As the sky grew brighter, Chang Yu rode with hundreds of people to a large town. Jin Shenghuan said it was Fuliji. Chang Yu's heart moved, "roast chicken!"
Later generations have long heard that Su County (Suzhou) has three treasures, watermelons from Chulan, pears from Dangshan, and roast chicken from Fuliji. This is a local cooked food as famous as Dezhou Braised Chicken.
Fuliji is very large. Although it looks like a town, in fact it is said that its history is comparable to Sucheng. It was a county earlier and was reduced to Ji in the early Yuan Dynasty. It is an ancient town with a long history.
Fuliji's roast chicken is said to have a history of thousands of years. It is said in later generations that the old soup of the roast chicken factory is hundreds of years old. All in all, it is very famous in the Huaixu area. I heard that many wealthy gentry in Xuzhou city will send people to buy it. .
In 1984, an archaeological excavation of a Han tomb in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, unearthed cultural relics in the kitchen room of the tomb of King Liu Wu of Chu, including copper tripods, basins, spoons and other food containers, as well as iron cauldrons, pottery steamers and other cooking utensils. It is said that the Fuli chicken, a tribute item from the county under the king of Chu, is kept in the kitchen. The Fuli chicken is placed in a pottery pot with a mud seal and the seal of "Fuli Cheng Seal" on it. The chicken bones are basically well preserved. According to the identification and inference by archaeological experts, it is an ancient Fuli County tribute chicken. This discovery proves that Fu Liji has been famous for at least more than 2000 years.
"Let's have roast chicken for breakfast tonight," Chang Yu roared, and hundreds of people under his command roared excitedly. The sound spread for miles, making the people gathered in panic.
Although it was early in the morning, there were already industrious people up and working in the fields. When they saw the troops marching on the official road, they stopped curiously and watched Chang Yu and his entourage enter the town.
There was a breakfast shop in the town, and the hawker was startled when he saw so many officers and soldiers customers. Kuang Ren walked over and threw away ten taels of silver: "As long as it's food, everything is included."
The hawker was both happy and worried: "Master Jun, you have hundreds of mouths, but a villain really doesn't have that many things."
"If you have chickens at home, cook me a big pot of chicken soup. If you don't have chickens, cook egg soup. Hey, by the way, don't you have that roast chicken in your town? Where is it?"
Roast chicken, the hawker said quickly: "The roast chicken from Liu Lao'er's shop is over there, but it's not open yet..." Before he finished speaking, Kuang Ren urged: "Knock on the door, his shop I bought as many chickens as I could..."
It's just that how many chickens can a braised vegetable workshop have at this time, and it's still early in the morning, and there are only a few leftover from yesterday, which makes everyone very disappointed, but there are a lot of live chickens in the good workshop, and they are all eaten in one go. I bought them, killed them, made soup and drank them.
Kuang Ren left a roast chicken for Chang Yu and distributed the rest among the soldiers. Everyone could only taste one bite at most, but even so he was full of praise. After all, it is good for ordinary soldiers to have some meat these days, let alone Such famous food.
As Chang Yu, meat and meat is a common meal. The fragrant roast chicken was placed in front of him. He only tasted it before having it sent to the car for Master Lian Xin and his disciples to eat. However, he drank a large bowl of chicken soup and drank it again. Ate several eggs.
"This Su County is also a famous place. Do you know that Daze Township, where Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, is just southeast of Sucheng..." During the meal, Li Muchian, Chen Wangting and others were chatting about human geography.
Li Muxian, a well-known scholar from Guangji, kept talking while eating, and everyone listened with interest. Chang Yu was bored but insisted on giving him a fight: "Master Fang, do you know why Chen Sheng and Wu Guang wanted to revolt?"
"Qin's law is strict. They missed the deadline because of the rain, so they revolted as a last resort." Li Muxian replied casually. Chang Yu smiled slightly: "Who said Qin's law is strict? Da Qin's law does not say that they should be killed if they delay the deadline. Not only There is no such thing, and it is quite humane. For example, criminals are not allowed to be tortured and whipped at will, and if they are late, they will only be fined at most and will not be beheaded. In addition, if there is a delay due to heavy rain or floods, there will be no penalty."
"Uh... I have never heard of such a thing before." Li Muchian scratched his head, and Chang Yu secretly laughed. Of course you haven't heard of it. The cultural relics were unearthed to prove it after the fact.
"Then do you know the identity of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang?" Chang Yu asked again.
"Just two farmers!" Li Muxian said without thinking, "This is recorded in historical records."
"What is recorded in the historical records must be correct. There are many self-contradictory things in the historical records." Chang Yu curled his lips: "Can a farmer say such a thing as "The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan?" Even if it can , how many peasants have you seen with characters? Historical records also record that Chen Sheng's character is "She", but it is good for ordinary people to have a name. Where did the character come from? Only people with status have characters. Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, also Hong Wu, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was truly a commoner and had no words about his background, so they were at least declining nobles with status, or had status..."
Well, Li Muchian scratched his head again: "Maybe it was the name given by someone who revolted and became queen."
Chang Yu smiled again: "But when she calls her queen, an old friend of hers came over to ask for a meeting: "I want to see She", which means she already has the word."
Li Muxian was completely stunned: "Then why did he rebel?"
"Of course it's because of his great ambitions. You see how many preparations he has made to show off, and you know that he has already had different intentions. He just used the heavy rain delay as an excuse to rebel. And anyone who rebels will put it down at the beginning. The reasons are high-sounding and righteous, but then they are just arrogant and licentious for their own personal gain. Isn't it the same for Chen Sheng and Wu Guang when they call themselves queens? They also intensify their efforts to kill the brothers who rebelled together. The two of them also plot against each other... Not to mention these frivolous things. It’s over, I’m angry.” Chang Yu sighed and looked at the people working in the fields in the distance.
But Li Muxian and others looked at me, and I looked at you, how could a history that was obviously very positive become so unbearable in the mouth of the little eunuch.
Maybe they just haven't realized the truth yet: there is no truth in history!
"Fellow, how's the rain lately?" Chang Yu looked at the field for a while and asked, stopping the busy hawker. The hawker hurried over and said, "Fortunately, it rained several times this year. Although it's still dry, it's better than the rain." It was a lot better last year.”
Chang Yu looked up at the sky and asked Li Muchian: "Look, it's much better here than in Shandong."
Li Muxian hummed and looked into the distance: "Although it is not as good as the weather, but compared with the drought and locust plague in Shandong, it is already a good harvest year, and compared with the drought in Hebei and Henan, it is already a good year."
"Fellow, have there been any thieves attacking recently?" Jin Shenghuan suddenly asked the hawker for some unknown reason. The hawker was not timid: "Last year, there was a lot of trouble. The bandits from Huangzang Valley and Dawuliuli often came out to rob." Murder, I heard that they were killed several times by officers and soldiers. Anyway, I haven’t heard much about anyone being robbed this year..."
Jin Shenghuan smiled and said nothing. He glanced at Chang Yu and saw the little eunuch facing the south in a daze. Looking along, he found nothing.
"It should be very close to Fengyang Mansion now, right?" Chang Yu stared straight into the distance, Jin Shenghuan was the most familiar, and said quickly: "It's about two hundred miles back to Lord Du Gong."
Then Chunxiang should be here, Chang Yu thought, getting up and walking towards the distance. Only then did everyone see a beggar huddled in a corner on the roadside in the distance, looking timidly.
"That's a big fool." The vendor looked at him and shook his head: "He wandered here from nowhere last year, and he can't speak..."
