Chapter Twenty-Eight: Fumanlou and the Three Major Inspections
Night
Yan Kui did not eat at home, but was called to Fumanlou by Huang Dahu, who heard that he had returned to the city.
As I said before, there is a saying in Qingyuan County that in the morning, a plate of meat wrapped in vinegar in Chenjia Restaurant, a banquet of elbows in Fumanlou with lotus chicken at noon, and a girl in Chunfeng Lou in the evening to drink some flower wine, and a fairy will not change.
In this sentence, which is sung quite high by the people of Qingyuan, the Chen family restaurant occupies an early season, Chunfeng Lou relies on those charming girls, and Fumanlou is named after the real hard kung fu.
Fumanlou, the surname of the owner is Zuo, the ancestor is a famous chef in Beijing in the former dynasty, I heard that he also entered the imperial dining room, and then the war broke out, the Zuo family was displaced for more than ten years, and finally settled in Qingyuan.
However, although the Zuo family has settled down, because the men in charge have died in this war, the family heirloom that the Zuo family is proud of has been lost, leaving only an old servant woman to receive the guidance of the master's family, and will make a braised elbow, which is quite delicious.
In desperation, the Zuo family started again with this braised elbow, and opened a Fumanlou in Qingyuan, unexpectedly, because this braised elbow skin is red and tender, soft and rotten, smelling the meat fragrant, the food is fat but not greasy, it is widely praised in Qingyuan, and the people of the time even called Fumanlou the elbow building,
Later, although the scattered Zuo family came to defect, the family heirloom of the Zuo family continued to see the light of day, but Fumanlou did not forget the old things, and still listed the braised elbow as the No. 1 dish in the restaurant.
Nowadays, Fumanlou gets the recipes left by the ancestors, and then after years of research and improvement, its specialty dish is far more than braised elbow, and its fame has also spread directly to Qingyuan and even several surrounding counties, and it also belongs to one of the famous restaurants in Tong'an, Qingyuan people but have banquets, the first choice must be Fumanlou.
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Yan Kui loves to drink and eat, and he is also a frequent visitor in Fumanlou, not to mention that Yan's butcher shop is the largest pork supplier in Fumanlou, and the two have been cooperating for two years.
Therefore, almost as soon as Yan Kui walked into the door, a guy immediately came over to greet him, and after a while, the second shopkeeper on the counter, Zuo Zhi, the second son of the owner of Fumanlou, also hurriedly greeted him.
"Second master, no, Yan Tuanlian, you haven't come to our shop for a few days." Zuo Zhichang was chubby, with two strands of oil on his lips, and he smiled when he saw people, which was very festive.
However, Yan Kui, who has dealt with him, knows that don't look at this guy who is white and fat, and seems to be a stupid and cute person who is harmless to humans and animals, in fact, Zuo Zhi, who is nearly thirty years old this year, has been immersed in the business world for more than ten years, and is an unscrupulous old oilman in the business world.
The old man of the Zuo family is not in good health and can't take care of too much business, and the son of the Zuo family is born crippled and is a deaf and mute person, so eighty percent of the affairs of this Fumanlou are on Zuo Zhi, the second son.
This second master Zuo, at the age of fourteen, was in the kitchen behind Fumanlou, and was in charge of the purchase of Fumanlou at the age of twenty-five.
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The lobby of Fuman Building
Looking at Zuo Zhi who was pretending to complain in front of him, Yan Kui smiled and greeted him, chatting a few words that were not painful.
"The second owner is not sincere in what he said, my guys send meat to your store every day, and I haven't heard you talk to me."
Everyone in Qingyuan knows Zuo Zhi's weight in Fumanlou, so they usually jokingly call him the second owner, and Zuo Zhi also acquiesced to this title for some reasons.
"My fault, my fault, in this way, the last time you were promoted to the group training, I happened to be not in the city, I didn't get your joy, and I regretted it for a long time when I came back.
It just so happens that you came over today, I still have a twenty-year-old daughter red, and I will send it to the banquet in a while, I must let you drink it well, and by the way, let me touch your joy with the second left. ”
Zuo Zhi has been in the shopping mall for a long time, and is used to speculation, thinking that after Yan Kui first came to the county to make a name for himself, Zuo Zhi saw the opportunity and immediately handed over the daily pork business of Fumanlou to Yan Kui's butcher shop, in order to show his friendship, and was the first to brush a wave of goodwill in front of Yan Kui, the new Qinghe Green Forest boss.
Because of this, Fu Manlou in the future about the miscellaneous disputes on the green forest road, Yan Kui also reciprocated a lot of Li to solve a lot, Zuo Zhi has always been generous to reciprocate, and the two sides cooperate happily.
Now that Yan Kui has become a militia group training, he is in charge of five hundred militia water, and his identity is rising, Zuo Zhi has long wanted to win over Yan Kui, improve the relationship between the two parties to another level, and find a good backer for Fumanlou.
It's just that Yan Kui has been living in the barracks recently, Zuo Zhi can't find any opportunity to perform, and he finally ran into Yan Kui today, of course Zuo Zhi wants to show his heart.
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Yan Kui knew Zuo Zhi's psychology in his heart, but what made him a little puzzled was why Zuo Zhi put his posture so low.
After all, the Zuo family has also been operating in Qinghe for decades, although it is not a big local household, but it is not comparable to ordinary businesses.
Yan Kui looked at Zuo Zhi, who was smiling brightly but couldn't hide his anxiety, his heart moved, and he silently said a few words with him haha, and then gave up the second owner of Zuo, who seemed to have something unspeakable, and walked to the box where Huang Dahu was.
Fumanlou has stood in Qingyuan for decades, known as the first restaurant restaurant in Qingyuan, the scale is naturally not small, the building is three floors high, and there are countless private rooms and private rooms, Yan Kui wandered around for a long time before he found Huang Dahu under the guidance of the restaurant guys.
When Yan Kui arrived, Huang Dahu was drinking tea and chatting with a few people in the private room, and when he saw him enter the door, they all stood up.
"Why did my brother come, let's wait."
Huang Dahu personally came to the door, half-grabbed Yan Kui, pulled him to the seat and sat down, half-fake and half-true complained, and then introduced him to the people in the same seat.
"Gu Shang, you old acquaintances, I won't introduce you much, but I will mainly introduce you to these three today.
In the west, I am my brother-in-law Li Guangqing, our county's west inspection department is inspecting the nine products, Luo Wenqiang, Yang Bin, my brother and my brother, the inspection of the county's north and south inspection divisions. ”
Every time Huang Dahu introduced someone, Yan Kui got up and gestured, and these three people were also very face-saving, and stood up with a smile on their faces to return the salute.
After the introduction was completed, Huang Dahu beckoned the food to be served, Li Guangqing and the three of them came to Yan Kui with wine glasses to greet him, and Dutou Gu was still on the side to help the two sides control the field and lead the topic.
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Yan Kui held a wine glass and talked with Luo Wenqiang, the Southern Inspector, about the militia drill with a smile on his face, but there were storms in his heart.
Although before coming to the banquet, Yan Kui knew that Huang Dahu would definitely have an article to do this time, but he didn't expect that Huang Dahu would bring in the three major inspections, and what surprised Yan Kui even more was that Huang Dahu was so rampant.
In the Northern Jin Dynasty, each county has regulations, under normal circumstances, set up a seven-grade county order, is the chief official of the county government, and then set up a county lieutenant and a county Cheng of the eight products, one article and one martial arts to assist the county order to govern the county government, at the same time, there is also the meaning of checking and balancing the county order, to avoid the county order being dominant.
Of course, since there are measures to check and balance the county order, the Northern Jin Dynasty court is also afraid that the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant will unite to set up the chief official of the county order, so they have set up a deputy of the nine products under the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant.
One was in charge of the third shift and the other was in charge of the six-room clerk, which greatly reduced the power of the county prime minister and the county lieutenant.
These five high-grade officials are almost the composition of the nine counties of the Northern Jin Dynasty, however, in order to ensure the security of each county's armed forces, the imperial court in addition to each county and county government, but also set up a special number of inspection divisions, the chief official is generally the inspection of the nine products, and in some special places, the inspection grade will also be adjusted as appropriate.
The Inspection Division is subordinate to the General Military Office, but it also has to be commanded by the local county order, but after the command, the county order has a document to report on it, stating the purpose and results of the command of the Inspection Division.
Of course, this regulation has gradually lost its effectiveness with the passage of time, and now most of the inspection departments are arbitrarily called by the county order, except for the absence of the right to appoint and dismiss personnel, the inspection department is almost a subordinate yamen of the county government.
However, what Yan Kui is now entangled with is not the question of who commands the Inspection Division, but the current Qingyuan County official armed forces, the three classes under Dutou Gu Shang, the hundreds of inspectors of the four major inspection divisions, and the militia under his banner.
Now, except for Zhang Wei of the East Inspection Division, the leaders of the rest of the teams are all "together" with Huang Dahu and "like brothers".
If this scene spreads, what does the county magistrate Hua Wenzheng think, how does the county Cheng Menggong think, and how do the big families in Qingyuan and the common people think about this matter.
Hiss......
Yan Kui took the time to look at Huang Dahu, who was holding Li Guangqing to drink with a bold demeanor, and his heart was surging.
Otherwise, Huang Dahu's brain was in the water, and he deliberately provoked the bottom line of Hua Wenzheng, the new parent official, or Huang Dahu showed his muscles and took advantage of the situation to make the enemy and his allies re-evaluate his strength, and take advantage of this to carry out his plan.
Yan Kui sneaked a few glances at Li Guangqing and Gu Shang's expressions, and from the prudence and jealousy that flashed in their eyes from time to time, he felt that Huang Dahu's purpose was more inclined to the latter.
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Although he was used as a gun by Huang Dahu once, seeing that he had nothing to lose, Yan Kui didn't see what he was doing, and Mei Zizi rubbed Huang Dahu with a meal.
However, an episode during the banquet made Yan Kui quite interesting.
Fang Cai said to Yan Kui that he was going to send wine to Zuo Zhi, the second owner of Fumanlou, kept his promise and personally sent a twenty-year-old daughter to the box, but was mocked by Huang Dahu mercilessly, and left the box with an embarrassed face.
Yan Kui was curious about why the two were like this, so he quietly inquired about Gu Shang, and then learned that it was Huang Dahu's brother-in-law Liang Zheng, who had fallen in love with Zuo Zhi's eldest brother some time ago and wanted to make her a concubine.
But although Liang Zheng's name has a good meaning, he is diametrically opposed, he only knows how to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble on weekdays, and oppresses the people everywhere in the name of his brother-in-law Huang Dahu, and he is a famous prodigal in Qingyuan.
No matter how the Zuo family says it, they are also famous and well-known people in Qingyuan, how could they agree to marry their daughter to such a person, let alone a concubine, so they immediately rejected Liang Zheng's request.
Unexpectedly, after this Liang Zheng was rejected, he held a grudge, and he didn't know how to add fuel and vinegar in front of Huang Dahu after he went back, and forced Huang Dahu to hate the Zuo family since then.
After listening to what Gu Shang said, Yan Kui knew why Zuo Zhi was so polite to him just now, probably because he wanted to let him help say a few kind words in front of Huang Dahu.
Yan Kui picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the twenty-year-old daughter red that Zuo Zhifang had just sent, and had some ideas in his heart.
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