Chapter Twenty-Four: Rumors Fly

Han Wen is fond of food, and when he heard Wang Ye's words, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly, and turned his head to see that everyone in the room was looking at him with expectation.

"Min Zhi County, all the townspeople, why are you all standing? Although this official is an official, he never puts on a show, so please take a seat. ”

After listening to the Han language's fake words, everyone humbly sat down at each other's tables.

Han Wen sat in the main seat, the left head was Min Zheng of Hengshui Zhixian County, and the right head was Zhang Yuanwai, the owner of Deyuanyong, who was grateful for Wang Ye's help, so he pulled him to sit under him.

After everyone sat down, Han Wen's chubby face suddenly froze, staring at Wang Ye and asking, "I don't know what this townsman is called?" Listen to your words, but this Jinling osmanthus duck is praised to the sky, if the official tastes it and you say something different, how do you treat? ”

The outsider had just sat down, and when he heard Han Wen's words, his heart couldn't help jumping, and he turned his head to look at Wang Ye, secretly anxious for him.

Han Wen, as the new prefect of Sipin, is naturally very comparable in his every move, Wang Ye was first surprised by his question, but fortunately, he often walks around the capital, and he is also a person who has seen the world, so he forced himself to laugh and said: "Caomin Wang Ye, the word Changxu, is a Shenzhou people." When the grass people were young, they liked to travel, and they liked food even more, and often searched for plump and delicious things from the north and south towns, and they had tasted the authentic osmanthus duck in Jinling in person. After many years, the grass people tasted the Jinling osmanthus duck again in this Hongbin Building last time, but it was exactly the same as the osmanthus duck tasted in Jinling many years ago. ”

"Hahaha, this official is just joking, Wang Yuanwai doesn't have to take it seriously." Han Wen laughed when he heard this, but in an instant, he asked again: "The staff said that they like food, and the official is just like this, but when the official was young, he practiced his profession in the morning and evening, and after becoming an official, he was entangled in official business, so he really couldn't take the time to taste the food in various places, but he didn't know what the staff had to teach about the food in various places?" ”

Wang Ye hurriedly said: "I don't dare to teach you, the old man is serious." Although the grass people have a heart, they can't taste all the food, so the grass people can only say some superficial views. ”

Han Wen looked at Wang Ye with great interest and waited for the following, and the others had to pretend to be very interested when they saw this.

"The grass people think that my Daming cuisine has five characteristics. First, the flavor is diverse, due to the climate, products, customs and habits of various places are quite different, so since ancient times, many different cuisines have been formed in the diet of various places, such as Bashu, Huaiyang, Qilu, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines. The second is that the four seasons are different, the four seasons of the year according to the seasonal diet, the winter is mellow, the summer is light and cool, all kinds of vegetables are the four seasons of change, and eat at the right time. The second is to pay attention to the beauty of the dishes, and pay attention to the color, aroma and taste of the dishes......"

Wang Ye talked eloquently under the gaze of everyone, not stunned at all, and Han Wen's eyes lit up and nodded frequently, which seemed quite agreeable.

After the tea time, Wang Ye stopped talking, and without waiting for Han Wen to speak, Zhang Yuanwai on the side was the first to praise: "Brother Wang Xian, the Shangqing brew taken out by the virtuous brother at the wine tasting meeting made the foolish brother's eyes shine, and now the virtuous brother's words on food really opened the foolish brother's eyes and was greatly admired." ”

Han Wen glanced at Zhang Yuanwai, then nodded and said: "Yes, this official only loves food for food, but he is not as knowledgeable as Wang Yuanwai, and he can list the delicacies of various places in such detail." ”

Wang Ye said modestly: "The eldest master and Brother Zhang are too famous, but the words of the family are just smiling and generous." ”

"Huh." Han Wengan laughed twice, and suddenly said: "In addition to food, this official also likes fine wine. Hengshui County's wine tasting, the official in the capital when the report has heard, recently from Shandong into Zhili, I wanted to come to join in the fun, but when the matter is approaching, the official is afraid that after going to this wine tasting will be hindered. Now this osmanthus duck has also eaten, and Lao Baigan has also drunk it, it is indeed worthy of the name, and the official is very happy in his heart, but the official still wants to taste other fine wines, I don't know if Zhang Yuanwai, you, the host, can meet the little wish of the official? ”

"This ......" Zhang Yuanwai secretly scolded Han Wen in his heart for being difficult to serve, but the situation was stronger than people, and he had to cast a look of help to many winery owners present.

Sun Changgeng sat at the head of the head of Min Zheng of Zhixian County, and he was one level lower than Wang Ye simply in terms of rank, and Wang Ye had a very happy conversation with Han Wen during the banquet, which made Sun Changgeng quite unhappy.

Sun Changgeng was quite confident in his own Yuqing brewing, thinking that it was not much worse than the old Baigan of Deyuanyong, and at this time, when he saw Zhang Yuanwai's eyes asking for help, he was the first to speak: "Since the eldest master has this Yaxing, the grass people will send someone to the winery to get wine." ”

Other winery owners are not stupid, and now that they have the opportunity to shine in front of the new prefect Hanwen, they naturally spare no effort to respond, and they have sent people back to their own wineries or residences to get wine.

Wang Ye glanced at Sun Changgeng's vague provocative eyes on the opposite side, his face was indifferent, but he also walked outside the door and ordered Wang Jiu to go to his residence to get a jar of Shangqing brew.

That small courtyard is quite close to this Hongbin Building, less than half a pillar of incense Kung Fu Wang Jiu has already taken it, this is the first of all the wine shop owners to take it, Han Wen is not patient, seeing that someone has taken the wine, he ordered someone to pour it into the wine pot and present it to the table.

Han Wen personally poured a glass of wine for himself, and after pouring the crystal clear wine into the wine glass, others could already smell a light aroma of wine before they could take a closer look.

"The wine is fragrant and fragrant, but it is light and not dispersed, good wine, good wine." Han Wen can only be said to know a little about the way of wine, and his cognition is mostly superficial, at this time he pretended to praise a sentence, and then picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and the wine paused in his mouth for a short time before it was swallowed.

After a while, Han Wen exhaled a breath of wine, his cheeks flushed, and he said slightly drunk: "Soft and elegant, with a long aftertaste, it can be comparable to the famous wine 'Bai Laochun' in the capital, it must be brewed by an experienced master, but it is too suitable for the taste of the official." ”

Wang Ye also didn't know much about the way of wine, and he didn't dare to deceive it, so he said bluntly: "This is made by the son of a fellow villager of the grass people, who is only fourteen years old, and has never brewed wine before, but he should not be experienced." ”

Han Wen opened his drunken eyes and smiled, "Oh? This young man was born to know it, but the official would like to see it. ”

"The eldest lord clearly sees that this son also came with the grass people this time, and he is now downstairs, and the grass people will call him up to listen to the teachings of the old man." After Wang Ye finished speaking, he saw Han Wen nodding, then got up and walked outside the door, and beckoned to Zhao Yan, who was looking east and west downstairs.

At this time, Zhao Yan had almost eaten in the hall on the first floor, and the reason why he looked around was just because he didn't know where the toilet was, and when he saw Wang Ye beckoning to him upstairs, Zhao Yan was a little unclear, but it was not good to pretend not to see, so he could only get up and go upstairs.

When he came upstairs, after listening to Wang Ye's explanation of the situation, Zhao Yan had not reacted, but Wang Dahu was afraid that the Han Governor inside was in a hurry, so he pulled Zhao Yan into the house.

"Fuzun, county zun, this son is the young man that the grass people just said." Wang Ye slightly bowed his hand, and then let Zhao Yan behind him out.

Zhao Yan swept the eyes of Han Wen on the main throne and Min Zheng on the left, and then didn't have time to look carefully, so he bowed down and said in the same way as Wang Ye: "Boy Zhao Yan, I have seen the prefect and the county." ”

Han Wen squinted at Zhao Yan with drunken eyes, and saw that although he was dressed plainly, his demeanor was not as embarrassed as ordinary people when he saw officials, and he looked quite calm, and he couldn't help but feel a little appreciative in his heart, and was about to open his mouth to encourage Zhao Yan a few words, but he didn't want to suddenly hear a loud cheer from the side.

"Bold. Ignorant young man, you can know that you need to kneel and salute when you see the government and the county, which is the way of respect and humility. ”

As soon as this sound was drunk, it had the effect of being full of surprise, and because it was full of anger and loudness, many drunken and slightly drunk people at the banquet couldn't help but jump in their hearts after hearing it, and they were frightened into a cold sweat, and the wine suddenly disappeared a lot.

Some people say that the longer they have been in office, the less timid they are, and Han Wen is just like that, he was also so frightened that the wine glass in his hand was dropped to the ground by his hand.

As the prefect of the fourth grade, at this time, he was frightened by a sentence to scare the wine glass, although few people noticed him because of Fang Cai's loud shout, but the anger of the Han prefect did not decrease, he turned his head and glared, wanting to see who spoke just now.

It was none other than Sun Changgeng who shouted loudly.

Because he had beaten Wang Ye once more than 20 years ago, he had a psychological advantage over him, but today in front of the new prefect Hanwen, Wang Ye talked eloquently, and it seemed that he was quite speculative with Hanwen, and even the pickled wine that he poured out of nowhere was greatly praised by Hanwen.

On the other hand, Sun Changgeng, he consciously talked about appearance, ability, and family background, which one is stronger than that Wang Changxu, but he was ignored by him several times in a row to talk to the Han Governor's Mansion, which is really unbearable, I think my Sun Jin has been operating in Hengshui County for more than 20 years, and he is also from the family of the gentry, that is, the new magistrate Min Zheng here here saw the old man, and he should treat each other politely and speak kindly.

Although he has a grudge against Han Wen in his heart, Sun Changgeng compares one or two with him, and he feels that his status is still too different, so he can only secretly drink alone with this resentment.

It just so happened that Zhao Yan came in to meet at this time, Sun Changgeng saw that he didn't understand etiquette, and his clothes were not like the genus of the powerful gentry, and he had a lot to do with Wang Ye, so he couldn't help but feel moved, but he couldn't suppress the resentment in his heart anymore with the intention of drinking, and shouted with righteous words: "Bold." Ignorant young man, you can know that you need to kneel and salute when you see the government and the county, which is the way of respect and humility. ”