Chapter 200: Only Salted Fish Do You Want It

"Master Hou, Xia Guan is your person now, you have to think about Xia Guan..."

Huang Shijing wiped the sweat on her forehead, this was a cold sweat.

Chen Cao sat upright in the chair, and only sat back in his position when Huang Shijing felt that he was too rude, and then looked at Chen Cao directly.

"Ben Hou asked for a thing." Chen Cao said quietly: "Every time you go back from Shanghai to catch salted fish, do you eat it yourself or sell it?" Or was it directly sent to Suzhou as a tax? ”

Huang Shijing hurriedly recalled: "Some of the officials took it, but most of them were sold to the local people in Huating, or they were sent directly to the Huating County Government, so that Liu Wenzheng's official income was sent at a discount, and the Suzhou Mansion also sent it, but it was a little less." ”

"What is your relationship with Yang Weizhi?"

Huang Shijing smiled embarrassedly: "Although the lower official is attached to Donglin, the lower official still knows that Lord Yang is the official when Fang Congzhe was the first assistant. ”

"That's okay," Chen Cao nodded: "Our Ming Dynasty's Yulu is really too low, either Lu rice or some spices, how can these things be exchanged for money?" As for the salted fish you sent, you have to let your subordinates sell it for a long time, and the restaurant sells all salted fish banquets at a certain time, hahaha..."

The corners of Huang Shijing's mouth twitched, he was in a hurry now, if Chen Cao didn't protect him, he, the prefect's official, would be the end.

Of course, Chen Cao also saw Huang Shijing's thoughts clearly, and then got up with a smile and patted him on the shoulder: "Lord Huang is relieved, you have become Benhou's person, Benhou naturally wants to protect you, although you can rest assured about paying taxes, after seeing Yang Weizhi later, look at Benhou's eyes..."

Huang Shijing hurriedly got up and shook it to the end: "Master Xie..."

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"This restaurant is the property under the name of Benhou," Chen Cao did not shy away from the rules of being an official and not doing business, but when the emperor was not an official, he could do business openly: "It is still in the early stages, and the decoration and construction should be compared to the Qinhuai Tower in Jinling, presumably Lord Yang should know the Qinhuai Tower." ”

"Qinhuai Tower is the No. 1 restaurant in Jinling," Yang Weizhi said with a smile: "Xiaguan knows." ”

"What do you think of the fishermen and people in Susong?"

Yang Weizhi had already picked up the wine glass, and then put it down again: "There are not as many fishermen in Suzhou as in Songjiang, and what you get is actually okay." ”

"Well, Hangzhou West Lake vinegar fish is famous all over the world, and Suzhou carp is also made of tigers and tigers, but in recent years, I have heard that Suzhou is popular with Yusheng, I don't know if Lord Yang has eaten it."

Without waiting for Yang Weizhi to speak, Chen Cao said, "Come on, go and bring tonight's finale main dish." ”

Sashimi Chen Cao likes it, and since he went to the Wa Kingdom, his people have fallen in love with this seemingly simple but not simple dish.

It's just that the second dish after a large plate of sashimi is a dish of Shanghai salted fish, which is all salted fish, or steamed, stewed, and boiled.

As soon as there is a lot of salted fish, this taste will come immediately.

"Something up-and-coming..."

Chen Cao took a deep breath, and then smiled and pointed to the salted fish sprinkled with a lot of chili powder: "This is a new dish recently invented by Ben Hou, Lord Yang hurry up and try it." ”

A large plate of sashimi in the middle is surrounded by a salted fish feast all around, Rao is Yang Weizhi's kung fu to nourish his qi has been superb, but at this moment he has been smoked by the salted fish feast and his scalp is numb...

Seeing that Yang Weizhi was slow to stretch out his hand, Chen Cao personally picked up a piece of spicy salted fish and put it in Yang Weizhi's bowl: "Come and taste it..."

When the Marquis of Chao personally served you vegetables, can you be embarrassed to eat?

Yang Weizhi was flattered and picked up the chopsticks and took a bite, the sea fish has no small spines, Yang Weizhi, who usually eats salted fish once in a while, suddenly felt that the first time he ate this spicy salted fish, it tasted really good.

"How?"

Yang Weizhi nodded: "Dingwu Hou is not only both civil and military, but I didn't expect that there would be such research in cooking. ”

"That's," Chen Cao's proud look was a little excessive, and then he changed the topic and continued to ask: "Then please ask Lord Yang to comment, how about this spicy salted fish?" ”

Where did Yang Weizhi know Chen Cao's intentions, thinking about eating other people's food, and briefly commenting that it was a small thing: "The food is delicious..."

"Good..."

Chen Cao stood up and applauded repeatedly, and saw that the people at the table were a little surprised: "Since even Lord Yang praised the benefits of salted fish, then...

Lord Huang, this year, all the taxes in Shanghai County will be handed over to the city salted fish, and if the grain on the side of the Songjiang prefect's yamen is not enough, all the salted fish will be handed over to the city, so as not to be embarrassed by the Huang prefect's side..."

Huang Shijing got up and saluted Chen Cao with a grateful face: "Master Hou understands the difficulties of the lower officials, and the lower officials are grateful. ”

Yang Weizhi's face turned blue at the moment, what does this mean?

"Dingwu Hou, this... This salted fish... How can this salted fish be taxed? ”

Chen Cao's face was horrified: "Can't pay taxes?" Saying that, Chen Cao immediately stared at Huang Shijing with a serious face: "Governor Huang, how did the taxes in Shanghai County be paid in previous years?" ”

Huang Shijing immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "There are not enough people with household registration in Shanghai County, and the whole county is poor, and most of the local people are engaged in fishermen's livelihood. ”

Huang Shijing's performance made Chen Cao very satisfied, and Chen Cao said sharply: "Ben Hou asks you, is there any salted fish in the summer and autumn gifts that you have sent to Susong Yamen from Songjiang Mansion over the years?" ”

Huang Shijing nodded like garlic: "I did send a lot of salted fish to Governor Yang's yamen to pay, at that time, when it was time to pay taxes, the price of salted fish under the rule of this government was very low, so that now there are still a lot of dried salted fish in the lower officials' homes that can't be eaten." ”

Yang Weizhi looked at Chen Cao with an unkind face and said, "Dingwu Hou, according to your meaning, this time the delivery of summer grain in the entire Songjiang Mansion has to be replaced with salted fish?" ”

Chen Cao turned his head to look at Huang Shijing: "Governor Huang, there is only salted fish in this county, according to the past practice, do you accept it or not?" ”

Huang Shijing wiped her cold sweat: "According to the previous practice, receive..."

"Then Governor Huang, what should you do with the salted fish you received?"

"This... This..."

Chen Cao smiled: "You don't have to be afraid, with Ben Hou here to discuss with Lord Yang, it will definitely be able to solve it perfectly." ”

"It's... After receiving this, it was first sold under the rule of Huating, and it was really impossible to sell it, and then the market price of salted fish was exchanged with the price of grain at the same price, and escorted to the governor's yamen. ”

The purpose of Yang Weizhi's trip is to squeeze Chen Cao, the relief of the hundreds of thousands of displaced people was that Songjiang Mansion opened the grain of the treasury for relief, and the grain of the treasury was used to prepare for the summer grain of the next year, and the oil and water of Songjiang Mansion is still okay, if Huang Shijing is defeated, the prefect of Songjiang Mansion can let the people in power rearrange it.

And now that the eunuch party is in power, Yang Weizhi, who is attached to the eunuch party and the Zhejiang party, naturally wants to find trouble with Chen Cao in Songjiang Mansion under the instructions of the great leader Feng Yan, and this reason is naturally to start with the most rigorous summer and autumn endowments in the imperial court, and no one dares to do anything wrong in the face of taxes.

Of course, Yang Weizhi also thought so before.

But he didn't think that his opponent didn't play cards according to common sense, and his side had not yet made a difficulty, but the opponent took the lead.

"There are internal ghosts..."This is the first thing that comes to Yang Weizhi's mind.

"That's right, Ben Hou asked you, how long has your Songjiang Mansion been doing this?"

Huang Shijing arched his hand: "It has been like this since the construction of Shanghai County. ”

"Shanghai County was built in the Jiajing period, even if the Jiajing year is excluded, it will be more than fifty years to this day," Chen Cao said and looked at Yang Weizhi harmlessly: "Lord Yang, it shouldn't be a problem for Governor Huang to do this." ”

Yang Weizhi can't say that it's not good, this practice is a normal thing in the Ming Dynasty, whenever the officials can't issue the money, the court will let them use the physical goods of the government treasury as the money, and then let the officials go to the market to buy and sell goods in exchange for food and silver.

It is precisely because of this kind of manipulation that the officials of the Ming Dynasty are so corrupt that there is no one before or since, even if they peel the skin and grass, they still can't deter those who want to be officials.

The advantage of being an official is to earn money, but if you don't make money, what books do those people read? Even Mr. Qian, whose water is too cold, is not greedy and happy?

Chen Cao saw that Yang Weizhi didn't speak, so he personally poured wine for Yang Weizhi with a wine bottle: "Lord Yang doesn't need to be nervous, Benhou is a well-known eunuch traitor in the dynasty, so naturally he won't joke about the two endowments, but the rules of more than 50 years Lord Yang can't be broken because of the arrival of Benhou, and most of the displaced people under Songjiang Mansion are from Suzhou Mansion;

This matter is really no wonder Huang Zhifu, it is also a good thing to help the homeless, Ben Hou thinks that His Majesty will definitely not blame, after all, they are all His Majesty's people. ”

"Opening a warehouse to release grain without permission is a dereliction of duty..."

Yang Weizhi still wants to get back on the field, but the current situation is clearly not in his favor.

Chen Cao shook his head: "No, Governor Huang didn't open a warehouse to release grain without permission, because Ben Hou agreed to this matter." ”

"Dingwu Hou..."Yang Weizhi frowned: "When the summer grain time comes, if the food escorted to Nanjing is not enough, and Nanzhili has a mess, the lower officials will not take the initiative to bear it, and whoever is unlucky in this matter will be unlucky." ”

Huang Shijing was shocked in his heart, it was obvious that Yang Weizhi's words were aimed at him.

Chen Cao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Lord Yang is relieved, Nan Zhili can't make a mess, since today's salted fish feast even Lord Yang said that it is 'delicious food', with this sentence, I believe that these salted fish will definitely sell well in Suzhou Mansion in the future, and then Benhou will have to congratulate Lord Yang for his fierce vision." ”

"Vicious?"

Yang Weizhi despised this eunuch in his heart, and then pretended to be helpless and said: "The lower official is still the same sentence, if you can't hold back, the lower official will not take this responsibility." ”

"Don't worry, come here, continue to serve the food, pass on the order of Benhou, load this year's summer grain and salted fish in this county onto the ship, and transport it to Suzhou Mansion by sea."