When the news came, Taishi and others were still worried, and now the royal family has just prospered, and it is the time to use money, and the newly recruited soldiers must eat and dress, and then expand their business to capital, even the monthly money given to the nobles below the royal family and the children of the clan cannot be less, this will suddenly be less than 10,000 dollars per month, and the Taishi keeps calculating and calculating, but still feels that it is not enough, so he has to sigh and throw down the lacquer pen. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Stretching his waist and walking out of the house, he suddenly heard a noise in the distance, and it was the square in front of the Chongde Hall that he was looking for, and the Taishi frowned, raised his feet and walked towards the square. When I hurriedly walked, I saw that the square was full of people, it was very lively, it turned out to be the king's royal forest army and the newly recruited one hundred and fifty recruits, take a closer look, they seemed to be playing something, only to see five teams of people standing on both sides of the square, one by one on both sides, obviously each side is opposite to a team of people, some soldiers began to carry another soldier on their backs to the right side, and after running to the back, the soldier who was carried jumped off the ground and ran back, ran back to the left side of their own queue and picked up the next one and ran to the right, and so on, each team scrambled to be the first, The atmosphere was so enthusiastic that the shouts of his own soldiers running in the middle of the field were so enthusiastic that the sound of this shout spread throughout the palace.

Taishi frowned tightly, looked around, and finally found a short figure watching the excitement on the side, so he looked for the direction of this figure, and ran away in small steps.

"King, what are you playing, gathering so much noise, I'm afraid it will disturb the Queen Mother."

Hearing the voice in his ears, Zhou Bian looked back and saw that it was Taishi coming, and said with a smile, "Taishi doesn't know, this king is a way to train troops, enhance their sense of teamwork and competition, you see, they are all afraid of falling behind, what my royal family wants is this spirit of striving for the top." ”

Seeing that the soldiers in the field were really in a new spirit and refreshed, adding a lot of vitality to the old and lifeless palace square, so the Taishi thought about it and felt that it seemed to be a little useful, but he still said, "But training here, after all, it is too noisy, after all, in the palace, it is a royal land, how can it be child's play?" If it has to be, why not find a place outside the city? ”

"This king doesn't want to do this, but my royal family doesn't even have a decent barracks, even here, it can only accommodate two or three hundred people, and I can't train more. Alas, I think about what a scene it was when King Wu ordered troops, but now my royal family can't even stay with a few hundred people. Zhou Bian said worriedly, looking at this square as large as half a football field in later generations.

"Well, that's the only way to do it first. By the way, the king, there is one more thing, I didn't want to disturb the king, but I really can't do anything. Taishi's face was full of sadness, and when he saw Zhou Bian turn his head, he continued, "Originally, according to the king's plan, he was going to open a new hotel in Luoyang, but now this situation will definitely not be opened, and he will have to withdraw 10,000 yuan a month from the harvest of the natural residence." But now that the royal family has recruited so many people, and the king has promised to pay soldiers, the royal family is already unable to make ends meet, how can this be good. ”

This Taishi is also a person who is dedicated to the country, Zhou Bian smiled and said, "Taishi is too worried, in fact, this king has already made a plan in his heart, but he hasn't talked to Taishi in detail, so that Taishi is worried, this is the king's fault." A few days ago, the king of Japan was not idle, so Shen couldn't find a potter, remade wine utensils, and recruited new guys, and now the Great Zhou Distillery in the south of Chengzhou City has twice the size of Luoyang, and it can become the largest source of income for my royal family in the future. In addition, this king also has a new idea, now the natural residence in Luoyang can only open a house, can not improve the quantity then improve the quality, the king has made the natural residence of the chef rushed to Cheng Zhou, and then with the king to study how to make the dish better, in order to get a better source of customers. In addition, we can also open another hotel in Chengzhou, although there are few people in Chengzhou City, but there are many nobles and clan children, they receive money from the royal family for nothing to live, no matter what, we have to let them vomit a little. ”

Taishi thought for a while and said, "The last two points that the king said, to improve the quality of the natural residence and open a hotel in Chengzhou, the old man has no objection, but this soju has been made, and there are only two hotels that can be sold. ”

"Taishi really has a good eye, and he can see the key point at once. In a few days, after the natural residence is reopened, this king will re-enter Luoyang, visit the big white merchant, and discuss with him about the distribution of my soju, with the ability of the Bai clan, we will not worry about the sale of more shochu, and the Bai clan has wanted to cooperate with us for many days. Zhou Bian smiled.

The two couldn't help but stop talking, turned around to look, and saw that among the five teams on the left, two teams were empty, and the other three teams were two or three people, obviously the first place was about to come out, and I saw that although the five people who were running on the field were carrying one person on their backs, they were all holding back enough to run fast, and in the blink of an eye, one or two were decided, and seeing the cheering two teams, Zhou Bian chuckled and said to the Taishi, "Sure enough, I am used to training, I have seen blood again, and the first and second places are all obtained by the royal forest army under the king. ”

Seeing that the king was complacent, the master reacted quickly, so he hurriedly congratulated the king.

After receiving the congratulations of the Grand Master, Zhou Bian said leisurely, "These more than 250 people are the hope of my Great Zhou." The king has decided that the reform of the military system will begin with this group of people, with a group of ten people, a group commander, a team of fifty people, a captain, and two hundred and fifty people as a banner, and a centurion. At present, there is only one centurion, Pang Xing, an old man in the army, and five captains. For the time being, it will be expanded. ”

Taishi arched his hand and said, "It's up to the king, and the old man has no objection." ”

Saying that the people on the field are finished, the final result is also out, more than 100 people recruited by Luoyang Township are divided into two teams, accounting for three or four, but the last place is not trapped by the quilt They got it, and their captain is Zhang Hu, at this time a group of people are depressed, it seems that they are bullying the soft and afraid of the hard in the market all the year round, and their own quality is not so high.

Seeing that the results had been divided, Zhou Bian shouted, "The last place, fifty push-ups per person, the second-to-last place, thirty push-ups per person, the third-to-last place, ten push-ups per person, be conscious, don't let people look at the count." "Say this, some people are suddenly unhappy, saying that how much is how much, can the king still believe it, but muttering in his mouth, his subordinates are fast, and a large piece of it falls down at once. After a while, they all got up after finishing it, and Zhou Bian shouted again, "Today's first place, each person will add a piece of meat to lunch." Suddenly, a group of people over there shouted excitedly.

After the cry was quiet, he heard Zhang Hu shouting loudly, "Brothers, are you convinced?" ”

Zi Bu Sleepy and the others immediately shouted, "Don't accept it, don't accept it!" ”

"Then work harder, next time we come back to win the first place, and we will also eat meat."

"Roar, roar. Eat meat, eat meat! I only heard that they were not sleepy, and they shouted again, and the momentum on the field suddenly reached the highest here.

Zhou Bian couldn't help laughing, isn't this the effect he wants. The Taishi also touched his beard, the king's move is really high.

The matter of military training was put aside for the time being, and Pang Xing and Zhang Hu were worried, and the next day, Zhou Bian rolled up his sleeves and studied it with the cooks and men of Luoyang Natural Residence.

The first thing Zhou Bian has to do is the refining of salt, the last time he was cooking in Luoyang, he found that the salt particles of this era are too large, there are too many impurities, it should be directly dried on the sea, and the dishes made are not only salty, but also have a bitter and astringent taste unique to seawater. I didn't have time last time, so this time I made up my mind to refine the refined salt. In fact, this method is also simple, that is, the coarse salt particles are poured into the water and stirred, the salt is soluble in water, and the impurities will sink, filtered with fine gauze, the salt water is boiled dry, and the fine salt is obtained. Zhou Bian didn't teach too many people this method, only a dozen or so royal servants learned it, and then took the boiled fine salt to the guys in the natural residence, and sure enough, they all said it was good.

Zhou Bian carefully recalled the recipes of later generations, and also let the cooks use their imagination to taste them one by one, and after a few days of hard work, after wasting piles of ingredients, finally added more than a dozen stir-fried dishes. In fact, Zhou Bian still has a back hand, such as tofu has not been made, at this time soybeans are also people's staple food, but soy products in addition to soy beans and other common tofu, bean curd, soy milk, etc. Zhou Bian's idea is to have the time to study and improve it carefully in the future, if he hollows out everything in his memory now, how will he develop it in the future? Good things are naturally going to vomit slowly.

After sending the guys back to Luoyang, it took two more days to prepare, and the natural residence reopened.

As soon as this natural residence opened, it was naturally a sensation in the whole city, just like the excitement when it first opened, just as it was at the beginning, with men holding signs and parading around the city, just as at the beginning, giving a small pot of wine to each table on the first day, as at the beginning, it was as full as it was at the beginning. In fact, not long ago, after the natural closure of the house, the city with a little bit of access to the city all know that this natural residence is the royal family's property, and now that it is reopened, it must have reached a consensus with the Duke of Zhou, but how they make contradictions, they have nothing to do with themselves, as long as there is good wine and good food, there are many people with such ideas, so on the first day of the opening of this natural residence, the drunkards who have endured it for many days in the city have come, and they all have only one thought, that is, not to get drunk and not to return.

Whether it is a guest or a guy in this hotel, they are all overjoyed, but there is only one person, and that is the newly recruited young man Liu Qiu. All of a sudden, from the king's personal guard to a young man who can be called, there is a little gap in the heart of everyone who changes, Liu Qiu is naturally no exception, but the king said that this is to hone himself, and he will be entrusted with important tasks in the future, and he also said that there are all kinds of people among the guests in this hotel, and they must learn to deal with it themselves, alas, it can only be like this first, just thinking about it, I suddenly heard someone shouting man, so Liu Qiu had to put the semi-wet rag on his shoulder, raised his voice that had just changed his voice, and squeezed out a smile to greet him.

It's just that no one knows that at the mouth of the alley far away from the natural residence, Zhou Bian is dressed in white again, Fan Yu is standing next to him, followed by Wang Sunjian and Liu Yun, and several people look at this prosperous image, and their faces show a gentle smile. After a long time, Zhou Bian waved his hand, and several people turned around and left, and soon disappeared into the horizontal and vertical streets and alleys of Luoyang.