MTL - Wei and Jin Cooks-Chapter 723 detain a guest

  Chapter 723 Retaining customers

   Liu Yi came to Zhao Hanzhang mainly to say goodbye. He had to go home, otherwise the family would have to worry. Zhao Hanzhang did not attack Pingyang City at night last night.

   But before he could say goodbye, Zhao Hanzhang threw the spear in his hand to the guard and invited him: "Is the King of Beihai interested in visiting my barracks?"

  Liu Yi paused after saying goodbye, and asked with wide-eyed eyes, "Can I visit?"

   "Naturally." Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile: "Let's go, let's have breakfast first, and I'll take you to see it after breakfast."

  In order to entertain Liu Yi, they ate noodles in the morning, with an egg lying in the noodles.

  Zhao Hanzhang ate to his heart's content. The noodles were made by mixing wheat flour and soybean flour in a certain proportion, but most of them were wheat flour, so it looked quite plain. Zhao Hanzhang also asked Liu Yi: "How is the king of Beihai eating?"

  Liu Yi nodded in satisfaction, "It's delicious!"

   "As long as the king of the North Sea eats to his satisfaction, soy flour is added to this noodle. I thought it would be difficult for a nobleman like you to eat it."

   Liu Yidao: "Zhao Shishi's words embarrass me. In terms of family background and wealth, my Liu family is far inferior to your Zhao family. Before I became a prince, I was just a country boy."

  Liu Yuan ran around before becoming emperor. He was once the hostage of the Xiongnu in Luoyang. After the death of his original wife, he formed an alliance with the Di clan and married the Shan family and gave birth to Liu Yi.

  But in those years, in order to be able to return to the five tribes of the Huns, he had no time to take care of the children, so Liu Yi was placed in his grandfather's house.

   Unlike the Xiongnu, who are nomadic peoples, the Di people, like the Han people, mainly focus on farming.

  So it is true that Liu Yi said that he is a child in the country. This kind of pasta was also a rare food when he was a child.

  Even in the home of the landlord, life is not as good as outsiders think, but compared with the common people, they can eat.

  Using wheat flour to make noodles and cracking an egg is already a good diet in Liu Yi's memory.

  But I didn't know until I became a prince, it was just a trivial matter.

  The imperial palace of the Han Dynasty was extravagant. Liu Yuan was already a relatively lenient monarch, but once he gained power, he couldn't help but enjoy the extravagance.

  Liu Yi, who is much loved by Liu Yuan, naturally has no worries about food and clothing, and uses the best things.

  So, Zhao Hanzhang heard Liu Yi say that he had three meals a day in the palace, and breakfast included porridge, white noodles, roasted lamb, three-treasure chicken, and cheese...

  Hearing so many delicious foods, Zhao Hanzhang couldn't help asking, "You eat such greasy things in the morning?"

   "Is it greasy?" Liu Yi said, "It's not greasy. The lamb is tender and has no fat, and the oil of the sambal chicken has been skimmed off, so it's not greasy at all. I only eat soup, not chicken."

  Zhao Hanzhang couldn't eat, so he stopped his chopsticks and asked: "Since the king of Beihai has lived in the country, he should know that this is an extremely extravagant meal. It happens every day, and he has to cook it differently. How much money will it cost?"

   Liu Yidao: "The royal family protects the world, and the world feeds back the royal family. This is a matter of course. Our royal family should be supported by the people of the world."

Zhao Hanzhang picked up the bowl again to eat, and after eating the noodles, he drank up the soup without leaving a trace, and then said: "But, have you, the Liu family, protected the world? Now the world is in chaos, and the people are displaced. Your Liu family has taken over How much is the responsibility?"

  Liu Yi said a little unhappy: "Before my father became emperor, the world was in chaos. This is Sima's crime. My father did it in response to the destiny. He inherited the country of the Han Dynasty and set things right."

  Zhao Hanzhang: "...Young man, you don't really think that your Liu family is descended from the Han Dynasty, do you? You are a Hun!"

   Liu Yi blushed, and said a little annoyed: "My father said yes!"

"Okay," Zhao Hanzhang reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Although our positions are different, for the sake of our mutual friendship, I still want to remind you to treat the people under your rule better, don't forget Now, the country is made up of people, and since you are supported by them, you have to fulfill the responsibility of protecting them."

   Liu Yi said proudly: "In this regard, my father is more competent than your Jin emperor."

  Zhao Hanzhang was noncommittal. The Jin Emperor was unable to make the decision. In fact, he had compassion for the people; and Liu Yuan, for the sake of military expenses and enjoyment, had exploited the people of Bingzhou a lot in the past two years.

  Not only the Han people, but also the Jiehu and other Hu people, and even the Xiongnu civilians often had to pull their own horses to join the army because they could not pay the required share.

   But Zhao Hanzhang will not say these words clearly. In fact, it is good for them to be so chaotic. When the time is right, she will add fuel to the fire and cause chaos in Han.

   Mentioning this sentence is already her greatest kindness to the little prince Liu Yi, and she can give another even greater kindness, but this is not the time, she decided to give it to him when he left.

   After eating too early, Zhao Hanzhang took him to watch her soldiers practice.

  Although the little prince Liu Yi has participated in politics, he is only an observer. He has not accomplished anything yet, let alone military power.

   But he also often went to the army and saw what their Hun army was like.

  Among them, apart from Wang Mi and Shi Le, the most powerful army in the Han Dynasty was the one led by Liu Cong.

   But he remembered that when he went, everyone was sitting around loosely, and occasionally someone would wrestle and play in a circle. Little prince Liu Yi seldom saw such orderly and uniform drills.

  Following the humming and haha ​​sounds of the soldiers, the guns in their hands changed, stabbing, piercing, teasing, poking...a ferocious air spread across the surface, Liu Yi's blood was boiling, and at the same time, his back was slightly chilling...

  Zhao Hanzhang took him around the barracks, and talked about how to train soldiers. After lunch, they also went to see the cavalry of the Zhao family army.

  Zhao Hanzhang said: "Compared to cavalry, we are not as good as you, and please give advice to King Beihai."

   It was almost dark during this lesson, and Liu Yi couldn't leave, so he stayed for another night.

  Liu Yi's chief guard was not in a hurry, because except for the luggage and food areas, they could go wherever they wanted, and they were very free, without the feeling of being imprisoned.

  Since they are free and come and go as they please, there is nothing to worry about.

The next day, Liu Yi wanted to leave again, but Zhao Hanzhang invited him to go for a walk in the next county. She said, "Yonghe County was taken from you. There are many Huns and Jiehu in the city. Since the King of Beihai and I negotiated a peace, why don't you go and appease them for me, lest they act impulsively and lose their lives in vain."

  Liu Yi firstly didn’t want to break the covenant he made with Zhao Hanzhang, and secondly, he really didn’t want his former subjects to sacrifice their lives in vain, so he went with Zhao Hanzhang.

  So Zhao Hanzhang ordered a team of soldiers, and went to Yonghe County mightily.

  Ji Yuan just watched Zhao Hanzhang coax the foolish prince away. He stood in front of the camp with his hands together and watched for a while. Seeing Fu Tinghan passing by not far away, he hurriedly called him, "What is Tinghan going to do?"

  Fu Tinghan brought a team of people, and heard the words: "I found water, now I take people to dig a well, why don't Mr. Ji go to Yonghe County together?"

   "I won't go. I'll wait here for the envoy of the Han Kingdom, the King of Beihai. One girl is enough."

   It is more than enough, it is more than enough.

Good night

  (end of this chapter)