In fact, the cooking in the next year is still at some level, especially the imperial dining room, which represents the highest catering achievement of the Ming Dynasty, is even more masterful.

This party obviously has instructions from Zhu Youzhen, and it can be called a variety of land and water. Especially in the capital, it is not easy to eat seafood.

I'm about to vomit when I eat seafood, and Li Xiao likes to eat meat now. It's no longer a turtle that can't walk around the seafood!

The beautiful palace maid brought a plate of huge elbows, and Li Xiao immediately smiled. Big elbow, how expensive pork is these days. Eating a big elbow meal is not an easy task.

The advantage of the meal sharing system is that the table is divided, and the whole big elbow belongs to Li Xiao alone. What's more, chopsticks don't need either. First the vicious dog pounced, and then the lion shook its head. A big elbow ate heartily, and Zhu Youzhen was stupid when he saw it.

A little salty, Li Xiao picked up the wine in the cup and dried it. Although I haven't practiced the stunt of not getting drunk with a thousand glasses yet, it is still not a problem to eat two glasses of wine.

Zhu Youzhen is a little stupid, although he has never been a prince. But he is also a prince, and he has received royal education since he was a child, and etiquette is indispensable.

He had never seen anyone dare to eat like this in front of him.

Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth and watched Li Xiao eat in a daze. Seeing Li Xiao lose the bones in his hand, there was still some unfinished meaning. I had to glance at the elbow on my desk, and then gave Wang Chengen a look.

"The governor eats heroically, this is a long live reward." Wang Chengen hunched his waist and personally brought his elbow to Li Xiao's table.

"Long live thanks! You don't know, in Liaodong military funding is tight. The grain is almost enough for people to eat, and where is there idle grain to feed the pigs. Not afraid of banzai jokes, the last time I ate pork was a few months ago. The soldiers can only eat a meal during the New Year's holiday.

On weekdays, I don't even eat much mutton. Jinzhou is close to the sea, and there are more things in this sea. Li Xiao is also telling the truth.

"I didn't expect the soldiers in front of me to be so difficult, Li Qing worked hard." Before becoming the emperor, Zhu Youzhen was the prince. Although it is not very popular, it can still be guaranteed as a prince.

He would never have imagined that the soldiers in front of him couldn't even eat meat. In his opinion, having meat is a basic living condition.

"It's nothing hard to work for, for the people of Guannai, for the long live of the country. The brothers were tired and tired, but the lack of military resources made it difficult to even replace basic weapons.

Take the firebolt as an example! If the new type of firearm wants to hit far, it needs to be charged. The more charges, the shorter the service life of the gun. Generally, it is hit about a thousand times, and the barrel of the fire gun will not work.

This is a good soldier and good marksmanship, and it is all fed with bullets. Even if you don't count the silver of bullets, you have to replace the barrel after half a year of training with a firebolt.

For the barrel of the gun, the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of War charged us fifty taels of silver. A soldier a month ago, but only one or two halves of silver. That is to say, the salary of several soldiers with the barrel of a gun. Can't afford it, really can't afford it. There is no way, it can only be used by the old generals.

The more you train, the more you love to go wrong. Otherwise, the bombing is the most fatal thing. As he was aiming, the chamber suddenly exploded. It is very likely that the blind eyes will be blown up, and this year alone, dozens of soldiers have been killed and disabled because of the injuries caused by the explosion.

Needless to say, the cost of a cannonball reached more than eighty taels of silver. On weekdays, they can only practice aiming at the air artillery, and it is impossible to have a few opportunities for live shooting.

If artillery is not trained, it will not be accurate in wartime. This time to attack Penglai, the Japanese invaders stubbornly occupied the geographical advantage. Our artillery repeatedly missed, and Li Hu, the third brother of the minister, was wounded in eight places. One of the gunshot wounds was almost fatal, and seeing my brother's flesh and skin rolled up, I was ...... as a big brother! Li Xiao thought of the scene when Li Hu was injured, and his eyes involuntarily turned red.

"Li Qing don't be sad, state affairs are difficult, and the court also has the difficulties of the court. The big tomorrow looks huge, but the land can be annexed year by year. The annual income is reduced year by year, and in the long run, the country will have no money to pay for. I'm worried about that, too! It may be that he was infected by Li Xiao, and Zhu Youzhen also said something in his heart rarely.

"The gentry did not pay taxes on grain, and many peasants evaded taxes by hanging their land in the names of the gentry. In Shandong, there are many such things. Li Xiao kindly reminded Zhu Youzhen that the gentry did not pay grain and taxes, which was an important reason for the financial corruption of the Ming Dynasty.

"Yes! The gentry did not pay grain or taxes. This is the law set by the ancestors, and everything must be based on stability when I have just succeeded to the throne. Zhu Youzhen understood what Li Xiao meant, but he couldn't help it now. It was the Donglin Party that supported him in coming to power, and the Donglin Party was the spokesman for the Jiangnan chaebol. Some, in their own right, are chaebols.

For example: Qian Qianyi!

As soon as he came to power, he asked them to pay taxes every year. It's hard to guarantee that these people won't make trouble, and there is Wei Zhongxian in front of them during the Apocalypse. Now in front of Zhu Youzhen, there is not even a person to block the arrow.

Wang Tiqian is a suitable candidate, but in terms of qualifications and prestige, he is obviously unable to catch up with Wei Zhongxian. Besides, this guy has a very ambiguous relationship with Qian Qianyi, and it is difficult to say what will happen to him after he becomes Wei Zhongxian.

"The minister is a martial artist and doesn't understand court politics. The minister is reckless! Li Xiao saluted Zhu Youzhen, he knew Zhu Youzhen's difficulties. And he only reminded Zhu Youzhen kindly. I didn't plan to do any tricks like that!

"Since the soldiers in front of me are so bitter, I ordered the military department. 500 pigs were sent to the Liao officers and soldiers every month to comfort the hard work of the officers and soldiers at the front. Zhu Youzhen gritted his teeth before he said the number of five hundred.

He had just ascended the throne, and his good brother Zhu Youxiao, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, had demolished and built in the palace over the years. has long been tossed almost the inside, and Zhu Youzhen is now difficult to be a family.

"Long live thank you! The soldiers at the front must be grateful for the kindness of Long Live and swear to die to reimburse Long Live to defend the Ming Dynasty. Expelle the Tartars as soon as possible and restore the rule of our Han family in Liaodong. "That's thanks to that, even though it's only 500 pigs a month. It's also better than nothing!

The soldiers ate some meat on a plate, and their eyes were green. The fat and strong big fat pig must be the favorite of the soldiers.

After eating a meal for almost an hour, Zhu Youzhen is a very curious person. For almost an hour, Li Xiao was answering his various questions. From the fierceness of the Tartars to the equipment and military system of the Liao army.

There are also various customs and customs in Liaodong, Zhu Youzhen is like a curious baby, constantly asking.

Finally finished eating, Li Xiao felt very tired from this meal. Seeing that the sun was setting in the west, Zhu Youzhen finally let Li Xiao out of the palace.

Li Xiao, who left the palace, didn't know that the transcript of his conversation with Zhu Youzhen today was being placed on Qian Qianyi's table at this moment.

Especially the part where Li Xiao and Zhu Youzhen talked about the gentry not paying food, Qian Qianyi watched it for a long, long time!