Chapter 1,163 Spicy Soup

Oh my God! If the common people knew about this, they would have to block the whole north of the city!

When we came to the north of the city, along the main road leading out of the city gate, there were indeed many restaurants, tile houses, and even hook bars on both sides.

Su You smiled and said: "It's a good place brought by Lao Liu. It's a bit like Bianjing City."

Old Liu compensated with a smile and said: "I dare you to let Ming Gong know that in the past ten years, the city of Zhengzhou has undergone earth-shaking changes. The old system of transferring wealth from all over the world to the capital was changed by Ming Gong, and what happened was

The prosperous scene of Sanji and Sifu."

Su You shook his head: "Every item in the dynasty system has its own historical background. Not only was this system correct when the country was founded, it was actually necessary and was good for stabilizing the country."

"After years of development, the system gradually failed to adapt to the situation. Tens of millions of people gathered in Bianjing City, and the issue of the Xiang Army's embargo became a huge cancer for our dynasty's redundant troops. It embezzled a huge amount of the country's fiscal revenue. The disadvantages far outweighed the benefits.

, that’s why we had to change it.”

Ouyang laughed and said: "It is said that His Majesty the Su family can accompany you, even children. This is really impressive. Old Liu is an old man. If he says it casually, you have to patiently explain the national affairs to him."

Su You also laughed: "The more people understand the court's policy system, the more supporters there will be. Every issue of the Bianjing Times publishes these, just to let the people know the policies behind the court's major policies.

Background, and everyone is welcome to ask questions.”

"Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. If Old Liu Tou knows this, he might explain it to his descendants when he returns home, and pass it on to ten, and from ten to a hundred. This is considered a contribution to the country, don't you think so, Old Liu Tou?"

Old Liu Tou looked embarrassed: "How dare you? In fact, the prefect is right. The old man really just said it casually."

"Hahaha..." Su You didn't care: "Yeah, it's useless to say so much. The most important thing is to let the people have enough to eat. It's like your eunuch has been chatting with me for a whole day. What's the use?

None, the key is that this meal must satisfy me so that I won’t feel resentful.”

"Mingrun you..." Ouyang Fa rolled his eyes: "You are not an ordinary person!"

Soon, Liu Mentou led a few people to a food stall. Even though Old Liu Mentou was just an old doorman and not a big shot in the state government, he was obviously an old local gangster in Zhengzhou City. With him

There were many people saying hello.

There is no sign at the food stall, just a curtain with five words written on it - "Sun's spicy food."

There are only a few large stoves and a few small square tables, but there are many guests.

When the shopkeeper saw Mr. Liu coming over, he quickly called to the boy to free up the small table where he served tea: "Master Liu is here. I don't dare to keep you waiting here."

Liu Mentou was not polite and asked Su You and others to sit down and asked: "Ming Gong, are there any taboos?"

"No." Su You said, "I'll add more green garlic later. Also, the bowls and chopsticks need to be boiled. Forget it, I'll go do it myself..."

Seeing Su You scalding the dishes, the shopkeeper felt offended: "Old customer, everything here is very clean..."

Su You smiled and said: "I can see that, but this is a special thing in Bianjing City. Every better food stall must have a honeycomb briquette stove next to it, boil a pot of water, and put clean dishes and chopsticks in it. That's it."

Cooking."

"There is a microscope in the Daxiangguo Temple, which is open to the public on several major festivals every year. This seemingly clean water actually contains some small bugs, which cannot be seen. You have to use the microscope to see them."

"Later, the great abbot got sick and had to use boiled water. Gradually it became a custom."

Shopkeeper Sun was skillfully making spicy soup while chatting with Su You: "Really? If so, I can do it. Two honeycomb briquettes a day don't cost a lot of money. The most important thing is that the guests are comfortable."

After ironing the bowls and chopsticks, Su You didn't go back. He put the bowls away and watched Shopkeeper Sun's wife picking dough into the frying pan.

The dough is fermented thin batter. Use two chopsticks to stir it up into a ball, and then scrape each other into the oil pan. It will soon become a fried dough ball, which is quite similar to the fried dough sticks, but shorter.

Shopkeeper Sun smiled and said, "My lord, there's no need to wait like this. I'll serve it to you later."

Su You smiled and said: "Your wife's technique is quite authentic. It would take ten years of practice to reach this level."

Shopkeeper Sun smiled and said: "You have a sharp eye. She only joined my family after she married into my family. It has been ten years since she made these steamed buns."

Su You said: "Ten years ago, spicy soup and steamed buns were very expensive at that time, right?"

Shopkeeper Sun pointed at the sign of "spicy": "At that time, there was no such word as spicy, and something as valuable as pepper was dared to be used indiscriminately? They used peppercorns, cinnamon, dogwood, etc., and suet was also used for oiled steamed buns.

"

"If Su Tanhua was in person, I would really like to thank him. Thanks to him, the prices of pepper and oil have become cheaper, and I have the ability to chew grain like this."

"I still can't bear to let go of it, um... It must have been five years ago. Once I bought two taels of pepper, but my wife mistook it for peppercorns and bought it by mistake. It made me heartbroken...

…”

"Everyone was applauded at the time. I thought if I had more money, I would make more money. Small profits but quick turnover would be profitable! This is how the Sun family gained a reputation for being messy and spicy, and the business suddenly got better."

Su You was happy: "There is such an allusion. This is the source of wealth sent by God. It can be seen that Shopkeeper Sun, you are blessed to have a sister-in-law... But your curtains are better than your spicy soup."

It’s too random.”

Shopkeeper Sun smiled and pointed at his boy with his chin: "That boy wrote it randomly. He went to school to learn a few words and then he dared to show off in front of his parents. Officer, do you think he should be beaten?"

When he said this, his tone and expression showed pride.

Shopkeeper Sun's Hun family, however, was a discerning person and asked tentatively: "The official can see that he is a serious scholar. How about I go to Genguo Dagua in the city wall to borrow pen and ink, and the official will write another one for us, and I will use it as a composition for the boys at home."

Is it okay to post it?”

Su You was very fond of the couple and did not refuse immediately: "I have a calligraphy style that no one has used in the Song Dynasty. But I can only write with a paste brush. Madam, go and buy one.

I guarantee that your store will have a curtain that is unique to the Song Dynasty!"

This was a big statement, but a rabbit hair brush only cost a few pennies. Shopkeeper Sun went away happily, and soon came back with a brush and five feet of fine linen.

Su You scooped out a spoonful of oil from the pot for frying steamed buns, scraped out a pile of smoked ink from the bottom of the pot, and mixed it into a bowl of ink.

He laid out the linen cloth and took two large pieces of firewood as paperweights. Su You picked up a rabbit hair brush and began to brush words on the linen cloth.

This was Su You's skill in painting slogans in the village in later generations. Now his calligraphy is very valuable. If it were a serious calligraphy work, it is estimated that these two people would not be able to retain it.

The artistic calligraphy is just right, novel and eye-catching, and has a good advertising effect, but it cannot be called calligraphy and will not attract the covetousness of others.

This is also kung fu. Su You is now considered an expert in the layout, structure, and aesthetics of Chinese calligraphy. Although it is brush calligraphy, it is much more beautiful than the ones he painted on the walls of the village entrance in his later generations.

This writing method is novel and unique. Although the written words cannot be called calligraphy, they are still very beautiful. Even Ouyang Fa was attracted: "What kind of weird calligraphy is this? There is also the smell of engraving in it..."

Su You smiled and said: "This can't be called calligraphy, but Brother Shi is right. It was born out of the craftsman's engraving. If you don't deserve the name, let's call it printing."

Ouyang Fa was dumbfounded: "You are so smart, why don't you work hard on calligraphy, but focus on these little things?"

Su You skillfully brushed the handwriting with ink and said with a smile: "Am I bad at calligraphy? I am a man of many arts, so I asked Brother Shi, who can do this for all the people in the Song Dynasty?"

Ouyang Fa cupped his hands and teased Su You: "But you have established a sect! I dare not say anything else. From now on, your calligraphy will definitely become the most common and familiar calligraphy style in the Song Dynasty - printing style.

It’s best if it’s used in printed books, other places shouldn’t be taken seriously!”

It didn't take long for Sun's Huanlan to write five neat and straight lacquer calligraphy characters. Shopkeeper Sun replaced the curtains and made them square and square. It can be seen that every word is in a square of the same size, even inside the store.

All the guests cheered.

The shopkeeper's wife didn't know much about calligraphy, so she felt that these five characters were really comfortable. She happily brought up spicy soup and fried steamed buns: "Thank you for your hard work, sir. Such upright characters are not known anywhere else."
Chapter completed!