Shannan Dao Daxingtai, Qiguo Gongyu Wenliang sent an envoy to Ye to meet the Son of Heaven, although not a state envoy but also by the imperial court, since the Great Zhou land has been connected Shannan has sent an envoy into Beijing, but the envoy to Beijing is a little special.

The envoy is the clan and Xiyang County Gongyu Wenwen, who is divided into the cousin of today's Zhou Tianzi according to his generation, and is one of his few remaining relatives, representing the other two clans: Qiguo Gongyu Wenliang and Qiguo Gongshi Ziyu Wenming to meet the imperial family.

In view of this, the imperial court received the Shannan envoys with great grandeur, and held a dinner in the embassy where they stayed, which also had the intention of promoting harmony between the court and the outside world.

In the side courtyard of the embassy, the entourage of the mission was having a meal, and the envoys, deputy envoys, and the main members of the mission were attending the banquet, although they were also members of the mission, but they were not qualified to attend the banquet and were entertained here, although they were a little hungry, but most of them looked at the delicacies on the table with bitter faces.

It's not that the diet is not good, it's that they are really not used to eating, most of the people who traveled with the group this time are natives of Jiangnan, who are used to the diet in the south, and they are a little unaccustomed to the soil and water when they arrive in the north.

First of all, rice, the southerners eat mainly rice, but here it is mainly millet and wheat; The second is drinking, buttermilk in the north and tea in the south; Then there is meat, the south is mostly poultry or fish and shrimp and other aquatic products, while the north is mostly livestock and poultry, and mostly livestock meat such as beef and mutton.

Zhou Faming looked at the yellow and clear moxibustion mutton on the table in a daze, although the taste was extremely fragrant, but there was no willingness to move chopsticks, since crossing the Huai River, the food in the post house along the way began to be different from Jiangnan, he was still feasting at the beginning, but now he is so tired that he has no appetite.

When their Zhou family was framed, they had no choice but to flee north to the Zhou country, Zhou Faming followed his second brother Zhou Fashang into Chang'an, and for the first time he appreciated the diet of the north, and he was used to eating chickens, ducks, geese, fish, shrimp and crabs.

And Tian Yilong, who came into contact with the northern diet for the first time, unexpectedly repeated the mistakes of the past, just like Wednesday Lang back then, the first time he saw such a rich meat, he naturally moved his index finger, and as a result, he ate it all the way and ate it raw and had a bad stomach.

The former 'rampant intermediary' on the boundary of Xiyang County has now become a soft-footed crab, because the diet is too greasy, Tian Yilong's stomach has been uncomfortable, looking at the plate of meat on the case, he only feels that his stomach is hurting.

Tian Yilong hunted eagles and lackeys on weekdays, and ate a lot of wild things such as rabbits, geese, and roe deer.

"Tian Wuwei, Fang Cai Si said that the vegetable soup and rice porridge will be served in a while, if you really can't eat these, you can wait a while." Zheng Tong said on the side that it was also the first time he had come into contact with the northern diet, but because he had known the powerful relationship and was more restrained along the way, he was in a normal state.

He accompanied Yuwenwen as the head of Bazhou, and Tian Yilong and Zhou Faming had no real positions but had ranks, so although the three of them were only at the bottom, they were all on the list of missions.

Seeing that several of them were all worried, Zheng Tong smiled and said: "I forgot to say, the envoy brought tea cakes to Beijing this time, it is said that drinking tea can remove greasy, you can give it a try." ”

"Seriously! Why didn't Zheng Zhubo say it earlier! Zhou Faming is like a life-saving straw, to be honest, of course it is very refreshing to eat meat, but he can't stand it if he eats too greasy, if he has tea to get rid of greasy, then he can be unscrupulous.

Drink tea every day, and you can eat meat and drink buttermilk every day!

"The envoy specially ordered that he should only take it out in Yecheng, saying that he wanted to surprise everyone." Zheng Tong said with a smile.

"Zheng Zhubo, where are the tea cakes? I'll fetch it! "Tian Yilong can't stand it anymore......

In another room, Zhang Yu and others are also dining, they are Yu Wenwen's personal entourage, and they are not in the list of missions, so they are different from Zheng Tong and others, but the dinner dishes are also good, but most of them have poor appetites.

is also because he is not very suitable for the diet, Zhang Yu is not bad, after all, he lived in Chang'an with Yuwenwen for a few months, and his stomach is used to corn, wheat, buttermilk and beef and mutton, but the other guards are different.

After crossing the Huai River, the diet began to be obviously different from that of Bazhou, and at first it was quite novel, but it was eaten like this for more than ten days in a row, and the mutton was eaten too much, and many people had something wrong with their stomachs, although they did not have diarrhea and collapsed, but their appetite began to lose.

"One by one, sighing, this buttermilk tastes good, why doesn't anyone drink it?" Zhang Ding said with a smile, except for Zhang Yu, he was the only one who could eat and drink calmly, and seeing the appearance of the guards, he was a little narrow.

"Chief, I'm not used to drinking buttermilk, but now I want to vomit when I smell the taste," one of the guards said with a sad face, they came to the north with Lord Lang, and they felt novel when they drank buttermilk for the first time, but they didn't get used to it after drinking too much.

"If you don't drink buttermilk, why don't you drink alcohol? Don't you brag about how much you drink in the house on weekdays? Zhang Dingfa continued to taunt, and the guards all looked at the wine glasses with embarrassed faces, they thought that the famous wine they had drunk was the strongest wine, but now the wine here is even more powerful.

It's not that it will be on the head as soon as you drink it, but this wine seems to have something added to it, and it tastes weird when you drink it, if you don't know that the other party has no malicious intentions, they all suspect that someone has poisoned the wine.

"So Lang Jun wants to take you out to see the world, or you feel good about yourself in that small place, look at Jia Niu and them, they have been practicing in Chang'an for more than half a year, and the whole person feels different to everyone after coming back."

"Leader, Jia Niu, do they also eat mutton and drink buttermilk in Chang'an? How did they get through it! ”

"No, no, otherwise they will be yelling to eat fish and drink tea all day long, and fools will know that they are southerners." Zhang Yu said with a smile, "We are coming to Yecheng in an open and honest manner, just to see the identification of the sample diet, what is there to be afraid of!" ”

"Here, dry this wine!" Zhang Dingfa drank it all after speaking, seeing that everyone was still hesitating, he said with a smile: "Don't you dare to drink it because of the strange taste?" It's all fools! ”

"This wine is called millet rice wine, which is rare to drink in the south, if you don't drink it, don't regret it when you go back."

"The so-called drunkard refers to the heavy liquor that has been rebrewed two or more times, so it feels that the wine is strong, and as for the strange taste, it is because it is added to it, so this wine is considered a medicinal wine."

Someone asked what ingredients were added to this wine, and Zhang Dingfa came one by one: generally there are five eggplant skins, dried ginger, pomegranates, pepper, long pepper, chicken tongue, etc., this wine is most suitable for drinking in spring and summer.

"The envoy has prepared high-quality wine, and you are all tyrannical creatures."

"No wonder I always feel that there is a ginger smell in the wine" Everyone suddenly realized, seeing the leader say this, they tried to drink one after another, and Zhang Yu was thoughtful on the side.

When entering the city, a group of guards were amazed at the prosperity of Yecheng, which is not surprising, because many people have seen the big city that is Anlu City, Zhang Yu has been to Chang'an, so he will naturally not be shocked by Yecheng, and he found that Zhang Dingfa's expression is a little special.

When Zhang Yu came to Fuzhong, Zhang Dingfa and Liu Caiyun were already Yuwenwen's subordinates, and he later heard Yuwen 15 talk about the 'past', so he knew that these two originally lived in Chang'an, and then got acquainted with Yuwenwen.

After seeing Chang'an City, he will not be shocked by Yecheng, but Zhang Yu found that when Zhang Dingfa entered the city, he also looked around non-stop, unlike other guards, Zhang Dingfa felt like a wanderer who went out on a long journey, and kept looking at the scenery of his hometown when he returned to his homeland after many years.

Where Zhang Dingfa is from, most of the people in the house don't know, and only Lord Lang and Steward Liu know it, but what Zhang Yu can be sure of is that Zhang Dingfa is definitely not from the south.

'Could it be that Leader Zhang has lived in Yecheng before?' He thought......

In Yebei City, the prime minister's mansion is brightly lit, and the family banquet in the lobby is underway, and the third son of the prime minister, Wei Chi Shun, arrived in Yecheng this afternoon, and after a short rest, he took his wife and little daughter to meet his father to greet him.

Yu Chi Hui and his wife Wang sat on the head, Yu Chi Shun's family sat on the left side, and Wei Chi Xuan and Wei Chi Youqi sat on the right side, and the family gathered together.

Wei Chi Hui has a total of five sons, the eldest son Yu Chi Yi, the second son Yu Chi Kuan, and the third son Yu Chi Shun were born to the original Yuan family, and the fourth son Yu Chi Dan and the fifth son Yu Chi Youqi were born to the Xu Xian Wang family.

The second son Wei Chi Kuan died early, and the eldest son Yu Chi Yi was captured and killed during the war in the second year of the elephant, and now only the three sons of Wei Chi Shun, Wei Chi Dan, and Wei Chi Youqi are left, and Wei Chi Shun was placed under house arrest by Yang Jian since May of the second year of the elephant, and then went to Anlu, and did not meet his father until three years later.

Wei Chi is more than seventy years old, and now he is an old man with white hair, decades of military life, so that he has developed a strong physique, even now he can still ride a horse and shoot arrows, and he is quite emotional to see his son return to his side safe and sound.

"San Lang has been adrift all these years, it's not easy." Yu Chi sighed, the eldest son and the second son are no longer alive, and now Yu Chi Saburo Wei Chi Shun is his 'eldest son', and the father and son have not seen each other for more than three years.

"The father is in good health, and the son is much more relieved, but I am really ashamed that I have not fulfilled my filial piety all these years." Wei Chishun's voice choked up.

Seeing his daughter-in-law Wang and his little granddaughter Yu Chi Mingyue, Yu Chi thought of another granddaughter, "Is it good to be in Bazhou?" ”

"Father, Sanniang is very good in Bazhou, and now she has a son named Weicheng." Wei Chishun replied, seeing that his father was in good spirits, he was relieved a lot, and his father was seriously ill at the beginning of last year, but fortunately, he was relieved of the danger.

"San Lang is his grandfather, it's really time passing."

"Sanniang is doing well, then I'm relieved to be an uncle." Wei Chi on the side said with a smile, "I have heard rumors in Yecheng that the Erlang of the Qiguo family is how, but I really don't know whether to believe it or not." ”

"Hey, this is a lie, if my son-in-law is really as rumored by the outside world, Duke Qi Guogong would have broken his leg a long time ago."

"The third brother said that his son-in-law was happy, thinking that it was indeed a good person to come to Xiyang County, but in a few days I want to meet this Yuwen Erlang." Wei Chi Youqi accosted on the side.

"The rumored one-legged bronze man, I really want to see it." Wei Chi twisted his beard and said with a smile, "What is the situation in Shannan, you have to talk about it in a while." (To be continued.) )