Little lucky girl from the peasant family: Queen Splendid

Chapter 546

The second box contained a lot of clutter, including two "family letters", a dozen sheets of drawing paper, a pouch made of conch shells, a few boxes of snacks, and a bunch of pencils with sea shell caps embedded in them...

Needless to say, of the two family letters, one with neat handwriting was written by Ding Wei, and the other with barely legible handwriting was written by An Geer.On a few sheets of paper, Qinger and Brother Yue are trying to learn to crawl on the blanket under the tree, Brother Ang is smiling brightly in front of the construction site with his sleeves rolled up, and Ding Wei is checking under the lamp The account book, and the biggest one is the busy wharf outside the stone castle.

Gong Zhiming watched with relish, touching his wife and children on the drawing paper from time to time, tears finally flowed out.

After waiting to open two family books, he couldn't help laughing again.

His lovely wife and son, who sent letters home so far away, are still complaining to each other. The lines are full of coquettishness and joy, making his chest swell with happiness...

This year was really an extraordinary year for the ministers of Dayue. The old emperor died of illness, the two princes were married off, the new emperor was forced to ascend the throne, and the prince turned against the king...

If the mind is weaker, it may take a year or two to lie down before waking up.

But anyway, a year is finally over.

Seeing that there were still two people on New Year's Eve, the civil and military officials and the people of the capital who had been in fear for a year were relieved and prepared to have a not-so-fat new year.

At this time, suddenly the little eunuch in the palace was spreading rice paper all over the place, which aroused the hearts of everyone.Fortunately, it soon became clear that it was the general who wanted to entertain civil and military officials.

Everyone immediately relaxed, and began to wonder why the general was in such a good mood.As a result, the maids and eunuchs in the palace all got a good chance to earn red envelopes, and the most important thing was that they didn't say anything to keep them silent.

"The Empress sent New Year's goods from Taoyuan Island. There are several boats. The general invited Miss Lianqiao to cook and set up a banquet for all the adults to come to the banquet."

A young eunuch serving in the front hall spoke the most clearly, and everyone was relieved.

At first, when Lian Qiao came to serve, everyone thought she was talking about the general's concubine, but the impatient flatterer was scolded by the pungent Lian Qiao as a bloody sprinkler.Only then did everyone know that Lianqiao was the big servant girl next to the legendary empress, and she had already made a marriage arrangement.

Later I heard that Miss Forsythia's cooking skills are very good, I don't want to have a chance to try something new today.

It was about to be sealed, and Gong Zhiming didn't plan to inquire about the errands of the people when he was in such a good mood, so he picked up some customs and customs from various places in Da Viet and talked about it, and everyone answered their questions for fun, and the hall was lively for a while.

Soon, some court ladies and eunuchs brought up fruit plates with excited faces. Yellow and orange bananas and mangoes, emerald green carambola and guava, and red and black pineapples. The red fruits are all extremely fresh. , There are drops of water falling down from time to time on the smooth skin.

All of them were placed in large transparent glass bowls. As soon as they were placed on the table, a smart and beautiful court lady washed her hands, took a small silver knife, peeled and cut pineapples into pieces, and peeled and pitted mangoes...

The whole hall was gradually filled with the fruit fragrance, causing everyone to take deep breaths one after another.

In fact, speaking of it, those who could be invited to the palace for a banquet were important figures in the entire capital city and the Da Yue court.Counting three generations back to the ancestors, they are all rich and noble families, and they have eaten countless good things in the world.

But Da Viet is limited by the region. It is located in the southwest, and it is mostly arid. The climate is hot in summer and cold in winter. These fruits that only grow in the tropics are rarely eaten fresh, or even seen.

I don't want to see today, but I saw a novelty in the palace.

Someone couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty, I have lived for 50 years, and I think I have seen some new things. But this is the first time I have seen these fruits. I heard they came from overseas, but is it true?"

Gong Zhiming changed into a bright yellow dragon robe, and instead of wearing a gold crown on his head, he only wore a wooden hairpin, but his majesty did not diminish at all. At this moment, the old minister asked about the new year's goods sent by his wife thousands of miles away , I couldn't help but smile in my eyes.

"What Aiqing said is right. These fruits were transported by the empress from the overseas islands by big ship."

"It takes at least [-] days from the overseas island to the capital. How can it be so fresh and not corrupt?"

It happened that the maid brought the fruit plate to the old minister who was speaking, and there were various fruits in the transparent glass plate. When he smelled it lightly, he was even more surprised by the fruity aroma.

Gong Zhiming was in a good mood, and it was rare for him to explain patiently, "The fruit was dug up from the tree, put into a large tank, and placed in the cabin of the ship to avoid the wind and frost. When it was delivered to the palace, the fruit was still hanging on the tree, so it was naturally fresh."

"Oh, so that's how it is. It is said that the empress is the most intelligent woman in the world. What I have seen and heard today really deserves her reputation. Only the empress can come up with such an ingenious method."

No matter whether they are sincere or not, they are also sincerely praising.

Gong Zhiming looked at a middle-aged courtier who was sitting not far away, and ordered in a low voice, "When you go back, bring a basket of fruit and offer it to the old prime minister."

The middle-aged courtier quickly got up, knelt down in the middle of the hall, and thanked him gratefully.This was the eldest son of the old prime minister who committed suicide in order to keep Gong Zhiming on the throne.Originally, he thought that his old father would be suppressed if he angered the new emperor, and even the whole family was ready to return to his hometown, but the new emperor not only did not punish him, but raised his rank and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, it really made him inexplicably awed , has been conscientious.

Now seeing the new emperor eating a fruit, he has not forgotten his father who passed away, so how could he not return?
Seeing this, all the courtiers secretly sighed with emotion.

Old General Chu has lived in Quanzhou for so long, and naturally he has eaten the fruits that are abundant in Taoyuan Island, so he will serve as an explanation at this moment.Not only did he talk about how to eat with everyone, but he even interspersed a few jokes about how he just started living at the beach, which made everyone laugh.

There were not many fruits, and everyone took away only one plate, and then the maids and eunuchs began to bring hot dishes. In addition to the boiled beef and mutton that everyone often eats, the most conspicuous ones are steamed crabs, braised prawns, sea cucumbers with green onions, garlic Steamed abalone with minced seafood, spicy flower armor and other seafood dishes.

What everyone eats is almost sticking out their tongues. They usually eat river crabs, dried shrimps, and dried abalones. Now they only know the difference in words when they eat fresh ones, but the taste is worlds apart.

Someone couldn't bear it and asked vaguely, "Is this seafood brought in alive from the sea?"

Yu Chihui had hugged most of his stomach long ago, and when he heard this, he rushed, "Of course, it was also transported in a large tank of sea water."

"Oh I got it."

Everyone nodded as they ate, but because they were not used to eating seafood, they only rushed to chopsticks like braised pork ribs, but they found that the taste was also very good, so they couldn't help but look at Old General Chu enviously.

No wonder this old man spends his days in the palace, it turns out he is such a good food, he is really cunning...

There was not much wine and no political affairs in a banquet, but it was the most satisfying meal in the memory of everyone.

The few estrangements originally caused by unfamiliarity have also dissipated most of them in the satisfaction of eating and drinking...

The next day he got up early, and after the last court meeting, Gong Zhiming drank a bowl of abalone porridge, and finally changed into a padded robe made by his beautiful wife, and took Yu Chihui and Forsythia two small clothes out of the palace for a walk.

It is said that there are three fires for a new official to take office, and the new emperor is of course not exempt.All the civil and military officials, especially Jing Zhaoyin, put on all their energy, for fear that the fire would burn on their own heads.

Therefore, there is nothing wrong in the capital city.The victims cherish the days when they have enough food and clothing, and they work very hard.

Of course, it was unavoidable that some people would still be a little bit embarrassed and scold the victims, but fortunately, no one dared to do anything.

Gong Zhiming saw it in his eyes, but he thought about the return of the victims to their hometowns after the beginning of spring.

A person who leaves his hometown is like a tree without roots.Even though there is food and drink here in the capital, no one is reluctant to part with the mud house at home, the two acres of Susukida, or even the willow trees at the head of the village.

However, there was a catastrophe last year, and the seeds were not harvested. Even if they temporarily ate wild vegetables after returning home, the seeds still had to be distributed by the court.

All in all, it's trivial and complicated.

But Gong Zhiming knew what was in his mind. After the new year's goods were unloaded yesterday, Cheng Dayou took the fleet back overnight.

Fang Xin has already helped to collect good seeds, and they will arrive again after the first month of the year.

Thinking of his good brother who tried his best to help, he couldn't help sighing, it has been a few months since we parted, and I don't know how long it will be when we get together to have a good drink again.

"All the New Year's goods in the north and outside the city have been delivered?"

Lianqiao and Yuchihui both nodded, "I sent it this morning."

Lianqiao was a little distressed, "Those New Year's goods were carefully prepared by the master. It's a pity to distribute so many."

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly noticed that there were some novelty gadgets on the roadside stalls, so she ran over a few steps and shouted for the hawker to pack them all for her, "Next time, let Guanshi Cheng bring these things back to the little one." The masters are playing."

Hearing these words, Yu Chihui regained his energy, and swept up all the small stalls on the street, and the two of them bought a big bag.

Gong Zhiming was funny, but he was thinking that Yuchihui should start a family. That day when he went to the battlefield for the first time, Yuchihui followed him, and he was an orphan since he was a child. up.

At this time, he missed Ding Wei more and more. As long as she was by his side, these things would have been properly arranged.But thinking of the request she made on behalf of Angelica, it might have been a warning to him.

Why didn't she know that with a strange woman like her, how could he be able to accommodate others in his heart.

For example, the lady across the street pushed open the window in the strong wind whether it was a coincidence or on purpose...

"Let's go back!"

Lianqiao and Yuchi regretted that they didn't know the master was in good spirits, so they went back.

Yu Chihui obeyed immediately, but Lian Qiao looked around vigilantly, and finally frowned in annoyance, and said bitterly, "Which brother will help me to find out, who revealed the master's whereabouts?"

The passers-by on the side didn't know who she was talking to, and they were a little confused, but some people listened and started to act...

(End of this chapter)