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The breakfast seller was an old man in his fifties, hunched over, and his face was full of wrinkles full of the vicissitudes of time.

The business of the breakfast stall did not seem to be very good, and the old man was a little excited when he saw the four guests coming.

The old man only sold a kind of mutton soup for breakfast, and a large piece of mutton and mutton bones were boiled in a large iron pot, which was fragrant, which made Cao Liang is index finger move.

"Uncle, here are four bowls of mutton soup."

"Great!" The old man neatly brought out four bowls of mutton soup and brought them to the table.

There are several large pieces of mutton floating in the milky white soup, the size of the mutton is large, each piece has at least two taels, the aroma of mutton is permeated in the cold wind, and it is simply a pleasure to drink a bowl of such hot mutton soup on such a cold morning.

The only fly in the ointment that Cao Liang felt was that there were no chili peppers in this era, but a large amount of green onion and ginger was put into the mutton soup, which could also play a role in driving away the cold and increasing the flavor.

The soup is rich and mellow, the mutton is soft and flavorful, and Cao Liang is feasting. Chang'an is close to Hudi, and the Hu people eat more beef and mutton, so Chang'an's diet has more or less the customs of the Hu people, and even the tables and stools on the breakfast stall are almost no different from those of later generations, and the mats that the Han people usually sit on are essentially different.

"Uncle, how much?"

"Ten dollars a bowl, a total of forty dollars."

The price was a little unexpected, Cao Liang touched his sleeve, took out a piece of loose gold, and handed it over. Copper coins are stupid and heavy, and Cao Liang usually doesn't bring them.

The old man looked at the piece of gold, about one or two, one or two gold is about a thousand copper coins, the old man didn't dare to take it, and said worriedly: "Guest officer, the old man and I have a small business, and this gold can't be found for you." ”

Cao Liang turned back to Yanghu and Du Pre and said, "Did you bring copper coins?" ”

Yanghu and Du Yu both shook their heads, they were in a hurry to come out today, they didn't bring money at all, thinking that Cao Liang had a treat, and they didn't need to bring money. Fang Bu was carrying a larger piece of gold, and he didn't have copper coins at all.

Cao Liang is also helpless, after all, Cao Liang is not bad for money, and bringing some gold is also to prevent unforeseen needs, the copper money is really heavy, and it is not a top matter to bring less, and bringing more money alone will make people tired to death.

This place is not too far from the Qianzhuang Silver Building, Cao Liang can go there to exchange it, but Cao Liang has time to do this, he simply slapped the gold on the table, and said: "Uncle, it doesn't matter if you can't find it, so let's put this piece of gold here for you, it's your mutton soup, and we will eat it next time." ”

When the old man heard this, he shook his head again and again and said: "This can't be done, a piece of gold is worth a thousand yuan, that's a hundred bowls of mutton soup, I don't know if I can make it for so long." ”

Cao Liangqi said: "Isn't it possible that the old man doesn't do this business all year round?" ”

The old man's expression was gloomy, and he said: "You have also seen it, the old man, my business is bleak, basically no one cares, maybe it will be closed that day." ”

"Uncle, your mutton soup is delicious, are you still worried that no one will patronize it?"

The old man smiled bitterly: "The guest officer doesn't know, this bowl of mutton soup can be exchanged for two buckets of rice, how can ordinary people be willing to eat, the old man, I just slaughtered a few sheep raised at home, so I supported this stall, and when the mutton is sold out, it may be closed." ”

Cao Liang said: "Then let's do it, I'll wrap this sheep of yours, and send it back to the Governor's Mansion." ”

When the old man heard it, he was surprised and delighted, and dared to love them as the people of the Governor's Mansion, no wonder they would be so generous, the old man was worried about selling this mutton every day, and today he actually met a nobleman, and the old man was very grateful to Cao Liang.

Cao Liang said curiously: "Uncle, since you don't make a living by selling mutton soup, what do you usually do for a living, do you have land to cultivate at home?" ”

When the old man heard this, he said with a gloomy expression: "Don't hide it from the guest officer, my surname is Zhang, the old man was originally a soldier in the former Beitun, but because the tuntian was abolished, there was no land to plant, so he was forced to come out to do some small business, and the day was precarious." ”

Cao Liang couldn't help but be dazzled, he really had nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it didn't take any effort to get it, and he inadvertently ate a bowl of mutton soup, which was actually sold by a Tuntian veteran.

Now Cao Liang urgently needs to understand the state of Tuntian, in the past, the supply of grain and grass on the entire Yongliang front line all relied on the supply of local Tuntian, Yongliang and Huainan, the two major fronts against the enemy, Tuntian was the best.

But how could Tuntian, which was so well run, go on so dilapidated?

Cao Liang took out another piece of gold, threw it to Zhang Laohan, and said, "Uncle, this gold right should be compensation, you take me to the former Beitun you said to have a look, how about it?" ”

Zhang Laohan pushed back in a loud voice, and said: "I can't help it, I can't help it, you just gave too much, you just gave too much, it's just a way, and it doesn't take anything, how dare you take so much money, guest officer, you can take it back, as for Qianbeitun, I will definitely bring you to the old man." ”

Cao Liang could feel the strong simplicity of Zhang Laohan, and he said with a smile: "Uncle, you don't need to be polite, there are still many things to trouble you in the future, and I hope you can give me advice." ”

Zhang Laohan had no choice but to accept the gold and thanked him repeatedly.

Since Qianbeitun is still a long way to go from Chang'an, Cao Liang instructed Yanghu to go back and bring the horses and bring a few more soldiers, because he was going out of the city, for the sake of safety, Cao Liang decided to bring a few more people.

Out of the city, all the way to the east, along the Wei River, Zhang Laohan said with some curiosity: "Why did Gongzi think of going to Qianbeitun, the tuntian there has long been abandoned, barren grass everywhere, there is nothing to see." ”

Cao Liang said: "When was this former Beitun deserted? ”

Zhang Laohan said: "It's not a long time, that is, two years ago. ”

"Good Tuntian, how can you say that it will be wasted?"

Zhang Laohan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Son, don't you know, among the five tuns in the former camp, the former Beitun is the last abandoned tuntian, like the former Nantun and the former Xitun, which have been abandoned a few years ago. After it is deserted, the government can be judged as a terra nullius, and after those families get their hands, they only need to reclaim it, and they can be turned into fertile land, but in this way, the original official lands have become the private property of the families. ”

Cao Liang suddenly realized that the tuntian that disappeared inexplicably was not really deserted, but was seized by those wealthy families through unknown means, and turned the fields that originally belonged to the imperial court into personal private property.