"There are so many places from Chang'an, it's better to have food from Hanging Springs."
After eating the evening meal at Hanging Springs, Sun Shiwan burped with satisfaction, although they were just ordinary officials, Hanging Springs still provided roasted horse meat, as well as a large pot of haggis soup.After eating the steaming rice, I felt a hot breath spread from my stomach to my limbs, and the chill of early spring suddenly disappeared.It's just a roasted naan in a basket, but Sun Shiwan didn't touch a piece.On the way back to Chang'an, Sun Shiwan was asked by Fu Jiezi to try roasted naan to see if it could not be bad for more than a month as Ren Hong said, but it hurt him.The first day was fragrant roasted naan, ^^.Then there is the overnight roasted naan, ¬¬.Baked naan overnight, ̄ ̄.Baked naan every other month, ╥_╥!
Sun Shiwan was still able to chew heavily in the first few days, feeling that he had taken a big advantage, but in the last few days, he was already chewing wax, and he had to drink water desperately to flush down his throat, and even wished that this thing would break down sooner.In the end, the envoys proved that roasted naan is indeed the perfect dry food, since it can be eaten from Dunhuang to Chang'an, then there is no problem to eat from Yumen Pass to Dawan, plus the materials are cheap and easy to carry, Fu Jiezi then asked this envoy to the Western Regions, bake more and bring it.However, Sun 100,000 people paid a huge price for the collective, and they had no love for this kind of food, and no matter how the rest of the envoys persuaded them, saying that the naan in Hanging Springs had more flavors than half a year ago, they were indifferent.Fortunately, Sun Shiwan is not alone, and there is one person in the envoy group who has no love for baked naan like him, and that is Zheng Ji, the material official who will be judged."
What, you can't get used to it?"
Lu Jiuyu saw that Zheng Ji only ate half of the naan casually, and he didn't eat much millet rice, so he drank soup there, and couldn't help asking.Zheng Ji is short, the first protector of the Western Regions in the history of the Western Han Dynasty, but at this time he is the youngest person of the envoys, he smiled: "It's not that I don't like this thing, but I miss rice a little" This remark immediately attracted a burst of contempt from the officials of the mission: "Sure enough, it is Wu Yue's people!"
Rice and fish soup. ”This year, the king of the first grain food is millet, followed by millet and millet.Rice is abundant south of the Huai River, which is a non-mainstream food in the Central Plains, and the eating habits of the southerners are often discriminated against by the Central Plains.But Zheng Ji grew up in Huiji County, he was used to eating rice and rice, and he could occasionally come to Chang'an for two meals, but in this northwest border plug, there was no one to grow rice, so Zheng Ji ate every meal very well.Eating habits are ingrained, just like a drink that tastes good but can't be treated as water, once the stomach gets used to a staple food, it will reject others.But Zheng Ji knew very well that compared to the danger and torture that he would encounter in the desert exotic land next, this dietary discomfort was nothing at all.He forced himself to pick up half a piece of naan, and secretly cheered up: "Don't say it's naan, even if I eat cheese that will vomit and diarrhea, when I am in a desperate situation, I have to be willing to eat it!"
”After being full of wine and food, and seeing that he was about to go on the road again, Xia Dingmao, the kitchen chef of Hanging Springs, came with a bagless for clothes and a sack of the boss, and asked Sun 100,000 to take them to Ren Hong."
As a false official, the gentleman supervised the construction of naan pits in Hecang City in winter and baked dry food, originally wanted to transfer me to assist, but the gentleman was afraid that I would not be able to stand the pain of the side plug, so he asked the chef Zorro puppy to go over for me.""
He hasn't come back since the sacrifice, and he killed the sheep in the place at that time, and now the meat is almost sunburned, and I hope Sun Wubai will help carry it."
Xia Dingmao regretted that he could not see Ren Hong again, he had asked Xu Fengde to find almost everyone's daughters in the surrounding townships, and wanted Ren Hong to get married before he went west, leaving a seed for Ren just in case.Because Ren Hongyuan is in Hecang City, this matter can only be blown up."
Preserved meat?"
Lao Sun's eyes lit up, and after taking it, he found that it was so heavy, and he was afraid that he had more than forty pounds, so he joked: "Xia Weng is not afraid that we will steal food?"
”Lu Jiuyu said with a smile on the side: "You dare to eat secretly, Ren Hong is in charge of our grain and grass, you are not afraid of waiting out of the jade gate, he only gives you naan?"
The laughter and playfulness of the officials stopped when Fu Jiezi walked out of the Hanging Spring, Fu Jiezi still walked with the festival, Xu Fengde sent him off, and said to Fu Jiezi: "Last year, the post supervisor and Gong Cao gave Dunhuang nine seats to set the advantages and disadvantages, and the hanging spring was praised by the envoys of the officials because of the kitchen made a good dish, but the post supervisor still decided to put Dunhuang first. ”"If it weren't for Fu Gong's meritorious service for Hanging Springs and Ren Hong, and the imperial court issued an edict in time to commend them, I'm afraid that I would be on the Hanging Springs, and I wouldn't be able to get the most!"
Fu Jiezi said: "You do your duty, what you think about is how to let the messengers and officials who are running around and work eat well and eat well, and if they return to their homes, they should be the most deserved, if all the places in Dunhuang can be the same as the hanging springs, the officials can also be more comfortable." ”Walking out of the place, Fu Jiezi looked back at the little post that brought warmth to the travelers, and said with a smile: "I don't know what month and day will it be when I eat the chicken in the hanging spring next time?"
”This westward journey, the mission is heavier than the last time, only success, not failure, they will be in danger at any time, Fu Jiezi is even ready to go and never return, and all his subordinates are ready to be destroyed!
Even if it's so dangerous, it's still necessary to take a step.It's not just for the sake of the marquis and the dream of leaving a name in history.It is also because someone is a shield to protect the stability of the empire, and someone must be a sword that is determined to attack!
Fu Jiezi thought that he was the sword.Although the Marquis of Bowang has been dead for many years, his career must be inherited by someone, and no one can die in politics.Fu Jiezi fluttered, boarded the car, pointed before the festival, and pointed to the west.Xu Fengde, Xia Dingmao and others sent each other off on the side of the road, bowing to Fu Jiezi and the Han Festival in his hands, and they were like wooden sheaths quietly waiting for the return of the sword: "No matter when Fu Gong returns, thirty-seven officials and pawns will be waiting here forever!"
”Going west from the Hanging Spring, Fu Jiezi's delegation first passed through the Dunhuang County Government.Fu Jiezi met with Dunhuang Taishou, conveyed the spirit of the central government, and had a secret conversation all night.The next day, we traveled northwest along the Silk Road, bypassing the still frozen Lake Harazi and heading towards Hecang City.Since leaving Hanging Springs, Zheng Ji has been listening to Sun Shiwan and Lu Jiuyu talk about Ren Hong's deeds, and heard that Fu Gong attaches great importance to this son, and even gave him a good horse in the Western Regions, and recommended him to be the head of the Sui, and now he is even recruited as a fake official Lu Jiuyu said vividly: "Lu Duoyu of the Hanging Springs told me that during Ren Hong's tenure as the chief of the Sui, he cracked a big case of treachery.encountered the nuisance of the Huns again, and defeated 2,000 Hulu with only five people, and finally held the broken Sui, and also cut off seven Xiongnu heads, killing a hundred cavalry commanders" "Five people withstood the siege of 2,000?
”Zheng Ji was very surprised, thinking that Lu Jiuyu was exaggerating, although the Han army was well-equipped, and there was often a saying that there was a Han in the army as a three-hu, but five people were two thousand, which was too different.At the same time, he became more and more curious about Ren Hong, who could offer naan and guard the sui with martial arts, and he was definitely an ordinary person."
Anyway, you're going to see someone soon, whether it's true or not, you'll find out when the time comes."
Lu Jiuyu pointed to the front and said, "That should be Hecang City!"
”Everyone looked from afar, and sure enough, they saw that on the depression on the south bank of the Shule River, there was a large Tuwu fort.A hundred steps away to the west of the dock fort is a large lake, which is also frozen and not completely melted, and the poplar by the lake has lost its leaves, and the red willows are also wilting, which looks a little lonely.However, soldiers and carriages kept coming and going, transporting the grain of Dunhuang County to Hecang City for hoarding, or then transporting it to various beacons for distribution.Hecang City is one hundred and twenty Han miles away from Dunhuang City in the southeast, thirty Han miles away from Yumen Pass in the west, the natural conditions here are very good, the water and grass are abundant in summer and autumn, and there is the protection of the Great Wall, so it is often used as the last stop for the envoys and the army to go west out of the Yumen, replenish dry food and clothing.Ren Hong and the horseman Xi Chongguo and others arrived first, and more than ten people who came to make preparations for the plug were waiting here.There are several beacons built on the surrounding heights, and the mission has been discovered a long time ago, and when Fu Jiezi sent someone to identify himself and verify the Fu Festival, the chief of the city guarding the river cang came to greet him, and Xi Chongguo and Ren Hong came together."
Subordinate Ren Hong, meet Fu Gong!"
Ren Hong saluted Fu Jiezi, he was wearing a soap-colored official dress today, a leather armor on the outside, and a red curtain of a martial artist on his head, with a belt and a sword, looking very heroic.Especially the scar left by the arrow on the left side of his face, which is more like a battle medal, makes people feel that he is completely different from the little official who talked about it in Hanging Spring half a year ago, "Look." ”Fu Jiezi naturally heard about Ren Hong's "glorious deeds" during the long term of Sui, and was even more determined that he was not wrong, seeing him like this, he pointed to Ren Hong and said to the deputy envoy Wu Zongnian: "What am I talking about, this son has been a sui leader for a few months, and after experiencing life and death, he really smelted a stone into iron." ”He said solemnly to Ren Hong: "In the past, you and I made an agreement in Ershiquan, since you guarded the beacon and fortunately did not die, then I will do what I say."
In the future, you will also be a member of the mission!
”"It's just that when you get to the Western Regions, there are still countless dangers and hardships, Ren Hong, it's too late for you to regret it now!"
Ren Hong raised his head and said with a smile: "No regrets, it's not enough to become iron, the subordinates only hope that after a trip to the Western Regions, they can be further refined into steel like the officials under the command of Fu Gong!"
”"Still so good at talking."
Fu Jiezi said and looked at the two people who came with Ren Hong, one was younger, with a round face and almond eyes like a bearded man, and he was neither humble nor arrogant with a horned bow on his back.The other man was about forty years old, with a big waist and a thick beard, and he was staring at people."
Xi Chongguo sent a letter saying that he had recruited reliable warriors in Dunhuang?
These are the two?
”"Exactly!"
Ren Hong introduced: "This is Zhao Han'er, the word belongs to Han." ”pointed to another person: "This is Han Dangdang." ”"Word Wyvern!"