Having said that, but in the Tianjin officialdom, all the officials who received Ning Yuanbo's invitation post were all worried in their hearts. Not to mention anything else, for the war in Liaodong, Ning Yuanbo can be said to have paid a lot. Almost threw the life of the county lord of Zhaoyang, who was the pearl in his palm, in Tashan! There is also the consumption of those soldiers, horses, food, grass, ordnance, and salaries, which can be described as huge!

Concerned officials have privately calculated, not counting the 10,000 combat strength allocated to Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Ningyuan, who is far better than the 10,000 Tuntian soldiers, the casualties and missing of the Nanyue Army in this battle should be around three or four thousand! This is said to be a loss that the uncle has never had since he led the army.

There are also a large number of grain, grass, ordnance, gunpowder, artillery, artillery, military salaries, armor, medicine and other materials transferred from Tianjin Port, just grain, rice, beans, and other materials, no less than a million stones! Now, after a lot of hard work, a lot of materials, all the money has been paid, who is replaced, I am afraid that I will also find a little back to find to kill the evil spirit!

The next day, the civil officials and Taoists of the Tianjin officialdom, the military attachés and above, under the leadership of the governor of Tianjin, gathered outside the Tianhou Palace. Everyone accepted Li Shouhan's summons with the mentality of accepting Ning Yuanbo's thunderous anger.

Surprisingly, Li Shouhan seemed to be in a good mood today, and there was no trace of disguise, smiling and greeting everyone, as if there was some happy event at home. This made everyone very puzzled, it was said that the anger was extraordinary, and the signing room was smashed into a mess, but now where can I see a little shadow after the anger?

In the courtyard of Niangniang Palace, a spine ceiling was temporarily erected, and the fine fine muslin cloth was used as the material of the ceiling to block the sunshine and dust of early spring. In the ceiling, the good silver mat noodles on the twenty or thirty tables have already been arranged, and in the silver stilt fruit bowl, four dry and four wet, four fruits and four candied fruits have already been arranged.

The feast began in the midst of everyone's apprehension. Li Shouhan warmly beckoned everyone to sit down, and then shouted: "Serve." ”

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned. What to serve? In such a hurry? Is it really here to eat today? However, in this case, what is the difference between us officials and those coolies on the docks? Come up and start eating, finish eating a big bowl of tea, and then go to the dock to carry a big bag? When I was in doubt. But I saw the servant bring a plate of very peculiar dishes. I saw some potatoes cut into pieces, obviously poured some syrup on them, this dish is special, Rao is everyone has eaten and seen, but they have never seen it before.

Li Shouhan smiled and said: "This is a dish that Ben Bo personally instructed the cooks to make, and the cooks gave it a name, called Sweet Potato." Because the raw material is sweet potato, and the outside is wrapped in syrup, you can pull out the thread like lotus root. That's why it's called a sweet potato. ”

Only then did everyone know the origin of this dish, smelling the sweet fragrance, and suddenly their index fingers moved. At this time, sweet potatoes are absolutely rare in the north, and besides, they are eaten in a way that has never been seen before, boiled and cooked with good white sugar, how can this be lightly let go? At that moment, someone was ready to use chopsticks to taste, but saw Li Shouhan and said, "Don't be busy yet." This dish is very knowledgeable to eat. ”

After Li Shouhan finished speaking, he brought a water bowl. Then pick up a piece of sweet potato and put it in the water, and then eat the piece. After eating, Li Shouhan said: "This dish is good, but the syrup is very hot, if you don't dip it in water to cool, the layer of sugar coating wrapped outside will be cooled, and it will burn your mouth if you force it to eat." It's hard to get your mouth full of bubbles.

Only then did everyone know that they were almost burned just now, and they were all glad that they didn't have a mouth to eat directly. Then, everyone tasted this sweet potato according to the method introduced by Li Shouhan. Sure enough, when you eat it like this, it tastes luscious. The mouth is full of sweetness and does not feel hot.

Seeing that everyone had finished tasting it, Li Shouhan said: "Ben Bo first wants to apologize to the ranks, in the past, Ben Bo was too careful, always thinking about breaking the enemy overnight, and completely forgot one thing. This war is like cooking. Look at the actual situation, talk about the heat, the so-called anxious can't eat hot tofu. Sometimes, over-slicing is a mouth full of blisters, and when you stop and deal with it, your opponent is this delicious sweet potato. ”

"Uncle is diligent in the king's affairs, he just wants to destroy the ugly class overnight, and return the people of the world to a peaceful world, Shu Jun's father's worries, his subordinates are naturally willing to follow Jiwei!"

Only then did everyone know that Li Shouhan's purpose for serving this dish was a burst of routine flattery and loyalty to show his ambitions. Seeing this, Li Peiting was naturally not far behind, he got up and said, "Shame on the lord." Now that the situation is collapsing and people's hearts are unstable, as a subordinate, it doesn't matter if you can't share the worries for the lord, but you still need the lord's encouragement, it's really a shame to kill. But don't worry, we will help the lord with one heart and one mind, and no matter how strong the enemy is, it will be dry bones in the grave. ”

Li Shouhan smiled slightly and said: "You are half right, Jiannu is indeed a dry bone in the grave. But the situation is not broken, and people's hearts are not unstable. In the past, Quang Ninh was not lost, and all our strategies could only be carried out around Quang Ninh, the enemy knew how I attacked, but I did not know how the enemy defended, so there was the defeat of Tashan in the front, and Shi Lang was forced to withdraw later. As a result, Liaoyang gained and lost, and its success was lost. ”

"And now, if the enemy doesn't know how to attack, I know how the enemy defends, and the offensive and defensive situation is changing, how can it be said that the situation has collapsed? As for people's hearts, as long as you are of one heart and one mind with Benbo, it is the desire of the people. Everyone couldn't help but admire from their hearts, Li Peiting admired the five-body throw, and said that the lord is the lord, Mount Tai collapsed in front of the same color, quickly calmed people's hearts, not to mention, but also can take advantage of the situation, take the opportunity to consolidate their authority and the trust of their subordinates.

The remarks raised the atmosphere, and everyone began to put forward their own opinions and views word by word, some advocated immediately increasing troops for a decisive battle, some advocated training troops to fight again, and some advocated tuntian to facilitate long-term warfare. However, there are drawbacks to being too hot, and the lack of consensus leads to a waste of time in arguments. Unconsciously, the dried and fresh fruits, snacks and other things on the table have been wiped out.

Li Shouhan interrupted everyone's argument with a smile and said: "Everyone, people are iron, rice is steel, Jiannu can be destroyed after ten years, but we can't eat after ten years." Come, today I would like to invite you to taste another new thing, this dish, like the one just now, you are definitely eating it for the first time. ”

Dozens of servants had already rushed in, neatly cleaning up the table and rearranging the cups, plates, dishes and chopsticks. After everyone sat down according to the arrangement, they saw that there was only one dish on the table today, and it seemed that there was not even rice, tea, and wine glasses, which couldn't help but make everyone wonder. What is this to eat? It's not really like Fan Hao asked King Xiang for wine and meat to eat at the Hongmen banquet, and everyone gnawed a pork knuckle together, right? Now on all the tables, there is only a large, thin-skinned iron pot, the size of a basin, and an iron lid on it, so it is impossible to see what is inside. Until the servant lifts the lid. Only then did everyone realize that this dish was special enough.

I saw some beige cakes pasted on the outer edge of the pot, I don't know what material is made of, but the fried golden brown, exuding an attractive aroma, just smelling, it doesn't look unpalatable. At the bottom of the pot are some small fish. With that sharp eye, you can see at a glance that this is the famous golden-eyed whitebait produced in Baodi County, which is under the jurisdiction of Tianjin, and it is the most delicious. This kind of whitebait, because its eye circle is golden, also known as golden-eyed silverfish, usually lives in Bohai Bay, swims upstream, swims to the Sancha estuary to spawn in winter, and is also a unique whitebait at the Sancha estuary.

Goldeneye whitebait does not need to be cleaned and can be fried directly. The flesh is delicate and has a cucumber flavor. Therefore, it was listed as a tribute, and was favored by the royal family since the time of Zhu Di, and every winter, the palace would send eunuchs to live in Tianjin, waiting to catch golden-eyed silverfish. Liu Jin, the great eunuch known as the emperor of the land, loved to eat whitebait the most, and once set up a "silverfish factory eunuch" in Tianjin to collect whitebait from the Weihe River. When Yuan Shikai was in power. There was a "whitebait tax", which shows its preciousness. This kind of fish, which is listed as a tribute, is very casually piled up in this iron pot, and because the fish at the bottom of the pot are relatively concentrated, they are piled up into a small pyramid shape.

Goldeneye whitebait has been eaten by everyone. But this kind of practice, this kind of eating, everyone is really the first time to see it. But since you're here, let's give it a try. As a result, when they ate it, it was delicious beyond their imagination. The cake is soft on the top and crispy on the bottom, and the small fish is delicious, and you don't have to worry about the thorns, because even the head of the fish is crispy. I couldn't stop eating this, and as a result, these foodies who had eaten all over the country quickly ate this pot of vegetables with cakes and small fish.

Seeing that everyone was eating happily, Li Shouhan smiled and waved his hand, and the servants changed a pot for the adults, so that everyone could eat to the fullest. As a result, the effect of the food still exceeded Li Shouhan's imagination, even after being full of wine and food, there are still people who seem to have a feeling of not having fun. Of course, this is also what Li Shouhan wants.

Seeing that everyone had almost eaten, Li Shouhan asked with a smile: "Everyone, is this food still appetizing?" ”

There is a description of "whitebait Shaojiu, the taste is like cucumber soup, the jade eye is as expensive as the golden eye, and the Haihe River is not as strong as the Weihe River", which shows that the taste of the whitebait is delicious, but most of the people enjoy the salty and fresh taste of cinnabar whitebait, Korean whitebait, whitebait in white sauce, fried whitebait with green leeks, and whitebait soup; Sweet and sour sour whitebait, official roasted whitebait, and sour whitebait. How have you eaten Li Shouhan, an advanced version of Tianjin's flavor specialty that came out more than 200 years ahead of schedule - stick dumplings and boiled small fish? (By the way, there are actually a lot of delicious things in Tianjin, especially the fresh seafood of the river.) However, what the world knows, that is, those three, twist flowers, fried cakes, and dogs ignore them. You might as well think about it, as the earliest industrial and commercial city in the north, how can there only be so many kinds of food? Where do you put Li Zhongtang and President Yuan Da? Moreover, we don't know what the taste of the dog ignored back then, but now the dog ignores it, and its taste is not much different from the Hangzhou xiaolongbao sold at the mouth of your alley. ）

Of course, the crowd did not say that it was unpalatable, and it was indeed very delicious, so it was another compliment. Li Shouhan nodded with satisfaction and said, "This dish is indeed a good dish, but to make such an effect, it will take a little thought." ”

Then, Li Shouhan introduced the method of this dish, which is actually simple, the cake is corn flour with a small amount of bean flour, fish, and the whitebait of Baotou. Although these things are rare, they are not uncommon to everyone, and the key to this dish is the grasp of the heat and preparation.

When preparing in the early stage, the cornmeal should be put into a basin and scalded with boiling water, then stirred with chopsticks, consider whether to add bean flour according to preference, and moisten the dough with a little coolness, with an appropriate amount of soft and hard, not sticky, and not flowing. Live small fish are kept healthy in advance, spit out the dirt, and then squeeze out the internal organs by hand, wash them, and control the moisture. Mix several spices into a sauce. Enlarge the oil in the pot and heat it, fry the small fish on both sides to color, then cook the mixed juice, taste good, the juice overflows the small fish for the degree, the pot is heated and boiled, the cornmeal is divided into ten parts, each part is two or two up and down, and the two palms are pasted into the pot after being formed up and down, and the pot must be hot. Otherwise, you'll slide down. Generally, the commonly used pot does not need to rub the oil, and then burns it over low heat for about 3 quarters of an hour.

This stick is boiled with small fish, and it is a common food eaten by people in the market after the opening of Tianjin. However, during the Chongzhen period, it was a very luxurious food. The reason is simple, corn at this time has not been planted in large quantities in the north, cornmeal. is either stick noodles or rare things, and can only be used by Li Shouhan to entertain these civil and military officials in Tianjin.

After Li Shouhan said this, he said: "These things are easy to say, but they are a thousand miles away. It is the same dish, the master and apprentice have two tastes, and the difference lies in the understanding of the preliminary preparation and the grasp of the heat. In the past, Lao Tzu once said that governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh. When Ben Bo read the Tao Te Ching, he thought he was saying that he was an old man, and governing the country was as easy as a small fish. Today we know. This cooking small fish is really not so easy to make. ”

Having said that, everyone no longer knows what Li Shouhan means, so it will really be in vain. Li Peiting then got up and said, "Lord, do you mean to agree with my opinion?" Use the trade embargo as a means to make a preliminary preparation, just like this small fish needs to be fried before it is put into the pot. At the same time, the Tuntian District of Shandong and the business district of Shanghai. We have to catch it together. This Jiannu is a small fish, and the Tuntian District Business Zone is rice. Two in one pot stew. Eat it together and eat it together, it's really delicious. ”

Li Shouhan nodded and said, "Those who know me, Pei Ting, is true." In the past, Benbo used to treat Jiannu as a dried fruit, which was eaten without cooking. After this period of time, I found that Jiannu is like this little fish. If left untreated, it will hurt the stomach with a fishy smell at least and choke with fish bones. The Tuntian District and the Business Zone will also continue to be built. Therefore, the future policy. When such as this dish, handle it with care and cook it over low heat. As long as we don't make mistakes ourselves, I believe that in a few years, although the silverfish of Liaodong anti-thieves are rampant for a while, they are just struggling between the pots! Sooner or later, it will become a delicacy in our mouths with the business district and the Tuntian District. At that time, today's unhappiness is equivalent to the bitterness of the past. Ladies and gentlemen, would you like to help Ben Bo cook this dish? ”

Ning Yuanbo wants to continue to engage in tuntian and commerce? The officials whose brains are spinning fast are happy in their hearts! If you want to cultivate farmland, you have to recruit a large number of displaced people, build water conservancy, and distribute rations and tools, and after that, whether it is to grow grain or cotton, it will be very profitable. Not only can his pocket be filled with silver dollars, but his political achievements are even more sufficient!

As for the so-called business area, it is a place where money is made every day. A large number of goods, money flowed, and there was a way to make money everywhere! As for the trade embargo, this is even more worth tens of thousands of dollars, so be sure to let your own critical goods go to sea to Liaodong before the official start of the embargo! In this way, sit back and wait for the embargo to make a profit!

"Subordinates dare not follow the commander?!"

"I am willing to follow the commander and share the worries for the country!"

"Subordinates are willing to serve their lives."

The group of local officials in Tianjin, who were full of the sound of silver, hiccuped and looked forward to a better future, and left separately. In the Tianhou Palace, all those left behind were Li Shouhan's descendants, and the officials above the battalion officer level of the Nanyue Army in Tianjin.

"Now that there is no one who needs us to save it, then we can simply think about it!"

are all his own subordinates, so Li Shouhan naturally doesn't have so many scruples when he speaks.

After the Great War, both warring sides are exhausted and need a period to recuperate, heal their wounds, and prepare for the next battle. Therefore, Li Shouhan planned to take advantage of this rare time window to turn Tianjin Denglai and other places into an advance base for the Nanyue Army, so as to lay a solid material foundation for the next war.

"Lao Tzu plans to turn the current Tianjin into a wartime war against the Liao thieves in the future, not only to build barracks, but also to have all kinds of facilities around the barracks to serve the war, docks, warehouses, warehouses, roads, etc., and factories and shops must also be there!"

"Ordered!"

These people in the Nanyue Army have always only had the lord in their hearts, not the emperor, as long as the lord wants to do it, anyway, we don't lack silver and food, just spread the money and grain! Now that the land is worthless, and the labor is even cheaper, the lord is doing this completely to see that the current is a spring famine, and those bitter ha can't get through, and they are also poor people, so they can do a cash-for-work!

At that moment, without waiting for the will of the imperial court, he began to build a large number of buildings around Tianjin Wei to prepare for Li Shouhan's grand project. From Jimen to Gyeonggi, and even Baoding, there are large groups of homeless people who come to help the old and the young, in order to be able to find something to do here and survive this spring.

"My lord, did you give Shi Lang's sailors a military order to blockade all parts of the coast and not let the pieces go to the sea? So that Jiannu can't get a grain of rice and an inch of cloth? ”

In the Tianhou Palace, Li Shouhan and Li Peiting had a tea conversation, and our second son Li tried to find the hole card of the trade embargo he imposed on the thieves in Liaodong from Li Shouhan.

"Don't let the sheets go into the sea? The thieves won't be able to get what they want? Li Shouhan rolled his eyelids, forbidding the sea, it could only be cheaper than the group of Jin merchants who relied on land transportation of bulk commodities, and they could sit on the ground and start the price.

"The Liaodong rebels have just defeated Hong Chengchou, presumably they have seized a lot of wealth, can we make these wealth become the knives and guns in their hands, the armor on their bodies, and the food in their stomachs in the blink of an eye?" Li Shouhan's words made Li Peiting quite embarrassed, and he was a little confused, so he had to accompany the lord to laugh.

"Sue your few shopkeepers who are stationed in Liaodong, not only can you not put an end to trade with Liao thieves, but on the contrary, you must increase trade with Liao thieves. All kinds of silk, glass, ceramics, tea, tea bricks, refined salt, sugar and other luxury goods can be sent to Lao Tzu to Liaodong, as long as the food and weapons are not sold to the Liao thieves! For these goods, I will sue the sailor and strictly investigate! ”

Li Shouhan's policy suddenly made Li Peiting's heart very calm, the so-called trade embargo, in fact, is not to sell nothing, but to buy what I want to buy, to sell what I want to sell, not to sell what I don't want to sell. At the same time, it is necessary to intensify the embargo on important strategic materials.

However, then came the problem again. The output of the Nanyue Army is all daily necessities and luxury goods with high added value, although it can be provided to the thieves in Liaodong to improve their aesthetic standards and life interests, but what do they use to pay for the goods?

The so-called Liaodong Three Treasures, ginseng mink, and raw gold or something, Li Peiting himself got from Kuyi Island and the Sauron people in the direction of Yongning Temple, and the quality and price far exceeded that of the Liao thieves.

I have to find another way.

"My lord, my subordinates have a little foolish opinion, please correct my lord."

He ordered someone to fetch something and put it in front of Li Shouhan. (To be continued......)

PS: Continue to ask for a monthly pass.