"This kind of fish may not be fresh enough in the soup, but it is delicious when grilled."

Chen Xiao's voice continued:

"Stroke from the back. You see, such a section. Open to remove the internal organs. This black film should be removed. That's where the fishy smell comes from. If the black film is clean, it will not be fishy. ”

Fang Yu walked into the kitchen and saw Chen Xiao killing fish, and the cook, mother-in-law, and Su Xiaowan were watching next to him.

"After washing, marinate with salt, ginger slices, and green onions." Chen Xiao said as he picked up the washed green onion and ginger from the kitchen counter, and cut it up with skillful knife skills.

Chen Xiao passed by the kitchen before, and heard Su Xiaowan say that she didn't want this kind of fish, so she leaned over to take a look and found that it was tilapia that she didn't want.

Of course, they are not called tilapia, but "flat crucian carp" to distinguish the real crucian carp "round crucian carp".

In the afternoon, the fishmonger brought a bucket of fish, and Su Xiaowan said that she wanted crucian carp, which was mixed with a few flat crucian carp. This is not wrong, in their cognition, they are all crucian carp. However, Su Xiaowan thinks that the flat crucian carp has a strong fishy smell and is not delicious. She wants to eat for the princes and grandchildren, so she naturally wants to pick a good one, so she said that she didn't want these flat crucian carp.

Chen Xiao took a look: tilapia. This kind of fish has thick flesh and few spines, so she likes to eat those with fewer spines, so she says, "Give it to me."

Tilapia is a tropical fish that, in modern times, would be very small in China's native area, if not farmed. Chen Xiao happens to be in a suitable place for tilapia farming, and she is very experienced in tilapia practices.

There are many ways to make tilapia, frying, steaming and frying, and Chen Xiao likes to grill it. The marinated condiments of grilled tilapia are different, and the taste of grilled is also different. There are millet spicy and garlic pickled; There are chili noodles and cumin powder pickled; There are also lemongrass, coriander and so on.

The condiments here are limited, and Chen Xiao pickles them in the simplest way. When grilled for a while, grill it dry a little, and the fish will be very fragrant.

The cook and mother-in-law look at Chen Xiao's pickled fish. Su Xiaowan saw Fang Yu and smiled her head, which was regarded as a greeting.

Fang Yu glanced at the kitchen and said to Su Xiaowan, "That meat, can you give us some?" He pointed to a piece of pork.

"Huh?" Su Xiaowan was slightly stunned: "Yes." ”

Fang Yu said to Chen Xiao: "Marinate the meat together, and we will eat barbecue at night." ”

Chen Xiao raised his head and sneered.

Fang Yu walked around the kitchen and asked Chen Xiao, "What else can be baked?" ”

"That's it." Chen Xiao asked for fish before, and she didn't feel anything, but this Fang Yu asked for pork, and she suddenly realized: They seem to be a little ...... How to say it, she is not a person who likes to take advantage, and she is suddenly a little embarrassed.

Chen Xiao asked Su Xiaowan: "Where is there bamboo around here?" "She made a fresh bamboo pipe before, indicating that there should be bamboo.

"There are clumps of bamboo by the wall in the backyard of the post house."

Chen Xiao said to Fang Yu: "You go and cut a bamboo, I will make a bamboo skewer and skewer meat." ”

Fang Yu knew how to barbecue and understood what she needed, so he took a woodcutter from the kitchen and went to chop bamboo.

After a while, Fang Yu came back with three bamboos. The bamboo in the post house is mainly planted for ornamentation, and it is relatively thin, and he feels that one is not enough, so he cuts two more.

At this time, Chen Xiao had already cut the meat and marinated it. The cook and mother-in-law are preparing the dinner of the masters.

Chen Xiao took a knife to cut the bamboo, but Fang Yu stopped him: "I'll come, be careful of hurting your hands." ”

Chen Xiaodao: "It's okay." But I'll get you a knife again. ”

She went back into the room and got a dagger. It was the multi-functional military thorn and the field knife equipped with special forces that I lent to Fang Yu last time to fight wolves in Nanzhong County.

Fang Yu used a dagger to sharpen bamboo, Su Xiaowan saw that this dagger had a unique shape and was extremely sharp, and asked, "What kind of metal is this dagger made of?" Because she saw that the material of this dagger was very special.

"Steel." Fang Yu replied: "The so-called hundred tempered into steel, pig iron after thousands of tempers, it becomes steel. ”

Su Xiaowan doesn't know how to smelt, but she has heard of "100 refining into steel". Steel is very expensive, and you can't always buy it with silver.

She remembered that King De had introduced him before, saying that Fang Yu had been a captain of the Yue cavalry in the army of the Xiling Kingdom. Asked:

"Xiling's smelting technology is much stronger than that of Nanyue?"

"Yes, it is not only stronger than South Vietnam, but also stronger than Xia Guodu." It's a fact.

"I would venture to ask, are you related to the Sheng'an?" Su Xiaowan had heard of Fang Yu's wolf fighting deeds and knew that he was not from the Sheng'an, but he was from Xiling. The influence of the Sheng'an in Nanyue was very snobbish, and the Xiling people in Nanyue were more or less related to the Sheng'an.

"Relevance? What do you mean? Fang Yu was puzzled.

"That is, for example, having business dealings with the Sheng'an, or clinging to the Sheng'an and seeking refuge."

"My peppers are stored in the Sheng'an warehouse, I don't know if this counts."

Su Xiaowan didn't know what "chili" was, but he was from Xiling, and the thing was placed in the Sheng'an warehouse, so it seemed to be related.

Chen Xiao didn't understand what she meant by asking this, and asked, "Miss Su, ...... you ask this?" ”

"Nothing." Su Xiaowan smiled.

"Not everyone in Xiling is associated with the Sheng'an. Dingtai has a cooperative relationship with Sheng'an, and Longshun also has business dealings with Sheng'an. To put it this way, they are all related. Fang Yudao.

"Yes, you're right." Su Xiaowan smiled apologetically.

Fang Yu asked: "So, you ask if there is a connection, and what do you want to say in the end?" ”

"It's nothing. It's just ......" Su Xiaowan hesitated a little and thought for a while: "It may be a little offensive to say it, I think the snobbery influence of the Xiling people in South Vietnam is too great, especially the Sheng'an firm." Xia Guoren said that South Vietnam was a vassal state of Xiling, although this was a bit excessive, but in fact...... "some things cannot be said clearly." In fact, she felt that South Vietnam was indeed like a vassal state of the West Ling.

Chen Xiaodao: "There is indeed a price to be paid for using foreign technology to develop our own country. "I once chatted with Nie Feng, and he explained why South Vietnam relied so heavily on the Sheng'an. They brought advanced smelting technology, but also textile technology that was different from that of the Xia Kingdom.

"Yes." Su Xiaowan smiled politely. She didn't want to argue with the Xiling people about how much advantage they had taken from South Vietnam, so much that the Xia people would laugh at it.

Fang Yudao: "So what do you want to tell me in the end?" I still don't get it. ”

Su Xiaowan said: "I want to say that His Royal Highness Taisun trusts you so much, he may take you back to the capital in the future." If you can serve the imperial court, I hope you will act in the interests of South Vietnam. There was another sentence at the end, but she didn't say it. She hopes that Fang Yu can be a South Vietnamese.

In fact, there are two schools of thought in the court today: one group believes that they should continue to rely on Xiling to develop their country; One faction believes that South Vietnam no longer has to rely on the West Ling and should weaken the influence of the West Ling.

Among the former, there are "capitulation factions" who feel that there is nothing wrong with South Vietnam becoming a vassal state of Xiling, and Xiling has a strong army that can protect South Vietnam.

Among the latter, some are actually "capitulation factions", but they are throwing themselves to the Xia Kingdom. The so-called weakening of Xiling's influence is actually to raise the influence of Xia Kingdom.

Removing these two "capitulation factions," in fact, there is still room for discussion in the thinking of the previous two factions. As an independent country, you can't always rely on foreign countries. However, South Vietnam could not afford to offend these two foreign countries.

Although Su Xiaowan is a woman, she still has some knowledge. This time, the assassination of the grandson, she felt that it might be related to the dispute between the two factions. Although she didn't know which faction Taisun supported, the last time Taisun passed by Nanzhong, she overheard that Taisun wanted Nanyue to develop itself.

I have to say, she misunderstood. The assassination of the grandson was Princess Leping's attempt to cover up the scandal, but she failed to kill it for the first time.

Robbed and killed on the road, you can not find the murderer. Princess Leping continued to chase and besiege because she couldn't let him leave alive, otherwise not only would Princess Leping be finished, but also all the court officials who had an affair with her would also be finished.

In this matter, there is no national righteousness, only killing people to protect themselves.