"Boom!"

A strong and heavy drum beat woke Li Yuanjia from his deep sleep, and at the same time, he couldn't help but scold while he sat up and opened his eyes suddenly: "I'll be the day!" Knock and knock every day, are you annoying?! ”

"Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

"Knock knock ......"

As if in response to Li Yuanjia's scolding, followed by the first drum sound, the drum towers on the north-south streets in Chang'an City followed in turn, just like a calm waterhole was thrown into a small pebble, and the ripples swayed outward in turn, and the drum began to spread to every corner of Chang'an.

And......

"Phew!"

"Poof! Poop! Poop! ”

"Boom, Boom......"

As if the resentful girl who had been waiting all night was responding to the crazy man who got up in the morning, countless bells from far or near, loud or low, also sounded in the sky above Chang'an City. The sound of drums and bells mixed together instantly dispelled Li Yuanjia's already dissipated drowsiness and made him feel energetic quickly.

Then he came back to his senses and felt a chill.

In Chang'an City at the end of March, the weather has actually warmed up. But last night, a drizzling rain made the temperature colder again, and the maids hurriedly lit up another coal stove for Li Yuanjia. So it was cold outside this night, which made people shiver, especially when people on duty at night had to rely on hot water to maintain their body temperature, but Li Yuanjia in the room slept very sweetly.

When he came to this world, his favorite thing was a rainy day.

Without the obstruction of high-rise buildings, raindrops can fall on the roof without hindrance, knocking out one serenade after another, and this is definitely the best music for Li Yuanjia, he can lie in bed and listen to him all night. In addition, the cold weather makes the quilt appear warmer, so it is not too comfortable to nest in bed......

It would be even better if there was no such drum and bell every morning!

It's a pity that there is no if, in this Chang'an City, the first drum every day is thunderous, three o'clock on the fifth watch of the winter night, two o'clock on the fifth watch of the summer night, and on time in the Taiji Palace...... No, now it should be called Daxing Palace, at its main gate Chengtianmen...... No, it should be called Chaoyang Gate now, and a strong man knocked on it.

This drum sound is called the dawn drum.

The dawn drum in the imperial city sounded, and the next thing was to follow up with other drum towers set up in Chang'an City in turn, and it was the morning bells of nearly 100 temples in Chang'an City that sang harmony with them. And only after hearing the sound of drums and bells, the palace where the emperor lives, the office area of the imperial court, that is, the imperial city, and the squares of Chang'an, will the gates be opened one by one, the whole city will be awakened one after another, and the curfew of one night will officially end!

This is from the Tang Dynasty, the spectacular bell and drum dawn.

I remember that the day after I first learned about this incident, Li Yuanjia deliberately got up early to listen to this chorus. And the majestic and passionate drum sound and the deep and distant bell did make him feel extremely shocked for a while, once he used this bell and drum to accompany the meal, looking at his east eruption of the sun, moved almost to tears......

However, it is okay to listen to this thing once or twice, and it is too annoying to listen to it every day!

It's a pity that no one cares about Li Yuanjia's thoughts, after all, except for him, everyone has long been accustomed to the rhythm of going to bed early and getting up early. Especially now that the Tang Dynasty has just been established, and the fifth-grade officials and above have to get up at two or three o'clock every day to go to court, who cares about the sound of bells and drums?

"Hoo ......"

After a long exhalation, Li Yuanjia reluctantly left the warm quilt and began to pick up the clothes next to the bed and put them on.

He knew that at most, after the first drum fell, the whole house would immediately become lively, and Chunyan and Liu Mei would come to the door as usual and wait to serve themselves who got up - whether Li Yuanjia wanted to get up or not, they would be waiting there with towels and basins.

Li Yuanjia didn't feel sorry for them, but he did have something to do today, so he had to get up early.

And this bell and drum report is not over at one time, and when Li Yuanjia finishes washing, it will almost be the second time to drum; Then when I was ready to eat, I came a third time...... Anyway, after drumming down several times this morning, as long as he is not too sleepy, Li Yuanjia definitely doesn't want to continue sleeping!

"Spring Yan, what did you eat this morning?"

After washing, while wiping his face, Li Yuanjia asked casually.

"Go back to the king, drink mutton soup this morning."

First swallowed his saliva secretly, Chunyan hurriedly replied with a smile: "Didn't you say it on purpose yesterday?" So Yu Niang's side has been boiling up for almost an hour, just waiting for the king to get up...... In addition to the mutton soup, there are freshly baked pancakes, steamed buns and fried dough sticks made this morning, which one would you like to eat? ”

"Well, let's make mutton soup and fritters."

Nodding with satisfaction, Li Yuanjia casually ordered two things, and naturally someone hurriedly sent them to him.

Don't look at Yu Niang made so many tricks in the morning, but in addition to what the king enjoyed, the others will not be wasted, after all, Li Yuanjia doesn't care about other subordinates, but these intimate maids, cooks and housekeepers, he will never treat them badly. Therefore, the breakfast that Li Yuanjia can't eat will be solved by them in the name of reward......

The mutton soup boiled by Yu Niang is naturally the recipe of Li Yuanjia.

In fact, it is very simple, that is, the lamb bones and mutton are boiled for more than half an hour, and then the cooked mutton is cut into thin slices, sprinkled with a little thirteen spices and salt, and then served with chopped green onions and coriander, which is very rare in this era, and it is washed with boiling hot soup.

Although it is simple, the home-style taste is already very satisfying to Li Yuanjia.

And the most surprising thing for him was coriander, he thought that there would definitely be no in the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't expect it to be collected by Han Shan - I heard that it was brought by people from the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty, which was a surprise for Li Yuanjia!

After eating breakfast with a sigh, Li Yuanjia beckoned to Han Lucheng, who was waiting over, and said, "Has your father set off over there?" When can I get to Chang'an? ”

"Back to the king, it's already gone."

Hurriedly taking two steps forward, Han Lucheng replied: "It's just that because they escorted too many things this time, I'm afraid it will take at least ten days to arrive in Chang'an." ”

Although Li Yuanjia left most of the things to his brothers, there are some special ones, such as the set of tables and chairs he loves the most, and the few quilts that he has finally accumulated, they must all be brought over, not to mention the large number of copper coins and cloths in the warehouse, as well as spices stored as currency, etc., casually dozens of carts.

Therefore, Han Cheng and the others want to come back to Chang'an, and it will not be easy along the way.

Fortunately, Li Yuanjia was still quite relieved of them, nodded and stood up, waved his hand: "Then prepare a carriage for this king, let's go to Shengyefang!" ”