On the second day, the hangover Xia Nan didn't get up until noon. Dong Xiaowan, who had been waiting by the bedside www.biquge.info Pen, Fun, Pavilion, immediately offered a glass of water. Xia Nan was so thirsty that she drank it in one go, licked her lips, felt some sweetness of honey and some spicy taste of ginger, and asked casually, "What kind of water is this?" ”

Dong Xiaowan smiled slightly: "Honey ginger water." Take three or five slices of ginger and a spoonful of honey, mix them with hot water, and you can decant the wine. ”

Summer Nan shook her head, I don't know if it's a psychological effect, it seems that there is no headache and nausea after a hangover. Unexpectedly, after Dong Xiaowan washed all the lead, she was more meticulous and professional in serving people than Chunlan and other maids.

At this time, his stomach "growled".

Dong Xiaowan said with concern: "Hungry, right? Seeing that you drank with Governor Xie last night and didn't eat anything, I guessed that you would be hungry today, so I prepared a meal in advance, and I don't know if it suits your appetite? ”

Xia Nan was really hungry, he came to the front hall and sat down, Dong Xiaowan brought the dishes after a while, and served the rice to him. There are not many dishes, one meat and two vegetables, but they look very exquisite, with all the color and flavor. It's just that the meat dishes in it look very familiar, Xia Nan looked at it for a long time and muttered: "Isn't this tiger skin meat?" ”

He had eaten this dish in the old time and space, a classic dish in Jiangsu cuisine, made with pork belly with skin and fresh vegetables as the main ingredients. The skin is wrinkled, shiny and smooth, and the tattoos are like tiger skin, which suits his appetite very much, but no one will do it in this time and space, and he has not eaten it for several months in Nanjing.

Dong Xiaowan was stunned: "Tiger skin meat, the name of this dish is also vivid." But the slave and maid called it oily meat. ”

Xia Nan picked up the chopsticks and took a bite, his eyes lit up, and he was full of praise: "Fat but not greasy, sweet and delicious, soft and mellow, really authentic!" Who taught you how to make this dish? ”

"No one teaches. This is what the slave and maid have figured out for themselves. ”

Xia Nan, who was stuffing vegetables into his mouth, was stunned, the inventor of this dish couldn't be Dong Xiaowan himself, right? He recalled that in the old time and space, when he went on a business trip to Jiangsu, it seemed that the local old people called this dish "Dong Meat", and he didn't take it to heart at the time, but now he thinks about it, is the Dong character of "Dong Meat" Dong Xiaowan's Dong?

He put down his chopsticks and asked seriously, "Isn't your job to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?" How do you think of cooking? Guests come to appreciate your talents, not to eat your cooking. If you don't do your job, will the bustard mother blame you? ”

Dong Xiaowan playfully stuck out her tongue: "I usually cook secretly, and I won't let her find out." In addition to poetry and embroidery, the slave maid's favorite thing is to cook, and the commitment to the Qinglou is just to repay the debt for the mother, not the slave maid's wish, ushering in the send, not to mention the life that the slave wants. If you like to eat it, I'll make it for you next time. The slave maid also has a specialty dish - fish (Yu) belly (Du) white chicken, because he has consulted Yu Danxin, Du Caicun, Bai Zhong three famous chefs, so this name is taken. This dish takes a newborn hen, fills in the water after removing the bones, and stews it for a long time with a wok, the soup is clear as water, the color is white and vegetarian, its taste is rich, the chicken is fresh and tender, and the belly is glutinous. ”

Xia Nan listened to her description and couldn't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva. I didn't expect Dong Xiaowan to have this kind of craft and hobby, and she found a treasure. In fact, he didn't know that in addition to Dong Xiaowan's identity as a famous prostitute, he was also one of the top ten famous chefs in ancient times on the same level as Wang Xiaoyu, the famous chef in "Suiyuan Food List" written by the Qing Dynasty essayist Yuan Mei, and tiger skin meat was indeed invented by her.

After eating and drinking, Xia Nan went to Lin Weiye to discuss things, but was told that Master Lin had taken Li Xiangjun to see the sea. He thought about it, it was rare for Lin Weiye to blossom and find the feeling of being in love, and he still didn't bother him Yaxing, so he went to find Xie Sanbin alone.

Everyone is their own people, so he went straight to the point and made his intentions clear: "Uncle, I came this time to send Lin Weiye to serve as the chief soldier of Dengzhou, and then rebuild the Dengzhou army in this name. In this way, I have a force that I can directly control in Shandong, and it can also be a help for your uncle to govern Denglai. ”

For this proposal, Xie Sanbin naturally agreed. As the governor of Denglai, it is difficult to make achievements in this important military town without a reliable army in his hands. The original army in Dengzhou has long been crippled by the rebels, and only an empty shell remains, and he has always wanted to rebuild, but there is no capable military general in charge, and there is not enough food and salary to train the soldiers. Now Xia Nan's proposal just coincides with his needs, and someone will send a pillow if he really wants to doze off.

"It's a good thing, and I'm for it," he said happily. But who's going to train the troops? As far as I know, this brother of yours is good at Xiyi's strange skills, and he may not be good at things in the army, right? ”

"Uncle, rest assured, Lin Weiye only hangs the order of the general soldier, and the deputy general I will appoint a capable subordinate named Su Chutu, who once assisted Zhu Dadian in training troops in Jinan, and he is familiar with the road. He is solely responsible for the training of the troops. ”

Xie Sanbin put his mind at ease, stroked his beard and said, "This is very good." ”

"As for the barracks, I'm going to put them outside the city." Xia Nan explained, "The old military camp in the city is dilapidated, and it is surrounded by residential houses, not only can it not be expanded, but also the drill is also a problem, and it is impossible to build a shooting range for testing artillery." Simply abandon the old barracks and build a new one directly outside the city. ”

After a field trip, Xia Nan chose a place three or four miles west of the city as the address of the new military camp. With its flat terrain, small rivers passing by, and miles of uninhabited people, it was a good place to train and station.

A thousand households of Dengzhou Wei, who accompanied Xia Nan to choose a site, suggested: "Ping Nanbo, the soil in this place is suitable for rammed earth as a wall, so it is better to build a wall with earth, and the barracks inside are made of masonry and wood, so that it can be built faster." ”

Xia Nan thought about it and made sense, so she agreed to his suggestion. However, when I returned to the governor's yamen, I happened to meet Lin Weiye, who accompanied Li Xiangjun to return from watching the sea. When he heard that Xia Nan was going to cut corners on the building materials of the barracks in pursuit of speed, he immediately expressed strong opposition.

"Since you have given me the name of this Dengzhou commander-in-chief, my opinion must be considered in the affairs of the barracks. My idea is to directly change the outer wall into a fortress structure, pour cement, and build faster than ordinary city walls, so that the military camp and the fortress can be combined into one, which can not only train troops, but also serve as a fortress to defend and attack in an emergency, and can also contain the enemy's forces for Dengzhou, forming a flanking situation. ”

Xia Nan smiled bitterly and said, "Lao Lin, are you thinking too much. The rebels in Shandong have been wiped out, how can there be an enemy worth fighting? Besides, where does Shandong get the cement? ”