Ding Yi suddenly laughed: "Brother Jinu really misses his brother. Brother Xie is no longer in the army. You still remember it."
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "He is Tingyun's brother. Among the most unforgettable brothers in my life is Tingyun. No matter what, I have to take care of him. I was too busy with military affairs last time and I didn't have time to ask him about his future. Regarding the matter, I heard that you have always been on good terms with him, and even your wife helped open the shop his family opened in Jiankang City, so I just thought of asking you."
As he spoke, he said to Luo Bing on the side: "Guard Luo, please go back to the city and visit your new home first. I have been too busy to let you go home. I will definitely visit you in person to congratulate you on your new home someday."
Luo Bing grinned and saluted: "Thank you, Marshal, for your help. I will definitely tell my father."
Liu Yu turned to the guards around him and said: "Okay, you all go back first. I will give you a day off to walk around the capital and taste the delicious wines in the capital. But I have something to say first. You also understand military discipline. If you act recklessly in the city and cause trouble, don't blame me for being ruthless."
A team member was saying: "Commander, if you let us go, then your safety..."
Liu Yu smiled and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. Not many people know me in this city now, and it's rare to have an opportunity to walk around Jiankang City incognito. Besides, if I can't protect myself, you can protect me." Can you live in it?"
A group of guards laughed and saluted Liu Yu: "Then thank you, Marshal."
Liu Yu turned back to Ding Ao and said, "Okay, come with me into the city and change this armor when you're at the south gate. You're such a big guy and wearing armor again, I don't think it's going to be difficult to visit incognito."
Two hours later, Xie Jihu Cake Shop in Nantang, south of Jiankang City.
Under a big willow tree, a square table was set up. Liu Yu was dressed in casual clothes and had a piece of dog skin plaster on his right cheek. Xie Tingyun and Ding Ao were sitting around the square table. A plate of steaming sesame cakes was placed on the table. In the middle, there were two plates of white-striped pork with soy sauce on both sides. In front of everyone, there was also a bowl of mutton soup. The smell of cumin made people want to eat.
Xie Tingyun had a white cloth on his shoulders, a futou on his head, and silk clothes. This outfit was very strange. The shopkeeper didn’t look like a shopkeeper, and the waiter didn’t look like a waiter. But dozens of steps away, inside the Hu Cake Shop , but it was bustling with people, about twenty tables had been placed at the door, and three or four waiters were coming and going. Even the Xie family lady in a sarong was carrying plates and bowls, passing through the two open-air stoves on one side. , three Hu masters, bare-chested and surrounded by a leather jacket, are holding steel forks and turning over and over in the stove. Soon, there will be a batch of fresh sesame Hu cakes coming out of the oven. Now, in the kitchen, the aroma of mutton soup and Yanghe wine are mixed together, and can be smelled even in the whole street.
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Brother Tingyun, it seems that your business here is really prosperous. I was worried that you were new to Jiankang and it was not easy to do business."
Ding Yi grinned: "Brother Jinu, you don't know. When brother Tingyun was in his hometown, he was a famous cake shop and would not throw it away even if he was slapped in the face. If not for this, he would also I don’t dare to come to the capital to do business.”
Liu Yu nodded: "I have been in the army for many years and have hardly lived a normal life. I really don't understand these things. However, this biscuit is so delicious. I think it was when I went to Chang'an back then. Only then did I have the opportunity to eat this.”
Xie Tingyun smiled and said: "These three pancake makers of mine are natives of Guanzhong. The taste is absolutely the same as that of Chang'an. Brother Jinu, can you taste it?"
Liu Yu laughed: "You're not bragging about this. It's really a very authentic Chang'an flavor. But..."
He glanced at the three barbarian masters and said, "These masters of yours are not Han. How did you hire them?"
Xie Tingyun said: "The older one, a master in his late fifties, is called Saibachi, and the other two younger ones are his two sons. When there was great chaos in Guanzhong and the war between Qin and Qin Dynasties, it was very difficult for Saibachi's family to survive. They escaped, and later moved around a lot, and ended up living in the south of the Yangtze River. Because they were barbarians and had no officially recognized status, they were recruited into the Xie family's manor and became tenant farmers. Later, when demons caused chaos, the Xie family's manor was also destroyed. It was ruined. They had no way to make a living and almost starved to death. I saved them and gave them something to eat. From then on, they lived with my family. Later, I opened a family with the money sent by Brother Jinu. The small shop unexpectedly became popular, and it became what you see now."
Liu Yu's heart moved: "Are there many barbarians like Saibachi's family who came from the north to the south in Wudi now?"
Xie Tingyun nodded: "There are many, even more than the northern Han people who went south before. In the past, when the northern barbarian countries were not at war, these barbarians were relatively safe. Later, when the war started, it continued year after year. A place is peaceful, but many Hu people who can't survive and don't want to be drafted to fight, like Saibach, fled south with their families. As far as I know, there are thousands of northern Hu people like this in Kuaiji alone. Where are the people.”
Liu Yu frowned slightly: "But it seems that the officials at all levels have not reported this situation. I thought that the manor in Wu Di was filled with northern Han refugees."
Xie Tingyun shook his head: "Common people, whether they are Han or Hu, all want stability. Those fighting, killing, and fighting for power are all what the high-ranking officials want, and victory is theirs. credit, but it was not their children who died. Just like Saibach, he was the only one who died out of seven brothers in his family. When he went south, his wife was also killed by bandits. A big man took two As a young man, he is lucky to be alive."
At this point, Xie Tingyun suddenly realized something and said quickly: "Brother Jinu, please don't misunderstand me. I'm talking about the barbarian leaders, not you. You are not..."
Liu Yu looked gloomy and sighed: "Although I didn't launch a war for my own selfish gain, the war I launched caused no less losses to the people at the bottom. Brother Tingyun, you don't need to deny this, But I believe that I am raising the Yi army in order to restore our Han family, and for the sake of peace and stability for all people in the world, and no longer suffer the devastation of war. It is not for my own sake to conquer the world. This is true from the time I joined the army. It has never changed since that day, and it remains the same now.”
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