Ge Qingyuan was really frightened by the possibility that Zhao Junsheng said, this Ge Township was the birthplace of their Ge clan, and it was the land of their ancestors, he couldn't imagine what the scene of those barbarians rushing to Ge Township to loot was like, but it must be tragic.

Ge Qingyuan sat on the ground and shouted with a sad face: "You are the government, don't you want to protect the people?" How can you allow those barbarians to loot and slaughter the people? ”

Zhao Junsheng walked up to Ge Qingyuan and squatted down and sighed: "That's why the government sent officials to ask Patriarch Ge to borrow some money to buy wine and meat ingredients to feed those barbarians, so that they won't do evil!" ”

Ge Qingyuan, who is an old man, of course understands that the Liang County Taishou Mansion is unwilling to take money to buy wine and meat, but wants to cut meat from these rich families and let them bear the losses.

"That's it, a little money, just something outside the body! Come on, go and prepare a hundred gold! Ge Qingyuan got up from the ground with a pale face and commanded his son.

When Zhao Junsheng saw Ge Qingyuan's appearance, he also had some sad feelings about the death of a rabbit and a fox, and he felt quite uncomfortable.

However, Zhao Junsheng still reminded: "Patriarch Ge, it's two hundred gold, not one hundred catties!" ”

Ge Qingyuan handed the IOU to Zhao Junsheng, and Zhao Junsheng was puzzled: "Patriarch Ge, who are you?" ”

Ge Qingyuan smiled bitterly: "Zhao joins the army, don't think that the old man doesn't know what you plan, this hundred gold is enough for 20,000 horses to eat for two or three days, they can't stay in my Ge Township all the time, right?" As for this money, the old man doesn't expect your government to pay it back, so he should buy peace! ”

What an understanding person! Zhao Junsheng couldn't help sighing, he hugged his fist at Ge Qingyuan and said: "Thank you Patriarch Ge for your full support for Xiaguan's errand, if there is any possibility, Xiaguan will ask for this money back for Patriarch Ge!" ”

Ge Qingyuan only shook his head, he couldn't wait to send these plague gods away immediately.

Zhao Junsheng calculated, with the current price, if one hundred gold is used properly and not spent indiscriminately, it can allow 20,000 horses to eat for two days, and the emperor's imperial drive only stays in Gexiang for one night, only eats two meals, and costs sixty or seventy gold at most, but the account is not calculated like this, it takes a lot of labor to prepare a meal for 15,000 people, how many men can the Suiyang garrison army have? Should livestock be slaughtered? Who's going to do it?

One hundred gold was brought by Ge Qingyuan's son and put it in front of Zhao Junsheng, but Zhao Junsheng hugged his fist at Ge Qingyuan and said: "Patriarch Ge, it takes a lot of people to prepare meals for the army accompanying the imperial driver, and this official wants to discuss with you, borrow your treasure land to cook for the army, and call two hundred capable women in your township and two hundred men to come over, all to help cook, fifteen yuan per person per day, including food and drink!" In addition, you have to buy livestock, grain, and wine in your Ge Township, and the livestock will be slaughtered and then sent over, and you will have to prepare a meal for 4,000 people early tomorrow morning, all of which will be arranged by the Ge patriarch. In short, this 100 catties will be spent in your Gexiang Township, and not a single copper plate will be taken away! Take it from the people, use it for the people, hahaha······ Patriarch Ge, this official is interesting enough, right? ”

"It's shameless enough, it's cheap and good!" Ge Qingyuan scolded in his heart, he looked at Zhao Junsheng and said: "Zhao is really a good plan to join the army, prepare meals for the army in my Ge Township, there are enough manpower, ready-made venues and enough cooking utensils, how trouble-free!" ”

"Hahaha, Patriarch Ge is as wise as a torch, and it is mutually beneficial! Patriarch Ge, don't feel sorry for this hundred gold, just like you said, you should spend money to buy peace! ”

Late that night, under Ge Qingyuan's arrangement, 200 women with quick hands and feet and 200 strong men rushed to a meadow near Ge Qingyuan's house, they brought cooking utensils from each family, set up an open-air simple stove, the whole venue was brightly lit, and truckloads of grain and freshly slaughtered meat, eggs, and vegetables were delivered.

Zhao Junsheng asked the women to boil oil with lard, and taught the method of stir-frying, using pork bones and mutton bones to make soup, using ginger, garlic, sauce, vinegar, cinnamon, star anise, etc. as seasonings.

These women and strong men are in full swing, and the unheard of method of stir-frying makes the women who cook strange and fresh, but the fragrance of the stir-fry process wafts far away, so that these people who work can't help but swallow their saliva.

Before dawn, Zhao Junsheng saw that the food was cooked, and immediately asked Ge Qingyuan to organize the strong men to pull the cart to send the food, dishes and soup to the post station.

The food was delivered to the post station, and Zhao Junsheng sent people to invite the owners of the buildings of the two armies to give an explanation, and asked them to organize their own soldiers to line up to receive the meals, so that there could be no riots such as crowding, and everything was arranged in an orderly manner.

The staple food in the morning is steamed cakes, and the dishes are fried poached eggs, stir-fried celery and fungus with pork, braised pork, and the soldiers are responsible for distributing meals to the soldiers, as well as large barrels of pork bone soup, which you can drink as much as you want.

Neither Wandugui nor the officials of the Taishou Mansion, nor the soldiers and generals of Suiyang Town and Huben had ever seen stir-fried vegetables, and a fragrant smell permeated the entire post station, and even Wandugui and Tuoba Lang were alarmed.

"Hahaha, it tastes so good! Zhao Junsheng, good job! Wan Dugui, who was full of oil, patted Zhao Junsheng on the shoulder and praised him, and then continued: "This afternoon, the imperial driver, the escort soldiers and horses and the accompanying officials will arrive, and the meal will be according to this standard, but some fine wine will be prepared in the afternoon!" We can not drink, if those old guard masters want to drink but don't drink, it will be difficult to do it at that time! ”

Zhao Junsheng arched his hand and said: "General rest assured, his subordinates have all been arranged!" However······ The ingredients for tonight and tomorrow morning have already spent all the money borrowed from Patriarch Ge. How to arrange it when you arrive at Liangzhuang Station tomorrow? You also know that it is difficult to move an inch in this world without money! ”

Wan Dugui's face was not good again, and he pointed at Zhao Junsheng and said, "You kid just made General Ben happy for a while, but you immediately came to block me!" Well, Ben knows you're on this hard job. In the future, you will not be asked to borrow money from the rich, you only need to be responsible for arranging the food for 15,000 or 6,000 people! When it comes to borrowing money, General Ben asked Lord Liu to take people! You go directly to him and ask for money! ”

Zhao Junsheng was overjoyed and arched his hand: "Thank you for the general's understanding of the difficulties of his subordinates!" ”

Walking out of the post station, Zhao Junsheng said to Ge Qingyuan: "Patriarch Ge, the general is very satisfied with the food and dishes, and you can see that these generals and officials are also very happy!" Go back and let the working women and the strong men eat, eat with their bellies open, and continue to work when they are full. In the afternoon, 16,000 people had to prepare food and soup, which was three times more than in the morning! Also, when you get old, send someone to bring all the wine over! ”

"Okay, okay! Do you still cook the same dish in the afternoon? ”

"No, I'll go over at noon and teach the women how to cook a few new dishes!"

After the afternoon Shen Shi, Zhao Junsheng still commanded the village women and strong men in Gexiang to prepare food, wine, meat and soup for 16,000 people, and did not have time to stand in the ranks of the officials to welcome the arrival of the imperial driver.

At the end of the road, a large number of banners appeared, and at the front were some eunuchs holding signs of "Silence" and "Avoidance", followed by a large number of cavalry, and six columns of cavalry occupied the entire road.

As the team approached, many people saw a tall canopy umbrella in front of the team, and under this canopy umbrella, there was a young military general wearing gold armor riding a snow-white high war horse, many people wanted to wait for the team to get closer to see the emperor's appearance clearly, but a loud shout came out: "The ministers of Suiyang Town, Liang County Taishou Wandu returned to the county, and more than 100 officials and generals of all counties greeted His Majesty's holy car!" ”

Everyone immediately prostrated on the ground and shouted: "Welcome to Your Majesty!" ”