Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 549 548. Unfortunately, I have a mouth
"Let's go to Hejin first, and I will ask my brother to issue a pacification order first. Although there is no royal edict, the pacification order issued by the county guard can at least make some people temporarily put down their guard. And the last time I went to Sanliang Mountain, I found that The lives of those refugees are indeed not good. Take Sanliang Mountain as the first battle, and when the news spreads across the entire River East, then...someone should come to Yuqian spontaneously. How about it?"

"Row."

Holding a sand fruit in his hand, Li Zhen gnawed loudly and nodded:

"But I'm worried... what if old man Li Yuan crosses a bar after he arrives?"

"plum……"

Du Ruhui couldn't help but catch his breath.

Brother, are you serious?
That is the Li family in Longxi...

You call people "old man"?
Are you not afraid of death?

Thinking about it, he didn't bring it up.

Daoist Master's mouth...

If it doesn't grow, it is simply a great thing that benefits the country and the people.

Shaking his head helplessly, he followed Li Zhen's worries and said:
"Not necessarily. I heard that Mr. Li doesn't know much about political affairs. At that time, I will ask my elder brother to mediate with him. In addition to the pressure from Laojunguan and the Cui family on the other side of this pool of dragon fire... he should be open-eyed." Close your eyes, shall we?"

"...I don't understand politics?"

The corner of Li Zhen's mouth twitched.

Fine.

then hope...

Recalling the middle-aged man with a calm face who found steps for both parties when he entered the door...

Hope he's a fool.

After thinking about it, he asked:
"By the way, Yu Xiang, do you know?"

Du Ruhui was taken aback for a moment, then frowned:
"I know, there is Yanchi in Yuxiang. Didn't you say it before Luoyang left? Originally, I planned to get some salt and store some food... But I didn't know until I got here that Yuxiang, Yujiao, and Sangquan were here. The salt ponds in the area have not been infected at all. I have bypassed these places... What's wrong?"

"Is such that……"

After telling Du Ruhui the news he got from the Blood Mist Academy, Old Du who was sitting at the table frowned all of a sudden.

For a moment, he said:

"If it's just to supplement the laborers, that's a good thing. Several companies control the salt mines, the city is rich, and salt is a hard currency. If they find more people, the people will also earn money."

"That's what I said, but... maybe I'm overthinking? You think, Yu Kui's dragon fire is a piece of fat, right? I'm afraid that these people won't like us if we make too much noise. Yu Kui Now there is no Huoyu salt, but their salt mines are all in good condition...Let’s put this aside, seeing the chaos in the world, this salt is as hard as gold and silver. Currency. If we go to rob people, will they be in the middle..."

Before Li Zhen finished speaking, Du Ruhui already understood the meaning.

Then there was a decisive voice:

"impossible."

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows, a little surprised why old Du was so sure.

I heard him say:

"The Daoist thinks about the aristocratic family too simply. Whether it is five surnames and seven surnames, Shandong four surnames...or to put it a little lower, it is a local gentry, when encountering such interests, the first thing everyone does is Know each other, and those who meet have a share. For example, my Du family discovered a salt mine. The first thing I did was to contact the Wei family. The more prosperous the family, the closer the relationship, the more difficult it is to give up.

So the power can be bigger.This is why the aristocratic families are always closely grouped together.Choose one is single, unite the crowd to become dragon.Now the dragon fire of Yu Qun should have spread to these aristocratic families.Maybe in places we can't see, Cui should have been talking about this matter with some aristocratic families.So what the Taoist said should not happen. "

"……you sure?"

"Ah."

Du Ruhui nodded heavily:

"Very sure. I'm saying, don't forget that the Zen Academy and the Daomen are involved in this matter. The interests of these two sides must be fought to death. When did the Taoist priest hear that the Daomen and others bowed their heads? And the Zen Academy is so easy this time." Got the only pool of dragon fire, and had the opportunity to go hand in hand with the Taoist sect to strengthen their background. They will not sell half of the benefits that have been negotiated. With the attitude of these two families, the Taoist leader thinks what family dares to offend at the same time Daoism and Buddhist monasteries?"

"...Then according to your point of view, if the situation just mentioned happens, then the Cui family can only sell their own interests?"

"Exactly...huh?"

Just as he nodded following Li Zhen's words, Du Ruhui was taken aback suddenly.

Can't help but look at Li Zhen.

After the two stared at each other for a few seconds, Lao Du frowned again.

"...It should be...not so...Since it is reasonable, Yu Qiang belongs to the Cui family's territory. Besides, the Cui family only got a small part of the benefits from this matter...Even if these aristocratic families are tempted, they can think of it In terms of family affection, there should be no real action, right? There is no external pressure, a pool of dragon fire, a few pills. When the world is settled, the family...isn't it still a family? No one should be so short-sighted, right?"

Listening to his talking to himself, Li Zhen pondered for a while and felt that it should be similar.

After all, the Cui family doesn't talk about anything else, judging from the performance of Cui Qian and Cui Wanrong, they are the real kind...the kind of people who can be counted as five or ten steps faster than others regardless of conspiracy .

If the Cui family is like this, other families should be no different.

Knowing that the sect and the monastery will not give half of the benefits, are you going to pick up the skin of your allies?

Shouldn't be.

While speaking, the courtyard door was pushed open.

Xuanzang came back on the moon.

After seeing the two of them, the monk smiled:

"Amitabha, what are you two talking about?"

"Talk about how to arrange a marriage for you."

"..."

"..."

Hearing Li Zhen's words, Du Ruhui looked at him like he was insane...

Can you say that?

Are you really not afraid that the purple gold bowl will come down and kill you?
Daoist, your mouth...

Why is it getting more and more crooked.

And Xuanzang was not annoyed, just nodded with a smile:

"So that's it. The poor monk wants to see which female benefactor the Taoist priest and Master Du have chosen for the poor monk."

"...!?????"

No, you are infected?

How many days have I been away from Luoyang?

How did Master Xuanzang, who had the demeanor of an eminent monk at the beginning, become this virtuous?

Are you already in the shape of a Taoist priest?
Under Du Ruhui's absurd gaze, Li Zhen laughed:
"Hahaha~ Don't tease Lao Du. Hey, Monk, prepare yourself. If there are no accidents, we may leave tomorrow."

"Where?"

"Three volumes of mountains."

"...Recruiting refugees?"

"Ah."

"it is good."

Xuanzang nodded, and as he spoke, he put the package he had been carrying on the stone table in front of the two of them.

"This is……"

Du Ruhui was a little curious.

Seeing Xuanzang opened the cloth bag, he said with a smile:

"This is the special product of the Zen monastery that the master asked the brothers to bring to the poor monk."

Unrolled the oiled paper bag, under the moonlight, the dried shredded radish looked dark.

"Every winter, the monastery will prepare a lot of radishes. After all, monks don't eat meat and meat. The pungent taste of radishes has the effect of ventilation and can adjust the taste. And every spring, there will be some radish left over.

Master was not willing to throw them away, so he would take us brothers and sisters to cut them into shreds to dry in the spring when the sun was warm.It turned out that the radish was just bran, and it was not very crisp after being dried, and it was easy to break if it was used to cook soup.It can be wrapped with wheat flour and put into a steamer. When it comes out of the pan, sprinkle some clear sauce and mature vinegar, but it has a special taste. Poor monks will eat a lot of it every year.

No, this time the senior brother came and brought these, all made by the master himself.If you two don't dislike it, let's try it tomorrow morning? "

"Oh?"

Du Ruhui seemed a little interested, picked up one, and put it in his mouth, not too dry.

And Li Zhen looked at the dark dried radish...

Recalling what Xuanzang said, I thought to myself... Isn't this just steamed vegetables?

Wrap it and steam it in a steamer.

After it is out of the pan, get some garlic juice and vinegar, and put it in the dish for a while.

It is almost a must-have appetizer in the Central Plains.

His family also eats it, but it is fried with eggs and peppers, and the taste is particularly good.

"call……"

The taste of Cangzhou shredded tofu and mung bean noodles appeared in the mouth.

I feel a little homesick...

……

Early the next morning, Cheng Xuanying rubbed her eyes and walked out the door, and was taken aback when she saw Li Zhen who was busy lighting a fire in the yard:
"teacher?"

"Oh, up? Come and taste."

Just in time, a small cage of shredded radish came out of the pot, and Li Zhen waved to him with a smile.

It wasn't too hot, so he stuffed a ball of shredded radish that was still hot into the apprentice's mouth, looked at his shasha-like appearance, and asked with a smile:

"Is it delicious?"

"Huh...ha...huh...um!"

"Haha~"

Li Zhen was happy, and asked again:
"Have you memorized all the stories?"

"Huh...um!"

He couldn't keep his mouth open, so the child could only nod his head in response.

"Okay, then after you finish eating, let's start with... Well, "The Reckless Man"."

"Ha...um!"

Cheng Xuanying tried her best to swallow the ball of shredded cabbage that tasted very special in her mouth, the first time she ate... I don't know what it was, and asked:

"Teacher, what is this?"

"Your monk teacher brought back home specialties last night. Doesn't he want to eat this, the teacher will make it for him."

"...The teacher is really kind to the second teacher."

"Stop this one, hurry up and memorize it."

"Ok."

Cheng Xuanying stopped talking, and stood next to the teacher who kept flying up and down the steamed vegetables with chopsticks, and a clever voice sounded from the courtyard:
"Back then, in the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty, there was a reckless person..."

(End of this chapter)