Taibai Pavilion.

Wang Mang took Li Lan and others to look at the plaque of this teahouse, thinking that this teahouse had something to do with the poet Li Taibai, but he hadn't heard that there was Li Taibai in this world.

"Childe, how do you know that this teahouse is the best teahouse in the capital?" Li Lan looked at Wang Mang with a look of surprise.

Originally, Li Lan thought that he was going to be a guide when he left the palace this time, and he should be worried that he didn't know much about the capital, so he specially selected a few local eunuchs who knew more about the capital to follow.

If he hadn't taken care of the emperor for many years, and knew that the emperor had been out of the palace for many years, Li Lan would have suspected that the emperor would often go out of the palace to play.

As if seeing that Li Lan had some doubts in his heart, Wang Mang explained: "I heard about it. ”

Li Lan's eyes flashed, and he felt that he should go back and talk to the little eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, even if these guys were for the sake of being on the throne, they couldn't talk nonsense to the emperor.

"How many guest officers?"

As soon as Wang Mang and the others entered the door, Dr. Tea came up, carrying a teapot and said with a smile.

Li Lan stepped forward and said, "Is there a secluded box?"

"Yes, I will come to whoever you want. When Dr. Tea heard this, his face was overjoyed, this is a big family!

Wang Mang did stretch out his hand and said, "Forget it, you don't need a secluded box, just have a seat by the window." ”

"Childe, how can this be done, what kind of identity do you have, how can you sit in the hall?" Li Lan looked anxious and whispered: "And this hall is full of people, I'm worried that there will be ......"

"Don't worry about anything, who do I know here as a foreigner, what can I provoke?" Wang Mang waved his hand and said, "Dr. Tea, let's go!"

"Hey!" Dr. Tea waved his sleeves and bent over, made a gesture of invitation, and shouted loudly: "Second floor, by the window, four seats, go to tea!"

Wang Mang smiled and followed Dr. Tea to the second floor, Li Lan's face tightened, and he instructed left and right: "Let them pay attention, and keep their eyes bright." Then he trotted to catch up with Wang Mang, and the guards were around Wang Mang.

Wang Mang saw that the two little eunuchs who had been following him didn't know where to go, so he naturally understood what they were going to do, glared at Li Lan, who looked embarrassed, and slowly went up to the second floor of the teahouse.

The second floor is seated, but it is an excellent location, outside the window, the bustling street at a glance, in the window, not far from the tea guests, some tea guests can also hear the chatter Wang Mang.

The teahouse has always been a place for some idlers to gossip, similar to taxi drivers and gossip forums in later generations, where you can get all kinds of news.

Wang Mang came here, naturally, to get some news that he was interested in.

"Childe, what do you want, we have before the Ming Dynasty, after the Ming Dynasty, before the rain, after the rain, black tea, white tea, green tea, black tea, Biluochun, Dahongpao, West Lake Longjing, Tieguanyin...... You can also make tea, boil tea, make tea, and make tea, what does Childe need?" Dr. Tea and Wang Mang sat down, singing and cheering in their mouths.

"Let's light the green tea before the dawn and brew it. Dr. Tea's rap made Wang Mang happy, felt a stirring in his cuffs, and said, "By the way, give us some snacks." ”

"Howler. Dr. Tea shouted, quickly turned around and left, and came back after a while, first serving snacks to Wang Mang and others, and then carrying a shiny copper boiling kettle, and placing the white porcelain bowl in his hand in front of Wang Mang with a "flutter". Then, the teapot is bubbling into the bowl from a height of more than a foot, and the kung fu that does not drop or splash cannot but make people stunning.

"Not bad. Wang Mang praised.

"Childe use it slowly, you need to find me. Dr. Tea smiled and turned away.

When Dr. Tea left, Wang Mang patted his cuffs, and a skinny one-foot-long little black dog came out of Wang Mang's cuffs.

Li Lan was taken aback and said, "Childe, you also have such a beast with you." ”

The dog has spirituality, it seems to be able to understand Li Lan's words, grinning at Li Lan, Wang Mang glanced at Li Lan, stretched out his hand and patted the little black dog's head, and said: "I picked it up on the road, I felt that there was fate, so I stayed, what, you have an opinion." ”

"Nope. Li Lan hurriedly shook his head, joking, how dare he have any opinions.

"It's good if you don't have it. Wang Mang nodded, patted the little black dog and said, "Go eat your snacks." ”

Li Lan glanced at the little black dog enviously, feeling that this dog was really lucky, how could he fall in love with the emperor, how good would it be if he were this dog, as soon as this idea appeared in Li Lan's mind, Li Lan was startled, and quickly erased this idea from his mind, wiped his forehead and groaned: "Childe, I heard what you just meant, you seem to have an idea about that square ball?"

"What, you have a connection with their family?" Wang Mang smiled.

"How is it possible, that's the God of Wealth, where will he take care of us eunuchs. Li Lan smiled bitterly: "Fang Shilang's threshold is too big, and ordinary people can't easily get in." ”

"How do you know so clearly, have you ever gone to find Fang Xizhi?" Wang Mang said.

"How dare I. Li Lan heard the displeasure in Wang Mang's voice, and hurriedly said, "I have heard from others." ”

"That's right. Wang Mang nodded and said, "There is one thing that I am very strange, the head of the household is Li Hong, why is it called Wang Xizhi God of Wealth." ”

"Li Hong is the official of the household department, responsible for all the work of the household department, but after all, his energy is limited, and there are many household affairs, how can he manage so many things, so the two waiters of the household department are in charge of a lot of errands, among which Wang Xizhi is the left waiter, so he is in charge of more things, especially the budget department of the household department is under the management of Wang Xizhi. Li Lan whispered: "The money of the imperial court is counted, who can get more money, it all depends on how much budget can be obtained in the next year or next quarter, if the household department is the God of Wealth, then the Budget Department is the God of Wealth in the God of Wealth, and Wang Xizhi, who is in charge of the Budget Department, is naturally also the God of Wealth." ”

"I see. Wang Mang nodded, Wang Mang still understands the truth of this budget, those who manage money and those who manage money look like immortals but not immortals, and those who manage how to send money seem to have nothing to do with money but are real immortals.

"Childe, it's normal for you not to know this, after all, if Li Hong didn't take power too seriously, he wouldn't let Wang Xizhi become bigger. Li Lan said.

What do you mean?

Wang Mang's eyes flashed, knowing that Li Lan had something to say, and there was a murderous motive hidden in his words, but Wang Mang was not a rookie, so he said directly: "What, you have a dirty relationship with Wang Xizhi?"

"Childe, you have wronged me, I am a small palace person, I'm afraid that Wang Xizhi doesn't know which onion I am, how can I be qualified to have a dirty relationship with others. Li Lan hurriedly said: "Actually, Gongzi, that Wang Xizhite is not a thing, and we have reduced our budget for two consecutive years on the grounds of the tight finances of the imperial court." ”

"We?" Wang Mang's voice was a little playful, and his eyes became cold.

"Palace. Li Lan whispered, knowing that his words worked.

In the past two years, Wang Xizhi's budget department has reduced the budget of the palace, and the income in the palace is less, but there are no fewer people, and the emperor's expenses are still so large, but they are suffering from the palace people, which is called a thrift.

Just looking at His Majesty's face, I'm afraid that Wang Xizhi won't be able to please him, of course, this is also thanks to his bastard son.

"Oh no, big event, the son of the Li family jumped into the river!"

"Which son of the Li family?"

"Which one else can it be, isn't it Li Yang and Li Gongzi, the great genius in the west of the city. ”

"It turned out to be him, he didn't save it, and it would be a pity if he didn't save it. ”

"I don't know, I just know that I jumped into the river. ”

"I just came from there, and someone jumped in to save someone, but I don't know how it turned out. ”

"This Qingdefang is really harmful!"

A hectic voice suddenly came into Wang Mang's ears, interrupting Wang Mang's train of thought, Wang Mang's eyes flashed, looked at Li Lan and said, "What is Qingdefang?"