Zhenbeicheng.

Zhao Dan sat in the county magistrate's mansion and fell into deep thought at a memorial.

This is a memorial from Zhao Sheng, the prime minister of Zhao State.

There is actually nothing big about it. In addition to some daily reports, it is to ask Zhao Dan to end his Northern Tour to return to Handan as soon as possible to calm the hearts of all the ministers and the people.

Zhao Dan looked at the memorial in front of him and shook his head helplessly.

"As for it, I have only been out for a month... can I still have some personal freedom?"

Someone once said that being rich is very free.

Some people also say that having power is true freedom.

In general, this view is that the more capable a person is, the more free he is, and this ability can be both money and power.

As the king of the world's most powerful country today, Zhao Dan wanted to say that this is just a fart!

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

When the fate of millions of people in the entire country is pressing on their shoulders, how can any monarch with a little sense of responsibility be free?

However, Zhao Dan did feel that it was almost time for him to return to Handan.

During the days when Li Mu attacked, Zhao Dan was not idle. He took his eldest son Zhao Heng to take Zhenbeicheng inside and out, and inspected the lives of all classes of Zhenbeicheng in depth. He even went to several newly built Zhao villages near Zhenbeicheng to learn about it.

Although it is just a quick look, it is undeniable that after such on-site visits, Zhao Dan finally had a clear idea and had some plans in his heart.

Overall, Zhao Dan felt that the purpose of this tour had been achieved. As long as Li Mu passed the war report back, he could set off and return to Handan.

Zhao Dan is still very confident about this war against the Yuezhi people.

After all, judging from the previous wars, Li Mu is now able to stand alone, and with the 5,000 most elite cavalry of Zhao State, as long as Li Mu is not stupid, the possibility of victory is very high.

So Zhao Dan thought about it and made an instruction on this memorial from Zhao Sheng.

"I have read it. After the war in Shuofang is over, I will set off and return to Handan."

After putting down the memorial, Zhao Dan let out a long sigh and stretched.

It's already noon, it's time to have lunch.

In fact, in the Warring States Period, most people only ate two meals a day, but as a modern man and monarch, Zhao Dan naturally had the privilege of eating a few meals if he wanted.

The first thing that came was fish sashimi.

What is sashimi? sashimi is a way of cooking in this era. To put it bluntly, fish sashimi is sashimi.

Sausage and roast were two very popular ways of cooking in ancient times. Mencius believed that sausage was more delicious than slag dates. Later, it was extended to an idiom called "popular" to be used to metaphors for things and poetry.

There is a river outside the city of Zhenbeicheng. This fish sashimi is slaughtered by fish freshly caught from the river. It is served with green onions as seasoning and it almost melts in the mouth when you take a bite. The delicious taste of the fish fills the mouth, making people want to have another slice after eating it.

The next dish is beef stains.

This beef stain is made by using fresh beef, removing the blood vessels and fascia on it, cutting it into thin slices, then soaking it in fine wine overnight.

When eating beef stains, you should use vinegar. After dipping a bite of vinegar, put the beef stains into your mouth. The taste of beef stimulates the mouth with the wine, making people feel a little drunk, but there is a hint of vinegar and sourness in this slight drunkenness. The three flavors combine to give people a very unique taste.

In addition, there are beef jerky and mutton jerky, that is, beef jerky and mutton jerky.

When eating these dishes, in addition to dipping vinegar, there is another kind of dipping, which is sauce (reading sea).

Meat is sauce.

As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, the types of marinade were already very rich. Whether it is meat or fruits and vegetables, they can be made into marinade, such as beef marinade, deer marinade, fish marinade, plum marinade, peach marinade, bean marinade, etc., and there are many types.

Several kinds of meringues are worth mentioning.

The first one is Yingzhu. Of course, this Yingzhu is not made of human flesh named Ying. After all, Zhao Dan himself also has Yingzhu. Yingzhu is actually snail sauce.

Another type is egg paste, which is the famous caviar in later generations.

Finally, there is an extremely special kind of melon, called syringe, which is made of ants' white young eggs.

Don’t be disgusted. "The Literature of Zhou: Tianguan" says: "Peach the stew for the emperor to feed the food." Peach the stew is still a special sauce that only the emperor can enjoy. Most people don’t have the right to eat it if they want to eat it.

The sauce Zhao Dan used today is beef sauce, which is a relatively normal sauce.

In addition, there is the last dish, the goose towel soup.

This dish is made of goose meat (goose meat) and towel (water celery), with millet, bamboo shoots, mustard, ginger, etc., and cooked until it is cooked and thick. This fragrant goose towel soup is ready.

With these delicacies and the mellow wines that Zhao Dan has always been famous in various countries, this meal can be said to be very pleasant and comfortable.

In fact, after traveling through time, Zhao Dan was really acceptable in terms of food.

After all, it has been a thousand years since then. Even Confucius said, "I never tire of eating fine meat and fine meat", which shows that the food culture at this time has been quite developed.

Although many things from later generations cannot be eaten, many things from this era cannot be eaten in later generations, so in general, there are gains and losses.

Of course, this is mainly because Zhao Dan, as the king of Zhao, naturally had top food. He was a typical "meat eater" and a corrupt person who had meat every meal.

Judging from the food eaten by ordinary people every day, of course, the food from later generations will be richer.

When Zhao Dan thought of this, he couldn't help but be glad that he was not the kind of person who was not happy with spicy food. Otherwise, in this era where chili was not yet available in China...

Zhao Dan, who had eaten and drank, burped with satisfaction and thought to himself: "It seems that we should see if we can make the iron pot. If there is no iron pot, there will be no cooking. I always feel that it is almost interesting."

Just as Zhao Dan was thinking about whether he wanted to take a nap, a burst of rapid footsteps suddenly came, followed by Zhao Ling, the governor of Hetao County, with a few trembling sounds in excitement.

"King, front-line military information! Great victory, great victory!"

After a moment, Zhao Dan looked at the information sent in an expedited manner and looked very happy.

Li Mu led the eight thousand Zhao cavalry to defeat the more with fewer ones, defeated the Yuezhi people in one battle, killed and captured more than 10,000 people, and won a great victory.

The remaining Yuezhi people, led by the master general Masagai, escaped westward across the Yellow River and fled back to the Yuezhi territory west of Helan Mountain.

"Good, good, good!"

Zhao Dan said three words of goodness one after another, and the smile on his face was extremely comfortable.

Li Mu, indeed, is worthy of being Li Mu!

After a while, Zhao Dan slowly calmed down from the joy.

Since you have received the good news, some things that should be dealt with should be dealt with next.

So Zhao Dan ordered Zhao Ling in front of him, "You go and summon King Aries."
Chapter completed!