The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

At noon, in the house at the junction of East Market and West Market.

"Uncle, the hot pot at Zhenxiu Restaurant is very delicious, you must eat more." Zhao Yao ordered a hotpot at Zhenxiu Restaurant and asked Tongxi and the others to help deliver it. "The mutton is delicious when boiled in a hot pot." Zhao Yao put the freshly boiled mutton into the middle-aged man's bowl.

"Uncle, you are too thin, you should eat more meat."

The middle-aged man picked up the mutton and ate it. The meat was tender and delicious.

"Uncle, isn't it delicious?"

The middle-aged man nodded slightly and said, "It tastes good."

"With peppercorns in it, it will taste better, but if you eat too much, your mouth will become numb." Zhao Yao loves and hates peppercorns.Unfortunately, there is no such thing as chili.In the dream, Zhao Yao always put chili peppers when eating hot pot, which will make the hot pot more delicious.

How did you forget about the chilli?
Chili is also a thing of Pan Bang.

In the evening, I told my second uncle to ask my second uncle to write to my uncle and ask my uncle to help find peppers.

Chili is a good thing. With it, not only hot pot will become delicious, but other dishes will also become delicious.

The middle-aged man saw that Zhao Yao had been eating meat instead of vegetables.I boiled some Huo Cai in the hot pot, and immediately put it into Zhao Yao's bowl.

Zhao Yao looked at the sudden extra Huo Cai in the bowl, and his small face immediately wrinkled.He raised his head and looked at the middle-aged man with some displeasure.

"Uncle, I don't like to eat vegetables."

"Children can't be picky eaters." A smile appeared in the middle-aged man's eyes, "Children should eat more vegetables." He also likes meat and dislikes vegetables, which is very similar to his master.

Zhao Yao pouted, but obediently ate the Huo Cai in the bowl.

"It's a pity that there is no beef. Shabu-shabu beef is delicious. By the way, fried steak is also delicious."

"Fried steak?" The middle-aged man heard of this dish for the first time.

"That's right, just choose a piece of beef and fry it in a pan..." Zhao Yao happily told the middle-aged man about a hundred ways to eat beef while eating the hot pot.

The middle-aged man was taken aback when he heard it. He didn't expect that there are so many ways to eat beef, and they all sound very delicious.

Zhao Yao said that he was greedy while talking, he sucked his saliva, and said regretfully: "It's a pity, you can't eat beef on weekdays."

"Like beef?"

Zhao Yao nodded heavily: "I like to eat very much, but beef is very important, so you can't eat it casually." Zhao Yao was very dissatisfied with the fact that he couldn't eat beef on weekdays, but he couldn't help it. "Uncle, do you think there are many cows outside the pass?"

"Many, they have grasslands, and they raise a lot of cattle, sheep and horses." The middle-aged man said, "Outside the customs, you can eat beef on weekdays."

When Zhao Yao heard this, his eyes brightened instantly, and his expression became a little excited: "Really? Are there really many cows outside the pass? Can they really eat beef casually on weekdays?"

"Well, there are many."

Zhao Yao suddenly raised his hand and patted the table vigorously, startling the hidden guards hiding in the dark, they thought something happened.

The middle-aged man was also taken aback by Zhao Yao's slap on the table.

Zhao Yao stood up, holding chopsticks in his right hand, and said excitedly: "Then I'm going to Guanwai! I'm going to Guanwai to eat beef!"

The middle-aged man was startled for a moment, then laughed and said, "How do you go outside the pass? You can't just go to the territory of the Huns."

"Uncle, are you saying that in the Xiongnu, beef can be eaten casually?"

"Correct."

"Then beat down the Huns!" Zhao Yao held chopsticks in his right hand and clenched his fist in his left hand, and said boldly, "Snatch the Huns' grasslands, cattle, horses and sheep, so that we can eat beef every day!"

The middle-aged man looked at Zhao Yao's ambitious appearance and said that he wanted to fight the Huns, and he couldn't help but think of an old incident.At that time, the master heard that the bandits in Yishan had robbed a lot of food, so he decided to lead his troops to suppress the bandits.

The master said it was for justice, but in fact he took a fancy to the grain hidden by the bandits.Thinking back now, the master led them to fight many battles for food.

"I didn't expect the Huns to be a good place!" Zhao Yao said enthusiastically, "It's a pity not to take down such a good place!"

The middle-aged man was amused by Zhao Yao's words: "You beat the Xiongnu just for their cattle?"

"There are also horses and sheep." Zhao Yao sat back at the table and continued to eat hot pot. "I heard from Uncle Anren that their mutton is better than our Central Plains mutton."

"Uncle An Ren?"

"It's a barbarian boss in the West Market, Boss Wusun, who sells their food at a stall in the West Market." Zhao Yao said, "He told us a lot about their delicious food."

The middle-aged man frowned slightly, and asked with a puzzled expression, "People from Wusun came to the capital to set up a stall for business?"

"Well, Uncle Anren said that the imperial court and Wusun had a good relationship, and then sent them to the capital to do business." Zhao Yao accidentally ate a pepper, and his mouth immediately became numb, and he said with a wrinkled face, "Come on!" The Wusun people who do business in the capital are not pure Wusun people, but descendants of Wusun people and Han people.”

The eyes of the middle-aged man suddenly became very sharp: "Has there been any movement from the Huns?"

"Uncle, how do you know?" Zhao Yao asked in surprise.

"If the Xiongnu didn't move, how could they befriend Wusun." The middle-aged man just heard Zhao Yao say that Wusun people came to the capital to do business, and he saw through the real purpose behind it. "What happened to the Huns?"

"Uncle Anren said that two or three years ago, a new Maodun chanyu emerged from the Shuangda clan. This new chanyu was very powerful and annexed two or three tribes in a row." Of course it wasn't what Anren's boss said, it was Liang Zhaoyi Tell Zhao Yao. "The leader of Wusun didn't want to be invaded by the Huns again, so he took the initiative to make friends with Zhou."

The face of the middle-aged man became a little serious.

"Uncle, what's wrong?"

"This new Modu Chanyu cannot be underestimated."

"Father..." Zhao Yao realized that he almost blurted out [Father Emperor], "It is definitely not easy to annex two or three tribes at once. However, the imperial court will definitely prevent the Huns, otherwise they will not be friends with Wusun. "

The middle-aged man sneered, "What's the use of Wusun."

"At least they can know about the Xiongnu before we do." Wusun was on the side of the Xiongnu and received news from the Xiongnu faster than they did.

The middle-aged man didn't say anything more.

Zhao Yao changed the topic and talked about other delicious food.

When the middle-aged man heard Zhao Yao say so many delicious foods, he couldn't help being a little curious: "How did you know such delicious foods?"

"I saw it in the book, and I heard it from others." Zhao Yao went to Lanyuan Pavilion for lunch every day at noon, and heard the ministers who edited history talk a lot about the delicious food in their hometown. "When I grow up, I will travel around and eat all the delicious food in the world."

The middle-aged man laughed and said, "You are really promising."

"Uncle, I will take you with me when the time comes."

"I'm not going."

"Uncle, why don't you go, let me tell you..."

The guards hiding in the dark heard what Zhao Yao said was delicious, and thought to themselves, is it really that delicious?

Because of Zhao Yao's presence, this house suddenly became much more lively and lively.

Middle-aged men usually eat in a deserted manner, and they don't eat much each time.Because of Zhao Yao's company today, this lunch was very lively.

Seeing Zhao Yao's delicious food, the middle-aged man's appetite also improved, and he ate more than usual.

After lunch, Zhao Yao pushed the middle-aged man to the yard to bask in the sun.

"Can you play chess?"

"I just learned this year." Zhao Yao asked, "Uncle, do you want to teach me how to play chess?"

"En." The middle-aged man ordered to the ordinary man, "Go and get the chessboard."

After a while, the ordinary man brought the chessboard and chess pieces.

The middle-aged man taught Zhao Yao while playing chess.

He said that the chess game is like a battlefield, and when he taught Zhao Yao how to play chess, he also taught him the art of war.

Zhao Yao listened very carefully.Where he doesn't understand, he will ask.

The middle-aged man always looks cold on weekdays, but he is very patient when teaching Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao is very smart, he can master every single point once he learns it.After getting through, he will draw inferences from one instance.

After one game of chess, the middle-aged man did not rush to play the second game of chess, but asked Zhao Yao to think carefully about the game he just finished.

Zhao Yaoduan sat in front of the stone table, propped his face with his hands, and stared at the chess game with his eyes.

It took more than an hour to play the chess game just now, and there are many things in the chess game, which Zhao Yao needs to digest slowly.

After half an hour, Zhao Yao stretched out his hand and destroyed the chess game he just played, and then picked up the chess pieces and started to replay the chess game just now.

When he was reviewing the game, the middle-aged man asked him if he had a better way to play.

Zhao Yao will tell him his new move.

After questioning and answering, Zhao Yao learned a lot.

After the resumption of the game, the middle-aged man started to play the second game of chess with Zhao Yao.

All afternoon, middle-aged men were teaching Zhao Yao how to play chess.

Seeing that it was getting late, the middle-aged man reminded Zhao Yao that it was time to go back.

Zhao Yao still had to see Liang Run and Chu Huan, and he didn't plan to stay with the middle-aged man for a long time.

"Uncle, I'll come to you next time after Xiumu, and I'll bring you other delicious food then."

"After you go back, think about the few games you played in the afternoon."

"Understood, Uncle." Zhao Yao gave a junior salute to the middle-aged man, "Uncle, when I'm not around, you have to eat well, sleep well, and take care of yourself."

The middle-aged man nodded lightly: "Yes."

"Uncle, then I'm leaving."

Liang Run and Chu Huan were waiting for Zhao Yao at the door, and when they saw him come out, they rushed up to greet him.

Zhao Yao and Liang Run returned to the palace after dinner.

When Zhao Yao and the others were having dinner, Emperor Wu of Zhou appeared in that house.

Zhao Yao: The Huns are a good place, they must be defeated.

Xiongnu: Don't come here!