After Gu Yuanxi returned to the Gu Mansion, he felt remorse for the disaster he had caused today.

"It's over. It's cool to beat people for a while, and after hitting the crematorium. Gu Yuanxi felt a little fear in his heart. He remembered the fierce eyes of the man when he fled today, and he couldn't help but worry about the safety of the Gu family.

The man who was beaten today was An Qingguang, the seventh son of An Lushan. Gu Yuanxi knew that when An Lushan went to Beijing to meet at the beginning of this year, he performed a good show of "Hu'er worshipping his mother", and he was even more trusted by Tang Xuanzong. If you offend his son today, the consequences can be imagined.

Gu Yuanxi sighed, in his previous life, he was a person who was easy to act impulsively without thinking about the consequences, which led to repeated quarrels with his classmates in college. This kind of thing happened on the first day of coming to the Tang Dynasty in this life, and he impulsively caused the entire Gu family to suffer disaster, and he really regretted it.

He didn't dare to tell Mrs. Lu and the others the truth, he only said that he was an ordinary scoundrel in the market, and that person would never dare to cause trouble again after today's lesson. Although Mrs. Lu was very dissatisfied with his use of violent solutions today, and dissuaded him not to cause trouble in the future, she still did not follow up carefully.

"Hey. The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. If An Qingguang takes revenge, he will do his best to bear it, and he will never drag down his family. One step at a time. Gu Yuanxi shook his head, simply didn't think about it anymore, and went directly to the bed and fell asleep groggily.

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The next day, Gu Yuanxi came to Shixianglou. This is the second day of Gu Yuanxi's crossing, he came here today, firstly, because the second brother Gu Yuanhe was seriously injured at home, and as the third son of the Gu family, he should come over to help; The second is that he is afraid that An Qingguang will come to retaliate today. He thought to himself that if he was here, maybe he would be able to see a move. made up his mind, and stepped into the food incense building under the surprised gaze of the guy.

The reason why the shopkeeper and the guys of Shixianglou were surprised was really because the original Gu Yuanxi was too famous for his incompetence. It turns out that Gu Yuanxi is idle on weekdays, and he either goes to Pingkangfang every day to prostitute **, or causes trouble in the two cities, which can be said to be notorious. Yesterday, Gu Yuanxi came to Shixianglou to call the guys to beat people to retaliate, which is really not strange. What he Gu San Young Master does on weekdays is this kind of deed, and it is strange not to retaliate if the store is smashed. However, today, the Third Young Master Gu said that he would come to the store to inspect the foil, which made the shopkeeper and a group of guys confused for a while, and they were all wondering if the Third Young Master Gu's brain had hit the pillar and was broken.

"I don't know if the third prince wants to read the account book or?" The shopkeeper He Bo smiled very amiably. He is an old man of the Gu Mansion, who has served the Gu family for most of his life, is honest and honest, and has won the trust of Mrs. Lu and her second brother Gu Yuanhe.

"Uncle Ho is gracious." Gu Yuanxi didn't dare to hold this old man of the Gu Mansion up, and asked respectfully: "The account book was read by the second brother and sister-in-law yesterday, so I won't get involved." I don't know what the injury of the brother who was injured yesterday is, but can you ask Lang Zhong for treatment? ”

He Bo was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Gu Yuanxi to say this, and said with some emotion at the moment: "It's rare for the third prince to care." Yesterday, the old man had asked Lang Zhong to see a doctor, but fortunately, the guys were in better shape and bones, and they only suffered skin injuries. It's that the second son is more seriously injured, hey, ......" He Bo shook his head and sighed: "The second son is usually humble, but he doesn't want to cause this kind of disaster." ”

"Uncle He doesn't have to worry, the second brother is fine, just rest for a few days." Gu Yuanxi nodded, and said with a faint smile: "I was so troubled yesterday, and there are no guests today." Uncle He, you go and call all the running guys in the store here, and heat up a few tables of food, which can be regarded as a condolence for yesterday's events. ”

He Bo was stunned, and looked at Gu Yuanxi with unimaginable eyes for a moment before he smiled bitterly: "This, I'm afraid it's unreasonable." ”

"It doesn't matter." Gu Yuanxi waved his hand and said, "You should be grateful for doing things for the Gu family." I think the second brother and his mother will also understand and agree. Alright, Ho Bo, do what I say. ”

He hesitated slightly, then shook his head and smiled bitterly and did as he was told. After a while, several tables were filled with hot meals, and all the guys in the store were standing at the tables in a daze.

Gu Yuanxi couldn't help but feel funny when he saw the guys looking stunned and didn't know why. "Come, sit down. Yesterday, because my second brother still had a food fragrance building, he was physically injured, and Yuanxi felt guilty. It's rare to have free today, so I put a few tables of dishes here, which can be regarded as a thank you for your support and help to my Gu family over the years. After saying that, he got up and respectfully bowed to the guys beside him.

The group of guys all had expressions of panic and disbelief. In their opinion, this society is orderly and hierarchical, and there will never be a shopkeeper who will salute his fellows. Gu Yuanxi's behavior today really gave them an earth-shattering shock.

"Come on." Gu Yuanxi waved his hand and said with a smile: "You are all heroes of my Gu family, and you deserve Gu San's gift." Come, please take a seat. Under the disbelieving gaze of the guys, he reached out and helped the stunned He Bo next to him to sit down first.

The guys looked at each other, and finally sat down one after another. As soon as some of them sat down, they were moved to tears.

Gu Yuanxi smiled helplessly. His attitude, which was the most normal in his time, was completely unimaginable to people in this era. He shook his head, looked at a few guys who secretly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh: The most important thing for anyone in any era is respect. He can now finally understand what it means to be "a confidant dies". In this era of strict hierarchies, a superior person or a person whose status is far more noble than yours attaches importance to you and respects you, and it is easy for people to be moved to the point of repaying with their lives.

"Therefore, Zhuzhu died for Gongzi Guang to assassinate Wu Wangyi; Nie Zheng died of exhaustion for Yan Zhongzi's assassination; Yu Rang committed suicide by assassinating Zhao Xiangzi for Zhibo. It's all because of the word 'respect'. Gu Yuanxi sighed with emotion. In this era, a certain dignitary, prince and grandson treat you with courtesy, and it is easy to get someone's sworn allegiance, which is really because of respect for these two words. Even if a noble person pretends to be respectful, he can easily get the heart of the lower. Because in the hierarchical feudal era, the word respect, even if it is superficial, is too rare.

Seeing him frowning and pondering, Uncle He smiled and said, "San Lang is because the food is not appetizing. His title has been changed from "Third Prince" to "Third Lang", and it is not difficult to imagine that he has become more close to Gu Yuanxi.

"Oh......" Gu Yuanxi suddenly came back to his senses, and saw that he hadn't moved his chopsticks yet, and the guys could only wait for him in a daze, so he smiled embarrassedly: "You haven't moved yet, you can all eat separately." ”

He raised his chopsticks and his eyes fell on a plate of raw fish cut into countless thin slices.

"This is the eight and the crucian carp. Crucian carp is a fresh Weihe crucian carp, and 'Ba He' is a condiment made of eight ingredients: garlic, ginger, orange, white plum, cooked corn, japonica rice, salt, and sauce, which is used to dip the fish in the belly. The taste is incredible. He Bo put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "According to legend, when Emperor Yang of Sui visited the south of the Yangtze River to taste this dish, because of its delicious taste, the fish meat is as white as jade, and the color of the material is golden. ’。 Of course, what Emperor Yang of Sui tasted was sea bass, but what we are tasting today is crucian carp. What, doesn't Saburo like to eat on weekdays? ”

Gu Yuanxi suddenly realized, isn't this sashimi, also called sashimi, yusheng, etc. in modern times, it was already very popular in the Tang Dynasty. However, he did not know that there were records of eating sashimi in China as early as the Zhou Dynasty, dating back to the fifth year of King Xuan of Zhou, that is, in 823 BC. In the Tang Dynasty, it was the peak period for eating sashimi. Li Bai, Wang Wei, Wang Changling, Bai Juyi and other great poets all reflect this in their poems. There are still many areas in the modern south that like to eat sashimi, but most Chinese at home and abroad think that sashimi is a Japanese dish, and few people know that it originated in China. This cannot but be said to be a kind of sadness.

Gu Yuanxi picked up a small piece of sashimi, gently dipped it in the sauce and sent it to his mouth, it was indeed very tender and delicious. He gently put down his chopsticks and asked Uncle He, "There are few carp bones, why not use carp as a thorn?" ”

"Huh?" He Bo was stunned, and then laughed and said: "When today's surname is Li, because the word 'carp' is homophonic with the word 'Li', it was ordered to ban carp fishing twice in the third and nineteenth years of Kaiyuan, so no one dared to hunt carp. ”

"I see." Gu Yuanxi just crossed over, so he naturally didn't know this. His eyes quickly scanned the table, but he found that in addition to the Hu cakes, there were either steamed mutton, goose roast, boiled fish, and roast mutton on the table, so he couldn't help but shake his head.

"What? Aren't these dishes to Saburo's taste? He Bo frowned slightly. In fact, as the shopkeeper of Shixianglou, today's banquet was just served some style dishes in the store, and he didn't arrange it because Gu Yuanxi was the third son of the Gu Mansion. That's the case, these meals today are no longer what the guys in the store can usually afford. He saw Gu Yuanxi repeatedly stopping and shaking his head, so he thought that this third prince of Gu Sangong, who was used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, couldn't help but sigh.

Gu Yuanxi had a different idea. He traveled from later generations, and later generations of Chinese cuisine are world-famous, both in terms of varieties and cooking methods. However, at this time, the cooking methods of the Tang Dynasty were still steamed, boiled, roasted, seared, fried, and fried, and even the most customary "stir-fried" in later generations was not popularized until the Song Dynasty. When he saw today's feast, a thought drifted through his mind. He thought that if the dishes of later generations were moved to this era, the food culture of this era would inevitably be turned upside down, and Shixianglou would inevitably carry forward at that time, and the Gu family would definitely make a lot of money. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile with joy on his face.

And then this kind of smile is no different from the fool's idiot in Hobo's eyes. He coughed lightly and said, "If San Lang doesn't eat again, the food will be cold." ”

Gu Yuanxi came back to his senses and smiled softly at Uncle He: "This roast mutton seems to have pepper in it?" ”

He Bo was stunned again, nodded in astonishment and replied, "Not bad." But this pepper is also valuable. On weekdays, unless those wealthy customers come to the store to eat roasted lamb, they generally use cardamom and dogwood as seasonings, of course, the taste is not the same as pepper. ”

Legend has it that Zhang Qian brought pepper back to China when he traveled to the Western Regions, but he did not succeed in bringing back the cultivation method of pepper. It is said that the time when pepper was introduced to China on a large scale was in the Tang Dynasty, when the prime minister Yuan Zai was killed and robbed of his house because of bribery, and he had 800 stone of pepper in stolen goods. At this time in the Tang Dynasty, although pepper had been widely used in seasonings, the price was still very expensive. Generally, only the upper class nobles or wealthy families can afford to use it, and the lower class people still use it relatively little.

"It doesn't hurt if pepper is more expensive." Gu Yuanxi smiled and said: "I invented a unique roast mutton, this dish was originally intended to focus on the high-end route, and the customers are mainly those rich families, so it doesn't hurt that the pepper is expensive." ”

"Poof~" Uncle He listened to a mouthful of soup spurting out, and asked with a trembling voice in disbelief: "Third son, you said you invented a dish?" ”

"Not bad." Gu Yuanxi nodded and said, "Add some seasonings and change the method of roasting." I guarantee that as soon as this dish comes out, we will ensure that the wealth of our food and fragrance building will roll in. ”

"Is that the roast lamb you just said?" He Bo smiled bitterly and said in a deep voice: "It's just that this mutton has not been roasted like this for thousands of years, and since the pepper was introduced to my Tang Dynasty from the Western Regions, the taste has been very delicious." Even if you're adding some seasoning, it's just a big deal. ”

"As a Tang Dynastyman. Why are you so unpursued. Gu Yuanxi couldn't cry or laugh. Later generations of Chinese cauliflower were full of variety, and later generations Chinese were famous for their picky diet, how could the Tang Dynasty people more than a thousand years ago be so conservative in terms of diet.

"Then I don't know what the third prince needs. Decay makes people prepare. He Bo was helpless, but he thought that this third prince was just a whim, and he would give up after a few tosses, so he didn't stop it. Although it is said that "a gentleman is far away from cooking", this third prince has never been a gentleman, and it is not a big deal to toss a dish, just don't make trouble everywhere like before.

Gu Yuanxi didn't know what Uncle He was thinking, he only knew that he promised to help, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said with a smile: "You can ask someone to go to the spice shop to help me buy some cumin powder, star anise and cinnamon." ”

"Huh?" Uncle He's eyes jumped, and he asked puzzledly: "There are these star anise and cinnamon, but what is cumin powder?" ”

"Huh?" Gu Yuanxi restrained his smile, "Uncle He hasn't heard of cumin powder?" Spices introduced from the Western Regions. ”

He Bo suddenly turned into a bitter gourd face, "Forgive the old man for being lonely and unheard, I have never heard the name cumin powder." ”

"You haven't heard of cumin powder either?" Gu Yuanxi asked a few guys at the same table.

"Nope." Several of the guys shook their heads in unison.

"Strange. I remember that cumin powder was introduced to China during the Tang Dynasty. How could there not be? Gu Yuanxi pondered for a moment and sighed faintly, and said helplessly: "It's miserable, without this cumin powder, how to make cumin mutton?" ”