"See the emperor, long live long live!" Lu Zhi and Zhang Yan bowed.

"Flat!" Emperor Ling looked at the two of them, and asked straight to the point: "Who said just now that you won't be a big general?" ”

Lu Zhi stepped forward, clenched his fists and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has no mouth to hide, forgive your sins!" ”

Emperor Ling looked at the muscular minister, "Then you say, what general is not a wreck?" ”

"Your Majesty, the position of the general, in charge of the promotion and assessment of the national army, now, the people are in charge of the fire and water, the history of the assassination and the local military power of the state pastor are arbitrary, just like the princes of the Later Zhou Dynasty, the country is divided, and the period is not far off!"

"Presumptuous!" Mrs. Hu shouted angrily, "Lu Zi, what do you want to do!" ”

Emperor Ling calmly looked at Lu Zhi, who had an upright personality, and said in his heart, in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wasn't this the case? Dong Zhuo held the emperor hostage, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, etc., isn't it just the local princes who started up?

"Then Lu Zhi, what do you say this general should do?" Emperor Ling asked him.

"Your Majesty, if there are disasters all over the world today, the people are not happy, and the Son of Heaven is not in charge of the army, at this time, the most important thing is to find a way to comfort the people's livelihood and train an elite army that belongs to Your Majesty."

"Once Your Majesty's soldiers are strong and strong, every year you will announce that all the assassins and state pastors must return to the palace for assessment, and gradually concentrate the military power in the hands of Your Majesty, so as to prevent the princes from supporting their own troops and causing the princes to fight!"

When Mrs. Hu heard this, he said in his heart, it's over, what Lu Zhi said is a good idea, but the emperor is in the deep palace, how can he understand these local affairs!

Lu Zigan is too upright, not to mention the general, the position of this great Sima will not be guaranteed.

The calmer His Majesty the Spirit Emperor was, it must be the forbearance before the anger erupted.

Zhang Yan also quietly tugged at Lu Zhi's sleeve and whispered, "Zigan, it's better to talk less!" ”

Lu Zhi ignored the exhortation of the two, looked directly at the emperor, and said:

"Your Majesty, if I, Lu Zhi, become a general, within three years, I will train a strong army for Your Majesty, and I will obey Your Majesty wherever the army goes!"

"Lu Zhi, I see that you only have one mouth, and you talk exaggeratedly, saying that you will train an elite soldier within three years, what about the grain and grass, and what about Yulu? How can these be solved? If you can't say why, I'm determined to ...... you."

Emperor Ling wanted to say that he would be beheaded or something, but seeing that Lu Zhi was a great talent in military affairs, he couldn't bear to exert too much pressure, so he changed his words and said:

"I'm going to demote you three levels in a row!"

"Your Majesty, the people of the world are displaced due to the great drought and flooding, and the taxes collected by the court are even more pitiful, and the people work hard, and after paying taxes, they have almost no food and no clothing. If Your Majesty will reduce the tax and turn some of the peasants into merchants, and collect taxes on the merchants, then the variety of imperial revenues will increase, and when the grain will be less, the merchant taxes will increase......"

Mrs. Hu shouted: "Lu Zhi, businessmen are untouchables, how can they turn ordinary people into untouchables?" Besides, the merchant is in business, and the tax is too small to be compared with the peasant tax! ”

"That's a great idea!" Emperor Ling remembered his previous life, it used to be a commercial world, how could there be money without business! Unexpectedly, Lu Zhi could have such a forward-looking vision.

Therefore, Emperor Ling interrupted Hu Taifu's words: "I think what Lu Aiqing said is reasonable, then Shangshutai will set aside a special department of commerce to encourage commerce, if commerce becomes bigger, maybe it will surpass agriculture and become the two pillars of society." In this way, if you have money, you will not be afraid of grain and grass. ”

"I worship Lu Zhi as a general and a great commander, and is fully responsible for the military and military assessments. Zhang Yanbai is Situ, responsible for education, finance, tax collection and other functions. ”

"Your Ministers obey!"

"I will leave the capital for three months, and during these three months, all affairs will be taken care of by the three of them, and after the end of the day, the daily political affairs must be sent to me by fast horses! I will keep abreast of the situation in the capital. ”

With that, Emperor Ling got up and left, leaving the three of them to look at each other.

This mess is too decisive.

......

In the early morning of the next day, a young man dressed as a young master and a handsome servant quietly walked out of the gate of the capital.

A day later, the two came to a small town,

"Your Majesty...... Young master, when you leave the capital, you will be in front of Pingyang County. Let's rest in Binh Duong County tonight. ”

"Okay, Ah Ruo, you can arrange it."

The two of them stopped at the Sifang Inn in the middle of the city.

When the shopkeeper saw that the two of them were wearing silk, he knew that they were rich officials or landlords, so he couldn't help but cheer up and bow his head to serve.

"Honorable guest, these are two first-class guest rooms, facing the window, and the street scenery below is in full view, please tell me if you have something."

After the master and servant had set up their rooms, they then came to the bustling part of the city.

The lively streets, the shouting and noisy sounds, made Emperor Ling feel very novel.

"Boss, how do you sell your buns?" Spirit Emperor Liu Hong came to a steamed bun shop, looked at the somewhat gray steamed bun, and wanted to taste how it tasted.

"Two for a penny." The shopkeeper of the steamed bun shop said with some confusion.

"What does the boss mean? Was he calling me? While the shopkeeper was puzzled, the Young Spirit Emperor took out a penny from the cuff pouch, bought two gray-and-white buns, and opened his mouth to bite them.

"Oops-" I only heard the Spirit Emperor shout, what kind of bun is this, it is clearly a bun lump, hard and rough that it is difficult to swallow.

"Boss! Your buns are so unpalatable! Emperor Ling pinched the bun with his fingers and said.

"What's the boss?" The shopkeeper asked, "Guest officer, my steamed buns have been made for decades, and they are an old shop in Binh Duong County!" The steamed buns of the entire Han Dynasty have always been like this, I don't know where the guest officer can eat better steamed buns than my family? ”

"The owner is the shopkeeper, I learned it from a long way away." Emperor Ling said: "Shopkeeper, I will improve your steamed buns to make your steamed buns the best among the seven counties of the entire Luodu." ”

"Little guest officer, you are so young, will you improve?" The store didn't believe it.

And on the side, Yang Aruo also looked at the Spirit Emperor curiously. When he was a ranger, he traveled the rivers and lakes, and he didn't know how many buns he ate, but they all tasted like this, and Emperor Ling actually said that he could improve it.

What is the improved bun?

Yang Aruo is also very much looking forward to it.

"Don't worry, I'll teach you this good method later, but I also have requirements." The Spirit Emperor said slyly.

The shopkeeper looked at Emperor Ling with distrustful eyes, and thought: "Such a little kid, what good improvements can there be, seeing that he is brightly dressed and guarded by bodyguards, he must be a child from a big family, I have to gamble with him and win some money." ”

So, the shopkeeper laughed and said, "Guest officer, if you succeed in the improvement, I can agree to your request; What if it fails? ”

Emperor Ling smiled, "If I fail, I will lose this jade wrench finger in my hand to you!" ”

"Young master, no!" Yang Aruo understands in his heart how precious this jade wrench is, and it is a symbol of the emperor's identity, how can he use it for gambling!

"It's okay, I'm not going to lose." The Spirit Emperor lightly stopped Ah Ruo's words.

"Then we bet, you lose, give me the jade wrench, I lose, you put forward a condition, but I can't agree to the big condition." The shopkeeper was afraid that Emperor Ling would not agree, so he took the initiative to accept it.

"Okay, that's up to me." As he spoke, the Spirit Emperor rolled up his sleeves.

At this time, there are more and more people around. It's really rare to have such a stakes. Perhaps, the owner will have to ask someone to taste it as a referee, and then there will be free buns to eat.

After a while, people were crowded, and they were all curious, what ability does this young man have to make the buns more delicious?

I saw Emperor Ling take out half a bag of flour from the flour bag, and instructed the shopkeeper to re-grind it with a stone mill, grinding it finely, like dust, and then sifting off the bran, and the snow-white flour appeared in front of everyone.

Then, Emperor Ling thought about the steps of making steamed buns at home with his wife and his wife in his previous life, and wrapped the buns step by step.

After about half an hour, Emperor Ling actually wrapped about 100 buns, and also wrapped semicircular, triangular and pleated buns, which were much better than the store's buns.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, the bun was nearly twice as big as when it was just wrapped. At this time, the bamboo basket is moved to the stove to steam.

After another half hour, bursts of fragrance wafted out of the steamer. There were many sounds of swallowing saliva all around.

"It smells so good! It's just like a heavenly delicacy. ”

"I don't think it's expensive to sell for a penny with this fragrance."

"It's so fragrant, stand and wait for the pot to boil."

......

And the shopkeeper smelled this tempting fragrance incredulously and thought, "What's going on?" Why is it so fragrant! Not only is it fragrant, but when I smell it, I feel that my stomach is empty. ”

"That's it!" As soon as the Spirit Emperor lifted the lid of the steamer, a wave of heat rushed to his face.

The white and tender buns appeared in front of everyone's eyes.