Xiao Tzuyong dismantled the word Xiao and turned it into his own name, and replaced the prefix with the homonym Cao; The bottom of the word Su has not changed, and a thick word has been added, which is actually the back; proved that he was a descendant of the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom, and Empress Dowager Xiao Yanyan was his aunt; Although this aunt has already come out of five suits, Xiao Tzuyong likes to call it that, and Xiao Tzuyong will do it when pulling tiger skin to do big flags.

Xiao Tzuyong's level of Chinese in the exchange with Zhao Wenchen just now was learned by him in Bianjing, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

After Empress Dowager Xiao and King Wenzhong Han Derang formulated a grand blueprint for unifying China, in order to realize the long-cherished wish of unifying the Central Plains to emulate Tang Taizong Li Shimin as the Khan of Heaven, they trained a capable and shrewd spy team a long time ago; Xiao Tzuyong was a leader among the spies of the Liao army.

After Xiao Tzuyong became a spy, he entered Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, several times, and began to learn the culture, customs, etiquette, language, and living habits of the Han people from the second day of the hotel, and his manners and actions were no different from those of the Han people; To some extent, even more skilled than the Han Chinese.

Xiao Tzuyong went directly to the topic after saying his Cao Suhou's name, and said, "Brother Zhao, I don't know how you can settle the freight for us!" ”

Xiao Tzuyong said this, which fully demonstrated the nature of a businessman; The most fundamental purpose of a businessman is to make money, and when you meet to withdraw money first, you don't need to ask much to know that he is a businessman.

Zhao Wenchen saw that Xiao Tzuyong didn't say a few words and mentioned the problem of how to settle the freight, grabbed his hand and walked forward with a smile: "The freight will definitely not be disadvantaged to Brother Cao!" Let's take a walk, there is a tavern in front, Zhao invites you to have a few cups! ”

Xiao Tzuyong knew that Zhao Wenchen had to play tricks on freight, and make a few tables of banquets to moisten the mouths of the big guys; I couldn't help but laugh secretly in my heart: "I'm afraid this is called the same bed and different dreams!" Zhao Wenchen, a Han dog, thinks that he has to make a table and banquet to reduce the price, but what does General Ben mean about the freight price? As long as 300 Tielin troops successfully reach the river, the freight is not worth it! ”

People's hearts are different, and flowers are different red. Seeing Zhao Xibao's invitation to drink, Xiao Tzuyong pretended to be excited and raised his hand to the 300 Tielin soldiers and said, "How can Zhao Daguan invite us to eat and drink, how can we refuse, brothers, find a place to tie up the horses and go with Zhao Daguan!" ”

The number of more than 100 soldiers of the 300 Tielin Army plus Zhao Wenchen is more than 400, and it is really not too easy to find a place to eat for 400 people.

But things in the world are so strange, there is a restaurant called Juxian Lou that specializes in entertaining a large number of merchants; More than 400 people sat in the large dining room, which took up only half of the space.

The owner of the Juxianlou Hotel is a Han Chinese, and he saw that so many people came to patronize it at once; He showed all his belongings, and the servants and slaves made tea, and the servants and maidservants poured tea, and those who poured water; There were also a lot of fashionable fruits during the banquet.

The Han boss chatted with everyone for a while, asking what dishes to serve and what kind of wine to drink.

More than a dozen of the 300 Tielin soldiers couldn't understand Chinese, and those who could understand Chinese pointed their fingers at Zhao Wenchen, who was sitting in the box, and said: "That person is sitting in the east, boss, you went over and asked him what kind of food and drink he liked!" ”

The hotel owner said "That's that" in his mouth, walked up to Zhao Wenchen in three steps and sang a fat nuo and grinned: "Big official, may I ask what kind of food and wine do you serve to the brothers?" ”

The boss's question is equivalent to Zhao Wenchen's army, Zhao Wenchen originally wanted to get a few bowls of noodles to entertain Xiao Tzuyong's 300 people; But the owner of the hotel didn't open which pot to mention, and he ran to Zhao Wenchen, what kind of food and what wine to drink? Isn't this forcing people to pay tribute?

Xiao Tzuyong sat next to Zhao Wenchen, Zhao Wenchen hated the shopkeeper so much that he gritted his teeth, but he couldn't show a little displeasure on the surface.

Zhao Wenchen groaned for a while and laughed twice: "Boss, how did I find out that your nose is not erected but collapsed, this is a standard collapsed nose!" ”

The boss of the collapsed nose didn't care that Zhao Wenchen joked about his nose pimple, and laughed and said: "The sky is falling, Hong Fuwang!" Xiaomin's nose is a little collapsed, but this is brought out of the mother's belly! The little people only asked the big officials what kind of food and wine they wanted to serve to the brothers! ”

The boss of the collapsed nose repeated what he said before, Zhao Wenchen just didn't want to make it a banquet, so he had to do it hard.

But Zhao Wenchen did not rush to make a statement, but stared at the boss with a collapsed nose and smiled, and said, "The boss is Han? ”

"Xiaomin is Han!" The boss nodded and said, "If the official family has any orders, just say it, and the people will implement it without any discount!" "The boss of the collapsed nose raised the topic to a political level.

Zhao Wenchen scratched his forehead helplessly, and continued to ask: "Is the boss a Han from the Western Xia or a Han from the Central Plains?" ”

The boss of the collapsed nose touched his hand on the nose pimple and grinned: "The official asked this tricky, Xiaomin is a Han from the Western Xia and a Han from the Central Plains; Specifically, it is the Han people of Guanzhong Road! ”

"Uh-huh!" Zhao Wenchen spewed out a voice from his nose: "It's the Han people from the Western Xia side and the Han people from Guanzhong Road in the Central Plains, what do you say?" ”

The boss said: "Xiaomin's ancestral home is in Guanzhong, and then he can't get over there, so he ran to Xixia; It is not easy to mix up here in Western Xia and run back to Guanzhong Road, and now the two countries are not at war here, and it is easy to make money; Ran back from Guanzhong Road again! ”

The boss of the collapsed nose recounted his story with great humor, reflecting the plight of the common people in the war; It is true that the common people are the greatest victims of war.

Zhao Wenchen listened to the boss of the collapsed nose and laughed twice: "Since the boss is a Han from Guanzhong Road, then today you will go to Guanzhong to eat thirteen bowls of dishes, wine, and drink the sorghum red of the river!" ”

Xiao Tzuyong couldn't help but get excited when he heard Zhao Wenchen say this, and muttered silently in his heart: "This Han dog, every word he says seems to be related to Xiao's Tielin Army destination; It is here that there are no three hundred taels of silver, and Ah Er next door has never stolen it! ”

After Zhao Wenchen finished the previous words, he raised his arm and said: "But boss, you have to talk about the characteristics and production methods of the 13 bowls in Guanzhong, and let the lower officials hear if that's the case!" ”

The boss with a collapsed nose glared for a moment, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are an expert, and you actually know such a big dish as the thirteen bowls of Guanzhong!" ”

After a pause, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said with a smile: "Let's tell the big officials, Xiaomin Gou Zhonghou is the heir of the 13 bowls of Liang's dishes in Guanzhong, since the big officials mentioned the 13 bowls of Guanzhong; That little people can't help themselves if they don't say it! ”

The boss said, calming down; The 13 bowls of Guanzhong dishes are described in detail:

Guanzhong is a place where the emperor is rich in the earth, and people only prepare 13 bowls of banquets at weddings and funerals.

The 13 bowls of banquets in Guanzhong were inherited by the ancestor Gou Laoba from the folk of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the flavor characteristics are "three prominent".

First, the main ingredients are prominent: beef and mutton are the mainstay, supplemented by mountain delicacies.

The second is the main flavor is prominent: although there are many condiments used in a dish, there is only one main flavor of each dish, sour, spicy, bitter, sweet and salty, and the other flavors are subordinate.

Third, the fragrance is prominent: in addition to using coriander as an ingredient, dried chili, aged vinegar and Sichuan pepper are often selected.

Dried chili peppers are picked out after cooking in oil, which is spicy but not strong; The sour taste of vinegar is weakened and the aroma is increased after cooking in oil; Sichuan pepper is cooked in oil, and the numbness taste is reduced; The pepper flavor increases.

The purpose of choosing these spices is not simply for spicy, sour and hemp, but mainly for their fragrance.

The cooking techniques are mainly burning, steaming, simmering, stir-frying, steaming, and boiling, and most of the ancient traditional cooking methods such as stone cooking are used.

Roasted, steamed vegetables, the shape is complete, the juice is thick and fragrant, and the characteristics are outstanding.

Clear vegetables, the soup is clear to the bottom, the main ingredients are crisp and tender, fresh and smooth, refreshing and delicious.

The warm vegetables are neither cold nor hot, the garlic is fragrant, and the local flavor is very strong.

Gou Zhonghou talked about the characteristics of the 13 bowls of dishes in Guanzhong, and Xiao Tzu was salivating; He worked as a hotel junior in Bianliang, and he had never heard of Guanzhong 13 bowls having so many characteristics; Hurriedly raised his arm and said: "Boss, don't you want Wang Po to sell melons and boast about herself; Why don't you serve it up for you to taste......"

Xiao Tzuyong shouted like this, Zhao Wenchen really couldn't shake off the scorpion on the back of his hand; had to wave his hand to let Gou Zhonghou serve the food.

Gou Zhonghou bowed deeply to Zhao Wenchen, and said with a laugh: "Wait a minute, the big officials will cook here; 13 bowls of wine are immediately arranged, and the officials and officials will use tea first! Gou Zhong humbly gave in and left quickly; Walk to the peninsula and shout to a few children, first serve tea, then wine, and finally serve food; Wait for these masters! ”

Several shopkeepers responded to their duties, and Gou Zhonghou went into the kitchen to start operating; The sounds of burning, roasting, frying, frying, boiling, stir-frying, stir-frying, and boiling all kinds of sounds are mixed together in the kitchen; After a little, the 13 bowls of Guanzhong are served to the table in turn.

The utensils used to serve dishes are not plates and saucers, but large bowls and old bowls.

The big old bowl has different shapes, medium and small shapes, and the colors are mixed and beautiful, which is probably the characteristic of Guanzhong food culture.

Guanzhong people add two self-proclaimed big bowls in front of the bowl, and the specifications of the big old bowls are of course not necessarily large; There are large bowls, large old bowls, medium old bowls, and small old bowls; This is the essence of the Western Zhou culture.

The old bowl means big, but the taste bowl is bigger than the old bowl; The medium and small bowls are smaller than the big bowls, and the smaller ones are smaller than the large bowls.

Guan Chinese is the authentic of China, after Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, the car is on the same track, the book is the same text, and the line is the same, and the Qin culture inherited the Zhou culture and began to spread to the surrounding areas of China; The strength of the Western Han Dynasty and the heyday of the Tang Dynasty made Guan Chinese a benchmark for world culture.

The Song Dynasty established by Zhao Kuangyin established Chang'an, the capital of the Golden Kingdom far away from China, after establishing the capital of Bianliang in the capital, the country weakened day by day; The decline of audience culture in the minds of officials directly led to the embarrassing situation of Yidi beating around the generations of the two Song Dynasty in 3009; In the end, it must not end in the destruction of the generations.

After the two Song Dynasties, there was no China, and there was little Chinese; During the Yuan, Ming, Qing and even Beiyang warlord periods, Guanzhong became a poor and weak place; You may not believe that the yield of one mu of wheat has dropped to 74 catties, but this is a fact reflected in the statistical table of grain in Guanzhong in the past dynasties made by Yangling Agricultural Science......