Chapter 208: A Lunch with Many Interludes

Old man Bi really wanted to hold Zhang Xiaobao, who was about to take a break, and asked about logistics, seeing that Zhang Xiaobao was tired, he felt that the master should also be tired, so he suppressed the eagerness in his heart and said, "When you finish eating, let the massage doctor give you a press."

"Okay, thank you Grandpa Bi, there is a thing, I heard that there are a lot of herbs in the local area, and some animals can also be used in medicine, if you want to help the local people, put a shop here to buy medicinal materials, and exchange salt and cloth for it, it is best to take the opportunity to find a few people who are willing to teach here, enlighten the people, and now there are things to discuss with others, where is the land and people of Datang?"

The more Zhang Xiaobao thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, he didn't blame the local people, blamed the officials who used to be here, what did they eat, they didn't ask the court for disaster relief materials when they were affected by the disaster, and they had to hand over the soil tribute every year, they just wanted to get it and were not ready to pay, but now it's okay, and the people are also unwilling to pay.

If this is a place where my father is an official, and I say hello when I encounter difficulties, the people will immediately respond to the call, such as the donation in Wangjiang.

In Yizhou, you greeted you hard, and no one cared about you when you shouted out your voice, leaving a mess, or without time to govern.

Old man Bi also knows the situation here, there are few people, and if he doesn't help, it won't be possible in the long run, but the Zhang family has the ability to govern, and it is estimated that he can make the local people better in two years for his family.

But the Zhang family came here to organize logistics, not to govern the locality, and there are more important tasks waiting for the Zhang family to do, and throwing them in a state with a population of 4,000 is not overkill?

Xiao Baoti's things are good, but who wants to come over.

When he thought of it, he asked, "Xiaobao, do you think that others are willing to come here to teach the people?" ”

"Yes, not only that, but also a lot, when the officials of the court can be shaded, according to different grades, the grades of shade are also different, the number of shade's children is not the same, there are many children in the family who do not have the ability to take over the position, they are not all big characters and do not know one, right?

can't be shadowed officials, and they don't have a place in the family, let them come here, just tell them that if they are done to give them an official position, they will rush to come, and there is also an advantage that no matter what their status is in the family, the family must support them a little for the sake of face.

Find a hundred children of the family, and see that the people here are not having a good time, they will naturally find a way to hone for two or three years, and the children of the gentleman have also honed and matured, I believe that most people will know what responsibility is, and such people don't have to worry about them not doing well if they give them official positions. ”

Zhang Xiaobao feels that he doesn't have time to manage the people of Yizhou, so find someone to take care of it, the poor here can't make people have any bad thoughts, and the children of the family can't develop if they want to develop for the sake of official positions.

Old man Bi listened to Zhang Xiaobao's words, and couldn't help nodding, he knew that Xiaobao's method was not taught by anyone, so he just said it casually, and he asked Xiaobao before he thought of it, and it seemed to be more insightful than at the beginning.

"Hey~! If only all the children of the family could be like Xiaobao and Juan Juan, sensible and reasonable, go and rest, let the old man think about it and see if this matter can be done. ”

Old man Bi said with emotion, turned around and went to discuss with Old Man Yao, this matter is not small, it needs the emperor's consent to do so, the official is not so easy to give, of course, who also has to be divided, if Xiaobao wants an official now, there is no need for Zhang Zhong to come to the shade, the court will also arrange it, after living for such a long time, I have never seen a baby like Xiaobao and Juan Juan.

There is no doubt about the level of the Zhang family's cooks, the food is not good yet, the fragrance will pass out with the wind, and the local people are willing to watch the excitement even if they don't help.

Smelling the fragrance of the vegetables, it is impossible to say that I am not tempted, I really want to experience what it is like to eat in the mouth, the same is to make meat, people make it smell fragrant, I don't know what is in it, and the chicken soup, which tastes fresher than the soup boiled by the pheasant.

When it was time to eat, except for the seedling team that had changed the guard, everyone else picked up their own utensils and waited in a row.

Since eating with Zhang Wang's two families once, others don't cook anymore, and they can't swallow it when they eat it, just wait to eat ready-made, it has nothing to do with laziness, who let Zhang Wang's two cooks cook the food delicious, and the relationship between everyone is so good, the only thing to worry about is what to do if you can't eat it in the future.

Zhang Xiaobao said that he really only drank a little soup when he drank soup, and let people boil it with wild vegetables that could be found here, and hurriedly drank it and Wang Juan to find a place to rest.

Fang Sima eleven people ate bowl after bowl, and they didn't know what they thought, drinking tea while eating, perhaps thinking that they could digest it faster and eat more.

"Zhang Tingshi, this is your cook? It's delicious, it's delicious. Fang Sima really couldn't eat it anymore, looking at the food in front of him and competing with himself, he drank the seafood soup in small sips, and asked Zhang Zhong half-leaning on the stool.

Zhang Zhong eats slowly and has no appetite, one is because the local form is not very optimistic, and the other is that he has not eaten the food cooked by his son and daughter-in-law for several days.

Even if the son and daughter-in-law don't tell in advance when cooking, as long as they eat it, they can taste it, especially in the combination of seasonings, as long as the son smells it, he understands how much of the seasoning he received during this period.

Zhang Zhong didn't know that his son had sold thirteen spices at the beginning, and it was strange that he couldn't smell the richness and age of each spice.

Hearing Fang Sima's praise, he said a little absent-mindedly: "It's okay, you can eat it, every chef is proficient in it differently, this seafood soup is not the best cook to make soup, he went to stew, and when he has the opportunity, he will let you taste the real delicacies, made by my son Xiaobao and daughter-in-law Juan Juan." ”

Zhang Zhong was telling the truth, and it was not the same thing when he heard Fang Sima's ears.

"It turns out that Zhang Tingshi's son and daughter-in-law can also cook? I'm so convinced, if my son can make it, I think it's the most delicious meal in the world, Zhang Tingshi, the chef you brought here won't be the imperial chef, right? ”

"What is the Imperial Kitchen? Usually I have to use the seasonings that my family specially sent to the palace, and many dishes have to be written out and sent to them to learn, one by one like a ghost chasing life, no matter if you are busy here, the emperor is tired of eating a certain dish, so he has to urge to send new dishes to the past, such a royal chef really comes to my house I don't want it. ”

is also a big truth, hearing Fang Sima's ears made him feel awkward, and said in his heart You are really so powerful, you can send recipes to the emperor, and you will be sent to Yizhou? It's too much to say.

Thinking about it in his heart, he didn't dare to offend on his face, Fang Sima humbly asked for advice, "Then I don't know why the cook in the house of Master Assassin Shi is so good?" ”

"If the chef in the restaurant is not good, he won't pay for his death? The Shuiyunjian and Haiyunjian chain restaurants are opened by my family, as well as the champion building in the capital. ”

Zhang Zhong put down his chopsticks and motioned to the person next to him to bring a bowl of wild vegetable soup that his son had just drunk, and the other party Sima said.

"Huh? The water cloud room is opened by your family? Aren't you Zhang Zhong? Fang Sima was surprised, and only after saying this did he remember that the person was not just called Zhang Zhong, and he told him when he came.

Smiling embarrassedly, Fang Sima changed his previous attitude and became more respectful, and sat down, not daring to speak loudly like just now, and whispered:

"Lord Zhang, the lower official didn't know that you were here, disrespectful and disrespectful, I knew that the adult was Zhang Zhong of Sanshui County, the junior official should have eaten slowly just now, taste it well, maybe he could eat more."

When Zhang Zhong wondered if he already had such a big reputation, Fang Sima continued: "It's not a secret, Xiaguan Gouzi studied at Pujia Academy in Sanshui County, and when he went, he only gave him the usual money to do it, and he left the year before last, and he didn't know what to do when he arrived in the capital."

But just two months before you came, the letter from my son arrived, saying that he was rich now, and he was praised by his master, and he was going to take the exam this year, and he must come back with a meritorious name, saying that it was a job arranged by the Zhang family, and he taught while learning, and all the children of the Zhuang family of the Zhang and Wang families were taught.

He said in the letter that the children of the two families of Zhang and Wang were very good, and when they began to teach, they were always asked, and they had no choice but to study hard, and then teach others, as the couplet of the Zhuangzi School of the two families of Zhang and Wang wrote, Educate people first and educate themselves, read books and read hearts.

The letter also wrote many things in the water and clouds, which made people yearn for it, and when they didn't have a chance to see each other, they didn't expect you to come over, but the lower officials couldn't understand, Lord Zhang, why did you come here? ”

Fang Sima wondered, such an official went to Yizhou, could he offend someone who couldn't be provoked?

Zhang Zhong didn't care, and said with a smile: "It's the same wherever you are an official, as long as you can make the people's lives better, I will be at ease, the three dynasties have a difficult husband as a general, and the four seas are not officials, when one day I live a good life for the people, I will return to my hometown, be a rich man, let Xiaobao and Juan Juan have two more babies, and rejoice under my knees."

The land of Suzhou and Hangzhou is good, let me go to be an official, I don't want to go, where I suffer, I will go, let the people live a good life, Yizhou is poor, I am happier to come here. ”

Zhang Zhong, who didn't know about this mission, really wanted to be a good magistrate.

Hearing Zhang Zhong's words, Fang Sima stood up and saluted and said: "Your Excellency is good, the lower officials admire, when the adults first came, the lower officials didn't think about this place, since they knew that the adults were coming, then the lower officials were relieved, and in the future, when the adults had their lives, the lower officials would rush to the front, so that the people of Yizhou could live a good life." ”

Fang Sima's words were not flattery, he didn't dare to say so heroically in another person, but he knew that Zhang Zhong, his son's letter wrote Zhang Zhong's affairs in great detail, every place, no matter what the local area is, will inevitably make the local people rich, such a person is too easy to govern Yizhou with 4,000 people.

Zhang Zhong also stood up, "With Fang Sima's words, this official is determined to turn this Yizhou into a prosperous place within two years." ”

Just when the two of them were sympathizing with each other, Old Man Bi, who was not too far away, had a sad face and said to Old Man Zhang and Old Man Yao:

"It seems that Xiao Baojuan and the two masters of the Zhang family really didn't tell others about it, Zhang Zhong still has the heart to govern the place, I have to tell him, otherwise it will be delayed, govern the place and see how the court discusses, if you agree to the children of the family to come over, where is he still needed Zhang Zhong."

"It's time to talk about it, and at the same time, I have to ask Xiaobao and Juan how it was arranged, tell them early that they should have been prepared in advance, why can't they see it when they get to the place? Can't they think of a way? ”

Old man Yao is also anxious, he is not worried about whether Yizhou can be governed well, if there is nothing else, let Zhang Zhong govern well, with the ability of the master, it is too easy, the problem is that he can't do this thing now, along the way, the Zhang family has no preparation at all.

Old man Zhang swallowed half of the steamed bun and said, "Wait and see, maybe this matter is being arranged, don't bother too much." ”

Old Man Bi and Old Man Yao also had to listen to Old Man Zhang's words and continue to wait, if the Zhang family couldn't do it, then others couldn't do it.

Each had his own thoughts, and when the meal was almost finished, a lot of people suddenly appeared from the city, estimated to be more than a hundred, and they went straight to this side.

"Send someone over and ask, is it possible that you want to rebel?" Fang Sima said nervously.

Before anyone passed, the people of the Zhang family had already come into contact and came back to report, "Master, they said they wanted to help with the work, and thanked the master." ”