Chapter 686 Sunjia Village Version of Yangzhou Fried Rice

Chapter 686 Sunjia Village Version of Yangzhou Fried Rice

Yangzhou is about one thousand kilometers away from Beijing. It takes about a month to reach Beijing by boat from Yangzhou Wharf along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Ma Boyong's book "Fifteen Days in the Two Capitals" records: "On Gengchen day in May, Emperor Renzong was ill and was summoned back by imperial edict. On Xinchou day in June, he returned to Liangxiang, received the imperial edict, and entered the palace to announce the funeral."

It depicts the historical legendary story of how Crown Prince Zhu Zhanji had to run more than 15 miles from Nanjing to Beijing in days to save himself and the Ming Dynasty.

It only takes fifteen days to travel from Nanjing to Beijing and back. It is an extremely urgent situation and we have to work very efficiently.

At this moment, Sun Shan was standing at the Yangzhou wharf. It would take at least a month to go north along the Grand Canal.

Add to that the unloading and loading, and the transporting of goods back and forth, and it takes even more time.

To get from Yangzhou to the capital, one had to pass through more than ten toll booths, which were called "Chaoguan" at that time.

Each customs office collected a toll, although it was only a few cents, only about ten or twenty yuan nowadays, but it was still a considerable fee along the way.

The customs office was also responsible for collecting taxes.

For example, if there are goods worth 1 taels on the ship, at least 300 taels of customs duty must be paid.

As a result, the customs officials along the way all had their hands full of fat money. I heard that many people were fighting for jobs at the customs even at the cost of their lives.

Since Sun Shan and other juren had obtained pass documents proving they were juren going to Beijing to take the imperial examination, they were allowed to pass through red lights along the way and charged very little fees. Some wealthy customs even allowed them to pass for free.

Sun Shan had heard that the boats of Jinshi, Juren and Xiucai were free of charge, and that merchants liked to take scholars on the boats and push them out as soon as they reached the bank.

The reality is not like this.

The boats of idle Jinshi, Juren and Xiucai will still be charged, but they will be given a relative discount. The size of the discount depends on how the scholar negotiates and whether his status is high enough.

Under normal circumstances, there are only three situations in which the Chaoguan does not collect taxes: one is the government's ship, the second is the eunuch's ship, and the third is the ship of the juren going to Beijing to take the imperial examination.

In other cases, as long as they passed through the bank, they had to pay taxes to some extent. Yang Shiqi: Travels in Beijing After staying in Yangzhou for two days, the Chen family merchant ship also loaded the goods and set off early on the third day.

Gui Ge'er got up early and made Sun Shan a Sunjia Village version of "Yangzhou fried rice".

After Sun Shan ate it, he found it to be exactly the same as the fried rice made by Huang's family in Sunjia Village, but because it was made in Yangzhou, Guiger said it was Yangzhou fried rice.

This was the first time Sun Shan had seen such a deceptive chef.

It’s just that Gui Ge’er is a “royal relative” and it’s difficult to fire him. If he were an ordinary employee, he would have packed up and left long ago.

Seeing Sun Shan's disdain, Gui Ge'er said confidently, "Brother Shan, what I made is Yangzhou fried rice. Take a look, there is rice, eggs, sausages, and shrimps in it. It is exactly the same as the Yangzhou fried rice sold outside."

The eggs and rice used by Guiger were indeed bought in Yangzhou, but the sausage was Cantonese sweet sausage, and the shrimp was from He’s Seafood Shop. This is Cantonese fried rice.

Sun Shan had never seen Yangzhou fried rice with sweet sausage.

Sun Dali on the side echoed: "The fried rice made by Gui Ge'er is really delicious. It has eggs, Chinese sausage, and shrimp. I have never eaten such delicious fried rice in Sunjia Village."

Gui Ge'er curled his lips. Sun Dali ate two large bowls of food, which made Gui Ge'er feel distressed.

Can Sun Dali afford this fried rice with lots of ingredients? Is it something he should eat?

Ever since becoming a relative of Sun Dali, Gui Ge'er didn't dare to stop Sun Dali from eating and just swallowed his bitterness.

Although it was Shan Ge's money that was spent, Shan Ge's money was his Gui Ge'er's, so he felt sad.

Gui Ge'er looked at Sun Dingnan who was silently eating two large bowls of fried rice, and felt so distressed that he was about to cry.

I got up too early this morning and felt dizzy and confused. I shouldn't have made breakfast for Sun Dali and Sun Dingnan. After they finished eating, what else would Shan Ge eat?

Gui Ge'er looked at Sun Shan who had only eaten a small bowl of food, and felt even more distressed.

Why does Shan Ge eat so little?

It is totally wrong that such delicious fried rice was eaten by those two unimportant people.

Gui put the remaining Yangzhou fried noodles into Sun Shan's bowl and said, "Brother Shan, eat more. Eating so little won't do. If you don't eat more, your brain won't be flexible."

Sun Shan was very upset. He was already very full, but Gui Ge'er was still trying hard to make him eat more. Besides, Gui Ge'er's version of Yangzhou fried noodles was really not tasty.

Sun Shan shook his head and said, "Gui, I'm full. I can't eat any more. My stomach is too bloated and I'm not feeling comfortable on the boat."

Seeing that Sun Shan really couldn't eat any more, Gui Ge'er had no choice but to pour the fried rice from Sun Shan's bowl into his own bowl and eat up the rest.

Eggs, sausages and shrimps cannot be wasted.

Sun Shan was eating the Sunjiacun version of Yangzhou fried rice, while Chen Dongling and others went to the teahouse to eat Yangzhou morning tea.

Same person but different destiny, same shield but different handles.

Chen Dongling said with great aftertaste: "Ashan, there are many delicious foods in Yangzhou, it's a pity that you didn't go. Especially the Biluochun, the fragrance is refreshing, in one word, "authentic"!"

Since the last time Brother Chen San had diarrhea, he has not had diarrhea no matter how much he eats. He feels that his stomach has adapted to the new environment and has been eating and drinking everywhere these days.

He shook his head and said, "Although Yangzhou morning tea is not as good as our Guangzhou morning tea, it is still very good to have it occasionally. Hehe, their three-piece buns and five-piece buns are still good. Fresh, fragrant, crispy and tender, not bad."

As he said this, he smacked his lips, savoring the taste. He immediately turned into a gourmet and, like He Shuqiang, strived to be the second Su Dongpo.

Fellow villager Lu Yuming patted Sun Shan on the shoulder and said regretfully on his behalf, "Brother Sun, you didn't get to eat this time. You can eat it when you come back. Don't be sad."

Sun Shan was not sad at all, he just wanted to cry but had no tears.

When others are taking exams, they travel around, visit relatives and friends, and have a great time.

Sun Shan rushed to take the exam, but it was as good as not rushing. Perhaps only after he entered the examination hall, the examination paper could prove that he had ever been there.

Moreover, the presence of the test paper does not necessarily prove that he has been there. After all, after the paper is completed and handed in, it will not be returned to the person after being corrected.

It’s easy to get on the list, as it proves that you have taken the exam. As for failing, I don’t know whether you really failed or failed because you didn’t take the exam.

Sun Shan said calmly, "No matter how delicious the food outside is, it can't compare to the food at home. The greatest happiness in life is to be able to taste the food at home in a foreign land. Although I can't eat the food outside, I can eat the food at home every day, and my heart is very happy and peaceful."

He Shujun et al.:.......

This Sun Shan, when he went to Beijing for the first time to take the imperial examination, didn’t he say this?

Now that your movements are restricted, it's like being stubborn and saying something irrelevant.

No, even if Sun Shan is a live duck, his mouth is not soft!