Before he entered the door, Er Niu shouted," Young Master, I've killed the cow. I met a strange thief on the way. I couldn't get rid of him, and he insisted on seeing you."”
"Then bring him in. The vegetable hotpot and Xiao Die are ready. We're just short of your beef.”Qin Fang did not care about the thief. Instead, he picked up a piece of beef and placed it into the hotpot to boil the beef.
"How dare you! It's a serious crime to kill a cow without permission, and you actually ate it.”Before Qin Fang could speak, the old man shouted at Qin Fang.
Cattle were the most important means of agricultural production in ancient society. The local government would let the squires register the number of cattle. Slaughtering without permission was a serious crime.
"Don't worry, I won't do anything that violates the laws of the imperial court. According to the law, frozen cows can be eaten.”Qin Fang said.
" As for you, why did you barge into my Qin Manor?" Qin Fang asked as he chewed on the beef.
"This is the young master of our Qin family. Aren't you looking for him?”
Buttface appeared fierce on the outside but was weak on the inside. He wanted to be rude but didn't dare to.
"This official…I am a grain merchant from Chang 'an. Because of the recent blizzards, the grain prices in Chang' an are boiling. I want to see if the surrounding counties have any grain that I can buy back.”
"My surname is Wei, and my name is Wei Xingzheng. Everyone calls me Old Wei, and you can call me that too.”
"Xiao Die, you are a guest. Bring a set of chopsticks for Old Wei.”
Qin Fang had received nine years of compulsory education. Respecting the old, loving the young, and being polite were the most basic moral values. Ol 'Wei's beard had grown. He must be cold and hungry after rushing over from Chang' an on such a snowy day. Besides, it was not appropriate for him to eat alone, no, for three people to eat while others were standing and watching.
"Old Wei, please sit." Xiao Die brought over a pair of chopsticks.
Ol 'Wei didn't put on an act. He moved his chair away and sat down. He picked up his chopsticks but stopped in mid-air.
The water in the hotpot was boiling. It was bubbling with steam, and the chili and butter were boiling.
Looking at the oddly-shaped hotpot, Ol 'Wei asked,""Young Master Qin, what is this?"
The food in the Great Tang mostly consisted of mutton soup and pancakes. Even when drinking soup, they used cauldrons. They had never seen hotpot before.
"Oh, this is hotpot. I made it myself. It's suitable for all four seasons.”
Seeing that Ol 'Wei was still holding his chopsticks, Qin Fang guessed that he didn't know how to eat hotpot. He picked up a piece of beef and placed it in the hotpot for a few seconds. Then, he dipped it in some sauce and put it into his mouth.
Ol 'Wei followed suit. He picked up a piece of beef and rinsed it in the pot. Then, he dipped it in the sauce that Xiao Die had given him and put it in his mouth.
In an instant," Hiss, spicy, spicy, spicy "
Er Niu saw that Old Wei was about to cry from the spiciness and laughed loudly,"Why did you bring chili into your mouth when you picked up the beef? You're even more simple-minded than I am.”
"Chili, what is chili?"
If this was the 21st century, even a child would know what chili was. However, in the Tang Dynasty, it was difficult to explain.
"It's a kind of ingredient seasoning to ward off the cold.”
"You're so spicy. Xiao Die, add some vegetables to Old Wei's tomato pot to relieve the spiciness.”
Old Wei felt that he had heard wrongly. In the middle of winter, many people did not even have food to eat, but there were still vegetables here. Xiao Die was really adding green vegetables into the pot.
The tender leaves on the vegetables did not look old at all. No matter how good the storage method was, it could not make the vegetables so fresh.
Looking at the vegetables in front of him, Ol 'Wei's eyes almost popped out.
To be able to grow vegetables in the middle of winter, did Qin Fang know immortal techniques?
After putting down the vegetables for a while, Qin Fang picked up a leaf and put it in his mouth. Old Wei also picked up a leaf and put it in his mouth. It was sweet and crisp, relieving the spiciness just now.
"Young Master Qin, why are these vegetables so fresh and delicious?”"This is spinach, a specialty of our village.”
"In the middle of winter, how did Young Master Qin grow it? This didn't look like the winter dishes stored in the cellar.”
This fresh and tender color was obvious that it had just been plucked. "Yes, this was planted in the village and just picked.”Qin Fang explained with a smile.
Thinking back, the Salted Fish System had not only given him vegetable seeds over the past year, but it had also given him a lot of plastic for the greenhouse. Of course, it had also given him some glass. However, he did not dare to use glass rashly at this time. After all, if others mistook it for glass, he would have to guard against thieves every day.
With the plastic greenhouse, Qin Fang guided some craftsmen in the village to build a vegetable greenhouse for himself according to his memories from his previous life. The vegetable greenhouse was planned to be slightly closer to the middle of the village so that it was convenient for the villagers to eat vegetables in winter and to protect the vegetable greenhouse.
Old Wei was shocked. This person was indeed a god. Otherwise, how could he grow vegetables in the village during this heavy snow?
After learning how to eat hotpot, Ol 'Wei didn't act pretentious. He started to add meat and vegetables.
Looking at how Old Wei was stuffing beef and vegetables into his mouth, Qin Fang shook his head. Although Old Wei was a grain merchant in Chang 'an, his days were probably not good. He had probably not eaten meat for months. At least I don't have to run around in the middle of winter. I can still eat meat and vegetables.
If Old Wei heard Qin Fang's words, his jaw would definitely drop.
This Old Wei was none other than the person who was praised by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, in history. With history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall of the country; with people as a mirror, you can understand the gains and losses of the country.
Ever since the incident at Xuanwu Gate, when Li Shimin, the King of Qin, killed Li Jiancheng, the Crown Prince, and Li Yuanji, the King of Qi, at the Xuanwu Gate at the north gate of Chang 'an Palace City, Old Wei, as a supporter of the Crown Prince, naturally became the loser. The officials who were close to him had all left. Fortunately, Li Shiming did not implicate Wei Zheng because he was a member of the old Crown Prince's faction. Instead, he wanted to appoint Wei Zheng. However, Wei Zheng was a loyal person and was unwilling to betray the old Crown Prince and be used by Li Shiming. Therefore, Wei Zheng wandered aimlessly on a snowy day and accidentally entered the Qin Manor.
Along the way, he did not see any good villages. Most of them were just a few families, and the houses were all dilapidated. Only this manor was left. There were more than a thousand families, and their houses were solemn. When he first entered the village, he saw that the chickens of Buttface's family were eating full rice grains, and the dogs were gnawing on bones.
This aroused Wei Zheng's curiosity. He looked left and right in the village and felt a little sneaky. Buttface mistook him for a thief.
Since he knows immortal techniques, why not ask him if I, Wei Zheng, should work for Li Shimin?
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