Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 57 Ghost City
It's still early.A crescent moon climbed up from the east, reflecting the stars, illuminating the way for those who got up early.

Yang Shen got dressed and hurried out the door.He greeted the soldiers who went out with him to get up and hurriedly prepared.Accompanied by a crescent moon, more than 20 people carried their burdens and walked unsteadily on the avenue by the Luo River.

Walking all the way to the Huitong Bridge, Yang Shen looked up and saw that the crescent moon had just reached the top of his head.

Taking a breath, Yang Shen directed everyone to unload the burden.Just by the side of the road, I laid out what I brought.Some soldiers began to work on the chopping board, some were burning fire, and some were on the street to solicit guests.

In the past, during the peaceful season, there were not many morning and night markets in Luoyang City, and food was indispensable all day long.Compared with Kaifeng, Luoyang may not be so lively, but it is not so refined.However, after Jin Bing came, this lively scene was never seen again.The people on the road, seeing the sudden presence of stalls today, couldn't help but feel novel and gathered around them one after another.

I stood in front of the booth and watched for a while.A commoner pointed to a large vat of white things and said, "Master, what is this?"

Yang Shen said: "The client officer knows that this is tofu brain. It's like tofu, it's made of soybeans."

A few people listened and stood there to discuss each and every word for a while.Someone said: "I have never seen this food, come and try it."

Yang Shen was overjoyed.He hurriedly ordered his soldiers to fill a bowl full for the guest.Drizzle the marinade made earlier on top, add a few salted soybeans, sprinkle with parsley and chopped green onion, and serve it up.

The guest picked up the spoon and took a careful bite.After savoring it for a while, he said to the people around him, "This thing is tricky, it's smooth and creamy like a human brain, and it has a fragrant aroma. It's nice to eat in this weather, so you can also have a bowl."

A person next to him listened and looked up at the moon in the sky.Suddenly a gust of cool wind blew, and the body shrank.Said: "Liulang, this master said it was a brain, but he only said that it was made of soybeans. Tell me, if the weather is like this, could it really be a human brain?"

Hearing this, the person who was eating the bean curd was startled and almost dropped the bowl on the ground.At this season, at this point in time, there are many markets in Luoyang City.If it is outside the city, it is generally called the grass market.It is not unusual to sell food and various goods.The market at this time has another name, the ghost market.Because it was still dark, people thought that there were not only people but also ghosts who came to this market.In later generations, people have long known that there are no ghosts and gods in the world, and they don't care about them at all.No one mentions the name of the ghost market, but it is collectively referred to as the morning market.

This era is different, people really believe in ghosts and gods.Just get used to it, don't be afraid.The reason why the tofu brain is called the brain is because it is somewhat like the brain of an animal.Not to mention it's worth it, once someone contacts, is it worth it in the ghost market?
The tofu brain eater was so frightened that his brain was unstable and trembling, he stepped forward and asked Yang Shen: "Master, where did you come from? Why haven't you seen it before? Such a big business suddenly started. ?"

Yang Shen said: "We are the subordinates of General Wang who entered the city the day before yesterday. We can't make a living in the city, so do some business to earn some money."

The man let out a long breath.He patted his chest continuously and said, "Just now, my companion should say that this is the food, it looks like a human has a brain. I'm afraid that it is something unclean, and doing business as a guise is actually intended to harm people. Since it is General Wang's army, naturally there is no something happened."

Yang Shen listened and laughed: "What are you thinking! It's made of soybeans, we've spent a lot of effort! Don't worry, our business has to be until dawn. If a ghost comes to do business, we'll leave before dawn. already."

After listening to Yang Shen's words, the people around them discussed it for a while, and they were relieved.

The freshly fried fried dough sticks over there are fragrant.Yang Shen said: "It's a perfect match if you use fried dough sticks with bean curd. If you have money, you can buy some fried dough sticks and have a bowl of bean curd. It's the most fragrant and beautiful."

Someone asked: "What is fritters?"

Zhang Jun, who was in command of the fried dough sticks, said: "The dough sticks are made of white noodles and deep-fried in the pot. Look, they are golden, but they are rare! Eat a few and you won't be hungry all day!"

Wang Xiaohun first won in Yong'an, and later defended Gongxian County, both in Henan Prefecture, and the people here have a good impression on him.Hearing that Yang Shen said that Wang Xiao was in the hunting army, he relaxed and came over to take care of the business.

Not long after, fried dough sticks and bean curd brains were sold a lot. People who got up early were holding bowls in one hand and holding fried dough sticks in the other, squatting on the side of the road and enjoying this food they had never seen before.In this situation, there are some shadows of the prosperity of Luoyang in the past.

After nearly an hour, the sky gradually brightened.The crescent moon in the sky gradually slipped to the west.

Yang Shen straightened his waist and said to the soldiers beside him, "I don't want business to be so good! We already sold most of it before dawn."

Zhang Jun on the side said: "I heard from the diners that they heard that we are all subordinates of Xiaosheren and came here to take care of the business. But our food is really delicious, and everyone who comes here is very satisfied."

Yang Shen said: "That's natural! Although these foods are simple, have they eaten them before? And the price is not expensive."

These foods are simple, yet complex to make.Yang Shen took these people. Although he often made them for the army to eat when he was in Kaifeng, the craftsmanship was still average.But fortunately, people have never eaten it, and it is still regarded as delicious.

All the soldiers nodded.Unexpectedly, the current Luoyang City is so depressed, and there is such a good business.

In fact, although the Jin army burned the city and the population was greatly reduced, the Luoyang city at this time was still more prosperous than the general state city.As soon as I entered the city, it looked like there were broken walls and ruins, but after a closer look, I found that there were still a lot of people.This is not surprising. Luoyang was too prosperous in the past, and many people escaped after the Jinbing attacked.When they come back, they can still support a city.

Yang Shen said: "There is only one jar of tofu brains left, and some of them are not enough to sell. Are the cakes cooked over there? We will sell soup at dawn!"

Up to now, the mutton soup there has not been sold.According to Yang Shen’s plan yesterday, it is to sell fried dough sticks and tofu nao first, and then start selling mutton soup, biscuits, fried dough sticks, etc. after dawn.Because according to the taste of Yang Shen's taste, he felt that the taste of these grounds was slightly inferior to that of fried dough sticks and bean curd.

People of this age still lack oil in their stomachs.All of a sudden eat fried dough sticks, all feel delicious.

At this time, the sky will be bright, the people who worked early have dispersed, the ordinary people have not got up yet, and the business is quite light.Yang Shen arranged for a group of soldiers to take turns to eat, waiting for the arrival of a new wave of guests.

Zhang Jun made a big bowl of soup and squatted on a small wooden bench with his hands.With the other hand, he grabbed two big meat buns, took a big bite, and drank a mouthful of soup.In Wang Xiao's hunting army, if nothing else, the food is exceptionally good.

In later generations of Luoyang City, the most famous food was soup.Among them, beef soup and tofu soup are the most common.Habits of later generations, like to find or compile various histories for food.Jiangnan and Hebei like to cling to the emperors of the Qing Dynasty. Luoyang is different from Xi'an, and likes to go back to the Qin and Han Dynasties all at once.Most of the people later knew that it was fake, but when introducing it, they still had to add this legend.

The history of beef soup cannot be long.Not to mention the chaotic times of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, but in New China, the slaughter of farm cattle was also banned at the beginning.There is really vegetable beef, and beef will enter people's normal diet, and it will be after the 80s.Whether it's beef soup or stewed beef, if you say it has been passed down for hundreds of years, there must be something wrong.In particular, the craftsmanship of stewed beef is likely to be passed down from the dead cattle with stewed beef in history.Some people say that pigs are cheap meat, and beef and mutton are the high-end meat in ancient times, which is basically unfounded.There is really cheap meat. In ancient times, it should be beef, donkey meat and the like. Most of the time it is forbidden to kill large livestock.

Therefore, when making soup at this time, we can only choose mutton soup.The lamb bones are too small and don't have the flavor of beef bones, which is actually worse.However, in this era, before the popularity, it is really a breakfast food with freshly baked biscuits.

(End of this chapter)