Zhao Xibao and Xiao Tzu first said a few words, looked back at him and said with a smile: "Brother, your surname!" ”

Xiao Tzu first wanted to say that his surname was Xiao, but when he thought about it, the Central Plains people had a lot of associations with the surname Xiao; Just because there was a Empress Dowager Xiao in the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom, she casually said that her surname was Cao, and her name was solemn.

Zhao Xibao was stunned for a moment, staring at Cao Suhou, the name that Xiao Tzu said first; He laughed twice and said, "Cao Suhou!" Brother, your name is naughty! ”

"It's a small thing if the name is naughty, but making money is a big thing!" Xiao Tzuxian took Zhao Xibao's army very humorously.

Xiao Tzu first dismantled the Xiao character 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 the Empress Dowager Yan Yan was his aunt; Although this aunt has already come out in five suits, Xiao Tzu likes to call it that, and Xiao Tzu will do it first.

Xiao Tzuxian's level of Chinese in the exchange with Zhao Xibao 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 Tzu was first the best among the spies of the Liao army.

Xiao Tzu first became a spy and then 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 being a hotel junior, 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 Tzu first said his Cao Suhou's name and then went directly to the topic, saying: "Brother Zhao, I don't know how you can settle the freight for us!" ”

Xiao Tzu said this first, 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 Xibao saw that Xiao Tzu mentioned the problem of how to settle the freight without saying a few words, grabbed his hand and walked forward, and said 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 Tzu first knew that Zhao Xibao had to play tricks on the freight, and get a few tables of banquets to moisten the big guy's mouth; I couldn't help but laugh secretly in my heart: "I'm afraid this is called the same bed and different dreams!" Zhao Xibao, 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 the 31 Xiao cavalry captains successfully arrive at Xianghe Bay, the freight is not worth it! ”

People's hearts are different, and flowers are different red. Seeing Zhao Xibao's invitation to drink, Xiao Tart pretended to be excited and raised his hand to the 31 Xiao cavalry captains and said: "How can Zhao Daguan invite us to eat and drink, the brothers will find a place to tie up the horses and go with Zhao Daguan!" ”

The 40 people soon took a seat in a restaurant called Juxian Lou - 31 Xiao Cavalry Captains and 10 Zhao Xibao's Seed Army Trafficking Team.

The owner of the hotel is Han, and when he saw that so many people came to patronize his Juxianlou restaurant at once; Busy and a few shopkeepers carried a large teapot to make tea and pour water, bowing from time to time to ask what dishes to serve and what wine to drink.

More than a dozen of Xiao Tzuxian's 31 Xiao cavalry captains couldn't understand Chinese, and those who could understand Chinese pointed their fingers at Zhao Xibao, who was sitting in the box, and said: "That person is 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 Xibao in three steps and sang a fat nuo and grinned: "Great official, may I ask what kind of food and wine do you serve to the brothers?" ”

The boss's question is equivalent to Zhao Xibao's army, Zhao Xibao originally wanted to get a few bowls of noodles to entertain Xiao Tzuxian's 31 people; But the owner of the hotel didn't open which pot to mention, and he ran to Zhao Xibao with a melon and a mouse eye, and asked what kind of food and what wine to drink? Isn't this forcing people to pay tribute?

Xiao Tzu sat next to Zhao Xibao first, and Zhao Xibao gritted his teeth with hatred for the shopkeeper, but he couldn't show a little displeasure on the surface.

Zhao Xibao 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 Xibao 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 Xibao just didn't want to make it a banquet, so he had to do it hard.

But Zhao Xibao was not in a hurry to make a statement, but stared at the boss with a collapsed nose and smiled, "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 Xibao 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 Xibao 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 of the collapsed nose said: "Xiaomin's ancestral home is in Guanzhong Road in the Central Plains, and then he ran to Xixia when he couldn't get by; 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 Xibao 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 Thirteen bowls of dishes, wine, and drink sorghum red in Xianghewan!" ”

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

After Zhao Xibao finished the previous words, he raised his arm and said: "But boss, you have to explain 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: "Let's tell the big officials, Xiaomin Liang Zhonghou is the heir of the 13 bowls of Liang's big 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 of Liang Zhonghou said, calming down; The 13 bowls of Guanzhong dishes are described in detail:

In Guanzhong, the emperor and queen of heaven, people only prepare 13 bowls of banquets at weddings and funerals.

The 13 bowls of banquets in Guanzhong were inherited by the ancestor Liang 18 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.

Liang Zhonghou told the characteristics of the 13 bowls of dishes in Guanzhong, and Xiao Tzu salivated first; 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......"