Zhenguan Chang'an Xiaofangzheng

General Fan Laoshi of Dingyuan, Mrs. Yuan Luan of Huarong County, Mrs. Du Shengxia of Huarong County, Fan Baili, the court minister, and Fan Mingqian, the minister, gathered together.

Prince Shaobao, General Yunhui, and Hou Fanzheng of Huarong Kaiguo County took a closer look. Well, the room was full of officials, and there were no white people coming and going.

The slender tail that was half a man tall turned in a circle, rubbed the dog's head against Fan Zheng's knees affectionately, and purred with joy.

Fan Zheng rubbed the dog's head and made it sit down.

"Aye, let me tell you, Sun Wanqiu's family defense is in good hands." Fan Mingqian stretched out his hand exaggeratedly. "Some bad guy wanted to get close to Sun Wanqiu, but he was knocked away with an elbow..."

Fan Mingqian stood up, stood on tiptoes, raised his arms, and said in an exaggerated tone: "So high."

Yuan Luan added: "My dear grandson is right."

Fan Mingqian's words could be said to be exaggerated due to his young age, but Yuan Luan's words confirmed that they were not exaggerated.

Fan Laoshi snorted: "Lei Shisan's skills are still slightly inferior."

Well, the emperor was very fond of Sun Jiu, and the people guarding Wei Wuji and Sun Wanqiu were all masters.

Lei Qi and Lei Shisan are both excellent in skills, but they are not top-notch. The key is that they are extremely experienced.

Configurations that are more powerful than theirs can prevent people with ulterior motives from coveting them. What Fan Mingqian said is proof.

Old Sun Jiu had gained the emperor's trust, but he had to put away his past dissipation and work conscientiously.

Not to mention his ability to be a rooster, a dog, and a thief, but he made the best use of his talents and materials when serving the emperor.

Sun Jiu's character is similar to Xue's cat, but Wei Wuji's character is very strong.

"So Aye-niang has to worry more about the safety of Dalang and Erlang, unlike this woman who only steals wine."

Fan Zheng rolled his eyes at Du Shengxia. The faint smell of alcohol on her body had not completely dissipated, and even the sachet could not completely cover it up.

Du Shengxia's eyes flashed, and she slyly argued: "Where is it? I'm just trying to identify the Xinfeng pomegranate fruit wine."

Xinfeng wine is also good. It has been famous since the Western Han Dynasty. There are also many pomegranates, sweet pomegranates.

But using pomegranates to make fruit wine has not been heard of before.

"I'm ignorant, people from Fuping County still use persimmons to make wine."

Du Shengxia laughed at Fan Zheng a little.

Well, Fan Zheng is a complete amateur in this area, and he doesn’t even know much about Grandma Sake from Xiabaoling.

To mention wine in front of a wine-making family is to humiliate oneself.

"Have the father-in-law and mother-in-law returned to Chang'an, or are they back home in Ruyang?"

Fan Zheng asked casually.

Du Shengxia rolled her eyes charmingly: "I'm back early! I'm visiting relatives. It's okay to stay for a few days. But after a long time, everyone will be disgusted. It smells good in the distance and smells in the near."

This is true, visiting relatives is not the way to go. It is another matter to take refuge or live in the country to take exams.

"Then, we set up a shed in front of Dunhua Winery and gave me a lot of trouble."

Fan Baili chuckled and said: "Grandpa made a lot of chaff every day and fattened the ducks. My cousin, Lu Feijia and I eat gourd duck every day."

Du Zhichun, Du Guanbao's eldest son, also came to Dunhuafang with Yeye from time to time to help, and he also learned some experience in making wine. He also often came to the house to communicate with his cousin.

If there is no communication, the first generation of relatives, the second generation of representatives, the third and fourth generations will all be ruined.

Fan Zheng was deeply impressed by his father-in-law's pragmatism in naming his family. Fortunately, his mother-in-law's name did not follow this style.

What's strange is that Fan Mingqian doesn't like duck very much, but he has a special liking for Aunt Fan's lotus leaf chicken.

Du Kan has become an official, but he is not willing to be lonely. The best place to try his hand is of course Dunhua Winery.

He can't be allowed to interfere in Dunhua Winery. It's no problem to build a shed outside for him to try his hand. Isn't it the son-in-law's business to supply various utensils and materials?
Fan Zheng is only curious, why is it chaff?Conventional winemaking requires either grains or fruits. I have never heard of anyone using bran to make wine.

As for future generations...

In an era when counterfeiting skills have reached their peak, bran koji wine that is truly made from bran is called conscience wine.

In this era, the biggest difficulty in brewing bran koji wine is the koji.

The Dadian and Xiaoqu used in the Central Plains are raw songs, while the bran songs are cooked songs, which have not yet come out.

Going from bad to good is called improvement, and going from scratch to something is called creation. The difficulty is naturally different.

Even if his father-in-law comes from a wine-making family, Fan Zheng does not expect him to screen out bran koji overnight.

It's good to have this intention. As for whether it succeeds or not, just treat it as a hobby.

Anyway, the son-in-law has a lot of money and doesn't care about this loss. The bran that fails can still be fed to the ducks.

"Fangxue has taken in a child from Li Yifu. It seems that he is called Li Zhan. He vaguely looks like your disciple." Yuan Luan sighed. "Li Yifu is so good, why are you being called a traitor?"

Li Yifu and Fan Zheng had known each other since they were supervising the censor. No matter whether Fan Zheng was up or down, at least Li Yifu had never stabbed him, which was enough.

With Li Yifu's treacherous name, it wouldn't be surprising if he just adds insult to injury for Fan Zheng.

However, Li Yifu, whose character has never been very strong, never did this.

Fan Zheng sighed softly: "This is fate. He can't be a traitor. Erlang, you and Li Zhan, who are classmates, can socialize with him more and bring him back to eat lotus leaf chicken from time to time."

Fan Mingqian nodded: "I understand, it's like my brother taking Lu Feijia to eat gourd duck."

This family is foodies!

Fan Zheng was expressing his attitude. Li Zhan was the disciple of Prince Shaobao. Even if something went wrong in Li Yifu, it was best not to implicate Li Zhan.

"Speaking of eating, this time I received some sea cucumbers from Laizhou and Ye County, and let Shishou make some to try."

Although sea cucumbers are good, don’t be greedy!

There's nothing wrong with it, just my legs tend to get weak.

It was sent to the local government, but the quantity was not large and did not meet the conditions for bribery.

Don't compare the price of sea cucumbers in Laizhou with the prices of sea cucumbers in Chang'an City. They are not on the same level at all.

Fan Zheng wouldn't care if he had a reputation for accepting bribes for the pearl, but was the sea cucumber worth it?

For those above the third rank, as long as things like corruption and bribery don't cause anger and resentment, generally no one will care about them, and the Yushitai will turn a blind eye.

What's more, this is a real local product.

You can't let Laizhou send Fan Zheng green onions, right?

Although the prefecture and county yamen were vague, Fan Zheng was very aware of the steamed cakes. The purpose of sending sea cucumbers was simply to hope that Fan Zheng would be soft-spoken and not mention the private sacrifice of Du Gou to others.

After all, the imperial court had a certain number of sacrifices to various gods and loyal ministers and generals. Even if the officials and people of Laizhou really cared about Du Gou's friendship, they should have reported to the imperial court to build a temple to offer sacrifices instead of offering sacrifices privately.

The only question is whether it will be allowed after the local government petitions the court.

Fan Zheng guessed that it would be difficult. After all, Du Gou was convicted and exiled because of his younger brother Du He. If the court allowed Du Gou to be sacrificed, was it a disguised belief that the original conviction was wrong?

The court also cares about face.

Therefore, Fan Zheng silently accepted the sea cucumber and gave Laizhou Governor a clear look.

The officials and people of Laizhou and Ye County came to see each other off in an instant, which made Fan Zheng earn a lot of face. (End of chapter)