Chapter 1936 Eat and drink, new clothes and old people
Beidi, Pingyang.
Guo Jia stared at the two servants with bright eyes, carrying an iron plate with a diameter of more than two feet supported by wooden boards. On the plate was a huge piece of steak with a strong smell of heat and meat. In addition, there was another person lying beside the plate.
Two eggs were only fried on one side and were still half-cooked. They were put on a plate and poured over with the rice wine prepared on the side. Suddenly a mist began to billow, mixed with the jumping and burning heat of "呲拉呲拉".
the sound of.
Guo Jia twitched his index finger and praised: "This Hu Zhi is really delicious!"
With the knife in the left hand and the chopsticks in the right hand, the blade of the knife was gently scratched, and the slightly burnt surface of the large piece of beef immediately split open from left to right, revealing the bright red, tender and perfect meat inside.
Many people in later generations thought that knives and forks were Western dining utensils and regarded them as foreign. However, they did not know that in the New Era, knives and forks used by Chinese people were found at the Hemudu site.
During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the Chinese combined spoons and knives to form a "dagger" with a concave center and a sharp edge. In later generations, the deceased mother was called "妣", which actually represented the mother who cooked, a woman
Wielding two "daggers" for cooking, he would chop meat and fish when he was happy, but he would also chop his husband and children when he was angry.
In the current Han Dynasty, due to the skillful use of copperware, knives and forks became smaller and even decorated with certain patterns...
Guo Jia didn't seem to care that the outside of the beef was still hot. He impatiently picked up the cut beef and put it into his mouth. As soon as he chewed it, he felt the delicious juice and hot fat contained in the beef burst out instantly.
This fat taste seems to melt all the taste buds on the tongue...
Xun Chen looked at Guo Jia who was intoxicated with delicious food, smiled slightly, and then waited for Guo Jia to pause for a while, raised the wine baron and said: "Good materials should be accompanied by good wine, and even better."
drink……"
Guo Jia pretended that he did not understand the meaning of Xun Chen's words, and just regarded them as words to persuade him to drink. He laughed, put down the knife and chopsticks in his hands, picked up the wine cup, and saluted Xun Chen with a gurgle.
He took a big sip, and then he couldn't help but stretch his neck, so that the wine could slide down his stomach more smoothly and mix with the delicious meat.
The wine and oil stains stained Guo Jia's beard, making it look a little shiny and sloppy, but Guo Jia didn't care, and didn't even bother to wipe it. He put down the wine and started eating the second piece, the third piece...
Xun Chen neither frowned nor chuckled. He still just asked Guo Jiadao gently: "Do you still need to be treated as a filial piety?"
Guo Jia shook his head, swallowed the meat in his mouth, and then raised his head and said: "You are drunk with wine, and you are full with virtue. A gentleman will live forever, and you will be blessed..."
Xun Chen also smiled, "Sheng Yin!" but sighed in his heart, this Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao!
After Guo Jia went to Taiyuan, he felt that he had been tricked by Fei Qian.
I became passive and slacked off at work and stayed in Pingyang, claiming that I was feeling unwell or something, so I couldn't move anymore.
And after hearing about Fei Qian's actions in lurking in Chang'an, Guo Jia didn't want to go to Chang'an to wade into the muddy waters, so he just thought of relaxing in Pingyang in the north, so he wrote Fei Qian a letter saying that he had a headache, leg pain, and arm pain, and he couldn't go anywhere.
I expressed my discomfort in the letter in an extremely perfunctory manner, and then I started eating and drinking in Pingyang every day with peace of mind.
According to the national law, you are not allowed to slaughter farm cattle at will. You must wait for the cattle to die of illness or old age before eating meat. Therefore, even if there are many wealthy people at the banquet, such as Guo Jia, it is difficult to eat them in ordinary times in Xu County.
beef.
Now that we live in the north, we are naturally close to water and terraces. Can the cattle of the Hu people be regarded as farming cattle?
Of course not!
So since it is not a farm cow, it is natural to slaughter it directly, cut off the fresh and tender parts of the meat, marinate it a little, and then fry it for consumption. What you want is freshness, tenderness and beauty.
In Xu County, meat is mostly grilled or boiled, while in Pingyang in the north, it is fried on copper plates...
I can only say that the Hussars General is too incompetent.
Really, inhumane.
After all, these days, copper is almost equivalent to money, which is probably similar to the feeling of using gold and silver to make tableware in later generations...
People in the Han Dynasty did not have any taboo about eating medium-rare or even medium-rare beef, because the nobles themselves even pursued eating raw meat, not to mention raw fish, which was a delicacy along the coast. Chen Deng loved eating it as much as his life
What a guy, even the pork belly at the festival is mostly half-lived, so everyone still eats it.
At the Hongmen Banquet in the early Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu ordered a live pig to be given to Fan Kuai. Fan Erha cut it off and ate it without saying anything. Later generations thought it was Xiang Yu who was making things difficult for him. In fact, he was not deliberately trying to make things difficult for him, but really appreciated it.
Fan Erha.
Of course, when Xun Chen hosted a banquet for Guo Jia, he would not invite Guo Jia alone. After all, Guo Jia still belonged to Cao Cao's side. He was similar to a prisoner, but he only enjoyed some preferential treatment, so there were some officials from the north at the same table.
For example, Xinpi, who was newly transferred to the Northland, felt that the beef was a little raw, but it was just a little bit. After heating it for a while, it was almost medium rare, and he was satisfied.
Guo Jia was not averse to raw or cold beef, and even thought that the rawer the beef, the more tender it would be. The first piece he ate was medium-rare, but later he asked for it to be rarer. He ate it so hard that he shook his head and almost swallowed his tongue, as if he was speechless.
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The average person's appetite is either shallow, or they don't dare to show too much greed in front of their boss Xun Chen, so they don't eat much. Xin Pi even said that he couldn't eat all meat and asked for some vegetarian dishes, saying that it was okay.
Warn yourself to be cautious and upright.
As the master, Xun Chen naturally agreed to the request with a smile.
Only Guo Jia seemed to be reincarnated from starvation. He ate two pieces in a row. After the third piece, he let out a loud burp, indicating that he was really satisfied and full. You know, the beef that was served was not
The kind of steak restaurants in later generations that use foreign names and then sell the steaks as thin as paper to deceive Chinese customers, but each piece is really more than two fingers thick, at least the size of a palm!
Seeing Guo Jia put down his knife and chopsticks, someone in the hall laughed and said: "In the early days of Yanyu, there is a lot of uncultivated land. If Brother Guo has such an appetite, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Sikong to provide for it. What can I do..."
In the past few days, Guo Jia, relying on his special status, has actually caused some trouble to the officials in Pingyang, so he was naturally a little dissatisfied. Seeing Guo Jia's lazy attitude, he couldn't help but taunt him.
Guo Jia glanced at it slightly, and then said with a smile: "Of course! If there had been such meat in the past, the emperor would not have been able to receive kidney bones!" Guo Jia was definitely not an economical person, so he just said something back.
Xun Chen squinted his eyes, glanced at the official who had just spoken, and said: "Time has changed, just like water flowing eastward. Chen wanted to stay in Pingyang as a filial piety, but the Lord has called..."
"Ah?" Guo Jia's originally slightly proud face suddenly stiffened.
Xun Chen smiled. Otherwise, what would I specially ask you to do? Naturally, it would be a farewell banquet.
In fact, Xun Chen doesn't dislike Guo Jia. After all, Guo Jia and Xun Yu are on good terms. This time he came to Pingyang, which can be regarded as bringing some information about his hometown to Xun Chen, so that Xun Chen, who has been wandering for a long time, can hear some news about Ying.
The changes in Sichuan were already very rare in the Han Dynasty.
But for Guo Jia, he hasn’t had enough time in Binh Duong...
It's not because of eating, uh, it's not all about eating, but Guo Jia discovered some secrets of Fei Qian in Pingyang. He felt that he hadn't fully understood it yet, and he still wanted to stay a few more days.
In the Han Dynasty, many people would never hear the local accent again from the moment they walked out of their homes. Therefore, from the people down to Guizhou, as well as the children of the gentry, they were unwilling to stay away from their homeland, which obviously became a common mentality.
During these days, Guo Jia was observing in Pingyang and discovered that this was indeed a problem that he had never considered.
In the Han Dynasty, there was only one type of people who traveled around the world, even traveling all year round.
That is a businessman.
The previous wars in Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and the Jianghuai area turned many areas into battlefields, and a large number of people migrated and dispersed. Especially in the chaos, a large number of people fled to the relatively stable Northland and Guanzhong areas.
As a result, in Yanzhou, Yuzhou and those areas affected by the war, the demand for goods naturally created many vacancies, and the characteristic of businessmen themselves is to pursue profits. Perhaps as a human being, it is instinct to fear war, but this will not cause it.
Rejecting profits, when the war stopped for a while, there were merchants focusing on the profits. Merchants and caravans of large and small businesses were busy transporting supplies and making a lot of money.
As a result, Yanzhou and Yuzhou, which were supposed to restore production facilities, were not so anxious to restore production equipment when there were relatively goods that could meet their needs. As a result, the handicrafts and some workshops in Yanzhou and Yuzhou areas
, the speed of post-disaster reconstruction is very slow.
And hidden underneath, workshops all over Feiqian are booming, producing various utensils day and night, and then large and small cars are sent to various places for sale...
Living utensils, weapons and armor, it seems that all the products on the market can be produced in workshops in Pingyang North, and Guo Jia can often see war horses and fine steel that are difficult to buy on the market.
The more he watched, the greater the gap Guo Jia felt.
Cao Sikong and Fei Qiaoqi seem to be in two different stages.
During this period of time, Guo Jia saw all kinds of new things, the introduction of new policies, and the collection of various voices and messages. Guo Jia was at a loss.
Could it be that what I have always insisted on is actually a mistake?
Are your own ideas actually lagging behind?
Correspondingly, my original belief that Cao Cao's side would eventually win gradually collapsed...
Just like what Ri Feiqian said that day, he watched him build a Zhulou, watched him entertain guests, and watched his building collapse. To onlookers, every change of power seemed vigorous, but in fact, to the common people in Guizhou,
, but there is not much benefit, and it may even be implicated.
Guo Jia noticed that because of the Hussar's protection of commerce and even caravans, the products of the Hussar generals have now penetrated into all levels. In recent years, through this kind of copper-smelling trade that the nobles were ashamed to talk about in the Han Dynasty, Fei Qian
He has become the top business leader in the entire Han Dynasty. Although Fei Qian does not sell directly, no one in his caravan or merchants dares not to give Fei Qian face. Even the bandits and road tyrants from all over the country are symbols.
They charge some fees on a regular basis, and there are very few incidents of intercepting or killing hussars caravans.
Because Guo Jia acted as an intelligence gathering leader for Cao Cao, after meeting Fei Qian and other caravan merchants, he suddenly realized that all kinds of information about his own actions would be leaked by these merchants.
They were constantly sent to Fei Qian...
Guo Jia originally thought that since businessmen were all profit-seeking, and since Fei Qian could take advantage of the businessmen, he could suggest that Cao Cao in turn lure these businessmen. However, after having scattered and pretending to be casual contacts with these businessmen,
Guo Jia discovered that the problem was much more serious than he originally thought.
These businessmen seem to have a kind of loyalty to Fei Qian that is difficult for Guo Jia to understand.
How did Feiqian do it?
But before Guo Jia could see it clearly, he was called back by Fei Qian again. How could this make Guo Jia not depressed?
Xin Pi said on the side: "I heard that Cao Sikong wrote a new poem, which said: "Riding six dragons, riding on the wind. Traveling all over the world, visiting eight countries under the road. Climbing high mountains and approaching valleys, riding on clouds. Traveling all over the world.
, east to Mount Tai. Immortals and jade girls came down to swim. They rode six dragons to drink jade syrup. When the river ran out, it would not flow eastward...". Cao Sikong's article is majestic and majestic. It makes people forget to read it, but there is one puzzling sentence.
, how to say "when the river is exhausted, it will not flow eastward"? I heard that Guo Fengxiao and Cao Sikong knew each other, but I don't know how to interpret this sentence?"
Guo Jia was stunned for a moment and then said: "It's nature is like turbulent water. If it crosses the east, it will flow east; if it crosses the west, it will flow west!"
Xin Pi glanced at Xun Chen, and then looked back at Guo Jia. He knew that Guo Jia was quibbling, but he couldn't find the right words to refute.
Does Xinpi just admire Cao Cao? Of course not. Give Xinpi a hundred courages, and he doesn’t dare to openly express his liking for Cao Cao when Fei Qian is under control, so Xinpi chose to say this poem and this sentence
, all for a reason, but Xinpi didn't expect Guo Jia to be so quick in thinking, so he immediately blocked him, and even vaguely mocked Xinpi himself, making it difficult for Xinpi to continue.
"It has been said that "the sea flows eastward without hesitation, it is as big as the sea", but now Cao Sikong "will never flow eastward", how can it last long?" This sentence is a bit explicit, naturally it was not said by a person like Xin Pi, but
It was said by another petty official at the table.
Guo Jia smiled proudly: "The tombs lead to the Yangtze River, and the water flows eastward to become the Han Dynasty." If the water is like this, how much less the people?
"Haha..." Xun Chen smiled while stroking his palms, and said, "I have long heard that Fengxiao was quick in thinking and sharp in words. Now that I have seen him, I should be like this... However, I also heard that Fengxiao was appointed as "Military Advisor" to Cao Sikong.
The position of "sacrificial wine"?
Guo Jia nodded slowly. This matter is naturally undeniable, just like Guo Jia also knows the positions of many people under Fei Qian's rule.
Xun Chen also nodded slightly, and then said: "I heard that Cao Sikong has been changed to Dong Zhao, and Dong Gongren is offering wine to the military advisor..."
Guo Jia's expression finally changed.
The military advisor's offering of wine can be regarded as Cao Cao's first initiative. The original military advisor position had already existed in the early Han Dynasty. At that time, most of the staff had official titles, and there was no definite official rank. It was somewhat similar to "such-and-such adjutant", which was
The status of the "strategist" is determined based on the size of the chief officer.
Jiujiu is an honorable position that originated from the custom of sacrificial offerings. It is used to prepare banquets and offer wine. Originally, it was not the same as the military advisor. They were two completely different positions.
However, Cao Cao, who was desperate, merged these two positions into one, taking the honor of offering wine and adding it to the military advisor, indicating that he was the chief among the "strategic advisors" to show his dignity. The most important thing is that this position,
It was Cao Cao's initiative for Guo Jia, that is, to enhance Guo Jia's status among the "strategic advisors", so he coined the position name, which probably means "first adjutant" or "chief adjutant".
But now, the military advisor's sacrificial wine, which originally belonged to Guo Jia, now falls on Dong Zhao.
Guo Jia closed his eyes and sighed slightly.
Previously, Guo Jia could quickly counterattack, but when Xun Chen said this, Guo Jia didn't know what to say...
Just like no matter how passionate the affair is, couples who have experienced passionate love will be defeated in front of the two words "different place". The one who defeats the original vows of "mountain without edge" and so on is not the so-called "I need"
"Where were you?" Or "I can't feel your temperature", but "doubt".
Because of the long distance, sometimes there may be quarrels and cold wars just because of the other party's words. Once a problem arises, it is difficult to solve. In fact, sometimes the problem can be solved with just a hug or sitting down to communicate. Watch in Long Distance Relationship
It is very difficult to come here. The time points of both parties are different. We cannot know when the other party is free or busy, nor do we know what the other party is doing, who he is with, and what he is doing.
One point can cause contradictions to a certain extent, as well as speculation and suspicion.
However, Cao Cao was such a suspicious person...
Just like Xun Chen and others were able to know some of Cao Cao's changes, wouldn't Cao Cao know about Guo Jia's situation here? Even if Cao Cao had no channels, wouldn't Fei Qian and others reveal it intentionally or unintentionally?
The more Guo Jia behaves indifferently, eating and drinking with a heartless look, the easier it is for Cao Cao to become suspicious. But on the other hand, even if Guo Jia shows pain and loss here, what can it change for Cao Cao?
Is what you get and what you think about the real situation?
Falling in love is not easy, getting along is even harder, but if you can't get along together, if you want to insist on "loving Qing" unchanged, that is "man on top of man"...
Guo Jia shook his head and then smiled. The smile was gentle and firm, releasing a kind of calmness and confidence. "There is a saying, "No clothes are as new, and no one is as old as others." If you like new clothes, you will never forget the old ones!"
