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Chapter 62 Is His Family Short of a Cook?

"Then you should thank General Tan more?" Today's meal is still paid by Tan Shao.

"General Tan's also has it." Wu Ma waved the pot and spoon, "In addition to Zijiang duck, there are also his favorite Kung Pao chicken, and the cured meat for drinking, all are ready!"

After reading it, Changying also felt speechless.

Huo Rong didn't know that he seemed to be just making up the numbers, and after a while, the three of them had already arrived at Shen's house on foot.

Chang Ying and Shao Qing stood at the door to greet them.

Shaoqing is now Changying's lieutenant general in the guard, and he is half the master here personally, because Changying said that he is his distant cousin, otherwise there is no way to explain why such a good guy would not leave.

That's fine, as long as there are some occasions when it is necessary to accompany the banquet, and Changying is inconvenient, he will often be on top.

Huo Rong followed Tan Shao into the door and looked at the courtyard first.

It is a courtyard that has been around for some years, and it is quite clean. There is a big osmanthus tree planted in the center of the gate. At the moment, the green leaves are lush and full of vitality.

White walls and black tiles are common in the south of the Yangtze River. There are also a few green willows planted under the wall, and a few sparrows jump on it.

After passing through the Moon Cave Gate, there are stone tables and chairs in the courtyard, there are bamboos in the corner, next to a budding wisteria, there is a small building on the other side of the wall, the windows are half open, and a pot of orchids hanging under the window is half covered. The scene in the window.

Huo Rong has allowed Shen Changying to occupy the position of his wife for more than three years, but this is the first time he has stepped into her territory.

Of course, this is all in the past, and he came here purely for dinner today.

Shaoqing walked into the treasure vase gate under the wisteria, and ordered Fugui to serve tea——Wei has all the rules, and he does not drink alcohol when he is on errands.

There is a small three-room courtyard here, elegant and quiet, with a porch leading directly to the kitchen yard, which is very convenient, and it is the place where Chang Ying used to entertain distinguished guests on weekdays.

Here, Xiang Changying had asked Zhou Liang to bring people to serve the food, and Zi Xiang had already prepared the folding fan and so on.

Tan Shao and Xu Lan were familiar with each other. Seeing the delicious dishes served first, they greeted Huo Rong, and raised their chopsticks politely.

Changying told Shaoqing and Zhou Liang to entertain them, and went out.

Look at the sky, it's almost noon, Huang Ji hasn't come back yet, could it be that something has happened to Su Xinrong?

Let's ignore it for now, and invite auspiciousness, let him take the approval document from Tan Shao to go to the government office to get the file, and then go back to the dining room.

Although Changying inevitably often sat at the same table with her colleagues in the guard, she didn't drink alcohol during the banquet, so it is said that she could sit at the same table, but after all, she lived alone in the courtyard.

Naturally, Tan Shao didn't keep her, but he held up the teacup while she was helping to serve the food, and said a few words of business: "Now is not the time to transport grain, the boatmen should work hard, and it is best to catch up with this year's autumn harvest. If it doesn't work, we will try to go into the water next year.

"The Water Transportation Department has had frequent accidents recently, and Nankangwei took over the pier at this time, more or less like he was ordered in danger.

"Zican is also from Dongningwei, you should know that the soldiers under the command of Guangwei Hou are dedicated to the country.

"You and Ruoyi both belong to the back waves of the Yangtze River. Let me say something from the bottom of my heart. Supervising the affairs of the Zaosi, whether it is for the country or the people, you must do your best."

Because the water transport is in charge of the people's livelihood of the south-to-north grain transport, it is said that the governor of the water transport is not subject to any control and is directly responsible to the emperor.

But since the day when the imperial power was suppressed by foreign relatives, the military and the people's livelihood, which mattered most, have gradually fallen to the sidelines. Now it is not only Fan Xin who was pushed forward by the Gu family, but also the Gu family infiltrating all the departments in the court and the palace. To see the emperor, you have to go through three or five barriers, and you have to suffer some exploitation.

Otherwise, how can we talk about the dictatorship of foreign relatives?
Therefore, even if the emperor vigorously promotes military generals, he still has a lot of military power in his hands, but they are not in charge of the water transportation. They control the transportation of the river, and they hold [-] sailors in their hands.

So although what Tan Shao said was cryptic, there is no doubt that the water transportation will be an important position for the emperor to stabilize the imperial power.

Changying thought of Fan Xin, Governor of Water Transportation, and remembered that he had not yielded good results in his previous life.

She died during the period when the court was the most chaotic and the palace was fighting the most fiercely. At that moment, the person she was waiting for in this world was fighting to the death with the prince and relatives.

At that time, Fan Xin was taken down, and Dong Gong and his relatives seemed to have lost their arms overnight. At that time, although it looked calm on the surface, in the news report she received from Xiuxiu, she really felt the breath of swords, guns, water and fire. .

But Fan Xin died three years later, a long time after that person returned to the capital.

"Here comes the fish!"

Wu Ma's loud voice interrupted her thoughts.

After recovering, the three of Tan Shao and the others had already chatted, and when they saw the spicy and delicious fish bowl in Wu Ma's hand, they all raised their heads in unison.

"This is the freshest grass carp I've just bought. Generals, please try it!"

Changying took the fish basin and put it down, and Wu Ma saluted the others.

Xu Lan glanced at it and said with a smile, "Mama Wu actually made this boiled fish dish. I remember it was this dish last time, which made me eat two extra bowls of rice.

"Now that I smell this smell, I'm already greedy. I'm wondering if I should pay Changying and come to your house as a partner in the future?"

Everyone laughed.

Huo Rong held a piece of the duck's neck between his legs, and cast his gaze over it coolly.

He could see that not only did the Xu family not have any cooks who could cook ducks, they didn't even have any cooks who could cook fish.

"Brother Zichan, are you interested?" Xu Lan asked with a smile.

Huo Rong smiled but said nothing.

Isn't it enough to see the two of them flirting in the guard every day, and to send them to your door and be blinded by them again?
He had planned to break up with Shen Changying a long time ago, so naturally he would not get involved in these boring things.

As long as a woman has a little ability, it's normal for someone to admire it.

How normal is it for a man to be in trouble because of the woman he loves.

And what does this have to do with him?
He just sat next to him and watched this idiotic drama.

"Is General Xu really going to join us here?" Mama Wu said with a little joy in her apprehensive voice, "That servant is so honored!"

"That's right." Shaoqing also said, "Anyway, you eat alone, so it's good to join us."

Because Shaoqing was Changying's "deputy general", he had a good time in the guard, and because of his status as the fifth master of the Dongyang uncle's mansion, his behavior style was quite similar to that of Xu Lan, who was born in the general's mansion. The proposal is welcome.

Huo Rong felt that watching this scene was a bit frustrating.

"Just joking, Changying and I are in the same government office, how can we get too close?" Xu Lan glanced over his face and smiled casually, "If you don't mind me bothering me, I come here to ask for a cup of tea from time to time Enough."

(A new week, please ask for a monthly ticket ~ did you have fun during the holidays?)

(End of this chapter)