Chang'an West City.

Xu You did encounter some minor troubles, and he was assassinated. The reason why he was called a minor trouble was because the assassination and the assassination process were a bit...a bit like playing house.

Chang'an is divided into East and West City, with shops connected and merchants gathered, but there are also differences. The east city is a luxury goods such as wine shops, brothels, gambling shops, pearls and jade, brocades, etc., and the west market is mostly a place to meet the needs of daily life, such as butchers, restaurants, foot shops, pharmacies, clothes and candles, and other places to meet the needs of daily life. The east and west markets almost satisfy most people's lives, and the saying of "buying things" in later generations originated from this.

Without investigation, there is no right to speak. Xu You inspected Xicheng to use this place to see if the lives of ordinary people in Chang'an City have recovered as before. If not, how much impact will be caused by the military disaster. Then work on site, follow the measures, find problems and solve them as soon as possible.

Stability, overwhelming!

There was no mobilization of troops, no full set of ceremonies, and only a few dozen people were brought. They walked seven or eight streets one after another. Xu You did not arrange the city order in advance, randomly selected shops to enter, and directly talked to the people, and learned that they were truly fear and uneasy in their hearts, as well as the help and support they needed the most. Whenever they found a problem, they would hand it over to the person in charge of the officials behind them to deal with the six ministries, and simply responded on the spot, complicated promise dates, timely feedback, and the General's Mansion would also send people to visit, etc.

"General, you can leave such trivial chores to Youshi, why do you have to do it yourself?" The question was a minister of the former Ministry of Revenue of Liang State, who laughed and wanted to flatter Xu You to show his loyalty.

Xu You smiled and said, "Yu Teng, tell me, why am I here in the West City?"

"Guanzi said: The city can tell the chaos and the amount. Whether Chang'an is stable and whether the food and goods are sufficient can be obtained through the western market."

Xu You was very satisfied with his answer. Yu Teng was serious and looked at the problem until the core, saying: "Don't underestimate the market, nor do you underestimate the benefits of the breeding of goods, nor do you regard merchants as a low-level slaughter. Guanzhong's land is fertile, but it cannot support too many people or too many soldiers. If you want to become the stadium of the court in the future, you still need to make a fuss about breeding of goods!"

Yu Teng thoughtfully, as if he had captured the court's policy direction for Guanzhong in the next five to ten years from Xu You's words. Similarly, there were a large number of smart people in the entourage team behind him, each of whom had thoughts, breaking up every word in Xu You's words and analyzing them, for fear of missing important clues. Now is the time for a dynasty, and huge risks are accompanied by huge benefits, but as long as you take this right step, it can at least bring prosperity to the family for 10 or 20 years. No one can resist such temptation.

The officials paid attention to the profound meaning behind Xu You's behavior, and this on-site office style is unique and has never been seen before, which aroused great curiosity among the people. First, they surrounded him carefully and peeked in the distance. Later, they saw that Xu You's personal guards were not driving people. They were very polite to some crowded and powerful people, and then appropriately stopped them. Except for the evil-looking Wuxi Mancang area, the others were tall, energetic, and dressed.

The general's personal guard's uniform is unique to military uniforms, tight lips, shiny eyes, and a proud face that is firm and high raised. It is clean and neat and pleasing to the eye. It is completely different from the soldiers and gangsters I usually see. Whether it is energy or the impression they give people, they are extremely shocked. In this way, their courage has become bigger, they are closer, and they have followed longer, with their nervous and gossipy faces, excited and nervous eyes, and they look at each other from time to time, and then they make various low-key comments at Xu You.

"Is this the general?"

"Absolutely, the clothes are a little simpler, but look, are there anyone who looks more like a general than his aura?"

"It's like a human in the painting..."

"We don't have such a person in Chang'an. It turns out that Jiangdong is so handsome..."

"The Kingdom of Daliang is not bad either, at least it is majestic..."

"Shh, now we can't say Daliang is here, we are all Chu people..."

Just then, I suddenly heard a woman shouting anxiously and suppressedly: "Cui Nu, don't run, don't run around..." A little girl giggled and quickly got out of the crowd, ran into the defense range of the guards, and accidentally hit one of them in the leg.

The little girl stood in a daze, and the people next to her were frightened. Everyone knew what the crime of ceremonial fighting against the general was. The girl's mother's face turned pale and her lips trembled. She wanted to rush over to save her daughter, but the kind-hearted person grabbed her hand tightly. It was pitiful enough to not both the mother and daughter.

However, the guard did not arrest the little girl as the people thought, but squatted down, patted her thin shoulders gently, and smiled and said, "Don't be afraid!" Then he took her hand and handed it to the sad mother, stood attentive with her feet, saluted, and said, "There are many people, take good care of the children!"

Everyone was completely shocked. Living in a chaotic world, who had ever seen such a soldier? The woman hugged the child tightly and witnessed the back of the guards returning to the team. She was moved and afraid intertwined, so she started to cry.

"Brother, I've said it long ago. The general's troops are completely unrestrained. After entering Chang'an, you haven't even entered a private house. Don't you believe it?"

"Oh, it's all my fault. Since the Chu army entered the city, they were locked up at home for several days, how could they think of such an army in the world?"

"If all the soldiers in the world are like this, the lives of ordinary people will be better..."

"Who said no?"

...

Xu You walked in front and did not notice the little episode behind him. He smelled a rich fragrance in his nose. He stopped and looked up and saw the swaying flag curtain with a black deficit, which read the Liu Family Restaurant.

This is called Shizhao, an ancient simple advertising form. Xu You walked in and said, "Shopkeeper, is your business good recently?"

The shopkeeper is an old man, formerly from Shangjun, Suizhou, Xiliang. He came to Chang'an to make a living in his early years. He took his wife, son and daughter-in-law to support the store, which is well-known in Xicheng City.

"It's okay," Old Liu said nervously, "Does the noble man want to have a meal?"

He has been in the West Market for many years, and has seen the world. His eyes are fierce. Seeing Xu You wearing a coarse blue robe, his aura is beyond the reach of the crowd. Looking at the storm behind him, even the commander who was so coquettish that he usually saw was far away. He was not qualified to get close to this person. How could he not know that he could not afford to offend a noble person?

"What are you delicious?"

"The shop mainly produces gourd soup."

"Oh? It's just right, I'm tired of walking, so I'll have a bowl to taste."

Gourd soup is soup noodles, which are paired with various toppings, such as fat meat, lean meat essence, and only vegetables and vegetables, hot noodles, cold noodles, fine noodles, noodles, etc. In later generations, the recipe written by Wu in the Song Dynasty, "Wu's Zhongfu Lu" recorded that a bowl of ordinary gourd soup noodles has a very rich topping, including sesame paste, almond sauce, dried salted bamboo shoots, pickled cucumber, ginger, pickled leeks, shredded cucumber and fried meat, etc. You can imagine how delicious those carefully crafted noodles should be.

The Liu family’s noodles are made from the folk recipe of Suizhou. They are not as delicate as Wu’s in Jiangnan. They use mutton with bones and chop them into large pieces, add grass fruit as seasonings, cook a large pot of broth, then take out the mutton and cut it into slices, peel it, and slice it. They are also sliced ​​with mutton and noodles. Add ginger, green onion, salt, vinegar, and add broth.

This is simply the predecessor of the famous Suide mutton noodles in later generations. Xu You smelled the scent that was coming to his nose and praised it. He was about to eat it but was stopped by Qingming. Although two personal guards were supervising the whole process when Lao Liu was cooking just now, just in case, Qingming had to undergo a retest before he could rest assured.

Xu You actually felt that there was no need to make such a big deal, but Qingming insisted that he had no choice. When Qingming was familiar with the situation, he nodded to him, then picked up the chopsticks and smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, it won't affect the taste of this bowl of gourd soup if it is cold, right?"

Old Liu grinned and said, "Have you heard of a common saying in Guanzhong?"

"Oh? And said?" Xu You waved and said, "Come near and sit down!"

Qingming and others all scattered beside him. Old Liu walked two or three steps away from Xu You, hunched over and said, "Why dare a villain sit in front of you?"

Xu You didn't force himself, and smiled and said, "What a vulgar word, let's hear it!"

"There are four treasures in Guanzhong, including the wife of Yinzhou, the Han of Suizhou, the Jinmai of Jisu County, and the noodles of Zhejiaping. This is called Zhejiaping, which is the village of villains. The ancestors have been relying on this bowl of noodles to make a living. Eating hot is the fragrance of dragon meat in the sky, and eating cold is the fragrance of donkey meat on the ground. You can rest assured that noble people can rest assured."

Xu You laughed and said, "Interesting! Interesting!"

Just as he was about to turn on his chopsticks, Old Liu wanted to say something, and seemed to want to say something, Xu Youqi said, "What?"

"The first time I ate the noble man, I hid the toppings in the small shop. I have to stir it like this..." Old Liu laughed and said, "Why should I help the noble man?"

Xu You put down his chopsticks and smiled and said, "That's a blessing!"

Old Liu took two more steps, almost shoulder to shoulder with Xu You. He bent over and was extremely respectful. He went to grab chopsticks with his right hand, and suddenly pulled out a bone-clearing knife from his clothes with his left hand and stabbed Xu You hard in the heart.

Xu You's face did not change, and he pinched his fingers and clamped the tip of the knife. Without seeing how to use force, Old Liu staggered back and rolled to the ground, as if he was dehydrated and weak, he lay down in a daze, but his expression was relieved.

clank!

The cold light flashed, the iron knife was unsheathed, and the eight personal guards were like wolves and tigers, controlling all the others in the store, including the old woman and son and daughter-in-law. Qingming appeared next to Lao Liu at the same time, blocking his meridians all over his body, and feeling a little annoyed: The store has no cultivation at all, otherwise it would not have been possible to get him close to Xu You, but unexpectedly, he had a problem.

Cang waved his hand, and the twenty guards dispersed in fan shapes, guarding the entrance outside the restaurant. People outside could not see what was happening inside. They even thought Xu You were having a meal, but they were waiting enthusiastically, and there was no riot.

Most of the officials in the entourage were shocked and looked at the face of no one. The city ruling's legs were even weak and almost sluggish. Yu Teng looked at Lao Liu's head and frowned. He couldn't figure it out. With Lao Liu's skills, he could kill pigs, but he was far from killing people. Why did he take the risk of assassination even though he knew he would die?

"Qingming, don't be rude to the shopkeeper, please come and sit down!"

Xu You was over the age of being happy and angry. He picked up the chopsticks and ate the noodles. The noodles of Zhejiaping were indeed well-known, oily but not greasy, fragrant and smooth. He ate several large mouthfuls in a row. Then he looked at Lao Liu's head and asked with a smile: "The shopkeeper wants to kill me, but want to avenge Yao Ji?"

Old Liu sat opposite him, his panic slowly calmed down, but his hands were still trembling uncontrollably, saying, "Yao Ji is incompetent and unruly. The people want him to die early. The villain does not want to assassinate the general for him."

"So you know my identity!" Xu You ate the noodles again and said, "The noble man who was full of mouth just now called me, but he hid me!"

"When the general conquered Chang'an and rode his horse into the city, the villain also looked at the crowd in the middle of the road, and was fortunate to see the general's appearance."

"Since it's not because of Yao Ji, is it because the Chu army has disturbed the people too much? You took the risk and wanted to eliminate the harm for the people?"

"The villain lived in 50 years of life and had never seen a benevolent and righteous army like the Chu army."

"Then," Xu You held the bowl and took a big sip of soup. The belly was so hot. It was so comfortable that a god would not change it. He said, "The shopkeeper has a personal grudge with me?"

Old Liu said, "I was born in the northwest, and the general was tall in the southeast, and his status was even worse. He was not worthy of making enemies with the general."

"That's strange. Is the shopkeeper afraid that I won't pay for my meal? So I stabbed a few times first?"

"The General was joking!"

Old Liu was silent for a while and said, "Actually, there is nothing that cannot be said. The villain had been blessed by someone many years ago. This morning, the benefactor suddenly appeared and told the villain that if the general came to the restaurant to eat noodles, he would do whatever he could to assassinate the general..."

"Anything to do anything...including the lives of your whole family, young and old?"

Old Liu turned his head and looked at his captured wife and son and daughter-in-law, closed his eyes in pain, and tears flowed over and said, "My whole family's life is given by his benefactor. If the benefactor wants to take it, then take it away! I know that the general is here, and the elders of Guanzhong will have a good life. Since I can't kill you, I will not let my benefactor down or my fellow villagers. It would be better if my whole family's head is the best..."

Xu You sighed, stood up, and said, "This bowl of gourd soup is really authentic, the shopkeeper's good skills! Yu Teng, please continue to let go of today's business. No one is allowed to make things difficult for Manager Liu. If he wants to continue doing business, he will let him open a shop here and go back to his hometown. He will leave without interruption."

"promise!"

Yu Teng agreed and asked again: "General, won't you take it back for the first trial?"

"No need! I already know who the envoy behind the scenes. Manager Liu committed suicide and made great promises. He was willing to die generously. He had the legacy of ancient wise men. Don't humiliate him! Let's go and continue to inspect. There are so many goods stores in the West Market, so you have to take a look at them one by one. Yu Teng, remember one thing: When governing, you must do a good job of investigation and research, otherwise, the decisions issued by the court will only be castles in the air and will not be completed in the long run."

Yu Teng shouted: "One!"

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