The king is sick! The king has been poisoned! The acting king can't see it!

All kinds of rumors, whether true or not, are happily spreading in Chang'an City. Since it is poisoning, the most discussed question is who will poison the acting king. Some say that it is those powerful people who are despised by the acting king, some say that it is the spies sent to Chang'an by other princes and kings, and some speculate that it is the emperor.

The people of Chang'an are good, and they are in the capital. From the doctor to the common people of Limin, no matter what happens, they will express their opinions, whether right or wrong, just to show that they are from Chang'an and show how accurately they grasp the major policies of the imperial court. Now that such a big thing has happened, it is natural that all kinds of speculations are flying all over the sky, and all kinds of discussions are emerging one after another.

Ma Sanxu was a cook, his sister's husband's second uncle's nephew's nephew's brother, and worked in the inn. Although it is just a handyman who sweeps the floor and carries water, it is in the post house, which does not hinder the credibility of Ma Sanku's news.

Lowering his voice, Ma Sanyu was cautious, and beckoned the bald man on the opposite side to lean his head over: "I tell you that my eldest nephew said that someone poisoned him, but fortunately he was not in the courtyard where the king lived at the time, otherwise he would have been arrested." ”

Zheng Tu, who was on the other side, came to the spirit: "Who did it?" ”

Ma Sanyu looked left and right, and got closer again: "A few days ago, the four kings gave gifts, and many families had them, and the only governor was the eldest princess......

"Oh......!" Zheng Tu suddenly realized, and slapped his head: "This is right, I think it is too!" ”

Ma Sanyu laughed twice, with a smug look: "You know this matter, I know, don't say it!" ”

"I'm provincial!"

In a blink of an eye, Zheng Tu and Feng Cripple, who sold chickens with his arm: "Do you know who poisoned the acting king?" ”

Feng Cripple shook his head. Zheng Tu smiled and said: "A few days ago, the four kings sent things to Chang'an City, but they didn't send people to Princess Guantao's mansion, how could there be such a thing before, that prince didn't pay a visit to the eldest princess when he entered Beijing, this time the rules were broken, and Lord Dou is not a person who can swallow humiliation?" ”

Feng Cripple frowned: "Won't it?" The eldest princess's mansion is very quiet during this time, and she can bear to take someone to smash the Taixue merit monument a few years ago, what kind of thing is this? ”

"You know a fart, can people look at people, Su Yilang is also easy to provoke?"

Feng Cripple still shook his head: "I heard that it was an assassin sent by someone else, saying that it was a Huainan accent, and he has been arrested!" ”

"Oh? King Huainan? Zheng Tu touched his head and thought for a long time: "Won't it?" The king of Huainan has always been loyal to the imperial court, how could he do this? ”

A meat buyer in front of him suddenly interjected: "King Huainan, that's no way?" His Majesty asked him to do it, how could he not do it? ”

"Why is it involved in Your Majesty again?" Zheng Tu was even more confused.

The meat buyer smiled: "I don't know, right?" The four kings came to Beijing to complain, don't forget whose son is the acting king? At that time, the first emperor personally promised the empress dowager that after his death, he would pass on the throne to King Liang, if it wasn't for King Liang's early death, this would not be able to point to who would build the Zhang Palace! ”

The two of them suddenly realized and nodded again and again. The meat buyer looked at the two of them and shook his head: "Let me tell you one more thing, you said that the acting king is a fart, have you heard that?" The Yue people in the south are making trouble, and the court is going to do it! ”

"Really?" Ma Sanyu and Feng Cripple's eyes widened again. Feng Cripple hurriedly picked up a few eggs: "Come, give these eggs to you, bother this brother to give us a good talk." ”

Such conversations continue to take place in the streets and alleys of Chang'an, and all kinds of rumors are like spring breezes, starting from the periphery of the post house and instantly spreading throughout Chang'an City. The magnates couldn't sit still, and the people sent to Chang'an by the princes and kings couldn't sit still. Only Emperor Liu Che was lying comfortably on the low couch, eating the food sent by Su Ren while chatting with Su Ren.

Su Ren sent steamed buns today, stuffed with pork and wild vegetables. The skin is thin and the filling is large, and the mouth is full of oil when you bite into it, and it is extra sweet in the mouth. Speaking of buns, there is also a legend, according to legend, during the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu, led his troops to attack the Southern Barbarians, and captured Meng Huo with seven barbarians, so that Meng Shu finally surrendered. Zhuge Liang's class returned to the court, passing through Lushui on the way, and suddenly the wind was fierce, Lang hit a thousand feet, the ghost cried wolf, and the army could not cross the river.

Zhuge Liang summoned Meng to ask the reason. Meng was told that the fallen soldiers could not return to their hometowns to reunite with their families, so they made a storm on the river to prevent the soldiers from returning, and if the army wanted to cross the river, it must sacrifice the river with 49 heads of the barbarian army, so that the wind could be calm.

Zhuge Liang thought of a plan, and immediately ordered the cook to use rice and noodles as skin, wrapped in the meat of black cattle and white sheep, and pinched and molded forty-nine "human heads". On the riverside, the incense case was arranged, and the wine was sprinkled to the river, and the river was crossed. Since then, there is a saying of "steamed buns" among the people, and Zhuge Liang is also respected as the ancestor of the dough sculpture line.

Lang Ying of the Ming Dynasty recorded in his notes "Seven Repair Manuscripts": The real name of the steamed bun is the mantou, and the human head is sacrificed to the gods.

Later, due to the complexity and cost of the steamed bread process. So, the lazy man omitted the process of making stuffing, and white steamed buns appeared. The original steamed bun, because it contained all kinds of strange things, was simply renamed buns.

took a big bite, there were noodles, vegetables and meat, and after listening to Su Ren's story, Liu Chelongyan Dayue: "This meaning is good, just about to let you go to the south, you sent this steamed bun, steamed bun, brute, it seems that the matter in the south will be completely solved!" ”

Su Ren smiled: "Then you have to fight for people's lives, speaking of which, I really don't want to go, the more people have lived in the mountains and forests for a long time, and they are good at hunting, my Han soldiers are not as good as others in the mountains and forests, in case you mess up, the death is small, and if you delay your big event, you will become a sinner for the ages." ”

"Haven't you ever beaten a bandit? Those Yue people are not much stronger than the mountain bandits, my Han Heavenly Soldiers are not what they used to be, I have been preparing the army all these years, just waiting for your victory, let's have a good fight with those beasts in the north! ”

Su Ren shook his head: "It's not that I'm hypocritical, this time I'm not going to lead the troops." ”

"Oh? Why? ”

"First, the people are not familiar, they will be 108,000 miles away from Chang'an, where the soldiers and the Yue people deal with each other all the year round, what is the situation of the Yue people, people know better than me, what should I do? How? I'm a layman who can't say it; Second, what is war? It is not a soldier, but logistics, including armor, grain and grass, military tents, medical care, etc., these are in place, and what kind of war will be won; And most importantly, how to deal with those Yue people? Win and kill, it's not appropriate! Put it back is the same as not fighting, only by completely getting those Yue people out of the mountains can we solve the problem once and for all! ”

Liu Che nodded, and sat up from the low couch with a grunt: "You're right, tell me what you think?" ”

Su Ren took out the somewhat cold buns and put them on the edge of the stove to bake, and soon the fragrance of noodles spread in the room, causing the palace people and palace maids on both sides to swallow their saliva.

"I want to bring the merchants of Shu County!"

"Merchant?"

"It's a businessman!" Pick up a roasted browned bun from the stove and gently tear the skin open, revealing the filling inside: "Fighting is like this bun, the outer dough is the soldier, the filling inside is the merchant, the real delicious is the filling, the filling supports the outer skin and moistens the skin with its juice, so it is delicious." ”

"Although Shang Jia can't fight, he can provide the soldiers with all kinds of help I said in logistics, such as armor, food and grass, military tents, medical care, and even more things from the hands of the Yue people, so that Your Majesty can even send less money to send troops."

How wide did Liu Che's eyes widen, and he looked at the half-gnawed bun in his hand: "You mean this time, I can solve the Yue people without spending money?" ”

"Poof!" Su Ren almost choked to death by the bun, and stared at Liu Che with rolled his eyes: "You are so reluctant to spend money?" ”

"If you can't spend it, don't spend it, although I am the emperor, I don't have a lot of money in my hands, the five baht money, the three baht money is a mess, I can make it, those princes can also make it, if it goes on like this, the money of the Salt and Iron Division will become broken copper and iron."

"Hey!" Su Ren sighed: "Forget it, this matter will not be solved for a while and a half, it is better to solve the Yue people first, it is okay not to spend money, you give me a will to act cheaply!" ”

"Okay, okay, I'll write it!" Liu Che hurriedly put the bun down. Liu Jiqing, the old chamberlain, brought over the silk and pen and ink, put them in front of Liu Che, and began to sharpen the ink. After a few brushstrokes, a holy decree was written, and he didn't even look at the national seal, grabbed it and threw it to Su Ren.

Su Ren looked at it and put it in his arms: "Okay, if you don't spend money, don't spend money, who made you the emperor?" ”

"Hehe......" Liu Che showed a childlike sly smile, picked up the bun again and ate it: "This bun is good, it uses less food, it is delicious, I will send some to all the ministers in a few days, it won't be long before everyone in the world will like it, and how much food can be saved at that time." ”

Su Ren looked at Liu Che: "Instead of that, it's better to open dozens of steamed bun shops, which can not only make money but also promote, isn't it better?" ”

"That's right! How I didn't expect that! Liu Che looked excited: "Okay, open a bun shop and buy shares!" ”

"How much?"

"Twenty thousand?" Liu Che asked Su Ren tentatively, and saw Su Ren's disdain: "Then 30,000?" ”

"The price is 100,000, whether you can get in or not!"

"100,000 dollars? Just this bun, when will it be sold back for 100,000 yuan? Liu Che's eyes rolled: "How much money do you pay?" ”

Su Ren shook his head: "I don't pay the money, I am a technology shareholder, I have other things besides buns, when the time comes, we will buy them together, it won't take a year to earn back the cost, and the money I earn in the future will be profits, let's get five or five points." ”

"Why?" Liu Che was anxious: "Four or six at most, you four and I six!" ”

"Deal!"

Liu Che was stunned for a moment, looked at the bun in his hand, looked at Su Ren again, and felt that this time he had fallen for Su Ren.