Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 441 Versatile
Luo Youdu chatted with Han Lingkun about Dali's situation, and asked him to prepare for the battle with Dali, and reminded him by the way.

"Dali is different from Meng Shu. Hundreds of barbarians were born in poor mountains and bad waters, and the people are more vigorous. Dali Kingdom was established not long ago, and there are many old soldiers who founded the country. When it comes to combat power, the Shu soldiers who are not in the battle can be compared. of."

Han Lingkun solemnly agreed.

Luo Youdu didn't say much, a veteran like Han Lingkun must know the truth that arrogant soldiers must be defeated, and a reminder is enough.

Back in the temporary palace, Mrs. Huarui was cleaning the tea set, when she saw Luo Youdu entered, she immediately stepped forward to greet her.

"His Majesty!"

"Ma'am, no courtesy!"

Luo Youdu pulled up Mrs. Huarui, looked at the tea set at the side, and asked, "Madam, do you know tea?"

"Know a thing or two."

Luo Youdu said with great interest: "Then please trouble Madam to make me a cup of good tea."

His use of the two words Jian and Zhan is enough to show that he is not a layman.

Madam Huarui already had this intention, she knelt on the mat and fiddled with the tea set.

Luo Youdu admired the momentarily famous beauty in front of him.

Mrs. Huarui's complexion is extremely fair, and in terms of skin color, she looks more like a Western Caucasian.

But her facial features are soft and delicate, oval face, almond eyes and peach cheeks, and pear dimples appear slightly on her cheeks, but she has all the characteristics of an oriental beauty, and she is charming in a suit of onyx.

Mrs. Huarui manipulated the tea set in front of her with skillful techniques.

Luo Youdu also liked to drink tea in later generations, but it had nothing to do with the tea ceremony. It was simple and straightforward to brew with hot water.

When we come to this era and see the tea of ​​this era, we no longer have much appetite.

It is only occasionally when entertaining guests that people will serve tea, and I usually quench my thirst with wine.

However, in order to fool Li Jixun and deceive Li Chuyun from the opponent, he specially learned tea art from his father-in-law Zhou Zong.

He could tell at a glance that Mrs. Huarui's skill in frying tea was different from the method of soaking tea and frying tea that he knew.

Before the tea sage Lu Yu, the method of drowning tea was very popular, that is to roast the tea cake until it turns red, pound it into the porcelain, add onion, ginger, orange, cinnamon, pepper, crisp and other condiments, and brew it with hot water.

This sounds intrusive, Luo Youdu has never tasted it anyway.

After Lu Yu invented the sencha method, the sencha method gradually became popular.

There is no condiment added to this sencha, at most some salt is added for seasoning.

Luo Youdu reluctantly accepted this tea soup, although he didn't like it, he could swallow it.

Mrs. Huarui put the tea directly into the kettle to cook, but first crushed the cake tea and put it in a bowl for later use.Then boil water in a kettle, and when it boils slightly, make some tea in the bowl, make a paste with a teaspoon, then pour boiling water, and stir quickly with a tea whisk.

Simple tea making is like an art in the hands of Mrs. Huarui.

Luo Youdu was engrossed in watching it until Mrs. Huarui handed over the teacup before realizing it.

Smelling the rich tea fragrance, Luo Youdu took the teacup, looked at the porridge-like tea soup, and took a sip carefully, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

This tea soup is more delicious than he imagined, and it is even more delicious than the West Lake Longjing, Xinyang Maojian, and Junshan Yinzhen brewed by his later generations.

“Good tea!”

Luo Youdu sighed in admiration, and said: "My lady has such a skill. I have never seen your method of frying tea."

Mrs. Huarui said softly: "This is the Mengding stone flower in Sichuan. The method of frying tea is called the method of ordering tea in Sichuan. It is slightly different from the method of frying tea invented by Jinglingzi, and it has not yet become popular."

Later generations of West Lake Longjing are very famous, but in this era, Mengdingshihua is recognized as the king of tea, the real tribute tea.

What a fine person Luo Youdu is, he never said anything about Mengdingshihua, but only praised Mrs. Huarui for her superb tea art.

Luo Youdu chatted with Mrs. Huarui while sipping tea.

Mrs. Huarui is very talkative and gives Luo Youdu a very warm feeling.

People have different preferences, and the topics of chatting with each other are also different.

When Fu Qing'er first married him, she liked hunting, horseback riding and archery, but after the birth of Chou Chou and becoming a queen, the topic changed to children, or some trivial matters of courtiers and wives.

Zhou Ehuang is full of literature and art, and his speech is inevitably inclined to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Zhe Saihua likes the biographies of historical figures...

And Mrs. Huarui actually talked about trivial matters of life, local customs, food and daily life and other things.

This surprised Luo Youdu.

In his memory, Mrs. Huarui should belong to a person like a flower in a greenhouse. How can she be so familiar with local affairs?

He couldn't help asking: "Madam knows so much about folk affairs, I'm a little surprised."

Mrs. Huarui said melancholy: "Before entering the Shu Palace, my concubine was just a commoner at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, and knew the hardships of the people."

She glanced at Luo Youdu, summoned up her courage, and said blessedly: "I have something to ask Your Majesty..."

Luo Youdu said: "Say!"

Mrs. Huarui said: "Your Majesty, please order to destroy the flower gardens outside the city of Chengdu."

Back then, she unintentionally said that she liked peonies, which directly led to Meng Chang calling on the entire Shu Kingdom to plant peonies. Good peony varieties can be directly exempted from tax.

Forty miles around Chengdu are full of peonies...

Growing peonies is more profitable than growing grain, which directly led to a food shortage in Shu.

Mrs. Huarui has always regretted it until now, and since then, she dare not say she likes her anymore.

Luo Youdu helped Mrs. Huarui and said: "I rely on you..." He paused and said, "Actually, even if you don't tell me, I will order to eradicate most of the flower beds. Not as brilliant as the golden ears of rice."

Mrs. Huarui wept with joy, the thing she regretted the most in her life was saying that she liked Peony.

Seeing her pitiful appearance, Luo Youdu hugged her in his arms.

Madam Huarui's pale face had two blushes, and there were a little drops of water at the corners of her eyes, elegant and beautiful.

Madam Huarui noticed something strange and said, "Your Majesty, let's rest!"

"it is good!"

Luo Youdu replied with a smile, letting Mrs. Huarui help him undress.

When she was about to undress herself, Luo Youdu grabbed her and said, "That's it, it looks pretty..."

How many times in the spring breeze...

When Luo Youdu woke up, the beautiful woman beside her was still sleeping soundly, and she planned to get up lightly.

Don't want to wake her up.

"His Majesty!"

Madam Huarui lazily let out a cry.

Luo Youdu smiled and said: "Go on to sleep, I am used to getting up early, exercising and reading, so I don't need to wait."

Mrs. Huarui insisted on getting up and helped Luo Youdu get dressed.

Luo Youdu let Mrs. Huarui continue to rest, and he habitually warmed up by doing radio gymnastics in the monastery, then ran a few laps, and performed a run of the bull that he learned from Chonghu Yanzan.

According to Hu Yanzan, if this set of boxing skills is practiced to a great extent, it will not be a problem to kill a cow.

However, Luo Youdu reckoned that his fist strength could barely kill a chicken.

Luo Youdu didn't go back to the bedroom, but found a side room next to him to read, so as not to disturb Mrs. Huarui.

About half an hour later, Luo Youdu smelled a faint fragrance, and Mrs. Huarui pushed the door open, holding a two-layer food box in her hand.

"There are not many ingredients in the temple, so your Majesty will make do with it."

Mrs. Huarui placed a bowl of lotus seed porridge, spring bamboo shoots with wolfberry, and scrambled eggs with toon sprouts on the table.

"You did this?"

Luo Youdu was surprised.

Mrs. Huarui said: "I like to cook since I was a child, and I am quite confident in my cooking skills. Your Majesty please appreciate it."

Luo Youdu praised: "The color and fragrance are complete, how about the taste?"

He twitched his index finger, tasted the spring bamboo shoots, tasted the toon sprouts, took a sip of the lotus seed porridge, and couldn't help admiring: "Madam's craftsmanship is comparable to that of the royal chef in the palace. Especially this lotus seed porridge. It has the fragrance of lotus leaves, which is delicious and amazing.”

Mrs. Huarui smiled and said, "This is my unique secret recipe. Your Majesty likes it, and I will often cook for Your Majesty in the future."

"Okay!" Luo Youdu couldn't help but look at Mrs. Huarui a few more times. This beautiful woman through the ages is really versatile. She swept away the breakfast in front of her and said with a smile: "After eating Mrs.'s breakfast, I have more strength to deal with the land of Sichuan. thing!"

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