In the backyard of Xue Mansion, there is a personal kitchen dedicated to Xue Xu, and the maids work hard to clean and tidy up on weekdays, but no one can use it except Xue Xu himself, because after all, Xue Xu is also a person in the twenty-first century, and the cooking skills are at the level of the god of kitchen in this Tang Dynasty, although the cook at home is the imperial kitchen brought out by his mother from the palace, but to be honest, the taste is just like that.

At this time, Xue Xu and Fluttershy are busy with their work.

The soft dough is made for about half an hour, and then put it on the board and knead it vigorously until it is kneaded, and then put it on the neck, and use a knife to cut it into the boiling water one by one, and the noodles that are cut out are thick in the middle and thin on both sides, like willow leaves, which is the knife-cut noodles that Hedong people have eaten for thousands of years and can't eat enough.

Another pot, there is a broth boiled in it, it is a good yellow beef that has been stewed for a long time, although Datang does not allow you to eat cow, but it also depends on what kind of family, and then put in star anise soy sauce and so on to stew together, until the soup is viscous when the heat is turned off, pour the freshly cooked noodles into it, a bowl of fragrant knife-cut noodles is enough, but unfortunately Datang does not have tomatoes, can only take vinegar instead, authentic Hedong old vinegar, the taste is also good.

Fluttershy smiled, "The second master must have not eaten well for a long time when he went to war, and he will be very happy to eat the flavor of his hometown made by the young master as soon as he returns to Beijing, and the second master must be happy to die of joy with the telescope you made." ”

Xue Xu's second uncle is the famous first general of the Tang Dynasty in later generations: Xue Li! Xue Rengui!

Of course, the so-called one-word side by side king or something is nonsense, Wang Baochuan or something is the product of the spiritual castration of Han men in the Ming and Qing dynasties, Xue Rengui is far from being fierce to that point in real history, but the first middle-aged person in the military is true.

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Zuo Wuwei General's Mansion (the two Xue Mansions are too troublesome, Xue Rengui's family is called the General's Mansion), Xue Li ate the oily meat and knife-cut noodles made by Xue Xu in three bites, and even drank the soup cleanly, patted his belly with great satisfaction and smiled: "Sure enough, the little monkey is sensible, and he wants to eat such a bite when he fights outside, and the little monkey's cooking skills have risen again, if you want me to say, you should let the imperial chef in the palace learn from you, and what you do is what you do." ”

Xue Xu said with a smile: "As long as the second uncle wants to eat, it is not on call, my family's cook has been taught by me in the past two years, and I will send two to the second uncle when I go back." ”

"Hahaha, okay, this is a good gift."

Xue Xu shook his head and said, "Second uncle, this is a joke, what can be counted as just two cooks, where is it worthy of your triumphant gift, I want to give you this." As he spoke, he took out a slender box from his waist and handed it to Xue Li.

Open it and take a look, "Hiss ~ telescope!" You've actually made another one! I have seen this thing in Sikong, it is a treasured treasure of the country, this is too valuable, I can't ask for it, I, Xue Li, am not qualified to take this third treasure. ”

This telescope is already the third, because the highly transparent crystal is too expensive, the hand-polished lenses are too tiring, and the scrap rate is surprisingly high, Xue Xu does not plan to do the fourth, the first two are in the hands of the current sage Li Zhi in the secret vault, and the other is in the hands of the current dynasty Sikong Li Tao.

Xue Rengui is the first fierce general of the Tang Dynasty, but he is not the first general, personal martial arts is just the icing on the cake for the level of the general, not to mention the Sikong Li Tao who has now become an official to the first grade, there are more than a dozen real generals who have fought on the battlefield alone, and Xue Li is a general who has just been named after returning from this expedition, and he has the lowest qualifications among more than a dozen people.

Xue Xu said with a smile: "Why can't you take it, I made this thing, I can give it to whoever I want, one to send the saint's uncle is a piece of filial piety, and the other is to thank him for his hard work for the country, who stipulates that only who can use this thing?" Besides, you are not weak among the generals of the imperial court, this expedition, 'the general has three arrows to set the Tianshan Mountain, and the strong man has a long song into the Han Pass', who in the army does not say that you Xue Rengui is the most fierce in the world! ”

This sycophant was just right, Xue Liden laughed, and he didn't let go of holding this telescope, this thing can clearly see the layout of the enemy army when he climbs up the mountain, it is a first-class military treasure, how can he not like it as a general?

Xue Neke, the son of Xue Li, who was accompanying him, was depressed, and said angrily: "Xiao Er is really not authentic, if you do this, you can't get the congratulatory gift I prepared?" ”

Xue Li smiled and put away the telescope preciously, and said: "Erlang is about to weaken the crown, in terms of talent and talent, no one in my Xue family or even in this Tang Dynasty can be around you, what are your plans in the future?" Are you going to take the imperial examination, or are you going to work as a dormitory guard in the palace? ”

Xue Ne smiled and said: "Erlang has the name of being bestowed by heaven to show talents, and he is recognized by the world, so I think I should go to participate in the imperial examination, if Erlang participates, I am afraid that the saint will have to reopen the talent department." ”

His grandson Xue Song said: "The second uncle is the nephew of today's saint, I have always had the heaviest military merits, so I naturally want to go to the palace to be a guard, with the ability of the second uncle, I am afraid that it will not take a few years, and my Xue family will have another general." ”

Xue Xu said with a smile: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the second uncle, I don't plan to take either road, the kid is lazy, and he doesn't plan to be an official." ”

Xue Rengui's grandfather and grandson were stunned, "Don't plan to be an official?" Do you want to go back to Hedong to take care of your family business? Boy, our Xue family does not lack a master who can take care of family affairs, but there is a lack of court officials who can live in a good house! Your God-given ability, don't waste it. ”

Xue Xu said: "The Xue family's family property boy doesn't want a penny, sooner or later he is the eldest brother, as for going back to his hometown in Hedong, I have no interest, it's just that the kid has a stinky problem, if he wants to enter the officialdom, it's not suitable at all, don't say anything about the official residence, if he can get away with it, he can be considered a saint magnanimous." ”

It was too difficult to be an official in the Tang Dynasty, and all kinds of rules were too big, such as losing the official if you were late three times in the early dynasty, and if you were a little less strict in dressing, you would be impeached by the imperial history, and if you were found out about eating breakfast in the early dynasty, you would be exiled, and when you were decentralized, there were still regulations on how much meat you could eat when you eat, the salary was low and the task was heavy, anyway, it was all kinds of unpleasant, for people like Xue Xu, I am afraid that it would be really difficult to cut off your head if you couldn't use it for three days.

Xue Li's face sank: "Hmph! Although you have been profligate since you were a child, you have always been very measured outside, and we have always thought that you were a sensible child, but we didn't expect that you were so ridiculous! I don't want to do that, so what do you want to do, be a gentleman and wait for death? ”

Xue Xu smiled bitterly: "Second uncle, if I really go to be an official, this body's heavenly ability is really wasted, my nephew wants to be a businessman in the future, I'm afraid if I go into business, I can do more than being an official." ”

Xue Li slapped the table, his beard took off, and the old general directly smashed the fine sandalwood table with an angry palm, and roared angrily: "As the smartest son of my Hedong Xue clan, you want to do the things of that lowly businessman?" ”

Xue Xu was helpless, even his second uncle, who had always loved him, was so angry, he really didn't know how to tell his father when the time came.

But this official, Xue Xu will definitely not be an official, not only because there are many rules for being an official in the Tang Dynasty, but more importantly, he is very aware of what a treacherous situation the court will be in the next thirty years.

What's more, if you are an official, at most you will be a prime minister or a general, but Wu Meiniang will kill fewer prime ministers and generals a few days ago? is a businessman, maybe you can get capitalism out in advance, and you may not be able to wrestle with this woman.

But these words can't be said to the second uncle, is it possible to tell him about the power of capitalism? Or, tell him that the current empress will become a female emperor in thirty years and kill the Li family's royal family?

In order not to be regarded as mentally ill, Xue Xu had no choice but to remain silent.

In this way, Xue Xu and Xue Li stared at each other for seven or eight minutes, thinking that the second uncle would serve the family law, but they didn't think about it, and finally turned into a sigh.

"Alas! You have been assertive since you were a child, the second uncle knows, you have a burden in your heart, but you don't want to say it, but no matter what you do, you have to do it, the second uncle doesn't stop you, get out, don't be angry with me here, think about how to get past your father and your mother, see if they don't discount your legs! ”

Xue Xu was stunned for a moment, what does this mean... That's how the second uncle passed?

Looking at the eyes of the second uncle, it really didn't look like angry words, but he saw some confidence in himself, and he was overjoyed for a while, hugged Xue Rengui's face and kissed it, and went home happily.

It wasn't until after he left that Xue Rengui's son Xue Ne said: "Dad, Erlang wants to mess around, why did you agree, how can there be a reason in this world not to be an official but to be a businessman?" ”

Xue Li was silent for a long time, and then said, "What kind of child does Ne'er think, what kind of child is the little monkey?" ”

Xue Ne was stunned for a moment, and thought for a while: "Erlang is talented and talented, but he does not have the arrogance of a young man, and he always does things steadily after making a decision, never frivolous or impetuous, sometimes making children feel that they don't feel like a weak crown that a teenager is famous, but like a child at this age." ”

Xue Rengui closed his eyes, pondered for a long time, and said, "This kid... He's the head mound tiger! If you don't move, it's enough, and if you move, it's thunderous! And although I don't know what he's afraid of, I can see that he has always had a heavy sense of crisis and pressure on his body, and he will definitely not joke about his future, I'm afraid, this kid has already thought about everything. ”

Hiss~~~ Tsukasa Tiger?!

The so-called mound tiger refers to the hungry tiger that climbs on the rock, ready to pounce down and hunt at any time. And with Xue Ne's knowledge, how could he not know that these two words are exclusive to Sima Yi, the Taizu of the Western Jin Dynasty, in history!!