"What, it's not to your liking?" Pu Tian noticed the change in Huo Guang's eyes and asked, "If it doesn't taste good, just say so!"

Unappetizing?

That's not the case!

Huo Guang shook his head and said, "No, this tastes very good!"

Pu Tian nodded, then withdrew his gaze, asked someone to cut a piece of meat for him, and began to eat it expressionlessly.

After he finished eating, the slave beside him took out a silk-like handkerchief from his pocket and consciously stepped forward to wipe his mouth.

The head of the house is living a very comfortable life, right?

"Since it tastes so good, why are you still looking at me like that?" Pu Tian looked at Huo Guang at this time, his eyes full of coldness.

like...

Huo Guang's contemptuous look just now seemed to have offended his majesty.

However, Huo Guang said nonchalantly: "It's delicious, but isn't this just roast suckling pig?"

"If you have to say it's the eight delicacies of the Zhou Dynasty, I thought I was getting something good."

Upon hearing this, Pu Tian was immediately unhappy and said: "Roast suckling pig? This is Zhou Bazhen, what kind of roast suckling pig!"

Roasted suckling pig was actually a dish in the Han Dynasty.

For example, the King of Nanyue liked to grill suckling pig in an oven, which was also a major delicacy in the Western Han Dynasty. Of course, compared with the modern roasted suckling pig, the taste is far behind.

As for the cannonball?

It's not the same as roast suckling pig.

The biggest difference is reflected in the production method. First, the cannonball needs to kill a piglet, remove the internal organs, fill the abdominal cavity with dates, then wrap the piggy with reeds, and coat it with a layer of grass.

The mud is cooked over a strong fire.

After that, peel off the mud, rub the wrinkled skin on the surface of the suckling pig with your hands, mix it with rice flour until it becomes a paste, and apply it all over the body.

This isn't the end yet.

Later, a small cauldron filled with oil and water is used to put the suckling pig, and then a large cauldron filled with water is used to place the small cauldron. The water in the big cauldron must not exceed the edge of the small cauldron, otherwise the water will enter it and affect the taste.

Finally, it takes three days and three nights to cook the piglet out.

in this way!

Only a delicious cannonball can be considered complete.

You should know that in the Zhou Dynasty, this kind of delicacy could only be enjoyed during palace banquets, and it was not something that ordinary people could afford.

but now!

This delicacy was said by Huo Guang to be similar to roasted suckling pig. How could Pu Tian not be annoyed?

pity!

Huo Guang didn't know what Pu Tian was thinking, so he just took it for granted and said: "Anyway, I feel the same, so don't be angry. The beggar's chicken I treated you to last time, didn't you also say it was roast chicken?"

"look!"

"I'm not angry either."

When Pu Tian heard this, he immediately became unhappy and said: "Nonsense, can your beggar chicken be compared to the cannonball I invited you to treat?"

"Okay, okay, as long as you are happy." Huo Guang shrugged, not caring what he said.

This performance made Pu Tian's eyes even more angry.

aside.

The slave in charge of cutting the meat also had shaky hands and did not dare to make any move.

See this.

Huo Guang said directly to the slave: "Cut it, I'm not full yet, it won't taste good when it gets cold."

After saying this, the slave still made no move. Instead, he turned his attention to Pu Tian, ​​seeming to be asking for his consent.

It seems.

As the head of the family, Pu Tian has great authority in this family.

After he waved his hand gently to the slave, the slave dared to continue cutting meat for Huo Guang.

The meat was placed on the plate, and Huo Guang felt it tasted delicious. Then he glanced at Pu Tian, ​​who had stopped eating after two bites, and asked, "Why don't you eat?"

Pu Tianze said calmly: "I'm full, I'll just watch you eat!"

Watch me eat?

Huo Guang was puzzled, thinking that this guy invited me here just to watch me eat meat? That's not right. Who would make such a fuss about eating something and send so many people to force him to come over?

Thinking of this, Huo Guang asked directly: "I said Uncle Pu, you invited me here not just to eat a roast suckling pig, right?"

"This is cannonball!" Pu Tian reiterated again.

"Okay, okay, cannonball." Huo Guang had no choice but to ask: "Is it really just to treat me to a meal of meat?"

"Of course it is true!" Pu Tian hummed softly: "I don't like to owe others favors. Last time you treated me to a roast chicken, I treated you to a better cannonball. In this way, the two sides are settled."

Return the favor?

Forehead...

This cannonball meal will cost a lot of money, right? If you really want to return a favor, you might as well give him money!

When Huo Guang thought about this, he suddenly thought of a possibility, so he said, "Could it be that you, as the head of the family, have great majesty!"

"On weekdays at home, if you say exactly what you say, no one dares to contradict you!"

"If you live like this for a long time, you will inevitably feel a little lonely."

"What a coincidence!"

"You met me last time at the General's Mansion, and I didn't know who you were. I dared to reply to whatever you said."

"Although this behavior made you angry at that moment, it also made you appreciate it, so you came to have a chat with me?"

After Pu Tian heard this, he turned around and stared at him. There was a chilling murderous look in his eyes.

This is thousands of times heavier than the guards that blocked the road before!

However.

At this moment, Huo Guang remained unmoved and just immersed himself in eating the cannonball on the plate.

In the empty house, it was eerily quiet for a moment.

It's been a long time.

Pu Cai withdrew his gaze and said coldly: "You are so thick-skinned!"

"Tell me!"

"You are such a naughty young man. There are so many naughty boys in Chang'an City. Why should I admire you alone?"

Huo Guang shrugged and said, "Then I don't know. Anyway, it was written like this in the online literature I read before."

Pu Tian frowned and asked, "What is online literature?"

Forehead...

He said he was bald again, how do you explain it now?

Huo Guang thought for a while and then said: "When you reach my age, you will understand."

"What a bastard!" Pu Tian suddenly slapped his palm on the table and cursed: "You are only in the age of dancing spoons and you are much younger than me. How dare you say that you want me to be as old as you?"

As soon as the table was smacked, the guards in the room drew their swords and surrounded him. Looking at this battle, most people would have been scared for a long time.

Isn't Huo Guang afraid?

Afraid too!

So he could only eat to cover up the fear in his heart, and said while eating: "Well, I mean, you will never understand what I am talking about, so don't ask."

"Bullshit!" Pu Tian didn't know what to say and could only curse.

At the same time, he waved his hands and asked the guards to withdraw.

Later, Huo Guang was performing "eating and broadcasting" alone again, and Pu Tian was watching from the seats.

When Huo Guang was full and wiped the grease around his mouth with his sleeve, he said: "Do you know about the private reform of salt and iron recently issued by the imperial court?"

"I know!" Huo Guang was so full that he couldn't help but burp when he spoke, and then continued: "Uncle, why are you bringing this up? Could it be that your family is involved in the private salt business."

"Yes!" Pu Tian replied without hesitation.

Huo Guang understood immediately and said, "Oh? No wonder you mentioned private salt last time. It turns out that your family is in this industry."

"Then this is going to be terrible."

"Now, if you go into production privately behind the Yantie government, you will be punished by being beaten to the left!"
To be continued...