Zhao Xing patted the belt and said embarrassedly: "Lord Cai, this is a dragon skin belt, a kind of pig dragon, that is, the ancients called the dragon, Jiaolong, Hulei, and the belt made of its skin." ”

Cai Jing was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Submit it, submit it." ”

The emperors of the Song Dynasty did not claim to be the "son of the dragon", they liked to say that they were the "son of heaven", "the son of heaven", and the dragon was only a subordinate of the son of heaven commanding all things, so Zhao Xing cut off the horn of the dragon king when the people sacrificed to the dragon king, although the people were shocked, the government did not use the name of rebellion to find fault.

However, the dragon skin belt rooted in the waist, for a while, still made people who grew up under traditional education feel awkward, and other officials did not dare to express their position after listening to Zhao Xing's words, Cai Jing turned the belt over and over again and looked at it, and said with a little regret: "This belt...... It's a pity that it's too simple, if you embed a few pieces of jade on it, decorate it with some brocade ribbons, and the flowers are clustered, so you can look good. ”

Zhao Xing rolled his eyes behind his back.

That's all Cai Jing's insight. Does the crocodile belt still need to be decorated? The scale armor was his best decoration.

But Zhao Xing still had a smile on his face, and he explained calmly: "Lord Cai, this dragon skin is very hard, and it has taken several months of craftsmanship to hit those few eyes on the scale armor. I pondered that the strength of this dragon armor was its tenacity, and in addition, the biggest advantage was that the dragon armor could be used as a whip-shaped weapon in times of crisis. But if the bone armor on it is cut off and inlaid with gems and jade, it will make the dragon armor lose its toughness and can only be made into a belt, but it will lose its biggest advantage. ”

Cai Jing looked at it over and over again, and then asked: "I vaguely heard a rumor, it is rumored that Lord Zhao often has a sword pinned to his belt, is there such a thing?" ”

Zhao Xing smiled very honestly: "Lord Cai, where in Longquan does that kind of soft sword with soft fingers really be produced." When I used to go to the seven seas. I did have a Longquan sword pinned to my belt just in case, but now that I'm out of the car, on horseback, and with dozens of followers, that thing is no longer needed. ”

Cai Jing repeatedly changed the belt in his hand and looked at it several times, but Zhao Xing never said the word "gift". Helpless, Cai Jing handed the belt to Zhao Xing with his backhand, and asked, "Is this thing difficult to get?" ”

Zhao Xing nodded. Answer: "This is an adult pig dragon about one zhang long, in order to catch it, more than 20 people died, more than a dozen people were bitten off their arms and legs, and this dragon was caught." It is said that catching this dragon was a lot of trouble because they liked to live in groups, so the wild people slaughtered the cattle and sheep and threw them into the river. Then wait for the pig to swallow it. Because this thing is full of food and does not like to move, it only lies lazily under the sun and sleepy. So it's better to catch at that time. But this thing eats a lot of food, and a pig Polong can swallow a whole adult pig and three sheep alive. So it's very expensive to capture it.

Not only that, this thing is extremely ferocious, and the angry dragon can bite off the thick iron rod at the mouth of the bowl in one bite, so every time the people in Bagan, Jiaozhi, and the country of Ranguo catch the dragon, they need to use hundreds of people and slaughter hundreds of cattle and sheep...... That's it. Each capture also costs three people. ”

Then. Zhao Xing vividly talked about the thrilling experience of the local villagers catching crocodiles, but in fact. The story he told is based on the movie "Crocodile Dundee", the plot of this movie is vivid and thrilling, and the bloody killing scenes in it are terrifying to listen to, Cai Jing was out of breath when he listened, and before he knew it, Zhao Xing had taken the belt from his hand and put it back on his waist.

After telling the story, Cai Jing also knew that this kind of thing was extremely rare, and he sighed regretfully: "This thing is so difficult to obtain, I don't know ......."

Zhao Xing cut off Cai Jing's words, pretended not to hear Cai Jing's hint, and continued: "It is not easy for parents to raise children, if the locals don't want to make a big price, they will not easily catch the dragon, because every time they catch, the village will lose twenty or thirty strong laborers, so this thing can't be bought with money, and only if the local king comes forward to give an order, plus a huge amount of money, the locals will do it."

As far as I know, this dragon skin only flowed into my Emperor Song, and I made it into a dozen belts and gave them to my teacher and brother, leaving only this one by my side...... Treasures! ”

After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he patted his belt and was satisfied. Cai Jing sighed and straightened his face: "Since you have already taken up your post, you still need to leave people to contribute to the affairs of the Peony Club this year, I think, you will go to Jiangdu County tomorrow to take over." ”

Zhao Xing was extremely thick-skinned, and he didn't feel the change in Cai Jing's face at all, and he nodded without hesitation: "I came to Yangzhou early for this matter." ”

Maybe it's the reason for the inland, maybe it's the earth's climate to gradually return to normal, this year's weather in Yangzhou seems to be very normal, this world hub many people rely on the transportation industry for a living, Jiangdu people are not much, most of them are some young and strong laborers, many people are more or less involved in the shipping industry.

This is a city with high prices, its price level is higher than Bianliang, many people work hard in Yangzhou when they are young, and when they earn enough money, they return to the nearby county to settle down in order to reduce the cost of living, which makes the city seem very young, and the city and countryside are all young and strong.

This is also a rich city, ten yuan can live in Bianliang for a year, in Yangzhou here is only enough to live for one or two months, the land here is also the most expensive in the whole Song Dynasty, one acre of land needs ten money.

The two old Xiucai were obviously very satisfied with being able to come to Yangzhou to serve, and they had done enough etiquette to Shangguan Fengying, and the county lieutenant Peng Hua Peng Zijing had heard of Zhao Xing's poem, and wanted to go to Su Shi to make a foot, and when he saw Zhao Xing, he talked about the poem sourly: "Zi said: Those who can see the gentleman, Si Keyi." I don't want to see Mr. Su today, fortunately, fortunately! ”

County Cheng Lu Yue and Lu Xinran also bowed their hands to Zhao Xing: "The county lord who heard it early is not expected to be a colleague today, and this Jiangdu County still depends on the adults." ”

Jiangdu County is a new land, except for the demolition of the official Ju Chang and the guest official Wang Ge. These two are the places left by their predecessors, and the demolition official is not the official who demolished the people's houses in the Song Dynasty for profiteering, this official is equivalent to the secretary general of the county party committee, and the official documents of the court are opened by him, and the review of the painting is postponed and handed over to the chief official for processing. This was a method of monitoring local officials established by the Song court to ensure that local officials strictly enforced the decrees above. The guest officer is the director of the government reception office, who is in charge of the management of the post station and the reception of passing officials.

The position of opening the official land was appointed by the superior, and Zhao Xing could not move. And other officials such as guest officers. Zhao Xing can be assigned at will. However, this Ju Chang made Zhao Xing look a little familiar, and before he could react, Ju Chang bowed his hand to greet Zhao Xing: "Lord Zhao, a native of Gaomi in Lower Mizhou, originally received a favor from Master Su, but I didn't expect Lord Zhao to sign Mizhou." The family in Xiadi has also benefited a lot. I have already seen the adults thank you, but unfortunately the official body is not free, and today I finally have the opportunity, here. Wishing you a long life! ”

Zhao Xing enthusiastically helped Ju Chang up, and said: "I said how to look at your face familiarly, it turns out that we have met." ”

Ju Chang forked his hand and said respectfully: "My lord's memory is very good, I met my adult at Mizhou Wharf, I met it when I followed Lin County's order (Lin Ji), and in the past few years, my lord still remembers." ”

Peng Hua laughed and said, "Believe it." Gentleman! Today, the adults and the old people meet, and the son says: meet friends with words. Friends and Friends. We should gather and drink today, and sing with drums. ”

Zhao Xing glanced at Peng Hua. He already understood why this old man had failed repeatedly, look at what he said, the text was not right, Zhao Xing listened to it for a long time, and he didn't know what he wanted to say.

However, I want to drink, why is it so complicated? Zhao Xing hesitated for a long time. Answer: "Zi said: We drink today, what good things are there in Jiangdu City?" ”

Yangzhou in the Song Dynasty was a mother city. It is composed of three cities of different sizes, one of which belongs to Jiangdu County, one belongs to Huainan East Road, and one belongs to Yangzhou Prefecture. Zhao Xing's city belongs to Jiangdu County, but the people who live in it are both working in Yangzhou and working on Huainan East Road.

However, due to the unspoken rules of officialdom, this county seat is generally dominated by Jiangdu County, and the other two levels of government generally do not come here to point fingers.

The county magistrate in the city wants to drink with a few deputies, so there is no need to say, pick up the best restaurant in the city, call the best official prostitute in the city, play the silk and bamboo, drink the wine, and the days are moist.

The wine was half-drunk, and the head chef in the restaurant personally came to see Zhao Xing with a pot of fish, he used to see the teacher to see him, and his attitude was courteous: "Zhao Daguan, Zhao Shi, the little one has studied art in Hele Building, and I saw Zhao Shi today, and specially made this plate of boiling water anchovy for Zhao Shi to taste." The owner of the hotel also stood beside the chef with a full face, if the chef can climb up to Zhao Xing, it is also a long-term reputation for his hotel, he frequently urged Zhao Xing to taste with expectant eyes, Zhao Xing raised his chopsticks, and Peng Hua next to him was also nagging: "Zi said: I want fish, and I want bear paws." ”

Zhao Xing gently raised his chopsticks and grabbed a chopstick fish, and said in admiration: "The Yangtze River is three fresh, anchovy is a taste, you can get anchovy in this season, even in Yangzhou, it is not easy, you have a heart." ”

The boss hurriedly accosted on the side: "Lord Zhao, it is very rare to come to my Yunyang Building today, so I will let people gather the three fresh foods in the world and let the adults taste them one by one." ”

A voice suddenly came from the top of the stairs: "There are three fresh things in the world, how can you do it without me today?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Cai Jing came up in a small hat in a green coat, holding a small gold-painted fan in his hand, and walked up in a dashing manner: "I heard that the food at home is the most exquisite, Bianliang City has been the capital since you left, and I caught up today, and I will make up for it." ”

Zhao Xing walked to the entrance of the building, turned sideways and arched his hand: "Jing Niang, please go first." ”

Who can make Cai Jing turn sideways, Zhao Xing also stood up and waited for this Jing Niang.

The first to arrive was a burst of incense, Zhao Xing, who had done the spice business, sniffed lightly and distinguished that there was musk in the fragrance, Suhe incense, dipterocarp, and a little precious dragon incense. These spices are all precious, they are matched together, although the fragrance is strong, but it does not make people feel flushed, faintly, full of luxurious meaning. It also makes people look forward to coming.

Peng Hua and Ju Chang and others are all old acquaintances, when they heard Jing Niang's name, they immediately showed a look of color and soul granting, and the three subordinate officials brought by Zhao Xing didn't know what Jing Niang was, but this rich fragrance had conquered them, and their eyes were full of anticipation.

At the top of the stairs first appeared a water sleeve, the water sleeve parrot green, then a silver ornament, then black and shiny hair, and then two large watery eyes, which seemed to be able to speak, and the person had not arrived. The eyes swept around. Everyone felt that she had greeted them.

Then what came into Zhao Xing's ears was a soft sentence from Wu Nong: "It's coming, it's coming, it's coming." ”

These six words do not have the crisp taste of Liao Xiaoxiao, it is soft, and the tone is indescribably lazy, but there is no impatient perfunctory, as if this nature is an unhurried person.

This voice is first reminiscent of a bed, and Zhao Xing's mind has already outlined a drunken beauty sleeping in bed.

What followed was a straight nose and a small cherry mouth. A softly lined chin. Then, the whole person walked upstairs unhurriedly, and the sexy cat step perfectly showed off her creamy thin shoulders and fair and tender nipples. The crystal like jade chest is so plump and tender, and the perfect twin peaks are compact and full; Like the red plum in the snow ridge. Gently shake and bloom, I see pity; The smooth, slender, weaving-like waist and abdomen swayed and shone with her light steps.

Ah, this is a woman who is indescribably beautiful, but the more you look at it, the more you look at it, her watery skin, her black hair, and her delicate features...... It seems to have an indescribable elegant taste, as if it is a gift carved by God and carved out to the smallest detail.

Zhao Xing has seen countless beauties in modern times. I have long been not excited about the beauty, but this woman. Although it can't be unforgettable in terms of beauty, the more you taste it, the more you feel that the other party is unforgettable.

This is a beautiful woman full of femininity.

She was not overly gorgeous, and her jewelry was made of silver, but the silver jewelry was polished brightly, and the black and white color on the black hair became more and more impressive.

Cai Jing didn't see any other places to introduce the officials, and Jing Niang greeted them one by one with that kind of lazy voice. Everyone who has been greeted by her feels a surge of expressiveness. Competing to flatter each other, even Shuai Fan is no exception. Vaguely, Zhao Xing heard the other party muttering: "Beautiful beauty, beautiful beauty." ”

Cai Jing sat on the upper seat and waved his hand unceremoniously to rebuke the owner and chief chef: "Don't hurry up and prepare, I will be touched by the blessings of people today, and I will also taste the three freshness in the world." ”

Zhao Xing looked at the boss a little embarrassed, he beckoned to the chef: "I heard that there is a method of long fish banquet, a total of one hundred and eight dishes, all exquisite, do you know how to fiddle?" ”

The chef rubbed his hands and replied: "The little one has studied art in Hele House for two years, but he has learned some seafood and river fresh methods, and he can eat fish ......for a long time."

The long fish is commonly known as "eel" in modern times, and it is also known as "the prince of the unicorn and the general of the brown ao" in ancient times. The long fish banquet is a famous feast of Huainan cuisine, 108 kinds of long fish banquet is usually 8 large bowls, 8 small bowls, a plate, 4 dim sum, among which the soft pocket long fish, silver silk long fish, simmered umbilical door, boiled tiger tail, fried butterfly slices, and big roasted saddle bridge are the most prominent. However, Zhao Xing didn't remember if this long fish banquet had been born now, he was still groaning, and Cai Jing had already interjected.

"It seems that you are not a good cook...... That's it, since Liren has already served in Jiangdu, this official will allow you to go to Liren's Mansion to study, I remember that Qian Wan'er, Mei Sanniang, and Qian Wan'er are all in Zhao's Mansion, and when they teach you, you will make it for this official to taste. ”

Zhao Xing saw that Cai Jing didn't ask for his opinion, so he made arrangements, and couldn't help blurting out: "Two ...... No, ten big-character posters, how? ”

Cai Jing was stunned for a moment, and asked curiously: "Lord Zhao, are you here to rob the official again?" ”

Zhao Xing smiled innocently: "Lord Cai's handwriting, don't miss it, now I only have two words in my family - Jasmine, I finally met Lord Cai this time, how can I ask for more?" ”

Without waiting for Cai Jing to answer, Zhao Xing turned to the cook, learned Cai Jing's tone just now, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Don't thank you Lord Cai, Lord Cai is in charge, I paid the tuition for you, and when you are full of teachers, you have to repay Lord Cai well." ”

Cai Jing couldn't cry or laugh, Zhao Xing was proud, a pair of soft little hands on his shoulders, Jing Niang's big watery eyes were in front of Zhao Xing, with the anatomical gaze of the surgeon, looking up and down, and said softly: "It turns out that this is the Zhao Daguan who abducted the Liao family, the slave family has been looking up for a long time, and I am fortunate to be lucky!" ”

Zhao Xing was startled by the big eyes on the tip of his nose, and before he could react, Jing Niang had already turned to Cai Jing and said in a strange tone: "Lord Cai, Zhao Daguan is here, why don't you explain to the slave family, let the slave family lose a big ugly." ”

Cai Jing laughed: "Didn't you know at this moment?" Jing Niang. Don't meet young talents. I forgot about the old man. ”

Jing Niang was angry, and the officials present were drooling to see Jing Niang's delicate expression, and they forgot what they wanted to say just now. Originally, the official prostitutes of Jiangdu County called by Peng Hua and others were full of jealousy to watch Jing Niang's performance, and the house full of women's demeanor was all robbed by Jing Niang alone. The atmosphere of the banquet was particularly ambiguous, making the officials forget where the north was.

was interrupted by Jing Niang, Cai Jing had forgotten to bargain with Zhao Xing, and he smiled tolerantly. Xiang Zhao Xing said: "In this case, how about I write a few more words, and leave people and teach me a few more cooks?" ……”

Zhao Xing agreed, then turned his head and asked Jing Niang: "Jing Niang also recognizes my little family?" ”

Jing Niang's hand was still on Cai Jing's body just now, Zhao Xing's question, she turned around, her right hand had an extra glass of wine, her left hand was on Zhao Xing's ear, and it seemed that the teeth that were close to Zhao Xing's earlobe were bitten at any time. The sound of breathing blew into Zhao Xing's ears: "Lord Zhao's family Liao family doesn't know each other, Zhanqin Qin Nan Nizi has been trained by Liao family for a few months. Now it's sonic booming......

However, the slave family is not willing to compete with the Liao family in the singing arts, the slave family is willing to be a disaster in life, it is too hard to learn these skills, the slave family would rather learn some means to please men, those tricks, it is enough to know a little! ”

Jing Niang finished speaking. The bright red tongue licked her lips. With a glass of wine in his tender white hand, he put it on Zhao Xing's lips and smiled skillfully. Waiting for Zhao Xingdi to look down. Zhao Xing involuntarily leaned over and lowered his head, leaned over to the pair of white jade-like little hands and drank all the wine in the cup, Jing Niang breathed carefully, the breath was blowing warmly in Zhao Xing's ears, and said ambiguously: "My lord, I don't know if everyone Liao can come with me?" If I have time, I'll visit the adult's house, and the adult should not close the door-

The word "Na" was said by Jing Niang tactfully, full of temptation, Cai Jing saw that the two of them were talking like lovers, not only not angry, but clapped his hands and said: "Jing Niang, if you get closer, you will eat Lord Zhao." ”

Jing Niang licked her mouth, her body twisted like a snake, raised her left hand and gently slapped Zhao Xing's shoulder, and said affectionately: "No, what is the meat of Zhao Daguan's people delicious." I still eat fish. ”

The two dishes that were newly served, one of which was the famous Huaiyang dish "fish bites sheep". Since ancient times, people have known that fish and sheep are delicious, so the combination of the two is called "umami". In the Song Dynasty, Yangzhou had such a peculiar dish "fish bites sheep". It is made by filling the lamb into the belly of a mandarin fish (the fish has large mouths and small scales), then seals the mouth, and cooks it into a dish with a delicious and special taste.

The rest of the dish is also a famous dish in Huaiyang, called "turtle bite dry", which is a turtle belly stuffed with ham. As soon as these two dishes came up, everyone temporarily stopped talking and buried their heads in eating, but Cai Jing ate two pieces of meat, frowned, and stopped eating chopsticks.

After Zhao Xing tasted these two dishes, he was evaluating the difference between this vegetable field and modern times, and when he saw Cai Jing's appearance, he asked in surprise: "Lord Cai, what's wrong?" ”

Cai Jing shook his head, pointed to the cup on the table, and said, "Eat this dish, can't you go with this kind of wine!" It's no wonder that this Yunyang Building can't make a reputation. ”

Now everyone drinks liquor, and the origin of Chinese liquor is Yangzhou, that is, shortly before the appearance of Zhao Xing, Yangzhou invented the liquor brewing technology and successfully brewed the world's first liquor. This time, the owner of the store specially took out Yangzhou specialties to entertain Zhao Xing, but he didn't expect to like Cai Jing.

Zhao Xingke is a drunkard, Cai Jing's statement made him have an idea, and immediately agreed: "Yes, you should drink white wine when you eat fish, red wine when you eat barbecue, sugarcane wine when you eat shrimp, and eat fish......

This liquor is best drunk when eating puffer fish. The pungency of the baijiu is just right to gargle with the smoky feeling of the puffer fish meat, which is simply fluttering. ”

Zhao Xing's statement made Cai Jing's eyes light up.

If you want to talk about the first "stubborn master" of the Great Song Dynasty, Cai Jing deserves it. On the tricks of playing, Cai Jing is lonely! Now when he heard Zhao Xing's words, he suddenly felt like a bosom friend, and he hurriedly said: "There are so many sayings about wine? I know how to taste tea, but I don't know that there are so many things to say about wine tasting. I heard Lu Xianggong say that when you sailed at sea, you used wine as water, and I heard that when you were in Huangzhou, you started by making wine—tell me about this wine. ”

Zhao Xing glanced at the table regretfully, Ju Chang had a look, and immediately said: "My house is not far from here, and I have a bottle of Mizhou spring hidden in my house, which can be used for the two adults to taste." ”

Peng Hua also nagged: "Zi said: Zhi is in the Tao, according to virtue, according to benevolence, and in art - I have a bottle of Pansheng wine at home......"

Don't mention Pan Shengjiu, when it comes to Pan Shengjiu, Shuai Fan Le, he interjected and said: "Lieutenant Peng, this Pansheng wine is produced by Lord Zhao's family......"

Zhao Xing shook his head, he couldn't think of what "Pan Sheng Wine" had to do with the sage, why Peng Hua wanted to mention the "sage" first and then talk about wine. He pointed at Shuai Fan and said, "Zilian, you go to my house and get a few kinds of wine." ”

Shuai Fan, who opened a lot of mouths, the banquet was under the turnover of Jing Niang, and gradually entered the **, everyone stopped drinking, and tasted all kinds of dishes, only to enjoy the song and dance, and after a while, Shuai Fan took a few servants to take twenty or thirty bottles of wine, including porcelain bottles, glass bottles, and pottery urns.

The stubborn lord met the stubborn master, Zhao Xing's interest also came, he poured a cup of each wine for everyone, and then explained the origin and allusions of these wines with great interest, and finally, he used the glass to show everyone the bartender's method of making cocktails, and by the way, poured all the officials into a puddle of mud - including Cai Jing.

Jing Niang didn't drink much, but she was the most drunk, her cheeks were puffy, both eyes could drip water, rubbing her forehead with one hand, holding Zhao Xing's shoulder with the other, that hand was on Zhao Xing's shoulder, and she was still fast and slow, kneading Zhao Xing's shoulder lightly and heavily, and said softly: "Zhao Daguan drunk the slave family...... The slave family will go to the big official's mansion today to play drunken boxing, big official, you have to take good care of the slave family. ”

At this moment, the ground was full of drunks, and the servants were carrying Cai Jing downstairs, and Zhao Xing touched the back of Jing Niang's neck, only to feel that the neck was fragrant and slippery, which was really lovely.

Jing Niang seemed to be afraid of itching, she giggled, her head went straight to Zhao Xing's arms, at this time, Zhao Xing had already touched the carotid artery, he made a hard hand, and said in his mouth: "I have a tigress ...... family"

Jing Niang only heard this sentence, and then, she was dizzy and fainted to the ground.