The cold wind was howling outside, but the house was as warm as spring, Liu Chenglin sat cross-legged on the kang, listening to the sound of snow seeds hitting the window paper, but his eyes were quite complicated looking at Li Ze who walked into the house with a tray. The dignified Li Ze Li Gongzi actually wore an apron around his waist.

The four corners of the kang are lit with four large lanterns, illuminating the small dining table in the middle, four dishes and one soup, this is the meal prepared by Li Ze himself for Liu Chenglin's cooking. Let's not talk about whether it's delicious or not, but at least the color and fragrance have already accounted for it.

"It is said that the gentleman is far away from cooking, you are still proficient in the art of cooking with such an identity? It's amazing." Liu Chenglin looked at Li Ze and shook his head. Li Ze's identity is much higher than him in any aspect, but even he has never been in the kitchen since he was a child.

"Eating is the most important thing." Li Ze climbed onto the kang with a smile, sat down cross-legged, and said: "From the mother's womb, I opened my mouth to eat, until I closed my eyes and lay down in the tomb with a whimper, and ate, but throughout a person's life, whether you are an emperor or a poor beggar, you always have to eat. As for me, I am a good person, but the food cooked by the cook at home was really not to my liking, so I had to rely on myself, and after a long time, I have practiced a good cooking skill, but there are not many people who are worthy of me to cook and cook by myself."

Liu Chenglin smiled: "Then I'm honored. How do you make this dish? My sister also said in the letter that the food on your Zhuangzi is delicious, and after returning to Shiyi, she can't get used to the food at home, but she has eaten food for more than ten years."

"I know, I have sent a cook to Shiyi Liu's house earlier to cook for Qiao'er." Li Ze said with a smile.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the main means of cooking were still steaming, boiling and other means, and in Wuyi, because of the existence of Li Ze, the iron pot was popular, and after the iron pot, the talents of the chefs were slowly blooming, frying and frying, all kinds of means are emerging day by day, and many people's craftsmanship has long surpassed Li Ze's two knives.

Picked up the chopsticks, poked at the bowl of vegetables in front of him, and looked at the golden neatly stacked slices of meat, Liu Chenglin said curiously: "What kind of dish is this?" ”

Li Ze said proudly: "This is my first initiative, I call him plum vegetable button meat. Don't look at this bowl of dishes, but it's the most labor-intensive. First of all, we must select the best pork belly, cut it into cubes, smear the skin with honey, put it in an oil pan and fry the skin until golden brown, and then cut it into thin slices, yard it, and pour it with my own condiments, these dried vegetables are pickled in cabbage, dried and then chopped, covered with the pork belly, and steamed in a pot over high heat for half an hour, and the charm of the plum cabbage and those condiments penetrate into the pork belly to achieve this bowl of dishes."

"Pork?" Liu Chenglin frowned.

"Don't look down on pork." Li Ze said with a smile. In the Tang Dynasty, pork was generally eaten by ordinary people, but people with status basically ate mutton, and beef, even if it was a person with status, could not be eaten every day. At this time, the most important thing for the Tang people was the helper of the cultivator rather than the dishes on the table, and the government even had a ban on killing." In the past, pork was not delicious, but it was just a single cooking method. Come, taste it, keep it for once, and love it later."

Li Zeshen sandwiched a piece of buckle meat for Liu Chenglin.

Liu Chenglin put this piece of fat and thin pork belly into his mouth with a skeptical attitude, his tongue stirred, and before his teeth could move, the piece of pork belly had already melted in his mouth. The various flavors contained in the meat stimulated his taste buds in an instant, his eyes widened, his brain may not have turned around, but the chopsticks in his hand have already stretched out to the plum cabbage button meat in front of him.

Li Ze looked at the other party with a smile, Liu Chenglin's current appearance was originally expected by him.

Seeing that Liu Chenglin ate three slices in a row before putting down the chopsticks, Li Ze continued to speak: "You are a military general, and you consume a lot on weekdays, so I specially made two bowls of meat today, this bowl I call him Dongpo meat, come, taste it, and plum cabbage button meat have their own merits."

"Why is it called Dongpo meat?" Liu Chenglin was puzzled.

Li Ze was stunned, when he made this dish, he casually said his original name, in Wuyi, but no one asked him why he called this name. At this time, when Liu Chenglin asked, he had to casually say: "Oh, when I came up with this dish, it was on a gentle slope to the east of my Zhuangzi, so it was called Dongpo meat."

"Your name is pretty casual, but this meat is indeed delicious." Liu Chenglin ate a piece of Dongpo meat and was full of praise. For people like him who don't like meat, today's two meat dishes opened his eyes, on weekdays, the meat he eats the most is to put the meat in the big ding and cook, and then smear it with salt, if it is at home, it will be particular, there will be a lot of spices to accompany the meal, these spices are expensive, ordinary people can not afford it.

But in the two meat dishes made by Li Ze, he couldn't smell the smell of those spices, but they were raw and fragrant, which really made him have a great appetite.

"Does your cook make these two dishes?" With a piece of pork belly in his mouth, Liu Chenglin asked a little vaguely.

"Of course."

"I'll let my cook learn from him."

"I know a lot more about cooking, and if I want to learn them all, I'm afraid it's not a matter of ten days and half a month." Li Ze said with a smile.

"Then I'll send two cooks, take turns to learn, learn two and then go back to make them for me, and when I'm almost done, I'll take turns to go back, and I'll always need to dry up your cook's old foundation." Liu Chenglin laughed: "Otherwise, I will be stationed in Yingzhou alone in the future, and it will not be easy to eat this kind of food again."

Hearing this, Li Ze put down his chopsticks and looked at Liu Chenglin.

"Cao Gong told me about it." Liu Chenglin picked up the wine jug from the table, poured himself a glass of the crystal clear wine that Wuyi Li Ze Zhuangzi specialty, and took a small sip. This is not the kind of wine he usually drinks that can be dried in one bowl, even if it is a small sip, he feels a line of fire rising straight from his lower abdomen.

"Brother Liu doesn't blame me?" Seeing that Liu Chenglin is so straightforward, Li Ze can't hide it anymore, if that's the case, he will be a villain.

Liu Chenglin was transferred to Yingzhou to unify the army, but there were other people in Yingzhou Assassin History, and a mixed army was returned to Liu Chenglin, which naturally deprived Liu Chenglin of his original control over tens of thousands of Liuzhou troops.

"Of course I'd be angry if it were someone else." Liu Chenglin took a sip of wine and glanced at Li Ze with slanted eyes: "But who called me your brother-in-law?" If I don't help you, who else can help you? Cao Gong told me what you think, I think it's quite realistic. If you want to rectify the armies of Henghai and Chengde, and avoid the situation that the generals who support the army have no supervision and no elbows, you will naturally take my brother-in-law, and I will be obedient and obedient, and in the future, generals like You Yong and Wang Sili will naturally have nothing to say."

Li Ze nodded movingly, and arched his hand: "Thank you Chenglin for your understanding and fulfillment."

Liu Chenglin laughed: "Actually, speaking of which, I am not proficient in people's livelihood politics at all, you only let me lead the army, but I get what I want. Besides, although the mixed army is only 5,000 people, it is 5,000 elite armor soldiers, which is much stronger than my previous Liuzhou army. I like it. And in Yingzhou, it is even more enjoyable to be able to play with a famous general like Zhang Zhongwu. Liu's wish in life is to lead the most powerful army, fight the most ferocious enemy, and then behead him under his horse."

Li Ze gave Liu Chenglin a thumbs up: "Chenglin, you have fulfilled me, and I will naturally not treat you badly. You also know, I have always been in collusion with the imperial court, this time I took Henghai, Chengde is also in my bag, when the time comes, I will let the imperial court merge Henghai and Chengde into a festival town, it is estimated that at that time, a general of Qianniuwei in the imperial court will not be able to run away from me, maybe there will be a Shangshu order or something, when the time comes, I will naturally ask for Chenglin to be sealed, a genuine brand of general, you are absolutely indispensable."

Liu Chenglin nodded, this is what it should mean, and he didn't say anything thankful.

"Since I followed you, it is natural that as long as you have it, I will not be bad." Liu Chenglin said: "Speaking of which, I want to ask, when will your wedding with Qiao'er be held?" ”

"Qiao'er is only sixteen years old!" Li Ze was embarrassed in front of him.

"Sixteen years old is still young, no matter how old you are, you will be laughed at as an old girl who can't get married." Liu Chenglin's eyebrows were upside down when he was standing up.

"I'm about to enter Chengde, and Su has passed away, from the patriarchal point of view, she is my mother-in-law, and I must serve her filial piety." Li Ze promised. Within three years, they will not be able to get married."

Speaking of which, Liu Chenglin also has nothing to say, this is the patriarchal avenue, and now Li Ze, if he wants to hold Chengde in his hands, he can't make people sick in this regard. After humming for a long time, he finally said helplessly: "This is also a helpless thing, but there is one more thing, I want to say that in the head, you have a personal girl named Xia He, who is very capable. My family Qiao'er is a lady who does not go out of the door, and she has been a husband and a godchild since elementary school, so I don't say anything about Xia He's entry, it must be someone who has served you for many years, and now she is in a high position, holding your economic lifeline, but if I let me know that she bullied my sister, don't say that when the time comes, I will turn my face and not recognize people, and I will kill you with a knife."

Li Ze smiled bitterly: "It seems that you really inquired about a lot of things?" ”

"My sister-in-law is going to entrust her life, how can I not inquire clearly, it is the temperament of that Xia He, I also know a thing or two." Liu Chenglin said." That's a great person, and my sister can't be compared."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of these things, if you don't sweep a house, why sweep the world?" Li Ze picked up some vegetables for Liu Chenglin and put them on a small plate in front of him: "Don't eat all the meat, eat some side dishes."