Xia Jing asked people to invite Jingzhao Yin Weidong to the palace to discuss matters.

While waiting for someone, she asked the palace people to inform her in the small kitchen of Qingning Palace and asked the cook to prepare a few pots.

"When Wei Dong comes, it's almost noon, and everyone stays to eat together."

After the autumn harvest, the temperature in the Gyeonggi area drops a lot, and a thick layer of frost can be seen outside in the morning.

However, the temperature warmed up at noon, but the temperature in the hall was still very low, if it weren't for the brazier in the hall, I am afraid everyone would be shivering with cold.

Wei Dong received Xia Jing's order and hurriedly entered the palace, and when he arrived in the hall, the generals had already placed hot pot in front of them.

The hot pot prepared in the small kitchen is a red and white mandarin duck pot, the milky white soup wafting with a fresh and sweet taste, and the soup full of red oil wafting with a spicy taste, the two flavors are blended, so that several generals sitting at the table can't help but swallow their saliva.

Wei Dong, who had just entered the hall: "."

He took a hard breath, "Xiang, this is the Niangniang's banquet for all the heroes?" ”

Ding Dazhuang stared at the side dishes on the table with a green glow, so greedy that he almost couldn't control the saliva in his mouth, listened to the footsteps, and then listened to Wei Dong's words, and said angrily: "Why are you so grinding when you enter the second palace?" Everyone is so hungry that their stomachs are sour in order to wait for you! ”

Wei Dong listened to Ding Dazhuang's words, was anxious, and hurriedly defended: "Don't talk about it, you kid, as soon as I received the letter, I rushed to the palace non-stop, you are still too slow, do you think I have flying feet?" ”

Xia Jing, who was sitting at the top, smiled to stop the two from arguing any further, "Okay, since Wei Dong is here, let's sit down!" ”

Wei Dong and Ding Dazhuang used to be the captains of her personal guards, but later their respective development paths changed, Wei Dong became a civil official, and Ding Dazhuang became a military general, a Jing Zhaoyin, and a general.

It can be said that the official positions of both are not small. The two were born as refugees and were very satisfied with this official position.

Wei Dong walked quickly to the center of the hall and saluted Xia Jing, "Weichen Wei Dong has seen Niangniang!" ”

"No courtesy, sit down, everyone will be waiting for you."

"Xie Niangniang."

Wei Dong stood up and walked over to his place and sat down.

Everyone present, except for Wei Dong in the capital, rarely accompanied her to eat.

Li Dingguo was sent to Nanyang when he was in Lingnan, and this may be the first time he has dined with Xia Jing.

He had eaten the pot before, but the way he ate it was different, the previous way of eating it was to put all kinds of dishes into the pot and cook them, and then serve them on the table and enjoy them slowly.

And the pot that Xia Jing asked people to prepare, the soup in it was gurgling and tumbling, and there were a lot of side dishes on the table, all of which were raw, waiting for them to cook them by themselves.

After coming to the capital, Xia Jing asked people to plant a lot of vegetables, and the vegetables in Lingnan brought a lot of seeds over.

"Niangniang, these dishes have to be freshly cooked?" Just when Li Dingguo didn't know where to start, Xiao Qi, who was sitting in the first position on Xia Jing's left side, asked curiously.

Xia Jing smiled: "Yes, what you want to eat and cook." ”

"But." Xiao Qi put down the chopsticks in his hand and said a little helplessly: "But Weichen has never been in the kitchen to cook, and this cooking is really not good." ”

"Hahaha, Wei Dong, you teach our Hou Ye and tell him how to eat this hot pot." Xiao Qi's appearance amused Xia Jing, and she instructed Wei Dong to teach him.

Wei Dong smiled, picked up a spinach, soaked it twice on the milky white soup, and put it in his bowl.

He said to Xiao Qi: "It's as simple as that, Marquis Xiao, you might as well try it." ”

Xiao Qi raised his eyebrows, and also picked up a spinach and soaked it in the soup, and then blew it into his mouth, the milky white bone broth was simply shabu-shabu, maintaining the original fresh and sweet taste of spinach, which is very good!

"Hmm, mother, what kind of dish is this? Why is it so delicious, and the roots still have a sweet taste! ”

Xia Jing took a sip of almond juice and explained: "The seeds brought by Fanbang, when I was in Lingnan, I exchanged some seeds with them. ”

Xiao Qi suddenly said: "No wonder the last general has never seen this kind of vegetable before, it turned out to be something extraordinary." ”

Li Dingguo watched Wei Dong simmer the thin mutton in the red oil soup, and then dipped it in the sauce and ate it into his mouth, seeing that he ate it with relish, he couldn't help but sandwich a piece of mutton and soaked it, tasted the taste of mutton according to the same procedure as him, and gave a thumbs up!

Xiao Qi lives in Jizhou, and he only listened to the changes in Lingnan once, and didn't pay attention to it, otherwise he would know what tofu is.

At this moment, he sandwiched a piece of white tofu and asked, "Master Wei, what is this?" ”

Wei Dong glanced at Xia Jing, who was sitting at the top, "This is the tofu made by Niangniang's order." ”

"What about this?" Xiao Qi picked up another piece of fried tofu skin.

Wei Dong replied seriously: "It's still tofu!" ”

"This is also tofu?" Xiao Qi frowned, feeling that there was no problem with his eyes, then it must be Wei Dong perfunctory to him.

Xia Jing looked at his obviously unbelieving expression, and was overjoyed: "Master Hou, what Wei Dong said is right, that is tofu, but the golden tofu is fried." ”

"Huh? It's really tofu! Xiao Qi picked up another piece of lamb belly and asked, "What about this?" ”

"It's lamb tripe, but it's a little thinner."

"Lamb tripe?!"

The lamb's belly that was picked up fell on the table, although Xiao Qi was born in a famous family and did not distinguish between grains since he was a child, but since he was the assassin in Jizhou, he still cares about agriculture and animal husbandry.

Because he cared, he knew what the tripe was like.

Xiao Qi's mind couldn't help but think of the sheep slaughtering scene he had seen, and when he thought of the internal organs that were taken out of his belly, his stomach churned.

"Gross!" He waved his hand and motioned for the attendant to quickly take the plate of lamb belly away, disgusting him.

Wei Dong scalded a piece of lamb's belly, put it in his mouth, and looked at him rarely: "Marquis Xiao, as for it?" Such a delicious lamb tripe, you actually dislike it! ”

Xiao Qi took a sip of tea and shook his hand, food is always unknown to its original appearance, knowing some unsightly food, it is really possible that he can't eat it.

This discordant dish was served, and the table was still harmonious.

Xia Jing has a soft spot for green vegetables, although she also eats meat, she usually focuses on green vegetables.

The men below are different, they are military generals, and for military generals, meat is more pleasing to them.

Beef and mutton is the main theme of shabu-shabu, and the men eat meat and drink a lot of wine, but they eat to their heart's content.

Everyone ate and drank enough, after the pot was sprinkled, and when the palace people served tea, Xia Jing talked about the purpose of calling Wei Dong over this time.

"It will soon be the first snow of the year, and I want to build a martyr's memorial hall in the square in front of Chengfu Gate before the snow falls."

"Martyrs' Memorial?"

The generals below didn't understand the purpose of this pavilion.

Ye Fei, who was standing on the side, heard Xia Jing say something, and when he heard her say this, he probably guessed what she meant, so he said: "Niangniang means to build this martyr's memorial hall to commemorate the soldiers who sacrificed to defend Dayu?" ”

Xia Jing nodded solemnly: "The soldiers who died for Dayu, they were unknown during their lifetime, and they must always let future generations know what they have done after death." They are loyal to the country, sacrifice for the country, we should not be deprived of the glory after death, but in the future, all the soldiers who sacrificed for the country, regardless of the position, the tablet can enter the martyr's memorial, enjoy the incense of the descendants of Dayu, and it is more worthy of praise for future generations! ”

This.

Everyone looked at each other, such an honor is only unprecedented!

No matter how high or low the position is, you can enter the memorial hall, Xiao Qi, who has been dressed and eaten since childhood, can't understand this, if you want to say that you are a model, the influence of a general is definitely greater than that of a nobody.

"Niangniang, when you are a soldier and fight, you eat the emperor's food, if you are disabled or die in battle, the court will subsidize a lot of silver, this pension is rich enough, why do you want to pay for the construction of this martyr's memorial?"

As military generals, they have a supportive attitude towards this decree, after all, if something happens to them, at least the wives and children in the family have something to rely on, but if they want to allocate the location of the memorial hall to other ordinary soldiers, these people are unwilling.

Xia Jing looked at him, "The heart of loyalty to the monarch and the country is not divided between high and low, in this case, why can't they enter the Martyrs' Memorial Hall, or do you think their loyalty to the country is fake?" ”

No one dared to spread this, and Xiao Qi didn't dare to admit it, if this was known by the soldiers below, what would they think of him?

And how can he lead his troops into battle again?

Therefore, no one in the hall raised any objections, which can be regarded as acquiescing to what Xia Jing did.

Xia Jing turned her head to look at Wei Dong, "The matter of building the Martyrs' Memorial Hall, I will bother you to pay more attention, I will tell you the drawings and personnel arrangements, and you can do the rest of the things." ”

Wei Dong received the order, so that if the memorial hall is completed, the status of Dayu's military households and soldiers will be greatly improved, and it will even affect the current atmosphere of nobility and martial arts.

Of course, this atmosphere is unlikely to change in a short period of time, but at least the status of civilian military households will be improved, and the families of martyrs will be treated preferentially.

The construction of resettlement houses outside the capital, the railway from Beijing to Lingnan, and the cement roads in various state capitals are all in full swing, and the personnel ratio has also been arranged.

There are a large number of workers recruited inside and outside the capital, and the people seem to have entered the carnival season to make money.

A number of houses have been built in the resettlement houses outside Yongtong Gate, four-storey buildings, a total of ten.

A building with four units, each unit has two households, which is equal to eight households living in one building, 28 households in one building with four floors, and 280 households in ten buildings.

Xia Jing asked the craftsman to measure the size of the windows, and prepared to install glass windows in the house that was built first.

Such an extravagant action made Jing Zhaoyin's eyes a little hot, and his home and yamen were still pasted with window paper or cloud veil, how could there be glass to be of high grade?

Glass was a luxury item in ancient times when this technology was not mastered, but it was not difficult to make in front of Xia Jing and did not worry about selling.

"Niangniang, you built the resettlement house for the people for free, and now you are also free of charge for them to have a luxury and install glass windows, are you crazy? Glass is a sought-after item on the outside, and you can give it away so easily? ”

Xia Jing shook her head and smiled: "The glass factory can still maintain operation at present, and when the glass installation in the resettlement community is completed, this is the so-called advertising, and the power of wide and informed is powerful!" ”

Wei Dong shook his head, unable to understand Niangniang's thoughts.

"Have you been back to the city lately? Or do you have a lot of families who return to the capital? ”

"Since the end of the counterinsurgency, merchants from all over the country, people from the former Gyeonggi area, and powerful families have returned one after another, and every day the city gate is lined up to enter the city."

Saying that, Wei Dong smiled and squinted, "Steward Ding is even more busy with a large number of small officials, and the real estate in various parts of the capital has become the object of everyone's scramble!" ”

Xia Jing glanced at him unexpectedly: "Do you still need to rob the property?" Didn't they all buy back their old houses at the beginning? ”

Forgive her for being away for so long, and she didn't know the current status of the property before the repurchase.

Wei Dong took this opportunity to tell Xia Jing about the situation of the industry in the capital thoroughly.

"At first, in order to take care of you, Steward Ding gave them priority in their former house, but then all kinds of abuse on the street made people unbearable, so Steward Ding simply chose wherever you wanted, as long as there was enough silver, they dared to sell!" Wei Dong was a little confused by this divine stroke.

Will the owners of the former house agree that they don't make trouble?

Do they dare to put their beaks in the government's affairs?

Facts have proved that Xia Jing, the queen mother, is the treasure of the town, and with her in the capital, no one dares to be too presumptuous.

The queen's killing was decisive, and she really didn't dare anyone to provoke her casually.

Xia Jing nodded, that's fine, I believe that it won't be long before the glass shop in the capital will usher in another wave of big business.

The resettlement houses outside the city are another business card of the capital, but all the convoys entering the city from Changxia and Yongtongmen can see the bright windows of the resettlement houses.

When you go into the city and queue up, you will basically know what is going on with those houses outside the city!

Back in the capital, many big families and wealthy businessmen bought houses in the capital, many places need to be maintained.

Especially for the windows, the wooden latticework with the glass is bright and allows you to see the scenery outside without hindrance.

When Ding Daqiang checked the account book of the glass factory in the past few days, he found that the number recorded on the account book had doubled, and he hurriedly asked the shopkeeper: "What's going on?" Business is good these days? A lot of people coming back to the city? ”

The shopkeeper of the glass shop looked at the glass in the corner and said with a smile: "Some time ago, I was busy with the surrounding customers, and I was busy with the resettlement house during this time, and the resettlement room was almost over, and many family stewards who had just returned to the capital came to the store to draw glass, saying that they were thinking that the window screen paper of the house at home should be replaced by transparent and well-lit glass." ”

"From the chat, I learned that the reason why they just returned to the city and knew that our store had glass for sale was because when they entered the city, they saw the resettlement house outside the city, and the windows of the resettlement house were so beautiful with glass!"

Ding Daqiang smiled rather unexpectedly: "According to what you say, these guests agreed to change the glass because they saw the teaching conditions of the school?" ”

"Yes!"

"Sizzle! I didn't expect that the mother would give away ten buildings of glass for free, which would produce such a big benefit! ”