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One hundred gold was brought up by Ge Qingyuan's son and placed in front of Zhao Junsheng, but Zhao Junsheng cupped his fists at Ge Qingyuan and said, "Chief Ge, it takes a lot of manpower to prepare meals for the army accompanying the royal family. I want to share with you." Discuss, I will lend you this precious land to cook for the army, and call two hundred capable women and two hundred men from your village to help cook, and each person will have fifteen dollars a day, including food and drink. In addition, you have to buy livestock, grain and fine wine in your Ge Township. The livestock will be slaughtered and sent over. In the early morning of tomorrow, you will have to prepare meals for 4000 people. Please ask Patriarch Ge to arrange all of these. In short, this hundred catties will cost Until your Ge Township runs out, you won’t take a single copper coin away! Take it from the people and use it for the people, hahaha... Patriarch Ge, is this official enough?"

"It's really shameless, you can act good when you get cheap!" Ge Qingyuan cursed in his heart, he looked at Zhao Junsheng and said, "Zhao Canjun really has a good plan. He prepares meals for the army in Ge Township. There are enough manpower and How easy it is to have a ready-made venue and enough cooking utensils!"

"Hahaha, Clan Chief Ge has sharp eyesight and mutual benefit! Patriarch Ge don't feel sorry for the hundred gold, just like you said yourself, just spend money to buy peace!"

In the middle of the night, under Ge Qingyuan's arrangement, two hundred nimble women and two hundred strong men rushed to a piece of grass near Ge Qingyuan's home. They brought cooking utensils from various families and set up an open-air simple stove. The whole venue was brightly lit, and carts of food and freshly slaughtered meat, eggs, and vegetables were brought over.

Zhao Junsheng asked the women to boil oil with lard, and taught the method of cooking. He used pork bones and mutton bones to make soup, and used ginger, garlic, sauces, vinegar, cinnamon, horns, etc. as seasonings.

These women and strong men are working in full swing, and the unheard-of cooking method makes the cooking women feel strange and fresh

, but the aroma from the cooking process wafts far away, making these workers swallow their saliva.

Before dawn, Zhao Junsheng saw that the food was cooked, and immediately asked Ge Qingyuan to organize the strong men to pull up the trolley and send the food, dishes and soup to the post station.

After the meals were delivered to the post station, Zhao Junsheng sent people to invite the owners of the two armies to explain, and asked them to organize their soldiers to line up to receive the meals. There should be no crowding and other disturbances, and everything should be arranged in an orderly manner.

The staple food in the morning is steamed cakes, and the dishes are fried poached eggs, pork fried with celery and fungus, and braised pork. The cooks in the army are responsible for distributing meals to the soldiers, as well as a large bucket of pork bone soup. You can drink as much as you want.

Neither Wandugui and the officials of the prefect's mansion, nor the generals of the Suiyang Town Army and the Huben Army had ever seen cooking. A burst of fragrant smell permeated the entire post station. Startled.

"Hahaha, the taste is really good! Zhao Junsheng, you did a good job!" Wan Dugui, who was full of oil, patted Zhao Junsheng on the shoulder and praised, and then said: "This afternoon, the royal driver, the escort soldiers and horses, and the entourage The officials are about to arrive, and the meals will follow this standard, but in the afternoon, we need to prepare some fine wines! We don’t need to drink them, but if those old guards want to drink but they don’t have any, it will be difficult to deal with!”

Zhao Junsheng clasped his hands and said, "Don't worry, general, the subordinates have made arrangements! However...tonight and tomorrow morning's ingredients have already used up all the money borrowed from Chief Ge. So what if the imperial driver arrives at Liangzhuang Station tomorrow?" Arrangement? You also know that in this world, without money, it is impossible to move an inch!"

Wan Dugui's complexion turned bad again, he pointed at Zhao Junsheng and said, "You kid just made me happy for a while, but you immediately came to make trouble for me! Well, this general also knows that this job is difficult for you. I will go find you in the future. You will not be allowed to come forward about the borrowing of money from the households. You only need to be responsible for arranging the meals for 6000 people! As for the borrowing of money, this general asked Mr. Liu to lead the people! You just ask him for money! "

Zhao Junsheng was overjoyed, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, General, for understanding your difficulties!"

Walking out of the post station, Zhao Junsheng said to Ge Qingyuan: "Chief Ge, the general is very satisfied with the food and dishes, and you can see that these soldiers, generals and officials are also eating very happily! Go back and let the working women and strong men eat, and open their bellies Eat, and continue to work when you are full. In the afternoon, you will have to prepare food and soup for 6000 people, which is three times more than in the morning! Also, please send someone to bring all the wine over when you get back!"

"Okay, okay! Do you still cook the same dish in the afternoon?"

"No, at noon I will go over and teach the women how to cook a few new dishes!"

After Shenshi in the afternoon, Zhao Junsheng was still directing the village women and young men in Gexiang to prepare meals, wine, meat, soup and water for 6000 people, and he had no time to stand in the ranks of officials to welcome the arrival of Yujia.

At the moment of Shenshi, a large number of banners appeared at the end of the road in the distance. In the front were some eunuchs holding signs of "Quiet" and "Avoidance", followed by a large number of cavalry. Six columns of cavalry filled the entire road.

As the team approached, many people saw a tall canopy umbrella in front of the team. Under the big canopy umbrella was a young general in golden armor riding a tall snow-white horse. Few people wanted to wait for the team to get closer to see the emperor Tuoba Tao's face clearly, but a loud shout came out: "The town general of Suiyang and the prefect of Liang County Wan Dugui led more than a hundred officials, generals and schools in the county to welcome your majesty. !"

Everyone immediately prostrated themselves on the ground and shouted: "Welcome to Your Majesty!"

Chapter 84

The army stopped. Tuoba Tao was tall, strong, and fierce. He wore a gold helmet and armor, with a sword hanging from his waist. Du Gui helped him up and smiled, "Uncle Wan, get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wan Dugui got up and followed Tuoba Tao and walked forward, the ministers and eunuchs in charge also got off their horses one after another and led the young eunuchs to follow.

Tuoba Tao stood at the entrance of the station and pointed to the station and said: "The house in this station is well repaired, better than the stations where I rested along the way. Is this specially built to welcome me?"

Wan Dugui hurriedly said: "That's not true, the post stations in the entire county have been repaired and rectified recently, and they were not specially done to welcome His Majesty!"

Tuoba Tao nodded, he was afraid that the local governments would try their best to whitewash the peace in order to welcome him. Although the purpose of this southern tour was to frighten the Southern Dynasty and appease the southern generals, he did not want to bring too much trouble to the various places. burden.

Suddenly found a wooden sign hanging at the door, looked carefully, and couldn't help laughing: "Why is there still a sign at the door that says you will pay first before staying in the restaurant? Are you worried about merchants and officials eating overlord meals?"

"This..." Wan Dugui's face trembled, and he clasped his fists and said, "Return to Your Majesty, the merchants will not renege on their debts, but the officials... really eat the king's meal. So does the Law Office. There is no way, I really can’t afford to lose money, so I can only force the stations to collect money before staying in the restaurant for dinner, otherwise they will not receive them. It is necessary to allocate a large amount of money to allow the Law Enforcement Office to receive officials who are away on business, which will cost a lot!"

Tuoba Tao's face changed slightly, he knew that since Liang County was like this, what about other counties?I'm afraid that the officials don't give money for food, drink and accommodation.

He took the lead and walked into the post station, followed by Wan Dugui and some ministers.

The accompanying soldiers and horses outside the post station, the entourage of the officials, and the eunuchs all began to camp in the designated open spaces and fields.

It didn't take long for Zhao Junsheng to bring a large number of young men from Gexiang to bring food, wine, meat, dishes and soup by cart.

The staple food for this meal is rice, and only the Ge family grows rice nearby. To make this meal, the Ge family used up [-] catties of rice.

Dishes are stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork, braised mutton, braised carp cubes, and mutton bone soup.

Zhao Junsheng looked up at the sky, and at this moment, Shen Shi was about to pass, so he immediately walked towards the post station, but was stopped by a sentry post set up by the Habayashi Army nearby.

Zhao Junsheng was about to say goodbye to the soldiers, but saw the eunuch Zong Tai coming out, and quickly waved: "Eunuch Zong, Eunuch Zong!"

Zong Tai turned his head and saw that it was Zhao Junsheng who was in charge of the food. He came over and asked, "Zhao Canjun, what's the matter, the food is ready?"

"It's ready. You can see that it will be dark soon. It's dark and the mosquitoes and flies are biting, and the light is not good. Do you want the soldiers to have dinner earlier?"

Zong Tai saw that the escorting Habayashi Army and Huben Army had already set up their tents, and immediately agreed: "Okay, let's have dinner earlier today, and our family will ask a little eunuch to notify the owners of each building one by one, or follow the morning schedule. Rules, line up for meals, let the cooks get ready!"

"Understood, I'll arrange it now!"

As soon as the meal started, the outside became lively, and there were many queues in front of the food stall, which were so long that you couldn't see the end at a glance.

As soon as the lid of the wooden barrel for steaming rice was opened, a strong aroma of rice spread, and all the soldiers couldn't help sniffling. The aroma of steamed rice and dishes made the soldiers who lined up to receive meals They all moved their index fingers.

The bustling sound spread into the inn, and the smell of food and dishes also spread with the air. Tuoba Tao, who was sitting and drinking tea in the lobby of the inn, was suddenly taken aback: "Hey, it smells so good! Uncle Wan, what kind of scent is this?" ?”

Wan Dugui clasped his fists and said: "Return to Your Majesty, this is a meal for the accompanying soldiers, officials, entourage and palace personnel!"

"Gulong, Gulong" Tuoba Tao's stomach rang twice, and he laughed loudly: "Hahaha

, When you said dinner, I was hungry too.Let's go, let's have a look, and see what delicious food you, the prefect of Liang County, have prepared for the big guys! "

A large group of court officials and famous military generals followed Tuoba Tao to the place where the meal was served. The closer they got, the louder their stomachs growled, and many of them swallowed their saliva.

Tuoba Tao grabbed a soldier who was eating and asked, "Is it delicious? How does it taste?"

Seeing that the soldier was the emperor, he hurriedly wanted to bow down and salute, but was stopped by Tuoba Tao, and immediately said: "It's so delicious, the villain has never eaten such a delicious meal!"

Tuoba Tao asked several soldiers in a row, and they all answered like this, which aroused his curiosity, and he came to a meal place and said, "Give me one!"

An eunuch next to him immediately brought a jade bowl and several exquisite porcelain plates, and asked the cook to make a full bowl of rice, each dish was made separately, and finally a bowl of soup was brought.

Tuoba Tao took the ivory chopsticks and began to eat, all the ministers and generals looked at him,

"What kind of food is this? It's crystal clear and plump, why is it so sweet? It's so delicious!" Tuoba Tao asked vaguely while eating.

An official from the south immediately said, "Your Majesty, this is called rice!"

Stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork, stewed mutton and braised carp cubes are all delicious. For Tuoba Tao, who has never eaten stir-fried vegetables, these dishes are really delicious. He ate five bowls of rice in a row and added more dishes several times.

"Your Majesty, stop eating!" Eunuch Zong Tai reminded.

Tuoba Tao also knew that eating too much at one time is easy to overeat, so he reluctantly put down the bowls and chopsticks, but immediately instructed: "Buy the cooking methods of these foods and bring them back to the palace. Remember to give money, how should I say it?" This is also their secret recipe!"