The busyness of the Weishui River suddenly stops after passing the intersection with the Wugong River.

Because this is the exit at the north end of Baoxie Road.

Countless supplies surged out from this exit.

Especially since this year, the number of people and materials from Shu through this export has increased several times or even ten times more than before.

Even though Baoxie Road has been continuously repaired, reinforced and expanded over the years, it is still overwhelmed by such heavy transportation.

Therefore, some supplies had to go through Qishan Road.

Fortunately, there is the Dahan Reserve Bureau, which can coordinate the movement of materials in various places in a timely manner.

For example, if the grain from Shu is to be transported to Guanzhong, in an emergency, Longyou can be asked to transport the grain to Guanzhong first.

Later, the Shu area will be completed by Longyou within a certain period of time.

During the Shangdang battle a few years ago, the imperial court urgently mobilized Longyou's grain reserves, and then asked Shu to replenish a batch of grain for Longyou in the later stage.

If the situation is not urgent and there is enough time, then it would be better to coordinate - coordinate the resources from various places to complement each other.

This was the original intention of the Reserve Bureau when it was established - it was definitely not to make big money, but to make a little money by taking advantage of the information gap and time difference.

Do not believe?

If you don’t believe it, look at it, all the seats in the Reserve Bureau are sold out to people of all ages.

price?

what price?

That was the Order of the Minister, oh, it should be said that the former Minister ordered Mr. Jiang to sell it.

What does it have to do with Feng Da Sima that the price of seats is too high?

At that time, Da Sima was leading the battle on the front line.

All materials transferred from Hanzhong will be rested and sorted out in Xicheng before they start their journey again.

The same goes for people.

Even though the imperial court has repaired Baoxie Road over and over again over the years, even if future generations take long-distance trains and just sit and chat and sleep along the way, they still have to get off the train from time to time to get some fresh air.

Not to mention transporting things far away in this era.

Therefore, as the first stop at the exit of Baoxie Road, Yicheng is even more densely populated than the east and west cities of Chang'an, and its supplies are piled up like mountains.

Along the Wei River, from Yicheng to Wuzhangyuan, many arbors and even guesthouses were erected for business travelers traveling between the north and the south to rest.

Compared with entering Yicheng, it is more cost-effective to rest in a pergola guesthouse on the edge of the Wei River - when you go out to earn a living, there are not so many things to pay attention to, so you can save whatever you can.

Those who are really particular about it would have already taken the Ziwu Valley to Chang'an.

Isn’t Ziwu Valley much closer than Baoxie Road?

Although Ziwu Valley cannot be used as a main channel for transporting supplies, if it is used as a pedestrian channel, there is still no problem.

Therefore, most of the people coming out of Baoxie Road are all kinds of people escorting and transporting materials.

Including large and small caravans traveling between Guanzhong and Shu.

The consumption level of these various pergolas along the Wei River is naturally more suitable for these migrant workers who are traveling for a living than those in Yicheng.

"Sir, why don't we take the Ziwu Road? Isn't it closer?"

On the east bank of Wugong Water, a half-grown man looked at the bustling restaurant in front of him and asked a man next to him with some doubts.

“Eat noodles!”

The man stared at the pergola, with an inexplicable smile on his lips, and replied:

"I heard that the pasta here is delicious, so I specially brought you here to try it."

As early as the time of Emperor Xiaowu of the Former Han Dynasty, the imperial court vigorously promoted wheat cultivation in Guanzhong, which has lasted nearly four hundred years.

Before the Prime Minister's Northern Expedition, Feng had already improved flour grinding tools and pasta making methods in Shu.

In the years since the Han Dynasty regained Guanzhong, it has been vigorously restoring production.

When Guanzhong, which was resuming production, met the noodles from Shu, they naturally hit it off.

Especially Yicheng, the largest intersection between Shu and Guanzhong.

The restaurants by Wugong Waterfront are faced with the porters and coolies who come and go, so naturally they are not so particular.

Even the chef set up a stove directly in the pergola and cooked in front of the guests.

However, although the stove is a bit crude, the food tastes really good.

The chef puts the kneaded dough on the chopping board and presses it a few times, then twists off a small ball and pulls it in the air a few times, until the dough turns into thick and long strips.

After shaking it a few more times, the strips will change from thick to thin.

Despite the fact that the cook is stout, he only has one good eye, and his blind eye is not covered, giving him a fierce look, but his hands are very flexible.

Thread the thinned strips back and forth a few times, and the noodles will take shape.

After a while, the noodles requested by the customer were ready and then thrown into the boiling water beside them.

Guessing that time was almost up, he scooped it up and put it into a large earthenware bowl, then scooped out another spoonful of unknown cooked meat.

Shake it, shake it again...

The guests standing nearby couldn't help shouting:

"What are you shaking? How big is the spoon? Can't you hold it? If you can't hold it, let me do it myself!"

The meat is actually not good meat, it is basically just water.

But after the store’s secret recipe, it tastes really good.

The key is that there is a lot of salt in it.

People who do physical work have strong tastes, especially those who like heavy salt and heavy oil.

In addition, there is meat - the water is also meat!

Therefore, the business of this store is extremely booming.

Business is about being friendly and making money, but the chef's temper is as hot as the business in the store, and he is not polite to the guests at all. He rolled his eyes and said:

"What are you shouting about? When I took the knife to chop the thieves in front of the battle, my hand was very steady! Do you want to try it?"

The guest pointed at the bit of meat on the tip of the noodles and shivered with anger.

After all, I can be considered a regular customer of this store, but this cook is extremely stingy and doesn't give him any face.

But precisely because he is an old customer, he knows something about this store.

Not only the cook, but also everyone in the store from top to bottom, I heard, are all retired from the military.

When I first came here to open a store, the emperor had not yet moved the capital, and the Han Dynasty had just recovered Guanzhong. In addition to Chang'an, there was still some chaos in Guanzhong.

A local gangster wanted to show off his power and take advantage, but he was chased for several miles by someone in the store with a knife.

He reluctantly sent a few twisters to the government to receive rewards.

But one thing to say is that the people in this shop have strong hands and feet, and the food they cook is very strong.

If it were any other company that dared to treat its customers like this, its business would have declined long ago.

But if you don't come to this restaurant, there are many people who are willing to come - didn't you see the long queue outside?

The ingredients are solid, and the food in such a big bowl is piled high.

But the taste is unique.

It is truly something that guests both love and hate.

But I saw that the cook was not slow at all while he was teasing the guests, and he added a few thinly sliced ​​vine slices to the bowl.

The guest was heard shouting again:

"If you don't put too much meat, why don't you let people eat more of these vines?"

This time, the cook didn't say anything. He took a few more slices and threw them in, then sprinkled them with chopped green onion and coriander.

"You should also put more coriander."

The cook was so angry that he picked up a large handful of coriander and pressed it all into the bowl.

Finally, use a large spoon to scoop up the steaming soup prepared in advance and fill the big bowl full.

The guest was finally satisfied, and without any instructions from the cook, he couldn't wait to reach out and pick up the big bowl, lowered his head and took a sip of the hot soup.

With a look of satisfaction on his face, he turned around and walked towards his seat.

"The next one is number fifty-six!"

The customers at the back of the queue who couldn't wait for a long time quickly handed over the wooden signs in their hands.

"Guest, I'm sorry, it's full. If you really want to be rewarded, please queue up at the back."

Seeing the man leading a group of people over and standing by the pergola handing out wooden signs to welcome guests, he quickly reminded them with a smile.
To be continued...