While feeding the porridge, Bai Ko talked about the challenge that someone came to challenge in the afternoon, which made Gu Yun laugh so much.

"Yesterday I asked you to participate in the roasting of the whole sheep, show your hand, and no one will harass you later, and it is not you."

"The maid is timid and doesn't dare to show herself in front of too many people."

"Only by believing in you can you have ghosts."

"Isn't this afraid of being talked about behind people's backs?"

"You think there's no one talking about it now? I'm afraid that people who want to know already know who you are. ”

"So the servant has to hide and not show up."

"What are you doing in hiding, you are not hiding at home by me, I am worried that you will be questioned if you show your traces. You were bought by Zhengda Guangming in our house, and since you have marked your value, it is natural that you will buy and sell it by people. ”

"What's the point, the girl of the Bai family, the imperial chef, is now an official maid, and she doesn't want to look at other people's fingers."

"Unless our Yeguo Mansion falls, who would dare to point fingers at you? When will it be my girl's turn to laugh at others! Don't you know it yourself, if you can manage things, you are entrusted with the blessing of the identity of an official and maid, and when others laugh at you, they resent that they can't get to this position. ”

"You just want to go to the roast whole sheep competition."

"The point is to show your face in front of the palace, no matter if you bake well or not, a stop there at your age is enough to attract attention, even if you are the last, there is a consolation prize." Gu Yun raised his hand and picked Bai Ko's chin, "For the sake of money?" ”

"You and Huang Dahai are really not in collusion? You two actually say the same thing. ”

"How could I possibly collude with him? Probably because of your nature, if you are rewarded, your assistants will also be sweetened. ”

Bai Ko pursed his mouth, still a little hesitant, he even forgot about the porridge, Gu Yun simply took it in his hand and ate it.

"Go, go, don't hesitate, everyone is bragging to you outside, you should give so many nobles a face, don't ruin their fun. They're happy, I'm happy, and you're good too, killing multiple birds with one stone, right? ”

"Okay, just go, so you don't have to be upset."

Gu Yun smiled.

"That's right."

After Bai Qiao waited for Gu Yun to eat, served him to lie down and rest, and called the little maid to come in and guard, and then she went to work in the kitchen.

The palace chief also came back one after another at this time, and the prey they caught was more or less, and they did not all meet the requirements on the list, but there were others who did it, and they all came from pure military attache families, and their children who had transferred to the ranks of civil officials in their families were naturally incomparable to those experts, but for themselves, today was a very memorable experience.

The dry food they brought with them was not finished, and the feeling of satiety was too strong, and sure enough, the usual consumption was too small, and the stomach was not strong enough, so their guards took the leftover dry food and tried it to see what the effect was.

They were all curious all day, wondering what dry food was so magical, and they were full after eating two and drinking a little water.

When dinner was served, everyone took turns to eat, and many of the guards had a sharp decrease in the amount of food they had eaten, and they said that they were full after eating some food, but they had not eaten anything, so that everyone thought they were sick, and it took them a long time to find out that they had tried those special dry foods.

That night, the young people who were tired of the day rested early, and early the next morning, dressed neatly and rushed to the imperial front to listen to the results, Gu Yun took Bai Ko away by the way, and took her to a clearing at the foot of the mountain, where there was a barbecue site being built, Bai Ko signed up, received a number plate, and hurried back to the camp to prepare tools and manpower.

Seeing Bai Ko leave with the number plate, Gu Yun hurried to the imperial camp, but fortunately he was not late.

The reward is issued according to age, starting with the younger one, the first one is Gu Yun's name, he only completed half of the list yesterday, but he actually ranked first, the official's explanation for this is that his prey is dead and clean, and the litter of live rabbits has added points for him, and he has the best appearance in the fifteen-year-old age group.

The reward was given by the saint and the mother, and in addition to the usual gold and silver, there was also a very practical dagger with a pattern, the pattern on the dagger was a natural pattern formed by the steel after countless forgings, and the craftsmen who were good at making weapons had been in the various workshops of the military department for generations, and they could not buy it on the street.

Gu Yun thanked him for receiving the reward, and asked his family to take it back to the camp, and the dagger was tied to his belt on the spot, holding the handle of the dagger in his hand, and touching it from time to time, he really liked it in his heart.

And his older buddies are not as lucky as him, at the same age, the boys of the military attache family are more comprehensive, He Jiagang and He Jiali can only be ranked behind and receive a consolation prize.

After the reward was issued, the saint drove to the front of the imperial camp, and the large open space outside the camp gate had been cleared up at the time of the reward, and a rectangular frame was outlined with lime on the ground, and the polo team was ready to play on both sides, but the polo players were the garrisons of the forbidden army in the capital and Zhili, and the horses were also military horses, not special polo horses.

The annual cavalry confrontation drill, with the polo match as a warm-up, and a variety of competition items in the next few days, is very suitable for insiders to watch the doorway, laymen to watch the lively.

The infantry can't be idle, they have the drill items they perform in front of the emperor, quickly assemble the team, assign tasks, and run long distances in the mountains and forests to see which side preemptively copied the opponent's command post to get the token, this kind of training is very suitable for suppressing bandits in the mountains and forests.

There is also a build-up of naval vessels on the wide river.

Winter hunting is not just for hunting, but also for an additional purpose of military exercises.

The roasting of the whole sheep is becoming more and more decent, and the small sheds that are open on all sides represent the participants, and the things such as curing the mutton are carried out under the shed, and then carried to the grill outside to roast, the tools and personnel are all brought by themselves, and there are two young eunuchs in each shed, watching the chefs' every move, because the roasted mutton is to be presented to the emperor for tasting.

While the dignitaries, officials and family members were enjoying the wonderful polo in front, the barbecue area in the distance was slowly busy.

Handymen dig pits in the ground and go to the water's edge to pick up stones to build stoves for boiling water and cooking utensils, and at the foot of the mountain there is a stone pool with bamboo pipes that lead sweet spring water from the mountain, where everyone queues up to fetch water.

Just like Gu Yun said, Bai Ko is too young, and she is very eye-catching as soon as she appears, but everyone who walks in front of her shed will slow down and look at her, and even the officials who supervise her pay special attention to her, wanting to see if such a young girl can complete a roasted whole sheep.

Zhuangzi, who was in charge of logistics, sent the whole sheep that were killed, a shed, some fast-moving cooks, as soon as they got the mutton, they began to do it, and they were still leisurely waiting for the first pot of water to boil, mixed into several buckets of warm water, and mentioned that the handymen waited for everyone to wash their hands with paper soap one by one by the handymen at the water's edge.

Then the toolbox was opened, everyone dressed up in the kitchen trio, and then the male chefs went to wash the lamb, while Bai Ko and the cook girls made the marinade and prepared the barbecue spices.

It was common for cooks to wear turbans, soft hats, and smocks, and skirts, and it was really uncommon for them to wear masks, and the little eunuchs and officials paid more attention to their every move, and some people couldn't help but come forward and ask them what they had used to wash their hands before.

Bai Ko took off his mask, smiled obediently, and smacked at the handyman, who immediately opened a reed box smartly, took out several large boxes of paper soap, and two little eunuchs each had a small box, and the officials directly sent the big box for them to divide, by the way, to introduce this new product, and ask them to take care of the fresh business in the future.

Speaking of freshness, it is natural to explain what the name of this awkward mouth means, and then everyone will smile and laugh.