Dumplings, also known as 'Jiaozi', are far-fetched by later generations, believing that they can only be eaten at the end of the year, winter and spring, meaning "more years of Jiaozi, reunion and blessing, fortune and treasure, auspicious wishes"......

In fact, this kind of food, which was widely spread in the Han Empire, was a medicine in the earliest days.

According to legend, in order to treat some patients, Zhang Zhongjing, a medical saint in the Eastern Han Dynasty, put some cattle, mutton and pork, as well as various vegetables, medicinal materials, ointments, etc., according to a certain proportion, wrapped in a piece of dough and stewed, and then given to those who were weak and cold and seriously ill patients to eat, quite a miraculous effect, over time, this matter was spread, many cooks and housewives began to experiment, imitate, and finally formed a very popular delicacy: wonton.

Later, with the efforts of the Han Empire's foodies from generation to generation, the 'dumplings' with thin skin and many fillings gradually took shape and became a more popular food than wontons.

This can be seen from the evolution of names for 2,000 years: wonton, glaive, jiaoer, bianshi, jiaozi, jiaoer, dumplings, and so on.

In addition, the variety of dumplings is also very rich, it can be said that up and down the river, on both sides of the Yangtze River, within the four seas, as long as there is Chinese, there are dumplings.

Among them, Yang Chuan has tasted it once and never forgets it, including Guangdong's Chengfen shrimp dumplings, Xi'an's sour soup dumplings, Hengshui's pork cabbage dumplings, Shanghai potsticker fried dumplings, Yangzhou crab roe steamed dumplings, Shandong soup dumplings, Shenyang Laobian dumplings, Sichuan Shu Zhong dumplings, Longxi mutton dumplings, Longyou sauerkraut dumplings, etc., all of which are the best in the world.

Therefore, Yang Chuan believes that in a sense, dumplings can be regarded as one of the most spiritual foods of the Han Empire:

Delicious, restrained, and nutritious.

In addition, Yang Chuan, as a cook, believes that Zhang Zhongjing's move actually has another hidden meaning, that is: hunger is also a disease.

This disease, rooted in the blood and bone marrow of the Han Empire, is one of the characteristics of the Han Empire......

……

Yang Chuan's dumplings were very famous as early as three years ago, needless to say, the big dogs in Chang'an City, as long as they ate it once, they will never forget it, and they can't wait to live on Yang's Zhuangzi for a year or two.

As for the common people, they naturally can't eat the dumplings of Yang Chuan's family.

However, as long as you take a walk and take a look on Ximen Street, spend a lot of money, you can taste the taste of 'Yang's dumplings', in the whole Chang'an City, Pingyang, Cao Xiang, Yang Chuan several people privately layout, has long monopolized Chang'an City's food, vegetables, meat, poultry and eggs, beef and mutton and pork, as well as seventy or eighty kinds of flavor snacks, such as what mutton steamed buns, meat sandwich buns, cold skin, hand-rolled flour, barbecue and all kinds of noodles, almost all have special small restaurants.

The price is not expensive and delicious, so it is naturally very competitive.

At the beginning, other big dog families also joined forces to deal with Yang's food, but there are some things in this world that can be forcibly pushed with titles, official ranks, status, etc., but there is one thing, but they don't recognize you at all.

That is the mouth of man.

In the year of famine, you can have a bite of food to hang your life, and in the year of well-off, what you pay attention to is a fragrant, a fresh, a new and a never tired of eating.

Yang Chuan knew this set of truths too well, so he spilled the money and food he earned one after another from the beginning, and it only took three or five years to make the entire Chang'an City and even the 'catering industry' in Sanfu Land the industry boss.

Moreover, because he has money and people in hand, as well as 'high-level relationships' such as Princess Pingyang and Cao Xiang, he also does things very well-

The people who opened the restaurant were carefully selected by him from those orphans, and after being trained by his uncle and himself, he secretly spilled it; At the same time, the ingredients of Yang's cuisine, except for chicken, duck, goose and poultry eggs, are Cao Xiang's family's, and all other vegetables, meat, sesame oil, and seasonings are all produced by themselves.

Yang Chuan roughly calculated that there are nearly 500 Yang's restaurants, restaurants, restaurants and taverns in the land of Sanfu alone, and there are more than 4,000 shopkeepers, associates, chefs, etc.

Quietly making the industry so big and making money is only one of the aspects......

"Childe!"

"Childe!"

"Childe!"

On this night, Yang Chuan secretly summoned more than 500 of his restaurant's 'head chefs' in his underground warehouse.

As soon as they met, these stinky boys who were already able to stand alone knelt on one knee, and made a kneeling bow very much, and their black faces were full of vitality and vitality, which made Yang Chuan feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

Look at these kids, when they first came to Zhuangzi three or five years ago, they were still a group of stunted bean sprouts, and many of them were covered with chilblains on their heads, faces, hands and feet.

Looking back now, Yang Chuan couldn't help but have some tears in his eyes.

In this bullshit world, it is too difficult for the people to live.

"The food has been good recently, look at you guys, you guys have eaten a little fat," Yang Chuan looked around, and said with a smile: "We are all growing at an age, and we have to keep up with all kinds of nutrition, but don't be greedy and eat yourself like a dead fat man." ”

The boys laughed.

In the past few years outside, they can be regarded as people who have seen the world, from all kinds of powerful dogs to poor people, and they have to deal with those ruffians and hooligans who call themselves Jianghu rangers, so it can be said that they have 'read countless people'.

It is precisely because of this that they feel more and more that Yang Chuan is good.

They found that in this world, only by Yang Chuan's side can they feel that they are a person, a person with ideas and warmth......

"Childe, are you going to eat dumplings?"

"Let's eat dumplings for the first time, what kind of skin do we roll out, what kind of stuffing do we chop?"

Hundreds of 'chefs' looked at Yang Chuan eagerly, one by one, eager to try, and they felt suffocated at first glance.

Yang Chuan took out a roll of parchment paper from his arms, spread it out on the table, and muttered: "Different people in different places, the taste is naturally different, our dumplings must be served according to the people." ”

"For example, in this Chang'an City, you can divide one, two, three, four, five."

"Those who think they are first-class people, either marquis or dignitaries, many times, their tastes are very tricky, some common dumpling fillings, can no longer stimulate their taste buds, so they have to make a novel and delicious but traditional food."

"There is another category, that is, those subordinate officials of the imperial court yamen, who have no titles and are not bullshit officials, but they have stayed in the yamen for a long time and are used to stinky problems."

"This kind of person is often not a big official, but the power in his hands is real, and they have a very obvious characteristic, that is, greed."

"And greedy people have neither high nor low requirements for food, but there is one thing that must be satisfied, that is, it must be refreshing."

"What do you mean by refreshing?"

"Refreshing, is to make other people's mouths feel refreshed, some people like fat, then give him fat, some people like sweet glutinous, then sweet him to death, in short, deal with those court officials, don't be soft, a plate of dumplings down, let him be unforgettable for life."

"As for the other people, you have also been in contact with a lot in the past few years, and you should all have your own ideas......

Yang Chuan talked about the people of the Han Empire from the dough and filling of the dumplings, and then talked about the character, human heart and human nature from the level of people, which was very organized, which made those 'chefs' nod their heads one after another.

"There is another kind of person who must be completely eradicated, and it must not be soft."

Finally, Yang Chuan talked about a kind of person: "That is the village bandits, road tyrants, and village jackals, those people, because they are closest to the people, although they are all some scum, but the greater the harm on the surface, the most of the dirty, rotten and bad things settled down on it are often carried out by those people." ”

"Therefore, the dumplings for them must be rolled out thicker, the meat filling should be finely chopped and chopped, and finally, the fat and rotten meat on the board should be shoveled clean with a kitchen knife, and no filth can be left......

His words were extremely gentle, and he also talked about how to roll out the dough and chop the stuffing and sprinkle the seasonings, but the more than 500 'chefs' received the order awe-inspiringly, bowed down and said, "No! ”

Yang Chuan nodded slightly: "In three or five days, the New Year will be turned over." ”

He paused, and suddenly smiled: "Rolling dough, chopping meat filling, this kind of thing will be left tomorrow, let's have a reunion dinner today......"

……

Early the next morning, Yang Chuan woke up naturally from a sleep.

Without the service of the three little women, Liu Man, Zhiniang, and Naren Toya, he was a little unaccustomed to it, which was not a good thing.

Born in sorrow and died in peace.

Sleeping lazily with him is also Sister Leopard.

Since going to Shuofang County and returning to Zhuyuantou Village at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, Sister Leopard has become more and more silent, often squatting alone on the top of the attic, looking at the top of several snowy mountains in the distance very melancholy, and I don't know what she is thinking.

After returning to Chang'an City, Yang Chuan has been busy fighting with others, and he has little free time to accompany Sister Leopard, which makes him feel a little sorry.

"In the next two days, let's go to Qinling to relax," Yang Chuan stretched out his hand to caress Sister Leopard's fat body, and said with disgust: "Look at your current appearance, what have you become fat." ”

Sister Leopard lazily stretched out her two front legs, hugged Yang Chuan's arm tightly, and pushed its head into his arms a few times, making a series of snoring sounds.

"Big Mao and Little Mao should be back recently."

"They're all grandparents, grandfathers, and grandmothers."

"It is estimated that the area around Zhongnan Mountain has now become their world."

As soon as Yang Chuan changed his hand, he simply grabbed Sister Leopard's waist, and said a few words of gossip before getting up like an old couple, with a hint of a smile on his face, looking very quiet.

"I promised you that I would take you back to the Great Snow Mountain in the Western Regions in three or two years, but I broke my promise," Yang Chuan kneaded the soft flesh of Sister Leopard's waist and abdomen, and chuckled: "However, at most, in another year, we should be able to go back to the Western Regions." ”

"Spring over there often comes very late, and it's not until around April that the snow and ice begin to melt and the seeds start to sprout."

"However, the land over there is really fertile, nourished by the snow and water of the Kunlun Mountains and the Tianshan Mountains, those grasslands, forests and flowers all over the mountains are really happy......

Listening to Yang Chuan talk about the scenery in the Western Regions, Sister Leopard seemed to be able to understand people's words, holding the paws of Yang Chuan's arm slightly, and poked its head over, rubbing it on Yang Chuan's face three or five times: "Meow." ”

Yang Chuan put his cheek on Sister Leopard's hairy face, rubbed it a few times, and said gently, "Okay, Sister Leopard, it's time to get up." ”

Sister Leopard closed her eyes and passed directly into a 'coma'.

Look at what this thing is lazy now!

Yang Chuan turned over and slapped Sister Leopard's fat ass angrily: "Okay, you pretend to be asleep again, and Liu Man will be responsible for your food in the future." ”

Sister Leopard suddenly got up.

Liu Man's cooking is extremely famous in Yang's Zhuangzi, and can almost be described as 'earth-shattering ghosts and gods', 'the world's first waste food', and 'the dark cuisine of the Han Empire', which once made Zhang Anshi, Huo Guang, and Yang Yi miserable.

No way, that little woman's mind is full of content that readers don't like to read, where does she have the heart to cook and cook? In order to prove that she is Yang Chuan's woman, she still insists on cooking for more than half a year, and in the end, if Yang Chuan hadn't come forward to stop her, it is estimated that several of her junior brothers would have eaten and run away......

After Yang Chuan and Sister Leopard finished washing, they slowly came to the kitchen.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, Yang Chuan found that there was one more person at the dinner table, but it was Dong Zhongshu who came to rub the rice again, because the old thief had a bad reputation, so the little chef didn't treat him very well, and he didn't even pour a bowl of water.

Seeing Yang Chuan enter the door, Dong Zhongshu's bitter gourd-like old face stretched out, and said with a smile: "Changning Hou, the old man has come to eat again." ”

Yang Chuan smiled and arched his hand casually: "You can say that eating and drinking is so reasonable, you Dong Zhongshu is really a talent." ”

Dong Zhongshu twisted his beard and laughed, "You said it last time, you are a genius. ”

Yang Chuan was laughed.

Once a scholar starts to lose his face, there is no way at all, even if you look at them with a hateful face, but you just can't get up.

"Dong Gong is here this time, what are you doing?" Yang Chuan asked casually after sitting down.

"The old man came here with two big things," Dong Zhongshu said seriously: "The first big thing is naturally to eat a meal from your Yang family, and the second thing is to save your Changning Hou's life." ”

Yang Chuan waved his hand and gave instructions to a few little chefs: "Cook a few bowls of dumplings left over from last night, mix two bowls of sour soup, prepare two dipping sauces, by the way, pound half a bowl of garlic, Dong Gong likes to eat our balsamic vinegar, so make a mustard balsamic vinegar garlic oil bowl." ”

A few little cooks agreed, twisted their butts and went to the back hall to get busy.

Dong Zhongshu stared at the two-petaled buttocks of one of the little women, and it was not until she walked into the back hall that he disappeared, then he looked sideways at Yang Chuan: "Changning Hou, these little chefs of your family are quite tasteful." ”

Yang Chuan smiled noncommittally: "You haven't smelled it again." ”

Dong Zhongshu shook his head slowly, and asked in a solemn low voice: "One of them came from the wrong way, not only lost his body at a young age, but also seemed to have practiced martial arts. ”

Yang Chuan said casually: "There are a total of twenty little cooks in my kitchen, of which two were given by Prime Minister Sun Hong, two were given by the emperor to Princess Nangong, and four were sent by my mother, Princess Pingyang, to serve me and Cao Xiang."

As for the remaining twelve, they were all embroidered messengers sent by Cui Jiu of the Great Nagato.

Dong Gong, the little woman you are staring at is the ...... sent by the emperor to serve my second aunt, Princess Nangong."

Dong Zhongshu was silent.

The small kitchen is full of horrors, if his own little chef is so 'complicated', it is estimated that his head will be too big to sleep.

On the other hand, Yang Chuan, the Marquis of Changning, didn't care about this at all, as if he was talking about how many sheep, how many ewes, and how many lambs there were in his sheepfold......

"Dong Gong, the second thing you said is to save my life, tell me, how to save it?"

Yang Chuan poured two bowls of tea with his own hands, and brought one of the bowls to Dong Zhongshu and put it in front of Dong Zhongshu: "I just have a damaged heart and a little injury, and I will naturally be fine after a few months, what's the matter, I still have to worry about my life?" ”

"Besides, Dong Gong's books are good, but his medical skills are very mediocre, right?"

Dong Zhongshu's eyes flashed, and he glanced at the direction of the back hall of the kitchen, and then said: "Changning Hou replaced the Han coins with Han debt coins and subcontracted the work of ramming Maoling New Town, there was no problem with this matter, the problem is that someone wants to impeach you with this matter, saying that you are fake public and private, and you are filling your pockets, and those who contract the new city project are all your subordinates and servants on the Zhuangzi, this is one of them." ”

"Two."

The old thief took a deep breath, lowered his voice as low as possible, and said: "Liu Ling, who was imprisoned in the dungeon of Tingwei Mansion, suddenly opened his mouth to confess, and insisted that you Changning Hou had once shared a bed with her......"

'Poof'.

Yang Chuan just drank the tea in his mouth and squirted it out directly.

"I've shared a bed with her?" Yang Chuan couldn't help but laugh, and hurriedly wiped the water stains on his clothes, "The women of the old Liu family, why are they so strong, they dare to say anything!" ”

"She is the emperor's cousin, my sister-in-law!"

"Even if Ben Hou loses his heart and goes crazy, he can't do such a rebellious thing, this is clearly ...... No, Dong Zhongshu, how did you hear this? ”

(End of chapter)