Chapter 67: Kung Pao Chicken
Zhao Xian woke up the next morning, remembered his sister Liu, and walked to the next room to take a look, the quilt was neatly folded, but where was her figure, if it wasn't for the lingering fragrance, Zhao Xian would definitely think it was a dream.
The human head was also taken away and thrown there, and an oil lamp was pressed on the table with a note and a few silver tickets.
Zhao Xian picked it up and took a closer look, and suddenly his face showed a look of surprise, first he was embarrassed to redden, and then he showed a bad smile, looked left and right, folded the note and put it in his arms.
Seeing that the time was not early, Zhao Xian took off the scale armor from the hanger and put it on with curiosity.
Although the position of Xiaodutong is not high, but there are four or five hundred people under him, the equipment given by the imperial court is still very good, this set of scale armor is more complex, the style is exquisite, two on the shoulder called tiger head beast swallow, chest, copper is painted black, fixed with leather, cowhide rope series, there are moire on the binding hands, and the skirt armor also has patterns, and it is very cumbersome to wear.
Zhao Xian worked for a long time and finally put it on, and he was still flexible after walking a few steps, but it was a little flashy, after all, he had been playing iron for more than ten years, and he was not very optimistic about the material of this armor. Anyway, there was no war for the time being, so Zhao Xian didn't think about these things, tied up his hair quite sullenly, and turned around and went out.
"Zhao Dutong!"
"Well, you're good."
"Lord Zhao!"
"Well, I'm optimistic about you."
In the kitchen at the rear of the large camp in the army, nearly 100 people were crowded in full swing, and several men with oily faces lined up among them.
Zhao Xian walked in it, jumping away from time to time to avoid the splashing boiling water sparks, and he had to deal with the people who greeted him, although it felt very good, but it was really boring.
In the inner room of this large room, there is also a small kitchen with excellent conditions, which is specially prepared for the generals and officials, and the best cooks are used. At this time, Hu Yidao stood inside, holding a kitchen knife and pointing at the honest-looking men behind him.
This kid, do you really think you're an official? Zhao Xian felt strange in his heart, walked over and patted him on the shoulder, and asked, "A knife, what's going on?" β
"Yikes! Brother Xian... No, Lord Zhao, you came just in time. Hu Yidao turned his head, the little triangle eyes lit up, and his oily fingers grabbed Zhao Xian.
Zhao Xian immediately opened his hand and said angrily: "Fart adult, talk well, what's going on here?" β
Hu Yidao smiled, chopped the kitchen knife on the board, pointed to a basket on the ground, and said, "Brother Xian, look at this, isn't this a waste?" β
Zhao Xian followed the sound and saw that the basket was full of chicken butts, fish tails and other ingredients, which looked very clean, and he couldn't help frowning: "What's the matter?" Don't want any of these? "Although Zhao Xian doesn't like to eat chicken butts and fish tails, he shouldn't throw them away like this, the soldiers outside now eat cabbage in winter, and they can't get oily a few times a year, so there are always people who like to eat it, and it's a pity to throw it away.
Hu Yidao nodded, and said with a distressed face: "It's not that these things can't be eaten, so they are thrown away in vain, isn't it a waste of things?" The guys said they weren't listening. β
"Zhao Dutong." The cook next to him shook his head when he saw this, and said: "We don't want to throw these things, it's really the rules in the army that must be like this, the generals' dietary specifications are standard, and these things left after they are equipped are obviously not enough to be distributed to ordinary soldiers. β
Why is it such a trivial matter? No wonder you can let a guy like Li Yu with a small belly and chicken intestines be the commander, Zhao Xian rubbed his forehead, and he really didn't know what to do with this chicken butt. It was not enough to take it out and distribute it to the soldiers outside, and it would be a pity to throw it away, and those generals were difficult to serve, and obviously they would not eat these things.
Zhao Xian frowned and thought for a moment, then raised his hand and said, "Don't throw these things away in the future, gather them together to cook them well, and send them to General Yue." β
"Ahh The cook was shocked, looked at half of the chicken butt, if it was all given to General Yue Jihengyue, he would not have to bring someone to smash this place, the cook said with some embarrassment: "My lord, this, this is not very good, right?" β
Hu Yidao also shrunk his neck, and also felt that this was inappropriate, Yue Jiheng was two levels higher than Zhao Xian, and it would be very troublesome to make trouble.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Xian tidied up the armor on his body, then took off the kitchen knife from the board, and said to the few cooks in the back: "Cooking is a handiwork, even if the skill is fine, even tofu can fry the taste of meat, not to mention that this is originally meat, today, Bendu will teach you Kung Pao Chicken, no, Kung Pao Chicken Butt, first of all, we must choose rooster butt meat as the main ingredient, glutinous pepper and other accessories, this dish is a traditional famous dish of Qianwei, red but not spicy, spicy but not fierce, spicy and strong, smooth and crispy meat......"
A few cooks looked surprised, they didn't think that this mighty adult in armor was so good at cooking, no wonder he could become a commander, and he really had some real skills.
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When the first ray of sunlight shone into the martial arts arena of the pioneer camp in the early morning, Yue Jiheng had already finished running a lap with the soldiers and returned to the room to start breakfast.
When Ah Man brought the food, Yue Jiheng was slightly surprised, his meal should be one meat and two vegetables plus a bowl of rice, the meat dish is a small fried meat and something like that, but what was served today was a dish with a colorful and fragrant aroma, which he had never seen before.
Ah Man set up the meal in front of the small table, took a pot of wine and put it down at the table, poured a glass for Yue Jiheng, saw that he was puzzled, and said: "The little one asked the cook, and he said that Zhao Dutong was grateful for your great kindness, and specially prepared the meal for you with a knife, and the little one was very good-looking, so he sent it to you." β
"Zhao Xian?" Yue Jiheng's face instantly fell, and he said secretly: "He won't poison me, right?" However, Yue Jiheng immediately shook his head, and poisoned him in the dish in broad daylight, unless Zhao Xian didn't want to live.
Yue Jiheng carefully looked at this dish for a long time, but he didn't find anything wrong, so he picked up the chopsticks and put them in his mouth to taste it, the spicy flavor was strong, the meat was crispy, and the dishes he had eaten were very different, and his eyes couldn't help but light up slightly.
"Huh! This guy has a bit of a knack. Yue Jiheng tasted a few more bites, and suddenly showed a hint of pride on his face, and sneered: "Zhao Xian is so attentive, I'm afraid that he knows the power of this son, and he specially came to show his loyalty, come, open his mouth." Yue Jiheng picked up a piece of chicken and handed it to Aman.
Ah Man hurriedly shook his head, his face was a little weird, and asked, "If he came to show loyalty to you, how are you going to treat him?" β
The chicken was thrown into his mouth and chewed, a glass of rice wine was put into his stomach, Yue Jiheng breathed a long sigh of relief, and said coldly: "The last time he fought with my son, I haven't gone out to explain it, and now the whole city is saying that I Yue Jiheng didn't believe what he said, forcing me to strip naked and go to Xuanwu Lake to run naked, this account has not been settled, how can I spare him." β
Ah Man frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "How are you going to teach him a lesson?" β
"What's the use of teaching him a lesson?" Yue Jiheng sighed, he has been hiding in the barracks for the past few days, and he hasn't gone out for a long time, what he is afraid of is that the people in the city will point at him and force him to run naked, but he can't hide in the barracks for the rest of his life.
Yue Jiheng thought about it carefully, slapped the table and said: "My son is going to win him, I don't believe that Zhao Xian has much ability, I just need to win him openly, and see who dares to gossip about this son, hum." Yue Jiheng poured a sip of wine.
"And how are you going to win him?" Ah Man poured Yue Jiheng wine and asked curiously.
Yue Jiheng tapped his fingers on the table, thought carefully for a moment, and said: "On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, there must be a lot of talented literati in the Dihua Fang, you go and make some silver to the old bustard in the Dihua Fang, and inform me in advance who will make the question and what the question will be, and then go to Zhao Xian to give an invitation, saying that this son invited him to drink." β
"Huh?" Ah Man's eyes were strange for a while, and he said a little unnaturally: "We cheat, isn't it a little ......?"
"If he doesn't schem me, why can't I deceive? Don't say much, do things. Yue Jiheng took another sip of wine, revealing a hearty smile. Chewing on the drunken tasteless meat, he asked again: "Zhao Xian will definitely not cook for me every day, go and ask what kind of meat this dish is made of, and then learn the method, this son will eat it every day in the future." β
Ah Man hesitated for a moment and said, "I have already asked the cook, this is made from chicken butts......"
"Poof! Ahem, ahem......"
"General, what's wrong with you, General? Don't scare me, General..."Ah Man hurriedly supported Yue Jiheng and asked anxiously.
At the same time, Zhao Xian was driving his horse to the gate of the barracks, about to go out for a walk, and when he looked up, he saw a pretty little girl, leaning against a tree in the distance, and there was a jujube red horse walking around.
Zhao Xian felt that his fiancΓ© was really derelict in his duties, and asked a daughter's family to look for him every day, he dismounted and hurriedly walked to Huang Tiantian's back, patted her shoulder and said, "You came really early." β
Huang Tiantian's eyes lit up, and when he turned around, he saw a majestic man in armor standing in front of him.
"You, you ......" Huang Tiantianqiao's face was full of surprise, and she touched the armor on Zhao Xian's body curiously, and said with a slight red face: "It's all said that you lazy ghost only came, I've been waiting for you for a long time." β
This girl didn't understand how she was reserved at all, Zhao Xian smiled and said, "You didn't tell me that you would wait for me again, if you told me in advance, you would have come out a long time ago." β
Huang Tiantian felt that it was the same, so she didn't blame Zhao Xian, she hesitated, suddenly stretched out her little hand, and twisted: "Zhao, Zhao Xian, my hairpin, did you buy it for me?" β
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