……

Early the next morning

Zhao Tuo is teaching the children.

There was a commotion outside the hospital.

When I opened the door, I saw that all the villagers were gathered nearby.

A luxurious carriage stopped at the door.

A eunuch walked up and said to Zhao Tuo: "You are Zhao Tuo!" ”

Zhao Tuo nodded.

The eunuch shook off the dust, upheld his waist, and said majestically: "Prince Xuan's dictation." ”

All the villagers immediately knelt down.

Zhao Tuo also bent down to listen to the announcement

The eunuch continued: "Xuan Zhao Tuo, go to the East Palace, and meet you!" ”

Zhao Tuo immediately replied: "The grass people lead the order." ”

The eunuch smiled at Zhao Tuo and said, "This gentleman, please get into the carriage." ”

Zhao Tuo really didn't understand why the crown prince Li Jiancheng was looking for him, and said to him: "Please wait a moment, I want to arrange the students first!" ”

The eunuch nodded. Zhao Tuo walked into the courtyard and assigned learning tasks to the students, allowing them to review the knowledge they had learned by themselves.

Then he got out of the hospital and got into the carriage.

Watching the carriage go away, the villagers of Zhaojia Village talked a lot.

Sun Erniu asked the village chief, "Village chief, why did you say that the prince was looking for Zhao Tuo?" ”

The village chief said meaningfully: "I think Zhao Tuo is not an ordinary person, and this time I met the prince, and I will definitely be blessed and noble in the future." ”

Sun Erniu nodded approvingly.

……

The carriage went all the way without stopping until it reached the gate of the East Palace.

"Sir, get out of the car!"

Zhao Tuo got out of the carriage and followed the eunuch into the East Palace.

When I came to a side hall, I found that the one sitting in the center was the rich and noble son I met at the door of the Zhaoxian Pavilion.

Zhao Tuo immediately saluted: "Grass people Zhao Tuo, see the prince." ”

"You are Zhao Tuo."

Prince Li Jiancheng said: "This dress is really different from the last time I saw you, and it is quite delicate." ”

"The prince praises!" Zhao Tuo responded.

Li Jiancheng asked, "What books have you ever read?" ”

Zhao Tuo responded: "Read less Confucius and Mencius in the next, and the subset of history." For agriculture and arithmetic, I have a lot of experience.

"Oh!"

Li Jiancheng nodded, thought for a long time and said, "You can be regarded as a full reader of poetry and books, so make a compilation in this East Palace!" ”

"Thank you for the grace of the prince!" Zhao Tuo immediately thanked him when he heard it.

The compilation of the East Palace is an idle position, and he is mainly responsible for the sorting of the books of the East Palace. Every day, you only need to come to sign in in the morning, show your face, and the rest of the time is more leisurely, and you can do your own thing.

Zhao Tuo received his official uniform, as well as a carriage for the prince's reward, and returned to Zhaojia Village.

……

Qin Wangfu.

After Li Shimin got the news, he sighed: The prince is now more and more concerned about his own news, and his actions are becoming more and more targeted at himself.

……

Zhao Tuo, who returned to Zhaojia Village, met the villagers who came to greet him. After learning that Zhao Tuo was an official, they all expressed their congratulations.

The village chief stepped forward and asked, "In the future, you will go to the East Palace to be an official, can you still do the things of teaching the children in the village?" ”

Zhao Tuo said with a smile: "I'm just a compiler of the East Palace, I'm usually very idle, and there must be no problem teaching the children in the village, but the time will be changed from morning to afternoon." ”

Everyone was very happy after hearing this, and they all said that there was no problem in changing the morning to the afternoon.

For the next month, Zhao Tuo took a carriage to the East Palace every morning to show his face and sign in, returned to Zhaojia Village at noon, and taught the children in the afternoon.

……

At noon, Zhao Tuo was cooking at home, and Sun Xiaopu passed by, smelling the smell, so he kept lying at the door and didn't leave.

Zhao Tuo saw it, so he beckoned him to come in and eat together.

took out two pairs of dishes and chopsticks, and the two of them ate the stew in the basin.

Halfway through eating, Sun Erniu came to him, looked at Sun Xiaopu, who was still lying on the table and kept eating, slapped him on the head, and scolded: "I said that you didn't go home during meal time, so it turned out that you ran to Mr.'s house again, eating and drinking." ”

Zhao Tuo signaled him not to be angry, and said, "What's the matter, isn't it just about adding a pair of dishes and chopsticks!" Since we're here, let's eat some together. ”

Sun Erniu said embarrassedly: "How expensive this meat is now, it's not good to rub meat here all day long to eat it." ”

"Hey!"

Zhao Tuo said indifferently: "What kind of meat am I?" It's all pig intestines, pork belly, pig blood, and pigs that others don't eat. ”

"Come if you want to eat meat in the future! There's nothing to be embarrassed about. ”

Sun Erniu smiled embarrassedly, sat down too, ate a few pieces of pork belly, and praised: "It's delicious!" Your cooking skills can't be compared to others. ”

Zhao Tuo said: "Otherwise, I'll teach you how to cook this way!" ”

"I usually eat at home, and I can also go out and sell it to earn some family money."

Sun Erniu immediately waved his hand and said, "How can this be, this is your secret recipe, how can I learn it!" ”

"What a secret recipe is not a secret recipe!"

Zhao Tuo smiled and said, "I taught you." ”

"It just so happens that you also go to a stall to make some money and make your family's life better."

Sun Erniu grimaced and said solemnly: "I remember this kindness in my heart. In the future, every penny I earn, I will share half of you. ”

Zhao Tuo smiled, did not refuse, and asked: "Since you want to do this braised business, you need a lot of pigs to go into the water, do you know which one kills more pigs?" ”

Sun Erniu patted his chest and said, "Leave this matter to me." There is a slaughterhouse in Chang'an City, and several butchers in it are brothers who have been on the battlefield with me and have been born and died. ”

……

came to Sun Erniu's house.

Sun Erniu said that he was five big and three rough, so he didn't learn this cooking skill, and let his mother-in-law learn it behind Zhao Tuo.

Take out a pack of fresh pig drainage, first clean them, especially the large intestine of the pig should be cleaned repeatedly.

Then cut into pieces and blanch them in water, and finally put them in a pot, add secret seasonings and simmer, the longer the better.

In the end, Zhao Tuo also instructed that the boiled soup should not be changed, if the water is not enough, add water, and add seasonings if the taste is not enough.

The boiled meat is put in a clay pot and sold in a trolley.

Outside Chang'an City, there is a necessary way to enter the city, and there is a tea shed on the side of the road for merchants and travelers to rest.

Sun Erniu and Zhao Tuo came here with a cart, opened the lid of the stew, and a smell of meat wafted out.

Passers-by came to watch and asked, "What is this?" ”

Zhao Tuo said with a smile: "This is a secret braised pork, and a bowl of meat only costs five yuan." ”

"So cheap!"

Everyone listened to the price and said one after another.

"Bring me a bowl to taste!"

The first merchant paid for it, got a bowl of meat and tasted it, and immediately praised it for its deliciousness.

When others saw it, they bought it one after another.

The five-clay pot was sold out in a short time.

Pushing the cart home, Sun Erniu happily counted the money he earned.

"Excluding the cost, we actually earned 200 Wen!"

Looking at the excited Sun Erniu, Zhao Tuo smiled and said, "What is this, don't you see that it is not enough to sell today!" If you have enough goods, you should be able to earn 400 wen a day. ”

Hearing this, Sun Erniu was full of enthusiasm and said that he would go to the city tomorrow and pull some pigs into the water and come back.

……