It’s not a good idea to record the population records and put them in the new government office. We should also take this opportunity to check the East and West No. 2 Factory.”

Liu Jin then smiled with satisfaction and said: "This is also true."

The staff member couldn't help but be overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Then the student will go down and write a statement, and we will consider it later?"

Liu Jin raised his eyelids and said, "Go."

At this moment, a steward outside reported respectfully: "Prince Zhang Yong, Eunuch Zhang, is here to visit."

Liu Jin's eyes immediately stood up, and he said in a humorless voice: "Why is this old boy here?" He swallowed the second half of the sentence "Here's a fucking joke about his ancestors".

The steward outside handed the post in cautiously, his hands trembling so much that he could hardly hold the paper. The chief steward and the second steward had both been rewarded with boards, so they couldn't help but not be afraid.

Liu Jin took it and saw that there was a gift list attached to the post. She couldn't help but said "Hey", flicked the list with two fingers, and a smile slowly appeared on her face.

He waved his hand and scolded: "Why are you so stupid? Your Grandpa Zhang is here, why don't you hurry up and serve tea in the flower hall?!"

Zhang Yong has gained some weight in the past two years, and his face looks a bit like Maitreya Buddha when he smiles. It is completely impossible to tell that this is a brave man who has led troops to suppress bandits and can also pick up a knife to kill thieves.

"Yande, why are you so polite?" Liu Jin also smiled, and his words were full of intimacy.

Zhang Yong smiled and said, "This is not something I'm asking for, brother." Although he knew there was no one around him, he still pretended to look at him twice, then leaned forward and whispered about Li.

After hearing this, Liu Jin said with a half-smile: "Whether it's a knight attack or a vanguard of the government army, you, the royal horse supervisor, can handle it. Why do you still come to my place?"

Zhang Yong slapped his thigh and said, "It's not that I'm being disrespectful, but I still need to ask my brother to give me some accurate words. How dare I not report any of these things to you, brother? That's really a shame.

."

Liu Jin laughed, pointed at Zhang Yong and said, "Don't come to praise me!"

After hearing two words of flattery, he knocked on the table, squinted his eyes, seemed to think over and over again, and finally smiled and said: "I can't even remember which Li is this. But the Marquis of Fengcheng...

..." He smacked his lips and said, "I can't tell, but he does have some family background."

Even if he didn't mention this, Zhang Yong would still have to say it. This is what he came here for today.

Zhang Yong said with a smile: "Li is an honest leader. That is to say, you should save some money during the suppression of bandits in Guangdong. It's not like you don't know about the bad things going on in the Hou family in Fengcheng. That old lady, hey, don't mention it, Li

This time the eldest son of the concubine also gave up all his wealth to seek a future."

"He wanted to burn incense, but he couldn't reach the threshold of the Buddhist hall, brother, so he took a few detours and got to my side. Brother, don't think you're too plucked, haha, brother.

The one who picked up the top ones has brought you here, so I beg you to be honest. The others are all brothers and I will run errands for them. The rest must be a little sweet for the boys below."

Liu Jin laughed loudly and said, "Look, you're too polite. Why spend money on such a trivial matter? How can I prevent you from falling behind?"

When Zhang Yong saw him holding the tea cup, he knew that this was done. Fang also picked up the tea cup, held it down twice, laughed, and joked unintentionally: "I'm not afraid of calling you Qiu Houhou."

Do you want to be the first? Brother, there is a first-come-first-served basis. Now that I have agreed to my request, no matter how much money Qiu Houhou gives me, just tell me and don’t go back on your word, as this will make things difficult for my brothers."

Qiu Ju refers to Qiu Ju. When he was young, Qiu Ju was as skinny as a monkey, so he got this nickname. Now he is no longer what he used to be, but he is a monkey spirit. The old people in the palace still call him Qiu Ju behind his back.

When Liu Jin heard about Qiu Ju, he frowned and said, "Is there anything else about him here?" His tone was light, but it was not hard to hear a bit of gritted teeth.

Zhang Yong seemed to have just realized that he had said something wrong. His fat cheeks trembled before he smiled and said: "I heard that Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang, went to the Qiu Hou family. I am not... thinking that Sun Ming has always been able to

In order to make money, for the sake of a few acres of land for my uncle, the brothers went through many scams. I don’t know how much money they spent on this, because they were afraid that an honest poor guy like Li would not be able to defeat him."

Liu Jin had already made a strong note of Qiu Ju in his heart, and immediately dealt with Qiu Ju and Gu Dayong's two disobedient things, but did not show it on his face. He sneered and said: "Yande, when are you so timid?"

Passed? Come on, brother, just keep your heart to yourself. Now that you have spoken, brother, how can I leave you and deal with others? This is how much it is, and I can still let you supplement me? It’s a joke.”

Zhang Yong also laughed and said a few funny words, which seemed to smooth over the matter.

The two of them chatted some more, and Liu Jin suddenly changed the topic and said: "What I want from Long Live is to send someone to the Shanshan-Shaanxi border to carefully inspect the granary and pasture. We have gone to the West Factory to inspect it first.

Naturally, I can’t go this time. Even if I want to avoid suspicion, it’s not easy for the people in the official prison in the Li Jian to go. I think it’s best to leave someone from your Royal Horse Prison.”

Zhang Yongyuan also thought about this. Although Liu Jin's people checked the food and grass all over the world and uncovered many frauds, there was definitely a lot of money hidden here. Especially in Shanxi, Wengui, the Minister of War, kept talking about building forts. That money

Wherever it was sent to the border, a lot of it went into Liu Jin's private pocket. It's hard to say whether this matter will withstand investigation.

Since Liu Jin said he wanted to find a royal horse supervisor, he just wanted him to cover up. Since he wanted to use Liu Jin's help to deal with Qiu Ju, he was ready for Liu Jin to create trouble for him.

Zhang Yong immediately laughed and said: "If someone really comes from the Royal Horse Prison, brother, I will definitely find someone who is prudent and safe, so that I can give him a good life, run errands for you, and live up to the relationship between the emperor and me."

The trust of our Royal Horse Guards. It’s just that it’s hard to say whether this matter falls on the Royal Horse Guards. The ordinary foreign missions, except for the Jin Yiwei, are Dongchang..."

Liu Jin glanced sideways at Zhang Yong, but did not accept the words. Instead, he said: "I see, Luo Xiang has been very down-to-earth in his work these years. If he goes on this errand, he will be an old brother. It's good to come back."

Arrange a good place for him in which camp, so as not to forget about our old friends all the time when we gain power."

Zhang Yong was stunned for a moment, and then slowly laughed, until his eyes became slits, and he looked more and more like Maitreya Buddha.

Luo Xiang was inserted into the Royal Horse Prison by Qiu Ju, and Liu Jin wanted to help him get out. The two of them had reached an alliance to deal with Qiu Ju.

"Brother Luo is really talented, but I'm afraid he's also quite straight and doesn't know how to turn around. When we get to the border, if we make those warriors crippled and the generals turn around and complain, it won't look good on our face." Zhang

Yong smiled and said.

Liu Jin dusted off the corner of his clothes and said nonchalantly: "Straight has the advantage of being precise."

He is not afraid that Luo Xiang is Qiu Ju's man and will come to check him out. He has many means to make Luo Xiang submit. Maybe he can use Luo Xiang's medicine introduction to deal with Qiu Ju.

Zhang Yong stopped talking and said no more. He cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Since I said so, the Royal Horse Inspector is obliged to do this job."

On the fifteenth day of the fifth month, Li Guo and his heir held a banquet in honor of relatives and friends.

Naturally, this banquet was not held at the Fengcheng Hou Mansion, but in his small house.

There were only a few guests at the table. In addition to Mrs. Li's relatives, they were his friends and subordinates in the Jinyi Guards, and even his brothers from the Marquis of Fengcheng Mansion were not present. The Tai Madam even complained that she was ill in the future.

I don’t know how many people in Youjue saw his jokes.

Although Shen Rui and his wife appeared at the ceremony, they dressed in a low-key manner and asked the Li family not to publicize their identities. Most of the guests were low-ranking military officers and did not pay attention to the new Jinshi. No one knew the origins of this young couple.

Li was quite calm about this situation, but Li Xi couldn't help but feel a little angry. He wanted to make some use of Shen Rui's identity, but was stopped by Li.

When Li Xi met Shen Rui, he couldn't help but complain vaguely.

But Shen Rui only smiled and said: "There is a saying that you are never afraid of being late if you have a good meal. I wonder if Brother Li has heard of it."

Li Xi was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile. He was a smart man after all, so he didn't say much and just thanked him profusely.

Shen Rui originally wanted to stay and have a feast, but seeing the situation, he gave up. After watching the ceremony with Yang Tian, ​​he left.

It happened to be still early, so the young couple went to Xiyuan happily, hand in hand.

On May 16th, an imperial edict suddenly arrived at the Fengcheng Hou Mansion. Yesterday, the wife, who had claimed that she was too ill to leave the courtyard, now had better legs and feet than anyone else, and she quickly dressed up and arrived at the front hall.

However, when the imperial eunuch heard that Li, the eldest son of the concubine of the Marquis of Lao Fengcheng, was to take over the imperial edict, the lady was like a thunderbolt and fell on her widowed daughter-in-law.

After that, she became really ill, and until her death, she never took a step out of her own hospital for twenty years.

As for Li Xi's widowed wife, she had been serving her mother-in-law who was "seriously ill" for twenty years, and was also known as a story of filial piety.

As for Li, he received two imperial edicts on this day.

The former group inherited the title of Marquis Fengcheng, and the latter group took charge of the vanguard of the government army.

This time Fengcheng Marquis Mansion held another banquet, with hundreds of tables in the inner and outer courtyards, and most of the noble families in Beijing came to congratulate the banquet.

Of course, Shen Rui and his wife did not go that day.

Li Xi was made drunk by brothers, friends he knew and did not know, and he was carried back to the room until the banquet was over. He was induced to vomit, and his stomach was completely vomited.

The maid of the house brought a bowl of japonica rice porridge.

I don't know if it was because his stomach was empty, but the aroma of the rice porridge was so alluring that Li Xi didn't even care about boiling it, and drank more than half of the bowl in two or three mouthfuls.

The maid beside him proudly claimed the credit: "I expected you to have a few more drinks. The table in front of you is greasy, so I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it. Porridge is the most nourishing. This is first-class."

Good pearls and fragrant honey, my servant will keep an eye on the fire..."

Pearl fragrant honey. Li Xi stopped and looked at the bowl of porridge carefully.

This rice is named for its pearl-like shape, fragrant aroma when cooked, and extremely sweet taste when eaten. During the Chenghua period, it became tribute rice, and wealthy people often ate this rice to show their status.

When he was young, the only time the family would have a reunion dinner together on New Year's Eve was that the precious tribute rice from his grandfather, Marquis of Fengcheng, would be allocated for all his children and grandchildren to eat. Each of them would only have one bowl.

, there is a certain amount of success.

His father was an unpopular bastard. It was good to have food on weekdays, and he didn't have to choose what kind of rice it was. Ever since his grandfather passed away, he had never eaten such fragrant rice.

Pearl-flavored honey, the tribute rice that the wife could not wait to eat one by one, now he can have a maid by his side to cook porridge at will.

Li Xi was holding the rice bowl and suddenly burst into laughter.

The maid just said that he was drunk and crazy, so she nudged him and continued teasing and coaxing him. But she heard him ask, "Have you ever heard of that saying, it's never too late to have a good meal."

The maid was a little confused and said blankly: "I don't like porridge, but you want to eat? My stomach is still empty, so it's better to drink porridge first. Dry rice is too hard, so don't hurt your spleen and stomach..."

Li Xi ignored her and laughed louder and louder, eventually becoming almost crazy.

The next day, the mansion received a pile of posts one foot high inviting Marquis Fengcheng and the Crown Prince (who were not invited to the title but were both called as such) to the banquet.

However, Li Xi didn't even look through it. He asked Li for permission, then rummaged through boxes and cabinets in the warehouse to find some rare items. He ordered people to quietly distribute them to Zhang Yong's private residence and the British government palace. Li Xi took a copy and went there in person.

Go to Shen Mansion.

"It's not that I want to ask for a title. I also know that my father just got this title and it needs to be secure. But I can't be so idle. I want to find a job. I don't ask for any future. I just want to do some practical things.

My son, it’s good to learn your skills, even if you gain more experience. Unfortunately, I’ve never known a sensible person before, and I don’t understand anything, so I shamelessly come to ask my second brother for advice.”
To be continued...