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Chapter 61 It's Right To Eat Her A Meal
In the morning, Changying sent Huang Ji to follow Su Xinrong, and told her to follow her if she went to the pier, and estimated that she would be back around noon, so she returned to the mansion after finishing the daily affairs in the yamen.

Mama Wu and Aunt Fang, the cook, bought two lake ducks and asked her what she wanted to eat. She answered casually, and asked Yingbi to take out the dossier on the berthing of water tankers in Huzhou for nearly ten years that she brought back the other day. .

Before the establishment of the supervisory department, the wharf had always been managed by the government's water transportation department.

Under the Department of Water Transport, there are the Department of Propaganda, the Department of Lifting, etc. Although the guards also sent soldiers, they were only responsible for border defense and did not participate in the jurisdiction.

This time He was arrested, a new official was appointed, and at the same time, the water transportation was assigned to Nankangwei. It can be felt that the emperor is fighting.

On both sides of the wharf, there are "collapsed houses" several miles long, that is, shops and warehouses built by the government and rented out to merchants. To walk the wood, only someone at the pier releases the water.

But whether the people who released the water were officers and soldiers, people from the Water Transportation Department, or people from Nankangwei, it is hard to say now.

As for the two ships that took over the timber, paints and other materials used in shipbuilding were found in the cabins, so they must have been stolen and sold to private docks.

Changying didn't want to focus on the dock in advance, because as long as he found the person who released the water, the rest of the matter would be solved easily.

She thought for a while and got up, ready to go to Tan Shao's place again.

Wu Ma crossed the gate to catch up with her: "Are you back early? If it's early, I'll bring some ginger back along the way."

There is a market at the intersection of the street. When I first came here, there were not so many people in the house, and Chang Ying did a lot of things like delivering vegetables.

She agreed and went out.

Huo Rong and Xu Lan are both in Tan Shao's office.

Huo Rong asked Tong Qi to check the dock, not only to help Shen Changying, Huo Mingzhai forwarded the emperor's secret letter to him, the tone was much more solemn than what he conveyed.

Having said that, if it is not solemn, there is no need for him to come in person.

So when he just arrived in Huzhou and Nan Kangwei took over the wharf, it was impossible for him to ignore such a thing.

"Here is the roster of boat masters at the dock. There are records of the skills they are good at and their qualifications. Zichan takes it back and chooses."

Tan Shao brought out a few big sheepskin books and pushed them to Huo Rong. "In addition, there is a roster of craftsmen, the number is huge, and you don't need it easily, I will send it to you directly later.

"As for the material theft at the pier, this matter really needs to be thoroughly investigated. This is within Ruoyi's responsibility, and I will leave it to you and Shen Changying."

Xu Lan nodded: "Leave it to me."

The yamen servant served tea, and Tan Shao motioned for tea.

As soon as the teacup was served, Chang Ying came in across the door.

Seeing that everyone was there, they first greeted each other, and then said to Tan Shao: "General Tan first approve a note for me, and I will go to Huzhou Mansion to transfer two files."

Tan Shao finished approving the note and asked her, "Would you like to sit down and have a cup of tea?"

"Does the general have something to order?"

"It's okay, I'll be polite to you."

"If there's nothing else to do, I'll thank the general first. I'll save the tea for another day. Mama Wu is still waiting for me to buy vegetables." Changying patted the purse on his waist.

The relationship with Tan Shuyin is frequent in their house. She is also very familiar with Tan Shaohe and his wife, and knows that he is straightforward and not a bureaucratic person.

Xu Lan smiled and said, "What delicious food does Wu Ma make?"

"Ginger Duck."

Xu Lan smiled vigorously: "It's been a long time since I have eaten lake duck."

Huo Rong held the cup and turned it gently in the palm of his hand a few times.

Could it be that he can't afford ducks in the mansion of Mr. Xu?Still don't have a cook who can cook duck?

like him-

"It's just their family that eats delicious food and drinks spicy food every day!" Tan Shao put down the cup and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I haven't eaten Sichuan cuisine for a long time, and the child's mother is not at home today, so it's boring to eat alone.

"It's better to come early than to come by coincidence, since the names of her dishes have been reported, why don't the rest of us go to her house for dinner?
"——Zican, go and taste the cooking skills of their cook?"

Huo Rong, who was named, glanced at Changying, closed the uncovered teacup lid, raised his lips and said, "It's better to be respectful than to obey."

Although he didn't have the ulterior motives of drinking like Xu Lan, but he had already helped Shen Changying get into the water once, so he deserved to come to have a meal with her.

Xu Lan gave him a slight smile.

Changying also took a look at him, originally thought that he would disdain to be with someone like her in private, why, now he still wants to eat her duck?
But there was basically no room for Changying to refuse.

Everyone here is her boss, how could she be so easy-going without knowing what to do.

"Then I'll go back and tell Mama Wu to prepare the food and drink, and wait for the guests to come! Then you pack up and come?"

She has to hurry to buy ginger...

Tan Shao took out a silver coin: "Take it, I'll treat it today."

"Need not……"

The silver has been lost.

That's all for Changying, knowing that their boss will not want to take advantage of their young generals.

Xu Lan stood up holding the hairpin first: "I don't have anything to do, I'll go change my clothes first, and meet at the gate of the yamen later."

Tan Shao had no objection and let the two of them go first.

Huo Rong withdrew his peripheral vision, smacked his lips and put the cup back on the table.

He went back to his room and changed his clothes, and went out of the Yamen's office. When he looked up, he saw Xu Lan standing in the corridor.

He brushed off the robe he wore every day, held his sword and walked to Xu Lan who had changed into a well-tailored ivory-white brocade robe: "Did General Xu arrive early?"

Xu Lan turned around and said with a hearty smile: "I went back to the room early. As a man, it's very neat to change clothes."

Huo Rong also nodded in agreement: "That's true."

Still unable to bear it, he glanced at him again.

He guessed that Shen Changying told him that he would not be able to avoid him when he was exploring the ship, so he thought that Xu Lan was waiting for him here in order to find out with him about his lie last night.

Unexpectedly, he was quite calm.

But in the end it was showing signs, the white clothes looked like they had been specially put on, and they lacked some city mansions.

It seems that Shen Changying is a woman with bad character, and her picky eyes on men are not very good.

Xu Lan was not idle either.

He secretly imagined that the man in front of him had been in the camp for a few days, he didn't show his appearance, except that he was too eye-catching, his physique was also too attractive, and he didn't see anything conspicuous in his behavior.

But he helped Changying quietly last night, and lied to him afterwards, which inexplicably made people see how deep his city is!
As a human being, you have to be open-minded, full of sinister calculations all day long, whether you are tired or not.

... The two exchanged a few words with each other in their minds, and then Tan Shao came, and walked towards Nanfeng Lane while talking, and the atmosphere immediately became lively.

When Mama Wu heard that several bosses in the camp were coming, including Xu Lan, she immediately added a few more dishes, and then asked Jixiang to buy another big grass carp.

Changying, who had entered the kitchen before Su Xinrong and Huang Ji came back, felt that it was unnecessary, because there were already enough dishes.

But Wu Ma said: "I see Mr. Xu likes to eat the boiled fish I made. Last time I thanked him for protecting you in front of General Tan. I have to let him eat well!"

(End of this chapter)