[Recently, there have been a lot of things at home, and the update will be slow, ask for tickets]

"Xiaoping, let's taste this mutton."

"Delicious ......"

Wang Xingping smiled reluctantly, this sister of her own family is good at everything, but she is a little too good to herself, and if she continues to eat like this, I am afraid that her body will really go sideways.

"This is what I asked Wang Ma and Lan'er to buy early in the morning from the Shao family in the corner of Sichuan Road outside the Phoenix Gate, but this time they are all black goats from their hometown in Guizhou."

Lan'er is Wei Qilan, since she was brought to her home in Chongqing by Wang Ruoxi for training, she is now a lot more generous, and the injuries on her body are almost better. Wang Ruoxi felt that her brother was interested in this woman, so she has been treating each other well, Wei Qilan is no longer silent, she must have recovered, and now she is temporarily working with Wang's mother in the Jian family, Wang Ruoxi thinks that this girl will better follow her brother in the future, after all, her brother is a life-saving grace to her, and she will not be bad for Wang Xingping.

The mutton is soaked in red ginger and then wrapped in peppercorns and other spices and marinated, and after being tasted, it is cooked in sweet wine, etc., and then thinned with a small blade when eating, which is the practice in the ancient book that I overheard my brother and husband mention last time. If the taste alone is not bad, but Wang Xingping has eaten flavors from all over the world in his previous life, although those are industrially synthesized seasonings, but compared to this 'delicacy' such as peppercorns, ginger, and green onions, it is inevitably too thin, and it can only be said that it is passable, and he does not like to eat hemp, and since he came to this life, his diet has only focused on hygiene and cleanliness, but he has never been too picky about taste.

But I can't stand my sister's enthusiasm, these days, fresh Lu Tangerine [Note: Loquat] from the market to the market, followed by bayberry, watermelon, since I found that my brother likes fruit, at this time the fresh fruit has not been broken, that is, because the brother-in-law spoils his sister, and the family because of business, the house was bought on the dock outside the city and did not live with Jian Shouzhi's parents, otherwise it was seen by the in-laws, and there was no need to have some discord.

In a blink of an eye, it was almost the end of Fumo, Wang Xingping still remembered that it had just passed Qingming when he went out, and more than two months had passed in a flash, and he had been in Chongqing Mansion for a month.

Nowadays, Wang Xingping is more familiar with the city of Chongqing under his feet, and he is a little more than his sister.

Since bidding farewell to Xu Chengming's father and son and the lama, Wang Xingping went to Hejiang first, where he carefully investigated the salt market in Shuzhong and then continued down the river. Passing through Jiangjin and Fotuguan, arriving in Chongqing the day after the summer solstice.

I still remember that day was May 21, according to the western calendar is June 23, when it was the wharf outside the Phoenix Gate to go ashore, from Xuzhou, Zunyi and even Guizhou cattle and sheep were all from there a steady stream of landing, and were sent to various slaughterhouses in the south of Chongqing.

But the house of the Jian family is next to the wharf outside the East Water Gate in the east of the city, the merchant's house is rarely purchased in the city in order to facilitate trade, where the city gate will be closed at dusk, and the slightly larger merchants often have to feast and talk about things at night, so it is quite inconvenient, so since the separation of the family, Jian Shouzhi's father moved away from the Jianjia Bridge in the city, and now most of the family business of the Jian family is in the north of the Jialing River, only Jian Shouzhi in order to take care of the family business in the south of the city and put down a house on the side of this wharf.

Wang Ruoxi loves his younger brother, Wang Xingping came here for a month, except for going out to visit teachers and friends and being left for food, he is wholeheartedly at home every day, but his sister is still quite puzzled by his brother's various behaviors.

A few days ago, Wang Xingping went to the Taiping Bridge outside the Jiangmen in the north of the city to guard the dung boats entering and leaving the wharf for a long time, which can be said to be worried about the farming of the family grange.

But yesterday, my younger brother actually went to the Tongyuan Gate in the west of the city to watch the funeral in Wengcheng for a long time, and he was not too unlucky.

Since his younger brother had a catastrophe a year ago, his behavior has become more and more incomprehensible, Wang Ruoxi was afraid that his younger brother was stimulated by something and damaged his mind, so he took good care of him all day long.

However, not only is the behavior difficult to understand, but the younger brother is also particular about the diet, not to eat any delicacies from the mountains and seas, but to be grateful for the fresh food, you must know that when he was in his hometown in Guizhou, the younger brother liked these local dishes very much. The last time I ate fish bream [a kind of raw pickled fish in the southwest region], my younger brother actually persuaded Wang Ruoxi to eat less seriously, and not only the fish bream, but also the cooked oil made by mixing lard and dogwood together also said that he should eat less, saying that it was not good for health, but he spoke like a pedant in his seventies and eighties at a young age.

But the younger brother's academic progress is to make Wang Ruoxi happy, brother-in-law also likes this brother-in-law very much, last time my sister heard Jian Shouzhi talk about Wang Xingping, saying that although this younger brother is young, but he is knowledgeable, and the world is the first thing to say, and he has given himself a lot of inspiration in the way of business. And this younger brother is extremely intelligent, although he is not familiar with the classics, as long as he has three or five years to lay a solid foundation in the academy, I believe that in the future it will be enough to shine in the court, at least like his late father-in-law, it should not be a problem to get a fame, which makes Wang Ruoxi very happy.

After noon, someone came to invite him, and today it is still Ye Fengzhi, who has been in close contact with Wang Xingping since he arrived in Chongqing.

Ye Lao's name is Lianfang, is Xu Cheng's famous father-in-law, to the former official of the Beijing Criminal Department Yunnan Qing Officials Division Wailang, because last year was the year of the triennial pilgrimage inspection, Ye Lianfang, who was already nearly seventy years old, was kept for an extra year, for which the imperial court also sealed a loose official with a straight doctor as a table.

The so-called pilgrimage inspection in the Ming season is a custom since the Emperor Taizu, once every three years, local officials have to go to Beijing for the Hajj, and the Ministry of Officials will examine the merits of the Qing Officials Division together with the Metropolitan Procuratorate to evaluate the officials of the state capitals across the country, and the results of the inspection will determine the promotion or dismissal of officials. Although the inspection officials are all the affairs of the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the examination language involving local ministers is not only to be done by the political secretary, but also an important reference according to the unveiling post of the judge, and it is the matter of the criminal department when it comes to the central government, so the old man Ye, who originally planned to return to his hometown last year, was delayed for another year.

Ye Lao's previous official happened to be the governor of Hezhou and in charge of Ba County, Ba County is the attached Guo County of Chongqing Prefecture, and the county is in the west of the city, although it has been nearly ten years ago to serve as an official here, but fortunately, Ye Lao Ye is known for his official reputation and honesty in Hezhou and Ba County, or Changshou County in the earlier term, and he also has some connections in this Chongqing city.

And Xu Cheng's father-in-law's ancestral home is also Pu'an, Guizhou, this return to the hometown is stationed in Chongqing, one is estimated to be hot weather, the old man is too old to stand it, is to send a letter to the family at the beginning of the year, the Xu family father and son came to Chongqing before and after the Qingming Festival. The second is that Ye Fengzhi has been an official in Chongqing and Hezhou for many years, and he still has some farm houses, so it has been delayed until now, and Xu Chengming's father and son have not left because there are so many things to deal with.

After Wang Xingping arrived in Chongqing from Hechuan and went to his sister's house to settle down, the first person to visit was Ye Lianfang, after all, there was an opportunity with Xu Chengming's father and son on the way, and this Ye master is the old parents here, for Wang Xingping, who is interested in operating in the southwest, such a relationship is to make more friends, not to mention that the two families also talk very well.

At first, this Ye Lao Ye was only because his son-in-law accidentally mentioned his experience with this young man on the road, and it was the praise of his grandson, just when Wang Xingping arrived in Chongqing, he came to inquire about the residence of the Xu family father and son and came to visit. That time, Ye Lianfang was also there, and after seeing each other, he had a good eye for Wang Xingping.

Coupled with the propaganda of the Wusizang delegation when it passed through Chongqing, the Chongqing government got the credit for the beheading of the Chishui River, which finally made the Sichuan officialdom, which had lost some face because of the victory of the twelve horseheads in Guizhou, find a lot of compensation. What's more, because this young man from Guizhou advocated that the credit should be credited to the Sichuan government, Wang Xingping won the favor of Chongqing, and even the military generals from other provinces like Xu Chengming were taken care of, saying that they should be praised when they reported their merits.

And Wang Xingping's previous actions of avenging his father when he was in Guizhou and his deeds of helping Chen Huangsheng to rectify the officials in Zunyi have also been taken out and spread, and for a while, the image of a brave and resourceful promising young man has made the people here more and more impressive.

The next few times they have been in contact, even if they have met many times, Master Ye is still attentive.

However, it is not difficult to think about things, with Wang Xingping's insight into the two lives, coupled with his familiarity with historical knowledge, even an old official who has accumulated years of experience cannot be worthy of him. And at this time, I heard that Wang Xingping is a scholar again, and he will be interested in the field in the future, such a well-informed child is young, and there is a Jinshi clan uncle who does imperial history, and Master Ye, who is a native of Guizhou, will not pay attention to Wang Xingping.

Out of the Jian family's house outside the East Water Gate, Wang Xingping, as usual, did not rent a car and horse with Xiaoliu, but walked into the city gate. This is the largest commercial port outside Chongqing, and the road from the riverside to Wengcheng is full of large and small businesses. Entered along the downtown mayor street and walked, all the way is the scenery that these days are accustomed to, the high side of the low brick and stone pavement is enough for eight horses to parallel, the street is lined with rows of shops and restaurants, although the outside is not obvious, but the decoration of the store is very elegant, compared to Guiyang City is much more exquisite.

I don't know how many times I have watched the palace in Tai'anmen, the Confucian Temple and the drum tower in Taipingmen these days, and after bypassing the Zhentai Yamen, you can see the Ye family's house. Ye Lianfang's residence is in the Chuqi Gate in the south of the city, next to the treasury, where most of the mountain merchants and medicine stores in Sichuan are concentrated.

These days for Wang Xingping a lot of things that are pleasant, when he first arrived in Hejiang, he received the news of Zunyilai, saying that Xu Guoqi made people kill Cui Ba's concubine and was hit by Wang Zhongde and a few people, and now he has been on death row, and the approval of the criminal department is also a matter after the autumn, I don't think anyone will stand up for him, and a knife on the neck should be decided. Soon after arriving in Chongqing, Kuaishou, who was sent by Zunyi Dao to take care of official business, happened to take the documents to Chongqing Mansion to take Xu Guoqi's son, and the Cui Ba family who was placed down were also brought back to Zunyi, which can really be described as a pot.

When Wang Xingping was leaving, he asked Xiaoliu to give the Xu family a hook, and in Zunyi City, it was said that Ma Heimei's sister Cui Ba's concubine knew the inside story of Xu Guoqi's reselling of military rations, Cui Ba's family came out of prison at that time and was sent to Chongqing under the control of Xu Guoqi's cronies, but this Ma family's sister was a scourge, and she was a native without scruples. Xu Guoqi really fell in love, thinking that more things are better than less things, and the few people sent to kill the mouth were beaten half to death on the spot by Wang Zhongde, who had been waiting for a long time, and caught Qian Hu, who was the leader, and poured beans into the bamboo tube in the yamen to shake Xu Guoqi's affairs clean.

The matter of Zunyi Mansion is over, and I originally thought that I would have to delay for a long time, but I didn't expect Xu Guoqi to jump into the pit by himself. Coupled with the reputation that the decapitation on the Chishui River has given him, all he has to do now is how to exchange the salt in his hand for a good price, and then go back to his hometown to deal with the affairs of his family, so that he can study and prepare for the imperial examination while doing business with peace of mind.

Far away, the descendants of the Ye family had already seen the guests.

The same is true for the master and servant, Wang Xingping took a step forward.

"Did Bongzhi take a nap?"