Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 6 Seeking Bean Sacks!

The small room was packed to the brim, not only were more than a dozen people squeezed in, the table and the ground were filled with all kinds of gifts from the villagers, and there were even two clucking hens tethered outside.

The doctor in the village is qualified to receive such treatment. Yesterday Zhu Jie was carried back to his deathbed, and today he can speak... Li Shan thought to himself, in the era without antibiotics, people's physique might be stronger.

Mrs. Zhu, who was sitting at the main seat, greeted everyone with a smile, and mentioned from time to time... In the early years, she taught her son to put righteousness first.

A young man on the side smiled and said, "Dalang, did you return the bellyband yesterday?"

The room suddenly burst into laughter, Zhu Wei, the head of the clan, couldn't breathe from laughing, Li Shan couldn't help throwing the blame away, "It's Zhu Ba..."

Standing by the door, Zhu Ba immediately interrupted loudly, "You asked me to get it!"

Li Shan was laughed angrily, and was about to break it down, when a small, round, bald forehead suddenly popped out from the door.

The little monk pulled Li Shan's clothes, blinked and asked: "Da Lang, the eighth brother said you went to Pingkangfang yesterday, what is that for?"

After a moment of silence in the room, there was another burst of laughter. Zhu Wei forced everyone out with a smile, and said to Mrs. Zhu: "Da Lang is also sixteen... With his status, it's hard to say to marry a wife, why don't you take a concubine first?"

Zhu Shi was a little moved and glanced at Li Shan.

Li Shan shrugged indifferently, "Marry a wife and virtue, take concubines and sex."

Mrs. Zhu made a final decision: "Then choose two servant girls first."

The little goblin in Pingkangfang was good, Li Shan was a little bit sorry, but unfortunately it belonged to the Secretary of Jiaofang, and he couldn't get it out by himself.

After chatting for a while, a sad look appeared on Zhu Wei's face, "I heard the news today that if Dongshan Temple is abolished, the owner of the entrusted land property household will have to send Ding Yingfu soldiers, and four years of taxes will have to be paid..."

"Taxes for four years?" Zhu smirked angrily, "But in four or five years, the Xijing treasury has used up all the millet?"

The room fell into silence, and after a while, Mrs. Zhu said, "It's really not possible, I'll go when the time comes..."

"There are 230 households in Zhujiagou, how many can he manage?" Zhu Wei shook his head and said, "If you don't want to... When the fighting ends, go back to Lingnan."

Mrs. Zhu said categorically, "Don't go back to Lingnan!"

Li Shan on the side flipped the soybeans in his hand from his left hand to his right hand, and then back to his left hand, with his ears pricked up. His mother and Zhu Wei would not say these words in front of their predecessors.

"Da Lang?"

Li Shan showed a gentle smile to his mother, "The child knows that he was wrong before, and he will always listen to his mother from now on."

Zhu showed a satisfied smile. For a woman who had lost her husband, her son was her only support.

However, Li Shan really didn't want to go back to Lingnan.

You must know that this is Chang'an, the Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, the Chang'an where poetry and wine are romantic, this is Chang'an where the nine heavens opened the palace, and the world is dressed in clothes and crowns!
This is Chang'an before Zhenguan, it is Chang'an that is about to start the rule of Zhenguan, and it is Chang'an, the Tang Jingzhao who is about to conquer the world and overwhelm the world.

Only when my brain is flooded will I return to Lingnan!

What is Lingnan today?
Until the Northern Song Dynasty, Lingnan was still the main place where officials were relegated and prisoners were exiled, almost the same meaning as Ninggu Pagoda in the Qing Dynasty.

"Eat [-] lychees a day, and never give up growing up as a Lingnan native."

Later generations thought that Su Shi was praising Lingnan...

"I don't know when it will be inspected. It's not the ten great virtues. It is said that he is an eminent monk from other places who has placed the order. His dharma name is Xuanzang." Zhu Wei left these words and got up to leave.

Li Shan bared his teeth and grinned, it turned out to be Yudi.

……

The mother and son sat facing each other, and there were two bowls of porridge on the table. The yellow and orange ones looked like millet, but they were actually corn, one of the most important grains in Guanzhong in this era.

Stay in Chang'an, don't go to Peimen.

Ever since Li Shan made such a promise last night, Zhu's face gradually became warmer, but when Li Shan, who was unable to eat, casually mentioned doing some business and earning some money, Zhu's face turned ugly .

"You can't do business!" Zhu said categorically, "Once you do business, it will be difficult to enter an official career in the future!"

Seeing Li Shan's ignorant appearance, Mrs. Zhu snorted coldly, "Hedong Pei's family is very famous. If they can't get ahead, how can they raise their ambitions in the future?!"

Li Shan, who understood, smiled and persuaded: "Mother, he took his Yangguan Road, let's take our single-plank bridge, the well water does not interfere with the river water..."

Mrs. Zhu slapped the table and shouted: "Could it be that you can bear this breath?"

His heart seemed to be curled up, and a wave of hatred welled up in his heart. This was caused by his original body. Li Shan tried his best to suppress this emotion. When he has no strength, any act of revenge or even the idea is stupid.

One of Li Shan's best friends in the previous life once said after getting drunk that you took the wrong name and kept saying that you were kind to others, but you are actually an old silver coin.

Over there, Mrs. Zhu chattered and scolded the Pei family and Li Dewu, and talked about settling in Zhujiagou after the temple was abolished and buying land... This is a good opportunity for the mother and son to settle in Guanzhong.

"Now the Central Plains has been settled, but Hebei is in chaos, and the frontier fortress is difficult to settle. It is time to make contributions."

"Mother, I'm the only child..." Li Shan was a little restless, the government military system does not pick only children.

In this day and age, a cold or a cold can cause a bout of illness, let me go into battle?

Then what about those Tang poems I memorized, heroes are useless?
"It's okay, I won't go out as a soldier at that time." Zhu looked very confident, "Pei Shiju is already old, and his heirs have no talented people, Li Dewu will definitely not be able to ascend to the high position!"

Li Shan sighed, the old lady was determined to pour water on that heartless man.

After a meal, Li Shan asked about the dismantling of the temple. Mrs. Zhu said a few words impatiently, and then said: "If the temple is dismantled, you will have to pay taxes for four years..."

Mrs. Zhu was in a bit of a dilemma. If he wanted to settle in Zhujiagou, he had to pay taxes with the villagers for four years. Otherwise, it would be difficult to pass the household registration requirement.

For this point, Li Shan, a traveler, has a way.

"Li Family Dalang?"

Zhu Ba's shout came from outside, Li Shan greeted him with a smile, "It's all finished?"

"Well, it's all in the bucket."

Li Shan squatted down and smelled it. It smelled so strong, but it smelled a little fishy.

It doesn't matter, it will be fine after boiling.

"Da Lang, what is this?" The little monk who appeared out of nowhere grabbed Li Shan's sleeve.

"I'll let you try it later..." Li Shan was a little worried, this little monk was like a hundred thousand whys, always asking about everything, and he didn't choose the occasion.

Li Shan lost his mother when he was born in his previous life, and lost his father before he reached the age of one. He only had his grandparents, and he couldn’t survive farming. He barely survived by relying on a tofu workshop, so he was naturally familiar with making tofu.

Although you can't get a suitable brine, gypsum can also be used, but you have to try to adjust the ratio.

"Uncle Dumb, lower the fire."

The dumb uncle behind the stove pulled out two sticks of firewood. He was the old servant who came down from Li Shan who was about to hang himself that day. He was born dumb. When the Zhu family went north to Chang'an, they brought a total of five servants with them, and all four of them ran away with Li Dewu. Only the dumb uncle stayed.

Pour the prepared gypsum down and stir it evenly with a spoon. Li Shan carefully watched the soy milk in the pot gradually solidify, picked up a spoon and took a spoonful, "It's missing...this is tofu brain."

Today in Chang'an City, apart from Pingkang Square, Li Shan went to the Dongxi Market and asked someone about it, so he chose to buy plaster.

Although the legend of tofu was invented by King Huainan of the Western Han Dynasty, it had not spread at least in the Tang Dynasty.

This thing is not expensive, but it is not difficult to earn the first pot of gold in a short period of time.

Anyway, Li Shan didn't want to make a fortune from tofu.

Looking at the tofu brain in the pot, Li Shan pondered for a while, thinking to try it first.

There was no soy sauce, so I added some sauce. At this time, salt was still very expensive, so I didn’t add any more, just added some vinegar, and served three small bowls of tofu.

"eat."

Mothers Zhu Shi and Zhu Ba were a little hesitant, only the young monk took two big gulps, his eyes widened, "Smooth!"

After a while, the three small bowls were all clean.

"What is this?"

"Where did Dalang learn it?"

Li Shan tilted his head and thought for a while, then stroked the little monk's bald head, and said with a smile, "This is Gewurztraminer."

"If this item is sold in the East and West Market..." Li Shan rubbed his chin and said in a low voice.

Mrs. Zhu stared silently at the son who didn't seem to recognize her, and suddenly said, "Go and invite Uncle Seven, Uncle Fifth, and Uncle Six."

Seemingly sensing the weirdness of the atmosphere, Third Brother Zhu and the little monk left immediately.

"Mother?"

"This thing can make some money, but it can't be sold by you and me."

"Zhu Ba can help, call a few more, after all, we need to grind tofu."

"You and my mother and son went north to Chang'an and encountered an accident. If Zhujiagou hadn't taken us in, have you ever thought about what would happen?"

"Mother means..."

"Dalang, you did the right thing yesterday, why can't you think about it today?"

"People stand in the world, put righteousness first!"

When Mrs. Zhu strode out towards Zhu Wei and the others, Li Shancai suddenly came to his senses and stretched out his helpless hand towards the door.

Ask for bean sacks!

(End of this chapter)