Chapter 229: The Journey
After the funeral of the national teacher, the most far-reaching trip of the Ming Dynasty to move the capital officially began.
The first to move to Beijing were displaced people from all over the country and hundreds of commercial firms.
The team of the old man and the Gao family is the leader. He was followed by Bai Tang and Lian Shaoda. The convoy of Jiyazhai, Qian, Tang Xuan and other shops followed. Mighty and magnificent.
Bai Tang carried eight carriages, two of which were Xu San's belongings. Xu Qin, the Duke of Wei, was worried that it would be inconvenient for his two younger brothers to open a mansion and live in another house, so he sent someone to Beijing to arrange a mansion and arrange domestic servants. He also prepared a few carts of supplies for Xu San, but let his younger brother pick and choose most of them.
"It's not a separation. It is enough to bring some clothes and a silver ticket. I followed Bai Tang's convoy. ”
Xu Qin couldn't resist him. Before leaving, he and his wife were sad, but Xu San rode away heartlessly.
Qin Wu comforted them: "Although the husband can't go to Beijing without an edict. But upstairs is going to open a store in Beijing. Then I will be able to take care of him myself. Besides," Qin Wu pursed her lips and sighed softly, "He has Bai Tang in charge, and nothing will go wrong." ”
Xu Qin and the old lady glanced at each other: If it weren't for Bai Tang, they wouldn't let Xu San go to the capital. Could it be that he dominates Nanjing and then goes to Beiping? Who will be able to control him then?
Xu Qin sighed guiltily: "Fortunately, there is Baitang." Alas! ”
The convoy to Beijing stayed at post stations and inns along the way, but after five or six days, the inns were hard to find. Sometimes they had to camp in the wilderness.
At this time, Xu San's purpose was revealed. The ability to set up camp tree tents on the spot has been learned solidly from his second brother since he was a child. Coupled with a few close guards he brought, dozens of large and small tents were erected in the forest in a short time.
There is no village in front of the village, there is no shop in the back, some people take dry food to eat and wrap their stomachs, and some people set up stoves to cook rice and noodles. Xu San showed off his intentions, caught some pheasants and rabbits and came back, set up the grill, and peeled the skin and skewered the meat. Seeing this, Bai Lan specially sent spices to them. Seeing dozens of squares of seasoning in a large rectangular wooden box, Xu San's guards were dumbfounded: When you go out, you are so particular!
However, they thought that they had inspected Bai Tang's carriage before leaving, and one of the carriages only contained one thing: Bingjian.
The upper level of storage is stuffed with chickens, sheep, pigs, mutton, vegetables and pasta. The lower layer stores ice, and after the ice melts, it is replaced with new ice cubes. They still wonder where they can get ice along the way? Who knew that the ice cubes in the ice book really hadn't broken. How do they know that Baitang has the necessary saltpeter ice-making skills for traversers. Don't worry about ice cubes all the way, and then make supplies when you get to the town, so that the food on the road is all chilled.
Bai Lan marinated the meat for Xu San, turned around and took care of the cauldron he was in charge of with Su Shi. The pot was stuffed with a whole chicken, a piece of hooves, and a few fried eel bones. That was the secret recipe for the Suzhou-style noodle soup that Bai Tang found in his previous life. The soup is as amber in color, and after half an hour, the fragrance fills the forest.
This can make the counterparts who swallow dry food and don't know the taste of food swallow their saliva.
Bai Tang tasted the soup, and raised his thumb to the girl and praised: "How about we open a noodle restaurant in the capital?" ”
Bai Lan pursed her lips and smiled, "Okay." ”
Su Shi thought about it seriously and said, "If you want to open a noodle restaurant, you have to open it as soon as possible." Take advantage of the fact that we go to the capital first, there are not many food shops, and if we open well, we will not lose! ”
Xu San sighed on the side: "Madame is wise!" ”
Su Shiren glanced at him with a smile: pressed the joy in his heart, pulled Bai Lan and filled two small pots of noodle soup and sent them to Dafang and the Gao family.
The two old men are old and both like to eat soft food. The weather is getting cooler, and a pot of fragrant noodle soup is eaten straight to the stomach and intestines, which is very comfortable.
Flashing to the side in a low-key manner, Lian Shaoda, who was silent, looked at Bai Lan with blank eyes. Bai Lan couldn't bear to be seen by him, and when he saw that he had finished fishing, he hurriedly grabbed a bowl of soup for him.
He and Bai Jin ate steamed cakes with fresh soup, and couldn't help complaining: "Why do you send a bowl of soup?" Don't want to have noodles at all? ”
Lian Shaoda glared at her, when did this mother-in-law still not see the situation clearly? Didn't you see Bai Tang and Xu Sanduo being intimate? In the future, he will be the in-laws of the Wei State Mansion of the Four Great Princes! Xu San is covered by the emperor, he has Xu San's son-in-law, isn't he walking sideways in the capital?
"And look at your son." He habitually gave Bai Tang eye medicine, "It turned out that he went in and out with Xu Qiu'an." I said the old man doesn't care? ”
The old man Lian wants to take care of it, but he can't manage it. After the Du family's lawsuit, Pingjiang vaguely told the old man about Bai Tang and Xu San. Lian Shi Xuan's heart was suspended in the air again, and he almost lost his breath! But after all, he has deep experience and deep thoughts. Thinking of Xu San's temperament and Bai Tang's previous rumors, I secretly thought that no matter whether they were in love with each other or Bai Tang was forced by Xu San, it was not easy to make a move now. After all, even the emperor only reprimanded them with one sentence: enough is enough.
However, two men, no matter how good and strong their relationship is, they will have to break up in a few years. Without Xu San's coercion, there would be no obstacle for Bai Tang to marry his own son. It's a little better to think about it like this, but no matter how you look at it, Xu San is a belly full of fire, so when Xu San sent the grilled meat skewers, he refused without being salty or light: "I'm old, I can't eat greasy." ”
Xu San didn't care either, and gave it to Pingjiang with a smile: "Cousin, then you and Uncle have a taste." This is the craft of the white orchid girl. "Leave after stuffing, don't give Pingjiang room to refuse.
Lian Shaorong saw Bai Tang looking at this side with concern not far away, endured the angry reprimand, and said in his heart: Thick skin!
Pingjiang smelled the fragrance, and took a bite purely subconsciously, the fat and meat were fresh in the mouth, which was really good!
Lian Shaoda can't listen to this now. Bai Tang and Xu San are a natural pair! Immediately said to He Shi with a cold face: "If you have the courage to say this, go to Xu Sanye to say it!" ”
He was shocked and aggrieved, and he couldn't eat the cake, so he threw his chopsticks and said, "Who am I worried about?" I'm in Nanjing, so let people point fingers, do you have to be gossiped about when you go to Beiping? ”
Bai Jin silently withdrew from the carriage.
My mother is indeed a little confused. The situation is worse than people, so it should be low-key and convergent. It's no wonder that she has gone from a winner to a joke in everyone's mouth, and it is normal for her heart to not be able to get over this hurdle. Anyway, there are nearly two months to go, so let's persuade her slowly.
There was a cold reprimand from my father in the carriage: "You have backbone, then when you go to Beiping, don't live in the house that Baitang built for us." Don't use the workshops they built. ”
He Shijiao's face turned red, and he gritted his teeth and was speechless.
Lian Shaoda came out with the empty bowl and ordered the servants to wash it and return it to Bailan. saw Gao Jianming, the eldest son of the Gao family, holding a pot and talking to Bai Lan. couldn't help frowning, took the bowl and slowly paced up.
"My grandfather and mother both said that the soup was extremely delicious, and the noodles were moderately soft and hard, and Miss Lian's craftsmanship was well deserved."
Bai Lan was slightly surprised: "Gao Gongzi has won the prize." ”
Gao Jianming looked at Bai Lan's beautiful appearance, thinking about the chain of interests behind her, and finally made a decision before going north.
"This iron pot is so heavy, I'll help you clean it up!"
Zhang Wen, the nurse of Baitang's family, jumped out at the right time: "How can you use Gao Gongzi to do it?" He enlarged the small pots and chopsticks into the iron pot and easily carried them to the river for cleaning. Zhao Wu also stood by Bai Lan's side, glancing at Gao Jianming from time to time.
Gao Jianming didn't realize it, and smiled at Bai Lan: "It's a pity that Yiming didn't go to Beijing with us." By the way, where is your house built? ”
Bai Lan was about to answer, when she saw Lian Shaoda sending a bowl over: "Dad." ”
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