The little lieutenant Zhang Cheng was quite talkative. Now the lieutenant has no authority, let alone a junior lieutenant in the palace, the other party is the eldest grandson of Yuanfu, and it is not Zhang Cheng's turn to take the lead. He had a humble attitude, and probably used the attitude of flattering the emperor, concubines, and superiors in the palace to please Yan Hong. And outside the words, it also revealed that the big men in the palace also needed to take care of it, and they came out this time just to make a fortune, and they only hoped that Yan Hong would show them some clear paths.

Yan Hong welcomed such a eunuch from the bottom of his heart. The two hit it off, exchanged experiences and experiences, and then divided the bribes of the magistrates along the way in half, and got along quite well.

As for Yan Hong's own escort group, Yan Feng and Yan Fu are loyal and clever, needless to say. Liang Rufei went to Jiangnan with him before, and they already had some friendship with each other. And Xi Tong didn't know what Lu Dao was about, Yan Hong always felt that the other party looked at him with a faint hatred. But this kid does more and talks less on weekdays, like a saw-mouthed gourd, asking him nine out of ten words and not answering, Yan Hong can't help him.

As for the Yellow River Shuangxia, they naturally had a good relationship with Yan Hong, but when Yan Hong wanted to discuss with Zhang Cheng to make money, he had to avoid them. These two are probably addicted to education, and they look at Xi Tong as if they have found a treasure, pestering him to teach him the Four Books and Five Classics, and the knowledge of all the sons and hundreds of schools. And although Liang Rufei once despised the mediocre martial arts of the two heroes, the two heroes didn't mind. Yun Chuqi is polite and polite, and when he saw Liang Rufei as a senior, Ye Zhengfei was bold and straightforward. After a few days, Liang Rufei gradually became friendly with them.

Hundreds of people marched mightily along the way, and there were their own guards of honor along the way, and idlers were not allowed to harass. When Yan Hong was riding on a horse. But there are also many refugees on the side of the road. One by one, they were in rags. There are vegetables on the face, or squatting or sitting, looking dead. He asked the local officials accompanying him and learned that Shandong had suffered two consecutive years of disasters, and many refugees had fled as far as Henan and Hebei. Now the imperial court has sent people everywhere to spread the word that Qin sent to Lu for relief, and the victims can go to Jinan Mansion to receive relief. Hence the refugees everywhere. They are all returning.

Rao is like this, there are many people who will be suspicious, and there are still those who can't walk, and they are still stranded in the counties, which is very troublesome. Yan Hong knew that the large number of refugees was a factor in the country's instability, but he was in a hurry to grab relatives, and it was impossible for him to stop and investigate carefully. Even the poor face of the refugees who are hungry and cold, he is also out of sight.

The court's rolling orders and fire cards were issued all the way, and officials along the way naturally wanted to buy wine and entertain them. The dynastic system. Naturally, there are specifications for receiving chincha. But now, who is still guarding that standard reception. It's not that you can't find it yourself? Therefore, along the way, every state and county is full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, which is quite rich.

It's just that Deputy Envoy Hai Ruihai really didn't get on the road, and he lost the face of local officials several times along the way, pointing out that the other party's specifications were too big and did not fit the system of four dishes and one soup. And this Haida can't be idle. Yan Hong and other attachés rested in the pavilion every night, and he wanted to come out and take his escort Li Kunpeng and his family Haiping to visit and talk to the Shandong refugees who were living here, and urged local officials to persuade the refugees to return to their hometowns on the one hand, and to give relief to those who had not yet returned to their hometowns. Even during the lunch break, he would ride around the streets on horseback and ask a few refugees for questioning. Yan Hongxin said, this Hai Qingtian is really diligent in government affairs, and you work so hard, Ben Qin is happy to concentrate on snatching his wife.

When they arrived in Wen'an County, the county magistrate of Wen'an County was generally hospitable, and thirty or forty people, including the chief and deputy envoys and their attachés, together with more than a dozen local officials accompanying the guests, set up six tables in the yamen. On each table, eight cold dishes, twelve hot dishes, four large dishes, four snacks, and two soups are served like water.

But seeing Hai Rui shoot the case, he pointed to the table full of wine and food: "When there is a catastrophe, the refugees are waiting to be fed, and the local officials do not follow the old system of Taizu, but spend all their time drinking and drinking, which is really hateful!" With that, he brushed his sleeves and left. It was extremely embarrassing to make an Anxian order. Fortunately, Yan Hong's kind words comforted him, and then accepted the other party's filial piety Cheng Yi, and then the guests and hosts were happy. When he heard that the deputy envoy had returned to the house by himself and had not even eaten dinner, he went out again to visit the refugees.

Hai Rui made such a fuss, and he was shocked along the way. When the team arrived at the ground in Dacheng County the next day, the Yao County Commander was full of smiles and came to greet him in person: "The journey of the Qin mission is hard. The county heard that the Qincha was strict and economical, so it prepared a little thin wine, and a banquet of four dishes and one soup, and invited the Lord Qincha to appreciate it. Yan Hong thought to himself, your brother can be a man. Peeking at Hai Rui, also with a hint of a smile.

When they entered the yamen, they still set up six tables, and four dishes and one soup were sent up. The first dish is a large plate with a diameter of more than two feet, and the cold vegetables and lo-mei piled up on the plate are chicken wings, duck tongue, pig's trotters, fragrant tripe, sausage, and beef tendon...... Divided into categories, neatly placed, very beautiful. The second dish was a barbecue, which was also a plate of more than two feet, in which there was a fat goose, a lamb, pork breasts cut into small pieces, deer legs, and twelve quails, and how much stuffing was filled in each belly. The third dish is river fresh seafood, the plate is deeper than the first two, a big turtle in the middle, a big carp, prawns, sea cucumbers, dried scallops, fresh snails around it, fresh and fragrant. The fourth dish is stir-fried or a large plate, which is divided into 12 small grids, and each grid contains a dish, all of which are full of color, flavor and taste, making people salivate. The last soup is not too rare, but a fresh soup made with ginseng, shiitake mushrooms, bird's nest and chicken.

These four dishes and one soup were delivered, and everyone in the attaché was dazzled and smiling. Yan Hong praised: "Yao Daling is shrewd and capable, according to the old system of Taizu, making this wine banquet can be described as the best of both worlds, with good intentions. Yao County Linglian said that he did not dare: "Lord Qincha traveled thousands of miles to relieve the victims, which is a great merit." It is the duty of the lower officials to prepare wine and food. It is really touching that Qin Cha came all the way and endured hardships in this county. ”

I saw Hai Rui's face pale, slapped the table heavily, pointed at Yao Xianling and said sharply: "Under such a pretence, squandering the people's fat and people's ointment, after Hai Mou returns to the court, he will definitely participate in the performance!" He turned around and went out again. Yan Hongzhi said that this old man is so virtuous, and he doesn't care about him. Yao Xianling's face was very much a war emperor. Sure enough, when Hai Rui returned to the pavilion, he really repaired a seal, impeached Yao County, and handed it over after preparing to return to the court. By the time the team set off the next day, Hai Rui had already copied this seal for a few minutes and posted it at the door of the building, and there were many onlookers, making Yao County Ling embarrassed.

At the next stop, the Qincha team arrived at the ground in Qingxian County. The situation in the previous places, Bai Siwen, the county magistrate of Qingxian County, already knew about it. As usual, he welcomed the Qincha and his attachés to the yamen and held a banquet to treat each other. When Yan Hong opened his eyes, there were four dishes and one soup on each table, and they were stacked sufficiently:

The first dish, white and red, fragrant and crispy, is a salted radish. The second dish, green as jade, red as a jewel, the soup is thick and rotten, and the seafood is tangy, which is stewed winter melon with shrimp skin. The third dish, golden in color, big in oil and fresh in taste, is scrambled eggs with green onions. The fourth dish, the meat is fragrant and the mouth is slag, which is fried vermicelli with minced meat. A soup, gold inlaid with white jade plates, red-billed green parrots, but tofu and spinach soup. It's that the wine is also weak, and most of it is a worthless village brew.

This time, Yan Hong's attachés all complained bitterly, and they all looked at Yan Hong. Hai Rui looked quite relieved on his face, and said in front of the banquet: "Now thousands of people in Shandong are suffering from hunger and cold, and all the food and use in my generation is the people's fat and people's ointment. The cost of one meal is enough to live dozens of disaster victims, so why should I swallow it? Or like Bai Daling, simple preparation is the right reason. ”

Before the banquet, he sighed again and again, saying that if the officials along the way were willing to use the silver used to prepare the banquet to buy rice for disaster relief, how many more victims would survive. Yan Hong and Zhang Cheng were not interested. Especially since Yan Hong's crossing, every meal is full of good wine and good food, and the taste is very tricky, this crude wine and rice is really not good to eat.

However, Yan Hong also knew that Hai Rui's move was not wrong, and it was not good to openly refute the face of the deputy envoy, so he had to have a stiff smile on his face, and the chopsticks moved mechanically, but he didn't pull anything down. Looking at the left and right attachés, they are all crying and sad one by one. Liang Rufei and Xi Tong squeezed their eyebrows and didn't eat at all. Only Yun Chuqi and Ye Zhengfei ate and drank there, relishing. The minced meat vermicelli on their table was basically fished into the bowl by Ye Zhengfei.

After the banquet, Yan Hong returned to the room. Xi Tong lived in the same room with him to prevent any assassin from hurting him. Although the two of them are masters and personal servants, they have nothing to say. Yan Hongxin said, this teenage boy is so taciturn, it is also rare.

Xi Tong made the bed for Yan Hong and asked, "Young Master, what else do you have to order?" Yan Hong said: "It's nothing, Xi Tong, you can sleep first when you are tired." Xi Tong went to his small bed and folded his clothes and lay down, closing his eyes and recuperating. Yan Hongfang was about to go to bed, but he heard a gentle knock on the door, and Bai Xianzun whispered outside the door: "Yan Zhonghan has ever rested?" ”

Yan Hong's body did not go to the shadow seal of the scholar in the seven grades, and he was a noble and martial artist, and it was not strange that the other party was commensurate with Zhonghan. Deeper in the middle of the night, this Bai Daling came to visit? Yan Hong suddenly had an auspicious omen in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Not yet!" "I went over and opened the door. I saw Bai Siwen enter first, and a few servants came in with food boxes, and when they opened it, there were more than a dozen high-quality dishes steaming, which seemed to have just been made.

Na Bai Swen smiled: "Hai Xilang's temper...... Don't talk about this, don't say it. Xia Guan was also helpless, so he made this decision, and hoped that Zhonghan would be strange. I don't know if these drinks and dishes are suitable for the taste, if they don't, I will tell them to go down and redo them. ”

Yan Hong looked carefully, and saw that they were all high-quality delicacies, and there were two pots of good wine, so he knew that Lu Dao had met a smart person. Hurriedly said: "There is a big order from Lao Bai." That's good. The deputy envoy of the sea is an honest gentleman, and we wait for the mountains to look up, but we don't have to go to the east to follow suit. If Da Ling has leisure, how about drinking together? Bai Siwen said: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." He sat down in his chair as well. Looking at Xi Tong again, he was already snoring like thunder.

The two pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and they had to win over each other. After eating and drinking, Bai Siwen asked people to bring high-quality fragrant tea, and the two sat down and talked. Yan Hong only knew that this Baizhi County was also a member of the Yan family, but it was really a hemp rope that couldn't be lifted through tofu, and it could only be regarded as the periphery of the Yan Party, and he was trying to lean on Yan Ge Lao. Now that the famous young master of the Yan Mansion has come, how can he not fight desperately? (To be continued......)