Wei and Jin Cooks

Yan Heng was disappointed and said: "But General, it's true that Gou Chun is robbing the people for food. A local gentry wanted to come to Yuncheng to file a complaint, but he was killed on the road by Gou Chun on Luozhi charges. The border has not been invaded by Zhao's army, but it has been If the general doesn't punish Gou Chun severely, I'm afraid that before the Zhao family's army enters Yanzhou, Yanzhou will be in chaos first."

   "Bold!" Gou Xi said angrily, "Your Majesty is here, the world's dragon veins are here, how can Yanzhou be in chaos, you don't want to be alarmist."

  Yan Heng wanted to persuade him again, but the staff on the side quickly grabbed him and said to Gou Xi: "General, Mr. Yan is drunk and can't help but talk nonsense, so I'll pull him down."

   said and pulled him down.

   Outside the yard, Yan Heng threw his hand away, still furious, "What are you dragging me for, what is wrong with what I said?"

   "You're right, but the general has a big temper now, why should you fight him head-on? You forgot that the general killed someone the day before yesterday."

   Yan Heng stomped his feet and said, "That's why I have to persuade the general even more, knowing that the road ahead is an abyss, do you just watch the general step in like this?"

   Yan Heng was sad and angry, tears falling down his clothes, "thinking about the past, the general was upright and honest, but, but..."

The staff quickly covered his mouth to prevent him from speaking, and whispered: "Hutu, Hutu, what are you talking about in this mansion, the maid who was killed by the general the day before yesterday was heard by the general because of his rude words. , do you want to learn from her?"

Yan Heng wanted to tear off his hand, but the staff did not let go this time, pushed him for a while, and let him go away from the study, "I'm doing this for your own good, we've been with the general for more than ten years, I don't want you to end up in a bad end."

As soon as they finished speaking, they heard the sound of neat and orderly footsteps. The two of them immediately closed their voices and looked, and saw that the housekeeper was leading more than 20 people here. Play the qin, or hold the lute or flute.

   is obviously the woman in the band.

   Yan Heng's face turned even greener.

   The staff held him tightly, for fear that he would rush up again.

  The housekeeper saw the two and immediately stepped forward to salute.

  The staff asked, "Where did these people come from?"

  The housekeeper said: "It's a Lefang girl sent from Qingzhou."

   Yan Heng asked with a sullen face: "Since it is a local tribute, why not send it to the palace, but instead send it here?"

   "This..." The housekeeper whispered, "This is what Erlang-kun gave to the general."

  Yan Heng then remembered that as soon as he arrived in Yuncheng, Gou Xi asked for the post of Qingzhou prefect for Gou Chun, but Gou Chun did not take office, but went to the border to lead troops and guard the Yuzhou army.

   He thought it was a title, but who knew that Gou Chunren was on the border of Yuzhou, but his hand still stretched out to Qingzhou.

   Yan Heng was angry and helpless, and finally stopped talking to his staff, and left with a flick of his sleeves.

  The staff looked at his back, shook their heads and sighed, then glanced at the direction where the actor was going, sighed deeply, and finally shook his head and walked away.

   Zhao Zhongyu read Zhao Hanzhang's letter again and again. Although she didn't know why she was so eager to be an official who was proficient in the water mill project, he still decided to go again.

   He lit the letter and threw it into the brazier, watching it burn up, then got up and walked out, "Prepare the car, let's go to Shenyuan."

  Shen Garden is located in a corner of Yuncheng. There is only a brick and stone house, which is very simple. It is surrounded by cultivated vegetable gardens and farmland.

  The field is full of beans and millet. A middle-aged man in a commoner clothes was pulling weeds in the field. He was reminded by the servant next to him, and he turned around.

   Seeing Zhao Zhongyu, he quickly put down his small **** and hurried forward to salute, "See Zhao Shangshu for the lower official."

   "Hurry up and give up the gift," Zhao Zhongyu stretched out his hand to support him, went to see the millet he was planting in the field, and asked, "We already missed the farming season when we came to Yuncheng, can the millet be in time?"

  The man said: "Intensive farming and careful irrigation, ensure that you can harvest naturally, but for ordinary people, this is too inefficient, so it is better to sow according to the agricultural season."

   "The spring ploughing in Luoyang is a bit late this year, and I don't know what their harvest will be like."

  Shen Ruhui sighed when he heard the words, "Yeah, I hope God will appreciate your face, the rain will fall a few days later, and it will fall for two more days, then Luoyang will have a way to survive."

Zhao Zhongyu glanced at the millet that had already been heading in his field, then glanced at the soybeans whose pods were slowly filling up, and said with a smile: "Spring ploughing in Luoyang is about ten days earlier than what you planted. It should be accepted."

   Shen Ruhui nodded and asked Zhao Zhongyu to sit in the thatched pavilion beside him.

   It was a thatched pavilion built on the left front of the stone house. It was on the edge of the field, just for him to rest.

   The servant immediately spread out the straw mat, Zhao Zhongyu knelt down and sat down in the superior position, and Shen Ruhui knelt down and sat opposite him.

  The servant took a dwarf gum and placed it between the two of them, then knelt down and made tea for them.

The breeze blew by, blowing away the sweat that Zhao Zhongyu had just burst out, and his irritable heart was also eased, he smiled and said, "You are really comfortable, no wonder you always live here and refuse to go back to the official post. "

  Yuncheng is not a big city. The emperor moved the capital here. Where do so many officials live?

   You can't rob local people's houses. Well, there are still robberies, but they can't be too ruthless. Most officials either buy half-robbing or buying, and they are considered to be cooperating with the local nobility;

   There are others, who temporarily live in the official post, and wait for the court to build a batch of houses before moving in separately.

   But now the construction of the palace takes all of your financial and human resources, where is there any spare energy to build houses for officials?

   Shen Ruhui also simply found a place in the city with fields and water, and directly built a masonry house to live in.

   However, the place where there can be fields for farming is far away from the prosperous main city, and he is very remote here.

  Shen Ruhui shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I don't have any official duties now, so why should I make people look down upon it at the official post?"

   Zhao Zhongyu asked, "How did I think about the matter I mentioned with Shen Siqing last time?"

  Shen Ruhui frowned and said, "I am the minister of the imperial court. Your Majesty is in Yuncheng, so I naturally want to stay in Yuncheng. What's the point of returning to Luoyang at this time?"

   Zhao Zhongyu said: "I heard that Luoyang is becoming more and more stable. The Yuzhou Army and the Xiliang Army have cleaned up the bandits in the territory. Businessmen from all over the country have started to go to Luoyang, bringing the news out of Luoyang."

"Many people who have left from Luoyang have started to return to Luoyang," Zhao Zhongyu sighed: "The life outside is not easy, Shen Siqing should feel it, if you can find a chance in Luoyang, it is naturally better to be your hometown. ."

   Shen Ruhui did not speak, he pushed the brewed tea to Zhao Zhongyu and asked him to drink tea.

   Zhao Zhongyu just glanced at the tea in the bowl and said: "Shen Siqing has been in the field for a long time, I'm afraid he still doesn't know that Yanzhou has a bumper wheat harvest, but at the border of Yuzhou, Gou Chun and the army robbed the people of the food."

"That's the people's ration for a year, and after being robbed, they still have to pay the tax as usual. This year, because Your Majesty moved the capital to Yuncheng, there is an extra tax," Zhao Zhongyu said softly: "I heard that the local village elders are not convinced, Let the family’s son and nephew come to Beijing to file a complaint, but he was killed before he left the county seat.”

   "Gou Chun also imprisoned his whole family on the charge of colluding with bandits. It took more than a month before the news reached the capital."

   Shen Ruhui widened his eyes and asked, "You have more than a month, doesn't the general know about it?"