Chapter 4 Hu Renye Yue and ()

E Yue is a Hu man. Since he went to the Central Plains with his father when he was a child, he has envied the wealth of the Central Plains. Look at how high the city wall is? It seems that their ancestors have lived in a place for generations. Look at how big the houses are in the wealthy family? It is like the simple tent on their grassland. Even the Khan's account is not as big as the houses where a small businessman lives in Jian'an City. Look at the woman, they are so beautiful? It is like the woman on the grassland, their faces are blown by the wind.

It was dark and wrinkled. I heard that the women of the Khan family were all beautiful, but could they compare with others when they were blown by the wind on the grassland every day? I guess just Jian'an, you can just pull a few women to compare them. Look at how gorgeous the clothes they wear? It's not like the hard, thick and stupid woven woven cloth on the grassland (coarse cloth made of artemisia fibers). And when winter comes, it is rubbed by oily mud, and can be used as armor.

Therefore, when he was sixteen years old, his father said that he could start a family and start a business, so he bid farewell to his parents and came to the Central Plains alone. He traveled most of the world and finally came to Jianzhou City Jian'an. He set up a mutton soup stall in Jian'an. Because he was used to cooking sheep on the grassland in large pots, the taste of the mutton soup naturally tasted different from that of the Han people's small pots, so his business was sloppy. After a few years, he made some money and built a small courtyard in Jian'an and married a maid who came from a wealthy family as a wife. His life was not prosperous, but it was quite enjoyable.

Eyue and his biggest dream are to open a small inn in Jian'an City: "Save money to save another seven or eight years, is it enough to make an appointment?"

I often hear people say that kind-hearted people will receive the favor of Changshengtian and be helped by noble people. Therefore, a few days ago, I heard that the little beggar named Gouzi fainted a few days ago, but he woke up without taking medicine. He was a little impressed: I guess this dog was favored by Changshengtian, and there will be no time to make a name for himself in the future. Although E Yue and never read books, he understood the saying circulating on the grassland: The invading eagle will not forget the people who saved him. Therefore, these days, he always asked the beggar named Erzi to bring a bowl of mutton soup to nourish the dogzi: "Even if he is not a noble person, he has done a good deed, Changshengtian can watch it."

Today, as usual, he left a bowl of mutton soup for Erzi. It would be impossible not to keep it. There are few sheep in Jian'an. If you are lucky, you can buy a few heads a day. If you are not lucky, you can't buy one head a few days. In short, you can only kill one head a day to cook and sell it. The only mutton soup shop in the city is his, and it is often sold out shortly after noon.

He was busy greeting the guests, but he looked up and saw Erzi helping the beggar named Dogzi slowly walked to the stall. Because he was a little awe, he didn't dare to call him "Dogzi" like before, and then he smiled and said, "Oh, isn't this Wang Dalang? Do you feel better?"

Wang Kuang felt that his health had improved a lot today. Although he was still a little weak, he had two sons by his side, so he could not stay in the Taoist temple. He asked the second son to accompany him to the streets and beg for some food together, so he also asked the information he wanted to know. After drinking mutton soup for a few days, he had to come over to thank him, and then came to the sheep stall with Eyue.

"I have to ask my uncle for his blessings, and I have been taking care of him these days." Because I don't understand the current dynasty and don't know what etiquette should be used, I remember that there was a kind of etiquette in the grasslands in the past that touched my chest and bowed my body with one hand, so I did this for now.

Unexpectedly, E Yue and saw him with such luggage, their eyes were bright: "Wang Dalang is so polite, and it is all the favors of God, and E Yue and he dare not take it." He was even more surprised: Jian'an is only a Hu man, even a few merchants in the city, and he would not be able to treat this kind of rituals. He had learned to use Han etiquette to greet his customers. Could it be that Wang Dalang is really a noble man and was born to know it? He was even more awe in his heart. He answered all questions and respectfully when asked by Wang Kuang. The second son next to him looked at him in a fog: Why did this Hu man change his temperament? Although he was also kind of harmonious before, he was definitely not as respectful to Gouzi as he is today. He looked a little afraid of Gouzi.

After talking to Eyue, Wang Kuang learned that it was the second year of Zhenguan. Fortunately, the emperor Li Shimin was still good, and it would be a prosperous era in less than two years. Although heroes were born in troubled times, based on his pitiful historical knowledge and thin body, he was in his teens, and in troubled times, he probably lost his life inexplicably.

After receiving favors from others, Wang Kuang naturally wants to repay them. It is not a good time to owe others. Wang Kuang is a person who owes him, and he always can't remember what he owes others. He always misses what he owes others.

After thinking about it, there is really nothing to repay. I can help others work for free? Eryue and himself are busy. Besides, although multiple people do not pay wages, they always have to eat? This doesn't work.

His eyes fell on the steaming mutton soup on the stove, and suddenly he had an idea. So he asked E Yue: "Uncle, do you think the sheep on the grassland are delicious or the sheep here are delicious?"

"It should be no difference, right?" E Yue was a little surprised. Why did you suddenly ask this: "If you really want to say there is a difference, it seems that the sheep on the grassland are more fragrant and not so scented, but do sheep taste this way?"

"There is a difference. Uncle, you think sheep eat grass. Are the days in the grasslands longer than here in spring and summer?"

"That's right, especially in summer, we start to dawn at the hour of Yin. It's not like the south. It's brighter at the hour of Mao, and it's much darker at night."

"Uncle, you think that grass needs sunshine to grow well. If the sun shines for a long time, the grass will naturally be better. If the sheep eats such grass, the mutton will naturally be better. Just like humans, eating good food every day will always make your body better. Look at how many days I have been drinking mutton soup, will I be able to walk on the road?" Wang Kuang began to analyze: "So, the mutton on the grassland is definitely better than the mutton here."

"Well, if I could sell the sheep on the grassland, my sheep stall would be even more prosperous." E Yue was a little fascinated: "But it's not cost-effective to come here on the grassland."

Wang Kuang knew that in ancient times, no matter which dynasty, the trade with the grassland was basically done with tea, ironware and ceramic silk to exchange fur and good horses. If we really changed to live sheep, we would not have to walk slowly. After a few months, the money for the sheep ate along the way was probably a big expense. Therefore, no businessman would be willing to exchange cattle and sheep, and of course good horses were the exception.

"Uncle, I have a recipe here to make your mutton soup taste better."

"Really?" E Yue was a little skeptical. Since he became sensible, people on the grassland slaughtered the sheep and chopped them into pieces and threw them into water. They put some salt and cooked them. Although the Han people in the Central Plains know how to eat more than those on the grassland, they also have many ways to eat, but cooking sheep is generally the same, at most they just throw some ginger pieces. Of course, after all, I guess the sheep the emperor eats is not the same, but if they really have to do it in detail, his small stall can't afford it.

"It's actually very simple. Uncle, you might as well try it." As Wang Kuang's biggest hobby, he naturally has confidence: "Uncle, you might as well take it off with boiling water before cooking mutton, then put oil in the pot, crush the ginger and stir-fry it to make the aroma, then pour in the mutton until it changes color, add some rice wine for a while, then add salt and soup, the mutton soup cooked in this way will definitely taste good." In fact, there are a few steps, because Wang Kuang doesn't understand what seasonings are now, so he dare not say, for example, chili peppers, probably haven't spread here yet.

"Uncle, don't worry. Brother Gouzi put some wild vegetables to cook the mutton soup I brought back from you every day, but it tastes delicious, I won't." Erzi also spoke next to him. In his opinion, Brother Gouzi, who had been sick, suddenly became more powerful. Although he didn't know why, he wouldn't think so much when he was young. Anyway, he got better, and this was the happiest thing.

"Oh? Then I'll try it tomorrow. It's really delicious. Wang Dalang comes to me in the future. I dare not say anything else. There is always a bowl of mutton soup." E Yue couldn't help but feel a little moved. He decided not to wait for tomorrow and try it at home in the evening. If it's really as Wang Dalang said, then the wealthy families in the city will not come to me in the future? After eating, there will definitely be a lot of rewards.

Farewell to Eyue, served mutton soup and went back to Taoist temple first, and then came out. Wang Kuang and the second son spent half a day visiting Jian'an. Although it was a prefecture city, it was not big enough in Wang Kuang's opinion, and it was not as big as the Shipi town in later generations. I think it was true that during the Tang Dynasty, Jian'an was still a semi-developed place with a population of only a small number, which was not as popular as the Central Plains. What was the population in the entire early Tang Dynasty? Most of them were concentrated in the Central Plains. It would be good if Jian'an had a population of about 10,000.
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