Author: Gongsun Wujiu

As soon as Du Ling got up that day, Lu Fang came to the door.

"Master Lu Tianshi, why do you have time to look for me today?"

When Du Ling heard that Lu Fang had arrived, he smiled and went out to greet him.

When Lu Fang heard this, he laughed and said, "Recently, I found a good place to go, so I came here to find my father-in-law!"

"Oh!" Du Ling smiled curiously: "What kind of place is it?"

Lu Fang did not tell him directly, but took out the contents of the food box.

Du Ling took one look at it and said in surprise: "This is pork meat. How dare Master Lu eat such cheap meat?"

In fact, before the New Life Movement of the Republic of China, pork had always been regarded as cheap meat in China.

That’s why Principal Chang personally took the initiative to encourage people to eat pork during the New Life Movement.

What's more, in the Han Dynasty, no one with any status would eat this meat.

Treating guests with pork is even more of a humiliating method.

During the Hongmen Banquet, Xiang Yu served Liu Bang with pork, which was actually a humiliation to Liu Bang, and he also wanted to use this method to anger Liu Bang and Fan Kuai.

It was precisely because of this that Du Ling was surprised that Lu Fang came to his door with a meal made of pig meat.

Of course, based on his understanding of Lu Fang, he would definitely not think that Lu Fang was deliberately humiliating himself.

Sure enough, Lu Fang laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "Marquis Yunyang once said that all things are equal, but even so, what is the difference between pork meat and other meats..."

Du Ling said with a smile: "Marquis Yunyang has always been informal, and as far as Ling knows, Yunyang Marquis's mansion makes a lot of pork dishes!"

"In the Western Regions, many soldiers and civilians eat pig meat because of this, but I never thought that you, a great heavenly master, would also eat this meat!"

Lu Fang laughed and said: "So, Duke Du also often eats this meat!"

Du Ling laughed and said: "If the pork belly is delicious, Ling will naturally eat it too..."

Lu Fang heard this and took out the contents of the food box, "In this case, I should share it with Du Gong and eat it!"

"Tong'er, why don't you hurry up and share the meat with Mr. and Mr. Du!"

At this time, a little Taoist boy who was following Lu Fang quickly stepped forward and cut the pork belly into two pieces with a knife.

Du Ling's book boy also took the cutlery and put the portioned meat into two plates.

When Lu Fang saw that the meat was well divided, he waved his hand and said, "How about you try this meat, Lord Ling?"

Du Ling gently picked up a piece of meat and put it into his mouth.

"This meat is fat but not greasy and melts in your mouth. But does it come from the Yunyang Marquis Mansion?"

Lu Fang said with a smile: "No, no, this meat was accidentally seen by a certain person in a Hu restaurant today. It smells very fragrant and is a recipe for sharing with Du Gong!"

Du Ling nodded and smiled and said: "When did Luntai see such nonsense? You should go and see it!"

Lu Fang laughed when he heard this and said: "When I was in Chang'an, I heard that there are two people who have good food in the world. One is the Marquis of Yunyang, and the other is Duke Du... He is indeed well-deserved!"

Du Ling said with a smile: "Confucius once said, "You never tire of fine food, and you never tire of delicate food." You only live for a few decades, so why should you lose this Temple of the Five Internal Organs!"

Lu Fang said: "Du Gong is indeed a free and easy man... He has taken the easy way!"

Du Ling laughed loudly and said: "I have nothing to do today, why don't I go to the Husi to worship at the Temple of the Five Internal Organs? What does the Heavenly Master think?"

Lu Fang smiled and said: "That's great!"

The two of them left immediately, each taking a servant boy with them to Fangshi.

Du Ling's residence was not far from Fangshi, so he walked there instead of taking a car.

After walking for about an hour, the two of them had already entered the market.

"Eh!"

“I never thought that there would be so many food shops here if I haven’t been out for more than ten days!”

Du Ling looked at the newly opened food shop in front of him with a look of surprise on his face.

At this time, his servant boy said: "Master, these restaurants have only been opened in recent days. Each restaurant has several novelties!"

"Oh, it would be great to try this!"

Du Ling thought in his heart that these food shops might have something to do with Zhang Yue. Thinking about this, Du Ling inevitably walked a little slower.

"Duke Du, please come this way!"

Lu Fang greeted from the front at this time.

Du Ling agreed and followed.

The two of them had not walked a few steps when a wine shop appeared in front of them.

Du Ling raised his eyes and saw that this wine shop looked completely like a Chinese-style wine shop from the outside.

The servants outside the restaurant who are responsible for receiving diners are also dressed in Chinese clothes, so it is completely impossible to tell that they are in a barbaric restaurant.

Only after he left the wine shop did he understand why Lu Fang said that this wine shop was a barbaric restaurant.

It turns out that what is used in the wine shop is not a Chinese-style low table, but a high-top table and a stool.

The shopkeeper of the wine shop obviously knew Du Ling. When he saw Du Ling entering the wine shop, the shopkeeper immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Du Lingzheng felt that the shopkeeper looked familiar, but the shopkeeper had already spoken first.

"My servant pays homage to Duke Du. Please come upstairs to Duke Du!"

Du Ling suddenly remembered that this person was actually a servant boy of Yunyang Hou Mansion.

After recognizing the shopkeeper, Du Ling did not speak, but followed the shopkeeper to an exquisite wing on the third floor.

After Lu Fang also sat down, Du Ling asked curiously: "Why are you here?"

The shopkeeper said: "I was ordered by the emperor to open a wine shop here to promote new food..."

Du Ling then stood up, opened the window, and pointed at the newly opened food shops downstairs.

"So, these restaurants are all the work of Marquis Yunyang!"

The shopkeeper said: "I dare not hide it from Mr. Du, this is all done by the prince!"

Du Gong nodded thoughtfully after hearing this.

Lu Fang listened to the conversation between the two and asked curiously: "Why did Marquis Yunyang do this?"

The shopkeeper replied: "Whether the country is strong or not depends not only on the sharpness of the armor and soldiers, but also on whether the people's dining tables are rich..."

"Now that the Han Dynasty has the best armor and soldiers in the world, it's time to let the common people have a prosperous dining table..."

Lu Fang sighed in admiration when he heard this: "Today Fang is so wise as Marquis Yunyang!"

When the shopkeeper heard this, he also showed a proud look on his face: "Cai Gong once said that the only person in the world who can be as powerful as the Han Dynasty in the eternal prosperous age is my family..."

After hearing these words, Lu Fang first felt that these words were too arrogant.

But after thinking about it for a while, he actually felt that he agreed with it.

Since arriving in the Western Regions, what I see and hear every day is very different from what I saw in the mainland. Almost all people and things bear Zhang Yue's mark.

Du Ling fell into silence after hearing the words. After a while, he slowly said: "What Mr. Cai said is very true..."

He stopped mid-sentence and just said silently in his heart: "Marquis Yunyang should be the lord of the world!"

But when Du Ling came back to his senses, he couldn't help but be shocked by his own thoughts.

The Liu family has been the lord of China for a hundred and fifty years and has done nothing wrong. It is really inappropriate for him to have such thoughts in his heart.

Despite this, the idea that "Marquis Yunyang can be the lord of China" took root in his heart like a weed.

In order to prevent himself from continuing to think wildly, Du Ling quickly changed the topic.

"Sir, shopkeeper, what kind of delicacies do you have in this wine shop? Please bring it to someone to try first..."

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper immediately said: "Wait a moment, Mr. Du, I will definitely satisfy you!"

After saying that, the shopkeeper bowed to the two of them and left.

Only then did Du Ling notice that Lu Fang was looking at him with a strange expression.
Chapter completed!