The house in Huaiyuanfang was extremely lively. Huaiyu was commanding the two poles and several soldiers, and the servants were killing sheep, two at a time.
"If it's not the New Year or the festival, what's the point of killing sheep? Kill two of them. Isn't that okay?"
Lao Wu just came back from taking a bath. When he saw the formation in the front yard, he couldn't help scolding him.
"Aye, this sheep is rationed by the imperial court, and I didn't spend any money to buy it. Besides, when you come to Chang'an today, why don't you have a wedding banquet?"
Senior officials of the fifth rank and above have a lot of benefits. For example, officials of the fourth and fifth ranks are provided with nine sheep a month, and officials of the third rank are provided with 12 sheep. Princes to officials of the first and second ranks are provided with 20 sheep every month.
We also supply pork every month.
The fourth and fifth grade officials are actually very high, and they are all important positions, such as governor, commander of the army, young eunuch, Zhongshu Sheren, gaoshizhong, admonishing the officials, censor Zhongcheng, Neichangsi, various ministers, and so on.
Xu Erzhangzi peeled off the skin skillfully and said with a smile, "Uncle Wu, you can enjoy it for a while. Things are not as good as before. Your two sons in Fei robes and a son-in-law in purple robes eat sheep every day. There is no shortage of them."
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As they were talking, Ma Zhoudong came back from his duty. Tomorrow is Li Shimin's enthronement ceremony. He, the close attendant, was also very busy. Just after he left his duty, he heard that his future father-in-law was coming and wanted to see him, so he didn't even change his clothes.
Come over quickly.
"Why did my brother-in-law bring so many things and two sheep?"
"I've already killed two sheep. It would be a waste to kill more." Lao Wu has been frugal all his life, but now his son is so extravagant. He is really not used to it. If he hadn't seen his son wearing a scarlet robe now, he would have whipped him.
Huaiyu now only has three concubines, and Fan Xuanfu, who is as familiar as walking in his own hall. He also has four servants, four servants, and twelve slaves who have just arrived from Longzhou.
Huaiyu smiled, after the conditions were improved, we couldn't continue to have wheat rice, millet porridge, and pimple soup every day as before. Did we really think that the emperor and the empress were eating pancakes in the palace every day?
Marinate two fresh lamb hind legs and roast them later.
In the Tang Dynasty, the basic sign of a noble's power was to have servants. If a family had no servants to follow them when they went out, and no servants at home, how dare they claim to be a noble?
Even the average wealthy family has to buy two slaves as soon as they get rich.
After hearing this, Lao Wu felt very relieved, although he still felt in his heart that many people might freeze to death in that cold winter and not see the warmth of spring.
Huaiyu thought it was a little fatter, but everyone thought it was particularly delicious, especially the one where you can feel the oil oozing out after you take a bite, which is the best.
"What, sheep scorpions? Why have I never heard of scorpions growing on sheep?" Lao Wu was confused. Can he still eat these scorpions?
The lamb is grilled very well, especially the grilled lamb kidneys, which are wrapped in white net oil and grilled. They are really crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The lamb skewers grilled from the hind legs are very large, sandwiched between two pieces of lamb.
A piece of sheep tail oil will become sizzling and oily when roasted over a charcoal fire.
Although winter is cold, there is no winter that will not pass!"
Two sheep, as well as venison, pork, chicken, and duck. Although Ma Zhou is now at the fifth level, he has been specially given Zijin. His welfare benefits follow those of the third level. Three more sheep are given every month.
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The sheep's lungs will not be wasted. After cleaning them, pour the batter into the sheep's lungs. The whole sheep's lungs will be full and swollen, white and fat, and then cook them in the pot. It will be another delicacy.
For example, Huaiyu has six horses now. The guy eats one horse as if it were five strong men, and the six horses are all war horses. They only eat millet as if they were thirty young men, and they don't have to constantly add sperm to them.
It turns out that most people can't afford to raise a horse like this.
There is also Yang Bao Sheep Pencil, which is both delicious and tonic when grilled.
The fried chicken and duck stewed in ale were all snatched up.
In the glorious imperial capital of Chang'an, one-third of the people are slaves, and the other third are craftsmen and merchants who specialize in serving aristocratic officials. Not only the royal nobles and powerful men use slaves in large numbers,
There are also a large number of official slaves and slaves in the government offices, and even in the many temples in Chang'an, there are many slaves, but they call them pure people.
As for Lao Wu, the Liu family, the Wang family, Huaiyu and his three concubines, the eldest sister and the younger sister, plus two nieces, Ma Zhou, Fatty Wu who came over to eat, Cheng Chumo and Niu Jian from the next door.
Wu, together with Hou San who came with Lao Wu today, Wu Cheng's family and Fan Xuanfu's sword maid.
Nowadays, there are so many people in the martial arts house in Huaiyuanfang. If there are too few people, there really won’t be enough food.
Two Tongzhou sheep were slaughtered and they had a sheep-killing feast.
If you use the term "horse slave", "Qiang slave", "Slang slave", etc., it will not show your identity.
Night falls.
Sitting on the corridor in the courtyard, Lao Wu couldn't help but recall the past. When he was young, he was hungry and cold. When he was young, he sold goods and carried burdens. He even went far away from the Great Wall to sell cattle and horses. Later, he conquered Liaodong, served as a soldier in the government, and rose up from the dragon. In this life,
I have endured so much hardship and never imagined that I would be able to enjoy such blessings as my sons when I am approaching old age.
No wonder Huaiyu often read history books in the past that said some officials worked in Beijing. Those who were too poor could not support their families and had to borrow debts from Beijing. At that time, he thought that officials' salaries and benefits were also great, but now he understands that becoming an official has to support a large family.
Not to mention, you still have to have servants, raise horses and cars, even buy a house and pay rent, etc. Living in the capital is more expensive.
I have to admire people in this era. They usually lack oil, salt, and no non-staple food. They are often half hungry and not full. They really eat freely. It is really amazing. Even the children of Wucheng Housan and other families
, both ate more than Huaiyu.
Huaiyu is a person who enjoys things under conditions and will not be too harsh on himself.
The sheep and scorpions received unanimous praise. Although it lacked some seasonings, they still praised it and said it was delicious.
For these twelve slaves, two of them were young Turks, he planned to make arrangements to feed the horses first. He now has six horses and two mules. There must be someone to take care of them. The horses must be intensively raised, and they must even be fed with night grass at night.
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"The twelve slaves you brought back from Longyou should quickly arrange for them to farm in Zhuangzi. If they stay in Chang'an city every day, they will be poor."
"I heard that the price of food in Chang'an is now as high as a thousand dollars per meter. We still have a lot of fish and meat, so we have to be frugal. Sometimes we have to remember that there is no time..."
More than fifty people, two sheep, one chicken, one duck, and some vegetables were all eaten, and they even ate several large pots of soup cakes.
Lao Wu kept saying it was a waste, but he ate a lot. In the end, he patted his belly and drank hawthorn water, but he was extremely satisfied.
Even those wealthy families are very particular about their slaves. They use Silla maids in the backyard, who are docile and obedient, and Kunlun slaves in the outer courtyard, but the black ones are strong and capable. The alangs even buy one or two Orchid slaves, and they also
It must be from Persia.
Lamb chops are also great for grilling.
A sumptuous banquet was also prepared. Lao Wu sighed as he looked at the table full of dishes.
Look at my son's scarlet robe, and then see that I can only wear green robe, I can't bear it.
For example, Lao Wu used to be a seventh-grade brigade commander, but he was very frugal in raising a large family. His wife and daughter had to raise silkworms and weave cloth. As a brigade commander, he still had to work in the fields, and the little income from the fields was enough to cover expenses.
There were too many places, and the Imperial Guards had to prepare their own weapons, raise horses, and even have enough meat to practice martial arts.
The freshly slaughtered sheep, the fresh sheep blood in the abdominal cavity, and the fresh chopped mutton, then take the cleaned sheep intestines, pour the sheep blood and chopped mutton into the sheep intestines, this is an authentic sheep blood
Intestinal delicacies.
"Second pole, you didn't pick the mutton cleanly. There's still so much meat on the bones."
"Sister, kill one of the chickens and ducks that your brother-in-law brought, and add two dishes." Huaiyu said with a smile.
The lamb hind legs are grilled on skewers, sprinkled with cumin and salt, the outside is charred and the inside is tender and full of flavor. The lamb kidneys are wrapped in mutton fat and grilled together, which is fragrant and tender.
"Don't worry, I have my own arrangements."
When Yu'e heard that Ma Zhou was coming, she quickly put down what she was doing and came to greet him. She took him to say hello to Lao Wu, her face full of sweetness.
Huaiyu poured a glass of home-brewed ale for Lao Wu, "Ah, the current predicament is only temporary. His Royal Highness the Prince personally taught the arrogant Turks a lesson in Xianyang. Now various armies are shrinking the encirclement. The one who is really panicking is Jieli.
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It won't be long before we make these wolf cubs pay a heavy price, and the price of food will naturally come down.
The home-brewed ale is very sweet and a little sour, but not as intoxicating as drinking beer.
"Uncle Wu, Erlang specially told me to leave more meat on the lamb spine. Then the whole skeleton will be used to make a braised lamb scorpion."
About fifty people.
Huaiyu was skewering oil-wrapped kidneys and came over and said, "This sheep scorpion is actually a sheep skeleton. After trimming the meat, does the skeleton look like a scorpion? The bones are meaty and are best eaten when braised in braise.
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Those whose performance is average will be sent to the farm.
Slaves are quite comfortable to use, but at least they have to take care of food, drink, clothing and housing. Generally, slaves do not create any production value and are purely consumer goods.
"His Highness gave you a reward today. I heard that my uncle was coming, so I brought them all."
He also arranged pots to stew mutton, hand-stemmed mutton, and basin mutton.
Huaiyu was worried that these children would be full, so after the meal, he quickly boiled some hawthorn water for everyone to drink, and treated it as a digestion aid.
On the contrary, Huaiyu thought the roasted lamb hind leg was very good, but they all thought it was a bit dry, not tender and juicy enough, and to put it bluntly, it didn't look like a skewer with lamb tail oil in it.
Lao Wu saw that the courtyard was full of people, with so many mouths, and how much food they had to eat in a day. Even if the imperial court provided nine sheep every month, it would not be able to withstand such a situation.
For the remaining ten, there must be someone to serve and serve in the front yard, and someone must look after the house and the courtyard. The loyal, honest, and diligent ones among them will be paired with slave girls first, so that there will also be servants in the backyard, and the slaves will be able to give birth to children after they are paired.
When you are born, you are a slave to the family, which also increases your value.
"You really know how to eat." Lao Wu felt helpless.
"Yeah, I'll make you fried chicken later, it's delicious."
Facing Ma Zhou, who was still wearing a purple robe and wearing a gold fish charm, saluting him, Lao Wu was still a little restrained. He really didn't expect that the scholar who was so poor when he came to Longqiao was now purple with wealth.
"Dalang Erlang, everything you have now is given by His Highness the Crown Prince. You must be loyal to His Highness the Crown Prince, be grateful as people, and never forget your roots."
Overhead, the sky is filled with stars.
"The weather will be nice tomorrow."
"Well, the prince will be crowned tomorrow, and God will be happy!"
