In the middle of July 74 BC in the first year of Yuan Ting, Xiaogu County, Dunhuang County.The dawn in the northwest was dry and cold, the outline of the Qilian Mountains became clear, the Silk Road leading to the Western Regions loomed, and there were bursts of barking dogs from the garrison troops in the distance.These dogs barked and woke Chang Hui from his sleep, he had walked through too many places along the way, and he lay on the couch and thought about it for a while before he remembered, where is he today."
Hanging Springs is right, that is, Hanging Springs."
He dressed and walked down the creaky stairs to the dockyard.Although there are a lot of green spaces in Dunhuang, there are occasional wind and sand blowing from afar, especially after autumn, it is only one night, the ground that was swept clean before, and there is a small layer of fine yellow sand, and the military brought by Chang Hui also has a little sand in the well water, and Chang Hui reprimanded him."
It's the same in the north, the local officials drink it every day, why can't you drink it?
When you arrive in the desert of the Western Regions, it is good to be able to drink a sip of water. ”At this time, Xu Fengde, a husband with gray hair compared to three years ago, limped over: "Doctor Chang, did you sleep well last night?"
”Chang Hui has been a small official, knows the difficulties of fighting food, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's the best sleep since I left Chang'an, the mattress is thick enough, and Xu Qifu has a heart." ”Xu Fengde only cares about one thing: "There are no fleas, right?"
”The official with Chang Hui next to him weakly wanted to say yes, but was glared at by Doctor Guanglu.What are you kidding, there may be no fleas in the room of the nobles upstairs in the post, and the chase shop where the subordinate soldiers live is next to the stable, how can there be no insects, and it is common to wake up the next day with a bag, and the hanging spring is considered clean."
It's worthy of the place where the Marquis of Xi'an once stayed."
This small post is well managed, the team of more than 300 people who entertain him is not in a hurry, Chang Hui sees it in his heart, even if it is placed in Sanfu, it is considered outstanding, no wonder it can become the "most" of the nine places in Dunhuang for four consecutive years.That is, the honor of "Provincial Excellent Post Unit" in Ren Hong's mouth.What's more, the food is excellent, no, this morning Chang Hui and they are going to leave Hanging Springs and continue to rush west, Xu Fengde asked the chef to buy a lot of food."
This is a large plate of chicken in the famous dish of Hanging Spring, Yiyang Hou's favorite one, this is mutton stewed cake, you have to go a long way, and you are full."
There were a few eunuch disciples in the mission who gilded with Chang Huilai, and they stared at the soup that was served: "Xu Qifu, why is this soup full of hair?"
”Xu Fengde secretly laughed in his heart that they didn't know anything: "This is a hair vegetable, a wild vegetable in the sand, after drying, it looks like human hair, only in Hexi, and you have to drink a bowl before traveling." ”The foreigners felt disgusting and were still hesitating to drink or not, but Lao Xu said leisurely: "The old man doesn't hide it, Xi'an Hou Hong has been drinking this soup and eating hair cabbage since he was a child, and now he has become rich." ”When the younger officials of the mission heard this, they immediately grabbed the vegetable soup."
Xu Qifu, it's too rich."
Chang Hui thanked him again and again.Xu Fengde said: "Don't exceed the specifications, just like my Xi'an Marquis said, as long as you are an envoy on the Han Festival, you have to make the best dishes to be worthy of the hard work of the kings." ”Lao Xu's favorite thing now is to wrap his words in Ren Hong's shell, so that passers-by keep bowing their heads.And Chang Hui tasted the mutton, his eyes lit up, and his index finger touched the oil on the side of his mouth and praised: "Xi'an Hou often said at a banquet in Shangguan that the sheep of Chang'an, how can it be as good as the northwest of Dunhuang, and we still laugh at him for his hometown, and now I know that what he said is true." ”He toasted Xu Fengde with a glass of wine, which was terrible, Lao Xu had a hobby, took a few sips of yellow soup, and began to brag.Xu Fengde said: "Doctor Chang doesn't know that the cooking skills of Xi'an Hou and his family supervisor are actually in Hanging Spring, learn from me!"
”Chang Hui was surprised: "Is that so?"
”"Of course, otherwise why does Xi'an Hou always say that the food at his home is Northwest cuisine?"
Xu Fengde blushed, pointed at himself and said with a smile: "I taught it by hand, Ah Hong has been smart since he was a child, and I am willing to pass on my art when I am old." ”"Let's just say that the roasted naan used as dry food in the army was realized after I ate the hu cake, and after eating it, Ah Hong said that it was really fragrant, and suggested that it might be more fragrant if sprinkled with flax.Dr.
Chang took a look at the field outside the office, flax and celery were planted many years earlier than Chang'an, and I heard that cumin is expected to be more expensive than gold in the ninth market?
All-you-can-eat in Hanging Spring!
”Xu Feng's words, like the high-spirited elders at the dinner table after drinking in later generations, are half-truths and half-truths, Chang Hui really believes it, and has a good impression of this Xu Qifu.In fact, in the past two years, Xu Fengde has also been lonely, and the officials in the office have almost changed, Xia Dingmao and Ren Hong left, Luo Xiaogou went to the county to do things, and Lu Duohuang and his brother went to help Ren Hong run the manor in Bailuyuan.The tanuki slave who was lying on his stomach in the sun in the granary did not leave.Ren Hong didn't forget Xu Fengde, he sent someone to invite him, and he still called himself a junior.Lao Xu's ancestral home is Kanto, when he was young, he was relocated to Dunhuang in response to the call of the Han Dynasty to open the border, and he stayed for decades.As long as he agrees, Ren Hong will inform Dunhuang County that he can take his wife and concubines and children and grandchildren to Xi'an Houguo next to Linzi for retirement.The family was tempted, but Xu Fengde was reluctant to leave."
Young people are shallow-rooted, like grass that can't survive in the desert, they run away when the wind blows.I, an old man, have taken root in Dunhuang, like a camel's thorn, and I am used to drinking the water in Hexi, so I can't move it, so I will die here. ”Since Ren Hong became the marquis, Hanging Springs has attracted the attention of Dunhuang County, not only the county order, the county lieutenant, and the superintendent of the post, but even the county Cheng has come in person, not to mention how polite he is, promising that Xu Fengde can be promoted, but he would rather continue to stay in Hanging Springs."
The old man has no talent, he has no virtue, not only is he good at drinking and talking nonsense, but he will even go to the female school, gamble better, and be a model for the three elders of a county?
You still have to ask for another mastery, I can manage the dozens of people in the small house, so that the post house book is not lost, and the messengers and officials are not hungry, it is enough I told the county Cheng like this. ”Chang Hui praised: "The reason why the Han is a big Han is that there are many local young officials like Xu Qifu." ”Although the young official has a white head, Chang Hui touches his hair, how can it not be so.When everyone was full of wine and food, and everyone set off, Xu Fengde sent them out as usual, and the No. 37 people in the place followed the old man and made a gesture towards the Han Festival.And Chang Hui looked back at the hanging spring in the car, and for some reason, he always felt that he would pass by this many times.But after Chang Hui and the others left, Xu Fengde's face was not as good as just now, and he scolded and asked the pawns to work and wash up, so as to prepare for the reception of the next wave of people, but I don't know if it was the soldiers or the army that came.He himself went to the second floor, scratched his gray hair, and wrote down every expense of the Changhui Mission in a slightly ugly hand."
Hanging Spring, Yuan Ting, the first year of July, the Guanglu doctor, the Wusun envoy, Chang Hui, the fee is thin."
Xu Fengde likes this era name, I heard that it is related to Ren Hong, that son boasted back then, and Hanging Springs would often hear his news and rumors, and he didn't say anything big.It's a pity that the new emperor has changed, and it will change next year, I just hope that the book will be notified of the replacement as soon as possible, and many times the year name Dunhuang is changed but I don't know, and I still use last year.He went on to record: "Five lambs, two lambs, three lambs, and twelve chickens.In order to protect the Wusun envoy and the military commander Shi two, the army Hou Cheng eight people, Sima Cheng two people, Fan thirteen people. ”"Ten pieces of fish, one hundred and eighty pounds of meat, and fifty scouts.""
Twenty-eight stones and eight buckets of rice, eighteen stones of self-brewing, one stone and two buckets of soy sauce, and three hundred torturers for food."
For the military officials brought by Chang Hui to support Wusun, in Hexi, which is not very rich in materials, it can be regarded as a very rich fish and meat, and even if there are 300 torturers, they can be satisfied.These records are naturally for the purpose of reporting to the boss, and whether to keep more records depends to a large extent on the conscience of the husband.Xu Fengde didn't dare to say that he was not greedy at all, but he only occasionally reported a chicken and two fish, which were used to open meat for his own children, and by the way, he also let Xiao Renhong brought by Xia Dingmao gnaw a chicken leg, otherwise how could he grow tall and strong, although his hand-to-hand sword skills are still poor.If you think about it further, in fact, Xu Fengde doesn't know what these trivial records mean to the entire Han Dynasty and to this Ming, but the above rules can be remembered, so write them down."
It's really delicious."
After remembering, Xu Fengde scolded every day, and he was smug while scolding: "The food I put in the spring is really so delicious?"
”"But is there something on the mind of this Doctor Chang?
is also a Han envoy, and the amount of food is far greater than that of the Yiyang Marquis Fu, and he actually only ate half a chicken!
”After Chang Hui and them left Hanging Springs, when they passed through Xiaogu County, they met the central part of Dunhuang and Yihe Lieutenant who was transferred to Mingze, waiting for the garrison of Zhao Chongguo and Ren Hong, and the leader of the troops was Kong Zhang, the central lieutenant, who had been cautious and reluctant to take risks for four years, was still sitting in his original position, probably because he heard that he was going to work with someone from his former subordinate Xiao Sui Changren, and his face was sad.At the end of July, Chang Hui finally arrived at Yumen Pass, Chang'an to Yumen arrived here, Chang Hui arrived at Yumen Pass, according to the map of the subject country, from Chang'an to Yumen, more than 4,000 miles.And from Yumen to Wusun Chigu City, it is also more than 4,000 miles.At this point, we are only halfway there."
Relieve worries, relieve worries."
Standing on the jade gate and looking at the west, Chang Hui, who was the first envoy to Wusun, said in a low voice: "How far did you go back then?"
”When he learned that Wusun was attacked by the Huns, Chang Hui was anxious, and even took the initiative to ask Ying as a messenger.Yes, it's all difficult, and now, there is no need to embarrass each other about the past.Just thinking about it, in the poplar forest looming in the distance, there is a horse rushing along the avenue to the obstacle, and now the Han has begun to operate the Western Regions, set up the capital protection, and the post station also from Yumen Pass, over the Devil's City and Bailongdui, extended to Loulan, until Luntai.If there is any disturbance in the Western Regions, Fu Jiezi can let the Yumen Lieutenant know within ten days, and then report back to Chang'an, with beacons along the way to protect him, and he will no longer have to be pursued by the Huns like Xi Chongguo and others did three years ago.The post rider was covered with yellow sand, with a few small flags planted on his body, which was a sign of the most urgent military situation, Chang Hui's eyelids jumped, and he set up a barrier city, came to the mansion of the Governor of Yumen, and learned the news that had just been transmitted back from the Western Regions, and it was still hot."
The Western Regions Protector of Yiyang Hou Jiezi ordered Yumen to report to Chang'an: At the beginning of July, 780,000 Huns rode across the Tianshan Mountains and broke the Wusun Army in Yileshui!"