It's still early to dawn. A crescent moon climbs up from the east, reflecting the starlight and illuminating the way for those who get up early.

Yang Shen was dressed and hurriedly walked out of the door. He called on the soldiers who were following him to get up and hurriedly prepared. Accompanied by a crescent moon, more than 20 people walked staggeringly on the road beside the Luo River, carrying burdens.

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After walking to the Huitong Bridge, Yang Shen looked up and saw that the crescent moon had just reached the top of his head.

After taking a breath, Yang Shen directed everyone to unload their burdens. They laid out the things they brought on the side of the road. Some soldiers began to be busy on the chopping board, some were lighting fires, and some went to the street to solicit customers.

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In the past, during the peaceful times, there were countless morning and night markets in Luoyang city, and eating was indispensable all day long. Compared with Kaifeng, Luoyang may not be as lively, but it is still exquisite. However, after the arrival of the Jin soldiers, this lively scene

Never seen again. When the people on the road saw that there was a stall suddenly today, they couldn't help but feel strange and surrounded them one after another.

After standing in front of the stall and looking at it for a while, a common man pointed to a large vat of white stuff and said, "Master, what is this?"

Yang Shen said: "The informant knows that this is tofu curd. It's like tofu and made of soybeans."

Several people listened and stood there talking to each other for a while. Then someone said: "I have never seen this kind of food. Let's have a bowl and try it."

Yang Shen was overjoyed. He hurriedly ordered his soldiers to fill a bowl for the guest. He poured the marinade he had prepared earlier on top, added a few salted soybeans, sprinkled with coriander segments and chopped green onion, and served it.

The guest picked up the small spoon and took a bite carefully. After savoring it for a while, he said to the people around him: "This thing is very strange. It is as smooth and greasy as human brains and has a slight fragrance. In this weather, it is good to eat. You guys can also

Have a bowl."

After listening to this, a person next to him looked up at the moon in the sky. Suddenly a gust of cool wind blew, and he shrank. He said: "Liu Lang, this master said it was a brain, but only said it was made of soybeans. You guys said, now it's like this

Could the weather really be the human brain?”

After hearing this, the person who was eating tofu nao was startled and almost dropped the bowl on the ground. At this season and time, there are many markets in Luoyang city. If they are outside the city, they are generally called grass markets.

It is not unusual to eat and sell various goods. The market at this time has another name, ghost market. Because it is still dark, people think that not only people come to this market, but also ghosts. In later generations, people will

We already know that there are no ghosts and gods in the world, so we don’t care about them at all. No one mentions the name of the ghost market, it is just called the morning market.

This era is different. People really believe in ghosts and gods. They just take it for granted and are not afraid of it. The reason why tofu brain is called brain is because it looks like an animal’s brain. Let’s not just say it, but once someone connects it, in the ghost market

Is it okay to go there?

The man eating tofu brain was so frightened that his head was shaking and he was trembling. He stepped forward and asked Yang Shen: "Master, where are you from? Why haven't you seen this before? Such a big business suddenly started.

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Yang Shen said: "We are subordinates of General Wang who entered the city the day before yesterday. We have no way to make a living in the city. We need to do some business to earn some money."

Hearing this, the man took a deep breath. He patted his chest continuously and said, "Just now, my companion must have said that he was eating like this. It's a bit like a person with a brain. I'm afraid it's some unclean thing. It's a guise of doing business, but it's actually trying to harm people.

Since we are in the army of General Wang, naturally everything will be fine."

Yang Shen laughed after hearing this: "What are you thinking! This is made from soybeans, we have spent a lot of effort! Don't worry, eat, our business will last until dawn. If there is a ghost coming to do business, we will leave before dawn.

Already."

After listening to Yang Shen's words, the people around them talked for a while and felt much relieved.

The freshly fried fried dough sticks over there are delicious when they come out of the pan. Yang Shen said: "It is a perfect match to use the fried dough sticks with tofu brain. If you have money, you can buy some fried dough sticks and a bowl of tofu brain. It will be the most delicious."

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Someone asked: "What are youtiao?"

Zhang Jun, who was instructing the fried dough sticks, said: "The fried dough sticks are made of white flour and fried in a pot. You see, they are golden, but they are a rare thing! If you eat a few, you won't be hungry all day long!"

Wang Xiaolie first won in Yong'an, and later defended Gong County, both within Henan Prefecture. He had a good impression of the people here. When Yang Shen said that Wang Xiaolie was in the army, he felt relaxed and came to take care of business.

Soon, a lot of fried dough sticks and tofu puffs were sold. People who got up early were holding bowls in one hand and holding fried dough sticks in the other, squatting on the roadside to enjoy this unprecedented delicacy. This scene was a bit like Luoyang in the past.

The shadow of prosperity.

After nearly an hour, the sky gradually became brighter. The crescent moon in the sky gradually slid into the western sky.

Yang Shen straightened up and said to the soldiers beside him: "I didn't expect the business to be so good! We have already sold most of them before dawn."

Zhang Jun on the side said: "I heard from diners that they heard that we are all subordinates of Xiaosheren and are here to take care of business. However, our food is really delicious and everyone who comes is very satisfied."

Yang Shen said: "That's natural! Although these foods are simple, have they ever eaten them before? And they are not expensive."

These foods are simple but very complicated to make. Although Yang Shen and his people often made them for the army in Kaifeng, their cooking skills were average. Fortunately, they were so rare that no one had ever eaten them, so they still regarded them as delicacies.

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All the soldiers nodded. They did not expect that Luoyang City could still have such good business in such a depressed situation.

In fact, although the Jin army burned the city and the population was greatly reduced, Luoyang City at this time was still more prosperous than other state cities. As soon as you enter the city, it looks like it is full of ruins. If you really look carefully, you will find that the population is still very large.

.This is not surprising. Luoyang used to be too prosperous, and many people escaped after the Jin soldiers broke through. When they came back, they could still support a city.

Yang Shen said: "There is only one jar of tofu puffs left, and some are not enough to sell. Are the Hu biscuits baked over there? We will sell soup at dawn!"

Until now, mutton soup has not been sold there. According to Yang Shen's plan yesterday, he would sell fried dough sticks and tofu bread first, and then wait until dawn before selling mutton soup, sesame cakes, fried dough sticks, etc. Because according to Yang Shen's test,

In terms of taste, he feels that the taste of these is slightly inferior to that of fried dough sticks and tofu.

People in this era are still short of oil in their stomachs. If you eat fried dough sticks at once, everyone will feel delicious.

At this time, it was getting dark. People who had worked early had dispersed. Ordinary people had not gotten up yet, so business was very light. Yang Shen arranged for all the soldiers to take turns to eat, waiting for the arrival of a new wave of guests.

Zhang Jun made a large bowl of soup and squatted on a small wooden bench holding it with one hand. He grabbed two big meat buns with the other hand, took a big bite, and drank a sip of the soup. He was very happy. Among Wang Xiao's hunting troops, other people

Not to mention, the food is extremely good.

In later generations, the most famous food in Luoyang City was soup. Among them, beef soup and tofu soup were the most common. Later generations had a habit of finding or making up various histories for food. Jiangnan and Hebei areas liked to cling to the emperors of the Qing Dynasty.

Luoyang is different from Xi'an. It likes to be traced back to the Qin and Han Dynasties. Later people mostly know that it is false, but when introducing it, they still have to add this legend.

The history of beef soup cannot be long. Not to mention the troubled times of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the slaughter of farm cattle was also banned from the beginning in New China. It was not until the 1980s that vegetable cattle and beef entered people's normal diet. Regardless of whether it is beef

Soup, or braised beef, if you say it has been passed down for hundreds of years, there is almost certainly something wrong. Especially the craft of braised beef, it is very likely that it was passed down from the history of braised sick and dead cattle. Some people say that pigs are cheap meat, and beef and mutton are the only ones.

It is a high-end meat in ancient times, and there is basically no basis for it. If there is really cheap meat, it should be beef, donkey meat, etc. in ancient times. Most of the time, it is forbidden to kill large livestock.

Therefore, when making soup at this time, the only choice is mutton soup. The mutton bones are too small and do not have the flavor of boiled beef bones, which is actually a bit inferior. However, in this era, it has become popular and served with freshly baked sesame seed cakes, which is really good for breakfast.
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