Fei Qian has always felt that as a member of a big foodie empire, if he could not activate this gene precipitated in his blood earlier, he would be sorry for so many Chinese dishes in later generations.
Therefore, there is also a very widely recognized rumor about the Hussars General, which is "Taotie's reincarnation".
After all, there are quite a lot of delicacies spread from Feidian.
There are many delicacies in China, and each region has its own style, but this does not prevent these different styles of delicacies from appearing in the same place and being welcomed and loved by the same group of people.
Just like the dishes in Jiangnan and Shanghai are exquisite, there seems to be a taste of "I can never tire of fine food", with a bit of "willow bank, dawn breeze and waning moon" flavor, while Northwest cuisine is a different style,
The trouser belt noodles are so wide and long that it’s not even enough to eat two bowls. Without the chili pepper, it’s not fragrant. Without garlic, the nutrition is reduced by half...
Although the Han Dynasty has not yet introduced chili peppers from the Americas, it does not hinder people's love and pursuit of food.
For ordinary people, they don't have time to wait for the cook to cook exquisite dishes, and they don't have much time to chew slowly. They only need to eat a large amount of food. If there is a spoon of hot oil, the saltiness will be stronger.
Well, after all, the northwest has a scorching sun and a dry climate, and daily work requires a large amount of electrolytes to be replenished.
But for the children of the gentry, it is different. They have money and leisure, and can have the patience to wait for the cook to slowly prepare a meal that takes time and effort, and they will choose according to their own preferences, not
For the purpose of eating enough.
Chang'an Zuixian Tower.
In the lobby, an inspector and several subordinates were sitting cross-legged or on mats in the corridor, and they were just eating and drinking around a table.
It was payday two days ago, and I had just received a reward for inspection, so I took my brother to Zuixian Tower to have a tooth ceremony. Of course, the cost of going to the second floor private seats is too high, in such a small courtyard corridor
Inside, even if you have face, you won’t be unable to afford it.
The inspector was originally from the military, and he still retains the habits of the military when it comes to eating and drinking. Several of his subordinates are also used to being managed according to military regulations on weekdays. When he eats, he really wolfs down the food, surrounding a large plate of chicken.
Enjoyed the meal!
It is said that Fei Qian also invented the large plate chicken. Some people say that he was not the first to eat it. However, no matter who invented this way of eating, it is indeed very suitable for the taste of northwest people. Although there are no chili peppers and other condiments in later generations.
, but after adding spices from the Western Regions, the originally relatively ordinary dishes seemed to suddenly have a soul added to them and became quite popular delicacies.
Of course, if you only want to eat meat, the Big Plate Chicken is obviously not as good as the hand-caught mutton and beef, but the advantage of the Big Plate Chicken is that it is cheaper than those dishes.
Chicken is obviously much cheaper than mutton and beef.
Think about it, if five or six big men want to eat a big meal, a large plate of chicken is obviously more suitable. It is meaty and full. Especially for the semi-military inspectors, who have a good meal.
Eating is like wiping your mouth after eating and going out to do something important with a knife and gun, steamed buns, wide soup cakes, and a large plate of chicken soup...
Beautiful!
At this time, the banquet was halfway through. Most of the chicken on the plates on the table had been eaten. There were pieces of bones and dregs on the table here and there, but the big-bellied men seemed to be somewhat unsatisfied.
The inspector immediately clapped his hands: "Serve the naan!"
Upon hearing the greeting, the waiter from Zuixianlou came over with a basket of freshly baked naan and placed it next to the table.
Why it is said that eating a large plate of chicken at Zuixianlou is better than ordering other dishes? This is also because these steamed buns, wide soup cakes, grilled naan, etc. are all included in the price of the large plate of chicken. Enough!
Grilled naan and large plate of chicken are also a perfect match. Break open the grilled naan and dip it in the juice of the large plate of chicken, which will make your belly round!
While eating the grilled naan, the inspector felt a little emotional. He held a piece of grilled naan for a long time, but did not eat or speak for a long time.
Fei Qian did not invent grilled naan.
This thing has been around for a long time, and it is called Hu Cake. Even Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty liked it very much and would eat it every two days.
Of course, the Nang in the Han Dynasty did not have as many tricks as those in later generations. At first, this kind of Nang was reserved as dry food for the military. There was no way, the Western Region in the northwest of Hexi Province was really too big, with a vast territory and sparsely populated areas. Among the neighboring oasis city-states,
There are often hundreds of miles apart, and there are relatively few water sources in the northwest. Some places do not have the conditions for cooking, so they can only eat dry food to satisfy their hunger.
Therefore, when sending troops, they must carry good dry food, otherwise life or death will be determined in the blink of an eye.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Li Guangli was ordered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to march westward with 6,000 cavalry and tens of thousands of evil youths from the counties. The small countries along the way were very afraid and each held fast to the city and refused to provide food to the Han army. The Han army captured
You have to come to the city to get food and supplements. If you can't capture it, you have to leave within a few days, otherwise you will be dead.
In this way, they were depleted all the way to the west of Congling. Before the capital of Dayuan could be seen, the Han army had lost its combat effectiveness. Only a few thousand people followed, and they were very hungry. Of course, Li Guangli was also a coward. He did not have the courage to make a desperate move like Huo Qubing.
I took a tour around the gate of Dawan and came back empty-handed.
Later, I learned better and added some logistics on the technology tree.
After a year of preparation, the Han Dynasty devoted all its efforts to developing the Hexi Corridor and building roads. Yumen Pass was also moved to the west of Dunhuang. The newly recruited army drove 100,000 cattle and more than 30,000 horses.
Countless donkeys, camels and other animals, carrying rice and grain, followed Li Guangli on his expedition, burying cauldrons to make rice along the way, and eating the rice and livestock. However, when all the countries in the Western Regions saw that the Han army was powerful, except for Luntai, who had not thought clearly, the resistance was defeated.
After destroying foreign countries, most of them opened the city to welcome them, and the Han army successfully arrived in Dawan.
But the embarrassing thing is that a little logistics is still not enough.
The war ended a year later, and there was another problem with food on the way back. The countries in the Western Regions had few people and food, and it was difficult to supply the Han army, so Li Guangli had to divide the army into several waves and return home separately from the North and South Roads of the Western Regions. However, due to the serious problem of official corruption,
, or many people died.
Many Han soldiers did not die in battle, but died of thirst and starvation on the way...
The reason for this is that the dry food in the Han Dynasty at that time was mainly glutinous rice, which is corn that has been cooked and dried in the sun. This thing has a huge disadvantage, that is, it is not eaten regularly. In addition, there was not enough fat in the Han Dynasty, which required a lot of physical strength.
Soldiers need to eat at least one stone per month. It seems a bit exaggerated to say that, but in fact this is just an ordinary amount of food.
Later, after learning from the painful experience, Hu cakes, also known as roasted naan, replaced Cizi and became the first choice of solid food for the Han Dynasty at that time. And under such a choice and change, countless lives were sacrificed.
An inspector who was immersed in eating saw the team leader in a daze and was a little puzzled, "Brother Wang! What's wrong with you? You don't want to eat?"
"Ah? Haha..." Captain Wang waved the roasted naan in his hand twice, "Hey, you guys think, is this guy cheap? I was a soldier in the North, and sometimes I had no place to cook.
, I just ate this thing, and I ate it for more than a month at most! The moldy and hairy ones, scraped and roasted, but I still had to eat them! Later, didn’t the Hussars have new dry food, so I swore that I would never eat them again.
I touched this thing... Haha, but isn't it back? It's better now. If I can't have this bite for three to five days, it would be weird... Hahaha..."
"Speaking of which, I am too! Let me tell you... the water in the cowhide bag, in order to prevent it from smelling so easily, do you have to throw some vinegar cloth into it... When I was in the army, I was really jealous of this vinegar
Bu, I'm just so annoyed... Hey, now I'm no longer in the military, hey, guess what? I saw it being sold at the market two days ago, and I didn't know what happened, so I went and bought it myself.
Throw it into the water tank, drink it... and then get scolded by the guy at home..."
"Ah ha ha ha ha..."
"No wonder your face was so bright two days ago..."
A group of men gathered together and laughed.
After laughing, everyone seemed to have some nostalgia again.
"Okay, eat quickly. After you finish eating, get to work!"
Captain Wang grabbed another roasted naan, broke it open, took half of it himself, and gave the other half to the people around him, just like he did when he was still in the army and eating together...
Perhaps it was because Captain Wang and others were talking and laughing too loudly, which attracted the attention of the other two people on the Zuixian Tower.
There was scrutiny, impatience, and sarcasm in this gaze, and even a look down from above. It was like looking down at a gathering of ants or a bunch of caterpillars.
Above the second floor of Zuixian Building, there are private seats, separated by screens, which cost a lot of money.
Those who can come here often and don't feel any pain in their body must naturally be members of the noble family with a certain amount of money. Ordinary poor families may also be able to do so, but they will definitely not come here every once in a while, or directly treat Zuixianlou as their own restaurant.
Already.
Then a question arises, which kind of noble family would regard Zuixian Tower as their own restaurant?
The two gentlemen on the second floor were still inspecting the people in the corridor downstairs, whispering something.
The view from the second floor will be better.
Looking out from this angle, you can see Chang'an Avenue and the end of the street.
Moreover, Zuixian Tower is noisy, so two people sitting together and speaking in a low voice are basically not afraid of others eavesdropping.
Among the crowds of people on the street, there are patrols on horseback, wearing red and black armor, with three-color recognition flags on their backs. They line up in a queue to patrol every move on the street, as if to remind passers-by that this is Chang'an. This is the territory of the Hussar...
The two of them withdrew their gaze.
"When I first heard about the inspection in Guanzhong, I looked down upon it and didn't take it seriously..." One of the middle-aged men with three strands of beard said, "Now that I think about it, I realize how wonderful the Hussar's move was..."
The young man opposite also nodded and said: "That's true. Before I went to Chang'an in the future, I thought that these inspections were just Sikou changing his name... But looking at it now, it's not the case..."
The inspection system is an original policy under the rule of Qiusi.
At the beginning, it didn't get any special attention.
Inspection has the functions of a Sikou, but it is not simply equivalent to a Sikou.
Strictly speaking, there was no special police system in ancient China. In local areas, administration and justice were not separated. The chief executive of the prefecture and county was responsible for public security and judicial trials. There are patrols, detectives and other personnel with functions similar to modern police, who are responsible for maintaining public order on the front line of society and arresting criminals.
In the pre-Qin period, the central judicial authority was the Tingwei Mansion, and the highest judicial officer was the Tingwei. The Qin Dynasty had a system of prefectures and counties, and the local judicial authorities were concurrently served by county governors and county magistrates. Difficult cases were reported to the central government, and general cases were handled by oneself.
Liu Bang, who founded the Han Dynasty, probably had the equivalent of a police station plus a post office plus a tax office in later generations. It was basically the same position, but he did not have as many people as later generations, and only had two or three subordinates to look after him.
The Han Dynasty basically inherited the system of the Qin Dynasty, including the judicial system. Therefore, it can be seen that before Feiqian, there was a lack of social security and judicial trials at the grassroots level. Even though the population of the Han Dynasty was far lower than that of later generations, the social The breadth and depth of coverage of public security and judicial trials are still pitiful.
But there must be disputes between people. Under such conditions, there is a foundation for the survival of clan law. But now under the cavalry, the foundation of this clan law is being weakened and shaken...
"The inspections first started when we were working in the fields..." The middle-aged man said slowly, "The people who are working in the fields are either thieves or poor people. They live in the countryside and are often dirty. Therefore, we patrol the cities and countryside to inspect. Yu Qianmo..."
At the beginning, Feiqian introduced the inspection system. These gentry and squires thought it was good, because they were no longer needed to mediate disputes and handle disputes, and they could have more free time to drink, dance and have fun. I found that things were gradually going wrong.
"Who would have thought of the current inspections..." the young man said, "Qingqi's strategy... is simply..."
Now within Chang'an's Sanfu, there are other Qiusi under the rule. They have become accustomed to the existence of inspections. When encountering problems, they can go to inspections to solve problems. So who will go to some clan or squire?
In a certain way, the so-called nostalgia and nostalgia are harmful. For example, in later generations, there are "foreign wives" in the whole village, or the "processing factory" in the whole village. In fact, "everyone is a neighbor".
". Under the guise of "we are all fellow villagers", they were either actively or passively squeezed together, even if these people knew that what they were doing was not a good thing.
"Two guests! Chumiya is here..."
The work in Zuixian Tower interrupted the two people's whispered discussion.
The so-called "Chu Mi Duck" is a new delicacy that appeared in Zuixianlou some time ago.
Different from those dishes that are biased towards the northwest flavor or Qiang and Hu customs, the cooking method and material selection of "Chubi Duck" are more biased towards the Chu region. Most of the food is millet and wheat in the north, while rice and Chumi are used in the south.
Apparently it is cooked with rice and glutinous rice.
The two were overjoyed and agreed to eat with their chopsticks.
Although it is said that food knows no borders, if you stay in one place for a long time, you will tend to gravitate towards the habits of a certain place. Just like boiled fish was once popular all over the country, but as time goes by, after the heat subsides, it becomes no longer human.
Everyone liked it.
After all, eating habits in different places are still different.
It was obvious that the two of them had a strong preference for Chumi duck. For a while, they only focused on eating and did not speak for a while. After eating some, they slowed down slightly.
"Now... at the Qinglong Temple..." The middle-aged man picked up the drink on the side and took a sip, "There is a little trouble... When everyone is more important than the scriptures, what about the affairs of Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu..."
The young man also stopped using his chopsticks, thought for a moment and said, "I thought you were fair..."
"..." The middle-aged man shook his head, and then sighed, "Have you ever gained anything from the Xuanwu Pond?"
"This..." The young man hesitated for a moment and said, "The surrounding area is tightly controlled and difficult to enter... However, I found some ways..."
"Connections..." The middle-aged man pondered for a moment.
The work of Qinglong Temple was not done well, and it turned out that a new warship appeared under the rule of General Hussar!
According to the descriptions of officials who went to Xuanwu Pond to watch the ceremony at that time, the new warships under the Hussars were not only wide, but also had weird sails and strange equipment.
, it simply broke through the original restrictions and brought the battleship to a whole new level!
At the beginning, after hearing the news, I was of course skeptical, and even thought it was pretentious and not necessarily true. However, after intentionally or unintentionally contacting some different officials, different people came to a similar conclusion.
The conclusion...
General Hussar has a new type of warship in Xuanwu Pond that far exceeds the level of Jiangdong!
It was like a bolt from the blue!
This matter is obviously more important than disturbing the discussion in Guanzhong or causing any disputes. But the problem is that although Xuanwu Pond is large, the surrounding areas are under supervision. Anyone who appears there without reason will be warned and expelled.
Those who do not listen to dissuasion will be shot on the spot!
It is obviously impossible to go directly to the scene to see it.
In the past, some people used various excuses and pretended to explore some important workshops under Fei Qian's command. Some who broke in recklessly were directly killed, and some who went round and round did not go well.
Just like those gunpowder under the hussars, some true and false news leaked out, but what followed were inspections and soldiers who smelled the smell, and some people were even arrested and thrown into
In the prison, in the end...
But if you don't know or haven't heard about it at the moment, it's fine. Now that you've heard about it, you can't pretend that you haven't discovered anything and then do nothing.
"It's best to have drawings..." the middle-aged man whispered, "it's useless to only know its shape but not its reason..."
Generally speaking, there are two ways to steal technology. One is to obtain design drawings or specific objects, and the second is to kidnap or bribe the craftsmen responsible for the specific work. Obviously, for new-style building ships, it is difficult to defeat the specific objects, and
The only possibility is to bribe the craftsmen, preferably to get the drawings.
The middle-aged man said, "If you can get the plan, you should spend money...but you need to be careful..."
