Chapter 117: A Bite of the Tongue (Part II)

Ansai is a small border county, few Shangguan Xuan noble set foot here, the last time the prefect Zhang Bangyan came here to inspect it has been several years of unprecedented, this time the trilateral governor came, it is even more rare. The last time a high-ranking official of this level arrived was back in the Longqing period, so even the old officials felt quite embarrassed. Coupled with the arrival of the army, all kinds of things to settle down and welcome the people are also complicated, and the people of the county government are so busy that their feet do not touch the ground. Although Liu Dianzhi is working in the workshop, he must not be idle, and he must organize manpower to cooperate with Ma Tongzhi's family to arrange the governor's line, fortunately, the pattern of receiving Zhang Bangyan last time is still there, otherwise it will be too late in just a few hours.

Rao was so, and when the sprinkling was over, and the Governor was in, he was so tired that his bones were weak. In his position, the Governor is not eligible to participate in the reception banquet, but he cannot go home, and he must be at any time, in case the Governor has any temporary requests? When others were eating and drinking in the inner courtyard, he could only stay outside with a group of government officials and clerks, and the yazhong also arranged for someone to bring them food, but they were just ordinary noodles, one mile and one outside, and the treatment was nothing short of heavenly! In addition to the workshop, other people are also generally like this, and this is the suffering of being a subordinate.

When he was bored, a person opened the curtain and came in, very young, but he was the long-term follower of Li County's order, called Li Duan. He grinned and said, "Brother Liu, it turns out that you are happy here." The two of them are obviously very familiar with each other.

Liu Dianguan said angrily: "Happy fart, busy all afternoon, and now I'm still nibbling on black steamed buns and pickles." How can you have the luck of a kid, to be by the side of adults, good meat and wine are used, and the work is light. Others cheered up, all agreeing with what he said.

Li Duan hurriedly said: "You have wronged me, brother, I am serving by the master's side, but I am also so busy that my heel hits the back of my head, good wine and good meat are to watch others be used, how can there be a place for a junior brother there?" ”

Liu Dianguan just said it casually, but he was in a hurry when he saw him. I'm embarrassed. waved his hand and said: "No, no, what's the matter, come and sit down, you don't need to eat." There's still some food to eat here. ”

Li Duan smiled: "Not busy, not busy." I'm here for a good thing to tell you. ”

The spirits of the crowd were lifted. Busy asking: "What's the good thing?" Is it an adult reward? ”

Li Duan shook his head and said with a smile: "It's much stronger than that." "Stopped, sold off. Looking around, seeing everyone looking at him with blank eyes, Fang said triumphantly: "It's the adults who saw the hard work of everyone, so they specially ordered me to send some wine and food." Then he turned and told the servants outside to bring in the food plates.

It turned out that the Governor cherished his reputation, and the previous huge table of banquets was all replaced, and the dishes that were removed were all untouched. Don't say that packaging is not popular these days, even if it can, everyone present is proud of their identity, who wants to drop this price? This big table mountain delicacies have become discarded! It happened that Wu was too busy to see that the subordinates of the county government were busy with the reception, and they were not qualified to participate in the banquet, so he asked Li County Commander for instructions and sent these dishes over. In addition to Liu Dian, other room officials, clerks, and class catchers also have shares.

Everyone couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw this, and when they looked at it, they were full of all kinds of sea and land delicacies, some of them couldn't even recognize it, and they didn't know if it was hot, but they were still steaming, and the aroma was overflowing, which was mouth-watering. Although the subordinates were afraid of disturbing the people inside, they still cheered softly, and they didn't have the words to praise Wu Wei for being sympathetic.

Liu Dianzhi looked behind Li Duan with a shy face, and said with a smile: "What you just said is still wine?" ”

Li Duan said with a smile: "Look at your little bit of interest, the adults said, there is wine, but you can't drink too much, if you make a mistake, you will definitely be severely punished!" Then let the servant behind him bring out two urns of wine.

It turns out that in addition to the dishes, there are also fine wines, the Shanxi area has a profound cultural heritage, there are many famous wines, Ansai businessmen have strong financial resources, this time it is the governor of Bajie, the worship is Fenjiu, Xifeng and the like, the color is white and the taste is grinning, soft and mellow, all of them are of the highest grade. Yang He's military affairs are not drunk, who else will risk this big disapproval? This also cheapens them.

Liu Dianguan was busy until three o'clock before returning home, closing the door, and the woman took the food box in his hand, brought out the dishes and put them on the table.

"This is the benefit of today's work, it is rewarded by the historian, it is a little cold, you go to the stove to heat it up." Looking at the surprised faces of the woman and the two children under the oil lamp, Liu Dianji said with a smile.

While the Anse gentry were feasting on the Governor and his party, the barracks outside the city were also in full swing. Because of the superiority in information transmission, the military order of the Ansai battalion had been transmitted back before the officer and army brigade had even set off, and the logistics officers who stayed behind were extremely efficient, and immediately began to organize the labor and army affairs, and all the supplies were prepared before the arrival of the brigade. Unlike other places where the labor army wants the people to "eat the pot pulp", the Ansai battalion regards disturbing the people as a matter strictly forbidden, and all materials are provided by the military's designated merchants in principle, and the logistics department settles with them at the market price. Because it is profitable, the qualifications of designated merchants are very sought-after, so that they have to be generated through guò bidding.

And the winning merchant is not at ease, Ansaiying never owes the value of the goods on credit, but the quality requirements for the supply of materials are extremely high, once it is found that the supplier has shoddy or short of two pounds, it will be punished with a high fine depending on the situation, and even cancel its supplier qualifications. The worst thing is not this, the merchants who violate the rules will also be added to the blacklist of merchants' reputation regularly published by "Rishengchang". This blacklist was originally an internal reference material used by "Rishengchang" to control the risks, and I don't know when it began to circulate among merchants in Ansai, and everyone rushed to copy each new issue of the list, so that it became an important reference for many people in their business dealings. As the scope of influence of "Rishengchang" becomes more and more widespread, the more and more semicolons are opened, and the consequences faced by illegal businessmen will be very severe.

Although there are almost 20,000 officials and soldiers, several suppliers are strong and close in recent years. All the materials are very well-prepared, even if there is not enough, it is not difficult to mobilize a batch of materials from the market, and the market price is now low, and you can make an extra profit. In fact, Wu Wei was originally going to borrow the labor army to raise prices, because during this period of time, Ansai's economy was prosperous, and in recent years, many merchants from all over the country came here to sell goods, and they were all looking forward to making a good New Year. It's just that the information is not good in these years, and when I arrived in Ansai, I found that the competition was very fierce. In addition, recently, "Rishengchang" has purchased a large number of beef, mutton, fur and other things from outside the mouth. There is more and more surplus materials on the market, and the price has fallen sharply, and many small traders are about to lose their money, and they are afraid that they will not even be able to make up the money to return to their hometowns!

This situation is obviously not what Wu Wei wants to see. Not to mention the abundance of Ansai and the good situation of #harmony. The ups and downs of the economy are also not good for their own development goals. This situation is self-inflicted. Everyone trusted him to come to Ansai to do business, and now it is his bounden duty to protect the interests of taxpayers! There happened to be thieves attacking, and they took advantage of the work of the labor army to digest part of the materials on the market. Even if the 20,000 officers and soldiers can't eat and drink much, there are still tens of thousands of thieves and prisoners to be settled. Especially these captives, how many materials do they have to consume to eat, drink and Lazar every day, Wu Wei can't help but be overjoyed when he thinks of this.

"This wine is fucking strong!" Deng Maoqi drank all the rice wine in the sea bowl in front of him, his head was full of hot sweat, he looked at the bottom of the bowl, there were several large pieces of mutton in it, he put a chopstick in his mouth, and said vaguely: "The mutton is also stewed badly." "He served in a fire pier under Yulinwei in Yansui Town, and this time he was also sent to crusade against the Liukou.

"That's, our Qiao's 'mind wine' is Ansai's must!" The man who looked like a vendor next to him smiled, "Our wine is different from others, it is mutton, ginger, koji, lotus leaves, long yams, sake lees and other things, also known as 'eight treasure soup', which can best block the wind and drive away the cold. ”

"It's good, it's just too expensive, a bowl of wine costs ten cents, damn it, you're not afraid of having a son without an asshole?" Deng Maoqi was still unsatisfied, clutching the remaining stack of "shopping coupons" in his hand, hesitating whether to have another bowl.

This "shopping coupon" was sent by Wu Dianshi from the Ansai battalion, and the whole army distributed 100 pieces each, each with a face value of 10 Wen, hey, isn't this worth a tael of silver? My nominal monthly salary is only 3 yuan of silver, and I have never gotten it, so I have paid more than my own salary for three months! This classic history surnamed Wu is really generous and tight. However, there is one disadvantage, that is, it can only be used at these vendors who come to the barracks to peddle goods.

"It's only going to be used here." Deng Maoqi thought about it and decided to save the "shopping coupons", he was going to follow the example of other companions to buy some salt, rice and cured meat to take home, and there was an old lady at home waiting for him to go back for the New Year.

"Don't go, Master Bing, our wine has another miraculous effect." Seeing Deng Maoqi put down the bowl and wanted to leave, the man hurriedly greeted.

Deng Mao Qiqi said: "What miracle effect? ”

"The golden gun doesn't fall, drink our three bowls of wine, and the Hun family will take a detour when they see you! I'm scared, you say it's amazing, let's have another bowl of soldiers? The man came over with a mysterious sticker on his face.

"I can't see a single sow, who do I go to? Get lost! Deng Maoqi couldn't afford to marry a wife after the age of 30 because of his poor family, and he was being poked in the sore spot, and he couldn't help but be a little annoyed and angry.

The camp was full of bustle, in addition to the nearby vendors were attracted to it, and the carts of suppliers were also driving into the camp in an endless stream. It was topped with piles of beef and mutton and bags of fine white noodles. Northern Shaanxi likes pasta for a long time, what Qishan Zhenzi noodles, trouser belt noodles, beef and mutton steamed buns are all well-known local snacks in later generations. Now all kinds of spices on the market are available, which makes these snacks full of color, flavor and mouthwatering!

Deng Maoqi walked away from the stall of "Mind Wine", and was attracted by several long queues, all of which were the most popular foods in northern Shaanxi. On the left is Qishan Zhenzi noodles, the noodles are slender, the thickness is uniform, the noodles are fresh and fragrant, the red oil floating noodles, the soup is sour and spicy, the muscles are tough and refreshing, the right is the mutton steamed bun, the mutton is stewed in the big pot surrounded by several people, the aroma is tangy, mixed with various condiments such as green onions, ginger and garlic are tumbling up and down in the pot.

Deng Maoqi hesitated for a moment and stood behind the line of mutton steamed buns, "It's all 10 yuan a bowl, and the meat of mutton steamed buns is more and more affordable." He thought.

The popularity of mutton steamed buns is very strong, and the queue is very long, and it took a while to queue for Deng Maoqi's turn.

"Let's have a water siege (mutton steamed bun method, more soup), break the bun a little finer, and relax the soup." Deng Mao said, handed over a "shopping coupon", and stared at the master who made the mutton steamed bun with a sea of bowls, and the mutton was piled up with a sharp tip before he walked away with the bowl contentedly.

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