Liu Xiu returned to Buyun and scared Zhang Fei and the others. Hearing Liu Xiuyi said that the officials had not paid their salary for half a year, they all felt it was incredible. If Liu Xiu had not looked unhappy, they might have thought that Liu Xiu was telling a joke. Although it was a pity that Liu Xiu threw away a hard-earned Hu Benlang like this, but the matter was already like this, and they had no choice. Zhang Fei was the first to break the silence and do it next?"

"The biggest problem now is the problem of eating." Liu Xiu scratched his head a little. Luoyang's consumption level was too high. Although Mao Qian left a lot of money, it was not a problem to sit and eat empty-handed. Besides, a man is big and has no shortage of hands and feet. He can eat for nothing. After thinking about it, he told Zhang Fei that we should sell calligraphy and paintings."

Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and ignored him. Although he had already achieved good results in painting beauty and his calligraphy had made considerable progress, he never thought of using this for money. This is art, and it was so vulgar to withdraw money. But he immediately thought of a way to do his job and open a restaurant."

Liu Xiu's eyes lit up. Zhang Fei's family opened a restaurant. He was not unfamiliar with this industry, but when he thought about it, he shook his head and rejected it. The money required to open a restaurant is quite large, and he is not familiar with the place in Luoyang. If he encounters a second-generation ancestor like Yuan Shu who comes to smash the venue, although he is not afraid of fighting, with his and Zhang Fei's fists, there may not be many people in Luoyang who can defeat them by one-on-one. The problem is that if a restaurant fights every day, it will not be a restaurant but a martial arts hall.

Zhang in the backyard soon received the news and quickly asked Lu Shen to come out and ask that it was the case. Liu Xiu didn't want her to worry, and said casually that Hu Benlang would not pay his salary, which was a job to lose money, so he stopped doing it. Zhang didn't say it anymore, but he was a little dissatisfied with Liu Xiu's hot temper in private, but now he needs Liu Xiu to support his family. If Liu Xiu cannot earn his salary, he will have to pay money, which is indeed not a good thing for her.

In the next few days, Liu Xiu went out early in the morning every morning, and in the evening, he wandered around the south of the city to find ways to make money. There are Taixue, Lingtai, Yuyong, and Yueqiying in the south of the city. It is very lively within ten miles, and the population density is not lower than that of a city. Speaking of which, Luoyang is the capital, but in fact, apart from political factors, Luoyang is not as lively as outside the city. In addition to the palace, the city is either an official office or a residence for high-ranking officials. If it is rich, it is rich, and if it is noble, it is not as lively as the city gate. Moreover, the culture of various places brought by a large number of foreign population is enough to make people dizzy.

Liu Xiu felt that it would be fine to open a noodle shop and sell some snacks like noodles. There are many outsiders here, and many people are not allowed to eat, especially those single students and soldiers from Yueqi camp. They don’t know how to cook them. They can’t help eating in the collective cafeteria every day, so they will definitely not change their tastes. Liu Xiu carefully studied the diet of this era, and there are still room for food. The most convenient and fastest thing is noodles and stir-frying.

There were noodles in the Han Dynasty, called soup cakes, but the technique was not good enough. The noodles made were very short and very thick, more like dough bumps. They were convenient but convenient, but the taste was very average. Compared with the noodles that were renovated in Liu Xiu's memory in his previous life, it was simply too primitive. The other is stir-frying. The dishes in the Han Dynasty were mainly cooked, boiled, fried or eaten raw. The cooking methods in later generations were basically completed, but they were not stir-frying. Because the pot used in the Han Dynasty - also called a cauldron at this time - was relatively deep, and it was only suitable for cooking, but not for stir-frying. Liu Xiu also wanted to eat stir-frying dishes, and only noticed this problem after complaining to the chefs in the kitchen.

Liu Xiu felt that this thing was not expensive and novel. With such a large potential market in front of him, it would be no problem to earn some living expenses. Maybe he could open a few chain stores after he was done. When he thought of the fragrant noodles, he drooled first. When he talked to Liu Bei and the others, he didn't expect that they were not very interested. He thought that those who came to Luoyang to be officials would be happy to open a small shop and be a buddy. Liu Xiu had no choice but to experiment at home first. He customized a wok and then started making ramen. In order to fool Zhang Fei and the others to go to ramen, he said that this was a good way to train explosive power.

Zhang Fei and Liu Bei didn't take it seriously. Anyway, they were idle, and it was quite interesting to make ramen. Seeing a large ball of dough turning into long and round noodles, they felt very accomplished and were all self-righteous. Liu Xiu laughed when he saw it, thinking that you are the primary skill, and you barely pulled it into strips. You want the noodles pulled out by your ramen master to be as thin as your hair, which is guaranteed that you are all stupid.

Zhang didn't come out in the backyard, but Liu Xiu was busy. When he had a novel style and a bad taste, Liu Xiu actually wanted to open a shop to do business. She immediately became anxious and asked Liu Xiu, and said to him as politely as possible, "You can't do this. Doing business is a cheap business. You are the prefect of Lujiang, your senior brother is the prefect of Shanggu, and they are all officials of 2,000 stones. Can you do business? Although Hu Benlang has not been working for a long time, you can't give up on yourself. If you find a way, you should become an official. Finally, she asked Liu Xiu, why don't you go and give up on yourself? You are Ma Rong's student, and Ma Rong's daughter is Yuan Shu's aunt. Maybe you don't care about you for your sake.

Liu Xiu almost laughed out loud. He fought with Yuan Shu, not just because he was in a hurry. He just didn't want to have sex with the Yuan family. Although the Yuan family seemed very powerful now, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were not good birds. The Yuan family is now cooking oil with fire and it will take many years to get blown away. This is not because he has a prophet. After all, the endings of such wealthy families are very similar. If the giant company of Dahan is not closed, it will definitely not tolerate the Yuan family. If the Dahan company still closes according to the historical development trend, the Yuan family will be in trouble. If the Yuan family has the opportunity to change the dynasty, Yuan Shu is not a match for Yuan Shao.

Liu Xiu didn't talk much to Zhang. She was just an ordinary housewife. Her family was not a nobleman and had limited knowledge. He just comforted Zhang and said, "Master's wife, don't worry, I won't run it, and it will not affect my reputation with my senior brother. I want the landlord and his wife to do it. I just want to collect some dividends and subsidize some family income. Aristocratic families like the Yuan family do the same, and it is not embarrassing. As long as I wait, I have a salary, I don't have to worry about this little money.

After hearing this, Zhang didn't say much, so he had to let him do it. After hearing this, An Quan and his wife were very interested. They did not have the luxury of becoming officials. It is of course a good thing to make money. So An Quan arranged to find a storefront, and Luo began to learn from Liu Xiu about new ways of cooking noodles and cooking. These were originally done work, but Luo learned it without much effort. The fried dishes could make Liu Xiu, the founder, ashamed.

Just as the noodle shop was about to open, good news came along. First, there was news from the palace that Liu Xiu was asked to work as a servant in the palace. This time he was promoted, and he was promoted to the next level: the Minister of the Tiger Ben, which was 400 stones. When Liu Bei and others heard this, they immediately smiled and squeezed each other's eyes. The meaning was very clear. Liu Xiu was blessed and beat Shangguan. Not only did he not punish him, he was promoted to his position and gained his fortune.

Liu Xiu was not so excited. He asked the eunuch of the Yongle Palace who came to announce the imperial edict and said, would he pay the salary on time?

The eunuch of Yongle Palace was very unhappy. He came here to Xuan the edict of Empress Dowager. This was the fellow villager whom the Empress Dowager looked at and did not dare to ask for money. It was fine. Liu Xiu seemed to ignore it and asked for his salary as soon as he opened his mouth. He said angrily that he would pay when he had money."

Liu Xiu understood, and this meant not to be paid. He shook his head and thanked him, but he didn't go. The salary list had increased, but the salary was still not paid. I'll go drink the northwest wind? Besides, I didn't want to be an official at all. Whether it's three hundred stones or four hundred stones, it would be the same for me if I didn't pay my salary.

The envoy was stunned. Thinking of Huo Yu's instructions before coming out, he had to put down his airs and persuade him with kind words. He said to Liu Xiu, this is the grace of the empress dowager, so don't be ignorant of politeness.

Liu Xiu was puzzled and asked in detail. This was the whole story. It turned out that when he was fighting outside the palace, the Empress Dowager, who was a sure fellow villager from Huo Yu, had a feeling of hometown, so he went to him, wanting to hear the local accent and music. As soon as he asked, he had already resigned. The Empress Dowager was very surprised, so she called Jia Xu and asked if it was the matter. She resigned on the first day.

If you want to say that smart people are smart people, the Empress Dowager was bored and asked casually, but she didn't take Liu Xiu too much. However, Jia Xu's words made the Empress Dowager's interest aroused. Jia Xu said that it was the Hu Ben's servant Bao Hong who wanted to trouble Liu Xiu, and then said, "Don't worry, Empress Dowager, Liu Xiu was a warrior who had been on the formation and killed the enemy. He killed Dou Gui, the most outstanding son of the Dou family in Ningcheng formation. With Bao Hong's trick, he could not hurt Liu Xiu.

The Queen Mother hated the Dou family the most. When she heard that Liu Xiu had killed the Dou family, she became very interested and had to meet Liu Xiu. Not only did she call Bao Hong and scold him, but she also asked the emperor to issue an edict to promote Liu Xiu and raise his salary, asking him to return to the palace to serve as a servant immediately. In order to prevent anyone from interfering, she specially sent an edict from the palace to pass on the edict.

Liu Xiu laughed secretly, thinking that the two bowls of ginger soup that he had prepared for Jia Xu were not in vain, and it would have worked so quickly. If it were someone else, even if he had this intention, he might not have thought so far and said so cleverly.

However, I still can't go there. If I don't pay my salary, I'm still short of money. In order to appease the envoy, Liu Xiu wrote a sincere memorial and handed it to the envoy, saying that I can't go to the palace for the time being. The reason has been mentioned in the envoy. If you ask you to submit it to the empress dowager, she will definitely understand. As he said that he took out five hundred dollars and stuffed it into the empress dowager. He said embarrassedly that I am really short of money now, so I can only show my heart. When I get rich in the future, I will thank you again. I will go to the palace to pay homage to the empress dowager, and thank you in person for your kindness and cattle and horses for her.

Although the envoy was puzzled, it was hard to force it, so he had to leave with the memorial.

As soon as the envoy went out, Mao Zong was anxious and said to Liu Xiu, "You are ungrateful." Last time I threw a Hu Benlang who was worth three hundred stones, and this time I turned him away. What kind of official do you want to be?

Liu Xiu had an idea in his mind, but he didn't want to explain to Mao Zong before the matter was finalized. He just said that his salary had increased, but he would not pay. There was a difference. I went to the palace to work as a servant, and you came to earn money to support the family? He blocked them all. Then he said, "I want to become an official, don't worry, I told the Empress Dowager in my memorial that I hope she will be the Hu Benlang. As for whether she is accurate, I don't know."

When Mao Zong heard this, he was moved and stopped nagging. He looked forward to people coming to the palace every day.

The empress dowager received a reward and said that Liu Xiu did not listen to the imperial edict and was very angry. However, after seeing the reason why Liu Xiu wrote a memorial, he felt very distressed and felt that Liu Xiu was really not a young man. He was worried about his future for his master's wife. Seeing later, Liu Xiu said that he was grateful to the Queen Mother, and he could not serve the Queen Mother personally, but he dared not be moved by the Queen Mother's homesickness. I recommended a few people and would definitely serve the Queen Mother better than me.

He immediately recommended Zhang Chao, a native of Hejian. He was a famous family, both civil and military. He has been in Luoyang for many years and has not been able to get the opportunity to be promoted. He is also the real village party of the empress dowager. If the empress dowager can promote him, he will be grateful and loyal to His Majesty and the empress dowager.

Then Liu Xiu recommended his junior brother Lu Shen. Although Lu Shen was young, he was diligent in his studies and was loyal and filial. He served his mother in Luoyang at the age of thirteen. He woke up early and went to bed late without complaints.

Later there were Mao Zong, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. He said that none of these three people were adults, but they followed me away from their parents and their hometowns. Although I could barely guarantee them to have a meal, I could not give them better care. I heard that the Empress Dowager is the mother of the world and gives kindness to the world. If they can be served by the Empress Dowager, they will definitely feel the kindness of mothers, and they can also bring some warmth that is almost family-oriented to the Empress Dowager.

If these words were said by others, it would undoubtedly be a traitor. Can the Queen Mother be a nanny for you? But Liu Xiu understood the Queen Mother's thoughts. A forty-year-old widowed for more than ten years. Although he had been the Queen Mother, he has entered the palace and the emperor has grown up again. The state affairs are heavy. Although he goes to pay tribute every day, it is impossible for him to always be with her. The people around him are either eunuchs or palace maids, but they have no children. Liu Xiu's proposal seems reckless, but it just hits her demand for homesickness and family affection. In addition, Liu Xiu's future abandonment in order to serve his master's wife has left the empress dowager with an impression of filial piety. It is natural to say that these things are natural and natural.

What's more, the empress dowager herself still has a sense of gratitude to him.

Liu Xiu's memorial was written very straightforwardly, and he did not use the fu style of four and six pairs. He could not write them well, and probably the empress dowager might not be able to understand it. He just used the simplest words to express the most sincere feelings. He did not treat the empress dowager as an unattainable lady, but treat her as a mother's relative. The words were tactful and moving. Finally, he copied two sentences about Zhuge Kongming's memorial to his master's destiny, "I cry when I was about to say something, I paused my head and died, and I was guilty of death." He successfully deceived the empress dowager into tears.

"This child... is such a good child. He is loyal to the country, filial to the elders, loyalty, and care for him." The empress dowager wiped her tears and sobbed to the emperor, "You don't need such a talent, can you still use the same kind of people? If you want it, recruit all the people he recommended to the palace."

The emperor was stunned, holding the letter wet by the queen mother's tears, looking at the smelting handwriting on it, she was angry and funny, and at the same time she felt a little emotional. The queen mother was so lonely. Forget it, there were tens of thousands of people in the palace, and there were not many men. Anyway, they didn't pay their salaries, so just ask a few people to accompany the queen mother.

This Liu Xiu really has a trick. No wonder he could have done so many things in Ningcheng that scared the Wuhuan people.

The emperor immediately issued an edict, calling Zhang Chao, Lu Shen and five others as men, and rewarding Liu Xiu with twenty gold coins, thinking that Lu Shen and others would be in charge of the clothes. The empress dowager issued an edict, asking Liu Xiu to take Lu Zhi and Zhang to the palace to see him, and she wanted to see Liu Xiu in person.

Bu Yunli was suddenly boiling. Lu Shen, Mao Zong and others were indeed overjoyed and excited. Even Zhang, who was a little dissatisfied with Liu Xiu, had a smile on his face. Entering the palace to meet the queen mother? This is a qualification that only noble ladies have. I never thought that she had met her now.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Chao rushed to Buyunli. He was ten years older than Zhang He. He had been struggling in Luoyang for seven or eight years, but he had never waited for the opportunity to become an official. He is now a scholar in Situ's Mansion. The current Situ is Yuan Wei of the Yuan family. Yuan's family has been born and old officials all over the world. There are countless officials like him, and it will not be his turn to make up for it one day. Zhang He asked Liu Xiu to bring him a letter, which told him about Liu Xiu, hoping that he could have more contact with Liu Xiu. He did not take it seriously. Compared with the Yuan family, Liu Xiu would have calculated that if the Yuan family was a towering tree, Liu Xiu was not even a grass.

But I never thought that the big tree of the Yuan family had not given him a drop of rain for so many years, but the grass Liu Xiu gave him the dream opportunity to enter the officialdom.

Zhang Chao is very grateful.

Liu Xiu pulled him and said something affectionately. Finally, he said that Lu Shen and the others were all children, and they just accompanied the queen mother to the palace and said that they would not play a big role. You are different. You have knowledge and experience in doing things. After entering the palace, you should be valued by the emperor soon. It depends on you. You are disdainful of eunuchs. The aristocratic family has already attached themselves. The result is very clear. From now on, don’t rely on anyone, you just rely on the emperor.

Zhang Chao understood and admired that morality was young and promising, and had experienced people. How to become an official, he would definitely rise to the top like this place name, from a commoner to a minister."

Liu Xiu laughed loudly, and both attempts were successful, and he was more confident. He patted Zhang Chao on the shoulder and said familiarly that Brother Zi Bing will have a chance. However, I still have to plan for Daoliang now. After the matter is resolved, I will serve the country with you. If the emperor asks, please brother Zi Bing explain to me."

Zhang Chao nodded repeatedly. The two talked for a long time, and Zhang Chao left behind twenty gold coins and made an appointment to go to the palace together the next day, and then he left with satisfaction.

Early the next morning, a group of people got up to prepare. Zhang was a little nervous, even shivered, and felt that the makeup was not good. In the end, Liu Xiu and Luo helped her clean up. While serving, Liu Xiu took care of her, saying that the empress dowager was also a human being, and ordinary. When she was a Marquis of Jieduting in Hejian, she was so poor that she still liked to count money. So don’t think she was a god, just treat her as a woman in Zhuo County. Just like you, because she became an official, she traveled thousands of miles to Luoyang, where she was unfamiliar with her hometown. When her fellow villagers saw her, they were crying. You should accompany her to talk about her hometown dialect and talk about the customs of her hometown, which is better than that. There is only one thing: don’t mention the government. These things are complicated, and you can’t understand them. If you can’t tell them, it will be troublesome.

Zhang took notes one by one, and several people went out together. Chen Shi rushed to Jiulong Gate to wait. The empress dowager was waiting, and someone was waiting. He asked someone to take them in and looked at Liu Xiu and others in turn. Zhang Chao was mature and steady, civil and military versatile, needless to say. Although Lu Shen and others were young, they were all good-looking. The unconcealed youthfulness made the empress dowager suddenly remember the emperor back then, the time when she and the emperor depended on each other in Hejian, the emperor came to Beijing to ascend the throne as emperor, but wanted to worship Empress Dowager Dou as her mother, and she could only call her noble man and stayed in Hejian. The hard days when the mother and son were separated thousands of miles apart, she couldn't help but feel sad and joyful, and could not help herself.

The Empress Dowager was most satisfied with Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu was also young, but he had a maturity and stability that was not consistent with his age. He was vaguely similar to those who were just twenty-one years old but had been emperor for nine years. However, the emperor seemed worried because of the busy state affairs and a little weak. Liu Xiu was strong and masculine. His expression between his eyebrows and eyes also became more confident and calm, and he had a sense of fearlessness.

This force reminded the Queen Mother of the heroic deeds of defeating Yuan Shu alone and Bao Hong and the other five. These days, this incident has been rumored in the palace. Bao Hong was so embarrassed that he had no face to enter the palace. He hung his seal and left without saying goodbye.

"It's a pity that the emperor fasted in Beigong for the sake of Dayun, otherwise he would like you when he saw you." said the Empress Dowager.

Liu Xiu respectfully politely said that Your Majesty was working hard for the state affairs, and I was ashamed of not being able to share your worries. Fortunately, Zhang Chao and Jia Xu are both virtuous and talented people, and having them by your Majesty's side is much more useful than me."

The empress dowager laughed. She was very satisfied with Zhang Chao and Jia Xu recommended by Liu Xiu, but after looking, she was still the most satisfied with Liu Xiu. Unfortunately, he still had to serve his master's wife Zhang and could not enter the palace for the time being. She enviously said to Zhang, "You are so lucky, you have married, have two, and have accepted such a good disciple."

Zhang was humble and followed Liu Xiu's care to speak some local dialect with the empress dowager, which was very intimate, which made the empress dowager very happy. The empress dowager was not originally a big family, but now she is a queen mother and is arrogant and has to be arrogant. In fact, she is the same as Zhang in her heart, and she is still a small family eye and insightful. She heard the family details Zhang said very well. She returned to Hejian and felt like she was passing the time with a group of familiar gossips. She was full of energy and full of energy.

Liu Xiu accompanied him for a while and asked the Empress Dowager to go out to chat with Jia Xu. The Empress Dowager responded readily and asked Huo Yu to take him there. Walking between the high palace walls, Huo Yu glanced at Liu Xiu, who was somewhat restrained, and laughed "sniffing" and Jia Xu said something for you. If you were killed, Chengxiang, you recommended him again. He has now taken the post of Bao Hong as a Hu Ben Pushe, and the Empress Dowager also issued an edict to reimburse him for half a year's salary. You two are really destined to be together, but after living together for a night, you have such a friendship."

Liu Xiu felt that this sentence was ambiguous, so he smiled awkwardly and actually the one he should be most grateful to is the adults. If it weren't for the adults, we wouldn't have such favor."

Huo Yu stopped, twisted his body, and looked at him with a smile. "Ha, aren't you calling me eldest sister now?"

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