Chapter 1048: Spare the Bones

In areas such as Weizhou and Minzhou that developed earlier, the Tibetan people practice Han rituals, wear Han clothes, and speak Chinese. Except for a few traditional large-scale festivals, there is not much difference from the Han people at other times.

Even so, Su You also designed many follow-ups for them, such as mobilizing elites from various ministries to participate in the construction of the Song Dynasty.

Nowadays, the Tibetan people from Shaanxi have taught local soldiers animal husbandry techniques as far away as New Songzhou.

There are also many who work in the ranches of the Han people in the interior, from Nanhai, Shuzhong, Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang, to today's Beiyuan Prison.

The Zhe family's loyalty to the Song Dynasty court is actually quite high, which can be seen from the current choices of the Zhe family.

Linfu Road fine wool is now also the flagship product of Zhejia, but it is too heavy and luxurious to make scribes' robes. Therefore, in the winter in the north, what is popular now is woolen coats made of imitation of military uniforms, with shirts and sweaters inside.

More suitable for riding.

The people of Bianjing also go to great lengths to pursue new styles. The rogue children in Beijing can get a pair of gray woolen wide-leg military trousers and leather boots or an armed belt from their father and brother, which is enough for them to show off to their companions for a while.

New Army clothing, with its simple, practical, tough and majestic style, has become a counter-fashion element in the Confucian-style Bianjing City and is extremely popular among young people.

There are even many young people who join the army just for the crisp and stylish new army uniform.

Huteng is a soup made from gourds.

There are many kinds of gourds. In the Song Dynasty, there were gourds specially used as vegetables.

The inedible gourd is called "gourd", and the edible gourd is called "gourd". The former is hard, the latter is fat and tender, the former is bitter, and the latter is sweet. The former can be made into a container when dried, and the latter can be stewed into soup after being cut into slices.

Soup.

Peel the skin and bones of the lamb legs and body, cut into large pieces, use grass fruits as condiments, stew into a large pot of mutton soup, filter out the foam, take the cooked mutton out of the pot and slice it into slices;

Then take six gourds, scoop out the tender flesh, scrape off the outer skin, and cut them into slices;

Mix noodles with ginger juice and roll into noodles;

Stir-fry gourd slices, mutton slices and scallions together, add mutton soup, bring to a boil, add noodles and cook, and finally season with salt and vinegar, this is gourd soup.

Su You gave a personal introduction to everyone present: "The old historian was also an old Western Army. After defecting to his relatives in Beijing, he opened this shop. The taste is good and the portion is generous, and it became famous. It is combined with Beijing gourd and is quite unique."

In this short period of time, Su You became a regular customer at Lao Shi's place. When Lao Shi saw it, he came over to say hello: "The official has been away for a while, please come in and invite us!"

"I recently went on a business trip." Su You smiled and asked, "Old Shi, where is your 'rare guy'?"

Old Shi Nan smiled and said: "I sent Dongcheng to school. I was saying that the boy was sitting in front of the shop to solicit business. When the superior officer saw that the boy didn't know how to study, he asked and stopped him from hawking."

"I thought it happened that the official Rende opened a primary school, and the books were all ready-made and free of charge. It would be good to be able to read and calculate accounts in the future, so I asked my wife to send them there early in the morning."

Su You said: "Going from the west to the east of the city will waste your time all morning, and you will have to work even harder, Old Shi."

"It's worth it." Lao Shi had a smile on his face: "This good guy came back with a small certificate of some sort yesterday, and two candies. He said he won first place in the class in arithmetic. Let's count.

Sent by sir, this is what... the glorious lintel?"

Su You laughed and said, "That's right. Jian Tian is sitting at the door watching you doing business. He is better than other children in terms of addition and subtraction."

Lao Shi Huagang is also famous in Beijing. The adults are too busy, so they let the boys in the family sit at the door.

The boy was also smart. When he was bored at the door, he shouted: "Spare the bones - spare the bones -"

It means that if you come to my house to eat gourd soup, in addition to the gourd soup, you will also get a bone.

Over time, this hawking method became a signature of Shijia Hugen.

Su You smiled and said: "Old Shi, the few we are entertaining today are veterans from the Western Army, and they are all experts at eating yokan. You should cheer up and take care of them!"

"Let's take a look at these gentlemen!" Lao Shi became more energetic: "Old guest officials must show respect, so give each of you a big bone!"

After a while, the gourd soup was brought up. After a few people tasted it, Zhe Jizu smiled and said: "It's really good. After leaving Shaanxi, you can still taste the taste of Qin's yokan. Mingrun is a guest who is very considerate."

Lao Shi brought up a plate of minced green garlic and said, "The sheep in Bianjing are incomparable to those in Qinzhou. After listening to the officials' instructions, I was asked to add a few pieces of mutton to each bowl of mutton soup and fry it.

The gluten is removed, and the blanched skin is left on the meat, so the taste becomes much richer.”

Several people looked at each other and smiled. Yes, this is the living ancestor of Song Dynasty Food. If he can give you some advice, the business of your small shop will be booming.

Zhong Ji picked up the mutton soup and said, "Mingrun, I've worked hard for you this time and I won't thank you for your kindness."

Su You picked up the mutton soup and walked away from him: "It is best not to mix personal feelings into national affairs. And if you make the same mistake again and again, it will be handled improperly."

"When you are in a high position, you must be more careful and vigilant. Don't think that you have become a big shot and forget your original intention of being happy for a long time with a bowl of yokan."

"What I am careful about is not you, but the relationship between the Western Army and the Shaanxi Transportation Department. Why was it that when you and I were in Shaanxi, we could get along well civilly and militaryly and help with national affairs, but not today?"

"I bring you to this small food stall to sit down and experience the taste. Don't think that you are no longer ordinary, that is your original intention."

Fan Chunren went to Qingzhou. Because of the heavy rain in Shaanxi, he decisively decided to open the Changping warehouse to release grain to help the victims.

Subordinate officials requested to report to the court first and wait for approval. Fan Chunren said: "When there is an approval, it will be too late. I will bear this responsibility alone."

Later, he moved Wen Huanqing to the garrison and asked them to assist in disaster relief.

Theoretically speaking, this is illegal. I am very cautious in interpreting the species and it is for the sake of the family, so of course I will reject it.

However, there was a man named Jiangfan who had a personal grudge. He thought this was an opportunity, so he led his army to help Fan Chunren.

You could have turned a blind eye to this matter, but you could have reported it to the court and requested that the subordinate be punished.

Of course, Fan Chunren also wanted to protect that person, so he carried out impeachment accusations regardless of the overall situation first, and public revenge later.

In order to protect himself, Zhong Zhu immediately counterattacked and impeached Fan Chunren for falsely reporting the number of victims, opening a permanent warehouse privately, distributing disaster relief grains in excess, and lining his own pockets.

Fan Zhongyan governed Shaanxi and was kind to the Zhong family. Since then, the relationship between the two families has been very good, but now a huge rift appeared.

Zhao Xu sent envoys to investigate.

It coincided with the harvest of winter wheat, and the people rushed to tell each other: "Master saved us, how can we let him suffer?"

They scrambled day and night to deliver grain to Changpingcang. By the time the envoy arrived in Shaanxi, there was no shortage of grain in Changpingcang.

After investigation, it was found that Fan Chunren had indeed opened a Chang Ping warehouse privately and should be punished, but his heart was good and the results were good.

Because of the tense relationship with the military, the imperial court transferred him to Zhiqizhou, but immediately sent his brother Fan Chunquan to the Shaanxi Road transfer judge, followed closely by Jin transfer deputy envoy. The purpose of this was very obvious to warn the Zhong family.

Except for the fact that he privately opened Changpingcang, Fan Chunren's other charges were purely malicious fabrications by Zhong Ji, so Zhong Ji was also dismissed from his post, and was demoted from the rank of military envoy to the governor of Huanzhou.

After Su You found out about this, he fished out Zhong Ji and prepared to let him take up a position in the Royal Military Academy.

After all, he has the title of "Xiao Yinjun". He is a rare figure among military ministers who has both civil and military skills. As the commander of the military academy, there is no problem with his ability.
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