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Chapter 198 Hong Chengchou's Poisonous Plan

The chefs below began to stir-fry, and there was a burst of ding-ding-clang-clang, and the audience below were also very excited. I didn't expect this stir-fry to look quite interesting.

The cooking of these chefs is indeed more ornamental. For example, the skill of flipping spoons has appeared in this era.

The judges were also watching at this time, and the chief minister on the side smiled and said: "Mencius said that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen. Now it seems that it is a little less fun."

Hong Chengchou heard the words and replied: "Mencius' words are to persuade King Hui of Liang to kill less and to govern more benevolently. This is a word of exhortation to be kind."

The chief envoy said: "Yanyan (Hong Chengchou's character) is really knowledgeable."

Hong Chengchou clasped his fists and said, "Your Excellency, it's just that people misunderstand and don't want to delve into the art of cooking."

After hearing the words of the two adults, the prefect Zhang Jinru said: "It seems that we should also learn from that Dongpo Layman when we have time in the future, and taste all the flavors of the world."

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou glanced at Zhang Jinru, didn't say anything, but felt contempt in his heart, Shaanxi was almost out of food, and he still wanted to learn from Su Dongbo, who had no ambitions.

While thinking about it, Zhang Jinshui looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "Master Hong, we are also thinking about it when we are idle. We have something to ask."

Hong Chengchou said: "Eunuch, please tell me."

"The miscellaneous family was ordered to come to Shaanxi to supervise the grain, and the summer grain will be delivered in more than a month. Does your lord think that Shaanxi can fulfill His Majesty's will this year?"

Zhang Jinshui said in a low voice, the chief envoy and Zhang Jinru heard it, but they pretended not to hear it. As an official, one thing more is worse than one thing less.

At this time, Hong Chengchou frowned and said: "Eunuch Zhang, Shaanxi is still suffering from continuous disasters this year, but Eunuch Zhang has increased taxes by [-]%..."

"Lord Hong, the miscellaneous family doesn't want to listen to these useless words, but just wants to ask you if you can fulfill His Majesty's entrustment."

Hong Chengchou frowned, glanced at Zhang Jinshui and said, "My father-in-law is so inconsiderate of the people, I'm afraid something will happen."

Zhang Jinshui sneered and said: "The miscellaneous family doesn't care about the great disaster. The miscellaneous family only knows that they can't live up to His Majesty's trust. Your Majesty can wait for this payment to conquer Liaodong."

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou frowned, but he didn't say anything, but said: "We'll talk about this matter later, today we are the judges, and we should mainly taste the dishes."

Zhang Jinshui took a look at Hong Chengchou, then nodded and said, "Master Hong, you must know that you are in the hands of the Emperor, so don't disappoint His Majesty's trust."

Hong Chengchou pretended not to hear it at this time, and looked at the field without squinting. Zhang Jinshui's face turned dark at this time, thinking to Hong Chengchou, don't be ignorant of good and evil, otherwise, hehe...

Although Emperor Chongzhen didn't believe in eunuchs now, Zhang Jinshui was different. He was mixed with the great eunuch Wang Chengen, and he was a direct descendant of Emperor Chongzhen. When he came down to urge food and tax, it could be seen that the court attached great importance to food and payment.

At this time, on the field, the dishes of the others were almost ready, and Jin Qiaoniang took the mutton out of the marinade, drained the water, and said to the boy next to him: "Fire."

The little guy immediately started to light the fire, and it started to burn with a whistling fire. At this time, pour rapeseed oil into the pan, heat the oil pan, and then immediately pour in the mutton, and stir-fry for 1 minute. At this time, the mutton is almost mature. , Put it out and set aside, then continue to pour oil into the pot, pour in onion, ginger and garlic, fry the pot, stir fry the aroma, then pour in the mutton, followed by white vinegar, sesame oil, and sugar.

At this time, Jin Qiaoniang said: "Big fire."

Hearing this, the little guy pushed the bellows desperately, and the flames became the biggest. At this time, Jin Qiaoniang quickly stir-fried on high fire, followed by a little water starch to thicken and serve.

So a plate of authentic modern scallion-stir-fried mutton comes out of the pan. The mutton is bright red in color and the smell of scallions is tangy.

At this time, the judges were passing the dishes, and the judges were tasting one by one. These judges were pampered, and they were all masters who had eaten and seen it before. At this time, the mutton entered their mouths, and several people carefully tasted it.

The first few judges were not satisfied, so they all took a bite and pushed them aside. The evaluation was only one word, usually, followed by the judges of the wealthy businessmen below, who were responsible for determining six to ten.

At this time, the judges ate the scallion-stir-fried mutton from Chef Songxilou Wang. The judges commented that the mutton taste was very strong, and the bitterness of the salt was also covered up, which was very good.

The judges nodded, followed by Zhang Degui from the Yellow Crane Tower. After the judges ate, their eyes became brighter and they said: "Okay."

Zhang Degui's fried mutton with scallions is very delicious, even better than Chef Wang's in Songxilou.

In the end it was Jin Qiaoniang's turn. Jin Qiaoniang's dish came out the slowest, so she was the last one to taste for the judges. In fact, this was a disadvantage. After all, the previous taste was so good that it would make this dish worthless.

Moreover, the judges have instinctively adapted to the taste after eating these scallion-stirred mutton. If it is not very amazing, even if it is delicious, everyone will think it is average.

However, when Jin Qiaoniang served this scallion-stir-fried mutton dish, it immediately attracted everyone's attention. The color of this dish was much better than Zhang Degui's, and several judges picked up a chopstick and put it into their mouths.

Then the chief envoy said: "Nen."

Zhang Jinru, the magistrate of Xi'an, said: "Slippery."

Hong Chengchou nodded at this moment and said, "Fresh."

Even Zhang Jinshui raised his orchid finger and said, "Okay."

Tenderness, these two points are the credit of the starch, and the freshness is the credit of the MSG. As for Zhang Jinshui's goodness, it is completely an emotional vocabulary that comes from feelings, good, really good.

All the judges were full of praise, and the chief steward of Prince Qin's Mansion took a bite and said, "Okay, delicious, this is the best fried mutton with green onions that I have ever eaten in my life. Even the chef of Prince Qin's Mansion can't make it." It tastes like this."

After hearing this, Zhang Jinshui said: "Don't talk about your Qin Palace, even in the palace, I have never eaten such delicious mutton."

The two of them were talking, at this time the girl Chuchun on the other side was chewing the mutton and said: "This mutton is so tender, it seems that the juice inside the mutton is locked, it's really delicious."

Miss Dongxue took a bite and said, "Okay."

Miss Dongxue was always not happy to talk and laugh, so she replied very simply at this time, and the rating came out soon, and Jin Qiaoniang was directly rated as No.1. At this time, Li Chaosheng distributed the remaining mutton in the pot to the following in small plates audience.

After the audience ate this mutton, their eyes were all round. Is this mutton fried with green onions?Why is the other scallion fried mutton dry and astringent and tasteless.

Jin Qiaoniang's fried mutton with scallions, you can eat the tenderness of the mutton in one bite, it is indescribably wonderful, delicious, so delicious.

All the audience expressed their highest appreciation for the fried mutton with scallions. Only a few with unique taste thought that the mutton was not as delicious as Chef Zhang Degui's.

This is completely allowed. After all, no matter how good something is, if others don’t like it, that’s also allowed. You can’t deny other people’s love because of your reasons.

Most of them were eliminated in the first round, and the topic of the second stage came again. This time Li Chaosheng came on stage and said: "The God of Cookery competition is about craftsmanship, and the simplest ingredients are often the ones that can really see the craftsmanship. The topic of the second round is: "Cabbage Tofu. "

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Stewed tofu with cabbage is the most skillful dish. It is not a skill for you to cook lobster and abalone well, because it tastes good when it is steamed.

But if you make cabbage tofu delicious, it is definitely a manifestation of culinary skills, and it is the basic dishes that really show your skill.

As soon as this topic came up, everyone was taken aback. They didn't expect it to be such a simple dish.

But this time the ingredients are simpler, a Chinese cabbage and a piece of brine tofu.

This dish is so ordinary, both Zhang Degui and Chef Wang frowned, how can such a dish win or lose, after all, this dish is very simple, there is almost no change, cabbage tofu, a pinch of salt is enough. What technical content?
But since they want to compare, they also have to play tricks.

In fact, Li Chaosheng chose this dish because the green vegetables can make the most of the almost cheating seasonings such as monosodium glutamate and fuel consumption. If you compare it to a lobster, Li Chaosheng and the others have no advantage, because the steamed lobster is delicious. Fuel consumption and monosodium glutamate are superfluous.

Cabbage tofu, start to make, cut the tofu into mahjong pieces, minced green onion and ginger, first put the tofu in the pot and cook the tofu.

Immediately after that, wash the Chinese cabbage, slice it, and put it into the tofu for domestic slurping. It must be slurped for a long time, otherwise the Chinese cabbage will have a special smell.

Then pour it out for later use, heat up the pan, put in the meat oil, then cut a small piece of pork belly, stir fry in the pan, stir fry the excess fat, add the onion, ginger, and garlic until fragrant, and then put the tofu together Pour the cabbage into the pot, add water and put a pinch of salt.

This is the correct way, and all three of them did it this way, but during the process of adding salt, Jin Qiaoniang secretly added some monosodium glutamate, and sprinkled a little chicken essence, two fresh seasonings, after putting in, the taste Directly double the upgrade, Jin Qiaoniang tried it, it is a kind of deliciousness that cabbage tofu should not have.

When it was about to come out of the pot, Jin Qiaoniang secretly sprinkled some pepper to make the taste richer.

The three of them almost cook together, after all, adding some seasoning will not delay the cooking time.

After some operations, three dishes of cabbage and tofu were brought to the judges' table.

Many judges tasted Chef Wang's cabbage tofu from Songxilou, which was pretty good.

Next came Zhang Degui's cabbage tofu. At this time, the eyes of all the judges lit up. This cabbage tofu tasted delicious without a trace of bitterness.

It turns out that the salt used in this era is coarse salt, even if the so-called fine salt is ground coarse salt, it still has the bitter taste it should have.

When Zhang Degui made cabbage tofu, he put a little sugar. In this era, it is called icing sugar that combines flavor.

At this time, Zhang Degui said his operation with a smile, and he was very proud. After all, this simple dish is all about the details. Whoever handles more details will win the game.

Thinking of Zhang Degui, he glanced at Jin Qiaoniang, this is the gap between you and me, experience.

Little girl, if you want to beat the old man, you should practice for a few more years.

Zhang Degui was thinking, but at this time Jin Qiaoniang looked at the judges with a smile and brought out her own cabbage tofu. After the judges finished eating, they all looked at each other, then looked at Jin Qiaoniang and said, "You are cabbage tofu." ?”

Jin Qiaoniang said: "That's right."

"Why is it so delicious?"

Jin Qiaoniang smiled and said, "I used a little exclusive seasoning."

Many judges stopped asking questions, and finally chose together, cabbage tofu Jin Qiaoniang won, and it was crushed without any suspense.

Hearing the result, Zhang Degui couldn't believe it: "How is it possible!"

On the side, Chef Wang of Songxi Tower also stared and said, "That's not right, a little girl like her has this skill?"

The two couldn't believe it, at this moment Li Chaosheng came over with a smile and said, "If you don't believe me, you can try it yourself."

Li Chaosheng signaled the two to try Jin Qiaoniang's cabbage tofu, and the two went over to take a sip, followed by the two shouting together: "She cheated!"

Li Chaosheng laughed when he heard this, "She didn't."

"Impossible. Her cabbage tofu obviously has the umami taste of chicken soup. She cooks cabbage tofu with chicken soup, but the ingredients you provided don't have chicken soup! Not even a chicken."

After hearing what the two said, Li Chaosheng laughed and said: "Under the full gaze of everyone, if she used chicken soup, no one would have noticed. Everyone would have seen it with their own eyes."

As soon as Li Chaosheng said this, someone below immediately said: "Yes, she used the clean water from the same tank as you, we saw it with our own eyes."

After hearing this, Zhang Degui said: "I can still make mistakes, you guys have a try."

Zhang Degui brought over the cabbage tofu he had just eaten, and Li Chaosheng said, "Come on, let each person serve a bowl. Anyway, I've made a lot, so try them all."

As Li Chaosheng said, everyone tasted it together, followed by a burst of deliciousness, deliciousness, one after another, but there was indeed a professional cook among the crowd. It smells like chicken soup."

"It smells like chicken soup, but they obviously don't use chicken soup?"

After hearing this, a group of people frowned in unison, looking puzzled, strange, how could this be?There is no chicken soup, how can there be a taste of chicken soup.

A group of people were very puzzled, but Jin Qiaoniang kept silent. Seeing that the situation was almost over, Li Chaosheng said, "Okay, everyone, let's stop talking. This meeting has already had its results. After the judging committee unanimously decided, this time The winner of the conference is Jin Qiaoniang, everyone applauds and welcomes, and our respected chief minister, Master Zhang, presents him with a God of Cookery medal!"

At this time, the chief envoy stood up, took the medal from the big and beautiful girl selected from Yihong Courtyard, and handed it to Jin Qiaoniang, followed by Li Chaosheng, who represented the organizer and gave Jin Qiaoniang 100 taels of silver on the spot.

No.2 is Zhang Degui from the Yellow Crane Tower. Originally, Hong Chengchou was the one who presented the award, but Hong Chengchou was not interested, so Zhang Jinshui and his father-in-law Zhang snatched it away, put on the No.2 medal, and then there is 50 taels of silver.

No.3 The chef of Songxilou Wang who was too lazy to name, the prefect Zhang Jinru awarded a medal and 20 taels of silver.

After a lot of busy work, the competition ended successfully. Just as everyone was about to leave, there was a sudden sound of drumming, followed by a sound of Dongxue in white clothes putting away her hair and changing into men's clothes.

Swinging a sword in his hand, he danced the sword dance in the field, and everyone's eyes were attracted to him for a moment. People in Guanzhong in this era like heroic women, and don't like women who are too seductive.

Because there has always been a feudal thought that has been tormenting them, that is, women who are too coquettish are not easy to support, and this kind of heroine style is preferred by everyone.

The sound of drums and thunder, and the dance of swords in winter snow, dazed a group of people around. Everyone who watched was relaxed and happy. Even Li Chaosheng was a little bit moved. Everyone loves beautiful women.

At this moment, Miss Chuchun curled her lips and said, "There are people who like male and female indiscriminately, hmph."

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The competition ended successfully, and the whole city of Xi'an was swept up by this incident. At this time, the streets and alleys were talking about Yuxianlou, how tough the backstage of Yuxianlou was, and whoever came to support that day.

Discuss how superb the craftsmanship of Yuxianlou's beautiful female cook is, surpassing all the famous chefs on the spot, and winning the title of God of Cookery.

On the day of the discussion, the two major courtesans of the Yihong Academy performed on stage, one was a showman, and the other was a heroine. The two beauties made people feel refreshed.

All kinds of discussions immediately flooded the streets and alleys of Xi'an, and the boss behind Yuxianlou became the subject of everyone's speculation.

Who is this person? The background is too tough.

Yuxian Building caught fire, either a small fire or a big fire. Li Chaosheng closed for a day on the day of the competition, demolished the stove, and restored Yuxian Building.

On the first floor of Yuxian Building, the former lobby seats are restored, and those who usually come to eat can enter.

The second floor has been converted into private rooms. There are a total of twelve private rooms, named after flowers, such as Yingchun, Tanchun, Xiahe, Youlan...

There are standards for going up to the second floor. You must be a silver member of Yuxian Building. This silver member must recharge 1000 taels of silver in Yuxian Building to obtain the silver qualification and go to the second floor for dining.

And they will give a silver VIP card made of one tael of silver. The third floor is even more noble. There are only six private rooms, and it must be a gold VIP card.

This first recharge is 5000 taels in Yuxian Building, and the second host will give it as a gift.

For example, Chief Minister Zhang, Hong Chengchou, Xi'an prefect Zhang Jinru, chief eunuch Zhang Jinshui, and Qin Palace all sent a VIP card made of pure gold.

All the VIP cards sent out have been recorded, and there will be absolutely no mistake.

As for the scattered seats downstairs, feel free to do so. In addition, Li Chaosheng has also cooperated with Yihongyuan. For example, you can invite the girls from Yihongyuan to come to Yuxianlou to play, play and sing regularly to enhance friendship.

As a result, there are more performance stages in Yuxian Building, and people will perform regularly, and in order to enrich the content of the stage, storytellers will be invited to speak regularly.

It can be said that Yuxian Tower is a big upgrade this time, and in order to expand, Li Chaosheng sold many houses near Yuxian Tower and opened them up, so the area of ​​Yuxian Tower increased again.

After several rounds of upgrades, the Yuxian Building has taken on a new look, and the security work of the Yuxian Building is absolutely excellent. A soldier who has seen blood in a company, led by the battle hero Wang Twelve, protected the Yuxian Building completely.

A few days ago, there was a gangster who claimed to shake Xi'an, and brought more than 100 people to collect protection fees. Li Chaosheng began to let the old people calm down. Unexpectedly, these rascals, who are used to being arrogant, even gave the old people a slap in the face. After Li Chaosheng knew I got angry at that time, and said hello to Zhang Jinru who was eating.

Let Wang Twelve bring a company of people to their lair, and then he didn't show any mercy. More than 100 people killed more than 70, and the rest were all scared to pee their pants. The next day, they knelt at the gate of Yuxian Tower At the beginning of the day, until a old-fashioned shopkeeper came out of it and said: Get lost.

All the talents ran away like bereaved dogs with their tails between their legs. From that day on, the underworld in Xi'an Prefecture all went around Yuxian Tower, and even sent people over to give something to Yuxianlou Security Captain Wang Twelve during the holidays.

The framework of Xi'an Mansion Li Chaosheng has basically been set up. Now many people in Xi'an Mansion like to eat in Yuxianlou, mainly Zhang Jinru likes it, Hong Chengchou also often comes to eat, and the great eunuch Zhang Jinshui also often comes to eat.

This is what Li Chaosheng would like to see. Although they don't spend much money here, it doesn't matter. They can eat as much as they can. This is not a coastal area, so there is no one who wants to eat delicacies from mountains and seas. The most here are mutton, pork, and some seasonal vegetables.

To put it bluntly, this Yuxianlou is more like the current farm restaurant, but with the presence of condiments, the taste here is very popular with these adults.

So everyone came to eat, everyone came to eat, and it was inevitable to discuss some official news during the meal. Li Chaosheng set up a bug in every room, and sent someone to monitor in a separate small room downstairs.

With this, any useful information said by these officials cannot become a secret, and will be known by Li Chaosheng. Li Chaosheng can't wait to let these officials live upstairs.

These days Li Chaosheng got a lot of useful news, such as Wang Jiayin's growth, for example, not long ago he turned against a guy named Gao Yingxiang.

For example, Yang He has already set off and will arrive in Shaanxi at the end of this month.

For example, Zhang Jinshui was secretly ruthless. If Hong Chengchou did not provide satisfactory food to the court, he would definitely file a complaint in front of Chongzhen.

Another example is that Hong Chengchou was forced into a corner. He seemed to be plotting something recently, but he said it very vaguely.

Anyway, Li Chaosheng heard a lot, and after staying in Xi'an for the past few days, Li Chaosheng also felt that the layout of Xi'an was almost done, so he left the telegraph and let the old man stay as an intelligence officer and continue to eavesdrop on the secret conversations of these officials. .

At the beginning of June, Yang He arrived in Shaanxi to preside over the trilateral work, which shocked the official circles in Xi'an. After a month's long journey, Li Chaosheng decided to go home. Before leaving, Li Chaosheng bought all the available products in Xi'an. Farm tools, pulling dozens of large carriages, and before leaving, Li Chaosheng bid farewell to many officials and left some gifts.

The key point is Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "I'm leaving."

Li Chaosheng said: "Although Xi'an is nice, it's not home. I'm going back to Lantian."

Hong Chengchou nodded and said: "Well, you go back first, we should see you again soon."

Li Chaosheng didn't understand what Hong Chengchou meant, but he still resigned.

Li Chaosheng left, leaving behind a Nuoda property. Before leaving, Li Chaosheng left a warehouse of condiments for Yuxianlou, enough for Yuxianlou to use for a year, and Li Chaosheng gave the key to Wang Twelve. Only he can open the warehouse, the seasoning, and Li Chaosheng also gave an order, if anyone wants to grab it, it will be set on fire.

In addition to the condiments used in Yuxianlou, there are also mutton soup seasoning packets. Don't underestimate this business. His income is not much worse than that of Yuxianlou. Yuxianlou is taking a high-end path, playing a club model similar to later generations. , using collusion between officials and businessmen.

The seasoning package is purely for money, and it can be exchanged for sheep and horses.

For example, in this line, Li Chaosheng went back and brought dozens of large carts of agricultural tools, and these carts were all horses exchanged from Mongolians and Uzbek Tibetans. Hong Chengchou could not let Hong Chengchou see this. Zhang Jinru signed the paperwork for leaving the city and ran away.

In addition to horses, there were also sheep. This time Li Chaosheng drove [-] sheep back.

Wang Twelve stayed in Xi'an with a company of people, and after Li Chaosheng left the city, he met Li Chaolong who rushed over, and they all walked towards Lantian together.

Not far ahead, there were 1000 people following, helping Li Chaosheng to eliminate the bandits who coveted these things on the road.

You must know that there are bandits everywhere in Shaanxi now. In Lantian alone, there were only six families in the past, and bandits were rampant in several surrounding counties.

Sai Bodang in Huaxian County and Qin Qiong who are sick are also ruthless characters, and each has 2000 troops under his command.

Even more ferocious is Shangluo, which is a little farther away from Lantian. There are gangsters with wings and tigers, and there are people in their hands who claim to be ten thousand, but no one knows how much.

1 people is really scary.

Li Chaosheng now has less than 4000 people. Of course, if there is a real fight, Li Chaosheng is not afraid of him.

Li Chaosheng and his party entered the territory of Lantian safely. There were [-] sheep, including ewes. Li Chaosheng gave [-] to the family of six valleys. The territory of Lantian was still very calm. The people were ready to harvest summer grain. Li Chaosheng However, Chaosheng's field could not harvest grain, because Li Chaosheng planted spring corn, which could only be harvested in autumn.

And these wheat growers can already harvest a crop. Recently, Li Chaosheng recommended that people in Lantian County follow them to grow corn, potatoes and so on.

At first, everyone was quite motivated, but when they saw that the seedlings in Li Chaosheng's fields were still green in summer, they lost confidence, and no one mentioned planting Li Chaosheng's corn anymore.

After all, people in this year have no ability to resist risks at all. The long harvest period of corn, even if the yield is high, no one is willing to try it easily.

Li Chaosheng somewhat understood why Xu Guangqi had already obtained the seeds for these grains two years ago, but he couldn't carry them out in the capital. After all, you are too slow to ripen this food, which is a torment for the people of this era.

This also made Li Chaosheng understand that it doesn't mean that others will definitely be willing to try something advanced, just like tomatoes, no one dares to taste them as soon as they come out.

This is the first person to eat crabs, why it is great.

Li Chaosheng learned his lesson and encouraged the people in Yukou to work hard, and the people in Yukou were expanding the canals at this time, trying to build some canals to the places where the land spread.

The summer grain was finally collected, and the government came down to collect it, and then got a horrible answer, this year, one mu of land would charge four taels of silver.

Four taels of silver, which is almost all the harvest of an acre of land, is this a policy thought up by an official with a sick mind?

Li Chaosheng was dumbfounded, but Li Chaosheng didn't intend to hand it in. Instead, he took a letter of greeting and met the magistrate of Lantian. Zhang Dezheng, the magistrate, began to ignore Li Chaosheng.

But when he received the name post and saw that there was a letter from Zhang Jinru on the post, Zhang Dezheng immediately became official. The relationship between Zhang Jinru and Li Chaosheng was very good. A small hobby of collecting erotic pictures.

Everyone should know that a romantic person, Li Chaosheng did what he liked, invited Zhang Jinru to dinner once, and gave Zhang Jinru two photo posters of the plaster country teacher purchased from a special channel in the modern world.

A world wave, a cute angel, and two photo pictures are too realistic, black silk, high heels, small leather whip...

Zhang Jinru was stunned when he saw it, his eyes widened and he said: There are still people who are so good at painting in the world, they are just like real people, you see, even the fine hairs are clear.

Zhang Jinru was like a treasure at that time, you look at this and then look at his collection, the kind of spring and autumn strokes, how can it be compared with this painting.

Zhang Jinru's laziness came out, and his relationship with Li Chaosheng took a big step forward on the spot.

Of course, this kind of relationship is the one that does not touch the core interests, or when it is in crisis, so Li Chaosheng proposed that he was going back to Lantian, and asked him to help introduce the county magistrate.

Zhang Jinru fully agreed, so he came up with something similar to a letter of introduction, to the effect that Li Chaosheng and my brother also need to take care of you, understand?
Zhang Jinru, the magistrate of Xi'an, the immediate boss of Lantian County, the person who was asked to take care of by the immediate boss, would he dare not take care of him in Lantian County?
At this time, after Zhang Dezheng read the letter of introduction, he immediately said to the master: "Please, Mr. Li."

Soon Li Chaosheng was invited in, Zhang Dezheng looked at Li Chaosheng and cupped his hands first: "Mr. Li."

Li Chaosheng rushed up to greet him and said, "Master Zhang."

The two were polite, Li Chaosheng brought a gift of 200 taels, and the county magistrate took the gift and said, "Mr. Li is too polite, come and sit down."

The two chatted happily, and finally the county magistrate understood Li Chaosheng's difficulties in Tanggou Town, so with a swipe of a pen, the land tax burden of Li Chaosheng's several thousand acres of land became 500 taels.

The land tax, which was originally several thousand taels, was reduced in this way. At this time, Li Chaosheng chatted with the magistrate about why the tax burden suddenly increased several times this year, and each mu of land became four taels of silver. Now the people in Shaanxi may not be able to afford it. Deliver it.

After hearing this, the county magistrate smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know, I only know that it was the order from Master Hong Chengchou, and the seal of Mr. Zhang Jinshui."

Li Chaosheng was stunned when he heard this, and then frowned, feeling that this matter is not easy, is Hong Chengchou ready to make a move?
Hong Chengchou should not be a careless official now, Li Chaosheng thought, and bid farewell to the magistrate, and within two days after returning, word spread throughout Shaanxi.

This year His Majesty confiscated Liaoxiang, the great eunuch Zhang Jinshui supervised the grain, and ordered Mr. Hong Chengchou to collect four taels of silver per mu. Mr. Hong dared not disobey. He issued this order, feeling ashamed of the people, and wanted to submit to the imperial court to resign from the post of grain supervisor and participate in politics. .

Hearing this news, Li Chaosheng was dumbfounded, Hong Chengchou is ruthless, this is going to be the next step, Zhang Jinshui will die soon.

(End of this chapter)