"Boy, you're a rarity! I told my envoy a month ago, and I won't come to see me until today! ”

The doors and windows of the wide hall were wide open, and He Batsheng was wearing only a single shirt, sitting with his chest high, still sweating slightly.

He pointed at Li Tai and scolded with a smile, while holding a pottery bowl of mung bean jelly, swallowing most of it as soon as he sucked it, and then sighed: "This powder paste is delicious, strange and cute, is it really your own Zhuang people?" Where do you find such a clever chef? Add another bowl! ”

"If my uncle likes it, I'll have someone bring it every day. This cold powder relieves the heat and moistens the intestines, and the flavor of the well water is better. ”

Li Tai originally thought that it was a bit shabby to bring only a jar of mung bean jelly to visit, after all, He Batsheng helped him a lot, but seeing that he had just sat down for a while, He Batsheng ate three bowls of jelly in a row, and it seemed that he had sent it right.

"It's not easy, it's not easy for you to manage the industry, and it is useless to spend manpower on rectifying such treasures. Coarse **, it is all a meal, and it is a blessing to be able to survive on a hungry stomach, and it is needless to increase the guilt of the mouth. ”

After hearing this, He Batsheng waved his hand and said, in his opinion, such a beautiful and delicious food must consume a lot of labor and materials, and he did not want to add too much trouble to Li Tai because of his appetite.

"It's just ordinary ingredients, and the labor is not ingenious. I am the only one who is timid and anorexic in the summer, so I rectify it to accompany the meal. ”

Most of the older generation of Beizhen martial artists were born hard, and Kansai was not rich, at least Li Tai saw that He Batsheng and some Hui style was still simple, and when he heard He Batsheng's words, he smiled and explained the method of cold powder.

After hearing this, He Batsheng's eyes couldn't help but light up: "So you can make a beautiful meal?" Come on, prepare the ingredients, Li Lang teaches me to be a cook, you don't have to send it every day! ”

Seeing that He Batsheng was indeed fond of this taste, Li Tai talked about the production process in detail, but because the mung beans and other substances used need to be soaked and the starch precipitation after grinding also takes time, it takes more than ten hours before and after, so it is obvious that it cannot be eaten freshly.

"It's still your well-dressed family, and your daily diet is so ingenious!"

He Batsheng also understood the ingredients and workmanship process, and couldn't help but sigh, he mistook this jelly for a recipe handed down by the Li family in Longxi.

"There are long and short life, and if you want to prolong your life, you must maintain your health. But if you are careful, you can make delicious ingredients from vulgar ingredients, and you don't have to be exhausted. There are indeed people who are good at eating and drinking, and I very much welcome my uncle to live in the countryside for a few days. ”

Li Tai said with a smile again.

When He Batsheng heard this, he also smiled and said, "If it's just a lip service, then you will be disappointed." I don't have anything to do with me today, and I have a lot of leisure to wander around the country. But you haven't been here for more than a month, and when you visit today, I'm afraid you won't just send a jar of powder paste to eat? ”

"The adult has not heard from him so far, and the boy is trapped in the village for his livelihood, and he has no time to go out to search, so I want to ask my uncle, how can I find out the news?"

Since it was inconvenient for Li Tai to say that he had been studying the great spinning wheel and working hard to overthrow their Western Wei regime during this time, he first talked about the reason for human empathy.

Whether his son Li Xiao is alive or dead has indeed become a heart disease for him, although he is not restless in sleep, but occasionally dreams back at midnight.

"I don't have a definite plan to ask me about this matter, after the defeat of Bishan, although Wang Sizheng is outside the enemy Hengnong City, but several dock defenses in western Henan have been uprooted by the East Thief. The ears and eyes sent to Hebei are also difficult to communicate, and it is difficult to find out the personnel information. Whether your father is dead or dead, I have also inquired with the staff, but there is still no news. ”

Hearing He Batsheng say this, Li Tai sighed again.

In this situation, no news is good news, if his father is unfortunately caught by the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the evidence is conclusive, the clansmen who stayed in Hebei must also be affected. Now that he is missing, even if he confesses, there is room for prevarication.

After a big battle, the communication of information between the east and the west is not smooth, which is actually a good thing for Hobatsheng in front of him.

On the battlefield of Bishan, He Batsheng fled like a dog chased by Gao Huan, and his life was in danger for a time, Gao Huan hated it so much, and soon after he returned, he killed He Batsheng's relatives in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. When He Batsheng heard the news, he also became ill with grief and indignation, and died the next year.

Whether it was out of repaying He Batsheng's kindness, or hoping that this few reliance in the Western Wei Dynasty would exist longer, Li Tai also hoped that He Batsheng would live longer.

Now that there is no news about things, it is inconvenient for Li Tai to do any early warning foreshadowing, so as soon as the conversation changed, he said again: "When I came to visit today, I would like to ask my uncle about something." I don't know how much hemp my uncle has stored in the garden, if the storage is abundant and not of great use for the time being, I want to buy a batch in person. ”

"Hemp? I really don't know about these, although I have received a lot of garden business, but they are all subordinate rectification, and I have no time to ask. Since you are here to ask, let me ask the person in charge first. If there is a surplus, take it away, not buy or sell. ”

When Hobatsheng heard this, he ordered a housekeeper to be summoned and asked about the relevant matters.

"There are more than 7,000 catties of raw hemp materials stored in Zhufang Garden, and if you come to ask in the first half of the year, there are more than 30,000 catties of raw hemp materials in the accumulation. However, in the middle of the month, the lord ordered the garden to store materials and transport officials, and there were more than 20,000 catties of raw hemp. ”

Hearing this steward's answer, Li Tai couldn't help but be disappointed, but he couldn't help but ask: "Is it already so difficult for the imperial court to maintain it?" ”

"Since the Great Tour, which year has not been difficult? It's just that this year is more difficult, the military has lost their minds from the Kanto, and Daxingtai has to make a big military plan after the autumn, and it is indeed urgent. Since I have received a lot of national favors, I don't need to accumulate too much food, so it is better to lose the official position and relieve the difficulties of the times. ”

He Batsheng sighed: "Even so, Yu is still sleepy. Daxingtai wants to donate and lose, collect things and calculate merit, and first send to the opening of the government, in order to seek the wisdom of the group. ”

Hearing that Yuwentai was so poor that he wanted to sell his official position, Li Tai's heart moved again, and he hurriedly said: "Can I predict the price of losing the reward?" ”

He Batsheng said with a smile: "The charter is under discussion, so it's okay to take a look." Xingtai Su Shangshu also said that the reason why he drafted the style of losing the reward was also inspired by the old plan of Shuhu in your foreword. ”

He Batsheng still thinks that Li Tai picked up his uncle Lu Shuhu's teeth and wisdom when he wrote before, and Li Tai didn't bother to explain, so he took the document and read it.

This book order lists more than a dozen kinds of materials urgently needed for Xingtai, and marks how much each person and household can pay and lose, and what kind of official position they are paid for, which can be said to be clearly marked.

There are mainly two kinds of official positions: the governor of the township soldiers and the governor of the marshal, and these two levels of official positions happen to be the middle-level positions of the military structure of the later generations. The governor is the commander of the township regiment at the county level, and the commander is the county level. The number of quotas for each region is still inconclusive, and it is clear that discussions are still ongoing.

It seems that Yuwentai has already started to reorganize the right part of Guan Longhao, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and prepare materials for the reorganization of the strong troops in Guanxi and the township soldiers.

Li Tai really wanted to take this opportunity to occupy a position in advance, but thinking about his pockets and looking at those donation prices, he could only shake his head secretly.

Among the more than a dozen materials in this list, there is one material that caught Li Tai's attention, and that is ointment. If you lose 500 ointments, you can be awarded the post of governor.

Compared with the measurement of other materials, which are often in the thousands, this number seems to be relatively close to the people. And Li Tai happened to be thinking about oil extraction-related techniques and industries, and he couldn't help but be moved when he saw this case.

"It seems that the lack of ointment in the imperial court is very urgent, and all other measurements are tens of millions, but this kind of official can be awarded for 500 hundred."

Li Tai pointed to the book and said with a smile.

"This is to reward the chiefs of the Muhu tribe on the other side, so lower the qualification."

He Batsheng replied casually.

After Li Tai heard this, he was a little puzzled: "If you say that the oil is ointment, it is naturally oil and ointment, why is it Duenhu Chief?" I live in the countryside, common people harvest seeds and press oil, I want to come to the people a lot of oil, is it that the farmers are full of oil and do not give officials? ”

He Batsheng replied: "If you go to the stage, you will be awarded if you lose, and naturally there is no distinction between farming and herding." It's just ......"

"Lang Jun knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other, the private family presses the oil, and it can be used enough, and it will not be stored too much. All pressed oil seeds, must be creamy fat and moist, paste is full, the ground is poor, planted for one season, and the work hurts three autumns. Therefore, when people choose seeds, they must weigh them at their discretion, and they dare not plant indiscriminately, so they do not have much savings. ”

The steward of the Horbasheng Mansion explained with a smile.

After hearing this, Li Tai suddenly realized, he knew that planting soybeans could protect the moisture of the land, and the previous subordinates also suggested interplanting, but they proposed to cut off the bean plants before sowing wheat to raise the field, originally he also felt that it was a waste of seeds and cultivation, it turned out to be to ensure the fertility of the land.

"May I ask the master, how much oil can each of the pressed oil seeds?"

Hearing that the steward was also very familiar with agricultural affairs, Li Tai asked again.

After hearing this, the steward shook his head a little embarrassedly and smiled: "Although the servant has a shallow knowledge of farming, he is not deeply involved in the industry, and he really doesn't know the details." ”

"What are these doings, you ask? Do you want to use this order to get an official position? ”

Seeing Li Tai's repeated questions, He Batsheng frowned and said, "With a good background, there is no need to make such vulgar schemes to humiliate your life experience!" Even if you are away for a while, there will be a day of leaping, why follow this miscellaneous background! ”

After hearing this, Li Tai hurriedly said: "The equipment is self-raised, and if it is rewarded, it will be used, and if it is not rewarded, it will be hidden." How dare I plot a position and humiliate my family. Only because of entering the countryside do I know the difficulty of establishing one's life, hoping for the good of all, but being disgusted......"

He recounted a little about his rejection by the big families in the township, and He Batsheng laughed after listening to it: "Didn't Shuhu teach you a clever plan to live in the township and start a business? You are not the only one who is disturbed, but we who live in the guest house are also often disturbed by this! ”

Although it is said that the strong soldiers and horses in troubled times are the king, but the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, as strong as Gao Huan entered Hebei at the beginning of the year, and he also bowed his head to Hebei Haoqiang.

Now that the pattern of hegemony between the east and the west has been formed, although these Beizhen generals under Yuwentai have their own troops, if they really dare to play with the Kansai heroes, they don't need the Eastern Wei to attack, and they will have a lot of fun.

"What I owe is only material resources. If my uncle can fund a little, this townsman will not be a problem! ”

After thinking about it, Li Tai said with a smile.