At noon, Zhang Xiaowu finally opened the lid of the pot, and the aroma suddenly filled the air. Not to mention the front troops, other troops in the yard around him were also attracted by the fragrance. The captain and captain of the rear capital team
Zuo ran over with a wooden bucket and shouted: "Taoist Chen, you are keeping the meat privately, it is impossible to stop the military law - if you give me some, I will not consider reporting you."
Chen Tai laughed heartily, pointed at the guts in several pots, and said, "If you dare to eat them, I'll give them to you."
Several other captains were stunned, and they were too suspicious to come forward. They saw Zhang Xiaowu holding a wooden plate, picking out a section of the belly with a knife, and then cutting it into small pieces. The sound of the aroma immediately aroused the excitement.
There was a sound of saliva.
"Can I eat it?"
"No one will die, right?"
"Let's see how this kid eats."
Zhang Xiaowu couldn't laugh or cry. How could eating braised pork scare the people around him? He ate heartily. He hadn't seen any oily smell for many days, so he boiled it today, which finally made his stomach feel better. Shao Zifu looked at it.
She looked at Li Xiang, who was also looking at her. The two of them rushed forward in unison. The brothers from the former capital team didn't care about anything and stepped forward to snatch it. Only someone shouted: "Leave some for the captain."
, don’t eat them all!”
Chen Tai showed a smile that was uglier than crying, and said to the other captains: "I'm sorry, even if I get the plague, I can't abandon my brothers." After saying that, he pulled away a soldier with one hand, rushed forward and snatched one back.
Cut a large intestine into pieces, and then, regardless of burning mouth and hands, he grabbed it and ate it, shouting that it was delicious while eating. The other captains looked at each other, and when they were hesitating, they saw that there was not much left in the pot, so they grabbed it and it was theirs.
In principle, everyone comes forward and snatches a bunch of meat with their hands and feet.
These offal are also called stinky meat, but today's stinky meat has a different flavor. People in the former capital team were so full of stomach after eating it that they called it delicious. Shao Zifu asked again what this way of eating was called, and Zhang Xiaowu laughed and said: "If you add more
After adding dried tofu and blood clots, and adding some red oil, it is called Beijing-style stewed stew. Nowadays, it can only be called Tucheng stewed stew."
"Tucheng Braised Sauce will be called this name from now on." Feng Bin laughed, "When the war stops, I will go back to my hometown and bring back this Tucheng Braised Sauce recipe."
"Yes, this method is extremely simple."
The Qiandu team distributed the stewed cooking to other people in the fourth team. The other teams in Yiziying gave up and came to ask for methods. At this time, they also attracted the attention of the military commander Ding Yi.
Before and after the inquiry, Ding Yi couldn't laugh or cry. He also asked someone to bring him a piece of stewed meat. However, Zuo Lieutenant Luo Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "All the meat has been eaten, and only the soup is left. Some people want to drink the soup oil, but they are killed by the former captain."
A soldier blocked me back. He said that the soup base should be reserved for cooking next time. It must not be thrown away and wasted, nor should it be eaten."
Ding Yi felt itchy and said: "Go to other camps and secretly ask for smelly meat. Don't tell others about it."
Luo Zhen was stunned and whispered: "Marquis, will eating this smelly meat kill someone?"
Ding Yi said: "You are almost starving to death, are you still afraid of being poisoned to death?"
Luo Zhen immediately followed the instructions.
Nowadays, the sergeants can only eat three sesame seed cakes a day, and even the broth is very little. Therefore, in an emergency, Luo Zhen took the soldiers and deceived them to bring back the smelly meat from other battalions and handed it over to the front line.
The old soldiers and civilians in the kitchen of the capital team did not dare to make this stew easily, so they found Zhang Xiaowu again.
Zhang Xiaowu said: "The method is left to you. What do you want from me? I can't conjure up braised food."
The old soldier said hurriedly: "It's the military commander who wants to eat your braised pork."
Zhang Xiaowu had a clever idea. If the military commander wanted to eat, he had to have it. So Zhang Xiaowu cooked in person and became Chef Zhang. He made a pot of stewed stew specially for Ding Yi. Ding Yi ate the stewed stew and found it spicy and refreshing. , in this cold early spring, this spicy stew really shakes people's spirits, as if their whole body has strength.
He picked up his Divine Arm Bow and pulled it with all his strength - still not pulling it up. He had to smile bitterly and said: " Divine Arm Bow, Divine Arm Bow, you are really unjust for following me. Your Majesty gave you to me, but I I can't use you, alas, I'm sorry for Your Majesty."
Zhang Xiaowu also prepared a lot of livers and left them to make snacks for everyone. Everyone didn't know why. Zhang Xiaowu couldn't explain to him that night blindness was caused by everyone's lack of vitamin A, so he used his cheap master Xiaoyaozi to prevaricate, saying that the soldiers were night blind and could use it. Liver, eggs, radishes, and beans are the conditioning treatment. He gave everyone liver, but he just wanted to verify whether what he said was correct.
Everyone was just interested in this extra meal after the supper, and some even complained that there was too little horse liver. Each person only had a small piece, and they would shoot some horses tomorrow. The brothers in the archer formation were shouting about this. Come, if the enemy comes tomorrow, we will definitely leave all their horses behind.
After this day, Zhang Xiaowu's reputation spread throughout Yiziying. Everyone knew that Zhang Xiaolang, who almost fell to death, was very capable, especially good at cooking, and invented the simple and delicious dish Tucheng braised.
Those who have never seen Zhang Xiaowu would think that he is a kind fat man. Ding Yi even asked someone to send him ten taels of silver as a reward. Zhang Xiaowu was dismissive of the ten taels of silver, but he was more impressed by another gift given by Ding Yi. Interest - Ding Yi allowed him to have the kitchen and handymen at his disposal in the future, allowing him to invent more dishes.
Zhang Xiaowu then invented a kind of food, noodle soup, which shocked the old soldiers in the kitchen to drop their jaws. In fact, Zhang Xiaowu did it to satisfy his appetite. After all, in the army, in addition to noodle soup and vegetable soup, there was noodle soup. Eating is simply too monotonous. Moreover, the consequence of Zhang Xiaowu entering and exiting the kitchen at will is that he no longer has to abide by the two meals a day rule and can eat secretly.
On the first day of May in the 29th year of Taiqian, Tucheng was besieged by a foreign army. On the 21st, the enemy's siege came as promised.
The third formation of Yizi Camp was responsible for the defense, and the first formation provided support, while the second and fourth formations stayed at the camp as a reserve team. After the two sides engaged in battle for an hour, the enemy left a pile of corpses and withdrew as promised. However, the third team suffered heavy losses. The people who attacked the city this time were the Beiyi people. The Beiyi people were the most skilled in fighting among all the foreign armies except Wuhuan. As a result, more than 300 people of the third team were killed in the battle. Ding Yi had no choice but to order the fourth formation to take over the city defense.
Zhang Xiaowu climbed back onto the city wall and saw that the walls were piled with the corpses of Paoze's comrades. Some of them were even left out at night a few days ago. His heart was heavy. Although he was used to seeing dead people, he still talked to him yesterday. The laughing comrade lost his life today, which shows that human life is sometimes so fragile.
Standing on the hard and cold city wall, Zhang Xiaowu looked at the enemy camp in the distance. In the past few days, he only saw an increase in the number of enemies, but not a decrease. If reinforcements did not come, he was afraid that they would all die here.
Before he could express his feelings, Captain Chen Tai's soldiers called him over. He hurriedly paid a visit to Chen Tai and then to Captain Liu Ji of the Houdu Army. It turned out that the Houdu Army needed to promote several veterans to serve as corps commanders.
Because of his bravery in battle, he was recommended by Chen Tai as a corps leader in the Houdu Army. Liu Ji looked at this sturdy big man and felt happy. He stepped forward and patted Zhang Xiaowu on the shoulder with a smile and said: "Although I didn't say it in my mouth,
Mao, but I heard that he killed several dog barbarians, so he is also young and promising."
Chen Tai said: "If you hadn't suffered such heavy losses, do you think I would have given this kid to you?"
Liu Ji narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Okay, stinking Taoist priest, I accept your love." He walked up to Zhang Xiaowu and said with a smile: "Come with me."
"Being an official?"
"right."
"How long?"
Liu Ji stumbled and almost fell. Chen Tai burst out laughing, and Liu Ji glared: "Commander! You have a lot of ambition, kid. Do you want to be in my position, Captain of the Houdu Army?"
"That's not the case, Du Zuo can do it." Zhang Xiaowu said, licking his face.
Liu Ji said angrily: "Smelly Taoist priest, why are your soldiers so shameless like you?"
Chen Tai hurriedly said: "Don't say that, he is your soldier now."
Zhang Xiaowu was promoted to corps commander, which was beyond everyone's expectations. When they returned to the barracks to pack their luggage, Feng Bin and Shao Zifu exclaimed, "You guys are good, you invented a stew, and you were promoted." Zhang Xiaowu had a black look on his face.
, I said in my heart that I did it because of my merit in killing the enemy, not because of the invention of stewed stew. Good guy, don’t call yourself the stewed stew corps leader in the future.
