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The domesticated guard dogs in the Taicang treasury are lying in the shade of the trees with bright red tongues, and the nostrils of the horses in the stables are particularly wide......

Compared with the heat outside, there is a room in the Taicang silver vault that is like a paradise, cool as spring.

There was an old dog outside the room, lying outside the crack in the door, curled up comfortably and sleeping comfortably.

There is a reason why this old dog lies on his stomach outside the crack of the door against the sun, and the cool air that overflows from the crack in the door from time to time is much cooler than under the shade outside.

From the outside, this room is unremarkable.

It's so inconspicuous.

It is no different from other warehouses of Taicang Silver Warehouse, very ordinary and ordinary blue brick and red tile structure, there is no decoration of carved beams and paintings outside, and even looks more dilapidated than other warehouses.

There is a saying called "gold and jade outside, defeat in it", in fact, sometimes, it is also applicable to turn around, "white and jade, gold and jade".

This room is just that.

Don't look unpretentious outside, but inside this room is a unique and unimaginable luxury.

The room is very spacious, it is two warehouses chiseled together, the room is brightly lit, in the middle is an ingenious indoor spring pool water corridor, the water corridor is carved with a small bridge flowing water, a rockery stone stands in the middle of the spring pool, the spring water flows down like a waterfall, winds through six small bridges, crosses an S shape along the water corridor, and then hides into the ground.

There are potted plants around the water corridor, and more than ten pots of ice cubes are placed, exuding a slight coolness, which makes the whole room cool.

Indoor and outdoor, as if in the next season, the temperature difference is more than ten degrees, which is no different from modern air conditioning.

In the middle of the room, there is a table of wine banquet that is not long open, the tables and chairs are all yellow rosewood, finely carved, and it is a master's work at a glance.

Amber wine, luminous pearl, gold and jade bottle, jade plate......

The food is picturesque, the wine is like a spring, the table is full of delicacies that are rare in the world, and even the winged abalone can only be arranged in an inconspicuous position on the wine table, and it is rarely chopsticked.

Such a feast, for the eight people here, is just an ordinary working meal, they are all officials of Taicang Silver Treasury, is the management of Taicang Silver Treasury, here is a "late-night canteen", they usually come here to eat a "simple" "working meal", just like today. If anyone has a happy event or something temporary, they will also add a few dishes and some wine on the basis of the "working meal", which is not a good dish or wine for them, that is, home-cooked dishes such as swallow abalone and ginseng wings, that is, the daughter of decades is red.

At this time, it is noon, the outside is as hot as a stove, the indoor is cool and suitable, and the banquet is full of their own people, and the atmosphere is naturally relaxed and pleasant.

Sitting at the top of the banquet was Mr. Zhang, the minister of the Taicang Treasury and the Treasury, who had been the Minister of the Treasury for five years.

Mr. Zhang is about forty or fifty years old, with an elegant atmosphere, very well maintained, with a face like a crown of jade, gentle and elegant, and holding a gauze silk Suzhou fan in his hand.

However, the inadvertent light in Lord Zhang's eyes made no one dare to underestimate him.

The Ming Dynasty implemented the two-Beijing system, Zhang Daren Nanjing Household Servant, Nanjing Household Department was responsible for collecting taxes and grains from Nanzhili and Huguang, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang provinces (the taxes and grains paid by these provinces accounted for half of the taxes and grains of the Ming Empire), and at the same time, they were also responsible for Cao Yun, salt introduction, survey, etc., Zhang Daren as a Nanjing household servant, and Yan Shifan had a good relationship, and naturally took office as the minister of Taicang Silver Treasury.

The remaining seven people at the banquet are also high-level executives of Taicang Yinku, the two people sitting on the left and right of Zhang Guanku are Taicang Yinku, and the other five people at the table are Taicang Yinku treasurers.

The eight people at this table are the high-level of Taicang Treasury.

The Ming Dynasty had a strict management system for the Taicang Treasury, with a Minister of Treasury, who was in charge of the Taicang Treasury, which was generally held by household officials. Under the treasurer, there are two Langzhong, and a number of treasurers, and then there are eight treasury books, and under the treasury there are a number of treasury officials and fifty treasury soldiers.

Taicang Silver Treasury is the fattest meat in Daming, and the positions of Taicang Silver Treasury are naturally crazy and drooling.

Not to mention the officials in charge of the treasury, just the treasury soldiers who serve here, every treasury soldier is a mouth-watering fat shortage, the number of treasury soldiers is a constant 50 people, every five years to change a batch, every time the treasury soldiers are changed, every treasury soldier position is stared at by hundreds of related households.

Every treasury soldier is a strong enough relationship, or a relative of a certain or a confidant of a certain person, even so, to seek this position, you have to use all kinds of means, spend money to buy the joint, in order to obtain a hard-won treasury soldier position.

The treasury soldiers are like this, and the relationship between the officials in charge of the treasury here can be imagined.

"Tsk, today's bear's paw stew is good, it's worse than the pig's trotter stew, this chef Wang really deserves his reputation, and he deserves to be a famous top chef in Liaodong."

Zhao Dingtian in Taicang Langzhong clipped a bear paw of chopsticks, shook it in his mouth, opened his mouth and took a bite, the juice contained in the bear paw splashed in the mouth, and the fragrant taste would immediately pour into the internal organs, and after a while, he sighed with satisfaction.

"Hehehe, Lord Zhao, you are only half right, this Chef Wang's cooking skills are on the one hand, and on the other hand, Lord Zhang doesn't want to think about where this bear's paw recipe came from." Jia Xu, another Taicang Langzhong, joked with a smile.

"Oh, what a recipe? Where did it come from? Lang Zhong Zhao Dingtian asked with great interest.

"Those with hair, dig the ground to make a pit, put lime and half, put their palms inside, add lime on them, and pour them with cool water. Wait for it, stop the cold, pick it up, then the hair is easy to go, and the root is out. Wash and soak, soak rice swill for one or two days. Cook in a ladle wrap and remove the oil. Tear strips, stew pork with ...... The world's dragon meat, the underground bear paw, the race over the immortals, gluttonous people should not miss it. Langzhong Jia Xu tasted a sip of Longjing tribute tea, knocked on the table, and recited silently in a low tone.

"So exquisite...... Lao Jia, you haven't said where you got the recipe from. Langzhong Zhao Dingtian smacked his tongue, and then asked where Fang Zi came from.

"Thanks to Lord Zhang, who didn't cherish himself, you and I have this blessing." Taicang Langzhong Jia Xu bowed to Zhang Guanku.

"Thank you, Lord Zhang."

When everyone present heard this, they thanked Zhang Guanku.

"You guys, thank you Jia Langzhong, it was Jia Langzhong who found this recipe in one of my books......" Zhang Guanku touched his beard and shook his head with a smile, stretched out his finger and nodded Jia Siku with a smile.

There was laughter at the banquet, and everyone was staggered.

"Hey, speaking of which, how is the inspector appointed by the imperial court now?" A treasurer Liu at the wine table thought of this stubble and couldn't help asking.

"Hehehe, what are you talking about, it's not like I haven't been an inspector in previous years, one session after another, it's not the same as before, open a meeting, flip through the account books, check the files, it's a big deal to look at the scene again, point out the work, and then collect some people and leave." The other treasurer smiled without worrying at all.

"But I heard that this year is different, the Holy Lord has set up a cross-inspection system, and this time the audit is going to be serious." Treasurer Liu hesitated.

"So what, don't think about it, how deep the water is here, how many boats come, and they all have to ......float on it," Qian Treasurer next to him said meaningfully.

"Hehe, Liu Kushu doesn't know yet, I'm afraid that the inspection team appointed by the imperial court has been wiped out." Langzhong Jia Xu looked at Treasurer Liu, and the smile on the corner of his mouth slowly bloomed, as if the inspection team was a joke in his eyes.

"Huh?" Treasurer Liu was taken aback, and then his eyes lit up.

"The inspector is making Liu Guangzuo go home Ding worried, the deputy envoy Qu Tongyang had a stroke last night, Yu Shi Sinan was beaten with a cane, don't think about getting out of bed in a few months, if Gao Rui Gao Lang has no accident, this should also be 'accident', of course, the reason for this must be without me, I will tell you more...... As for Zhu Ping'an, who has not dried up, naturally he doesn't need to bother more...... "Jia Xu is like a strategist, and his smile is meaningful.

"Hehehe, it's good to be interested, and I don't want to think about who is above us." The corners of Treasurer Qian's mouth pulled out a perfect arc.

"Shhhh Naturally, the above is holy. Taicang Langzhong Jia Xu bowed his hand to Xiyuan and said reassuringly.

"Nature is holy, nature is holy." Treasurer Qian understood the look of the eyes very well, laughed dryly, and replied again and again.

"Haha, the superiors have had accidents one after another, so Zhu Ping'an must be too scared to leave the house." Another treasurer Zheng said with a smile.

"But don't, I still want to see what Champion looks like, besides, someone from the inspection team has to come here."

"That's it, there must be one person in this inspection team."

"Let's take time to deliver the account book to Lord Zhu another day, and coax Lord Zhu to come here."

The atmosphere on the wine table was more relaxed, and everyone laughed and ridiculed, without a little pressure, and there was a feeling that the inspection team was in ashes while talking and laughing.

Just then, there was a knock on the door outside.

Knock knock, knock knock.

Three long and two short.

Everyone at the wine table listened to the knock on the door, and their laughter did not decrease, and the three long and two short knocks on the door were the agreed passwords, and they were their own people.

"Who?" Zhao Dingtian raised his voice and asked.

"Lord Qiqi Zhao, I am Sun Kushu, just now there is a legend about the guards outside, there is a person named Zhu Ping'an outside, who said that he was the inspector of the Taicang Treasury and asked to enter the warehouse for inspection."

Outside, Sun Kushu's voice came through the crack in the door.

"What? Zhu Ping'an is here? ”

"Why is he here?"

Everyone in the room was taken aback, and then there was an instant silence.