Chapter Twenty-Six: The Tea Shop Crisis

Zhen Shushu also secretly applauded in his heart, but he didn't expect that there were people in Luzhou City who would be able to take horses, so he would be tested again: "Since you understand the temperament of this horse, how long can you train it well?" ”

"A month is enough, if you don't believe me, you can give me the horse, and in a month I will bring the horse to everyone to see, and then you will definitely say that this is a thousand miles horse." Li Gongzi said with confidence, and after speaking, he stroked the horse's sideburns and whispered to the horse: "You are a good horse, others don't know, let me help you get rid of the dirt on your body." After speaking, he led the horse around, which is strange to say, the fierce horse who was still screaming and kicking just now, listened to Li Gongzi's words, lowered his ears, raised his head, and showed a tame look. Everyone was secretly surprised, it was really common for Maxima, but Bole was not often.

"Yo, I didn't think you knew horse language too." The tree is a little surprised, only they know the horse language on this grassland, I didn't expect that there are people in this Central Plains, a little bit of a hometown to meet the feeling of old friends.

"This brother, you also know horse language?" Li Gongzi was also a little surprised, this was a confidant. The tree smiled, which was a tacit acquiescence. Li Gongzi stepped forward quickly, held the hand of the tree, and said happily: "Finally met a person who also understands horses, can Gongzi talk about the teahouse?" ”

Everyone went early, there was no one in the teahouse, and Li Gongzi picked a private room on the second floor. After taking a seat, he reported his name, and Li Gongzi said that his name was Li Youqing, and he was so shocked that Tong'an and the others almost hit the tea bowl. This Li Youqing is no one else, he is the third son of Li Baozhen, the envoy of Zhaoyi Festival! In the hearts of Tian Xing and others, they have long regarded this Li Baozhen as the primary imaginary enemy holding Shandong, and they turned to Luzhou City this time to prepare to spy on the military situation and feel the strength of the Zhaoyi Army, but they did not expect to meet Li Baozhen's son by mistake.

The self-reported family of the city government said: "In the lower tree, the Shatuo people, who have been riding horses for generations, are now Wei Boya's army. ”

After finishing speaking, a trace of surprise flashed in Li Gongzi's eyes, but it quickly returned to normal, which should have been a bit of a surprise, but he didn't think much about it. He is a dignified and modest envoy, and when he encounters something he likes, he can still tell people about it, and he doesn't go straight to grab it, which shows that he is a knowledgeable person, and he should not be the one who is flying and domineering. Tian Xing didn't hide it, he said it bluntly, and everyone else followed suit.

Li Gongzi and Zhen Shushu discussed Soma's experience, and they were full of passion, and they wanted to see each other a little late. The others were confused, and they couldn't say a word. Anyway, there is a bowl of tea in front of him, eat it slowly, and let them talk. Everyone ate a bowl of tea cleanly, and the two chatted enthusiastically, without the slightest intention of stopping. It's really boring to listen to the two of them gossiping here, so let's go downstairs and see when the storytelling starts. Tian Xing led the others downstairs, and Zhen Shushu and Li Youqing didn't notice it at all.

The people of the Tang Dynasty and before ate ate two meals a day. Until the time of the Song Dynasty, the economy was prosperous, and there was no curfew at night, so one meal was added and became three meals a day. Sunrise and sunset, two meals a day, breakfast can not be too early, dinner can not be too late. If you eat early, you won't be able to wait for the next meal, and you will be hungry; It's late to eat, the sun is setting, it's inconvenient to do anything, and it costs money to light candles. This meal in the morning is called the morning eclipse, the ancients called the time of the morning, the morning food is in the time, that is, an hour later than the time of the morning, about nine o'clock in the morning, basically three poles on the day. This meal in the afternoon is called feeding, and the time is about 15 o'clock to 17 o'clock, and this meal is basically the leftover meal from the previous meal, and it is counted as another meal when it is reheated. Of course, this is all the way ordinary people eat, mainly because they are poor and can't afford to eat. Wealthy families basically eat three or even four meals a day.

Tian Xing and the others ordered some breakfast downstairs, that is, some porridge, rice, soup cakes and the like. During the meal, the number of customers in the tea shop increased one after another. The storyteller also sat down on the high platform, Tong An finished the remaining porridge in one gulp, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and prepared to listen to the story attentively. It's a novelty, and it's stranger than the old stories of the old men on the street.

As soon as the gongs and drums sounded, everyone put down the dishes and chopsticks in their hands, stretched their necks, and listened. The storyteller is here!

Yesterday we talked about the interesting story of Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changyi's brothers, let's talk about Zhang Yizhi's brother today, Liulang Zhang Changzong. This Changzong is beautiful, known as Liulang is as beautiful as a lotus, and like his brother, he is also the male favorite of the empress. Speaking of which, Zhang Yizhi was recommended by Zhang Changzong to the empress, and the brothers entered the palace to serve together. But let's not talk about being a male pet today, let's talk about a delicacy invented by Liulang, and the sheep died. Each goose is worth two or three thousand, every time you eat, how many people catch as many geese, pluck the feathers clean, remove the internal organs, the whole material out of the bones, do not break the skin, rinse clean into the basin, take the pepper and salt inside and outside and rub it off, and then stuff the meat and glutinous rice into the hungry stomach, the five flavors are well reconciled, and put in together. Take another sheep, it is also a broken belly, remove the internal organs, put the goose into the belly of the sheep, sew it well, put it on the charcoal fire to roast, roast it on the charcoal fire for a long time according to the roasting whole sheep method, until the mutton is cooked through the fire, open the mouth to take out the goose into the large tray, change the knife while it is hot, and eat it with various flavors. But only geese are eaten, not sheep. This is the death of the sheep.

This Zhang Changzong also likes to eat roasted whole donkeys, tie a live donkey to a small room, bake charcoal, and put a pot of five-flavor juice, the method is the same as Zhang Yizhi's method of making ducks. However, these are not as cruel as Zhang Changyi's method of making horse intestines, let people lead the horse over, directly break the horse's ribs and take out the intestines, and it took a long time for the horse to die. Later, Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong and others were killed, and the common people cut their meat into small pieces, and the meat was fat and white like pig fat, which was roasted and eaten by the people. And Zhang Changyi was first broken with two ankles, and then his heart and liver were removed, and then he died, and then his head was cut off and sent to Kyoto. At the time, it was said that it was their retribution for killing the geese, ducks and horses. So all the guest officers, try to eat as much vegetarian as possible, the Hu cakes in our tea shop are very authentic, and the guest officers who want to eat meat and love meat may wish to have another plate of Hu cakes to suppress the shock.

When the storyteller was talking about it, the mosquito found that the big-toothed Taoist priest from yesterday was also here, and secretly glanced at himself several times, and the mosquito glared at him viciously, so frightened that he slipped out of the teahouse directly. The mosquitoes and others didn't notice it at all, they had been quietly surrounded by Taoist priests, and they really caught eagles all year round, but they were blinded by eagle peck.