Lu Ting visited the kitchen of Cheng Cheng Mansion under the leadership of Cheng Chuliang, the kitchen is very large, and there are many utensils, in addition to ordinary people's jars and cans, there are also exquisite cooking utensils such as ding, wok, mustache, retort, kettle, etc., some of which are made of bronze, with high-quality materials and exquisite workmanship, which look beautiful and exquisite enough to be collected, however, Lu Ting can't look at any of these cooking utensils.

It's useless, it's not used, it's not easy to use, for a person who likes pot gas, a big iron pot for stir-frying is very important, this is the early Tang Dynasty, and the iron pot has not yet appeared.

Large families have craftsmen, Cheng Fu not only carpenters, masons, but also their own blacksmiths, there are a lot of precious iron pieces in the warehouse, just come in handy, Lu Ting is not polite, with a pen to draw the general opening of the pot, marked with the size and requirements, Cheng Fu The two iron pots looked at it for a while, said that things are not complicated, there are ready-made iron plates in the house, and they can be completed by processing, if they do not need to carve patterns, they can be created before sunset.

It's a dish, and it's not a beauty pageant, so Lu Ting asked them to do it immediately.

Soon, the two blacksmiths took the two disciples and made a large piece of iron and struck it, it was not difficult to make a semicircle, but it was difficult to make it as smooth as possible in Lu Ting's requirements, and it took a lot of effort in polishing.

Looking at the various iron pieces and iron plates stored in the workshop, Lu Ting said with some surprise: "Brother Chu Liang, I didn't expect there to be so many iron tools in the house."

Iron tools in the early Tang Dynasty were rare, and ordinary people couldn't find a few pieces of ironware, but they didn't expect Cheng to hide so many on the Jin Mansion.

Cheng Chuliang said disapprovingly: "The guards in the house often have to repair weapons, my father practices martial arts, and there is a lot of damage all year round, so I prepared some, there used to be a weapon shop in the West Market, but unfortunately later Wei Hei was impeached and couldn't be opened, so I moved some of the remaining materials back to the house, which is nothing, and there are still a lot of big piles in the cellar." ”

"It's a bit noisy here, Brother Lu Ting, let's go out first, they will naturally come to report if they build it." Cheng Chuliang said as he pulled Lu Ting out.

The jingling sound is a bit noisy, it sounds annoying, and there is a smell of sweat in the air, if it weren't for Lu Ting's pulling, Cheng Chuliang wouldn't have come to this kind of place.

Lu Ting nodded: "Okay, let's see how the Ranger Chicken is doing, and we will have to build a small stove in a while." ”

The blacksmith workshop of Chengfu is very lively, and the tinkling sound is non-stop, and the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace is also very lively at this time.

Today is not only the Yuan Zheng Dynasty Meeting, nor the Shuowang Dynasty Meeting, but an ordinary regular meeting, the court meeting is held in the Zichen Palace, but today there are more civil and military ministers participating in the court meeting than Shuowang Dynasty Counselor, and the Xungui who can not attend on weekdays also attended, and even Cui Minggui, the head of the household who has not been in the court for almost a year, also went to the court with illness, although no one needs to carry the couch to the court, but also a eunuch to support him.

The government and the opposition all know that today is the day when the Qin Prince's Mansion engages in the agreed competition between Zhonglang Du Ruhui and the Prince of the Prince's Mansion to wash the horse Wei Zheng.

Cui Laoshangshu did not go to the household department for more than half a year due to illness, and the household servant has been suspended, so that the household department has a large backlog of official affairs, and the crown prince Li Jiancheng took advantage of Li Er's army to lead the army to personally recruit, and parachuted Wei Zheng into the household department in the form of secondment to assist in handling official business.

Wei Zheng is talented, capable, conscientious, less than two months after taking office to see results, that is, Li Yuan appreciated, intended to appoint Wei Zheng in charge of the household, at the critical moment King Qin stepped forward, pointed out that Wei is not worthy of the position, Du Ruhui is more suitable than Wei Zheng to serve the position of the household servant, after a round of arguments between the two sides, decided to see the truth.

It is difficult to convince the public to deal with official affairs, different people have the same standards, the most troublesome thing for the household department is the settlement of taxes, more than 360 states in the Tang Dynasty, the amount of money, cloth, and silk that enters the treasury every year is amazing, plus the annual expedition and counterinsurgency, the expenditure is huge and messy, and the treasury has not yet been calculated, which is also the reason why Li Er accuses Wei Zheng of low ability, this time compared to the ability of both sides to settle.

There are not many things to play in the front, and everyone present knows that the main event is in the back.

Soon, there were imperial guards and eunuchs to move desks, stools, pens, ink, paper, inkstones and other things, in order to make room for the ministers, the ministers retreated to both sides of the hall, according to the agreement between the two parties, Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui divided into two teams, each with ten team members to participate in the game.

After some etiquette, Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng each took them to sit down, and the eunuch presented Li Yuan with a sign holder, which was engraved with different years, Li Yuan randomly selected a lot, and the date engraved on the sign was even the account of what date, in addition to Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng, there were also people composed of professors of Guozi Ming Arithmetic in the side hall who were also calculating, so it was easy to check.

The accounts of the household department are all in triplicate, one is left in the household department, one is presented to the emperor, and one is deposited, which is exactly one for each person.

Li Yuan first tossed the sticks in the bamboo tube left and right to show justice, and then took out a stick and handed it to the eunuch on the side.

The eunuch looked at it, and while displaying the sign, he shouted loudly: "Wude Wude is on October in the seventh year." ”

After shouting, he put the bamboo stick on the tray and passed it to the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qin, Li Shi, who said they had no objection.

A month is divided into upper, middle and lower thirty years, this time a random draw of ten years, mainly for the sake of fairness, the extraction is not yet settled accounts, a country's accounts are too big, if you count a month's accounts, it is estimated that a month may not be able to produce results, now only calculate a decade, or only calculate cash, such as silk, cloth, silk and other items are not counted.

Otherwise, I don't know when I will be able to retreat.

Li Yuan, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked at his eldest son Li Jiancheng with a smile on his face, and then looked at his second son Li Shimin with an expressionless face. ”

It is said that the family and everything is prosperous, Li Yuan has persuaded him several times, but none of the brothers will back down, the palm of the hand is meat, and the back of the hand is also meat, and the father can't choose between it, and he turns a blind eye to many things, and retreats as much as possible, but unfortunately it has no effect, and the two brothers have turned against each other.

Even the youngest son who loves the most is also on Li Jiancheng's side and mixes together.

From an emotional point of view, Li Yuan prefers Li Jiancheng, sensible and caring, and it stands to reason that he should also inherit it by his eldest son, but Li Shimin, the family business of the Li family, has contributed the most, and he has promised to pass on the throne to him, but he didn't expect things to develop to this point.

Li Yuan knew that it would be unfavorable for Li Tang to fight again, and he would continue to suffer from it, the problem was that Datang had not yet gained a firm foothold, and it was still inseparable from Li Shimin, just like this battle of Wulongban, if Li Shimin hadn't gone out in person, it would definitely not have been solved so quickly.

Now I can't manage it if I want to, forget it, it's up to their brothers to fight, as long as they don't go out of line, anyway, the decision is still in their own hands recently.

"Wechen obeys." Sikong Pei Lin hurriedly responded.

Pei Lin saluted, and quickly asked people to turn out the account books of the relevant years and pile them in front of Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng respectively.

Ten years of accounts don't sound like much, and when I moved here, the books were piled up into a hill.

The account books were ready, Sikong Pei Lin looked left and right, and quickly frowned and said to Du Ruhui: "Du Zhonglang, the competition is about to start, please be prepared." ”

To calculate, you need to use bead chips or signing chips, Wei Zheng's side prepared early, and took the initiative to grind the ink, while Du Ruhui didn't move at all, sitting calmly one by one, no one set the chips, and no one grinded the ink.

I won't wait for myself, the person who is presiding over the competition, to prepare for him to count and polish the ink.

"Pei Sikong, our team can start at any time." Du Ruhui said confidently.

said that he started, but Du Ruhui was still sitting still, Pei Lian's old face twitched, and he didn't say anything anymore, anyway, he did his job as a reminder.

"Doctor Xiao, what do you think of this game?" A royal historian surnamed Zhang whispered to Xiao Yu who was standing in front.

Xiao Yu thought for a while, and said with some hesitation: "The old man is optimistic about Wei Xima, Zhang Yushi, which side are you optimistic about?" ”

After Wei Zheng was seconded to the household department, he had proven his ability, and his subordinates were also good at being transferred from the household department, so it can be said that he was familiar with the road, Du Ruhui was just a Zhonglang in the Qin Wangfu, and he had no experience in managing the household department, and those under him were also transferred from the Qin Wangfu account, from the bright side, Wei Zheng had the upper hand.

"Of course it's Wei Xima," Zhang Yushi said in a low voice: "Accounting is not a trick of words, it is based on real learning, how can ordinary bookkeeping be compared with those old people who have been in the household department for decades, I am afraid that King Qin will not be able to please this time." ”

While the two were talking, Pei Lin loudly announced the start of the game.

As soon as the words fell, I saw Wei Zheng and his team members each pick up an account book, first register the number of the account book, and then nervously calculate it with a lottery or bead stick.

This competition is about the belonging of the household department, the prince's mansion and the Qin Wangfu are determined to win, promise a heavy reward, see Wei Zheng and the team members fly up and down with their hands, and they don't stop for a moment, you know how hard they work.

Xiao Yu nodded secretly, and when he turned his gaze to Du Ruhui, his pupils shrank, as if he couldn't believe his eyes, and blinked his eyes to see a little more accurately, that's right, Du Ruhui's team members neither took out a number of chips, nor polished ink, but sat quietly, as the team leader, Du Ruhui seemed to be very interested in the dim sum in the palace, and picked up a piece and threw it into his mouth.

Isn't this a competition, what is he doing?