lazy tang

Chapter 294

A brand new dynasty is always accompanied by endless wars.The first year of Wude is destined to be an unstable year, Xue Ju, Liu Wuzhou and others kindly appear on the stage.They made trouble for Li Yuan one after another, forcing Li Yuan to abandon his old lair in Shanxi and hide in Guanzhong to sharpen his sword and prepare for a new war.

The food collected from all over the country is gathered in Yongfeng warehouse near Lintong. Yunjiazhuangzi is like a construction site, and you can always see long convoys.The Tang Empire is accumulating strength and preparing for the upcoming war.

Bad news came one after another, Shanxi was lost, Linfen was lost.Even the land outside Tongguan was lost.The good news is that Li Xiaogong led the army invincible in Bashu.Many old bandits have been wiped out, and the law and order of the people in Sichuan has improved unprecedentedly.Taxes were also continuously delivered to Chang'an.

But this is not the best news, the latest good news is... Li Mi surrendered.

Yu Wenhua and the northward movement put Li Mi in a situation where he was attacked from both sides.In order to get rid of this embarrassing situation, Li Mi had to accept the olive branch extended by Yue Wang Yang Tong.

In July, Wagang Army and Yuwenhuaji Army fought in Liyang Tongshan. The fierce battle lasted from early morning to dusk.During the scuffle, Li Mi was shot by Liu Ya and fell off the horse and fainted. All his subordinates fled away and almost fell into the hands of the pursuers. Fortunately, Qin Qiong defended desperately to escape.After rescuing Li Mi, Qin Qiong gathered the defeated army and fought against Yu Wenhua and the army, and finally repelled him.

After the first battle with Yu Wenhuaji, the Wagang Army suffered heavy losses.However, Li Mi was full of self-confidence, ready to go to Luoyang to find Wang Shichong's troubles with his great achievements in victory, so as to completely control Luoyang and become the overlord of a generation.

The arrogant Li Mi did not set up a stronghold when he camped under the city of Luoyang.As a result, he was attacked by Wang Shichong at night and was completely defeated.He killed Zhai Rang in order to seize power, but now that he lost his pants, he was naturally afraid that Zhai Rang's old subordinates would kill him.The defeated Li Mi did not dare to return to Shandong, but ran directly to Guanzhong and surrendered to Li Tang.

When Yun Hao saw Li Mi passing by Yun's Zhuangzi, his eyes widened.I thought of Li Mi's miserable defeat, but I didn't expect Li Mi's defeat to be so miserable.Hundreds of thousands of Wagang troops had already disintegrated, and there were only a hundred or so people around Li Mi.There are still half of them with wounds, and many people's wounds have been infected.Under the bright sun, yellow pus can be seen flowing out.Yun Hao was surprised that such a person could actually ride a horse...!
As a descendant of the Eight Great Pillars, Li Mi's surrender is of great historical significance.Li Yuan's attention to Li Mi was almost to the point where it couldn't be more important.The right servant shot Pei Jijiao for thirty miles, and Prince Li Jiancheng was waiting at the gate of the city.Li Yuan was waiting in the Taiji Palace, and after the performance was right, he would hold a banquet to cleanse Li Mi.

Yun Hao didn't have the slightest interest in this kind of banquet, it was just a group of old guys bragging together.What's more, it's not his own bullshit, it's all bragging about his ancestors.

My ancestors are very good, even dinosaurs have been beaten!Yun Hao really wanted to jump out and reprimand these old people who were not ashamed, but he gave up this idea when he thought that he would be arrested as a mentally disabled person.

The reason why there is such a big resentment is because I want to be a cook.Li Yuan ordered Yunhao to prepare a grand banquet.The people in Li Yuan's palace made meals that were far inferior to Yun's in terms of quality and style.If royal prestige is not considered, Li Yuan has the idea of ​​going to the Yun Family Zhuangzi to join the gang.

The emperor's things, no matter what they are, must add a character of imperial.Even the cooking place has to be handed over to the royal kitchen.The imperial dining room known to later generations was only called in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.In Datang, it was called Royal Kitchen.

The head of delicacies came to meet Yunhao, for this famous gourmet.The head of Yaoyao was trembling, fearing that the waiter would be inappropriate. It is said that the superior attaches great importance to this banquet, and if it is messed up, it can only be fooled by asking for guilt and establishing a relationship.

"What's your job?" It was the first time Yunhao heard this name, the manager of yáo zhuàn. Yunhao understood the word but couldn't write it.

"The manager of yáo zhuàn!" The fat guy replied respectfully, his head almost stuffed into his crotch.

In order not to show his illiteracy, Yun Hao became angry from embarrassment. "What delicacies! From now on, you call the head cook. Find some good knife skills and help me. Let me tell you, if I mess up this banquet, I have a big enough head for a marquis. You boy, I'm afraid my head will move. "

After entering the imperial kitchen, Yunhao found that this group of guys had mischievous looks.It's not a good thing at first glance. It's a cook and nine thieves. Don't have a good face when dealing with these guys.

"Cook... promise!" Facing a majestic marquis, the head cook has no temper at all, honestly like a gelding cat.

Check out Li Yuan's back kitchen, be good!It's really water and land, and the fish that fly in the sky swim in the water, but the fish are all freshwater fish.There is no carp yet, Li Yuan is not allowed to eat carp because his surname is Li.Damn lucky his surname is not Mi Mian, otherwise the world wouldn't starve to death.It seems that since ancient times, there really has been no emperor with the surname Mi. Is this the reason?
Freshwater fish have nothing to eat, and if there are too many fish bones, there will be an earthy smell.I don't know if Li Yuan likes it or not, but Yun Hao really doesn't like it.What's this?Yun Hao saw a pile of dark things in the jar, and fished them out to have a look.My goodness, it's crabs.That's how fucking crabs eat?
The palm-sized crab was covered with a thick layer of black stuff.Mustering up great courage to take a sip, it was sweet and fishy and seemed a little salty.My goodness!Crabs are not pickled like this. This kind of crabs can be eaten, and people with a lot of tastes are welcome.The frosting of this year is due to purification.It was dark, like sesame paste.This is why the Yun family always only puts honey and no icing sugar when cooking.To get pure sucrose, you need sugar cane.

Yun Hao also wanted to get sucrose, but he immediately dismissed this idea after inquiring about the price of sugar cane in Chang'an.Sugar cane is worthless in the south, but it is a rare commodity in Chang'an.At that price, it is comparable to mutton, a standard local rich food.Eating sugar cane in Chang'an is not something ordinary rich people really can't afford.

"Both males and females want this kind of crabs. Get a basket... ten baskets here!" Once you have the power in your hands, you must know how to use it.It is not a big deal to use power for personal gain to embezzle crabs.

"No!" The fat cook wrote it down immediately!

"That kind of reed chicken, if you want to live, you will bring a hundred or so. Only about three catties, not too big."

"promise!"

"Fish...forget it! Let's use crucian carp, clean it up. Especially the black film in the stomach, if you dare to leave a little bit, I will stuff the fish into your mouth."

"promise!"

"Why is there no pork?" Yun Hao inspected the imperial kitchen, but couldn't find even a piece of pork.This is hugely different from the Yun family's kitchen, where half a pig is often hung in the Yun family's kitchen.Stewed pork ribs, braised pork, Dongpo elbow, lion head, half a piece of pig will not be wasted!As far as Yunhao knew, except for the pig's lungs, other parts of the pig's body could be used.Even pig lungs can be fed to dogs.Why is there not even a piece of pork in Mao Liyuan's kitchen?

"Pork is cheap meat. It has a fishy smell. How dare you give it to the nobles." The cook looked at Yun Hao like a stick. It seemed that this Hou Ye was a gourmet, but he might not be a culinary expert.It is estimated that he is also an ignorant guy. According to the etiquette system, pork is absolutely not allowed to be served on the table.I don't even know this...!The head cook immediately attributed Yun Hao to a native leopard from Jinyang. There are many people like this in Chang'an now, and they are rampant.

"Bad meat? You go to Yun's house to get two pigs, forget about the Yun's kitchen and bring them over." Yun Hao finally understood that there is no habit of hogs in this year.Pork has never been stewed, and it will be a ghost if it tastes good.The Yun family started honing pigs very early on, and now the Yun family eats pork that has been honed.

"This...!" The chief cook was a little embarrassed, and it was not in accordance with the etiquette to use pork for the banquet.

"Do not talk nonsense!"

"No!" The well-meaning man couldn't stop the dead man, and the head cook was also helpless.He agreed with his mouth, but in his heart he was thinking about how to evade it if something happened.

Li Yuan in the Tai Chi Palace took Li Mi's hand and got along very well, looking back on the traditional friendship between the two families like good friends.At the same time looking forward to a bright future!

Divide the house, land and wives, and there is also a duke title.The two of them are like brothers. If Li Yuan is not the emperor, he might be able to drink blood wine and worship right now.In this regard, every time Li Yuan mentioned Li Mi, he called him his younger brother.The etiquette is a mess!
Li Mi was naturally grateful, it was rare to meet such a good person when he was down and down!Li Mi expressed gratitude, big brother!Brother will mess with you from now on!

This time, the performance lasted from noon to evening.It's very rare for Li Yuan who can deal with everything neatly!

After the performance, there are three decrees issued.One is to worship Li Mi as Doctor Guanglu.

The second is to enfeoff Li Mi as the Duke of Xing Guo, with eight hundred households in Shiyi!
Third, in view of the fact that Mr. Li Mi is currently single, Li Yuan's cousin is specially selected.Dugu Huai'en's younger sister was married to Mrs. Xing Guogong, and she will get married some day.No one who came over from the Sui Dynasty knew that the Dugu family was the main source of noble beauties.As for the queen alone, there are two out of one door.

Everyone looked at Li Mi enviously, that's the kind of person who was born with a golden key in his mouth.Combined with this grandma's virtue, she will still be treated like this when she arrives in Chang'an.There is no way, who made my ancestors to be great people.

When Yun Hao heard the will, he felt deeply worthless for Li Yuan.Li Mi has been the boss before, no matter how good the treatment you give, you still cannot avoid the fact that you are the younger brother.This kind of person is an unfamiliar wolf.Yunhao sincerely hoped that Li Yuan would not have too many illusions about this good friend, lest he would be heartbroken in the future.

After the crabs were steamed, Yunhao picked out a few male ones and kept them.All the female crabs were arranged in a beautiful appearance and brought to Jinde Hall.

Opening the lid of the crab, Yun Hao took a spoonful and put it into his mouth.Close your eyes and feel the smell of crab.If you don't know how to eat crabs, you can eat female crabs, especially like to eat red crab roe.In fact, everyone who knows how to eat crabs likes to eat male crabs. The thick ointment is supremely delicious.

Li Yuan was a little confused when he saw that what was served was not salted crab.Thinking of Yunhao's good reputation in the food industry, he tried to open it.After taking a bite of crab roe, my eyes lit up.Just as she was about to continue poking with her chopsticks, Su Jin, the chief servant, immediately handed over a small spoon.

"Your Majesty! This is what Yun Hou ordered, and it's for eating crabs."

Li Yuan looked at the set of small tools, including scissors and pliers, um, these are for crab claws.The small spoon is for digging out crab roe, and there are ear spoons next to it, I don't know what they are for.

Li Mi was also a little confused holding these things. After eating crabs for decades, it was the first time he used this thing.Afraid of being laughed at by others, he dared not move at all.

"Hahaha! If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. This kid is doing it himself. Call Yunhou to me, who will use these things after tinkering. Let him cover it up!"

"Your Majesty! I don't know which honorable family Yun Hou is from? Why have you never heard of it?"

"When I was in the residence, I followed one of my children, a very good child. Hahaha!"

Yun Hao was eating crabs, and immediately arrived at Jinde Hall when he heard Li Yuan's call.

"Yunhao, meet Xing Guogong quickly." Li Yuan greeted Yunhao immediately when he saw Yunhao.Li Mi couldn't help but look at Yun Hao a few more times, this is a favored guy, this is Li Mi's first impression.

But Li Mi looked left and right, and seemed to think that this young man looked familiar.I seem to have seen it somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have met Xing Guogong before. It can be regarded as an old friend!"

"Oh, you've met me? No wonder you feel familiar, you are..." Li Mi couldn't figure it out, so he could only ask.

"Hehe! Duke Xing forgets things so much. When he was in Erxian Village, Yun Hao was still a naughty boy. It is inevitable that Duke Xing can't remember for a while."

"You are...!" Li Mi pointed at Yun Hao, pressing back the word "monster".Yunhao can be regarded as the child who impressed him the most in this world.Later, I just heard from Qin Qiong that Yunhao had arrived at Li Yuan's mansion.Little did they know, Yun Hao actually got a marquis hat.After all, this kid is only seventeen or eighteen years old this year, which is rare!rare!

"Since we are old acquaintances, let's talk about it later. Neither I nor the ministers know how to use the things you made. Demonstrate it to everyone!" Li Yuan ordered from above.

It turned out that he asked himself to come here to perform and eat crabs. Yun Hao looked down on these big Tang turtles.But Li Yuan asked for a demonstration, so I will show it to you.Cut off the crab's legs with scissors, open the lid and dig out the crab roe with a spoon.The pliers are used to deal with the crab's pliers. The ear spoon-like thing is stuffed into the crab's leg, and a piece of crab meat is poked out.

The ministers followed suit and began to eat crabs.But when Yun Hao finished eating a crab and washed his hands in the huge tea bowl, the scene suddenly became quiet.

Li Yuan looked at the empty giant bowl and immediately became angry from embarrassment.

(End of this chapter)