Xu Shiyou is the founding general of our country, he was born in the Shaolin Temple, when he was young, he was not used to bullying people, and he only joined the army after killing bullies, so General Xu Shiyou is a rather proud general in our army. As a founding general, Xu Shiyou also had a time when his salary was not enough to entertain guests, so he invented two tricks: one was Xu's wild game feast, and the other was Xu's Maotai.
Xu Shiyou's salary
When New China was just founded, everything was in ruins, and even the monthly salary of a leader at the national level was only about six hundred yuan. At that time, a pound of pork fluctuated around a few cents, and the salary of six hundred yuan was not low in that era, but compared with the status of a state-level official, it was still a bit cheap. After General Xu Shiyou became the commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, his salary was raised to more than four hundred, and it was certainly enough to save points for daily use, and if it exceeded the budget, the wallet would definitely protest.
Hsu's Wild Game Feast
General Xu Shiyou is also a very brash and good-looking person, and when friends come to him for dinner, he will find a way to put out a bunch of good dishes. If you go to the restaurant to eat this pile of good dishes, Xu Shiyou's salary is definitely not enough, so Xu Shiyou came up with a way to cook with wild game.
At that time, there was no ban on hunting in China, so there were rumors that Xu Shiyou liked to hunt. In fact, Xu Shiyou likes to hunt, he just wants to hunt some wild boars, roe deer and so on to improve the food for his comrades-in-arms. In addition, General Xu Shiyou's residence is quite large and can grow a lot of vegetables, so General Xu Shiyou often invites guests to dinner without taking people to the restaurant, and his "Xu's Wild Game Feast" has attracted the praise of many comrades-in-arms.
Xu's Moutai
In addition to wild game, Xu Shiyou's other boldness is his love of drinking. At that time, Moutai wine was not as expensive as it is now, and when the country was founded, a bottle of 500 ml of Moutai was even as low as a dollar, so Xu Shiyou invited people to eat and often opened Maotai. However, in the 1960s, because of the circulation of domestic commerce, the price of Moutai wine grew rapidly, and soon rose from 1 yuan in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China to 5 yuan.
At that time, Xu Shiyou had not yet become the commander of the Guangdong Military Region, and his salary was less than 400 yuan. Xu Shiyou would often invite people to drink Maotai again, and he would have to drink the northwest wind himself. At this time, Xu Shiyou's secretary Li Wenqing thought of an idea, that is, to impersonate the private wine on the can in the Moutai bottle as Moutai.
Later, Xu Shiyou's secretary found a teacher from Yanghe Distillery, who was quite skilled in his craft and made a lot of wine. So Xu Shiyou's secretary Li Wenqing often went to the old gentleman's house to buy private wine, and after buying the private wine, he poured it into an empty Maotai bottle and opened it when the guests came to eat.
The people who can drink with General Xu Shiyou have a drink addiction, so why can't they drink the taste of Moutai wine? But the wine made by this teacher is also good, quite a taste of sharp wine. Therefore, General Xu Shiyou's comrades-in-arms did not break it, but drank "Xu Shimaotai" with Xu Shiyou, and often praised it as a good wine.