I sell hot pot in Dasong [farming]

Zhao Zhen squinted his eyes and breathed slowly.

Zhang Mao thought he was asleep and told the driver to slow down.

The carriage was approaching Xuande Gate, and Zhao Zhen suddenly said, "I believe in Xuan'er, but the queen doesn't believe it. I made a bet with the queen, and asked Xuan'er and Zongbao to investigate the illegal salt case together."

Zhang Mao couldn't figure out what Zhao Zhen was thinking for a while, so he just lowered his head and didn't talk to him.

Zhao Zhen's voice changed: "What's the name of that kid that Zong is protecting?"

Zhang Mao held his hand and said: "Go back to the official's house, the man's name is Zhao De, and he is now on business in Kaifeng Mansion."

"Look, Lao Bao sometimes doesn't know people well." Although Zhao Zhen smiled, his eyes were full of helplessness, "You can tell Lao Bao later that you can find a reason to dismiss him and stop hiring him. Remind Zong Bao, stay away from him—the queen must not know this."

Zhang Mao understood now that the officials were helping Tang Xuan.

Zhao De's family background is not good. Over the years, he relied on his official salary and selling private salt to make a living.The officials withdrew his official position, leaving him with nowhere to go. He panicked, and maybe he could pull out the big fish behind him.

It seems that the officials are planning to take him under the knife.

Zhao De was already a dead man in Zhang Maoze's eyes.

"Those who should be punished will be fined, and those who should be rewarded will also get rewards." Zhao Zhen thought of Si Nan and Zhong Jiang, "Mao Ze, help me think about it, how can I surprise them?"

"Yes."

In the hot pot restaurant, Zhao De didn't know that his life was about to turn into a tragic path, and Si Nan and Zhong Jiang couldn't imagine what kind of surprises they would have, so everyone was overwhelmed.

In order to ruthlessly slaughter Zhao De, Si Nan specially brought expensive dishes to serve.

"The newly released small loach is fried until crispy and golden. It can be eaten alone or boiled in the pot. Do you want it?"

"Yes, go ahead!" The servants responded with a smile.

"Where's the tender lamb? It's been marinated with spices, the smell has been removed, and it's slightly spicy. Do you want it?"

"I want it!"

"Is ten dishes enough?"

"Ten sets are not enough, but there must be twenty sets."

"Okay! Then twenty sets are the bottom line."

"Don't worry, there will be no leftovers for you!"

Si Nan sang with his followers, and eventually swallowed Zhao De's ten pennies.

This is not a small amount, you know, during the Jiayou years, the usual money can provide a full meal of wine and meat for twenty or so big men.

It was Tang Xuan's people who cooperated with Si Nan's response. Although those who came with Zhao Xing did not say a word, their hands were not idle. Dozens of plates of meat were placed on the table, and it was gone in the blink of an eye.

Zhao De didn't eat a mouthful, he was full of gas.

Xiao Guo went to the back kitchen to serve the dishes, and couldn't help laughing: "I saw the expression on that guy's face, I dug out a piece and compared it with the blue bricks on the city wall!"

Sinan even had a smirk on his face, "Where are we going? The big move is in the back - work harder today, brother has saved meat for you, waiting for the store to close and open to eat."

Xiao Guo chuckled, "Thank you, my boss! The boy quickly served the food."

"Wait." Sinan stopped him, turned around and filled a bowl of white fungus soup, "Give this to the county king, and tell him to drink less and eat more vegetables."

"Okay!" Xiao Guo put the small bowl on the tray, and trotted all the way to the private room, "Jun Wang, this is specially served for you by the master."

The corner of Tang Xuan's mouth curled into a slight arc, and said in a low voice: "What else did he say?"

Xiao Guo laughed and said: "The king of the county really guessed it, the boss asked me to tell you a word 'less drinking, more food'."

The people at the table looked at me and I looked at you, feeling that something was wrong.

A certain relative said straight to the point: "Why does it sound like my mother-in-law told me?"

Everyone burst into laughter, "That's right, those who didn't know thought it was the words brought by the princess of the county!"

Mu Qing coughed heavily.

Don't be afraid of being beaten, just keep talking!

Only then did everyone realize who they were making fun of!

So he quickly shut his mouth and looked at Tang Xuan carefully.

Unexpectedly, not only did Tang Xuan not lose his temper, he even smiled.

"Gudong-"

The servants swallowed hard.

You're not too drunk, are you?

The corner of the boss's mouth is hooked upwards, right?

It's not a taunt or a bow, is it?

Is it... because of Si Xiaodong's family?

Can't say why, it just feels weird.

Everyone stared at Tang Xuan.

Tang Xuan suppressed the raised corners of his mouth, and said coldly: "Are you full?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"eat."

His eyes were cold, and he didn't want to say a word.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

That's right, this is the real boss.

Xiao Guo told Si Nan the interesting stories about Yajian.

Sinan was immediately proud, Xiao Xuanxuan must have loved me terribly!

The proud Sinan began to make big moves: "Brothers, friends, Simou made a new drink, using grapes picked from the Western Regions, sugar from Nanzhao, and two seasons of wine from the county palace. Ice cubes condensed from natural spring water, and our exclusive secret recipe that has been passed down for thousands of years..."

More and more outrageous.

Everyone laughed and said: "Needless to say, just put it on the table!"

Si Nan grinned and looked at Zhao De with a smile, "Unique things also have a unique price. I don't know if the one who pays is happy to invite you."

Zhao De: ...

It's not over, is it?

Insatiable, right?

He gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, "Please."

How expensive is a jar of broken wine?

"Okay!" The servants shouted hello, and turned their heads to urge Sinan, "Little Boss, you heard that Brother Zhao is willing to invite you, quickly bring your rare wine!"

Si Nan glanced at Zhao De, and "kindly" reminded: "It's really expensive, ten pennies per pot, originally I wanted to give a gift to the county king, if I didn't see everyone cheering today, I really couldn't bear it."

Zhao De almost jumped up when he heard "One altar and ten punctures", what is it?One altar is ten guan, these people can drink him a hundred altars!

Zhao Xing pressed down his hand and whispered in his ear: "Don't worry, it's not worth the loss if you are anxious at this time, why don't you just be more generous."

In fact, Zhao De scolded him in his heart a long time ago. He blamed Zhao Xing for what happened today, and didn't even think about how he asked Zhao Xing for help when he was hunted down by Tang Xuan.

Cursed in my heart, but said hypocritically: "Brother Bao, you know that I don't feel sorry for the money, but I just can't swallow it. If I only invite our brothers, it's fine. Why let them take advantage of it for nothing?"

Zhao Xing had a rare moment of clarity, and persuaded in a low voice: "The guests are all invited, so this trembling is not bad, just take it as...consolation for their hard work in investigating and handling the illegal salt case."

Zhao De's heart trembled, and he suddenly looked at Zhao Xing.

He began to suspect that he was smuggling salt?

Are you pointing at him?

Zhao Xing turned his face away, deliberately not looking at his expression.

He is afraid of seeing what he does not want to see.

Sinan shook the small brass bell, "Can the two of you discuss it? Can't you serve the unique ice wine of Song Dynasty?"

Zhao De suppressed the worry in his eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "Go!"

"Happy!" Sinan happily ran to the back kitchen to serve wine.

Fuck him to death!

Of course Zhao De knew that Si Nan was tricking him, but he could only be slaughtered honestly.

Just like what Zhao Xing said, all the guests are invited, if there is an ugly mess in the middle, the previous spending will be in vain, and you will get a bad reputation of being stingy.It's better to take this opportunity to make a good impression, and then transfer to the Imperial City Division to talk.

——He made a lot of contacts, spent a lot of money, and finally got the letter of approval. If there are no accidents, he will be able to move into the Imperial City Division in autumn.

Zhao De thought with all his heart that there would be no accidents.

Although Zhao Xing began to waver, he still stood by his side considering the years of friendship.He thought to himself, when the wine came, he would use the bad taste as an excuse to make Sinan lose money.

Just then, the wine was served.

There is no trace of variegated white porcelain bowl, half a bowl of wine is poured, light purple, lined with crystal ice cubes, before drinking, this appearance alone conquered a group of old men.

Zhao Xing shook his head, desperately reminding himself, not to be fooled by mere tricks, it must be bad, absolutely bad.

With such thoughts in mind, he took a sip in disgust.

Zhao Xing: ...

Zhao Xing: ...

Zhao Xing: ...

Zhao Xing patted the table, "Come three more altars!"

Wife is delicious!

This icy, sweet and spicy thing, could it be Xianlu?None in the palace!

Simon smiled with satisfaction.

It's good to drink.This was made by him one grape at a time, and he added white granulated sugar that was so hard to purify.The sugar causes fermentation. With the mellowness of the wine, the sweetness of the grapes is added, and the bitterness of the grain wine is reduced. With the addition of ice cubes, it is not worse than the real wine from the Western Regions.

The degree is not high, everyone drinks one cup after another.Fortunately, there are no more than ten altars in total, otherwise Zhao De would really vomit blood.

When paying, Zhao De deliberately exchanged hundreds of taels of silver for baskets of copper coins in order to humiliate Sinan, and asked him to count them one by one.

One hundred thousand copper coins, I don't know when to count them!

Zhao De finally found a tinge of pleasure in revenge, and waited to see the expression he wanted on Si Nan's face.

However, it did not.

As the bamboo baskets containing money were moved into the store one after another, the smile on Si Nan's face grew bigger and bigger.

Money, sweet little money.

One of the dreams is to count money until your hands cramp!

The children were also very excited. They squatted down in front of the bamboo baskets and counted them happily one by one.

From the snack cart in Zhouqiao to the hot pot restaurant in Yutang Lane, every time the stalls were closed, Sinan would call the children together, and happily count the money while chatting warmly about the family.

Subtly, the act of counting money has remained in the children's memory as a relaxed and happy mark.

It's like April Frost to Sinan.

Just like Tang Xuan on a rainy day.

Seeing that Sinan was angry when he didn't get what he wanted, Zhao De became angry instead, "Idiot, do you really want to count one by one?"

Si Nan complained unceremoniously: "He scolded me."

Tang Xuan had already drawn the bowstring, and the tip of the black iron arrow pointed at Zhao De's eyebrows, "You are courting death."

Zhao De's legs softened, and he finally realized why thieves were afraid of Tang Xuan's arrows.There was never a moment when he felt that he was so close to death.

Zhao Xing was also terrified. No one knew better than him that Tang Xuan's archery skills were against the heavens. It was an existence that he hadn't surpassed for more than ten years!

"Apologize, quickly apologise!" Zhao Xing shouted while tugging at Zhao De.

The awareness of survival made Zhao De give up his dignity and pride, and bowed deeply, "I made a mistake, the king of the county, please hold your hand high."

Tang Xuan's eyes were cold, and the tip of the arrow did not move at all.

Zhao Xing slapped Zhao De on the head, knocking the golden crown on his head crooked, "Are you scolding Tang Qiuqiu? Why did you tell him to ask for the surname Si!"

Zhao De naturally refused.

Tang Xuan held the bow and drew it fuller.

The strings made of cowhide and gold wire made a majestic clank.

Zhao De's legs softened, and he knelt down with a bang.

Kneeling to the point of kneeling, she simply turned to Si Nan, "I'm the one who is cheap, please, no, I beg Si Xiaoguan to forgive me."

His expression was humiliated and hard-nosed.

Oh, it's too bad.

Si Nan almost felt sorry for him.

Although he is a big villain who sells private salt, he cannot die in Tang Xuan's hands, at least not at this moment.

So, Si Nan waved his hand generously, "Forget it, I will let the adults ignore the villains, and forgive you."

Zhao Xing hurriedly stopped in front of Tang Xuan, and said in a good voice: "Look, everyone with the surname Si said they forgive me, put away the bow quickly."

While talking, he winked at Zhao De.

Zhao De just knelt like that, rubbing his way to the door little by little, stood up quickly under the cover of the door panel, and ran out desperately.

With a sound of "Zheng", the white feather arrow left the string.

With a "bang", it penetrated the thick door panel.

With a sound of "ding", the golden crown fell to the ground, and there was another person with disheveled hair on the street.

Zhao De screamed in fright, and fell face down on the ground.

The white-feathered arrow pierced through the golden crown and sank deeply into the bluestone slab.

The whole alley was silent.