The moon is born on the sea in the palace, and the moon rises in the sky an hour earlier than Huazhou.

The Son of Heaven decreed that in order to save expenses, no more wine banquets will be held in the palace this year, and the ministers of civil and military affairs will reunite with their families at home. The decree disappointed many officials, some of whom had written the Mid-Autumn Festival in the early months, preparing to take it out for the Mid-Autumn Festival to win the praise of the Son of Heaven, and now they had to pin their hopes on the coming year.

There is no Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace, but the family banquet is still required, and the banquet is set in front of the stage of Shou'an Palace. Shou'an Palace is the residence of the Empress Dowager Renjing, the Empress Dowager Renjing is the queen of Emperor Xuan, after the death of Emperor Xuan, she retired to Shou'an Palace, and the concubines of Emperor Xuan devoted themselves to Buddhism, and came to listen to the drama and raise flowers. The Empress Dowager Renjing has two sons, that is, the current son and King Ning, although the Empress Dowager Renjing ignores mundane matters, but in the harem, the queen also has to obediently come to say hello every day.

Shou'an Palace is a group of palaces, in addition to the main hall, there are more than 10 buildings such as Jingfu Palace, Yukang Palace, Huayu Xuan, Appreciation Chrysanthemum Hall, Miaoyin Hall, etc., and the palace maids and eunuchs who serve the Queen Mother, the Concubine and others in the palace amount to more than 200 people. The Miaoyin Hall on the side of Shou'an Palace is a place where the Queen Mother and others listen to dramas and watch songs and dances. There is a stage in the middle of the square, facing the Miaoyin Hall, and there are partition doors on the east and west sides, which communicate with the theater room for artists to go on and off the stage.

Empress Dowager Renjing likes Zheng Opera very much, and she has to watch the drama for five out of ten days in the palace. Zheng opera originated from the singing and playing of the Great Qi Dynasty thousands of years ago, accompanied by huqin gongs and drums, decorated with scene layout, and expressed stories or situations in dialogue, rap, action, etc., which is the mainstream of Zheng entertainment.

There is a large banquet in front of Miaoyin Hall, today's protagonists are the Empress Dowager Renjing and several concubines, Shi Fangzhen, Queen Wang, Zhang Guifei, and Huang Shufei sit on the left side, the prince has a single seat behind the Son of Heaven, and the other underage princes and princesses sit together with their mothers. On the right is King Ning's family, today's family banquet, the Queen Mother asked the Son of Heaven to call her youngest son, and the family drank and admired the moon and listened to music, and they were happy. Recently, King Ning has been repeatedly reprimanded by the Son of Heaven because of Long Wei's affairs, and the Queen Mother wants to take the opportunity to ease the contradictions between the brothers.

The stage is "Heavenly Official Blessing", it is the queen mother's family Dengzhou Hedong Cui's dedication team, the singing tone evokes the memory of the queen mother, a song is sung, the queen mother even shouted "reward", a few little eunuchs carried a basket of copper coins "boom" fell on the stage, the gods on the stage knelt down one after another, kowtowed to the queen mother, and made the queen mother laugh.

Shi Fangzhen's eyebrows jumped slightly, after he ascended the throne, he was strictly thrifty, and there was no money to repair the old palaces, and this year even the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was saved. The Queen Mother's annual annual depreciation of 60,000 taels of silver, clothing, utensils, etc. are not counted among them, and the Cui family will also give 30,000 or 40,000 taels of silver every year, which is enough for 100,000 taels a year.

However, the Empress Dowager Renjing developed a problem with her hands and thighs when she was Emperor Xuan, and a Buddhist reward of silver taels is ten thousand taels, and the reward troupe also spends thousands of taels every month, and the flowers in the garden are not good-looking, and the furnishings in the house are too old, and one hundred thousand taels of silver is not enough for her to toss for half a year. The Queen Mother has no money, but she doesn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, and invites the Son of Heaven to ask for it directly. Shi Fangzhen didn't dare to save the old lady's use no matter how much he saved, but gritted his teeth to meet the queen mother's requirements from the inner library. Looking at the queen mother's happiness at this moment, it is estimated that she will be rewarded at least a thousand taels of silver tonight.

Liu Weiguo stood behind the Son of Heaven and served, seeing that the Son of Heaven looked depressed, he was afraid that he would bring out his displeasure, stir up this family banquet, and make the Queen Mother angry. So, Liu Weiguo bowed down and asked: "Long live, the honey fruit offered by Huazhou is made of grapes, sweet and sour, and it is very refreshing, you have drunk a lot of wine just to relieve hangover, do you want to pour you a bowl." ”

Shi Fangzhen came to his senses, nodded at Liu Weiguo, and said, "Pour it for everyone, and eat whatever fruit you like." ”

The palace maid and the eunuch held the clay pot and poured honey fruits for everyone, the Empress Dowager Renjing likes to eat pears, looked at the fragrant pear flesh in the bowl, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the honey fruits offered by Huazhou are very suitable for the appetite of the mourning family, and a few concubines also like it, you might as well send more to Shou'an Palace." ”

Jiang Anyi entered two thousand cans of honey fruit through the post road, and distributed it in the palace, Shi Fangzhen gave a lot of important ministers, and there were not many left, but the queen mother spoke, Shi Fangzhen of course agreed, and said with a smile: "This honey fruit is made by Jiang Anyi, the history of Huazhou Thorn, he copied the recipe to me, the method is very simple, Huazhou is far away, it is inconvenient to transport tribute, if the queen mother likes it, I will order the palace maid to make it according to the prescription." ”

The Empress Dowager Renjing said: "The emperor is the son of heaven, rich from all over the world, there is no need to be too restrained, the honey fruit is worth a lot, why bother to do it yourself in the palace, a will go down, who dares not to serve it wholeheartedly." ”

King Ning said with a smile: "Queen Mother, this honey fruit is really refreshing, Huazhou is rich in melons and fruits, in previous years, it was transported to the capital by fast horses, and most of them were always half ripe and rotten, and the rest could not be preserved for a few days." Huazhou melons and fruits are made into honey fruits, which not only preserves the original flavor, but also has a better flavor, which is really good. Erchen was rewarded with twenty cans by the emperor's brother, and when he was taken to the palace, he was eaten in two days. I'm embarrassed to ask the royal brother for it again, I heard that it is sold in the East Market, guess how much this jar of honey fruit costs? ”

Empress Dowager Renjing forked a piece of pear flesh and chewed it slowly in her mouth, and asked: "It is not cheap to transport Huazhou melons and fruits to the capital, and the mourning family remembers that a honeydew melon costs three taels of silver, and this jar of honey fruit always has about three catties, at least five taels of silver." ”

King Ning smiled bitterly in his heart, his old lady is really the master of spending money, five taels of silver came out casually, it seems that she is willing to buy it for eight taels, the queen mother has a son of the Son of Heaven, she is only the younger brother of the Son of Heaven, and she does not have the blessing of spending money like flowing water.

Queen Wang heard that the honey fruit was made by Jiang Anyi, and she calculated in her heart, the perfume business brought her 300,000 taels of income every year, so that she did a lot of things in the palace, originally thought of taking advantage of Jiang Anyi's depreciation to Fuluo County, simply swallowing the perfume business in one gulp, and she had this hen that laid golden eggs in the palace, wouldn't it be even more responsive, and when the Son of Heaven was worried about money, he could also relieve his worries for you. However, Jiang Anyi's implementation of "tax integration into one" in Fuluo County has been very effective, and the Son of Heaven has praised her several times in front of her, and Queen Wang naturally will not do anything to make the Son of Heaven unhappy.

Jiang Anyi is really wealthy, and when she first arrived in Huazhou and came up with a honey fruit business, Queen Wang wanted to snatch Jiang Anyi to do some business for her. The cost of this honey fruit is only two hundred yuan, and it can be sold for three taels of silver, isn't it a hen that lays golden eggs, Queen Wang thought that her eyes lit up.

Shi Fangzhen inadvertently saw the look in the eyes of Queen Wang, knowing his wife Mo Ruofu, and understood that his queen was thinking about it again, probably thinking about the dried stocks of honey fruits. Over there, King Ning told the Empress Dowager Renjing that the honey fruit was three or two cans, and the Empress Dowager sighed regretfully: "This Huazhou Thorn Shi really can't do business, and he sold good things at a cheap price." ”

King Ning said secretly, my old lady, three taels of silver is still cheap, there are a few people in this world who can compare with you, depressedly lowered his head, drank the juice in the bowl, the taste is really good, and when the banquet is over, I have to find the imperial brother to copy the recipe back, this three taels and one can of eating, I can't afford to eat it.

Shi Fangzhen raised his glass to salute the Queen Mother, and then said: "This Huazhou Assassin Jiang Anyi is a capable minister, and the perfume used in the palace is actually made by this person." ”

The queen mother's eyes lit up and said with a smile: "Oh, perfume is a good thing, the osmanthus bloomed in August, and the emperor ordered him to pay some osmanthus perfume, and the emperor should know that the mourning family likes the fragrance of osmanthus the most." ”

Shi Fangzhen said to Queen Wang: "You take the perfume to heart, and the osmanthus perfume will be sent to Shou'an Palace as soon as it arrives." ”

Queen Wang smiled: "I'll have someone go to the store tomorrow to tell them." I thought about it, but I thought about it, find a confidant to pass the news of the palace to Jiang Anyi, Jiang Anyi is a smart person, and naturally knows what to do.

Shi Fangzhen said again: "After Jiang Anyi developed the recipe for honey fruits, he summoned the county orders of the fifty-three counties of Huazhou and taught them the recipe, so that they could pass it on to the people of Huazhou. ”

"Is he stupid?" Empress Dowager Renjing's eyes widened in surprise and said, "Isn't this giving money to others, how did the emperor choose such a foolish person as the assassin." ”

Shi Fangzhen was speechless, and he couldn't communicate with his mother. The Queen Mother waved her hand with lack of interest and said: "Governing the country is the emperor's business, and the mourning family is old, and I just want to enjoy my old age in peace." "Let's focus on the performance on the stage.

The crown prince Shi Chongwei sat under the Son of Heaven and said with a smile: "Master Jiang talked a little about his mind in the letter to me. The emperor thought that Jiang Shi would selflessly dedicate the recipe for honey fruits, and the rich people in Huazhou would naturally buy melons and fruits to make honey fruits when they saw that it was profitable, so that the people's melons and fruits would not have to worry about sales, and the price of melons and fruits would also rise. Honey fruit production needs to be manual, honey fruit making process is simple, the peasant women in the village can do it, and the farmer has more income. Moreover, Jiang Shi said that all counties should arrange for the people in the Salesian orphanage to give priority to work, and give them five literary wages per can, which will not only benefit them but also give them more skills to make a living, and they will be able to support themselves after becoming adults, which is a good thing to count in one fell swoop. ”

Shi Fangzhen nodded approvingly and said, "The emperor can perceive Jiang Qing's good intentions, which shows that he has succeeded in studying and has increased his knowledge, and I am very happy." Shi Chongwei is fourteen years old, his face is very Xiao Shi Fangzhen, looking at his son's heroic face, what he said is very satisfactory, Shi Fangzhen is very satisfied.

Queen Wang heard that Jiang Anyi had donated the recipe for honey fruit for free, and knew that this oil and water could not be fished. The son was praised, this is a more important thing than the business of honey fruits, and immediately smiled: "Long live, Wei'er often tells the concubine to take you as a teacher, let the concubine talk more about your words and deeds, Wei'er can make progress, it is long live your words and teachings." ”

Shi Chongwei stood up and said: "My father has worked hard to govern the country, set an example, and governing the country diligently and thriftily is a model for the subjects of the world. ”

"Okay, well, the emperor can understand the general situation, and I will win people in the future." Shi Chongwei let out a burst of joyful laughter, and Queen Wang looked at her son and smiled with satisfaction. ()

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