Splendid Pastoral: The Strong and Hot Wife

Chapter 305 New Year's Eve in the Palace

Xu Xiaomi just gave him a blank look, thinking: He will always find him anyway, so don't pretend he doesn't know, that would make him passive.

I want to help him anyway, so why not tell him happily so that he doesn't have to worry?It's just that you have to declare first that you are only borrowing it now, and you still have to return it later.

"Msister! You don't have to worry about these small things, you just need to do the things in the previous court well. I am responsible for these small things! However, you also know that each of these transactions is not a small sum.

So, after we get through this difficulty, in the future, if there is money in the treasury, we will return it.what do you think? "

Qiu Yongzheng agreed of course.As long as this year passes this year.Next year, he will let the people of Dazhou focus on economic development.Make the Great Zhou country rich and strong.

The next morning, Xu Xiaomi asked Lin Chong to arrange someone to go to Siweizhai with him.

She knew that her troupe had already arrived at Siweizhai, so she planned to take them back to the palace together.She herself hasn't heard the play for a long time, and she's already looking forward to it.

When they arrived at Siweizhai, Xu Xiaomi asked those who followed him to wait outside the back door.Then, he went in with Cuiping.

After a while, Aofeng came out from Siweizhai and asked all the eunuchs to help.

From Siweizhai, I pulled a whole ten carts of pork bacon, sausage, chicken, duck, goose, rabbit, and fish back to the palace.

Even though this is already a lot in Xu Xiaomi's opinion, it is not too rich when distributed to the ministers.All I can say is, it's better than last year!

However, in the hearts of all the ministers, they are very grateful to them!
After Chen Hezhe's nonsense in the Great Zhou Dynasty, all walks of life were very depressed.Especially in agriculture, not to mention such abundance, such as chicken, duck, fish, rabbit meat and vegetables, that is, the rice and oil that is eaten every day, are extremely expensive in the capital.

People's food is even more scarce!The reason why Xu Xiaomi's Siweizhai business in the capital is booming is because she has fresh vegetables and meat every day.

Moreover, during Chen Hezhe's reign, the emperor never sent new year's goods to ministers.All ministers and local officials pay tribute to the emperor every year.

This time, although each of them only got one chicken, one duck, one goose, one rabbit, two fish, two pieces of cured pork, one sausage, two pieces of beef, two pieces of mutton, and fifty eggs kind.

Each person has ten catties of potatoes, half a basket of radishes, ten pieces of cabbage, five catties of lotus root, and some green onions, ginger and garlic.

But, add it all up, or a lot!At least, on New Year's Eve, there is no need to add other dishes to this New Year's Eve meal, and there will be a big table.

And Xu Xiaomi only kept some, beef, mutton and vegetables.At night, she had a big belly and didn't bother to move.

Let Cuiping and Xiaoxiang take the things to the imperial dining room and watch the imperial chefs prepare them.Except for a few masters to eat, the rest were all rewarded to the maids and eunuchs in the palace.

Of course, Mrs. Li and Qiu Zhongxiang gave some to each of the women who were selected for the title.

She herself brought her younger brother Xu Hao, younger sister Xu Xiaoting, Qiu Yongzheng, Qiu Zhongxiang, Qiu Qiming and his wife together in the Taihe Palace, cracking melon seeds and peanuts, and watching the play "Story of the Stone" adapted by herself.

Finally, when it was midnight, Qiu Yongzheng also took out the simple fireworks that Xu Xiaomi taught others to make.

The gunpowder for making fireworks was where Xu Xiaomi kept the grenades when he made them. This time, when Xiaobailong, Caiyi and Xiaoxiang went back to buy new year's goods, she asked them to bring them along.

At this time, when the fireworks were set off, all the masters, maids and eunuchs in the palace came out to watch.

They felt that the palace hadn't been this lively for a long time.Of course, the newcomers didn't know, they thought the palace was so lively every year!
However, an old fritter like Lin Chong knows that since the old emperor of the previous dynasty died and the new emperor Chen Hezhe came to the throne, the palace has been overspending year after year.

Even if he is very careful, he pays the people and businessmen every year, and increasing taxes will not be able to fill up the loss pit.Therefore, during the Chinese New Year in the palace, even the fireworks were frugal.

The palace people were very excited when they saw the colorful fireworks in the Taihe Palace, and felt that this was just like the atmosphere of the New Year.

In fact, during the New Year's Eve dinner, Xu Xiaomi asked Lin Chong to send some to the palaces with masters, saying that the home venue was located in the Taihe Palace, so that the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager could also be happy with the young people.

In the rest of the palace, let them play with it.

After the half-hour-long fireworks were over, the entire palace returned to tranquility.

Lin Chong also finished his work at this time, took the small jug of wine given to him by his master, and took Xiao Cun to his inner servant, ready to have a drink.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, Xu Xiaomi was still in bed when he heard Qiu Yongzheng setting off fireworks at the gate of Menyangming Palace.

Although the court had a three-day holiday for the Chinese New Year, but on the first day of the new year in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the ministers used to come to the emperor, the crown prince, and the Supreme Emperor on this day to pay tribute to the new year.

However, this year's ministers seem to have brought more things into the palace than ever before.

Headed by Mu Yuanqing, his tribute gifts this year actually brought as many as five carts.

What's more, all the strange things were sent, including two bright red coral trees with a diameter of nearly one meter.

As soon as this was put out, Xu Xiaomi's eyes were straightened.

In her previous life, she had also seen corals, but those were too small, and these two were the largest corals she had ever seen.

There are also six luminous pearls, gold and silver, pearls, agate, emerald, jade, and there are countless more.

Qiu Zhongxiang looked at his old subordinates and sent so many things in this year.Didn't they move all the property here?
Before, he never felt that Mu Yuanqing had so many valuable things!

He smiled and asked, "What's the matter with Mu Qing's family? They sent so many tributes this year."

"Your Majesty doesn't know something! This is one of three congratulatory gifts." Mu Yuanqing said with a smile.

"Oh? What did Aiqing say?" Qiu Zhongxiang asked curiously after hearing what he said.

"Your Majesty, look! Years ago, on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Crown Prince was registered, and on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Crown Princess was registered, and the Crown Princess is about to give birth to a grandson for you. Isn't this three congratulatory gifts?
In addition to the tribute items for the New Year, I pulled them all together!Are you satisfied?Ha ha……"

Hearing what he said, Qiu Zhongxiang took a look around the five carriages he had sent, and said, "Oh! Satisfaction is satisfaction, but most of them are not for me.

You divide the tribute to me first, and let me see if you are satisfied with it before talking! "

Mu Yuanqing listened and looked at Xu Xiaomi who was standing next to the coral tree.Handed her a list and said: "Crown Princess! This is from the minister, please accept the congratulatory gift from the Crown Prince and the little emperor's grandson."

Xu Xiaomi looked at Qiu Zhongxiang, Qiu Zhongxiang saw his daughter-in-law looking at him and said, "Uncle Mu gave it to you, just accept it!"

When Xu Xiaomi took the list and took a look, ho!Good guy, unexpectedly those two coral trees were given to her and Qiu Yongzheng.

She hurriedly said to Mu Yuanqing, and Mu Yuanqing said with a smile: "Thank you, you don't need to say anything, just give me more of the bacon and sausage you got, haha..."

After hearing this, Xu Xiaomi had no choice but to say apologetically, "Oh, Uncle Mu, I'm so sorry!

Last year, I made less at home, this year!This year, I will definitely get it for you in person, and you will be satisfied! "

"Oh! You don't need to do it yourself! You just need to arrange dozens of people to go to Xujia Village. You still have a lot of business to do this year! Where do you have time to do this?"

Qiu Zhongxiang answered straight away.

"Okay? No matter who made it, as long as there is something to eat, it's fine for me to eat! Haha..."

Mu Yuanqing said with a smile.He hurriedly handed over another list to Qiu Zhongxiang.

Qiu Zhongxiang didn't even look at it, so he said with a smile: "Haha...it's not too bad! Let's go! The girl has made something new, I'll take you to have a look. Haha..."

As Qiu Zhongxiang said, he dragged the old subordinates to the back.

The other ministers came, and they were all received by Xu Xiaomi and Qiu Yongzheng.

Lu Quan sent four big carts, Zhou Kelei sent four big carts, Wu Qian brought Wu Yang also sent four big carts, and the other officials sent at least two carts.

Xiao Cun'er stood at the gate of the palace, whenever a minister came, he would sing loudly, which minister came.

So Qiu Zhongxiang came out and led the ministers to his palace to watch the theater.

Qiu Zhongxiang liked Xu Xiaomi's operas very much. Ever since he listened to the first episode of "Story of the Stone" on New Year's Eve, he could hum a few words when he was alone.

And Qiu Qiming and his wife also like the characters in the story, especially the character Jia Baoyu.A few of them can reach the point where they never get tired of listening to it.

The ministers stayed in the palace after listening to the play all afternoon, and Xu Xiaomi made arrangements for lunch.

After a simple lunch, Qiu Yongzheng wanted to win some money from the ministers, so he took out a few sets of mahjong, asked Xu Hao and Wu Yang to be coaches, and competed with the ministers himself.

After this commotion, many ministers fell in love with mahjong, and some of them didn't return from the palace until the night of the second day of junior high school.

When I left, I didn't forget to go to Xu Xiaomi's to sell two or three pairs, and when I went back, I let the women at home pass the time when they were bored.

This time, Xu Xiaomi's mahjong was not enough to sell for a while, so I had to discuss with Caiyi and the others, let them go back to Xujia Village the next day, bring the ones that were made at that time, and let grandpa work harder and make more .

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Caiyi and the others went back to the palace in the evening, brought back mahjong, and brought back good news. The iron boat that uncle helped to make was ready, and it was waiting for the trial voyage.

Xu Xiaomi was so happy from ear to ear when he heard the good news.I thought to myself: This time, I can recruit a large number of sailors.

In a flash, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and Xu Xiaomi was pulled out of bed by Qiu Yongzheng early in the morning.Ask Cuiping, Xiaoxiang and Caiyi to help her dress up.

(End of this chapter)