Datang: Stop pretending, you are a peerless expert

Traveling to the Tang Dynasty, Su Yu should say that his luck is neither bad nor bad.

Better than ordinary farmers, he finally has a Zhuangzi and servants to serve him.

Especially the girl Xue Ji, her skin is fairer than snow, and she is watery.

But it's not much better.

Yunyang County is located in the northwest corner of Chang'an. The land is not fertile, and the climate is not good, with droughts and floods.

The biggest problem is Turkic harassment.

When we first crossed over five years ago, the farmers in Zhuangzi had no food to eat and no clothes to keep them warm. It was really pitiful.

Relying on his own seeds, Su Yu led everyone to exert self-reliance and hard work, and the strategy of digging deep holes and accumulating grain has expanded the scale of Zhuangzi by more than ten times.

There is a lot of food in Zhuangzi, and the people of Zhuangzi live and work in peace and contentment.

Those well-informed tried their best to get into Zhuangzi and make Su Yu a villager.

Especially pretty girls want to marry into Sujiazhuang.

Su Yu didn't want to be too ostentatious. After the number of village residents reached [-], they stopped entering.

The county magistrate of Yunyang County was busy dealing with the Turks, so he was not clear about the situation in Sujiazhuang and had no time to ask.

Su Yu is happy to be at ease, being a noble son of a happy salted fish.

It's okay to engage in production, tease Xue Ji, life is leisurely and leisurely.

Er Mazi went out for a while, bowing his waist to lead the way.

Old Chen was amazed, who could make Er Mazi nod and bow to lead the way?
Not a thief?

You must know that the villagers of Sujiazhuang are more arrogant than ordinary landlords when they go out.

Ordinary landlords only have two full meals in the morning and evening, and the dogs in Sujiazhuang eat better than them.

Er Mazi usually treats those thieves like a bully.

Two women walked in from behind, one in her 30s, wearing a sable fur and a gold hairpin on her head.

Behind him was a young woman with a sword at her waist, a large cloak and boots on her feet.

Because of the cold, her cheeks were a little flushed, but her complexion was good.

This kind of dressing temperament is definitely not a starving person, let alone a thief.

"What's going on? Why did you break into my Sujiazhuang?"

Su Yu sat down, took a piece of beef and put it in the hot pot to boil the beef.

"This is the young master of our Sujiazhuang, don't you have something to say to him?"

Er Mazi looked stern and soft inside, wanted to play tricks but didn't dare.

Su Yu is not surprised, this middle-aged woman in her 30s is definitely not an ordinary wealthy family, she may be the daughter of a wealthy family.

Qiwang, the five surnames of the Great Tang Dynasty, although most of the children of the rich and powerful families are ineffective, there are also good ones.

"Why did you two spy on my manor, intending to steal?"

Old Chen was so murderous that he dared to ask questions.

"presumptuous."

snapped the young woman.

The middle-aged woman immediately raised her hand to stop, while the young woman bowed her head and retreated.

"My concubine is a grain merchant in Chang'an. Due to the recent heavy snowstorms, the price of grain in Chang'an has been high. I want to see if there is any grain in the surrounding counties that I can buy back."

The young woman next to her seemed very alert, for fear that the middle-aged woman would be in danger.

Su Yu glanced at the young woman with a murderous look, very similar to Old Chen.

The middle-aged woman said quickly: "My concubine's surname is Sun, and people call me Aunt Sun. This is my bodyguard, Shangguan Yun."

It is normal for a businessman to walk outside with a personal guard.

Moreover, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, years of wars were fought, and now Zhenguan was changed to Yuanyan Wu Xiuwen. Many soldiers were dismissed and returned to the fields, and many of them worked as bodyguards.

As for a woman doing business in public, this is also normal.

Why?

Because the Sui and Tang Dynasties inherited the style of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

At that time, there were many Xianbei people in the north, and the Hu and Han were mixed together. It was common for women to wear Hu clothes, ride horses and drive cars, walk in princely families, and even go to court.

Although a woman cannot be an official, but the family affairs are handled internally and externally, and women can also go.

That's why Emperor Wendi's wife, Empress Dugu, was so powerful.

"So that's it. My name is Su Yu, the owner of this Zhuangzi. The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the chaos of the world is for profit. It is Tao Zhugong's way for merchants to buy cheap and sell expensive. However, you have also seen the situation around you. , there is still a shortage of grain at the feet of the Emperor Chang'an, and Yunyang County has had no harvest since the autumn flood, so if you want to buy grain here, you are just looking for fish."

Su Yu ate another piece of beef, which was smooth and chewy.

"What you said is true. I came from Chang'an, and there were starving people on the way. The porridge from the government was as thin as soup. I asked a few landlords, and they all said that there was no food to sell."

Aunt Sun was very worried and looked sad.

"Xue Ji, you are a guest when you come to the door, bring a pair of bowls and chopsticks for Aunt Sun and Miss Shangguan."

Su Yu has received a complete nine-year compulsory education, respecting the old, loving the young and being polite, which is the most basic moral character.

Aunt Sun is old and it is snowing heavily. It is inappropriate to eat hot pot by herself while others stand.

Xue Ji came over with two sets of bowls and chopsticks.

"Madam, please sit down, Miss, please sit down."

Xue Ji pulled out the chair.

Aunt Sun was very generous, without any pretentiousness, she just sat down.

Shangguan Yun put away the cloak for Aunt Sun and sat down too.

The water in the hot pot boiled, Gululu was steaming, and the peppers and butter were rolling.

Aunt Sun stared at the hot pot, the chopsticks in her hand stopped in mid-air.

Looking at the oddly shaped hot pot, Aunt Sun asked, "Mr. Su, what is this?"

Most of the food in the Tang Dynasty was mutton soup cakes. Even for soup, they used tripods, and they had never seen hot pot.

"Oh, this is hot pot. I made it myself. Spring, summer, autumn and winter are suitable for all seasons. And no matter what is delicious, just put it in."

Aunt Sun picked up a piece of meat, her face twitched slightly immediately. This is, beef?
"Eat it, fresh beef, you can't eat it anywhere else."

Aunt Sun imitated Su Yu, put the beef in a hot pot and put it in her mouth.

hiss.
The chill on the road just now disappeared, and my whole body felt warm.

"Mr. Su, what did you put in this pot? Why does this concubine feel like the cold air is gone after eating a piece of beef?"

"Oh, it's called chili pepper, and it's the best way to keep out the cold."

"Chili? What is a chili?"

This one
In modern society, a three-year-old would know what a chili pepper is.

But in the Tang Dynasty, the explanation is not clear.

This has to wait until the great geographical discovery, brought back from the Americas.

"It's a condiment to keep the cold out."

"Xue Ji, where's the green vegetables? Haven't come up yet?"

Xue Ji immediately brought up a plate of green vegetables.

"Come on, eat some green vegetables to relieve the tiredness."

Aunt Sun and Shangguan Yun's eyeballs were about to fall out.

In the middle of winter, there are green vegetables?
Isn't this Su Yu a god?