The snow is not big, but after a night of snow and snow, the sky and the earth are already covered in silver.

Outside the city, a plum tree was planted by the moat, and the bright red plum blossoms bloomed in the cold under the first snow, which made people look refreshed. Instead, among the plum trees, occasionally three or four or four or five people can be seen sitting in a circle in the snow, drinking in the snow, wearing hats and cloaks, and letting the snowflakes fall on their bodies.

Such elegance is rare, especially in another world, but it seems that people's love for snow is the same, whether it is at this time or in another world.

Because he had already made an appointment with Zhu Yijun before, Shi Yiwen was naturally prepared. The folded big umbrella directly blocked the flying snow, and a layer of straw mats was laid on the ground, and a layer of blankets was laid on the grass mat, and a low table was placed, and then a mandarin duck pot was placed on the table.

Looking at the mandarin duck pot on the table, Zhu Yijun looked a little curious, and he looked at the dishes on the table curiously.

In addition to slices of meat and hairy belly, there are also a few plates of green vegetables, of course, the most curious thing is probably this gossip-like pot, so he wondered.

"Zhiyuan, what are you going to eat?"

"Hot pot."

"Hot pot? Is it tasty? ”

Obviously, at this time, there may be a way to eat hot pot, but there may not be this way of shouting, Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

"You'll know when you taste it."

Because the soup itself is contained in a thermos flask, under the fire of the charcoal pot, the hot pot quickly boiled, smelling the special fragrance of the red oil soup in the air, Zhu Yijun was surprised.

"What does it smell like? Why is it so fragrant? ”

His words made Shi Yiwen proud.

"Mingzhi, this is the base material I boiled out myself."

Of course, according to the recipe in the book.

"Come on, let's sliced beef ...... first"

After personally soaking the beef for Zhu Yijun in the boiling soup, Shi Yiwen handed it to his plate.

"Sticking to the material, yes, that's it, then, be careful......"

Without waiting for Shi Yiwen to say "a little spicy", Zhu Yijun had already stuffed it into his mouth, and then said with his eyes wide open.

"Good, spicy ......"

shouted spicy on his mouth, but Zhu Yijun was not polite in his hand, directly took out the beef slices from the pot, and ate them in a big gulp. Said as he ate.

"Spicy, spicy...... But...... Delicious...... How did you make this material......"

Almost instantaneously, Zhu Yijun's was opened up to a new sense of taste.

Looking at his appearance, Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

"It's just a kind of chili, this thing has long been spread to Daming, but no one has eaten it yet. I planted some in the Zhuangzi, just right, I would like you to try it today. ”

While eating meat, Zhu Yijun said.

"Zhiyuan, what kind of base material do you prepare for me today, as well as the method of this hot pot, I will take it to the palace to honor my mother......"

When it came to honoring his mother, Zhu Yijun seemed to think of something, and when he was hesitating, Shi Yiwen said on the side.

"Mingzhi, if you have a heart, you might as well say that you heard the new dish of "Yishanzhuang" mentioned by the internal official, and specially ordered people to learn it, so that you can also show filial piety. ”

Shi Yiwen's reminder made Zhu Yijun's eyes light up.

"Zhiyuan, your method is good, so that I can show filial piety, and let the queen mother not know that I left the palace without permission...... Come, have two drinks with me. ”

Wine is not a high degree of spirits, in this era, a high degree of spirits is the "drink" of the working people, rich people are drinking rice wine, what champion red, daughter red and other rice wine with a long brewing time has always been loved by the rich. The emperor was no exception.

After a few glasses of wine, Zhu Yijun looked at Shi Yiwen and said.

"When you came here just now, you mentioned the matter of the Li family's gift......

Well? Why did you mention this again? In confusion, Shi Yiwen heard him say.

"You know, why I'm not angry?"

"Why don't you get angry?"

Shi Yiwen looked at him puzzled.

"It's not just Li Chengliang who gives gifts, Qi Jiguang also gives gifts, military attachés, and civil officials, if they don't give ...... A lot of things can't be done. ”

Looking at the plum blossoms on the tree in front of him, Zhu Yijun pursed his lips and said.

"Moreover, the Beijing officials are poor, if there is no New Year's gift from the place, this day will not be easy, after all, Emperor Gaozu's salary is indeed not high."

For Zhu Yijun, who often "has no money", he can naturally understand the pain of having no money.

"You know?"

Shi Yiwen's eyes widened in surprise.

"Then why?"

"Why not punish them? Peel the grass and do it, like Emperor Gaozu did? But even so, in the meeting of Emperor Gaozu, there were people who embezzled and took bribes, and there was a golden house in the book, how could this house be rewarded by the emperor? ”

With a sneer, Zhu Yijun said while drinking wine.

"When the water is pure, the fish will be fish, sometimes, there are some things, you can only open one eye and close one eye......"

"However, this is not a long-term solution."

Since Zhu Yijun mentioned this, Shi Yiwen naturally wanted to continue.

"Bian will give gifts, where does the money come from? Where does the money come from when the magistrate gives gifts? To put it bluntly, the former is the blood of soldiers, and the latter is the people's anointment, and if it is scraped like this, something will happen sooner or later. ”

"So what can we do?"

Zhu Yijun asked rhetorically.

"Mr. Zhang is also very annoyed by this, after all, on the one hand, everyone in the world knows that the officials are meager, even if they want to increase their income, the court does not have so much silver, so ......"

After taking a sip of wine, Zhu Yijun said.

"Although Mr. Zhang is jealous and hateful, he can only turn a blind eye to this, and I can only do so, but those profiteers are really hateful, fortunately you spoke out for him, otherwise, they really let them succeed, and the dignified military gate, in their eyes, actually became a pig......"

"But no, profiteers are hateful!"

Seeing that Zhu Yijun was unwilling to continue this topic, Shi Yiwen continued to follow his words.

"These profiteers accumulate strange things, buy and sell by force, and bully and dominate the market, which is really hateful, but in fact, it is ......"

Looking at Zhu Yijun, Shi Yiwen said tentatively.

"Actually, if you want to solve the problem of the court's use, the key is still in this businessman."

"On the merchant's body?"

Looking at Shi Yiwen puzzled, Zhu Yijun said suspiciously.

"What do you say?"

Faced with Zhu Yijun's doubts, Shi Yiwen did not answer him directly, but pondered for a moment before asking.

"Mingzhi, do you know how much money we have earned in less than a year?" ，

"I guess I've earned a lot!"

Although he knew that he had earned a lot of silver, Zhu Yijun didn't know exactly how much, he only knew that he was not short of silver now.

"Then Mingzhi does you know, how much tax did we pay?"

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