Chapter 57: The Fish of the West Lake

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Due to the rebellion of the princes for more than a thousand years, the West Lake has been governed in the time of Wu Yue, and by the time of the Chu State, the West Lake has become a land of fish and rice.

After the former Qin, although it was neglected by the temple, Yuhang West Lake was sought after by the Futu Tower, Nanshan Academy, and Taoism.

They built a large number of temples, towers, Taoist temples, scripture pavilions, prayer buildings and grottoes around the West Lake.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or if there is providence in the dark.

Among these temples, there are also Lingyin Temple, Leifeng Pagoda and other well-known places of interest in Sumu, in addition to Baiyun Temple, Tingsong Academy and Huatangchun.

In the late Qin period, West Lake was neglected due to war. The rich and aristocratic enclosed the fields along the lake, making the West Lake increasingly barren, and most of the lake was silted up into lotus fields.

When he returned to Southern Chu to govern, Uncle Su Musha's resolute and resolute momentum, regardless of the obstruction of the wealthy, demolished the lotus field, placed thousands of soldiers in the lake, and dredged the spring with grass, and restored the magnificent scenery of the West Lake.

At that time, the Chu State was initially decided, and the rich people in West Lake even had the tendency to rebel, but it was Yu Rongzi who came forward to suppress it, so there was no big chaos.

This also makes the area of the West Lake much larger than what Su Musha saw in his previous life. To the west of the lake, the south of the lake extends to the foot of the West Mountain, and the northeast extends to the area of Wulin Gate.

Pilgrims can raft at the foot of the mountain and then hike up the mountain to worship the Buddha, adding a lot of elegance to the Buddha's path and road.

Yuhang is in the east of West Lake. The trade between the Central Plains and Fusang began in Yuhang, and then entered the sea through the Qiantang River, so Yuhang was also a place of prosperity.

Many travelers in Yuhang can take a boat on the lake and enjoy the lovely scenery of the lake, or sit in the tea shed and wine shop by the lake, taste the fish of the West Lake and taste Longjing tea, or climb the mountain to enter the temple to view the beautiful scenery of the mountain building outside the mountain and listen to the bell Zen sound.

The next day, Yuhang, West Lake.

When Su Musha and his party came to the lakeside, it was dusk, the lake water was sparkling under the sunset, and there were no less than hundreds of boats in the lake.

The flower dock on the shore is orange and red, and the weeping willow branches are swaying in the water in the wind. The lotus leaves of the lotus pond on the shore are stretching, and the lotus leaves are not full of ponds, and there are one or two scattered flowers.

rented an inn, and Su Musha and his entourage first picked up a family's flowing restaurant on the way to visit the painting hall in spring.

I came upstairs and sat by the window to see the beautiful scenery of the lake, and there were even branches sticking out of the window.

Yuhang is beautiful and has a lot of food. Xiao Er saw that the group was dressed extraordinarily, and when he came up, he reported the name of the dish as if a string of pearls and jade had always been in the end.

It's just that he spoke very heavy Wu, and he didn't understand the official language, and Su Musha didn't understand a word.

As the saying goes, there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, the Taoist priest and the monk Xihua are not the masters who can wronged themselves.

Seeing that Su Musha couldn't do it, the two of them immediately ordered food in the half-baked Wu language.

There has never been a Nanliang in this world, and the monks avoid garlic, onions, onions, orchids, and Xingqu but do not taboo meat.

Therefore, Xihua had no scruples, and after ordering a bunch of meat and vegetables, she ordered West Lake Longjing and Jingshan tea, and finally asked Su Musha to ask for a "Dingsheng cake".

Tea comes first. It must have been ordered by Xihua and Yunqi when they rose, and Xiao Er only brought the tea leaves, teapots, boiling water and tea sets together, but they were not brewed.

Longjing and Jingshan each have a small tea can, Xihua does not look at it, only smell the fragrance of tea to know who the two are.

Making tea is also a science, and Su Musha used to only say that it was pouring tea.

When Xihua and Yunqi touched the teapot, they immediately became elegant, soup cups, tea, high chong, tea and tea, orderly, so that Su Mu was pleasing to the eye.

Ye Qiudi had already drunk tea with a monk, and Shuyu was also a person who knew tea etiquette and tea ceremony. When the two of them taste tea, they have a clear eye, a look, and a more pleasing to the eye.

The leader of Chunyu Lougou and Jiang Yuqiao are a little restrained, and they are unnaturally learning to taste tea.

As for Su Musha, after he took the teacup with both hands, he tasted it, and after knowing whether it was hot, he drank it all in one gulp.

"Cow chews peony. Xihua looked at Su Musha with disdain, and skipped Su Musha when dividing tea.

Su Mu raised his eyebrows, "I'm the one who paid the bill." ”

Xihua was indifferent.

When the clouds rose, his arm lightly pressed against Dingxihua's arm, "This table of dishes is very expensive." ”

Only then did Xihua reluctantly pour a cup of tea for Su Mu, and said with deep regret: "This Jingshan tea is only the best in Jingshan Temple, and if it is planted there, it will be missing the three flavors." ”

Obviously, he regretted that he could not be introduced to the Bird Cave Zen Temple.

Su Musha didn't understand much, he couldn't taste the three flavors after smacking for a long time, and the tea was not hungry, he drank three or four cups in a row, but he couldn't suppress the hunger in his stomach.

When he was about to urge, Xiao Ercai's dishes were served one after another, and a whole table was slowly set up. It's no wonder that when the clouds rise, they say that the price is expensive.

Among the dishes on the table, the most fragrant is the vinegar fish in West Lake.

The fish is grass carp instead of sea bass, it is not too long, weighs no more than half a catty, and it is poured with a layer of sweet and sour when it is served, which is fresh and tender and sweet and sour, and hooks people with gluttonous insects.

Su Musha only smelled it, and the hunger couldn't stop coming out, and he hurriedly feasted on it.

On the table to the right of Su Musha's seat, there were just three people sitting, two old and one young, one head and two scholars.

Xu smelled the fragrance of vinegar fish in West Lake, and the three of them glanced at each other, and the young scholar pointed at Su Musha, with a smile in the corner of his eyes.

Tou Tuo, who had a beard, two lush temples and a bald forehead, immediately spoke: "Xiao Er, let's have a West Lake vinegar fish first." ”

Xiao Er, who was waiting in front of him, was embarrassed: "Master Zen Yue, I told you when I went upstairs just now, it's late (evening), and there are no fish." ”

"Joke!" the older scholar slapped the table angrily, causing Su Musha to look up. This scholar has a wrinkled face and a goatee, he touched his beard and said sharply: "This restaurant is by the West Lake, even if you fish now, you can't delay me and wait for dinner." Could it be that there are no fish in the West Lake?"

Xiao Er looked at the three of them strangely, although this Toutuo and the older scholar are not frequent visitors, they come frequently, how can they not know the reason why there are so few fish in the West Lake?

The young scholar also slapped the table, "Why don't you hurry up and prepare, do you think I can't afford to pay for the meal?"

Although Xiao Er felt strange, he still explained to the young scholar he had never seen: "The guest officer doesn't know that the imperial court set up thousands of soldiers to dredge the West Lake. Due to the lack of money and food in the imperial court, and the grass carp in the West Lake was fat, the grass carp was used as the food for the soldiers in the lake. Until now, every fisherman in the West Lake has to pay a few catties of fish to the soldiers of the lake every day, and the rest is sold to the wine store, so naturally there are not many. ”

"It's weird. The young scholar was puzzled, "Could it be that this lake soldier can't pay his salary now?"

Xiao Er shook his head, "This little one is not clear, it's always no fish now, why don't you want something else?"

"Smack!" the older scholar slapped the table, "Isn't it just fish, I'll write a poem, you give it to a person, and you will have a lot of fish every day after you have a wine shop." ”

Xiao Er's face was full of disbelief, and he said in his heart that he only listened to your slander at the crow's mouth, and never heard that you had the ability to write poems and turn into fish.

Xiao Er thought so in his heart, but he still went to get the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

After all, the scholar's poems are famous, and although his poems can't be turned into fish, if he leaves a good sentence in his own wine shop, it will be a living sign.

The older scholar took the pen and ink and waved it.

After the ink dried, he looked up and saw Su Musha and the woman next to him biting their ears, and hurriedly pointed at Su Musha, and said to Xiao Er: "You hand him this poem to ensure that you have fish every day." ”

Xiao Er was suspicious, but he didn't dare to save the scholar's face, so he walked to Su Musha with a smile, and in Su Musha's puzzled eyes, he handed him a piece of paper and said, "Guest officer, this is the old scholar over there who asked me to hand it over to you." ”