Shu Daizong said helplessly: "It's not me who speaks for them, these people who beg for a living on the canal don't have any skills except for selling their strength, and they don't have anything to do, what else can they do?" But I'm afraid I can't do farming. ”

Wu Yan was silent, but he still frowned deeply, and only spoke again after a long time: "I have some ideas, that's why I asked you, but ...... In my opinion, these gangs have no concept of the rule of law, and I am afraid that they are not good partners for cooperation. ”

When Shu Daizong heard this, his eyes lit up, and he asked: "It would be great if the girl had an idea, but don't make a judgment yet, if you have the opportunity, why don't you talk about it first?" ”

Wu Yan turned his head to look at Shu Daizong, with a sense of scrutiny in his eyes, as if he was judging the feasibility of these words.

"Who are you talking to?" She asked again.

"Surely Xiao Dong's cousin, there is no one who knows the Cao Gang better than him. It just so happened that he went to Tianjin, and he will be back in the next two days, why don't you come and talk to him first? ”

Wu Yan shook his head: "I'm afraid I don't have time, I'm going to school in the next two days." ”

Oh, I forgot about it, Shu Daizong patted his head and felt regretful.

But then I thought of her again...... Yan Sizhen was going to school, and couldn't help but smile again: "This is a big deal, the people in our newspaper hall and Fulai Pavilion are happy for the girl when they hear about it, and your aunt also said that it really sets a good example for women!" ”

Wu Yan said disapprenously: "Hey, what a role model, that is, a diploma or something, or an adult junior college." ”

Although Shu Daizong didn't quite understand what her diploma was, he still understood: "That's also a thing worth showing off, there has been a female general and female marquis Qin Liangyu in the history of our Ming Dynasty, and now there is another female tribute, and the official residence will be a product in the future, hey, one martial arts and one article are just right!" ”

This sycophant was so slapped that the corners of Wu Yan's mouth couldn't help but rise: "It's amazing, uncle, your praised skills are getting better and better day by day, and you have joined the Kuakua Gang?" ”

"Kwakwa Gang? Hahaha......" Shu Daizong couldn't cry or laugh at her jokes, but he was very proud: "That's, it's not an exaggeration to call yourself the gang leader!" But Uncle is serious, but he didn't ridicule at all, maybe one day in the future, the girl will be able to be knighted, won't she be on a par with General Qin? ”

Wu Yan finally couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hahaha, where can I compare with Zhongzhenhou?" Even if you are knighted...... The count is just fine, not too demanding. ”

After talking nonsense for a while, he remembered what he had just said, and asked again: "Okay, let's get back to business...... As you just said, the old An Gang, where is their entrance? ”

"It's hard to say, because there is more than one hall, I can only say that most of the time in Yangzhou, remember last year's Yizhen Cao River dam overturning? In fact, it was the ghost of Pan An, and in the end, it was solved by Weng An. ”

Wu Yan pondered for a long time and said: "That is it, I think it is better to invite Fang County Ling and Master Huang to come out for an interview, Xie San will be a middleman to introduce you, and then be a bodyguard, beware of anything going wrong halfway." ”

Shu Daizong heard that this idea was good, and said: "This is thoughtful, Fang Xianling is from Jinshi, plus Master Huang's flamboyant mouth, he has a set of words, and he can fool people the most, and he is indeed stronger than Xie Sanduo." ”

"It's not called fooling people, it's called business negotiation. I will write two letters later, one to Fang Siwei and the other to Gu Jue, you ask Xie San to hand over the two to him, Fang County Ling should understand what to do after reading the letter. ”

"Okay! But let Uncle guess first...... The girl wants these people to be transported by land? ”

Wu Yan just said: "It's okay to have a score in your heart, but you haven't skimmed the eight characters yet, so don't really hope for it." ”

"Of course! Uncle understands. ”

"There is another matter, Ming'er asked the reporter to go to the General Administration Department or the Sixth Branch Corridor as soon as possible, and wait for the news to come out."

When Shu Daizong heard this, he hurriedly lowered his voice out of professional sensitivity and asked, "What's the news?" Isn't it a horse's gold and silver ......"

Wu Yan couldn't help laughing: "Uncle is becoming more and more experienced in this business, and you can think of him at once." Yes, his Majesty has approved the inscription. ”

"Is the real question accurate?" Shu Daizong became inexplicably excited, and asked again: "Uncle cares about the land price, girl, you say, will the land price have an impact?" ”

"It's hard to say, but it's possible."

"Hey, Uncle dreams of buying land, and I don't need more, just buy a hundred and eighty acres of land as a family field, so that my old Shu family can take root." As soon as he said this, Shu Daizong's excitement was indescribable, so much so that his cheeks were flushed, and his hands kept rubbing.

Wu Yan kept smiling, but still reminded: "Let's buy land for a while, it's not time to ...... now."

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Wu Yan returned to the palace from the newspaper hall, first went back to his own residence in Qiandong Wusuo, washed up and changed into this dress, and put on palace clothes again. After packing up, I went to the celebrant duty room to eat, and then asked about what happened today.

When I arrived at the duty room, I saw that the master of ceremonies and the big guys were there...... Rare!

It's just that Li Dongyan seems to have prepared a good meal and is ready to leave, and when he walked past Wu Yan, he didn't even look at her, and walked away, looking like no one in his eyes.

Wu Yan pursed his lips and sang in his heart: If you are pretending, you are a hypocritical......

It was Zheng Dajue who greeted her, and asked the fireman to bring out the food, and Wu Yan turned his attention to eating.

Hoy! Eyes open again, she thought to herself. Then his eyes were fixed on this table of exquisite food, and he didn't even know how to roll his eyes. Although it is now the end of April, there are still dishes that can only be eaten in April, such as bamboo shoots and chicken, and bao'er rice, with simple names but not simple practices.

In fact, rare ingredients are rarely used in the daily meals of the Ming court, and they are basically fish, meat and livestock, and they are won by burning and brewing. On the contrary, seasonal vegetables and fruits are used more, if you want to pay attention to a balanced diet and rich nutrition, it will definitely meet the standard.

Each emperor's taste is different, and the dishes will definitely be adjusted accordingly, for example, the apocalypse likes to eat heavy flavors, what is the hot clams, fried fresh shrimp, chicken thighs and bamboo shoots, especially a 'hodgepodge', that is, sea cucumber, shark tendon, fat chicken, pig's trotter tendon stewed together, and Chongzhen likes to eat refreshing bird's nest soup.

Among all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that Wanli spends the most on food, which can reach 12,000 taels in a month, and the price level is relatively low during the Wanli period, so you can imagine how many dishes this emperor can put on the table every day! Chongzhen's food has 9,000 taels a month, but it is necessary to consider that the price level in Chongzhen's period is generally high, so in terms of daily food supply, it is far less than Wanli.

Emperor Yongming's taste is also very unique, he likes spicy and grilled dishes, just like hot pot is specially prepared for him in the palace, and the spiciness is in line with his taste, which is not produced by Haidilao.

Wu Yan chose two dishes he liked in front of him, one is pickled pig's trotters, and the other is roasted bamboo shoot chicken, the pig's trotters are too fragrant, and the entrance is very glutinous, the taste is very full, and the bamboo shoot chicken belongs to the thick oil red sauce, which is very good. In fact, the dietary taste of the entire Ming court is on the heavy side, such as sesame oil, sweet sauce, tempeh, soy sauce, vinegar and other miscellaneous utensils purchased from outside the palace at a heavy price.

Soon ran out of food, Wu Yan wiped her mouth, and seemed to be a little unsatisfied, but her own stomach told her that she really couldn't eat. The firefighter removed the cups, plates, bowls, and brought tea again, this time soaked in pineapples.

Pineapples are best produced in Songluo Mountain on the border of Xiuxi, because of its exquisite production method, it is famous. It has three layers: heavy color, heavy taste, heavy fragrance, and dissipates stagnation, relieves greasy, and clears the fire, so after Wu Yan drank a lamp, he suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.

After using tea, she chatted with Zheng Dajue again, and without chatting a word, she mentioned yesterday's 'public case', which was the matter of 'changing the version of Yulu' mentioned by Gu Dehai. It's just that when it comes to the issue of Yulu, Wu Yan really only sighs.

Zheng Dajue couldn't see her 'sorrow', but he was also deeply puzzled by Wu Yan's thoughts and practices, you are a girl's family, you are young and worth tens of thousands, and you still lack this bit of food and silver in the palace? I'm afraid it's not even a drop in the bucket compared to what you earn.

How can he understand Wu Yan's thinking logic: since I have paid for my labor, it is natural for me to ask for compensation, which is a human right.

"I don't think Gu Shangshu is on the question, it's just a verbal statement, so it shouldn't be taken seriously, right?" Wu Yan asked.

Zheng Dajue smiled: "Maybe he won't take it seriously." ”

Wu Yan pursed his lips, expressing his disdain for Gu Dehai's 'threatening' behavior of using public power. Originally, I now only have female officials and seven buckets of grain every month, and if it is converted into silver at the market price, it is worth three dollars and five cents, and the cao workers can still have five dollars of food and silver every month, which is not even compared.

Zheng Dajue saw that she was 'depressed', and persuaded again: "The Qianqing Palace will be able to make up for you next month, but I just didn't know how to deal with a situation like yours at the beginning, so it was delayed." ”

Wu Yan expressed his contempt in his heart, none of you know, don't you all know? Are the celebrants so confused?

"Well, there's no hurry," she replied politely.

It really can't be blamed on the head of the celebrant supervisor, including her who is now also the ambassador of the silver treasury of Guanglu Temple, which belongs to the official code that does not enter the stream, and the actual monthly food also has a stone, but she has never had this situation in the past, and it is a non-compliant entry, although there is an emperor's dictation, but there is no specific provision in all the rules of the household department, so it is delayed. Moreover, the household department is connected to national major events all day long, and this kind of small thing is naturally quickly left behind, and of course no one remembers it.

The 'regular salary' of the chamberlain is not high, and the other income is tens of thousands of times that of the regular salary, which is all due to the emperor's favor. In the palace, if the low-level eunuchs are not close to the 'godfather', life will definitely be difficult, and the palace officials and maids also belong to this situation, and most of their income depends on rewards.

The salary of the civil and military attache is generally composed of two parts, one part is the salary issued by the household department, which is equivalent to the post salary, and there is a difference in the color of the book. Slightly different from Gyeonggi, Nangi officials have more money in silver, and relatively less in nature, which is related to the income of the northern and southern household departments, after all, 4 million shicao grain from the south is shipped to Gyeonggi every year. It's hard to say who is more cost-effective, food has always been hard currency, especially in disaster years, I'm afraid food is more popular than silver.

The other part is the firewood, salary, soap and silver distributed by the military department and the treasury department or the government department or the government, which is distributed by the military department and the departments directly under the central government, and directly distributed by the government department or the government in the localities.