It was a tavern, for some reason, the owner was transferring, and the location was a little remote, but the price was moderate, and Chen Yan felt that he should be able to afford it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info this shop is here, and the next thing is naturally to do business, he is not wandering around for most of the day. As the saying goes, food, clothing, housing and transportation, he can't do this clothes, that's food, he is naturally not good at opening a restaurant or something, so Chen Yan decided to open a small Malatang shop.

In later generations, this spicy tang was all the rage, needless to say, the taste was naturally good, and the raw materials were also very good, the key was the base. Chen Yan has never learned this craft, but he can study it, as long as he experiments a few more times, he is sure to succeed. Thinking of this, he decided to go to Qingxuan City tomorrow to buy some seasonings and come back to try to boil the spicy hot base by himself, and then go around to see if there is any cumin for sale. He has the impression that this cumin was introduced to the Central Plains during the Tang Dynasty, and it is estimated that no one in the Great Song Dynasty knows the magic of this cumin, hehe!

Early the next morning, the dynasty came, Chen Yan had a meal, and asked him a few words, and then went straight to Qingxuan City.

The seasonings of the Great Song Dynasty at this time are still very complete, fennel, garlic, pepper, cinnamon, pepper, green onions, and flax are all available, but the only thing missing is the chili pepper, no way, now the Age of Exploration has not yet come, and the chili pepper is still growing in the Americas. But no problem, it can be completely replaced with dogwood and spicy feet, but the color should be a little worse. After wandering around Qingxuan City for an hour, Chen Yan bought more than a dozen kinds of seasonings, and bought some lard and clear sauce, but he didn't find any trace of cumin. You must know that this cumin is the king of condiments, and without this seasoning, the taste of your spicy hot will be greatly reduced.

After wandering around for a while, I also asked a few blonde and blue-eyed Persians, and the people of the Western Regions, who didn't know what this cumin was. This can't help but make Chen Yan a little discouraged, could it be that the relationship between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia was tense, so those people in the Western Regions couldn't sell cumin to the Great Song Dynasty?! But that doesn't seem to make sense!

Out of Qingxuan City, Chen Yan went home directly, planning to go to the begging city in the afternoon to look for it, but when he knew that when he passed by the big willow tree, he saw Zhu Ba.

"Brother Qi Chengxian, you can let you wait for your brother." Zhu Ba walked over with great enthusiasm, dressed almost.

Chen Yan blinked, looked at the fat-headed and big-eared Zhu Bagongzi, I really don't know which one this guy is singing again, and he looked arrogant to him two days ago, and in the blink of an eye, he called himself a brother? ! But no matter how you say it, you also got a few hundred taels of silver from him, which can be regarded as the first pot of gold in his life, so there is no need to refuse people thousands of miles away.

"I don't know why Zhu Bagongzi is here to wait?"

Zhu Ba smiled and said, "Brother Xian is really a refreshing person! To tell the truth, I was entrusted to invite the virtuous brother to the banquet. ”

Chen Yan thought about it, I was afraid that it would be the trouble caused by the song "Heavenly Fairy" again, this front foot just walked Gu Qiaoxi, I don't know who is coming from the back foot? Chen Yan has been busy in the past two days, of course he doesn't know that the song "Heavenly Fairy" has been spread in the Qinglou tiles of Bianliang City, and the limelight is very strong and has the style of Liu Sanchang. In fact, most of this is due to Gu Qiaoxi's celebrity effect, coupled with that unique singing style, it is difficult to think about it.

"It's the eldest young master of the Liu family who wants to feast on the virtuous brother."

"I don't know him!"

Zhu Ba stretched out his hand and took out a post from his sleeve and stuffed it into Chen Yan's hand, and said, "Brother Xian will naturally know it when he goes, and he will be exposed in the spring breeze tonight." ”

"I'm busy!"

Zhu Ba is in charge of those there, anyway, he just sent the post, as for whether Chen Qicheng goes or not, it has nothing to do with him. And Chen Yan accepted the post, and it was naturally his business whether to go or not.

When he returned home, he put away the spices he bought, and had a simple bite to eat, Chen Yan went out again and went straight to the begging market. The most important thing at the moment is to find this cumin, and the rest will be talked about slowly.

This begging city is larger than Qingxuan City, and the goods are more abundant, the leather of Western Xia, the medicinal materials of Tubo, the spices of the Western Regions, the fruits of Qiongzhou, everything, but Chen Yan has found no trace of cumin after looking for a long circle here. He pondered for a moment, as a standard foodie, he seemed to be not mistaken, as early as hundreds of years ago in the Tang Dynasty, this cumin was transmitted to the Central Plains with the merchants of the Western Regions, and then there should be large-scale cultivation in the Western Regions. Hundreds of years have passed, how could the Great Song Dynasty, which had an unprecedentedly developed economy, not find it? It's weird!

Chen Yan went out of the begging market sullenly, and saw that it was not early, so he walked slowly along the main street towards his home. There are many shops on both sides of this Zhao 100,000 Street, there are many categories, and the street is naturally full of people, cars and horses are endless, showing the prosperity of the world's first city everywhere.

In front of a pharmacy, several guys were unloading from the ox cart, Chen Yan was going to go around, but one guy may have been holding more things, and one stumbled in front of him, he subconsciously bent down to help the guy, and a familiar smell came.

"What's in this bag?" Chen Yan asked, glaring, pointing to the cloth bag.

The fellow got up, glanced at him, and said in his heart that you scholar is so rude, so he said angrily, "Rest fennel." ”

"There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them! Ha ha! Chen Yan finally understood why he didn't find cumin in Qingxuan City and Begging City, because this thing was called benzoin fennel at this time, and it was also a medicinal herb. This cumin was introduced as a spice in the early years, and later it was used as a medicinal herb by pharmacies, and because the amount of cumin was scarce, it was not sold in ordinary places.

After some bargaining with the shopkeeper of the pharmacy, Chen Yan bought the small bag of benzoin fennel for three taels of silver. Looking at the pouch in his hand, he was in a good mood, with this thing, there was a chance that his spicy hot base could be boiled successfully.

Humming a little song and returning home, Chen Yan looked at it, I'll go, is this still my own home?! The roof is newly replaced with green tiles, the courtyard is paved with fine green bricks, the walls are also plastered, the rooms are also separated, and even the window paper has been replaced. The most important thing is that his ondol fire wall has finally been completed, and this winter is much better. Looking at his brand-new two-bedroom, one-living room and one-kitchen home, Chen Yan was quite satisfied.

Chen Yan walked into the house and saw Shuang'er alone, so he couldn't help asking, "What about the others?" ”

Shuang'er smiled slightly, walked over, reached out and took the small cloth bag in Chen Yan's hand, and said, "Childe is back!" After my brother and the Li brother packed up, they both went back. The wages of the craftsmen and the money for the material were also settled, and the total was twenty taels of silver. And the cost of these two days......"

Chen Yan waved his hand and interrupted Shuang'er's words: "You don't need to tell me, by the way, there is food, I haven't eaten much all afternoon, I'm hungry!" ”

Shuang'er was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly: "Isn't the son going to the banquet later?" ”

"Ugh!" Chen Yan looked at Shuang'er's little face and asked, "How do you know?" ”

Shuang'er took out a greeting note from his arms and said, "This is sent by a small servant after the son left in the afternoon." said yes, oh, by the way, everyone who was exposed to the building in the spring breeze invited the son to the banquet. ”

"What's the situation?"

Chen Yan was dumbfounded.