The next morning.
Not long after dawn, Li Zexuan was doing Tai Chi with three beauties in the west courtyard.
I have to say that in terms of work and rest, he can now be called a "healthy brother". The reason why he is so "healthy" is because he "enjoys" this wonderful time in the morning!
If he were asked to lead a group of old men to practice Tai Chi in the morning, this guy would definitely be bedridden.
Before the Tai Chi session was finished, I heard someone say that Li Tai was here.
The people below are very sensible. Everyone knows that Li Zexuan will have a "repertoire" in the west courtyard in the morning, and it is not convenient for outsiders to come in. So this time Li Tai originally wanted to barge in directly like before, but was stopped by the servant at the door. Stopped.
Li Zexuan was very satisfied with the "understanding" of his servants, because it was summer now, and when several beauties practiced Tai Chi with him in the morning, they wore very soft and close-fitting training clothes. There was no underwear in this era, so they could still wear it from the outside. Seeing some "little" things, Li Zexuan didn't want to take advantage of this little fat man.
In this regard, Li Zexuan has always been very stingy.
"Qingque, why are you here so early? Have you eaten?"
After asking his wife to take Xiao He and Xiao Xi to continue practicing, Li Zexuan left the west courtyard alone. When he saw Li Tai drinking tea in the front hall, he walked up and asked his servants to bring breakfast.
"It's almost Chen time, why is it so early?"
Li Tai rolled his eyes and complained angrily: "I just heard from your servants that you haven't gotten up yet, so I didn't go in. Sir, you are so lazy, but you haven't set a good example for the students!"
"Get out! You got up too early today! I'm afraid you were too excited about becoming a squad leader last night? Didn't you know what time you got up every day?"
Li Zexuan laughed and cursed angrily.
To be honest, he is already very diligent now, right? A perfect model worker!
"Fart! I'm worried about the progress of the academy's construction!"
Li Tai said harshly.
"Haha~!"
Li Zexuan said haha. Just at this time, the servant brought breakfast. His breakfast was also very simple, a plate of pickles and a bowl of thick rice porridge, without steamed buns or steamed buns.
There was no baking powder in this era, and the steamed buns and steamed buns made were not very delicious, so Li Zexuan only ate steamed buns and porridge in the morning.
Thinking of him as a "rich man" who makes hundreds of thousands of dollars every minute, but his breakfast is so shabby, no one would believe him if he told him!
"Qingque, have you eaten yet? If not, I'll have someone bring you a bowl too?"
At his own home, Li Zexuan had nothing to be polite about. He sat down directly at the dining table and prepared to eat, and asked Li Tai by the way.
"I've eaten! Xiaoxuan, finish your meal quickly and follow me to the construction site!"
Li Tai looked at the shabby breakfast, shook his head and urged.
As a foodie, the little fat man must have eaten before coming here in the morning. If Li Zexuan's breakfast had new tricks, he might sit down and have a few bites to "give face", but for now~~, let's forget it!
Li Zexuan ignored him and started to eat on his own. The speed was neither fast nor slow. He was not in a hurry.
"Chi yo chi yo!"
I have to say that porridge and pickles are really a match made in heaven. Li Zexuan ate it with great enthusiasm. After a while, he drank up the bowl of porridge. Li Tai glanced at him suspiciously and thought Said: Isn’t it just a bowl of porridge? As for how delicious it is?
Suddenly, the little fat man noticed the black strip dish on the plate, and asked curiously: "Xiao Xuan, what kind of dish is this? Why is it so black?"
"This is my homemade pickle, for rice! It tastes crunchy and crunchy! What? Qingque, do you want to try it?"
There is no accurate statement about the origin of pickles. According to relevant evidence, it is speculated that pickles at least originated from bronze ware. However, pickles made from radish, at least, did not exist in this era.
Don’t doubt that there were no radishes in the Tang Dynasty. my country is the country with the richest radish germplasm resources in the world, with more than 2,000 local varieties and a recorded history of more than 2,700 years. There is a sentence in "The Book of Songs·Beifeng·Gufeng" about "picking 葑 and picking phoenix". It is generally believed that "fei" means radish. In the literature of the Han Dynasty, the top ten radish points are "lufu", "luofu" and so on.
Pickles in the form of radish sticks are relatively simple to make. The main ingredients are nothing more than refined salt and soy sauce. There is a lot of refined salt at home, but it is very expensive. Soy sauce was also available in the Tang Dynasty.
Soy sauce evolved from soy sauce. As early as more than 3,000 years ago, there were records of making soy sauce in the Zhou Dynasty of China. The invention of soy sauce brewing by the working people of the Han nationality in ancient China was purely accidental. A condiment used by ancient Chinese emperors, the earliest soy sauce was made from pickled fresh meat. The manufacturing process is similar to today's fish sauce. Because of its excellent flavor, it gradually spread to the people.
Anyone who has read a little bit of ancient Chinese literature probably knows the story of Fan Zhongyan's "cutting off a piece of cake to draw porridge".
When Fan Zhongyan was young, his family was poor and he lived in a temple and studied hard. Cook a pot of gruel every day, condense it and divide it into four pieces, two each in the morning and evening, and only eat it with chopped pickles.
Not only that, he also "eat the marrow to know the taste" and wrote a "Fu", which contains the sentence "In Tao's urn, pickled green and yellow; in Cuo's big mouth, chewed out the palace merchant Zhengyu", a plate The pickles are only for the poor to eat, but he wrote them with great voice and look, and Tao Taoran enjoyed it.
Such a difficult situation made him develop a strong, hard-working and frugal style, and he also deeply understood the hardships of people's livelihood. In the future, whether "living high in the temple" or "far away from the world", he will take the world as his own responsibility, care about the country and the people, eliminate bad government, and benefit the people.
"Then...then let me try it, taste it!"
Li Tai became interested, he pursed his lips and hesitated.
Li Zexuan glanced at him, knowing that this was a guy who wanted to save face, so he didn't bother to argue, so he just asked someone to bring him a pair of bowls and chopsticks.
After a while, the food came. Li Tai picked up the chopsticks and followed Li Zexuan's example, eating two pieces of pickles in one bite. Li Tai immediately felt that the pickles tasted really good. He smiled and said:
"Well, Xiaoxuan, these pickles are really good! They are full of flavor and have a good texture. No wonder you eat them so deliciously!"
"Hehe! Need I say this? Does this kind of dish make porridge more comfortable to eat?"
Li Zexuan nodded and smiled.
"Haha! It's true! Xiaoxuan, can I bring back some pickles from you later?"
Li Tai discovered new food and was very happy.
"Okay! I can give you some as a gift, but you, the majestic King of Wei, actually eat pickles with rice, wouldn't you feel embarrassed if you tell me~?"
Li Zexuan raised a very practical issue,
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