The group called friends and friends to bypass the six yamen and the five military governor's mansions, passed through the Zhengyang Gate, and came to the southern city.

After walking a few hundred meters south along Zhengyangmen Avenue and passing through an alley to the west, you will come to the brewery.

The Nancheng Brewery is mostly a tavern tea shop, compared to the inner city, the price is quite fair, these new science and technology scholars often joke here, and this is also the place where the average person in the capital consumes.

Three hundred meters along the winery alley of the winery, there is a tavern with conspicuous decoration, and a few people laughed and entered the hall, and Xiao Er stepped forward to greet him.

"Officials, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, you still take care of the small shop business, and dare to invite the private room upstairs."

Xiao Er clasped his fists and saluted, and led a few people up to the second floor.

This wine shop has always been known for its cleanliness and tidiness, and the dishes are also said in the past, and several people often come here to hang out, so Xiao Er is very familiar with these new science and technology scholars with official status.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, except for those officials who need to participate in the Zhengdan Dynasty, most of the families in Jingshi generally entertain guests at home, or go out to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings, so there are not many people in the wine shop.

But a few people went up to the second floor, and just as they were about to enter the private room, they heard a conversation from a private room at the door.

"Haha, I really didn't expect to receive such a windfall today, the emperor's grace is vast, Your Majesty is really generous to us."

"I also didn't expect that Chen Liu, who participated in the planning of the Great Dynasty Meeting from the Ministry of Rites, said that the Dynasty would issue silver today, but I didn't expect to be able to send so much, and it was almost enough to catch up with my half a year's salary."

After one language, another one begins.

"Who says it's not, you don't have to count the copper coins in the first half of this year, if you do it every year, I will welcome another one home in two years."

As soon as this weird Fujian-Cantonese accent fell, the room was suddenly in an uproar.

"Come on, let's drink this cup together, and then long live our emperor."

Then there was the sound of cups clashing.

Xiao Er smiled at a few people and led everyone to a room by the window.

"It seems that there are quite a few officials who have received rewards and come out to drink this year."

Wang Yiren sat down in the main seat, waiting for Xiao Er's tea to ask him.

"Thanks to the blessing of the Lord Banzai, the officials have received a lot of rewards, and the small shop has also been stained with some light."

This shop is a good shop in Nancheng, and there are often low-level officials who come here for dinner, serving these officials all year round, and Xiao Er is also quite good at talking.

"Haha, Xiao Er, today Brother Dao finally invited a guest, served all the signature dishes in your store, and the wine should be aged for thirty years in Xinghua Village, if there is a singer, call them together."

One of the youngest officials, who had always liked to joke with Wang Yiren, smiled and commanded Xiao Er.

Seeing the generosity of the guests, Xiao Er was also smiling.

"Oh, it's not a coincidence, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Mr. Wu's father and daughter also have to celebrate the New Year, but there are enough drinks and food."

Xiao Er said, wiped the tablecloth and put it on his shoulder, and made a gesture.

"Okay, okay, then hurry up and serve the food to the bar."

The young official waved his hand at Xiao Er, and Xiao Er chanted: "Please okay with you?" Then he ran downstairs.

After Xiao Er went out, the atmosphere in the house became lively, and everyone talked about the things in the yamen with this reward.

But in the lively atmosphere, Wang Yiren was a little restless, constantly rubbing the ingot of beautifully made official silver in his pocket.

Xinghua Village, which has been in this shop for 30 years, is quite famous in Nancheng, and a pot will cost half a tael of silver, and these people will have to get at least three or four pots, which will cost two taels of silver.

A good table also costs two or three taels of silver, and a meal costs five taels, Rao is Wang Yiren just got a reward of twenty taels and did not worry about having no money to pay the bill, but he was still a little surprised.

Wang Yiren didn't feel sorry for the silver, but he was mainly afraid that he would not be able to explain it when he went home.

In the past six months, these people have gathered here once or twice a month, and the others also know the situation at Wang Yiren's family and have never asked him to pay the bills.

Wang Yiren was very upset about this, and this time he wanted to ask for it back after sending the money, but he didn't expect these boys to be so ruthless, and he went to his monthly salary at once.

In the past, when several people had dinner here, they basically ordered a few side dishes, two pots of ordinary wine for waist injuries, and a table was between half two and one tael.

Although it can't be compared with the Qilin Pavilion in the inner city, the seat at this price is also okay in the capital, and the average low-level people can't earn a tael of silver a month for a strong laborer.

Of course, the low-level people in the capital usually don't have the money to go to the restaurant, and even if they do, most of them are roadside stalls, and they can't spend a penny or two.

Everyone was chatting lively, and they glanced at Wang Yiren from time to time, and they pretended not to see Wang Yiren's slightly cramped expression, but then they looked at each other and smiled, but they betrayed them a little.

It didn't take long for the banquet to be sent up, and even with the already scalded Xinghua Village, the room was full of the aroma of wine.

Smelling the mellow aroma of wine, Wang Yiren simply let go, there is wine today and drunk today, and he will talk about going home when he goes home.

"Brothers, brothers, thanks to Your Majesty's blessings, my king can afford to invite everyone to drink, this first glass of wine, I wish Your Majesty."

Wang Yiren took the lead in getting up and raised his glass to the north, and when everyone saw this, they all faced the north and drank the first glass of wine together.

They were all Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, and compared with other officials in the capital, they were more grateful to Zhu Youzhen.

Moreover, the blessing of Tuo Zhu Youzhen, these high-ranking new science and technology scholars, did not take much effort to leave the Beijing division as an official, and the future is unlimited.

Although there are also Wang Yiren who don't want to stay in the capital, there is only one him, compared to going to the state and county, most of the Jinshi still want to stay in the capital to go further.

And even if Wang Yiren wants to go to the state and county as an official, he can't say that it is not good to be a Hanlin in the Hanlin Academy.

The kind of satisfaction brought by being called 'Wang Shuchang' by others is not something that can be obtained by a few taels of silver.

Moreover, the Hanlin Academy is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, responsible for drafting edicts and some secretarial work for the Son of Heaven, which is equivalent to the secretariat in later generations, and the Son of Heaven can often be seen.

Although Wang Yiren had just gone, he had not been able to get the edict for the Son of Heaven and undertake the work of secretary, but some miscellaneous matters of the Hanlin Academy also allowed him to get in close contact with the Son of Heaven several times.

The Son of Heaven is young, but he is old and sophisticated, because Wang Yiren was born poor, and the Son of Heaven also asked him about some details of the life of the people at the bottom, such as how much of the family's income buys rice, whether the family can eat enough, and also asked him about the life of the tenant farmers in his hometown.

The Son of Heaven pays attention to the people at the bottom, which makes Wang Yiren, who was born at the bottom, feel very relieved, and say that the Son of Heaven is benevolent and sympathetic to the people.

And the Son of Heaven also said that it was not easy for him to jump from the bottom to the dragon gate, which made Wang Yiren proud for several days.