West City of Chang'an.

Xu You did encounter a little trouble, he was assassinated, and the reason why I said small trouble was because the assassin and the assassination process were a bit ...... It's kind of like a playhouse.

Chang'an is divided into the east and west markets, the shops are adjacent, the merchants gather, but there are also differences, the east market is the wine shop, green building, gambling house, pearl jade, brocade and other luxury goods and bulk trading market, the west market is mostly butcher shops, restaurants, foot shops, tooth shops, medicine shops, clothes and candles, fierce and other places to meet the needs of daily life. The two cities of East and West have almost satisfied most people's lives, and the saying of "buying things" in later generations originated from this.

Xu You inspected the West City, just to see if the lives of ordinary people in Chang'an City are restored as before, if not, how much is affected by the military disaster, and then work on the spot, follow the causes, find problems, and solve them as soon as possible.

Stability, overpower!

Xu You did not follow the prior arrangement of the city order, randomly selected the store to enter, and directly talked to the people, and learned that they were really afraid and uneasy in their hearts, as well as the help and support they needed most. Whenever a problem is found, it will be handed over to the person in charge of Zhu Cao behind him to deal with the six departments, and a simple reply will be given on the spot, a complex commitment date, timely feedback, and the General's Mansion will also send someone to visit and so on.

"General, such trivial chores are handed over to Yousi to handle, so why do you have to do it yourself?" The one who asked was a waiter from the household department of the former Liang country, who smiled and wanted to pat Xu You's ass to show his loyalty.

Xu You smiled and said, "Yu Teng, tell me, why did I come to Xishi?" ”

Guan Zi said: The city can know how to control the chaos and how many people are there. Whether Chang'an City is stable or not, whether the grain is sufficient, can be preliminarily judged through the West Market. ”

Xu You was very satisfied with his answer, Yu Teng was old, looked at the problem to the core, and said: "Don't underestimate the market, let alone underestimate the benefits brought by the goods and colonies, and don't regard the merchants as the last stream of cheap labor, the land in Guanzhong is fertile, but it can't raise too many people, can't raise too many soldiers, if you want to become the head of the court in the future, you still need to make a fuss about the goods and colonies!" ”

Yu Teng thought thoughtfully, and seemed to capture the policy direction of the imperial court towards Guanzhong in the next five to ten years from Xu You's words. Similarly, there were a lot of smart people in the entourage behind him, each with their own thoughts, and they broke and chewed every word in Xu You's words for analysis, for fear of missing important clues. Now is the time to change the dynasty, huge risks come with huge benefits, but as long as you take the right step, you can bring prosperity to the family for at least one or two decades, and no one can resist such a temptation.

Officials pay attention to the deep meaning behind Xu You's behavior, and this style of on-site office is unique and has never been seen before, so it has aroused great curiosity among the people. At first, he cautiously surrounded and peeked in the distance, and then saw that Xu You's personal guards did not rush people, and they were also very polite to some people who were too crowded, and then appropriately stopped. Except for the fierce and vicious looking Wuxi Barbarian Place, the others were tall and energetic, wearing the standard uniforms unique to the general's personal guards, with pursed lips, bright eyes, and a proud face that was resolute and raised high, clean and neat, pleasing to the eye, completely different from the soldiers and ruffians I usually saw. Whether it is the spirit or the impression it gives people, it is extremely shocking. In this way, they became bolder, walked closer, and followed for a longer time, nervous and gossip faces, excited and worried eyes, looked at each other from time to time, and then made all kinds of whispered comments to Xu You.

"This is the Great General?"

"Sure, the clothes are a little simpler, but do you see, is there anything more like a general than him?"

"The ............ in the painting"

"We don't have such a character in Chang'an, it's really Jiangdong Duo handsome......"

"The Great Liang Country is not bad, at least it is majestic......"

"Shhhh......hh

At this moment, I suddenly heard a woman's anxiously suppressed voice: "Trinu, don't run, don't run...... a little girl giggled and quickly got out of the crowd, ran into the defense range of the guards, and accidentally bumped into the leg of one of them.

The little girl stood in a daze, the people next to her were stupid, what is the crime of colliding with the general's guard of honor, everyone knows very well, the girl's mother is even more pale, her lips tremble, and she wants to rush over to save her daughter, but she was held by a well-wisher.

The guard did not arrest the little girl as the people thought, but squatted down, patted her thin shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid! Then he took her hand and handed it to her grief-stricken mother, stood up with her feet straight, gave a military salute, and said, "There are many people, take care of the children!" ”

Everyone was completely stunned, living in troubled times, who had ever seen such a soldier? The woman hugged the child tightly, and when she saw the back of the guard, she was moved and afraid, and she whimpered and cried.

"Brother, I said earlier, the general's Quqiu did not commit any crimes, and he didn't even enter the private house after entering Chang'an, you still don't believe it?"

"Oh, it's all my fault, since the Chu army entered the city, I haven't been out at home for a few days, how could I have thought that there would be such an army in the world?"

"If the soldiers in the world were like this, the lives of the common people would be better......"

"Who's to say it isn't?"

……

Xu You walked in front and didn't notice the little episode behind him, smelled a strong fragrance in his nose, stopped, and looked up to see the fluttering flag curtain, with a deficit on a black background, and it said Liu's restaurant.

This is called a market sign, an ancient simple form of advertising expression, Xu You walked in and said, "Shopkeeper, is the business good recently?" ”

The shopkeeper is an old man, a native of Shangjun, Suizhou, Xiliang, who came to Chang'an to make a living in his early years, and took his wife, son and daughter-in-law to support this store, and was well-known in Xishi.

"Also...... Fortunately," Lao Liu was a little nervous, and said, "The nobles want to eat?" ”

He has been in the West Market all the year round, it's not that he has never seen the world, his eyes are vicious, he sees the coarse cloth green robe Xu You wears, but the momentum is very accessible, and then look at the entourage behind him, even the city order that he sees so weekdays is far away, he is not qualified to come to this person's approach, how can he not know that there is a noble person who can't be provoked?

"What do you have to eat here?"

"The main thing that the small shop does is gourd soup."

"Oh? It's just right, tired of walking, let's have a bowl to taste. ”

Gourd soup is noodle soup, with a variety of toppings, such as as fat pouring as long as the fat is poured, as long as the lean meat is poured finely, only with vegetables and vegetables, hot noodles, cold noodles, thin noodles, noodles and so on. In later generations, the recipe written by Wu in the Song Dynasty recorded in the "Wu's Feed" that a bowl of ordinary gourd noodles has quite rich toppings, probably including sesame paste, almond butter, salted bamboo shoots, pickled melon, eggplant, ginger, pickled leeks, cucumber shreds and fried meat, etc.

Liu's noodles come from the folk practice of Suizhou, not as delicate as the Wu family in the south of the Yangtze River, chop the mutton into large pieces with bones, add grass fruit as condiments, boil a large pot of broth, and then take out the mutton slices, take the gourd to dig the gourd and peel the skin, also slice, stir-fry with mutton and thin noodles, add ginger, green onions, salt, vinegar, and add broth to the pot.

This is simply the predecessor of the famous Suide mutton noodles in later generations, Xu You smelled the fragrance and praised it, and was just about to eat it but was stopped by Qingming. Although Lao Liu Tou had two guards to supervise the whole process when he was cooking just now, just in case, Qingming had to re-inspect it to rest assured.

Xu You actually felt that there was no need to make such a fuss, but Qingming insisted, and he couldn't help it. After Qingming was familiar with the road, he nodded to him, then picked up the chopsticks and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, if it's cold, it won't affect the taste of this bowl of soup, right?" ”

Old Liu Tou grinned and said, "Have you ever heard a common saying in the pass?" ”

"Oh? And said? Xu You beckoned and said, "Come close, sit!" ”

Qingming and the others were scattered to the side, and Lao Liu Tou walked two or three steps away from Xu You, leaned over, and said, "In front of the nobles, where does the villain dare to sit?" ”

Xu You was not reluctant, and said with a smile: "What a vulgar mouth, let's hear it!" ”

"There are four treasures in Guanzhong, the mother-in-law of Yinzhou, the Han of Suizhou, the golden wheat of Jisu County, and the noodles of Zhejiaping. This is said to be the villain's township, ancestors have relied on this bowl of noodles for generations to make a living, hot food is the fragrance of dragon meat in the sky, cold food is the fragrance of donkey meat on the ground, noble people can rest assured. ”

Xu You laughed and said, "Interesting! Interesting! ”

Just about to move the chopsticks, Lao Liu Tou wanted to speak and stopped, as if he wanted to say something, Xu Youqi said: "What? ”

"The first time you eat it, the toppings of the small shop are hidden in the belly, so you have to stir and ......stir like this," Lao Liu smiled and said, "Why don't I help the nobleman adjust it?" ”

Xu You put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "That's tired!" ”

Old Liu Tou took two more steps, and Xu You was almost shoulder to shoulder, he bent over, his attitude was extremely respectful, his right hand went to take the chopsticks, and his left hand suddenly pulled out a boning knife from his clothes, and stabbed Xu You hard at the heart.

Xu You's face did not change, his two fingers pinched lightly, clamped the tip of the knife, and did not see how to exert himself, Lao Liu staggered back, rolled to the ground, and was as weak as dehydration, lying in a daze, but his expression was relieved.

Zheng Zheng!

The cold light flashed, the Su iron knife was unsheathed, and the eight guards were like wolves and tigers, controlling all the other people in the store, including Lao Liutou's wife and son-in-law. Qingming appeared beside Lao Liu Tou at the same time, and sealed the meridians of his whole body with his fingers, and he was a little annoyed: This shop has no cultivation, otherwise it would be impossible for him to get close to Xu You, but he didn't expect that he had a problem.

Cang waved his hand, and the twenty guards spread out in a fan shape, guarding the entrance to the outside of the restaurant, and the people outside could not see what was happening inside, and when Xu You was eating, he waited with great interest, and there was no commotion.

Most of the officials who followed him were shocked, and the city order was even weaker, almost languishing on the ground, Yu Teng's face sank like water, looking at Lao Liu Tou, his eyebrows were furrowed, and some couldn't understand, with Lao Liu's skills, it was okay to kill pigs, but it was far worse to kill people, why did he take the risk of assassination when he knew that he would die?

"Qingming, don't be rude to the shopkeeper, please come and sit!"

Xu You has passed the age of joy and anger, picked up chopsticks, ate a mouthful of noodles, Zhejiaping's noodles really live up to its reputation, oily but not greasy, fragrant and smooth, and ate a few big mouthfuls one after another, then looked at Lao Liu, and asked with a smile: "The shopkeeper wants to kill me, but he wants to avenge Yao Ji?" ”

Lao Liu Tou sat opposite, the panic on his face slowly calmed down, but his hands were still trembling uncontrollably, and said: "Yao Ji is mediocre, the common people want him to die early, and the villain can't assassinate the general for him." ”

"So you know who I am!" Xu You ate the noodles again and said, "The noble man who was full of screams just now hid me from me!" ”

"When the general conquered Chang'an and rode into the city, the villain was also looking at the crowd in the middle of the road, and he was fortunate to see the general's appearance."

"Since it's not because of Yao Ji, could it be that the Chu army is harassing the people too much, and you are taking risks to eliminate harm for the people?"

"The villain has lived for half a hundred, and he has never seen a benevolent and righteous teacher like Chu Jun,"

"That," Xu You took the bowl and drank a big mouthful of soup, his stomach was hot, and he didn't change it for a fairy, and said, "The shopkeeper has a personal vendetta with me?" ”

Lao Liu Tou said: "I was born in the northwest, the general grew up in the southeast, and my status is even worse in the heavens and on the earth, so I am not worthy of making enemies with the general." ”

"That's weird, isn't the shopkeeper afraid that I won't give money for dinner? So how many stabs do you stab first? ”

"The general said he was joking!"

Old Liu Tou was silent for a while, and said: "Actually, there is nothing that can't be said, the villain received a great favor from a person many years ago, and this morning the benefactor suddenly appeared, and explained to the villain that if the general enters the store to eat noodles, then he will do everything to assassinate the general......"

"Do whatever it takes...... Including the lives of your whole family? ”

Lao Liu Tou turned his head to look at his wife, son and daughter-in-law who were captured, closed his eyes in pain, burst into tears, and said: "My whole family's life is given by a benefactor, if the benefactor wants to take it, then take it!" I know, the general is here, and the fathers and elders in Guanzhong have a good life, since I can't kill you, I haven't lost my benefactor, I haven't lost my fellow villagers, only the head of my whole family, that's no better......"

Xu You sighed, stood up, and said, "This bowl of gourd soup is really authentic, the shopkeeper's good craftsmanship!" Yu Teng, tell him to go down, today's matter is settled, no one is allowed to embarrass Shopkeeper Liu, he wants to continue to do business, let him open a shop here, want to go back to his hometown, and let him leave, not to be disturbed. ”

"No!"

Yu Teng agreed, and then asked, "General, don't you bring it back for trial?" ”

"No need! The main messenger behind the scenes, I already know who it is, Shopkeeper Liu recklessly made a promise, died generously, and had the legacy of the ancient sages, don't humiliate him! Let's go, continue to inspect, there are so many goods stores in the West Market, you have to take a look at them one by one. Yu Teng, remember what I said: for politics, we must do a good job of investigation and research, otherwise, the decisions issued by the imperial court are just empty buildings and will not be able to do it in the long run. ”

Yu Teng said loudly: "No! ”

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