After the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the flavor of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger.

At this time in previous years, the yamen had almost chosen a day to seal the holiday, but this year, the end of the year was the busiest time. Not only can the seal be closed early, but even the Saturday and Sunday weekends have been temporarily canceled, and all the officials are working overtime.

Fortunately, the emperor has announced that at the end of the year, in addition to the double salary, there will also be a year-end performance award based on the assessment of merit. In addition, overtime work on weekends will also be paid for overtime, and it is still double the salary.

Just been knocked a big stick, many officials went to Jinyiwei to drink tea, so now the emperor wants to work overtime, and give bonuses and overtime pay, no one dares to object, all of them are buried in honest overtime.

On Saturday, the ministries went to work as usual, but Liu Jun got up early in the morning, looked at the calendar, and saw that it was already Saturday, so he irresponsibly threw down the affairs that had been piled up in his hands to be handled.

The emperor did not let the officials rest, but he was ready to rest as usual.

There are always unfinished state affairs and government affairs, even if they are hungry for food and clothing. Liu Jun can be regarded as having figured it out, he can't be the emperor of Chongzhen, even if he works hard, he can't finish it.

The emperor has to outline and grasp the general direction, and he can't do everything in detail, so that even if he is a smart person like Zhuge Liang, he will always die of exhaustion one day.

To be an emperor, you have to learn to delegate power. Liu Jun feels that governing the country is the same as managing a company, and to be an emperor should be the chairman rather than the general manager.

Day-to-day government affairs should be handed over to the Cabinet, and military affairs should be handled by the Privy Council and the Ministry of War. Judicial supervision affairs are in charge of the three external law departments and the internal law department. For fiscal and taxation auditing, there are civil affairs, finance, taxation and auditing departments and offices.

Let the Secretary for Communications and the Secretary of Ceremonies select all the concerts, prioritize them, and forward the different types of reports to different departments for processing, and finally the cabinet will come up with opinions, and then the more important matters will be presented. It was handed over to the emperor to make the decision, and ordinary affairs were handled directly by the cabinet.

The sun was just right outside, so Liu Jun simply changed into civilian clothes, a robe and a scarf, just dressed as an ordinary scholar. Liu Jun greeted several imperial guards, all changed into civilian clothes, and left the palace.

There are already Jinyiwei and Dongchang's secret agents far away, but there is no need to worry about safety.

Liu Jun strolled down Qianmen Street and immediately became an ordinary scholar. Now in the Kyoshiri. There are more than 10,000 scholars like him, and they are really like carp crossing the river. The lifters who participated in the rush examination, as well as those who failed to win the township examination, but won the title of the same lifter in the subsequent examination, almost all went to Beijing one after another.

The hall of Beijing Normal University opened in the middle of the first month, so they all rushed to Beijing Normal University a year ago to prepare for the opening of next year.

In addition, there will be several universities in Beijing next year, including Beijing Guozijian University. Beijing Normal University, these two universities, Normal University is a school that specializes in training middle school teachers, and Guozijian University. Today, it is a junior college. There are not only colleges that specialize in recruiting the children of Mongolian and other nobles, but also special colleges that recruit students from the children of officials, and specially teach accounting and other classes for the children of officials who cannot pass the examination to raise people and enter the ranks. It can also be regarded as a benefit for officials, so that their children can have the opportunity to learn a skill and get a higher diploma. There is a way forward.

Liu Jun has often gone out of the palace to visit Jingshi recently, and he is quite familiar with Jingshi.

He didn't ride a horse or a car, but walked leisurely on the sidewalk on the side of Qianmen Street in Jingshi. After walking for a while, he turned into a side street on Qianmen Street, which also benefited from the prosperity of Qianmen Street, and now it is gradually being driven, and many merchants have begun to lease the façade of the side street and opened many shops.

All kinds of signboards are colorful.

Liu Jun was familiar with the way and walked directly to a store.

Push open the curtain, and the bell rings on the door.

"Welcome!"

A nice voice sounded, with a bit of exotic flavor.

The blonde Lina stepped forward with a smile, "I haven't seen you in many days." ”

Liu Jun chose the position where he usually sits, "Well, I only have time to come on weekends." ”

"What do you want?" Lina asked.

"It's still the same."

"That's Bavarian charcoal-grilled pork knuckles, white sausages and dark beer?"

"Looks like you haven't forgotten."

"You're a regular customer in our store, how could I forget." Lina said with a smile. Lina always felt very kind to Liu Jun, a regular customer, because although this customer is a Han Chinese, he can speak standard German, which is quite rare. Especially the other party is still a tall and handsome old man of the Han Empire.

Lina is a young woman from Germany. Her family is in Bavaria, and she and her fiancé were engaged three years ago, but her fiancé was drafted into the army, and later her fiancé returned from the army, but he followed his comrades to become mercenaries. He hopes to make more money while he is young. In particular, I wanted to save money and move to the New World, away from war-torn Germany.

The fiancé went first to the Netherlands, then to the Americas, and then to the East Indies.

A year ago, her fiancé sent her a letter saying that they were at war with the Ming Empire in the east, and that they were defeated and captured, but that they were a blessing in disguise. He joined the army of that Eastern Empire, following the son of the Emperor of the Eastern Empire. That Hou Ye was very generous, and they were treated very well.

He also talked about the riches of the Eastern Empire in his letters, and he sent some gold with the letter, hoping that she would come to the Ming Empire in the East on a merchant ship and reunite with him.

After much consideration, Lina finally took her luggage and sailed to the East on a Dutch merchant ship.

She first traveled to Batavia in the East Indies and then sailed to Singapore, a small island that is said to have been the fief of the Marquis of the Ming Empire. From there, she boarded a merchant ship of the Ming Empire and traveled north, first to Macau and then to Guangzhou.

But when she arrived in this eastern country with great difficulty, she learned that her fiancé had been killed in a battle.

And the Ming Empire has also changed masters at this time, and the marquis whose fiancé once served has now created a new dynasty called the Holy Han Empire.

When she heard the news, she almost passed out.

Her fiancé died, and she had no relatives in this strange country. When she learned that her fiancé was buried in Beijing, she took a boat north to see him for the last time.

The story of this German woman, who was looking for a husband, was spread by some European soldiers in the army. After Liu Jun unexpectedly learned the news, she took the initiative to send someone to take her into Beijing.

She finally saw her fiancé's grave and learned that his shrine was still memorialized in the Martyrs' Temple. The emperor of the Han Dynasty not only sent someone to take her to Jingshi. She also transferred her fiancé's pension and legacy property to her.

In the end, Lina stayed in Dahan and had no choice to return to Europe.

She was placed to work in the Han Army's military service club, and after working there for more than half a year, she quickly learned Chinese and settled down in Beijing.

Later, she found that there were many Europeans in Jingshi, and there were a large number of Germans, including former German mercenaries who joined the Han army, many missionaries, and many craftsmen.

Especially the city of Beijing. There are a lot of golden-eyed and blue-eyed Xiyi.

Later, a fellow German villager who opened a shop in the capital was ready to sell the shop, and he was going to do other business, and Lina used her fiancé's inheritance and pension to sell the shop.

She turned the restaurant into a restaurant specializing in German food, and slowly grew up, and the business was actually good.

Liu Jun also stumbled upon this shop, and then learned about the experience of this proprietress, and the food in this shop is really good, especially the German pork knuckles and sausages and beer. It's a signboard.

The proprietress Lina personally prepared the dishes for Liu Jun and served them.

Naturally, the German pork knuckles are not imported from Germany, but are made by the proprietress Lina using German methods. This pork knuckle is made from a thick fat calf, salted and charcoal-grilled and served with sauerkraut. Quite tasty.

This is also one of the restaurant's signature dishes, and in addition to charcoal grilling, it can also be boiled. In general, in Germany. Pork knuckles are roasted in the south and boiled in the north. However, in this shop, charcoal grilled and boiled are available. Just like their sausages, there are white sausages made from minced veal and smoked pork. There are also minced meat sausages, as well as currywurst and frankfurter.

Liu Jun also once gave Lina a suggestion, so that now they have another sausage in the store, a hot dog.

German pork knuckles, German sausages, German sauerkraut, German bread, German beer, German hot dogs, with these authentic German tastes, although this store is not open on the main street of the most prosperous Qianmen Street, but the wine is not afraid of deep alleys, it is still full of guests, the reputation is getting better and better, there are more and more repeat customers, and even here has become a favorite store for many European people.

There were also some people who learned that Lina was just a foreign woman who was alone in Han and wanted to bully her, but she happened to meet Liu Jun, Liu Jun came forward to help her settle down, and later took care of several yamen of the Beijing Division, so that after several times the guys who came to make trouble were taught a hard lesson, no one dared to make trouble.

Being able to get the proprietress to cook and serve the dishes herself, this treatment makes many customers envious. However, most of them are regular customers here, and they know that this young Han man has a lot of background and great ability. There was a drunk German man who asked Liu Jun for trouble, but he was put down by three or two.

Lina's craftsmanship is very good, and the charcoal-grilled pork knuckle is pre-soaked in garlic and arrowaway, and the skin is crispy. She brought mustard and chili peppers and put them on the table.

"Is business okay lately?" Liu Jun picked up the pig and ate a few bites, the roasted pig's feet have fragrant skin and thick meat, and the crisp but not dry skin is very chewy and very delicious.

After the pork knuckles are cooked, they are smoked with charcoal to completely seal the flavor of the traditional German seasoning in the pork knuckles with the aroma of charcoal, which looks smooth and shiny, and the skin is soft and chewy, which is extremely delicious.

However, this charcoal-grilled pork knuckle is also very troublesome to cook, using more than a dozen spices, and it is smoked with wood chips and charcoal, and after the smoke is completed, it is cut into thin slices and served with a glass of dark beer or rye juice, which is a rare treat.

The dish is delicious, but it's not cheap either, but Liu Jun cares about the taste, not the price. He eats here, and every time he is very generous, and every time he will tip the guys in the store a lot.

"Drag your blessing, the business in the store is good." Lina sat opposite Liu Jun and replied with a smile. There was a light in her eyes as she looked at the young man opposite.

In a foreign country, it is always lonely and lonely. When she first took over the business, she put all the money into it, and it was a ruin. In the beginning, people often came to make trouble, and even people from the government came to collect all kinds of money, and the store was unable to make ends meet for a while.

Every day after the store closes, she can't help but want to cry.

It seems that since he appeared, her luck has improved. Not only did he help him get rid of the troublemakers, but he was even able to chat with her every time.

Moreover, he did not ask for anything in return for his help, and he did not even accept that she wanted to give him a free bill. He never revealed his intentions for her, just like a friend, he came once or twice a week to eat and chat.

Lina found that she had a liking for this Han man, and even at the end of every weekend, she couldn't help but think about him. As soon as the bell rang at the door of the store, she couldn't help but look up, expecting him to come in.

"The food in your store tastes good, I'll give you a trick. You can change the decoration of the store a little. Liu Jun said with a smile.

"How?" Lina asked hurriedly. He always has some useful suggestions, such as the hot dogs he came up with before, and the idea that he once recruited a few European waitresses in the store, which are very useful. Especially when she recruited the wives and daughters of some European soldiers in Beijing to work as waitresses, the business of the store was significantly better.

"The store can show more German flavor, you can decorate it according to the German restaurant, make it an authentic German restaurant, full of exotic style, and even replace the tables, chairs, cups and plates with German-style, so that it. When Germans come to the store, they feel like they are at home, while Dahan customers come to the store and experience a completely different exotic atmosphere. ”

Lina nodded hurriedly, feeling that it made sense.

"Another point, in fact, your store can be expanded and opened a chain store. According to the style of this store, it is no problem to open a few more stores in Beijing, and you can also open it to Tongzhou, Tianjin, Yangzhou and other cities. ”

Lina didn't think about that at all, where did she get the capital to open so many stores, and she couldn't run it herself.

Liu Jun smiled, "If you are interested in giving it a try, then I am willing to provide financial help." There are two options to choose from, first, I invest in shares, you come out with technology, provide the recipe of the dish, and I contribute funds. Second, I'll lend you money directly, and you run it yourself. ”

Lina didn't expect Liu Jun to propose a partnership, so she was stunned for a moment, but then she became happy.

"Do you really want to partner with me?"

"Of course, I am very optimistic about this German hotel, which is a good investment project."

At a table next to it, several plainclothes imperial guards had been listening to the conversation between the emperor and the foreign woman, and when they heard that the emperor was actually preparing to open a German hotel with the foreign woman, they all looked wonderful.

Everyone made eye contact, and they all had expressions that all men understood. (To be continued.) )