Today is a rare five-day rest, Zhang Ming and three or five friends have already made an appointment to come to the Yujing Zhai by the Jingyue Lake to enjoy the snow and taste tea. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

They are all young talents, but they are also all young and breezy years. Some people's families are quite wealthy, but they are not people who spend a lot of money. And although everyone has been friends for many years, they have always adhered to the principle of getting together as members, so they naturally do not choose those special private rooms upstairs.

And from the perspective of their temperament, for these vigorous posterity, only such a warm atmosphere can stimulate their free mind. As Zhang Ming said, "The fish swims in the water, if people lose the crowd, won't they be lonely?"

And most of his friends joked to him: "Indeed, indeed, if you don't have to have like-minded people as your company, why do you thin scholar go to Hyogo to dance with a knife and get a gun?"

And Zhang Ming usually laughed it off. For him, although what he is doing now can be regarded as manual work in the same period, he can personally see and understand the military strategy and formation of this dynasty all the time, and someone can often discuss with him the arrangement of troops and the terrain of the mountains, which is not a chore for him.

When everyone came to Yujingzhai, there were not many guests in the lobby, which was why everyone had to get up early to come. If you arrive a little late, there will be a master on this floor where you can see a good view.

The five of them chose a location near the window, and when they opened the pane, they could see the sparkling lake downstairs and the painting boat moored on the shore in the distance.

At the same time when the five people, including Zhang Ming, were in private schools, most of them were staff members or teachers, and only Zhang Ming and the other were junior officials in the court.

A few people knew Zhang Ming's preferences when they were studying, so he was able to get his current position, and everyone was really happy for him.

Because it is rare to be able to make up the time, this is the first time that everyone has been in a few months.

Today's Tiangong is also very beautiful, under the rising sun of midwinter, the mist of the unfrozen lake water is steaming around the lake, and soon after everyone is seated, there is a mist on the side of the seat near the window, as if you can reach out and reach into that fairyland.

The painting boat in the distance seemed to have tourists on the boat at this time, only to see the boatman's voice, and the hull of the colorful silk and whitewashed was like a koi fish into the thin mist.

After a while, the boat paddled into the middle of the lake heard the sound of the guqin, which spread through the room like water waves. There are not many people in the room, and at this time, it is even more audible to hear the pins falling.

Everyone was quietly enjoying the beautiful music and the faint scenery of the painting boat wafting in the middle of the lake in the morning glow outside the window.

The scenery that seems to be painted but not painted makes everyone fascinated, and they all sigh that the combination of natural magic and manpower is appropriate.

As the sun rises higher and higher, the fog on the lake dissipates only the slightest wisps, hovering on the surface of the lake and in mid-air, and the musicians on the painting boat seem to have changed rounds, and at this time only listen to the distant music like a pearl and jade, crisp and urgent—I think it should be the language of the pipa.

The flow of people in the store also became more and more prosperous, and after a while, the hall on the first floor was full, and some later people who wanted to sit here had to find a vacant seat and discuss sharing a table with the owner who came first. Therefore, the hall was also full of people, Xiao Er's greetings, and the chatting and laughter of the guests were mixed together, and it seemed that the entire Yujingzhai was alive.

Because Zhang Ming's table was almost full, there was only one corner position left, so no one came to disturb him for a while and asked to set up a table.

After everyone sighed at the almost mysterious scenery just now, they began to taste tea and enjoy dim sum.

"Well, it's not too much to eat this potpourri cake every day!" said one of them, just as he let go of the pastry in his mouth. I saw that the crumbs of pastry were still hanging from the corners of his mouth.

Everyone laughed and said: "I know that you must be the first person who will not let go of this hundred flower cakes, tell us about the famous Fat Lotus." It turns out that this delicious and food-loving person has become a leader in food research among the people, and his dedication to his food is also deeply recognized by everyone. And because his real name is Pan Lian and because he loves to eat, he is young but his figure has been slightly blessed, so he got a nickname Fat Lotus.

"Okay, let's not talk about the knife work and patterns of this dim sum, just talk about its filling, you see ......" the man said and raised his hand to take one, broke two petals and put them in the palm of his hand, and said eloquently while showing them to everyone: "In addition to the nectar of a hundred flowers, there are chrysanthemums, jasmine, roses and other flower petals, and the plum blossoms are the heart." The sweet fragrance is really comparable to being in a hundred flowers. ”

"Oh, really, so many fragrant petals gathered together, isn't it disgusting?" said one of them, picking up one and savoring it.

"Of course, there are other secrets in there. Saying that, Fat Lotus divided the flower cake in her hand more finely, and asked everyone to pay attention to the color of the flour at the opening: "This is a special white flour in Jinzhou, also known as snow powder, if there is no base material for it, where can there be such a crispy and soft texture, and the taste is difficult to blend so completely." After speaking, he threw half of the potpourri cake in his hand into his mouth, squinted and tasted it.

"If it's such a good noodle, why can't other pastry shops use it?"

"It's also the first time I've heard of it. ”

"What's so suspicious about this? But in recent years, Jinju has often blocked official roads, and caravans are not allowed to pass. Therefore, such good noodles can only be seen in the north. If it was placed more than ten years ago, there was no pastry in the capital that did not use this snow powder. Fat Lotus slowly bit the potpourri in her hand with some regret.

"No, you must know that although the poll tax is getting lower and lower, this daily rice and noodles are not very cheap. One of the staff members said a little lonely.

"Hey, it's better to be an official, not to mention regular rest, and salaries are also paid on time. One of the people who worked as a private school gentleman was also quite emotional, and looked at Zhang Ming and another person who was a small official in the household department with envy.

Zhang Ming was not good at words, and he was even more at a loss when he heard such words, but fortunately, there was another friend who was also working in the public school, so Zhang Ming was gaged by another friend to turn over this embarrassing moment.

"Forget it, forget it, it's rare to have such a good view today, and if you say something sour, I'm not afraid of living up to this great time. One of the friends, surnamed Tong, waved his hand and interrupted everyone's self-pity.

"Hey, do you know that this year's snow in the north is enough to make people knees away. So even if the official road is not blocked this year, it is estimated that this potpourri cake will not be eaten for a few days. Thinking of the road closure, the staff member who was worried about his own rice noodles just now suddenly said, "However, it is estimated that Zhang Ming should know the most about this news." ”

"Well, yes, but that's what I got in the last two days. I'm afraid that your household department will be busy for a while. After the interface, Zhang Ming turned to his friend in the household department and said with concern.

Because Zhang Ming is in the military department, the news of Saibei will be transmitted back here as soon as possible. In fact, the time when the news of the heavy snow was received was on the afternoon of the day when the general returned to Beijing, and the military department immediately notified the three directors of the household department.

I heard that the three adults went to the imperial study to cry to the emperor before the banquet was over that night. It is said that the harvest has been in short for many years, and the normal rations of the soldiers have been squeezed out, and now if they want to provide more food for the officers and soldiers to tide over the severe cold, the treasury of the nearby state capital is really unable to draw it. Taking into account the road factor, the long-distance transfer will take two months to say the least.

"Isn't it, if it weren't for me being on duty at night this month, I wouldn't have thought about today's rest at all. The household official complained with a sad face.

This is the two scholars in the hall who argued loudly for some reason, attracting the surrounding hustle and bustle of the crowd to watch.

Zhang Ming's table naturally paid attention to the table he also put on.

“…… According to what you say, this poll tax has been cut wrong?" one of the scholars in Tsing Yi was so red that he almost slapped the table and said to the brocade-robed scholar at the next table.

"Of course. The brocade-robed scholar looked at the Tsing Yi scholar standing next to him defiantly.

The posture of the two of them is clearly that they will not give up until one party admits defeat, but the shopkeeper of Yu Jingzhai can't hold on for so long.

Looking at the intensifying two people and the sudden silence in the hall, and the excitement of the commotion for a while, the shopkeeper only felt that one head and two were big, if it was a weekday, such a scholar would leave the store to try his own place after a while. But today I just caught up with Xiu Mu, I don't know how many nobles there will be in this Jade Jing Zhai, they are guilty of a small matter, if they implicate themselves, how can they explain to the owner?

At that time, beads of sweat from the shopkeeper ran down his cheeks. Trying to get a match between the two, and explicitly hinting that they should go out and entangle.

At this time, Li Jin, who was upstairs, heard the discussion from halfway, so he knew the reason at this time - the two of them probably had different opinions on the tax system issued by the Ministry of Household Affairs recently, and they sat too close, which led to such a dispute when they disagreed.

Because the poll tax of the ordinary people was reduced, although they were hired because of this, they knew the camp they represented by looking at their clothes.

Li Jin felt very fresh, and he often went to various hotels and teahouses to hang out when he was a child, but it was the first time he encountered such a public discussion of government politics. It seems that this Jade Jingzhai does have his special place, and Li Jin secretly decided that this place will be a must-come place when he goes out in the future.

Seeing the sky in a blink of an eye, Li Jin was shocked to realize that it was almost noon at this time, and he still had an agreement that had not been fulfilled, so he hastily instructed Xiangxue to go to the toilet by himself, so that Xiangxue did not have to accompany him, and left the private room in a hurry.

Xiang Xue had already seen that her young lady was listening to the dispute downstairs, and thought that Li Jin was just trying to see more clearly, so she found an excuse to leave the room.

Xiang Xue already knew her own young lady's stubborn temperament, and she also knew that Li Jin would not be in danger easily, so Xiang Xue didn't take it to heart and let Li Jin leave and didn't follow.

Who knew that this decision made her almost unable to find her own lady in the future, so she regretted it so much that she secretly decided that Li Jin would not leave an inch in the future, which was all later. At this moment, Xiangxue is immersed in the delicious pastries of Yujingzhai and cannot extricate herself.