There are still five days before the Spring Festival, and the entire palace has been decorated, with red lanterns hanging high at the gate, and the courtyard wall has also been cleaned up.

"Oops, I'm tired!" As soon as Geng Jingzhong returned to the palace, he sat on the chair and didn't want to get up: "Ah Hu, the matter is not over yet, the remaining half of the pork is distributed to all the craftsmen and handymen in our workshops, and it is also ten catties of pork per person. ”

"Master, don't worry, some people are rushing to do this thing! I'll go down and tell you in a moment! Ah Hu didn't care at all, no matter who went down to distribute it, he didn't let the workers die of gratitude! It's hard to find such a good errand with a lantern.

"By the way, we can't leave anything in the house behind, sue Uncle Ming, this year's lord is happy, and all the subordinates in the house will double the reward!"

said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, and Ming Bo came in, followed by a person, who was Ah Hou who went to the capital to preside over the overall situation.

"Master, I'm back! The things you have commanded are all right. Ah Hou knelt on one knee and saluted Geng Jingzhong.

"Get up, sit down and say, Mingbo, you sit too! Tell me about it first. ”

"Oh, the old slave just led this stinky boy over to meet the master, by the way, we have recruited so many new people this year, how much money should be sent in this festival!"

"Haha, I've been ready for a long time, Mingbo, you came but it just so happened that I was just about to let Ah Hu sue you, the original workers each sent ten catties of pork, happy money, and an extra half a month's salary. As for the newly recruited workers, it would be good to give each person five catties of pork, forget about the money, the newcomers and the old people should be different, let them work hard, and the lord will not treat them badly. By the way, so many pigs killed a lot of the remaining pig bones, and after two days, they were pulled to the porridge factory to boil soup, and the steamed buns were dried for the victims, so that the victims could also have a stable year. As he spoke, Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but think of the victims who stayed outside, although Qingzhuang was recruited by him to work, but there were still many old and weak people left around the temple.

"Lord is merciful, the victims should thank Lord for his great kindness! Then I'm going to get busy! ”

"Ah Hu, you go with Mingbo and do things beautifully!" Geng Jingzhong turned his head to Ah Hu and motioned for him to accompany Mingbo, don't let Mingbo be too tired!

"Yes, sir. Mingbo, I'll accompany you! As he spoke, he held Mingbo's arm and was about to go out.

"You kid, I'm not that old, I don't need your help! Let's go! ”

After the two left, Geng Jingzhong said to Ah Hou: "Tell me the details!" ”

"Master, according to your instructions, the princess shop has been opened in the inner and outer cities of the capital, and the manpower has also been paved. Because the capital is too big, I have ordered a few rice shops and pharmacies and scattered them near the gates of various cities. The most important Imperial Palace, Ouchi, and several princes and ministers have placed people in the palace. And this! As he spoke, he took out a small notebook from his sleeve pocket and handed it over.

"This is the map of the capital's troops?" Geng Jingzhong was a little surprised!

"Yes, my lord, in the past three months, I have inquired in detail about all the garrisons in the capital, the deployment of troops inside and outside the city, who guards the city gate, and so on, all the details are recorded here, and if there is any change in the future, the news will come from the capital soon."

"You're doing a great job! Three months to have such progress greatly exceeded my expectations, but we still have to be cautious, although the current Qing court does not have Dongchang, Jinyiwei, but also have intelligence agencies, but it has not reached the scale of the Ming Dynasty, we have just developed, take your time, don't worry! ”

"Yes, sir! I have commanded them to stay still and gather information until someone is sent from here to fetch it. ”

"Okay, I've been tired for a few months, take a good rest these days, and there will be important things for you to do after a while."

"Lord grace, I will live up to my lord's high hopes."

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Geng Jingzhong's first Spring Festival here has finally arrived. As the saying goes: think of your relatives every festive season! Came to this world to say goodbye to all the former relatives and friends, as well as his hometown, all the qiē. And the relatives in the palace gave him new comfort!

In the past few days, Geng Jingzhong has been staying in the palace with his family, probably because of the Spring Festival, the old prince's spirit is obviously much better, and the family has a happy New Year.

Within two days, the first important custom of the Spring Festival made the palace more noisy, because the Geng family's hometown is far away in Gaizhouwei, Liaodong, since being stationed in Fujian, the family members and relatives do not have to visit relatives and friends in the palace; But the palace was here, and officials of all sizes in Fuzhou City began to visit the door, and the generals and officials belonging to the military camp were also in groups. Geng Jingzhong saw this, so he simply opened a banquet in the mansion, and collectively got to know the officials of all sizes in Fuzhou, and by the way, he contacted the feelings, after all, he still needs their active cooperation in doing things in the future.

Geng Jingzhong's move was very popular with officials at all levels, especially those with relatively high positions, who usually wanted to meet with the prince, governor, admiral, governor, envoy and other senior officials but could not get it, but now they can be seen when they visit the Jingnan Palace, so they may win the favor of a certain adult by chance, and the day when they are in the thick of their own prosperity can be waited; Even if you can't talk to the officials, it is not a small gain to know more people and expand your network, which is equivalent to Geng Jingzhong indirectly helping them build a platform for communication, how can they not flock to it! As a result, in the past two days, the number of officials who came to visit the palace did not decrease at all, but more and more, and even many wealthy businessmen and wealthy people dragged their connections to visit the palace, and the purpose was naturally self-evident. It's fortunate that the palace is big enough, otherwise it would really not be able to entertain so many people.

In this way, it lasted until the eighth day of the first lunar month, when the government opened and the palace calmed down. According to some statistics, after a New Year, not to mention the piles of gifts, only the gift money is more than 300,000 taels! Geng Jingzhong has to sigh that there are so many rich people these years! It's no wonder that the officials of the Qing Dynasty are really rarely short of money, even if they are upright, but there are still a lot of usual routines, if they have to make special exceptions alone, it can only mean that this person has a problem with emotional intelligence, and he has to be against the entire officialdom, such a person can't be an official, and he won't know where to be excluded in a few years. The real rich are still those wealthy businessmen, this is not easy to visit, only a few hundred taels of silver will really look down on them, and I will feel that I can't afford to lose that person! A group of people rushed to send the silver, and of course Geng Jingzhong smiled happily!

However, it was not only the palace that was lively, but also the families of the soldiers and the workers who worked for the palace. Eating fat pork in their mouths and holding the bounty of the palace in their hands, this New Year is really memorable for them, they have not had such a rich life for many years, and their gratitude to Geng Jingzhong has also risen to a new height.

Let's look at the victims. The young and strong people were all gathered to build workshops and schools, and some of their families followed them, and most of the rest of the old and weak were still placed around the temple, but the environment was much better. At this moment, it is noon, and the victims are quietly lining up with rice bowls, and everyone's eyes are staring straight in one direction, porridge shed! Because Geng Jingzhong had thousands of fat pigs slaughtered, a pile of big bones was left behind, and all of them were pulled here; The big bone broth was still boiling in the pot, and the thick fragrance permeated the camp, and even the temple could smell the fragrance, and I wondered if the monks were drooling. In the past few days, the people of the palace have chopped the big bones into small pieces and boiled them into a thick bone broth with some vegetables and wild vegetables, and the big white steamed buns are served with broth, so that these victims are very full, and many people are counting how long they have not tasted meat with their fingers. Correspondingly, the Jingnan Royal Mansion was also completely accepted by these low-level civilians, and they were grateful to Dade. If this continues, there will never be a situation in history where Geng Jingzhong could not recruit soldiers.