People, don’t always overestimate your pain and underestimate your happiness!
Because some troubles are made up by us out of thin air, but we want to feel them as reality.
Life is nothing, and people only bother themselves. Perhaps, this is what they say.
Xiao Han was in a good mood after all his worries, and specially invited Yan Zhitui to have a hearty Xiao Mansion banquet at home!
This time he didn't dare to ask the cook to serve fried green beans, chewing bones or other dishes that would embarrass the old man. Instead, he specially prepared some soft and rotten food, such as pot-stuffed tofu, and stewed yellow croaker that could even be chewed with bones.
So that Yan Zitui, who is about to lose all his teeth, can still taste delicious food.
Of course, as a prince's home, there are also expensive dishes on the table!
The flying dragons sent by the Liaodong caravan, the sea cucumbers sent by the Shandong caravan, and the lobsters sent by Ma Laoliu from the south of the Yangtze River took up less than half of the table. The greedy Zhang Qiang could not stop drooling outside the window.
, but Xiao Han was angry that he just left her alone and ran away without loyalty. He pretended not to see it and ordered Xiaodong to close the window, out of sight and out of mind.
Perhaps, in the eyes of later generations, these things on the table were not so rare or valuable! But in the Tang Dynasty, with the terrible transportation environment at that time, if they could be delivered to Guanzhong alive, they would have to work hard!
If nothing else, let’s just talk about the black sea cucumber. After being fished out of the sea, it vomits its intestines and dissolves itself. It can be put in a tank and travel all the way to the dining table. It is estimated that only one out of a hundred will succeed! In this way
I spent a lot of money just to taste its deliciousness, and I'm afraid I wouldn't even part with the little plums.
However, the Yan Zhitui in front of him didn't seem to be interested in these precious ingredients. Even the sea cucumbers and green onions from his hometown only took a few bites, but he still loved side dishes such as tofu and cabbage.
At the dining table, he scooped a spoonful of soup into his mouth with a slightly trembling spoon. Yan Zhitui narrowed his eyes comfortably, feeling the sweet taste in his mouth. After a while, he took a long breath, shook his head and said
:
"Every time I come to your place, among other things, the food always impresses me! Even this ordinary bowl of tofu soup is three points better than what others make!"
"Ordinary?" Xiao Han, who was grabbing a lobster, using its pliers to dig into its meat, and eating it happily, heard the old man's emotion, couldn't help curling his lips, and sighed in his heart: "What if this is so?"
Let you know, this bowl of soup not only contains visible tofu, but also delicacies such as chicken, mushrooms, shrimps, etc. melted in the soup. I wonder if you would still call it ordinary?!"
Of course, Xiao Han only dared to say these words in his heart, and never dared to say them out to let Yan Zhitui know!
If the old man listened and had the same hatred for the rich, and scolded Xiao Han, then wouldn't he be Zhou Yu's attempt to attack Jingzhou and not be rewarded for his efforts? Xiao Han would not do such a stupid thing!
After finishing the meal, he washed his hands in the basin brought by the servant. Yan Zhidui returned to his seat and looked at Xiao Han again. After a while, he suddenly asked with burning eyes: "By the way, what did you just do?
The Harsha Dynasty we are talking about! There are also Sasanian Persia and the Byzantine Empire! What is going on? From here to the far east, is there really a land of Fuso?"
"Uh, those places..." Xiao Han felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by the old man. He twisted his body unconsciously, and at the same time secretly complained in his heart: "Isn't it said that people's memories are bad after they grow old? Why is this old man so embarrassed?
Didn’t you even forget a word you said?”
"Yes, what happened to those places?" Yan Zhidui saw Xiao Han hesitating, his eyes were bright, and he continued to follow behind and asked.
Seeing this, Xiao Han rolled his eyes, knowing that he couldn't fool him, so he could only sigh and replied honestly: "Okay, those places do exist, but they are too far away from us. With the current conditions,
, it may be difficult for us to go there throughout our lives!”
"Oh, since it's hard to get there, why do you still send big ships in Lingnan to send people to the east? Isn't this pushing people towards death?"
"Well, Master Yan can't say that! Those people were all pirates caught by the boy. They should all be executed. It was the boy who was kind-hearted and believed in God that he had a good life, so he gave them a chance to redeem themselves and make meritorious deeds.
Give them a boat and let them search for Fusang. Once they find it, their previous sins will be wiped out!"
"Oh? Then you're not afraid of them escaping?"
"Run? Haha, where can they run? Our coastal naval fleet has begun to take shape. Once we find that they dare to come back, catching and hanging them is the only fate of the pirates!"
"Then can't they go to Japan and overseas kingdoms?"
"You can go! If you don't make it, don't come back. If you do, you'll be hanged! If they don't follow my requirements and get what I want, they still want to come ashore alive? What a dream!"
"Then what exactly did you ask them to take? Take those grains that yield a thousand stones per mu. In this world, is it true that a thousand stones per mu of grain are produced?"
When Yan Zhitui and Xiao Han said this, they all became inexplicably excited!
After living for so long, he naturally knows that in this world, if you want the country to be rich and the people to be strong, and your life to be stable, food and clothing are all you need!
For example, in the troubled times before, he had witnessed a group of bandit leaders gathering in the mountains and forests being caught by officers and soldiers and beheaded in the crowd! I remember the last words he said were, "If my family had a hundred kilograms of grain! Why would I go into the mountains to become a bandit?"
?”
One hundred catties of grain, is this too much?
It shouldn’t be too much! In other words, it must not be too much at all! In future generations, let alone a hundred catties of grain, even ten thousand catties or one hundred thousand catties will not be difficult for an ordinary family!
However, in today's Tang Dynasty, such a small number is the dream that countless Tang people have been unable to realize throughout their lives!
If there really was an area in this world where an acre could produce a thousand stones of food, then why would the entire Tang Dynasty be in danger of starvation in the future?
Thinking of this, Yan Zhitui trembled with excitement and wanted to jump up, grabbing Xiao Han's neck and asking him to go to sea together to find these magical grains.
However, Xiao Han took out the toothpick without thinking at this time, and while picking at the gap between his teeth, he hummed disdainfully: "Why not? The world is so big, there are all kinds of wonders! Back then, the boy said that there is three crops of food a year, aren't you the same?
Don’t believe it? But what about now? In the land south of the Yangtze River, three-season rice is grown like weeds. Where there is so much grain, even the warehouses can’t accommodate it. Aren’t you all used to it too!
Hehe, I’m not afraid to tell you that when I asked those people to go east, the journey was indeed a bit difficult. In fact, I also know two roads that are much simpler than them going directly east. One of them can be walked directly..."
