Xiaofeng's trip to Xinzheng in the Central Plains, South Korea, was able to make friends with Sun Ji, the king of Yan, and was treated with great courtesy by the prince of Yan. Xiao Feng saw that although the son was young, he had a calm and serious temperament, and he treated people with the measure of a king, which was comparable to ordinary kings and grandsons.

Xiaofeng sighed to Ding Hu, Zhang Sheng and others: "I Guanyan King Sun, although he is detained in South Korea, like a dragon trapped in the abyss, he is also an extraordinary person. ”

Zhang Sheng said: "A certain time in South Korea has not been short, and I heard that this son-in-law is the concubine of King Yan, who is not favored, and is squeezed out by his brothers, and is held hostage in South Korea. Now that the king of Yan has been in the Xiangguo Zizhi, the whole Yan country is uneasy, and its country is about to become chaotic. The son's position is a guest in another country, and the reign of the son will cause trouble to the Yan country, and the son's position is afraid that sooner or later it will not be avoided. Now he deigns to accept us, presumably because he wants to use the power of my Liangzhou heroes to protect himself. This is the truth, and the foolish brother wants to Xiaofeng to understand. ”

The implication is to remind Xiaofeng not to be used by the son.

When Xiao Feng heard this, he said: "What Brother Zhang said is not unreasonable. However, our generation walked the rivers and lakes, and has always treated people with faith and righteousness, and the king of Yan is so sincere and accepts us kindly, how can we spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain? And there is no disaster in Yan Country at the moment, how can it be said that he will definitely encounter disaster? Even so, I should repay the kindness of King Yan and Sun today. ”

Zhang Sheng waited for no more. Xiaofeng stayed in the Xinzheng Inn for a few days to see the weather of the Central Plains. The son's position sent hundreds of miles to lead people to greet and give gold and silver gifts, and the number of gifts was very thoughtful.

Xiaofeng was uneasy, so he excused Baili Bing to thank Gongzi again, saying that Gongzi's kindness had been generous, and he had not yet repaid him, so he didn't dare to accept it anymore. Gongzi also heard that Xiaofeng wanted to travel to the north of the Central Plains and other places, so he sent Baili C to buy chariots and horses for Xiaofeng, and gave him travel expenses. Xiaofeng repeatedly excused himself, and Baili Bing said: "This is the son's mind, the son wants to treat Xu Haojie with a countryman, this little heart is not more than one ten-thousandth, I hope Xu Haojie will not shirk, so as not to blow the child's mind." ”

Xiaofeng said to Baili Bing: "I'll wait for the cloth clothes, it's enough to have horses to ride on the road to replace the leg strength, and dare to take the frame given by the son?" This is very inappropriate. ”

So he returned the carriage and horses given by the son's office, and was only entangled by his travel expenses. Baili Bing returned to the son-in-law, and when the son-in-law saw Xiaofeng like this, he sighed: "My brother is not a person who is greedy for wealth and nobility. ”

Xiaofeng stayed in Xinzheng for more than ten days, and Xiaofeng and Ding Hu came to Wei on horseback.

Wei is a large country in the Central Plains, Wei originated from Bi Gonggao, the son of King Wen of Zhou, and his ancestor was Wei Wuzi, one of the three Jin Dynasty. Wei Wuzi, also known as Wei Li, was an important minister of Duke Wen of Jin.

Wei since the Han and Zhao three families after the Jin Dynasty, the founding of the country has been more than 200 years, according to Hedong, Henan, Hanoi, Hebei and other places, that is, the southern part of Shanxi, the central and northern part of Henan, the eastern part of Shaanxi, the southern part of Hebei, the northern part of Jiangsu and other vast areas, the place is more than 1,000 li, the population is prosperous, the land is abundant.

Since Li Kui's reform, the Wei State has gradually become rich and strong, with a prosperous economy and strong soldiers and horses. Dominate the Central Plains and be the overlord of the Central Plains. It has more than 200,000 regular troops and nearly 10,000 military vehicles, making it a country of 10,000 vehicles.

At this time, it was the reign of King Wei Hui, and in the late Warring States period, the Qin State was strong and dominant, and gradually had a tendency to ride the dust. Although Wei is known as a great power in the Central Plains, its heyday has passed and it is in decline. In the face of the repeated attacks of the strong Qin, the Wei state was already difficult to resist, so it had to unite the six eastern countries and other small states to join forces to resist the Qin.

At this time, Bashu had been destroyed and annexed by the Qin State, and after Zhang Yi returned to Xianyang, he suggested that the King of Qin send troops to attack Han Wei. Wei also knew his plan, so he advocated the matter of connivance. At this time, Gongsun Yan was the minister of Wei, and he was organizing and advocating the discussion of the Eastern countries to resist the strong Qin.

Xiaofeng came to the Central Plains this time, and Wei is a must-visit. On the one hand, it is also to see if you can listen to the news of the princes' cooperation, make friends with the heroes of the Central Plains, and help protect the Chu State.

The capital of Wei is in Daliang City, which is the Kaifeng of later generations. From Xinzheng in South Korea to Daliang in Weidu, it is only two hundred miles, and the fast horse will arrive in half a day. It's just that Xiaofeng and Ding Hu rode horses to watch the scenery of the Central Plains, and they didn't go fast, they set off at noon the first day, and only went to the outskirts of Daliang City the next night, and walked for two hundred miles for a day and a half.

Xiaofeng watched this big beam city from a distance, it was very majestic and majestic, and the city was strong and tall. Xiaofeng said to Ding Hu: "The weather of the Central Plains City is really grand!" Even if the capital of Qin, Xianyang, and the capital of Chu, Yingcheng, are not as magnificent as Daliang City! ”

Ding Hu said: "Ding knows that the Central Plains is a plain, with a prosperous population and an open place, and the city it has established is naturally magnificent and tall, which is not comparable to the city of the country of mountains and rivers. ”

Xiaofeng praised once, and when he saw that the sky was about to twilight, he said to Ding Hu: "Let's enter the city and find a guest house to rest." ”

At that time, Sun Yan, the prime minister of Wei State, was advocating the matter of merging and arsoning, and the Daliang City was very strictly guarded. Xiaofeng and Ding Hu had already prepared their belongings in advance, only saying that the two were from Chu State, were Chu people, and came to the Central Plains to do business and sell.

When the gatekeeper saw that Xiaofeng and Ding Hu both had documents, they checked their luggage, and if there was no abnormality, they let them into the city. When they entered the city, they rode around the city and walked from the west gate to the east gate. At about the end of the day, he found a guest house, and first asked the shopkeeper to tie the horses to the back trough and drink water and graze. asked for a room, then put the luggage in the house, let the store serve a few drinks and food, and the two sat by the window and ate some tea first.

Seeing that Xiaofeng and Ding Hu didn't look like locals, the shopkeeper casually asked: "The two guest officials are from afar, they must not be from the Great Liang of Wei State!" I wonder what the two guest officers taste like? ”

Xiao Feng replied in the official dialect of the State of Chu: "We are from the Hanzhong County of the State of Chu, and we have come here to do business. The taste is not picky, you can try the best dishes in your store on a plate, and the wine is also a good pot. ”

The shopkeeper can roughly understand the Chu language, so he said in the Central Plains: "There is a dish in my store that is a dish of the town store, which makes people want to eat it after eating, and there are many repeat customers." But there are only two copies left today, one has been booked by a guest, and there is only one left, so let's give a copy to the guest officer first. If you don't have enough, you can only wait until tomorrow. ”

Xiaofeng said: "Since you have a share, you should serve it and serve it for wine!" ”

The store went to prepare the wine and food, half an hour later, brought up three dishes and a pot of wine, when Xiaofeng looked, two of them were general wine dishes, a plate of meat dishes covered with lotus leaves, served in the ding, the fragrance was strong.

The shopkeeper carefully put the tripod on the table, uncovered the lotus leaves, and the fragrance came to the nose, Xiaofeng and Ding Hu couldn't help but see what kind of dishes the tripod was.

It turned out to be a boiled pork shoulder, the pork shoulder is the pig's foot, this pig's foot is cooked with a special condiment, the taste is very delicious, because the secret recipe is not passed on, there are only three or five hotels in Daliang City that have this dish, and they are all opened by the same family. The pig's feet made by other hotels are not important secret recipes, and the taste is much inferior.

The shopkeeper saw that Xiaofeng and the others were attracted by the fragrance of the dishes, so they proudly said to Xiaofeng and Ding Hu: "This is the dish of our store's town store, called Angelica Shoulder Soup, which can only be found in Daliang City." The two guest officers came from afar, and they must have eaten yet. ”

Xiaofeng thanked the store, and the store went to the back kitchen to get busy. Xiaofeng and Ding Hu picked up the chopsticks and tasted the angelica shoulder soup, which was really delicious and unprecedented. The two of them rushed for another day, and they were hungry and thirsty in their stomachs, and at this time the delicacies and delicacies and wines were really the pith of the dragon liver and phoenix.

The two of them ate for half an hour, and they were drunk for three points, very comfortable, Xiaofeng saw that the Central Plains wine and food were different from those of Chu and Qin, especially the angelica soup, which was intoxicating. It's just that this soup is only enough for one person, Ding Hu is a brave person with a strong waist and ten girths, good at wine and rice, this soup is far from enough, only to feel that there is a lingering fragrance in the mouth, and the meaning is still unfinished, the stomach is full of worms, and the heart is itchy and unbearable. Ding Hu asked Xiaofeng: "Have you eaten well?" ”

Xiaofeng said with a smile: "After a day of running, my stomach is hungry and thirsty, this soup is delicious and ordinary, I can't hide it, although I have eaten it well, I haven't tasted enough of this soup." ”

Ding Hu said: "In this case, let the store make another one." ”

Xiaofeng said: "But the store once said that someone has already ordered that one, and it will be eaten tomorrow." Let's try it now, let the store make more tomorrow, and then enjoy it. ”

Ding Hu said: "I love food all my life, and when I encounter such dishes that can be met but not sought, if I can't enjoy them, it is the most difficult." Sit down, let me go and ask the shopkeeper, intercede with him, and buy that share. ”

Xiaofeng also felt very sorry that he couldn't have fun, so he didn't stop Ding Hu.

Ding Hu then went to the store and said that he had made that portion and served it to eat.

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this is not appropriate, but the guest comes to the villain's store every month to buy this soup, and he never loses his promise." Once it's booked, you can't let it go. If the villain is eaten by the guest officer, does he come, how can the villain explain? If the guest officer doesn't have enough to eat, the villain can cook some other wine and food. ”

Ding Hu said: "Other drinks and dishes are not unusual! I am going to eat this soup today. If you are in trouble, I will give you more money. And now it's getting late, and he may not come. ”

The shopkeeper said: "This person has never been trustworthy, and there is no reason why he will come." Although the guest officer adds more money, the villain can't break his trust in business! I hope the guest officer will forgive me! ”

Ding Hu just wanted to eat that soup, and there was no such dish in other stores in Daliang City, so he grinded it soft and soaked it and asked the store to make it. The shop just refused at first, but then he couldn't help it, and when he saw that it was almost time, he thought that in the past, the people who ordered the soup came to pick it up before the time, and today I am afraid that there is some accident and I can't come. Seeing that Ding Hu said to give more money, he took out the share that the guest had booked and made it for Ding Hu.