The ancient city of Jizhou is located on the edge of the Jiyuan Canal. There is an artificial river here that connects the northern section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which is the section from Tianjin to Beijing. This section is called the North Canal.
Because the Grand Canal undertakes the important mission of transporting grain from the south to the north, it is generally used mostly by the government, and private merchant ships have to make way for water ships. Therefore, many private north-south shipping disembarks at Beitangkou, and then takes the Ji Canal to Ji.
Zhoucheng, then go to Sanhe County to enter the North Canal, and then go to Tongzhou Zhangjiawan to unload cargo.
The strategic location of Jizhou is very important. It is a frontier city near the Great Wall and a hub connecting the North Canal and Ji Canal. At the same time, due to terrain reasons, it is the middle throat of the narrow plain from the Eastern Hebei Plain to the capital.
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This long and narrow plain is bounded by the Yanshan Mountains starting from Shanhaiguan in the north. This mountain range stretches to Shanxi and northern Shaanxi. The southern part of this plain is also filled with intermittent small mountains. If you enter from Shanhaiguan or any pass on the northern Great Wall, you can enter
From the mainland, you can go directly eastward to the capital from this corridor.
Therefore, the military area demarcated by the Great Wall defense line east of Zhangjiakou and up to Shanhaiguan is called Ji Town. The administrative location is Santun Camp, thirty miles east of Zunhua. It is so named because this is the core area of Ji Town.
The mountains on the north and south sides of Jizhou tighten up, forming a narrow mountain pass, and Jizhou City is on this throat. At the same time, the connecting river channel of Jiyun Canal and Bei Canal winds under the city wall.
The river is dotted with docks and boats. Because Jizhou is a transportation hub, business is also relatively prosperous.
Yang Fan's steamboat was emitting black smoke, and when it came up from the downstream, people on both sides of the strait were stunned. What the hell is this? A row of big stoves, and a row of wheels behind it, it actually paddles automatically and goes upstream.
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Seeing the arrival of Jizhou Wharf, Yang Fan quickly asked them to disconnect the steam valve. Without a gearbox and transmission device, it was inconvenient not to be able to get to the car. He almost hit the trestle of the wharf.
Fortunately, there were no ships near the location we chose, otherwise it would have sunk the ship, which would have been a big trouble.
With a splat, the bow of the boat washed up on the beach and ran aground directly.
But this time, the inertia after losing power was exhausted, and the ship anchored steadily on the shore.
The violent vibrations when the boat stopped shook many maids and they fell down. Suddenly, there was a cry of tenderness. Fortunately, Yang Fan was relatively stable, and Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru were both practitioners, so they were fine, Mei Xiang
He and Chen Xi were caught by Yao Guang and did not fall down.
"Haha, although this broken boat is not very good, it is quite cool to sit on." Xiao Niangpi said excitedly.
Along the way, because the boat couldn't slow down, it went on a rampage, scaring the merchant ships along the way. It made the little girl very happy. Since I left Dongchang, I haven't played the role of a street cleaner for a long time. This time it was enough
It satisfies my own bad taste.
"Get off the boat, get off the boat, let's go have lunch." Yang Fan greeted everyone to get off the boat.
In addition to leaving dozens of people to watch the boat, Yang Fan took his wives to eat. Yang Fan knew that there was a roadside stall outside the city wall that made good donkey meat steamed dumplings, so he decided to stay at his house instead of going into the city.
There is not much to visit in the commercial streets of this era. Those who have lived in modern times have no regard for such ancient commercial streets. Besides, Yang Fan has never liked shopping in shopping malls. It is simply a torture. Especially when a woman drags him there.
shopping mall.
Seeing Yang Fan and his group approaching, the people eating under the dog food shed picked up the steamed dumplings and steamed buns they bought here and ran away. At first glance, these people were not good-natured people. Although Yang Fan and others did not wear official clothes,
But judging by his temperament, he is an official. Those servants and guards are also full of murderous aura.
"Boss, cut the meat, sift the wine, and roll the noodles. Hurry up. Two hundred more steamed dumplings." Mo Zhui squeezed to the front and shouted loudly. Now, Zhang Geda went to take the servants, Donkey Dan went to take the cavalry, and Yang Fan took them
He stayed by his side and was responsible for the security work. After all, it was his own old man who felt more at ease.
The Devil Muscle Man is so strong that even when used as a human shield, he is quite solid.
He knew that he did not need to interfere with the master and his wife, he only had to manage the officers, soldiers and servants who came with them. It would be very good for them to get some wine, meat and some noodles.
Now the wife is personally responsible for the master's food and drink, and it is no longer the three of them's turn to serve him.
Xiang Yi directed the maids to find a place under the shade of a tree outside the dog food shed and spread a red carpet. Then they set up a folding kang table and asked the masters to sit down cross-legged. Then they lit the marching alcohol stove and installed the one borrowed from the boss.
The pan for making pancakes, and asked the boss to bring raw donkey meat dumplings.
This kind of temporary roadside eating shed made of bamboo and oilcloth is generally called a dog food shed by the locals. It is a place where poor people such as peddlers and lackeys eat. They sell soup, noodles, pancakes, etc. Because it is close to the official road or
The location of the pier is good. There are also businessmen and waiters from all over the world waiting to eat here.
The owner of this dog food shed, whose surname is Huang, is from Wangjiazhuang in the suburbs of Jizhou. He brings his wife and sister-in-law here to sell donkey meat steamed dumplings and noodles. They also secretly sell some meat and wine. Their shop does not have a license.
The main store is not allowed to sell alcohol or meat.
However, the Ming Dynasty has now entered chaos mode, and many rules have long been no longer followed.
As long as you pay, they even dare to serve beef to you.
Yang Fan ate here last time and was full of praise for his donkey meat and green onion dumplings. This time he decided to take his wives to try it. Yang Fan's grassroots experience led him to have a special liking for roadside restaurants.
Yes, actually there are also good food stalls on the roadside.
When the boss saw Yang Fan coming, he quickly came over to serve him. Last time Yang Fan had eaten steamed dumplings at his house and threw him a couple of silver coins when he left. He was so excited that he thanked him profusely. This time he saw Yang Tongzhi coming again.
, came over quickly and asked his wife and sister-in-law to serve food.
"Old Huang, how is business?" Yang Fan sat on the blanket and greeted him.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Thanks to the Lord, the small business is not bad. Since the Lord came last time, the scoundrels no longer dare to come to fight against the autumn wind." Lao Huang said with a look on his face.
He smiled flatteringly.
His wife and sisters also followed him in fear and saluted Yang Fan.
"Well, if someone bullies you, just tell me. This general is still easy to do in Ji Town."
"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir." Lao Huang's face glowed with excitement.
"Okay, go ahead and bring the raw dumplings with a curtain. By the way, mix some juice with flour, make it thin, and bring a pot of vegetable oil."
Lao Huang didn't dare to ask Master Yang what he was doing. He was a very meticulous person in business. He just needed to bring the things and ask less about noble people's affairs. It's better to do less than to do more.
"Master, hurry up and make the pot stickers, I'm already hungry." Xiao Niangpi hugged Yang Fan's arm and shook her.
"Master, let me also see how pot stickers are made." Lin Yueru also said with great interest.
"This is simple, just watch it," Yang Fan said, brushing the vegetable oil on the bottom of the pot. When the oil was hot, he quickly put a raw donkey meat steamed dumpling on the curtain into the pot.
After Yang Fan finished the demonstration, the four maids immediately took over and began to put steamed dumplings into the pan. How could the master do these tasks? They took over as soon as they knew how to do it.
These four maids were brought by Xiao Niangpi as a dowry. When Aunt Mei and Mei Xiang came here before, they were brought with Xiao Niangpi's dowry.
Watching the dumplings squeaking in the oil pan, the maids kept flipping them to make both sides fried golden brown, which made everyone have an appetite, and they looked delicious.
Last time, the master was hungry at night and ran to the kitchen alone to find something to eat. When he saw the donkey meat steamed dumplings left in the kitchen, he got interested and worked hard in the kitchen.
When it was ready, Xiao Niangpi and the others also came over. Yang Fan was hungry and looked for food by himself. He forgot to ask his servants to prepare it. They were not surprised. They all knew that Yang Fan grew up in the mountains and it was his habit to do things by himself.
Understand.
Seeing the fried golden steamed dumplings, everyone felt hungry. As a result, Yang Fan didn't eat a few, but Lin Yueru and Xiao Niangpi ate them all. They were still not satisfied, licking their lips and clamoring for more.
Yang Fan tried to persuade them that it was easy to accumulate food at night, so he coaxed the two of them to sleep.
This time, when I go out to play, I naturally want to have a good time.
"Master, what is this big bowl of flour and water lake you want for?" Chen Xi asked in confusion when he saw Yang Fan asked Old Huang Zunbei to give him a big bowl of flour and water mixture.
"This, this is very important. It is my exclusive secret recipe. You all have to take good care of it." Yang Fan used a wooden spoon to scoop out a spoonful of flour juice and pour it on the steamed dumplings. Then he kept watering, and he saw the bottom of the pot.
Cover it and cover the pot.
"I understand, the master was worried that the raw dumplings would not be cooked enough, so he added water to heat them up." Lin Yueru clapped her hands and praised.
"Yes, that's what it means, but after a while, the flour and juice will form into something like pancakes, but it's very delicious."
Yang Fan was discussing this pot of pot stickers with his wives when he suddenly heard someone say in a strange voice: "I thought that General Yang, who dared to fight for nine thousand years and made great achievements in protecting the sky, was such an amazing hero. I didn't expect it.
That’s all.”
As soon as he said this, a group of people who had been noisily drinking, eating, eating, and making love, and bragging and spanking, suddenly fell silent when they saw that there was no order.
The servants glanced over with cold eyes. They pressed their hands on the handles of their knives and looked at the scholars opposite with unkind eyes.
Lin Yueru and Xiao Niangpi immediately placed Yang Fan in the middle, one on the left and the other on the right, and looked at him intently.
The young lady touched the gun on the back of her waist with her leather hands. Lin Yueru pressed both hands on the mother-and-son mandarin duck stuck in the back of her belt.
Yang Fan waved his hand and told everyone not to be nervous, they were just a few scholars.
"Yang Fan is an ordinary person. He does not deserve the name of your hero."
