This mighty group of people went straight to the north, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed. Song Zhi's summer clothes were put away early, and he had already changed into slightly thick autumn clothes.

Because he traveled with a will, the officials and people had already prepared wherever he went. Song Zhi didn't have too high expectations for the residence in this Shucheng city, but since he entered the city, he hadn't seen a few white and fat people, all of them were gray-faced, full of fear and exhaustion.

Therefore, after Song Zhi crossed the groveling and flattering county officials, Song Zhi looked at the complete mansion in front of him, and muttered a few words in his heart.

"Why is it that in the few places where we stop along the way, there are always such early preparations for the courtyard banquet, and even when we enter the city, there are officials and people kneeling to worship?" Song Zhi ate a crispy snack made of soybean noodles in his mouth and asked Shen Baiyan.

Shen Baiyan didn't answer, just poured Song Zhi a cup of hot tea and said, "What do you say?" ”

It was like the teacher was torturing the students, Song Zhi stuffed the remaining dim sum into Shen Baiyan's mouth, patted the broken palm of his hand, and said, "Probably the palace wants to tell us that they know where we are." The other is to make you extravagant and extravagant, so you can lose the hearts of the people. ”

Shen Baiyan smiled lightly, took a sip of tea, there seemed to be grit in his mouth, and he couldn't help but comment: "This dim sum is so unpalatable, how can it be presented?" ”

"Do you think it's unpalatable, do you want the villagers here to like this dry taste?" Song Zhi didn't think about it and said.

The texture of this snack is indeed a little rough and the taste is very bland, but after eating, there is a wheat aroma in the mouth, which is considered a bit of a taste.

At this time, Meteor came back from changing clothes, and saw that the two little maids didn't know what they were holding, and you pushed me at the door of Song Zhi's room, so he stepped forward and said, "The girl who doesn't understand the rules dares to disturb the princess and princess here." ”

The two maids hurriedly knelt down, and one of them was bold and reluctantly said, "Don't be angry, noble, we want to send snacks to the princess and princess." ”

"Dim Sum? Didn't you send it before? "Meteor came out of the room after serving tea and snacks.

"Well, the snack was delivered incorrectly. The dried bean crisp is for the big brothers outside, not for the princess and princess. The maid shuddered.

"Why are you so careless?!" Meteor reprimanded, walked into the house quickly, and saw that only one piece of the snack on the table was missing, and he knew that this snack did not taste good.

"The prince, the princess, the maid in this house was careless and sent the snacks of the next person. Then the slave and the maid punished them. "Meteor is blessed, Dao.

Shen Baiyan showed a sure expression, Song Zhi sighed lightly, and said with a little interest: "If you add something to this snack, maybe it will taste good." There is not much surplus in this realm, and I will not add lard and brown sugar to this snack. You let Rosin learn how to make this snack, mix it with some lard, brown sugar, eggs or something, and make it and eat it. ”

Once this place passes, they will have to walk for more than a month to the next city, so their group will recuperate for four or five days before setting off, and Song Zhi will have this leisure to eat.

Seeing that Song Zhi was not unhappy at all, Meteor also breathed a sigh of relief for the two maids, went out to pick up the snacks that should have been sent, and asked Chazhi to look for rosin to see if she could make a better dried bean crisp.

Rosin is very fast, maybe because this snack is not troublesome, but she actually delivered it in the afternoon when she used it. The rosin did not put a lot of sugar, but mixed with some lard and eggs, so that the aroma of this dry bean crisp is not reduced, but the taste is much warmer and more fragrant.

"The soybean noodles in this realm are no worse than ours." Song Zhi ate the newly made dim sum and said.

Shen Baiyan looked at her simple appearance, smiled, and said, "Do you know what the name of this county town is?" ”

"Shucheng." Song Zhi said without thinking, "It means the boundary of beans?" ”

"You said that the soybean noodles in this place are no worse than ours anywhere, because the soybean noodles we eat on weekdays are produced here. Although the maid made the wrong snack, if it is a flat-headed person in Shucheng, I am afraid that it is difficult to eat a soybean grown by a novice. Shen Baiyan picked up this small piece of dried bean crisp and said.

Song Zhi looked at the dried bean crisp he was pinching and said, "Then let's make some for the people in this courtyard to taste." ”

Shen Baiyan looked at Song Zhi and didn't seem to agree very much, and said, "Even if we reward it, it's only this time." ”

"It's better to go back once than never eat it once in your life." Song Zhi insisted.

Shen Baiyan looked at Song Zhi's burning eyes, swallowed what he originally wanted to say, and said, "Okay." ”

After dinner, the kitchen was still in full swing, and plates of dried bean crisp were sent out, and after a while, they were empty.

Rosin Xiang looked at the soybean noodles in the kitchen and couldn't help but say, "Who are these people?" Can't you feed it? ”

When a maid in the kitchen heard this, she swallowed a piece of dried bean crisp in her mouth, and smiled embarrassedly and said, "Girl, don't laugh at us, we have never eaten such a delicious snack." ”

The mother-in-law smiled so much that chrysanthemums bloomed in the corners of her eyes, and rosin was a little embarrassed by what she said, so she pretended not to see the mother-in-law secretly stuffing the dried bean cake into her arms.

Song Zhi didn't restrict his subordinates from eating and drinking, until the materials prepared in the house ran out, and naturally, Song Zhi would also offer the corresponding silver taels. Therefore, this dried bean cake flowed out of the house where Song Zhi temporarily lived, so that the people outside also tasted some taste.

As Shen Baiyan said, this may be the first time in their lives that they have eaten the soybeans they have grown, right?

How long did they stay in Shucheng, they paid out of their own pockets to invite the people of Shucheng to eat how long the dried bean crisp was, and when they left after three days, most of the people of Shucheng came to send them off. made Song Zhi very upset.

"It's just a little favor, it's really not worth giving it away like this." After leaving the city gate, Song Zhi lifted the curtain of the carriage and glanced out, and saw that there were still some fragmentary crowds following behind the carriage from a distance.

"They are just watching the dried bean crisp that fell from the sky gradually drift away, and they are a little reluctant." Shen Baiyan had never ridden a horse today, and Shi Shiran sat in the carriage and joked about Song Zhi.

Song Zhi stretched out his hand and twisted it on Shen Baiyan's arm, the flesh on his arm was very hard, Song Zhi couldn't twist it at all, but it seemed to be tickling him.

Shen Baiyan really didn't feel the slightest pain, he only smiled, and said to Song Zhi: "Outside of Shucheng, there are some downtrodden villages, and it will take more than a month to reach Fengxue City under the jurisdiction of General Zhao Ci. We're going to have to spend the next few days outside. ”

Song Zhi nodded and said, "Fortunately, we only brought enough things when we set off, otherwise I would really not be able to grab food from the mouths of those people." ”

"The people can't grab it, but the squire can grab it." Shen Baiyan said.

Song Zhi looked at him with wide eyes and said, "Have you also received the tribute silver from Shucheng?" ”

"Accepted." Shen Baiyan closed the page of the book and said calmly to Song Zhi: "Even if you don't accept it, it won't fall into the hands of the people." Last night, we divided the land we collected from Lizhou to the people, which can be regarded as a deal. ”

Sweet potatoes are a gift in the eyes of the poor and a cheap thing in the eyes of the nobles. Don't worry about being looted after the group leaves.

Song Zhi pursed his lips, not knowing what he was thinking, Shen Baiyan didn't speak, just asked Song Zhi to figure it out by himself, while he closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Although it was a fake sleep, but with the carriage slightly bumping, Shen Baiyan also slept for half a pillar of incense, and suddenly heard a sneeze, Shen Baiyan opened his eyes slightly, and saw Song Zhi rubbing his red nose, and was taking the soft blanket from Meteor's hand to cover himself.

Meteor said in a low voice: "The slave and maid have not been overlooked, just this time, why is it suddenly much colder." As she spoke, she took out another velvet blanket and wrapped Song Zhi in it.

Shen Baiyan grabbed Song Zhi's outstretched little hand, smiled at her, and said, "I'm not cold." You cover it. With that, he cautiously lifted the corner of the curtain, and saw that the wind and clouds outside had changed color, and the wind was blowing, obviously about to change the sky.

Song Zhi broke out of his hand, lay on Shen Baiyan's shoulder, and peeked out through that little gap.

I saw Lan Yue eat a mouth full of sand and stones, and said to Shen Baiyan while busy 'phew', "Lord Wang." Look, it's raining heavily, and there are a few quite large caves around here, so let's avoid them first. It's not good for a horse to get sick when it's raining. ”

"Okay." Shen Baiyan said loudly, and when he got up, he said softly to Song Zhi: "You are so born to stay in the carriage." The wind and sand in this place are very large, and when you are in the carriage, you often feel like ghosts and monsters whimpering when you listen to the wind, which is natural, and you are not afraid. ”

Song Zhi nodded, and when he saw that he wanted to go out, he didn't stop him, but said, "Be careful." ”

Shen Baiyan smiled at her, quickly opened the carriage door and went out, and Lan Yue came in to accompany Song Zhi.

Lan Yue's head was full of grit, and he didn't want to stain the soft blanket in the carriage, so he untied his coat and spread it on it, while he half-knelt and lowered his head to stroke his hair, so that the sand and stones would fall out of his hair.

Seeing her clumsiness, Meteor went to help her tidy up, the carriage suddenly jolted violently, Song Zhi leaned back violently, and the whole person suddenly lost his center of gravity, as if flying in mid-air. Lan Yue reacted very quickly and grabbed Song Zhi and Meteor's hands, without hurting the two of them.

"Three-petaled! How do you drive! Lan Yue roared outward, and the sound seemed to have the power to penetrate the wall, making Song Zhi's ears muffled for a moment.

This black-skinned and round-faced coachman is a fresh face to Song Zhi, but looking at Lan Yue's angry appearance, he should also be a secret guard.

"The wind and sand cover my eyes, I don't see it. You protect the princess! And the bumps too! Obviously, the distance is only one zhang, but the sound of the three petals is extremely blurred, and as soon as I think it is spoken, it is scattered in the wind.

Lan Yue scolded secretly, and hurriedly protected Meteor and Song Zhi tightly, and sure enough, there was an extremely violent bump, Meteor only felt that her internal organs were about to gush out of her mouth, and she was still distracted to look at Song Zhi, seeing that she closed her eyes tightly, and her expression was quite calm.