After the banquet was over, Su You took Xiao Jiu to the West Market for a half-circle, and after some investigation, he learned that as early as the Later Han Dynasty, the smart Lingnan people had mastered the technology of making sucrose from sugar cane, and named it "stone honey", however, until now, "stone honey" is still a rare thing, and I don't know if it is because the profit is too small or the cost is too high, anyway, most of the Zuò stone honey made in the Great Sui Dynasty now belongs to family workshops, and the output is not even as good as glass.

Cane sugar is still a luxury item, mostly imported from Tianzhu in the Western Regions by the Silk Road, and this thing called "Bantang" is even ten times more expensive than honey. But in the eyes of the traverser Su You, this yellow and black thing is really shoddy, and after 1,400 years, such sucrose is rare, after all, making white sugar and rock sugar is just one or two more uncomplicated processes.

As for sugarcane, it is now the ripening season, so it can also be bought lightly in the market, and Su You only spent a few silver beans to buy a large bundle. After he finished buying the sugar cane, he first asked the shopkeeper to deliver it to the carriage at the entrance of the market, and then bought some New Year's goods at random, and then turned back.

Unexpectedly, just out of the east gate of the market, I saw a few people standing near his carriage talking, one of them was Hou Junji, who had not been seen for a long time, the person in the middle was dressed as a Taoist priest, and the one on the far left was a white-clothed Xiushi, and the three of them walked together It was really nondescript.

"Junji, such a coincidence?" Su You tidied up his shirt and stepped forward to say hello.

"Brother Yokoba, long time no see. Come, Junji will introduce you to two friends, this is Hedong Wang Ji, the words are useless, Hengbo must have heard of Wang Bainiu, right? ”

Wang Bainiu refers to Wang Tong. Because his advice was not accepted by Emperor Wen, he lived in seclusion next to Bainiu Creek in Longmen Mountain after returning to his hometown, so when people mentioned him, they mostly called Wang Bainiu.

Su You nodded, hearing him say this, how could he not know that Wang Ji was Wang Tong's younger brother? In addition, he had browsed "The Biography of Tang Caizi" before, and the first character in it was this Wang Ji, but this product didn't seem to have left any poems and verses that he remembered except for drinking, but his junior Wang Bo became the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty with a "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng", but I don't know if they are grandchildren? Su You remembered Wang Ji because he wrote "The Biography of Mr. Wudou", that's right, it is this broken name, and at a glance, you can know that it is modeled on "The Biography of Mr. Wuliu", but the former is written about wine, and the latter is written about rice.

"No success, long admiration, the 'fairy boy' that Yang Gong said that day really deserves its name." Su You still hurried to give a salute, Yang Su praised Wang Ji in public, which is still talked about, and Yang Su was also praised as a fairy boy by Li Jing, Li Mi and Yan Shigu, the latter three are not very good now, maybe it is difficult for immortals to adapt to mortal life.

When Wang Ji heard Su You say this, he was also ecstatic, but he sighed again, "It's a pity that Yang Gong has already traveled to Xianyou, and he has no chance to talk to him again, it's a pity." ”

"This is Julu ......" Hou Junji then introduced the Taoist priest to Su You, "Wei Zheng, Wei Xuancheng." ”

"It turned out to be Hyun Sung." Of course, Su You had heard of Wei Zheng, if according to the development of normal history, this benevolent brother had participated in five resistance forces such as Wang Shichong of Wagangshan, and finally surrendered to Li Tang and committed himself to Li Jiancheng's account, and the prince did not care much about his opinions so that there was a change in Xuanwumen, and finally Li Shimin accepted him regardless of his previous suspicions, and then, Wei Zheng did a meticulous job in the post of advising the doctor, and won the name of his predecessor and back.

However, Wei Zheng's personality is obviously not suitable for the current officialdom, maybe it is a smarter choice to become a monk and seek to avoid reality, right? Su You sighed for Wei Zheng's life experience, and remembered a little story about him, "Su You has also heard Xuancheng's story, but he doesn't know if it's true or not. ”

"Sir is well-read, it must be true." Xiao Jiu lost no time in interjecting, but several people didn't care about this ignorant subordinate, and nodded to Su You together, obviously wanting to hear Wei Zheng's story.

"It is rumored that Kong Beihai let the pear matter, however, the one who divides the pear is the most even, Mo Ruoxuancheng." Su You first used Kong Rong to make the pear matter a foreshadowing, and then continued, "When Xuancheng was young, he had a reputation for fairness and peace, and one day, a monk came with two pears and asked, 'Can you give these two pears to your family fairly to eat?' Xuancheng was silent, chopped the pears into puree, put them in a pot and boiled them into a pot of soup. ”

Wei Zheng listened to Su You talk about his story, he only smiled and said nothing, he was really a qualified listener, and when Wang Ji heard it, he had already shouted "good", and Hou Junji, Xiao Jiu and others also nodded.

"After all that, you forgot to introduce yourself."

"In the lower Su You, the words are transverse."

"Hengbo is a Chu person?" Wei Zheng politely bowed his hand, but Wang Ji asked.

Su You was a little puzzled why he asked this, and then thought of Li Bai's poem "I am a Chu madman, Feng Ge laughs at Kongqiu", but it is obviously not suitable to chant out, or he will become a mean person who is "jealous and laughs".

"How do you know if it's reactive?" Su You still had doubts instead of acquiescence, after all, the land of the South China Sea was also the hometown of Chu in ancient times.

"Don't you hear that Dr. Sanlu has a song saying: 'Shy turtle cannon lamb, there is a slurry'." Wang Ji laughed, pointing to the sugar cane on the carriage and laughing.

This sentence comes from "The Conjuring", and it doesn't fit the flavor of the year when you look at the name, but the "Zhe pulp" here is sugarcane juice. At this time, he deliberately used Qu Yuan's allusions instead of Gu Kaizhi, which was not only to show his talent, but also to praise Su You's elegance. If the latter is used, it is obviously effective in the taste of the wind, so there is still a difference between imitating the ancients and imitating fashion in the eyes of the literati. It's just that why can he still write an article named "The Biography of Mr. Wudou" on himself?

Su You smiled slightly, and didn't explain too much about the purpose of sugarcane, but said, "It's a little late to go to Taibai Mansion this time, why don't you go to the house together for a small gathering, how about it?" The other three are not rigid people, besides, Wang Ji is a drunkard, and everyone belongs to the poor class, so naturally there is not too much hypocrisy, but the carriage really can't sit down for so many people, so Su You asked Xiao Jiu to hire one quickly, and everyone chatted about the sky, and the sun slowly went down the mountain.

Su You is a person who never gets tired of eating, and after living a stable life, he often cooks by himself, but most of the vegetables at home are still caught by Qingxing himself. Qingjing's cooking skills are derived from Su You's personal heritage, and now it is estimated that it can also rank some places in the culinary world of Dasui, although some expensive dishes are made less, but the home-cooked side dishes are still evocative.

Feng Lingbo saw that Su You brought back his friends, so he naturally greeted him hard, after all, it was the first time that Su You brought his friends home to drink. So Wang Ji soon tasted the food, saw the beauty, and drank the wine in Su You's greeting.

After a few cups of drunken dreams and death, Wang Ji talked more, and began to chant poems and do fu, or sigh about his life experience, or criticize officialdom, which is also a common problem of literati, so Su You didn't care, but Wei Zheng looked at Wang Ji who was dissolute, as if he saw his young self, he naturally felt empathy for social injustice, and then drank more and more.

After drinking for more than an hour, Hou Junji got up and said goodbye and left, Wei Zheng was fine with him, so he naturally went with him; But he left a half-drunk Wang Ji, especially there to pull Su You and not let go, you must listen to him read poetry, the latter is not easy to refuse, so he has to hold on to his spirit and applaud him from time to time.

Later, out of helplessness, he also made a few poems, Wang Ji listened to the continuous praise of kindness, and raised wine to celebrate, and then got drunk. Su You hurriedly asked Feng Lingbo and Qingjing to help him to the guest room, and then got up to take a bath, but after taking a bath, he came to the spirit, so he lit the lamp again, recalled the procedure of making sucrose, and polished the ink and fell on the paper one by one.

When Su You went to see Wang Ji after writing, he saw that he had already slept in a daze, and the corner of the quilt had already touched the ground, but fortunately, the room was not cold because of the stove. Su You came in to help him cover the quilt, but he was worried about the future of Wang Ji and Wei Zheng, although he didn't say a word when he heard them talk about his future plans at dinner, he wanted to stay in the eastern capital.

For a while, I remembered Wei Zheng's sigh, and I couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Dongdu is like a gold panning field, everyone thinks that they are dragon fetuses and phoenixes, it's too noisy."

As promised.