After the soup in the clay pot gurgled and the crucian carp in the iron pot was fried until it was golden on both sides. Use a colander to remove the fried crucian carp and stew it in a clay pot.

The lard is not wasted, and the green onions, ginger and garlic are added again, and some spices are started to be fried. At this moment, the cook's vision finally began to change.

Because of this way of cooking, he had never seen it at all. couldn't help but subconsciously began to pay attention to Zhang Zheng's every move.

When Zhang Zheng added a large spoonful of refined salt to the iron pot, the corners of his eyes twitched again! After stir-frying the ingredients, Zhang Zheng stirred the fish soup in the clay pot with a spoon.

After seeing that the fish soup has turned white, the fragrance comes out. Then he poured all the ingredients fried in lard into the clay pot.

In an instant, a smell of oil mixed with the fresh flavor of crucian carp spread. Zhang Zheng twitched his nose at the same time as the cook in charge.

Zhang Zheng carried the clay pot in front of Li Chengqian with two pieces of linen, turned his head to the chef and asked, "Is there rice?" ”

"Yes, yes, noble, wait a minute, this will be served to you!" The cook was really convinced, and his tone instantly became respectful.

It is said that the gentleman is far away from cooking, but I didn't expect this little Langjun who looks like fine skin and tender meat to have such unexpected cooking skills.

It's incredible! If this Lang Jun can teach himself, then does he still need to stay on the merchant ship as a cook?

Therefore, the chef treats Zhang Zheng at this time, which is more respectful than his uncle. After a while, two portions of rice were brought to Zhang Zheng and Li Chengqian.

Northerners like to eat pasta, and they have always been unaccustomed to rice, a staple food in the south. But this crucian carp soup has to be served with rice.

Zhang Zheng poured the fish soup on top of the rice, and then began to pour the rice into his mouth. Li Chengqian learned a lot, and after taking a bite of rice, his eyes lit up.

"Fresh!" One word! The crucian carp is the freshest in the river, and Zhang Zheng completely boiled the taste of the fish in a clay pot.

The umami was completely sealed in the soup with lard. Naturally, it tastes delicious. Neither of them had time to speak, both of them quickly squeezing the rice into their mouths.

From time to time, I ate a piece of fish, and the two of them were extremely comfortable and sweating profusely at a meal. After eating the last piece of fish, Li Chengqian picked his teeth with fish bones.

Erlang's legs were crossed, and he said to Zhang Zheng without the image of a prince: "Brother Zheng'er, your cooking skills are really amazing!" Zhang Zheng burped and replied: "The wind on the river, the moon in the mountains, where does Hongfei count things." Stewed pork, lamb tenderloin, and a chicken from the owner's sacrificial stove! ”

"Hey, good sentence, I'll write it down first." Li Chengqian's eyes lit up and he replied to Zhang Zheng. Then he hurriedly shouted to the guy, "Please send a set of pen and paper to my room!" As he spoke, he couldn't wait to go upstairs to the room.

Zhang Zheng didn't follow, but came to the deck on the second floor to watch the sunset. The weeping willows on the riverbank swayed in the sunset, and the wind already smelled of spring.

Zhang Zheng stretched out his hands, as if he wanted to embrace the mountains and rivers in front of him. …… As the riverbank recedes, so does the sunset.

The evening wind was still a little cold, Zhang Zheng tightened his clothes, turned around and returned to the room. In the room, Li Chengqian had already written out the two sentences that Zhang Zhengfang had just said.

He learned from Li Shimin with one hand, and he was freehand and freehand. In addition, Zhang Zheng's two sentences are actually coexisting with fireworks, which has a unique charm.

Seeing Zhang Zheng come back, Li Chengqian greeted him with joy on his face, and said in an unbelievable tone: "Brother Zheng'er, it's really amazing, these two long and short sentences, the more I read them, the more charming they become." In particular, this sentence 'the owner sacrifices a chicken to the stove,' just a fine product, it is the oncoming fireworks, so godly! I never imagined that just a few words could be so expressive. This time out of Chang'an, this pair of long and short sentences may be my biggest gain! Zhang Zheng raised his eyebrows and didn't say anything, thinking: "If you can live for another sixty or seventy years, when that big guy named Taibai shines, you will know what the tension of words is!" Then he thought about it, and he didn't know if his arrival had caused a change in time and space.

It would be a pity if the time and space of his arrival changed, causing the Taibai boss to no longer appear.

After all, that's the sign of the Tang Dynasty.

"I'm going to stay on the ship for ten days and a half months, maybe I'll have an inspiration tomorrow. So go to bed early, take care of your spirits and wait for me to be like a spring, Your Royal Highness the Prince, you will be responsible for helping me make a name for myself! Zhang Zheng stretched and said to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, and replied loudly: "Okay, okay, no problem!" After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he leaned back on his bed.

Then he took the written piece of rice paper in his hand and chanted it repeatedly in the dim light. …… Pleasant time always rushes away, and before you know it, Zhang Zheng and his party spent more than ten days on the boat.

During this period, merchant ships rarely docked, and at most they stopped at the time of a few pillars of incense when passing through the city to buy supplies.

And today, it happened to be the tenth day that Zhang Zheng and others spent on the ship. Merchant ships also officially entered the section of the canal under the rule of Yangzhou.

Yangzhou is the terminus of the Grand Canal, which was built during the Sui Dynasty. During the Wude period, the local government of Yangzhou extended the canal by a certain distance.

One section extended to Qiantang in Hangzhou, and one section extended to Yuezhou, which was Shaoxing in later generations. And Zhang Zheng and his party were going to get off the boat in Yangzhou, and then go up the river from Yangzhou.

After entering the Jianghan Plain, it turns into the Xiangjiang River, then enters the Li River from the Lingqu, and finally joins the Pearl River and flows downstream.

The end point of the Pearl River is the seat of Lingnan Road, the Guangzhou Governor's Office. And Feng An's base camp is in Guangzhou.

Although Zhang Zheng walked from Chang'an in a hurry, he had already copied these things in his mind many times.

Therefore, Zhang Zheng's plan was actually formed from the moment Li Shimin said that he would come to Lingnan.

This includes the planning of roads, strategies to complete tasks, and so on. It was in the afternoon, Zhang Zheng and Li Chengqian, who had been staying in the room for a day, heard Chen Yu's voice.

Without waiting for Chen Yu to knock on the door and call someone, the two of them, who were already bored and panicked, jumped up from the bed at the same time.

Yangzhou has arrived! The two of them are now extremely sure. No matter how good the scenery on the canal is, after watching it for ten days, the two teenagers have long been aesthetically fatigued.

At this moment, seeing that the first stop is coming, where is there patience to wait. Zhang Zheng opened the door and saw that Chen Yu and a kind of personal guard had already assembled.

Looking along the canal, you can already vaguely see the tall city walls of Yangzhou City. Yangzhou is also a rare big city in the south of the Yangtze River.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built this canal, and its main purpose was this city. More precisely, it is for Qionghua in Yangzhou City!