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Chapter 33 Summer of the Seventh Year of Apocalypse

Summer of the Seventh Year of Apocalypse.

Daming Palace.

Emperor Tianqi's health is getting worse and worse, and he seems to be dying, but the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, who is still in power, and the emperor's nanny, Keshi, are in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, please rest in peace, don't be tired, the dragon body will recover soon."

"Nurse, don't lie to me. I know my body best. I'm afraid it won't work."

"Your Majesty, don't say that, everything will be fine."

The Ke family was really anxious on the sidelines. For the Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao, the Ke family and Wei Zhongxian both sincerely cared about it, because their rights all came from this emperor. If the emperor fails, the newly appointed Can the emperor still be at their mercy?
Keshi comforted the emperor, followed by meeting Wei Zhongxian's eyes and walked out. When he got outside, Keshi said to Wei Zhongxian with a dark face: "Why is your majesty getting heavier and heavier?"

Wei Zhongxian shook his head.

Ke Shi frowned and said: "Didn't Huo Weihua offer spiritual dew to His Majesty? Isn't it called a fairy medicine? Why can't His Majesty be cured?"

After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian said: "Perhaps you won't drink this spiritual dew for Your Majesty, and it's more than that."

"What do you mean?"

The Ke family looked at Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian said with a dark face at this time: "You don't realize that your Majesty's experience is so similar to that of Wu Zong."

Hearing this, Ke's face changed drastically. Wu Zong was referring to Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wu Zong of the Ming Dynasty. The way of death was really similar to that of Emperor Tianqi.

Moreover, these two emperors liked to favor eunuchs very much. For the civil official group at that time, Zhu Houzhao had eight tigers at the time, and Wang Jin was the leader. Emperor Tianqi also favored eunuchs.

"You mean those thieves murdered His Majesty?!"

Ke Shi was shocked: "Then what are you waiting for, quickly find out who is behind the scenes, execute Ling Chi, and exterminate the nine clans!"

Wei Zhongxian said: "I'm just guessing, and the other party did it very secretly. The imperial physician who dispensed the medicine committed suicide, and the little eunuch who was in charge of decocting the medicine for His Majesty accidentally fell into the water and died. This has become a death without proof."

"Damn it, is it possible to let that thief get away with it?" Keshi was furious.

"Don't worry, I've asked Tian Ergeng to bring the Jinyi guards to investigate. Whoever harms His Majesty will be torn to pieces."

Wei Zhongxian's eyes were extremely fierce.

"but……"

Wei Zhongxian's voice changed, Ke Shi frowned: "But what?"

"But Your Majesty is like this, we have to make plans early."

"what do you mean?"

Ke Shi frowned, Wei Zhongxian said: "Your Majesty has no sons, I'm afraid I have to choose one from the kings for this position, Your Majesty likes to trust the king very much."

"Xin Wang? Isn't he very close to the Donglin Party?"

The Ke family looked at Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian said: "Recently, I have been searching for some rare treasures. When the treasures arrive, I will go to find out about Wang Xin. If it is true that he has fallen to the Donglin Party..."

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The important affairs of the imperial court are not known to ordinary people in Shaanxi, especially the Li family in Tanggou Town. What country or emperor has little to do with them.

They only care about how this year's harvest will be, whether the landlord can collect less grain and save more for himself, and whether brother Chaosheng's banquet is about to start.

Crackling, crackling~
An earthen firecracker bought in the city exploded at the entrance of the ancestral hall, and the whole village became lively. Children ran around the front and back of the ancestral hall, and [-] large iron pots were set up in front of the ancestral hall, five of them Stewed pork and wild vegetables, five mouthfuls of soup, and ten mouthfuls of noodles left.

Today, Li Chaosheng is returning to his hometown in fine clothes, and he wants to make noodles and meat at the entrance of the village to entertain his fellow clansmen.

To put it bluntly, as long as the surname is Li, everyone can eat a bowl of big meat noodles made of pure flour at Li Chaosheng's place.

This made the clansmen very happy. Noodles are not often eaten, and they are also the kind of white noodles that are as white as snow that Li Chaosheng brought out.

The main crops in the fields in this era are millet, millet, and flour. Flour is a high-grade grain, which is difficult to eat at ordinary times. Moreover, the flour in this era also has malt and bran, and the color of the whole flour is yellowish. , which is completely different from the current refined white noodles.

The taste is also slightly rough, but in terms of nutrition, this kind of noodles is more nutritious. After all, everyone pays attention to eating whole grains now.

However, people in the late Ming Dynasty didn’t pay much attention to eating coarse grains, and the snow-white flour made them look stupid. It is said that the clansmen who went out with Li Chaosheng last time exchanged coarse flour with the landlords like Wang Laocai for the fine white flour that Brother Chaosheng sent. Ten catties of white flour can be exchanged for fifteen catties of semolina with bran and malt.

There are also people who exchange this flour for millet. It is said that the millet can be exchanged for eighteen catties, and the millet can be exchanged for seventeen catties.

But today Li Chaosheng took out [-] catties of flour to make noodles. Early in the morning, all the women in the village called to knead the noodles.

And it’s not just noodles, there are five large pots of stewed meat. There are five whole pieces of pork, cut into large pieces of meat, and then stewed in a large pot. The aroma of the stew is fragrant for miles. The greedy children nearby were drooling, looking at the five cauldrons eagerly.

But no one dared to step forward. Didn't you see the third and fourth grandpas looking at the pot with a stick?

With these two goalkeepers guarding the pot, whoever dares to step forward, you are really a kind and amiable grandfather.

Now a family has one child, that is the ancestor, and they are used to it, but in the late Ming Dynasty, the most worthless thing is the child, no one has three or five, and sometimes no one cares if one or two is missing at night, and the next day I went back by myself.

If this is the case today, if a child leaves school at 04:30 and doesn’t come home at [-] o’clock, the family will be fried. Of course, the age is different and the concept is also different.

The firewood under the five pots is burning vigorously, and the smell of pork is getting stronger and stronger. Next to the five pots are other five big pots. These five big pots are stewed with pig bones, and the big bones are smashed. Then add water to stew the broth, and use this soup to make hot noodle soup, which is very fragrant.

Under the watchful eyes of the Li family members, the twenty cauldrons were burning ragingly, and there was a table not far from the cauldron, on which were some simple cold dishes. This was where the clan elders and Li Chaosheng were located. As a person with status in the clan, he needs a seat for dinner, but the others don't need that. It is enough for one person to prepare a big bowl.

The pork in the pot had been stewed for half an hour, and at this time, the third and fourth grandpas who were in charge of watching the pot said to a young young man beside him: "Go to the patriarch and send a message to the nephew, the meat is ready, the noodles are ready, and the feast is ready.

After hearing this, he went to spread the word, and all the nearby clansmen had prepared their bowls and chopsticks, drooling as they looked at the cauldron covered with a wooden lid.

Soon the patriarch brought Li Chaosheng and three elders to the table and sat down, followed by the patriarch and glanced at Li Chaosheng and said, "Nephew, you're here to start the banquet for the money you spent on this meal."

Li Chaosheng cupped his hands to the patriarch, then got up and shouted: "Open the table!"

(End of this chapter)