It is probably the first time for a certain Hui to carry out this kind of capital operation, and the so-called people are addicted to food, and Li Tai has been talking about this issue endlessly.

From the amount of money received in advance, to the type of money received, and even how to store it, a number of Hui are enthusiastic to express their opinions.

Some of these questions do need attention, and some are details that do not need to be discussed at all, but he expects them to be thoughtful, and he is too late to decide because he has too many ideas.

At first, Li Tai also opened his mouth to echo a few sentences, but in the end, the topic became more and more trivial, so he simply closed his mouth and only listened to a few Hui monologues.

This guy doesn't really care about profits, it's just a brainstorming experience. If you really want to deal with all the problems he raised, you will not be bad at all, and no matter how big the profit is, I am afraid that it will not be enough for the huge management costs.

It wasn't until the subordinates of Daxingtai found him here and urged him to go to the mansion for a meeting, and several Hui ended the discussion with some unfinished thoughts, but agreed to come back tomorrow to continue.

Finally sent away some Hui, Li Tai turned around and saw Nianhua looking at him with a strange look, and before he could open his mouth to explain, Nianhua pointed to the back of some Hui Ce Ma Xingyuan and said: "In previous years, Brother Huibao was mostly silent, but I didn't expect to talk to Li Lang like this, so ......."

Not only Nianhua was surprised, but Li Tai also felt that it was terrible for honest people to talk at this time. He got up and chatted with some Hui, and before he knew it, it was noon, and when he was free, he suddenly felt hungry.

The compressed military ration brought by a certain Hui was still on the table, and Li Tai didn't bother to prepare the meal, so he asked someone to bring a bowl of boiling water, and used a knife to divide the grain cake into small pieces, and then washed it with boiling water.

Nian Hua leaned aside, looked at the remaining half of the grain cake and cake scraps on the case with a curious expression, and asked with some surprise: "These cakes are the military rations that Brother Huibao and Li Lang talked about homework?" Looking at it this way, I really don't see anything strange. ”

"It's a convenient food for satisfying the stomach, and it's not a rare delicacy. If you are interested in Changshi, you may wish to try it. ”

Li Tai said with a smile while blowing hot air and drinking hot porridge.

Seeing this, Nianhua did not shirk, and learned from Li Tai's appearance and drew a knife in his hand to chop the cake, but the size of the cake was reduced, and he was a little embarrassed that he was helpless when he cut it on the case several times.

Seeing this, Li Tai asked people to take a small stone mortar, put the cake in it and mash it with a wooden pestle, and then pushed the powder in the stone mortar to Nianhua.

"Thank you, Li Lang."

Nianhua was polite and did not look like a martial artist from Beizhen, so he thanked him first, and then poured the powder into the pottery bowl and rushed into the boiling water. After the powder is dipped in water, it quickly swells, stirs the groove and mixes, and in a blink of an eye, it becomes a bowl of hot porridge that is quite thick.

Nianhua took two sips, and his interest in the slight taste of the work waned, and he just said politely: "It's also quite flavorful." ”

Li Tai didn't care about it after seeing this, and he also knew a little about Nianhua's resume when he talked to him before.

He was born on the eve of the Six Towns Mutiny, although he followed his father in his childhood, but by the time he was young, his life had settled down, and when Er Zhurong entered Luo, his father was already in the position of Jiuqing.

Different from other Beizhen children, Nianhua's youth was a noble son in Luoyang for a few years, until Emperor Xiaowu moved westward before he came to Guanzhong with his father, and his words and deeds were a little different from other Beizhen children. Although he was born in a general's family, he is a little unfamiliar with the personnel of the army.

Shi Liu, who is truly proficient in military affairs, will naturally be able to understand the value of this kind of military rations to the army's supply.

In the Daxingtai Mansion of Liyang Fangcheng, after a day's meeting, I saw that there was only a bowl of porridge paste and half a dry cake on the case, and I was a little unhappy.

The national economy is not abundant, and although he is used to being frugal in his usual diet, he will not even see a little oil star.

The waiter standing next to him looked at his face, and when he saw that he was sitting still for a while, he was a little panicked, and was about to retreat and order to prepare a different meal, when a general in a robe walked in outside the door.

"Uncle hasn't eaten yet? I specially put in the food and am waiting for Uncle to try it! ”

The general who walked into the hall was Yuwendao, and when he saw the untouched food placed in front of Yuwentai's case, he stepped forward and said with a smile.

"Who is so thin on me, Bodhisattva, you are busy with the military, what do you do to disturb my diet!"

Yuwentai glanced at the food on the table with some disgust, and even complained about Yuwendao.

Although they are uncles and nephews, Yuwendao is only a few years younger than Yuwentai, and they get along with each other informally, like brothers more than uncles and nephews.

Hearing Yu Wentai's complaint, Yu Wendao laughed again: "The Great Reading is imminent, what is not more important than serving food?" Since I deliberately serve food, I naturally have my reasons, Uncle will taste it first. ”

After hearing this, Yuwentai picked up the pottery bowl and smacked it twice, his expression did not change, he grabbed the brick-like rough dry cake but did not bite it, and suddenly smashed the dry cake to Yuwendao with some unhappiness: "I have tasted it, where is the reason for you?" In this tooth-breaking hard cake, or make fun of me for having nothing to feed the people? ”

Yuwendao raised his hand to take the dry cake and carefully placed it on the table, then looked up at Yuwentai and said, "In terms of taste alone, it is indeed very strange. But if I say that this is the food of the subordinate governors of Huazhou, what does Uncle think? ”

When Yu Wentai heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he picked up the porridge paste and tasted it a few bites, and even picked up the chopsticks to pick up the paste and observe it carefully, and only after a while did he raise his head and ask: "Which military general is so wasteful of materials, and actually uses flax, fine noodles, mutton fat and ginger as soup?" Does he want to gain favor and envy by virtue of things? If you think that you can earn my position with this evil trick, no matter how much money you have, Lao Tzu will arrange an envoy for him! ”

It's no wonder that Yuwentai is so angry, just the taste of this porridge paste is not very delicious, but if it is used as military food, it will be a bit extravagant.

A big defeat in Bishan has lost the accumulation of several years in the Western Wei Dynasty, and in the past six months, Yuwentai has been scratched by the head of military and political affairs. This year's parade is aimed at boosting morale and replenishing military strength.

Nowadays, the imperial court and Daxingtai have tightened their efforts to overcome the difficulties together, and the armies who came to participate in the Great Parade were also rationed.

If someone specially equips the soldiers with such a fine diet for the sake of grandstanding, the rest of the armies will inevitably feel resentful in their eyes. From Yuwentai's point of view, nature is a disadvantage that destroys harmony.

"At first, I had the same idea as Uncle, but after understanding what happened, I felt that I should recommend this person to Uncle!"

Yuwen Dao was not surprised when he saw that his uncle was angry, but continued: "Before I talk about things, I will teach Uncle how to make this soup. ”

As he spoke, he first instructed the attendant to fetch a tool for pounding the pestle, and when the tool arrived, he would crush the dry cake and mix it with water.

"Stop for a moment, bring the scraps!"

When Yu Wentai saw this, he opened his mouth to stop, took the piece of dry cake that he had discarded, moved his eyes back and forth between the dry cake and the soup, and said with some disbelief: "This bowl of soup is also made like this?" ”

Seeing this, Yuwendao simply brought the bowl of soup he had just prepared to Yuwentai's case.

After carefully tasting a few bites of the two bowls of soup, Yu Wentai looked at the inconspicuous dry cake again, and sighed after a while: "It's exquisite, but it's still too extravagant." ”

Yuwen Dao didn't explain much, and directly asked people to serve a whole piece of grain cake, knocking on the dry and hard round cake and said: "This piece of cake weighs two pounds, enough to support a meal for twenty or thirty people." ”

Hearing this, Yu Wentai was finally moved, lifted the cake and shook it, looked and looked, and put his mouth up and bit it twice, but it was only so sore that his teeth left a row of tooth marks on the surface.

"Good, good food! It is dry and hard, and it is convenient to transport and store, so that the army can not travel far! ”

Yu Wentai finally couldn't help laughing, and caressed the grain cake with both hands, as if admiring a piece of crystal flawless jade: "Who is the name of the governor?" Bring him to him! He is enthusiastic about donating such delicious food, and I don't want to pay him well! ”

Regarding his uncle's completely different face, Yuwen Dao only smiled and didn't comment, but said: "The governor's name is Zhou Changming, and he is a township lord who was rewarded for donating oil before. I had been an official in the government before, and I had summoned him, and I saw that his veterans were simple and proficient in camp affairs, so he was specially appointed as the commander of the capital to control the Wuxiang County and Township Regiment with his moderation. ”

After Yuwentai saw this, he wanted to summon him again, but Yuwendao continued: "As for this grain, it was not made by Zhou Changming. I inquired about the camp, and Zhou Changming said that because of the internal relocation of the Di department and the lack of food in the county, he had no choice but to ask for help from the township, and he was funded by the righteous people in the township to obtain this batch of military rations. But the righteous man who gave was not in his camp. ”

When Yu Wentai heard this, he was a little disappointed, and the attendant took a pen and paper, recorded this incident, and then handed the note to the attendant and instructed: "Put this in the upper grid, and deal with it after the big reading." ”

He was in charge of both the military and the government, and he had to deal with a large number of affairs every day, and his energy was really limited, so he developed the habit of recording things that he felt were more important but could not be dealt with immediately, so as to avoid forgetting.

After the matter was recorded, Yu Wentai praised Yu Wendao for his cleverness, and then picked up the bowl of cold soup that had been placed and swallowed it in a big gulp.

When this bowl of thick porridge entered his stomach, he felt that he was already half full, and he couldn't help but be amazed again, looking at the seemingly ordinary grain cake and appreciating it even more.

"A gentleman is not different, and he is good at things! Split this cake evenly, and give it to the princes and the Kaifu, so that they can also try clever things! ”

Yu Wentai said with emotion: "There is no shortage of people in the government and the opposition who complain about their illnesses, but if everyone has such ingenuity in everything and things, instead of just asking for complaints, how can the career not be prosperous?" Fear difficulties before things happen, which is really a loss of minister's bearing. All sorrows and difficulties must be relieved by me, so why raise so many mediocre people! ”