After Su You saw Yang Guang, he revealed to him most of the words that he had spoken to Yanbei that day; Yang Guang listened to Su You's idea, and kept nodding his head in praise, and promised to open the door of convenience. But this is all false, when Su You wants to get financial support from Yang Guang again, Yang Guang can only be Wang Gu left and right to talk about him.

In front of such a big leader, Su You naturally didn't dare to be a villain, so he had to quickly bow his resignation.

After returning home, Su You naturally gathered his family and told him where he was going tomorrow and what he planned for the new year.

When everyone heard the news of Su You's southward journey, they were eager to try, but Su You didn't plan to let them run around with him at the end of the year, so they had to ruthlessly not bring any of them.

Speaking of which, Su You still feels a little unreasonable for these subordinates, especially Xiao Jiu and Qing Jing, these two people have been with him for the longest time, and naturally they have suffered a lot.

On the way back to the Eastern Capital from Turkic, Su You discussed with Lai Yanbei that he would handle the marriage of Xiao Jiu and Qing Jing after completing his marriage, the problem is that he was leaving just a few days after getting married, and Xiao Jiu and Qing Jing were obviously not all the way.

Qingjing is a weak woman, but since she learned stir-fry and abacus from Su You, her vision has also become higher, how can she look down on a little person like Xiao Jiu?

Xiao Jiu followed Su You for a few years, and naturally changed from an illiterate boy to an ideal and cultured housekeeper in the new era. In fact, Xiao Jiu's vision has also changed, and he naturally can't fit Qingjing, who was born as a maid, in his heart.

Su You thought it would come naturally, but what did he think about it, but he took it for granted? In addition to sighing, I had no choice but to give up.

At dawn the next day, Su You and Lai Yanbei said goodbye to their families after packing up; The two rode horses and came to the Tianjin Bridge agreed with Xia Ziwei's brothers and sisters.

Xia Ziwei's brother and sister were waiting anxiously, and when they saw Su You and his wife coming, of course, their spirits were lifted, and the four of them inevitably exchanged pleasantries.

"Is the ship leaving today?" After a few gossips, Su You immediately asked about the situation of the ship.

Since the second year of the Great Cause, after the Tongji Canal was completed, this water transportation artery connecting the north and south has been responsible for the supply of materials for the entire eastern capital; In autumn, large quantities of grain, cloth, salt, oil, timber, tea, silk, porcelain, and other bulk materials were transported from the southern counties to the densely populated north.

Therefore, the wharf of Tianjin Bridge is dizzying, but there are very few passenger ships.

As far as Su You knew, there were only a few large ships that could carry horses away in the entire dock, and these ships would depart after noon every day, but after winter, they would also make adjustments according to the change of weather.

Xia Ziteng obviously also cared about this issue, but at this time he could only spread his hands and say, "Let's go, but the tickets are not sold much, and our horses are estimated to not be able to get on the boat." ”

Xia Ziwei added, "There are a lot of other private boats, but they can't let them go on horseback." ”

Su You nodded, he had expected this situation, so he said, "Let's ride a horse and take the official road, it's not cold this weather." ”

The other three echoed, and the group of four went out of the city and headed east.

The four of them talked and laughed along the way, but they were not lonely.

After half a day's work, the four of them traveled more than 200 miles, and when they saw that the sun was in the west, Su You didn't want to leave, so the four of them found an inn to stay in this small town called Xingyang.

Xingyang is an important place in history, Xingyang has a chasm in the east to connect the Huai River and Surabaya, the north is adjacent to the Yellow River, the south is adjacent to the Suohe River and the Song Mountain, and the west is connected to Luoyang and Chang'an through the Tiger Prison.

In 221 BC, after Qin Shi Huang unified the whole country and established the Qin Dynasty, he set up Sanchuan County, which governed Xingyang, Gong, Jing and other counties; In the Western Han Dynasty, Sanchuan County was changed to Henan County, with jurisdiction over Xingyang, Chenggao, Gushi, Mixian, Zhongmu, Xinzheng, Yuanling and other counties. In the first year of the Western Jin Dynasty, Xingyang County was divided by Henan County, and the county was governed in Xingyang.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Yuzhou Department was set up in Wugao (i.e., Tiger Prison Pass) and Xingyang County was placed. After the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Northern Yu Prefecture composed of Xingyang and its nearby areas was changed to Xingzhou, and the state administration was located in Chenggao. After entering the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen Yang Jian renamed Xingzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty as Zhengzhou, under the jurisdiction of Xingyang, Chenggao, Mi, Neimu, Yuanling and other counties, and the Zhengzhou Prefecture was still located in Chenggao (that is, Tiger Prison).

This small town called Xingyang is still more than 30 miles away from Chenggao.

When it was close to the lunar month, there were not many people staying overnight, and on the other hand, there was not much food prepared by the innkeeper, and Su You knew that he couldn't see the meat from the dishes on the second end of the shopkeeper.

When watching the people at the next table eating meat and drinking, Su You swallowed hard, I am a vegetarian in this store?

When Su You was about to call the shopkeeper to come over to theorize, Xia Ziteng had already spoken out first, "Little second brother, why don't you settle the account when we can't settle the account?" What do you see they eat, and what kind of food do they cook for me? ”

Xiao Er didn't seem to have the consciousness to be reasonable, but instead wrenched his fingers and calculated, "Ouch my lord, the dishes on your table are not cheap, look at this winter bamboo shoots, this dried bracken, this spiced tofu shredded is not the best choice, you said that you can't eat this dish, this is really wronged to death." ”

"The dish is good, I ask, what about the meat? Do you think we're rabbits? Xia Ziteng continued to question Xiao Er, Su You and the others also nodded secretly, those who were originally away from home would be able to get by, but there were two treatments a few feet apart, isn't this Chi Guoguo's slap in the face?

As Xia Ziteng said, are we like people who can't pay the bills?

Xiao Er realized the point in Xia Ziteng's words, he didn't say that vegetables were bad, but he couldn't stand the unfair treatment, so he came over and explained in a low voice, "It turns out that you said that they eat, guest officer Rong Bing, they eat pork, you are all noble people, how can you compare with them?" ”

Pork?

After Xia Ziteng heard this, he understood it and let go of Xiao Er.

Su You asked with a smile, "Let's give us a plate of pork too, how can we do it without oil and water on a day of travel?" ”

Xiao Er was stunned, and then left.

The brothers and sisters who came to Yanbei and Xia Ziteng looked at Su You with some puzzlement, as if to say, "This is pork." ”

Su You naturally knew their eyes, in this era, the superior people don't eat pork, and Su You now ordered a plate of pork, obviously lowering his price.

Su You naturally also knew that most of the meat eaten by the upper-class people in this era came from sheep, as for why there was no pork and beef popular in later generations, the biggest reason was that they couldn't stand the fishy taste of pork, and the "Great Sui Law" clearly stipulated that cattle were not allowed to be slaughtered,—— because cattle, as the main force for farming, had not yet been popularized to every family.

As for Su You's previous pirated copy of Li Bai's poem "Cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle for fun, you will have to drink three hundred cups", obviously it can only be understood as the unruly of Wei and Jin, if he wrote such a sentence in an official document, he must be impeached immediately.

"You want to say to me that this pork is eaten by inferior people?" After Su You asked this, he smiled again and said, "This is the statement in the Book of Rites, but it is not the real reason why people don't eat pork, people don't eat pork because they can't stand the smell of pork, but I have a way to solve this smell." ”

"Adding more green onions and ginger is nothing more than self-deception." Xia Ziwei said disdainfully.

Su You naturally couldn't publicize the method of inciting pigs to the little girl's mouth, and then smiled, "Do you remember the part of "Hongmen Banquet"? After Fan Hao entered the feast, what did Xiang Yu give him? ”

Xia Ziwei said that she didn't know, but Xia Ziteng shook her head and recited, "Enter, stand in the west with a curtain, look at King Xiang, finger up in his hair, and crack his eyes." King Xiang pressed his sword and said, "What is the guest?" "Zhang Liang said: 'Pei Gong's participation in Fan is also.'" King Xiang said: 'Strong man, give him wine. 'Then he drank with the bucket. Say goodbye, get up, and drink it. King Xiang said: "Give it a shoulder." "It's shoulder-to-shoulder with a lifetime. Fan covered his shield on the ground, put it on his shoulder, drew his sword and slashed it. ”

Su You nodded and explained, "Raw shoulders are pig's legs, Xiang Yu gave him this, not to insult him, but because there was this dish on the table at that time, and then linked to the three animal sacrifices, it is self-evident that this pork can be elegant." ”

Lai Yanbei suddenly realized, "Fan Xu was originally born by killing pigs, and there must have been many people who ate pork at that time, but there are few records of eating pork later." ”

"The root cause, probably because of avoidance, right? Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a big name Liu Che and a nickname Liu Yu, and it was taboo to eat pork, so everyone only ate it and didn't say anything. Su You's statement probably comes from the surname "Zhu" of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not eat pork, and he did not prohibit the common people from eating pork, but he was only allowed to eat, not to speak.

When Su You said this, he remembered the allusion of the forbidden belly, and then said, "Regarding pork, there is also an allusion to the "forbidden belly", which is about the early days of the Eastern Jin Dynasty when the material was poor, when the things people ate were small in quantity and coarse in quality, and the dignitaries and nobles could hardly eat meat, and regarded pork as a treasure. Every time they got a pig, they cut off a piece of meat from the pig's neck and gave it to Emperor Jin Yuan. They believe that the meat on the pig item is abnormally fat, it is the best in the treasured food, only the Emperor of the Jin Yuan Dynasty is worthy of tasting, and the ministers and officials dare not enjoy it privately, and it is called 'forbidden belly' by the people of the time. Later generations used this as a metaphor for things that others could not touch, or as a direct metaphor for precious food. ”

"I can't think of a bowl of pork, Mr. can still pull out an allusion, I will often use this pork tonight." Xia Ziteng listened to Su You's words and couldn't help but be eager to try.

When Xiao Er served a plate of stewed pork, Xia Ziteng still frowned after eating a piece.

Is it really that unpalatable?

After Su You took a bite, he also frowned, but because of this unpalatable pork, he was determined to teach the method of inciting pigs, otherwise he would never want to eat braised pork pot wrapped meat roast suckling pig or something in his life.

No, roast suckling pig seems to be able to be made without stirring up.

Roast suckling pig, as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, has been listed as one of the "eight treasures", at that time called "cannon dolphin".

The so-called suckling pig generally refers to the cubs that are slaughtered before weaning from 28 to 35 days after birth. It is described in "Qi Min Yaoshu" as "the same color as amber, and similar to real gold, and the entrance is eliminated, strong as snow, and moist with slurry".

Xia Ziwei looked at Su You and frowned, knowing that this pork was unpalatable, but she still took a bite, and after eating it, she couldn't help but regret it, so she said coquettishly, "Mr. said it very well, I can't imagine that I still can't cover up the smell of meat!" It's okay tonight, so why don't you tell us a story for one night? ”

Xia Ziwei said late, and her brother also looked at Su You very sincerely.

Su You was speechless for a while, your brothers and sisters are fine, but didn't you notice that we were still on our honeymoon? But how can this be said?

When Lai Yanbei also looked at him sincerely, Su You finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell you a romance story tonight, I planned to write this story half a year ago, but I haven't had time." ”

"Romance?"

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms."