After the sacrifice was completed and the troops were arranged, Zhao Guan's family attended the banquet prepared for him by the people of Yangzhou. As everyone expected, he changed into a big red robe and a futou, but he did not add hard wings for the convenience of dining.

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In other words, this official did not continue to do anything after gaining power, but immediately started a family relationship between the king and the people.

However, although Zhao Guan's family no longer makes trouble, they can't stop the Yangzhou locals from making trouble - almost all the food and drinks for the banquet are contracted out, and someone takes the initiative to explain almost every wine and dish.

Of course, this is no wonder Sun and Wei, because the instigator was none other than Zhao Jiu.

About a year ago, the Zhao Guan family engaged in a similar incident in Tokyo, in which they took out all the official expenses and the name of the royal family... Not only was the prostitution free, but there was also a fee... Of course, the benefits were immediate.

Well, at least Zhao Jiu didn't wear the Taishang Daojun Emperor's old clothes during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year. The courtiers also had their own sacrificial robes, and even the banquet fruits given to the secret cabinet ministers at the end of last year were a lot richer.

So what can we say about Sun Jinglue responding to the call in order to save money? Besides, in a sense, this can be regarded as a part of the monarch's familiarity with local customs, which everyone likes to see.

In fact, at the beginning, these introductions were quite decent...for example, when I served a glass of wine, the person who served it probably mentioned how many years it had been known as the official restaurant, and who was still paying for the wine.

What poems have you written? When you bring the fruits and vegetables with the wine, you should also talk about the place of production and related allusions... And every time, there will be officials, scholars, and monks present to trace the relevant culture.

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On the other hand, Zhao Guan's family is not stupid either. They have to take a sip and praise a few words, which seems harmonious and natural.

But suddenly, as a dish that looked very familiar to Zhao Guanjia was served, the style of the painting suddenly changed.

"Good instructors know that this Jianyan duck recipe has always been different from other places. First of all, it uses authentic Huaishang wild ducks. In autumn, duck fat is a good time for duck hunting...

"Secondly, there are two secrets when marinating. One is that the salt must be fried in advance so that it can absorb the flavor and the skin can be collected. The other is that the duck belly must be filled with osmanthus, so that the duck meat can be mellow...

"Finally, it has to be cooked over slow fire. Only in this way can the duck skin be white and tender and the duck meat plump..."

"Stand down and stay."

Zhao Jiu finally couldn't help interrupting this person. "Jinling Osmanthus Saltwater Duck is famous all over the world. It has been circulated as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is common to have saltwater ducks across the river from Jinling in Yangzhou. But why do they call it that?

It...is called Jianyan Royal Duck? Is there any allusion to it? Did the Queen Mother give it the name?"

"So that the officials will know."

This figure, who was said to be a famous silk merchant in Huaizuo and had joined Zhao Guan's Royal Sea Trading Company, immediately became awe-struck when he heard this, but he threw himself to the ground directly in front of the case and responded seriously. "This duck is an unusual osmanthus saltwater duck.

The name of the official reign is not due to the Empress Dowager's appreciation, but to say that in the early years of Jianyan, when the officials introduced Wang Shi to stop Wanyan Wushu, the four golden thieves, from Huaishang, the people of Huaizuo used this as tribute to the officials.

, so it is famous..."

Zhao Jiu was startled for a moment, then immediately changed his face and smiled: "Yes, I remembered it, there is such a thing, it was the Bagong Mountain where Lin Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue took the duck that day, and Hu Shangshu of the Ministry of Works ate the most

Fast, and although I also like to eat, I ate half of them because I remembered that the defenders of Xia Cai in Huaibei did not have such delicacies... So, I crossed the Huaihe River that night and went to Xia Cai to send the remaining half to Zhang Boying...

It's been seven years, but you don't expect this duck to be yours?"

When the officials talked about the events of the day, who among the ministers, officials, scholars, monks and laypeople here was not literate? I immediately thought of countless allusions, elegant tunes, and poems, and prepared to follow them.

However, someone is much faster than them!

"The official said this, and Bai Shen burst into tears of gratitude." When the whole crowd was dumbfounded, the local silk merchant who presented the duck directly kowtowed to the ground, bursting into tears. "That day, Bai Shen heard that something from his duck farm was brought to the imperial court, and he was very happy.

Unable to win, I later heard that the officials were working hard on the Huai River, and they often lamented about the country... Therefore, when the difficulties on the Huai River were resolved, they invested in the purchase of all the duck houses that had entered the Huai River on that day, specializing in Jianyan.

Royal Duck, who would have thought that today I can offer this thing to the Heavenly Family? A white body... a white body is enough for this life."

Everyone was stunned, but they could only take a cautious glance at Zhao Guan's house.

Unexpectedly, when the Zhao family saw this person's exaggerated performance, they were not angry at all. Instead, they sighed for a moment under the cautious eyes of everyone, and then responded:

"It's rare for someone to have such a heart! It's a pity that although the difficulties on the Huai River have been relieved, the difficulties on the river have not been relieved. Today, I am like a duck, but I am still the same as I was on Bagong Mountain. I am grateful for the loyalty of the soldiers and people of Huai Zuo, but I also miss the emperor.

The soldiers of the battalion cannot enjoy it... What a pity! What a pity!"

"Guan family!" The man raised his head hurriedly when he heard the words, but then changed his face. "After this duck is pickled, if it can be dried in the shade and kept in the winter, it can be stored for several months. Although the duck is only white, it has always served the country.

If you have ambitions, your family also has a lot of money, but those who have too much can't work hard. Before the New Year, you can send out Jianyan imperial ducks... You can send three thousand imperial ducks to the imperial camp to reward the soldiers in the imperial camp!"

Zhao Jiu finally answered the case: "You have such ambition, how can you still be a white person? You should be given a title and a reward for your son's birth... After today's banquet, you will report the names of your two nephews. If you can find the Xiwen

Sun Jinglue recommends you to study at Taixue. If you are good at martial arts, you can find Liu Tongzhi and join the imperial class!"

At this point, the official pondered for a moment, and then immediately spoke again: "And if the Qing family can still send three thousand royal ducks next year, why don't I give you a seat in the public pavilion?!"

The Huaizuo silk tycoon, who also owned the Yuyingfang business, was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, but he kowtowed and thanked him on the spot.

But in front of the palace, under the rustling autumn wind, many celebrities from Huaizuo became more and more dumbfounded... They never expected that there would be a Mid-Autumn Royal Banquet, just when the Zhao Guan family was appreciating the customs, but they would sneak in without any reason.

Is this a shameless person?

However, what makes it even more difficult for them to accept is that this shameless man's ridiculous and straightforward behavior was actually recognized by the officials... Did he really give it to Enyin?

Don’t we need to talk about traditional feudal ethics?

If it's so direct, why are they trying to show off to Qiao here?

However, there are also people who have their complicated eyes on the expressionless Sun Jin and Sun Xiantai... Sun Xiantai is a dignified military envoy, a top official, a close minister who came from the imperial court that day, and he is also a confidant of the current Prime Minister.

Knowing the official style, how could he not know it?

But since you know it, why can't you tell it in advance?

Give yourself this chance to make your first show... and give yourself the chance to make soup. You will definitely be more elegant and more reliable than this duck seller, right?

Of course, regret is regret, but this is a rare opportunity in eight lifetimes. From now on, no one will care about what is elegant or not:

This said, when Huaishang was fighting against the Jin Dynasty, their family wanted to support them, but the Guan family won too quickly and did not have time. Then they regretted it all the time. They have regretted it for seven years. I hope the Guan family will give them a chance and their family can make three contributions.

Thousands of military uniforms;

The one who said that every issue of the newspaper comes out, our temple must organize a study. We have already understood the official guidelines, but because the temple is poor and far away, there is no way to report... Nothing else.

The autumn harvest has just happened this year, and there happens to be 500 shi of new rice in the warehouse. Why not send it directly to the official treasury, and there will be 500 shi next year... In addition, we can even contact other temples and temples to prepare for the officials and soldiers accompanying them on this trip.

military rations stationed in Yangzhou;

Others said that his family had neither food nor clothes, and was just boating on the canal and the Yangtze River. He happened to see the government's official ships in ruins, and was willing to send three black-painted pot-bellied boats to the government to make it easier to travel from the south to the north.

Transporting official rations...

Zhao Jiu was of course filled with emotion for these grateful representatives of Yangzhou scholars and people. Those who donated clothes were treated a little higher than those who donated ducks. The eminent monk of Daning Temple who donated food was directly given a royal title and asked Daning Temple to

I got the exclusive outlet for young crops loans in Yangzhou city; the one who sent three big-bellied boats was directly selected because he was a local talent in Yangzhou, and he was born with the same Jinshi background, and he was accepted as a secretary in front of the imperial court.

All in all, with the appearance of the Jianyan Royal Duck, the window paper was opened, and the banquet instantly became more lively, and it was a joy for the people.

In the next few days, the official followed the same pattern, except that he met with the people of Huaihe and Lianghuai every day. Today he ate meat floss as a tribute (pork floss was invented in this year), he ate seafood as tribute tomorrow, and went to Dazhou the day after.

Ring the bell in Ningsi... Of course, we must do some business like Royal Duck... Anyway, we are stopping in Yangzhou.

It can only be said that fortunately Yangzhou is a big city that can be counted in the world, and the Queen Mother has lived in Yangzhou for another six or seven years. The palace and so on are still there, and the army also has a place to house. In addition, Zhao Guan's style is placed there, which is meat floss.

Eat it once and forget about it. No matter what you do, it has nothing to do with luxury... But even so, gradually, there are still some bad rumors coming, saying that this official has worked hard for a long time, and it is rare to come to this level of splendor.

For a while, there was something about this place that made me happy and unwilling to miss Shu.

So, in late August, Lu Yihao, the envoy in charge of Hangzhou, once again sent envoys to invite the officials to cross the river, but the officials still had no intention of crossing the river. This made many people feel anxious.

On August 25, two scribes from Jiangyin, Li Tao and Su Bai, crossed the river to Yangzhou, which was separated by the water. Fukuo made a speech... The content was complex and detailed, including the saying of advising officials to be close to virtuous ministers and to stay away from villains.

There were also suggestions to combine the idea of ​​taking a large boat from the southeast to the north to capture Youyan, and there were also those who advised the officials to change the official system... Regarding this, the Zhao officials accepted their documents, but did not receive these people, but informed them clearly that they would wait for him to cross.

After Jiang, he met with Lu Xianggong, the envoy to the southeast, and held a political symposium for the southeast. At that time, the people of the southeast could talk face to face, but since he was in Yangzhou, he only talked about romance and did not care about political affairs.

The two scribes had no choice but to return to Jiangyin across the river.

However, having said that, until the beginning of September, even the officials and people in the southeast and southeast were obviously agitated, but Zhao Guan's family was still nowhere to be found in Nandu, across the river in the southeast, but the rumors became more and more confusing.

It is said that this day is the Double Ninth Festival, the ninth day of September, when dignitaries and dignitaries everywhere go out of the city to climb high.

Fifty miles northwest of Hangzhou, there is a mountain in Yuhang County, called Jingshan. There is a temple on the mountain, called Jingshan Temple. This temple is one of the five temples of Southeast Zen Buddhism. Although it is not as prominent as Daning Temple in Yangzhou at this time, it is

It is also an ancient temple that is more than 300 years old, with more than a thousand monks and a compound with hundreds of monks' rooms. Moreover, this mountain is located in a prosperous place in the southeast, so it is naturally the first choice for people in Yuhang to climb.

However, when they all come to climb, the treatment is completely different.

When a retired official from nearby comes up, he must be the host to greet him personally and clean the private courtyard; when a wealthy person who has donated a large amount of sesame oil money arrives, there must be a knowledgeable monk who carefully receives him and makes the visitor feel like a spring breeze; as for the ordinary good men and women who come

Well, if you don’t donate some money and silk, you can’t go in and have a cup of tea... You must know that the tea from Jingshan Temple is the famous tea in the southeast. A piece of tea cake can only be exchanged for a lot of gold.

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Of course, there are some exceptions... For example, some well-known scholars and scholars in the southeast are famous scholars. Although they don't give them any money for sesame oil, they can't go out if they don't prepare tea for them and clean their rooms.

It is necessary to arrange that Jingshan Temple looks down on others. When the time comes, spread the word, not to mention that the retired officials will not come, I am afraid that it will be difficult to sell the tea.

However, among them, if Mr. Wu Guo, Zhang Jiucheng, comes, unexpectedly he does not need to be carefully attended to by Zhi Ke Monk, because whenever this person comes, he always wants to find the original Monk Mahahui.

Today is no exception.

"It's only the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, and it's the ninth day of September. This is the only thing that has not changed. Everyone has heard and witnessed it." Seeing Zhang Jiuzheng, who was nearly forty years old, coming into the hospital with his hands behind his hands and frowning, Monk Dahui was sitting under the tree in the courtyard.

He blurts it out, but it seems incomprehensible... There is no way, he is the pioneer of Huantou Zen in the history of Chinese Zen Buddhism, and he relies on this messy mouth.

"Why doesn't it move?" Zhang Jiucheng sat down and raised his head thoughtfully after hearing this. "The sun doesn't move? It's appropriate to use the official family as a metaphor for the sun."

"It's not just an official. It's been more than twenty days since you frowned." Monk Dahui immediately sneered.

"There's nothing we can do!" Zhang Jiucheng responded with a sigh. "The officials live in the sky like the sun, but they don't act according to the time. Of course, we ordinary people are still worried..."
To be continued...