Chang Ning didn't bother to pay attention to her, so he quickly called the housekeeper over and ordered to prepare wine and food.

"It's about being prepared." Chang Dushi said: "Everyone is a star-like figure in the sky, this time I saved He Yusheng, and I appreciated my face, Brother Han will have to rely on others in the future, to put it simply, Brother Han is a small official, what is the use of more money, businessmen have to be inferior when they see officials, you just don't listen to me......"

The housekeeper was listening outside, Chang Ning was also helpless, and after telling how to prepare the wine and food, he hurriedly asked the housekeeper to leave.

The current housekeeper Zhang Rui is also a child of the family, but his ability and knowledge are worse than Zhang Chun, and now Zhang Han wants to cultivate Zhang Chun and use him as an important candidate, so he has to call Zhang Chun out of the family, and Zhang Rui is a substitute.

"Mother, what do you know?" Chang Ning was not without temper, and raised his eyebrows and said to Chang Du's family: "Zheng Bingbei treats Brother Han as his nephew, Ma Zongbing and Brother Han are friends, and General Lai is Brother Han!" ”

"Puff ......" Chang Dushi laughed out loud, she squinted at Chang Ning and said: "It's really nonsense, what kind of identity is the person, what is the identity of Brother Han, and the friendship that comes out with the silver can be taken seriously?" If you don't have an identity, if you take the silver and make up for it, people won't treat you as a green onion! Today, people come here to appreciate their faces! ”

Chang Ning was upset when she listened, but her heart was also faintly moved by Chang Du's words, she knew that Brother Han's friendship did cost a lot of money, if it was true, it would be best to increase some friendship in the future, but I don't know how to start, if these officials are in office with the main room, it would be fine, the hostess of the back house often walks around, and some friendships can be established, but Chang Ning also knows that officials can't take the main room in office when they take office in a different place, and she also feels at a loss for a while.

"Let me be right." Chang Du said proudly: "It's not the son of a family, it's not an official, it's not a clan, how can someone who is an official really look at you in his eyes." ”

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Chang Ning walked to the front hall in a distraught, the guests were coming, she wanted to check it one last time, Chang Dushi saw her and followed, Chang Ning couldn't resist her, so she had to tell her mother not to talk nonsense.

After taking a few glances, Chang Dushi said with a cold face: "Hmph, Brother Han will really enjoy it, and the furnishings in this hall are really exquisite." ”

The banquet is held in the main hall of the front hall, this hall is very large, even the wings on both sides are five bays, three in the middle, one on the left and right, in terms of square area can be several times larger than the five houses of later generations, if the three main halls are squeezed some, enough to put twenty or thirty tables of banquets.

At this time, only one table was placed in the middle, and the rest of the official hat chairs and circle chairs were not moved, and the three rooms were separated by Duobao shelves, and some exquisite antique utensils were placed, and there were some celebrity landscape calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, and the whole hall was very elegantly arranged. ”

Chang Ning couldn't cry or laugh when he heard it, so he had to endure it and asked someone to bring the wine and food.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the family of the scholar doctor was still a separate meal system, and the social atmosphere changed during the Chenghua period, the number of banquets and banquets increased, and the meal was too troublesome, and the tables and chairs were complete, not as good as the Tang and Song dynasties, and the joint meal system began to enter the historical stage.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the market culture took shape again, and scholars or ordinary wealthy families were also very particular about decoration and eating and drinking, and under the command of Chang Ning and Zhang Rui, a table of rich and exquisite wine and food was presented.

First of all, four plates of dried fruits were served, and eight plates should have been placed, because there were not many guests, including Zhang Han, there were only six or seven people, and the table should not be too crowded, so Chang Ning ordered the withdrawal of four plates.

Then there are four dishes of fresh, which is used to accompany wine, there are high-quality red Taizhou duck eggs, fresh cucumbers mixed with fried Liaodong golden shrimp, fried salt-soaked fried pork ribs, all use high-quality small ribs, fried golden, is also a good dish with wine, and then there is a dry steamed wood-splitting chicken, crispy, refreshing, and not greasy.

Then Chang Ning set four dishes to accompany the meal, using a pot of roast duck, a pot of crystal hooves, a pot of white fried pork, and a pot of fried kidney flowers.

Finally, there is a very rare anchovy in northern Shanxi, red fragrant willow, the aroma is compelling, when this dish is served, there is already a laugh from everyone in the courtyard.

When Chang Ning saw that the guest had arrived, he said to Chang Dushi: "Mother, let's go down first." ”

"I'm not leaving." Chang Dushi crooked his mouth and said to Chang Ning: "It's rare for me to see these big officials, I want to take a look." ”

"What are you messing around?" Chang Ning said angrily: "Brother Han entertains guests, what do you say about your mother-in-law staying in the hall." ”

Chang Dushi said weakly: "I don't show up, there is no screen in the compartment over there, I hide behind the screen, and even the little maid can wait, my mother-in-law can't open her eyes if she wants to?" ”

At this time, the voices were getting closer and closer, and Chang Ning was very anxious, so he had to pull his mother and hide behind the screen.

Zhang Han, as the master, of course, came in first, he saw Chang Ning and Chang Du's figures at a glance, he shook his head helplessly, knowing that of course this was not what Chang Ning meant, and it was estimated that it was his annoying mother-in-law who made up the trick.

Speaking of which, Zhang Han is also strange in his heart, whether it is his mother or his eldest uncle and second uncle, they are all characters with strict family style, why is this uncle and mother-in-law like this.

If you have a son in the future, you have to be optimistic when you marry a daughter-in-law, and you can't marry such a person into the family again.

At this moment, Zhang Han made up his mind, and there was a slight solemnity on his face.

"Wen Lan's banquet is not simple." Ma Chengen is a child of a family, as soon as he entered the door, he saw the extraordinaryness of this table of wine and food, he hugged Zhang Han's shoulder affectionately, and said with a smile: "I have a heart." ”

Li Shenming scolded with a smile: "Wen Lan, why do you prepare some wine and food at will every time I come, if I don't follow so many distinguished guests, when will I be able to eat such a table of wine and food." ”

Zheng Bingbei has been familiar with everyone for a while, and he has also reduced a lot of civil officials, so he was asked to sit down in the first place, and said with a smile: "I'm here to eat today, and Wenlan's wine and cauliflower should be more silver." ”

"Second Uncle wronged me by saying this." Zhang Han shouted and said, "On weekdays, I am not willing to spend money on food and drink. ”

Lai Tongxin joked: "Wen Lan I know, he can't be thrifty in ordinary times, his archers are so good, how can he practice them without silver, but it's a pity that Wen Lan himself is rich and rivals the country, and he can't see it on weekdays." ”

"This Liaodong golden shrimp is rare." Zheng Bingbei laughed for a while, his face suddenly had a gloomy color, and he said slowly: "Now the Ming Dynasty is only one-third of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, two-thirds of which was taken by the Eastern Prisoners, 200,000 soldiers were buried in Liaodong, and many general soldiers also died, which is also sad and lamentable." ”

No one asked Zhang Han where the shrimp from Liaodong came from, Zhang Han's hands and eyes are known to everyone, and Zheng Guochang didn't mean to say these words, but purely out of feeling.

In addition to Lai Tongxin, who has no heart and is still laughing, Ma Chengen and Li Shenming both showed depressed and unwilling looks on their faces.

To show that the dynasty did not lose the hearts of the people at this time, at least in Zhang Han's view, in addition to the rebels and displaced people who were forced to rebel, the entire social class is still oriented to the Ming Dynasty, more than 200 years of the dynasty, inertia alone will make people subconsciously loyal, of course, this stability collapsed in the Chongzhen years, the Apocalypse increased the intensity of tax collection, on the one hand, the Liao and Jiubian expenses are huge, on the other hand, there are all kinds of large-scale construction, the country has spent a lot, Chongzhen had to reduce some taxes in the early years, However, in the middle period, the intensity of taxation was increased again, and as a result, only a few powerful people and relatives did not feel the pressure in the middle and late periods, and the ordinary gentry families were also under great pressure, small and medium-sized landlords and merchants went bankrupt one after another, and the people at the bottom were forced to the point where there was no way out.

Here, both officials and businessmen and scholars like Li Shenming were depressed by the defeat of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, and of course there was anger, but no one was panicked or afraid, and no one thought that the Ming Dynasty would fall at all.

Li Shenming is white, so he said a little angrily: "The imperial court is inappropriate, the change of commander before the battle led to the loss of Liaoyang and Shenyang and the southern four guards, and now it has caused discord in the economy, the imperial court has no way, to be honest, whether Guangning and the Three Forks River can be defended, whether Liaoxi can be defended, and it cannot make people feel optimistic." Only when the imperial court and the border ministers work together and dispatch troops can they pacify Liao in one fell swoop. Judging from the current situation, it is still Wang Zaijin's proposal to only build mountains and seas, abandon Guangning, Ningyuan and other places, and enrich Jizhen, so as to be more realistic. ”

Zheng Bingbei shook his head and said: "From Guangning to Ningyuan, millions of soldiers and civilians, how can they give up. ”

Li Shenming said a little harshly: "Then it's better to ask someone to take it away than to give it up yourself?" ”

Zheng Bingbei smiled bitterly and shook his head, if he showed his official identity, of course he could stop Li Shenming, but this would be meaningless, fortunately, Zhang Han came out in time to relieve the siege, he poured wine for everyone, and said with a smile: "This matter is not something we can care about for the time being...... General Du has already attacked the trap, and he can be regarded as untrapped. ”

It was a pun, and everyone laughed.

The highlight of this drama is, of course, to get rid of Han Qi, the chief soldier of Yansui Town, Du Wenhuan, also calculated some strength, Du Zongbing received the transfer of troops transferred to Liaodong as the garrison commander earlier, and was ready to attack the Kou to find an excuse for himself not to be able to Liaodong in panic, in the real history, Du Zongbing provoked the Kou Mongols because of his rude attack, resulting in 100,000 Kou soldiers coming to Yansui, making his face very embarrassed, and later he was dismissed and went home, and he also fulfilled his wish not to go to Liaodong, this time because Han Qi wanted to transfer Ma Chengen and Du Wenhuan to the opposite tune, Du Wenhuan first refused, and now he took the initiative to attack, and Zhang Han on the side of the trick helped him dredge it beforehand, as long as Du Wenhuan didn't go too far, everyone cooperated with the act of a scene...... Du Wenhuan is not stupid, he will definitely not go too far, in this way, even if he really "unravels".

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Today's chapter, I recommend another movie to watch on weekend nights, it's been a few years, but there is a complete battle scene of the Spanish phalanx and arquebus at the end of the film, which is worth watching.

Title: Mercenary Legends, Spanish film.