found Chu Caiwei rushing towards Li Changan with an excited look on her face.

"Bar!"

Chu Caiwei's fragrant little mouth was directly imprinted on Li Changan's face.

"Li Changan, does it smell good?" Chu Caiwei didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Li Changan smelled the delicious aroma of food coming from his face, and before he could say okay, he heard Bianbian's mournful voice.

"Chu Caiwei, shut up! Let go of Li Changan!"

(End of this chapter)