Travel through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 136 Lively New Year ([-])

"My lord," "My lord." As Yang Yu led people past, passers-by stood aside and made inquiries, and then waited for Yang Yu to pass by.

At this time, it was the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, and Yang Yu heard that people in the city had pasted Spring Festival couplets on their gates, so Yang Yu specially brought all the civil and military people behind him to watch.

"My lord, the writing of this couplet was a little slow, and it was not officially posted in the whole city until yesterday. However, some people who went to the city to do business outside the city saw this couplet, and they all asked for a couplet to go back. I think this is It’s a good opportunity to promote Spring Festival couplets, so this kind of thing is not banned.”

Jushou explained in a low voice.

"Also, these Spring Festival couplets were all written by us civil and military people. Even those who can write in the city didn't come out to write them. What they said was that they want to be credited to us."

"Then, is there only one Spring Festival couplet posted in each house?" Yang Yu looked in through the open gates of some houses, only to find that there were no Spring Festival couplets in the yard.

"Yes, my lord, because the papermaking workshop is too slow to make paper, I limited the number of Spring Festival couplets, only one for each family. Those with a gate are pasted on the gate, and those without a gate are pasted On the door of the hall."

"But, how can the content of these couplets be the same?" After careful identification, Yang Yu found that more than [-]% of his couplets had been copied, and the remaining [-]% were just a few sentences.

"My lord, it looks like this. This Spring Festival couplet is a new form of poetry. It is difficult to imitate after learning it. Also, some generals can also write. It is difficult for them to create new lines. They are guilty, this is the reason why they all copied the couplets of the lord, but we created a few sentences, we don’t know if it’s good or bad, so please ask the lord to be correct.”

Yazheng, you guys are much better than me, and I'm just plagiarizing sentences.

"Ha, you all write very well. I hope that you will continue to work hard in the coming year. After a few years when the Spring Festival couplets are really popularized, we can have a competition for the Spring Festival couplets. Let the common people say who writes the best, and I will give it to you." They rewarded it." Yang Yu suddenly had such an idea, but he remembered that there were such competitions in later generations.

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"I have a new kind of food. I want to invite everyone to come to my house to taste it. However, it is impossible to promote it this year. The time is too late. However, you can each bring two maids to my house to learn this kind of food. The new food can be regarded as adding some new vegetarian dishes to the Chinese New Year dinner table, instead of a table full of meat."

After visiting the Spring Festival couplets, Yang Yu extended an invitation to everyone, inviting them to a banquet at home. Naturally, Yang Yu wanted to promote his tofu.

"Come on, everyone, try my new drink first, come and serve tea."

Fortunately, the room in Yang Yu’s house is relatively large, otherwise, it would not be able to accommodate so many people. In his house, one case per person, Yang Yu sits in the middle and sits on top. However, the only difference from this era is that , Yang Yu is using chairs here, and the table is naturally much higher. In other words, in Youzhou, the form of kneeling and sitting is basically thrown away, even when discussing matters in the hall, the same sitting method , However, there is nothing to do in class, just a few cases, but there is a lack of drinks.

Now, with the tea leaves, next, Yang Yu will match each person with a few cases in the discussion hall.

Tea, when did Yang Yu plant the tea tree? It’s been a long time. He asked a businessman to find tea seedlings in the Central Plains, and then planted them in many places. Finally, he asked him to plant tea on a mountain. This is also the first time that Yang Yu took out tea leaves for everyone to taste. This tea was roasted a few months ago, but because of the war, Yang Yu actually forgot to take it out to drink.

"Tea, what my lord is talking about is the kind of tea from the south. I only heard its name but never found it. My lord actually has tea!" Everyone was amazed.Yang Yu has also heard about the tea leaves of this era, but for some unknown reason, they were not transported to the north, so they only heard about the famous tea and disappeared.

Soon, several maids filed in, some with tea bowls, some with teapots, and some with boiling water. They wanted to make tea on the spot.

So many people, naturally, can't produce any good tea culture, this, after Yang Yu distributes the tea leaves to everyone, let them go back and study by themselves, now, it's better to drink a big pot of tea first, more than ten Personal tea, besides, at this time, the people arranged by Yang Yu did not make pottery tea bowls that were too small, so the tea bowls that are served now, and even the wine bowls that are served next, are all big ones, for eating, Not too small.

"How about it, everyone." Those who were impatient drank the tea in one gulp as soon as it was poured, while those who were sentimental followed Yang Yu's example and tasted it slowly.

"My lord, why didn't I taste anything?" Zhang Fei's loud voice made the whole room buzz. He could taste anything, just like Zhu Bajie eating that ginseng fruit. Perhaps, he just felt It's just hot water scalding your mouth.

"Well, that's right. It's a bit bitter at first, and then there's a fresh fragrance. It's indeed a tea that has been rumored for a long time. My lord, can you give me some and let me go back and taste it."

"Sure, I have them all. I'll give you two taels each when I go back. Okay, let's drink two more bowls of tea, and we'll serve wine."

Yang Yu, this is done according to the order of the later generations. Tea is served first, and then food and wine are served. However, the main goal today is to promote tofu. Naturally, this tea is also included. It is not considered as promotion. It is because the production of tea leaves is too small, and Yang Yu can only let people get some of this thing in the circle. It is impossible to make money. If you want to make money, you have to wait for the tea garden to really grow up. .Or, someone brought tea from the south, but it should be difficult.

"My lord, what is this?" In front of everyone, there was a bowl of tofu first. In fact, there were only two sides in it, but the tender and white appearance made everyone feel strange, but this is no longer the case. In the early days, Yang Yu used the bean brains made by Cai Yan to make tofu. These are tofu after removing the bean dregs. Naturally, they are much more tender than the original tofu.

"Come on, everyone, have a drink. Let's all taste it. What is it made of?" He could taste the aroma of beans, but Yang Yu couldn't taste the aroma of beans at all.

"Well, yes, this is made of beans. Your maids are all learning. It is estimated that after they go back, you will be able to eat this kind of food tomorrow."

"This, this is really made of beans. Beans can be made so delicious?" Everyone was amazed. Come on, come on, let's continue serving the dishes."

Well, without chili, we can only make mochi tofu, stir-fried tofu, and fried tofu with meat. Finally, a plate of sprouts was served.

It can be seen that Yang Yu has given up a lot of thought. You know, in this era, in winter, it is really too boring. Except for meat, it is meat, and then there are some miscellaneous grains, not even a little vegetable, and even ordinary There are no radishes or cabbage. Now, Yang Yu is arranging people to look for these two things everywhere. This one should be there, but it should not be a vegetable for winter, and I don’t even know where it is. Therefore, everyone agrees. I am particularly interested in this tofu and bean sprouts. Naturally, there are more types of bean sprouts, including soybean sprouts and mung bean sprouts.

Seeing everyone's appearance, Yang Yu was thinking about whether he should make some dried vegetables. This is also a way to eat vegetables in winter!

(End of this chapter)