Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

The reason why these scholars dare to do this is because they have confidence. No matter what kind of crimes occurred in Taoyuan City, they have never been kicked out before, and there is no such thing as being kicked out in Taoyuan City's law book, so they are not afraid. It will never be worse than it is now.

You must know that even if Taoyuan City is not particularly rich now, most people can already eat enough and wear warm clothes. In winter, there is floor heating subsidized by the state government, so they don't have to worry about winter at all.

Under such circumstances, these brothers have been living a life without eating their last meal, and they are probably the worst group in Taoyuan City.

There is no way, slaves also have to pay taxes, and they really can’t carry their shoulders, they can’t farm the land, and they can lose chickens and ducks. Finally, the Ministry of Industry will recruit workers to do something. You can also make four different images.

In the past, because they had studied, they were given preferential treatment in the village. If they wrote a few letters or taught children, they would not have to worry about food or drink.

As a result, it has come to this point now, if you don't work hard, you will really starve to death.

As a result, they never expected that they would be driven away.

Someone asked fearfully: "City Lord... Isn't the City Lord afraid that we will reveal the location of Taoyuan City?"

Xiao Zirong resisted the urge to roll his eyes. If he was still a little worried before, he would definitely not send these people away, at most he would give them a reform through labor.

But now... the location of Taoyuan City must be known by more people, at least Xiao Xuan must know, and if Xiao Xuan knows, there is a high probability that others will know, so what else is there to hide?

No need to hide him and no need to endure these silly criticisms!

Go back wherever you came from, let's go!

Anyway, after going out, with the level of this group of goods being less than half a bottle, they can't be anyone's counselors, and they don't know how to farm. In addition, they are penniless, and there is a high probability that they will starve to death.

Of course, Xiao Zirong originally wanted to beat him to death, but he felt that it would be better not to be so fierce in front of Xiao Xuexing, and since Taoyuan City could no longer be left alone, he had to pay attention to his image and reputation.

Send them out, even if they die, it has nothing to do with him, that's fine.

Xiao Xuexing on the side has been looking at Xiao Zirong with a smile on his cheek, thinking that his straightforward style of not swallowing his anger is quite cute.

Those scholars wanted to say something, but the little ladies who came in blocked their mouths without saying a word, and dragged these scholars out one by one. Those scholars were dragged away without even the ability to resist .

The two guards behind Xiao Xuexing opened their mouths wide open, and once again glanced at the young ladies standing outside the door, their eyes instantly filled with admiration.

Before, they thought that Xiao Zirong used a group of young ladies as bodyguards for nonsense. If some young ladies could only be regarded as mediocre, they would have wondered whether King Xuancheng opened his harem here happily.

Now it seems that people really have the ability to be a guard.

Those guards looked at the straight bodies of the little ladies, and couldn't help but straighten their backs. They are the guards of the regent king, and they are also men. They can't be compared by a group of little ladies, right?

After Xiao Zirong finished processing, he turned his head to look at Xiao Xuexing. As a result, he met his eyes. Xiao Zirong blinked. At this moment, Ah Yin came over and said cautiously: "City Master, the dinner is ready, but we have to move To the dining room?"

After she finished speaking, she praised herself in her heart, and she remembered all the polite words!

This is still learned from the people around the regent. After confirming that their city lord is the king of Xuancheng, A Yin and Aman suddenly felt a great sense of crisis. Look at the people who are serving the regent. They, maybe they will be replaced soon.

In order not to be replaced, A Yin and A Man really wanted to learn from those little eunuchs for twelve hours a day, and the first thing they learned was etiquette and speaking.

They also learn very hard.

Xiao Zirong noticed this, glanced at her but didn't say anything, turned to Xiao Xuexing for a second and said, "Brother, I asked them to make some new dishes, do you want to try them?"

Xiao Xuexing stood up and said, "Let's go."

He is not hungry, but his brother has been tossing all day, and at this age, he probably should be fed.

It's just that I didn't expect to smell a smell of food before I got to the dining room. The smell is not particularly strong, but it is very attractive.

After he went in, he found that honey water had been placed on the food table, and after they came in, they began to serve the dishes in an orderly manner.

Xiao Xuexing and Xiao Zirong were still sitting opposite each other and eating. After sitting down, he took a look and found that the dishes were not that special, but the taste was really good.

He especially likes the steamed fish dish, which looks very light, but the fish meat is tender and chewy, and he doesn't know if it's his illusion, but he always feels as if he can really taste the faint fragrance.

When Xiao Zirong was eating, he would often watch Xiao Xuexing's reaction, see which dish he liked to eat, and figure out the other party's taste.

No way, he asked Ayin and Aman to ask other people, but Xiao Xuexing's subordinates were all big bosses except those eunuchs, they only knew that His Highness often took medicinal food, but they didn't know what Xiao Xuexing liked to eat.

But those eunuchs knew a little bit, but they only said that Xiao Xuexing prefers light taste.

Xiao Zirong always felt that if Xiao Xuexing had been ill for a long time, it wasn't that the other party liked light food, but had to eat light food.

For example, now Xiao Xuexing is obviously very interested in a dish of roast duck, and he also seems to like fried fish fillets with wild rice stem.

The roast duck itself was not particularly light, but Xiao Zirong wanted to eat it himself, so he asked someone to make some, and sent a small plate of duck meat to Xiao Xuexing.

And the dish of roast duck was the first to be eaten.

Xiao Zirong felt that these foods could be added appropriately in the future, but he still had to listen to the doctor.

After the meal was almost finished, the fish soup was served, which was also delicious and mellow.

Xiao Xuexing ate to his heart's content. This was probably the first time he ate an all-fish feast that didn't smell fishy. He didn't like fish at all before, but it seemed good if he did so.

But he didn't say anything. These days, every household basically has some private recipes. Sometimes recipes are also a proof of a long history of a family. Basically, no one will easily spread the recipes to the outside world.

Xiao Zirong didn't expect this, but he was relieved that Xiao Xuexing ate a lot this meal, at least much better than before.

After eating, the two of them will go about their own business.

In the past two days, Xiao Zirong has not dealt with many things. Although Taoyuan City is not big, there are also many trivial matters. The little ladies under him are all newbies, and he can't make up their minds about many things. If they pile up, Xiao Zirong I'm afraid I have to stay up all night.

He originally wanted to tidy up another study room, but was stopped by Xiao Xuexing: "Your study room is not small, and it's not that it can't fit the two of us, we'll talk about everything tomorrow."

The rooms of Xiao Zirong's City Lord's Mansion all protruded with a big character, not to mention letting the two of them work at the same time, even if all the capable subordinates of the governor of Nanyanzhou were moved here, it would still be able to accommodate them.

Xiao Zirong asked cautiously: "Then... is there anything that I can't let me know?"

Although it may not be possible, he still has to ask. If he really hears something later, he will have an explanation.

Xiao Xuexing glanced at him: "It's nothing important."

Okay, if you say so, forget it.

So the two brothers occupied one side of the desk in the study and started to deal with things.

At this time, we can see the difference in style between the two people. Xiao Xuexing handles things and other important people like Ling Fu have to wait by the side.

Xiao Zirong, on the other hand, buried his head in writing a bunch of stuff, and then called people over after everything was almost done.

However, this avoids the noise in the study.

Xiao Xuexing's recent key affairs are all related to the war, and there are also some embarrassing things and complaints for Xiao Xuan.

Seeing Xiao Xuan writing to him asking which of his cousins' children he thought was suitable for adoption, Xiao Xuexing subconsciously glanced at Xiao Zirong.

Let him say that those little gentlemen are not good, and there is no one comparable to his younger brother.

Among other things, it is far from the appearance.

It's not Xiao Xue's face control, but everyone's face control these days. Of course, for the emperor's son, the first son or eldest son is the priority, but if you want to adopt, then start to pick and choose, not good-looking, no matter how smart no.

What's more, ministers sometimes don't like princes who are too smart, especially young princes. Sometimes the smarter the child, the harder it is to teach. It is impossible to choose a child who is too young for adoption. Too young is easy to die .

In terms of appearance, Xiao Zirong is crushed, even in terms of identity, at least he is relatively close to Xiao Xuan's blood relationship.

Although those royal families are said to be surnamed Xiao, many of them have already produced five clothes. In Xiao Xuan's branch, anyone with a close blood relationship has been almost killed by Xiao Luan.

Just as he was thinking, Xiao Zirong just finished writing what was in hand, and without raising his head, he frowned and shouted: "A Yin, call Wei Yun."

Xiao Xuexing didn't make a sound beside him, this was the first time he saw Xiao Zirong handling political affairs, it was quite similar, so he couldn't help but observe more.

He still remembered that Xiao Zirong took the initiative not to be the emperor at the beginning, but now it seems that the child was afraid and said that in order to protect himself.

Ah Yin agreed crisply outside, and Wei Yun came to the study not long after.

Although Xiao Xuexing watched from the sidelines, Xiao Zirong and Xiao Xuexing have been going in and out together and sleeping together these two days. These officials who often have contact with Xiao Zirong have basically changed from nervousness at the beginning to calmness now.

Because they found that although the regent looks like a lonely moon in the sky, he is actually not difficult to get along with, or he seldom pays attention to others.

After Wei Yun saluted him, she simply pretended that there was no such person, and asked cautiously, "City Lord, do you have anything to tell me?"

Xiao Zirong clicked on the paperwork and said, "Is this number not correct?"

Wei Yun leaned over to take a look and said firmly, "That's right, I did the math many times."

Xiao Zirong was a little surprised: "Why did you suddenly consume so much?"

Wei Yun glanced at Xiao Xuexing cautiously and said, "Isn't this... the population also increased?"

Xiao Zirong said, "How much more is that? This consumption is too much."

Wei Yun was very wronged: "They eat a lot."

Xiao Zirong paused before saying, "I didn't give an estimate before."

Xiao Xuexing also had an estimated amount for the consumption of food and grass. When Xiao Zirong calculated it, he added a few percent to that amount. At that time, he almost boasted to Xiao Xuexing that he did not raise these people all winter. question.

This is based on the fact that he has set aside the disaster relief rations that he may need next year.

As a result, the speed of consumption has exceeded his imagination. According to this amount, I am afraid that it can only support Ban Dong.

Xiao Xuexing didn't want to care about it at first, but seeing that his soldiers were involved, he asked one more question: "What's going on?"

Xiao Zirong turned his head to look at him, thought for a while and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the grain and grass have been consumed recently, which is a bit strange."

If it weren't for the people from Taoyuan City and Xiao Xuexing's soldiers guarding the city gate now, he would wonder if someone sneaked in to eat.

Xiao Xuexing stretched out his hand and said, "Show me."

Xiao Zirong leaned over to give him the document in his hand and wanted to explain it, but Xiao Xuexing glanced at it and turned to look at Ling Fu: "Why did you suddenly consume so much food and grass?"

Xiao Zirong here has a special account book for the grain and grass allocated to Xueziying, and Xiao Xuexing also has an account book in his heart. After checking, he can find that the consumption is comparable to that during the war, but it was not the same as it is now. Same.

Ling Fu immediately said: "I'll send someone to investigate."

Xiao Zirong said in a low voice: "It's not a big deal, it's just a bit unexpected, don't worry too much, I'll just keep the food."

Originally, some of the food was intended to be sold, but it was fine to keep it, anyway, he had no use for the money sold.

But Xiao Xuexing pressed his hand and said: "No need, we will leave in two days."

Xiao Zirong's eyes widened: "Where are you going? Didn't you say you would stay?"

Before Xiao Zirong asked Xiao Xuexing to stay and wait for him to find a way to make sulfonamide. At that time, Xiao Xuexing didn't refuse him, so he assumed that the other party agreed. Why is he leaving now?

Xiao Xuexing explained: "If you don't go far, just go to the front line to watch. Recently, the Wei army has been quiet for too long, so it is not good for them to procrastinate. Zhongli and other places have already beaten the Wei army back, and Zhang Chong has occupied the Wei country for a few days. In a small city, the Wei army now has only two options, either to fight or to make peace."

Xiao Zirong can figure out the rest without Xiao Xuexing talking about it. If the fight is going to be delayed until now, if there is a fight, Zhongli's side can't beat it, and Zhang Chong's side is invincible, then it must be easier for Nanyanzhou side a little.

Xiao Zirong recalled the records in the historical materials, and said hesitantly: "The Wei army fought aggressively before, but now it has suffered a disadvantage. Then... will the Emperor Wei conquer himself?"

The Hu emperor had the habit of personally conscripting, and probably only his personal conquest could boost morale at this time.

Xiao Xuexing nodded: "That's what I'm worried about, so I'm going to keep an eye on it, and I can report it in time if he really enlists himself."

Xiao Zirong frowned: "But who knows when he will come, you can only wait now."

"That can't be helped. Otherwise, it may be too late to send someone to report after Wei Jun really calls."

After hearing this, Xiao Zirong couldn't help but slapped the desk: "This is easy to solve, just wait, I'll get something that can send an alarm in time."

Signal flare, how could he forget this?