It seems that I am still too full [travel]

Facts have proved that the son of the historical celebrity Shen Wansan still has a lot of face. At least he wanted to hide from the laziness, so Xie Shi, who went out to the lantern festival at night, agreed to the appointment.But before that, Xie Shi hadn't forgotten that his plum blossom cakes were still waiting to be made. When he went to the back kitchen, he found that the chefs had already made the cake base together according to his instructions, and only the last step of the shape was left. Waiting for Xie Shi to demonstrate.

Xie Shi picked up a sharp knife, and evenly scratched five knives on the oily and smooth plum-red dough, with a skillful pinch, five petals jumped out, and lightly kneaded the center of the flower with a knife. After drawing a few lines, there are stamens that are waiting to be released. Finally, after a little adjustment and decoration, it can be sent to the oven for baking.The back kitchen already had an oven, but after Xie Shi came, he modified it according to his habits, so it was no problem to bake shortbread.

It takes two quarters of an hour to bake the plum blossom crisps. Xie Shiyuan wanted to go to meet the guests first, but Cen Yu was not in a hurry. He had eaten the spring rolls until he was full, and now he was thinking about the unbaked plum blossom crisps again. "No hurry, I will We made an appointment at noon, and it won’t be too late for us to go after the plum blossom cakes are baked.” According to Xie Shi, the plum blossom cakes are so elegant that they are filled with flowers, so even a big eater Cen Yu had never eaten it, so he was naturally curious.

Xie Shi had already seen his intentions, and said: "Don't worry, this plum blossom cake is already your share, and you have made a lot, and I will send some to my colleagues at that time, which can be regarded as congratulations for the festive season."

Cen Yu immediately reacted, and said with a smile: "Then colleagues should thank me very much. Thanks to my blessing, they can finally taste Tanwei's fairy craftsmanship again." After he finished speaking, he asked unceremoniously: "I have more plum cakes. My wife is pregnant recently, and she vomits when she eats everything, but the pastries in Bazhen Pavilion are the most delicious. Now I live on these pastries. Now every few days, I still eat them." They had to send someone to Le County to bring her back.

When Xie Shi heard it, his surprise was beyond words. This was the first time he had heard the news. He smiled and apologized: "Congratulations to Gu Anxi for becoming a father. I only found out about the good news now, and I didn't prepare a congratulatory gift."

Cen Yu waved his hand, pretending to be mysterious, "It's not yet March, so I haven't said it yet, of course you don't know. You don't need to prepare other gifts, they are all available at home. She must like this plum blossom cake today, I think That's a nice gift."

For the sake of the child and sister-in-law, Xie Shi would not disobey his wishes. The hot plum blossom cakes just came out of the oven and sprinkled some golden osmanthus flowers on the stamens. Only one box was picked out, and Xie Shi was going to bring it to the The Bazhen Pavilion was given to distinguished guests from Suzhou who came from afar, and the rest were packed into a three-story food box and sent to the Cen Mansion to ensure that Mrs. Cen would eat it warm.

Cen Yu didn't think about his wife's share, but he had some complaints about giving Shen Rong's share, but Xie Shi ignored it.Near noon, Xie Shi arranged all the affairs of the Shangyuan Festival, distributed rewards to the attendants sent by Han Ji to serve him in the courtyard, called it festival subsidies, and gave everyone a holiday, so that they could It is to go home to reunite with family members, or go out with people to visit lanterns.

Cen Yu watched from the side, thoughtfully, and said: "They are more blessed than others to serve a master like Tanwei."

Xie Ju didn't hear it when he was thanking, but Xie Juzhi nodded, "Like his mother, they are all people with Bodhi in their hearts. They went to Xinle County a few years ago and made a list and asked me to give New Year's gifts to farmers in the farm. Even None of the refugees were left behind."

After a while, Xie Shi greeted Cen Yu when he was done with work, and asked Wang Jia to take the food box and board the carriage, and together they rushed to the Bazhen Pavilion branch in the downtown area.At this time, on the downtown street, there was also a wealthy and dignified carriage driving slowly towards Bazhen Pavilion. There were two people sitting in the carriage, they were the Shen family and his son who had come here upon invitation.In the car, the father and son were talking.

"Father, since you have heard about the Han family's uprising, why did you agree to go to the appointment?" The one who spoke was Shen Sen who had just come to Fuzhou not long ago. At this moment, he no longer went to Suzhou to invite his father out of the mountains, but instead frowned. , full of worries.

The head of the Shen family is now in his forties, dressed as a Confucian scholar, not only has a flowing beard, but also wears a Dongpo hat that is popular nowadays, at this moment, he glanced at his eldest son and asked: "I see how many times you I'm worried all day long, so this must be what I'm worried about, right?"

Shen Sen nodded truthfully. The last time he went south to Fuzhou, he was envious of the flourishing Bazhen Pavilion business of the Cen family, and wanted to seek cooperation with it and get a share of the pie.Unexpectedly, after bumping into the south wall, the Patriarch of the Cen family saw him once, and then shied away from discussing with him, obviously having no intention of cooperating.Shen Sen didn't quite understand it, he thought it was a matter of getting the best of both worlds, no matter how big the Cen family was, its power would still be limited to the southern lands, and his Shen family was well-connected all over the world, without humility, he could be said to be the number one merchant family in the world .It is a good thing for the Cen family to cooperate with the Shen family.

This Mr. Shen didn't know that the Han family was standing behind the Cen family, and that they were lucky enough to bring back a golden doll this year. Tangshuang, Tianhuang Stone Mine and Snowflake Salt were all gold mountains, so naturally they didn't care about cooperating with the Shen family.However, Mr. Shen is also a lucky person. After being shut down, he happened to encounter an accident with Xie Shi. The magic medicine he offered saved the golden baby, so he naturally became Han Ji's guest. Not only did he get Xie Shi a priceless As a thank you gift for his glass mirror business, he also got involved in the discovery of the New World by accident.Even Mr. Shen thought that his elder son's luck was really extraordinary after hearing this series of events.

At this moment in the car, Master Shen gave him a gratified glance, "I thought you were more than aggressive, not composed enough, and your temperament was not lacking in adventure and speculation, and you were too slanted, so I was worried about handing over the Shen family to you. Now the Shen family is in full swing, with a raging fire cooking oil, and flowers blooming in brocade. If you are not careful, you will fall off the high altar and be doomed. What the Shen family needs is a master of success. Therefore, even if your temperament is among several brothers, the most Like your grandfather, but he is not suitable for the position of head of the family."

Shen Sen didn't expect his father to think this way in his heart, and he was a little frustrated. However, he had keenly felt his dissatisfaction with him from his father's words and deeds before, so he went south to contact the Cen family privately. To make a career, so that his father would look at him with admiration, and then rest assured to hand over the position of Patriarch to himself, he did not expect to take a detour again.

"I didn't know that my father was wrong. After this incident, now it seems that my son is very lucky, and he is not impulsive and completely disregards the family members." Master Shen looked at the eldest son with relief. What he said was Shen Sen got a call from his father and learned that the Han family was still standing behind the Cen family, and when the father and son went south, they received news of the Han family's rebellion, so Shen Sen hesitated in his heart, neither wanting to give up the fat that was in his mouth, He was also worried that he would drag the Shen family into an abyss of eternal doom.Cooperating with the rebels is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger and risking the displeasure of the world.

When Shen Rong heard the eldest son's analysis of the current situation, he didn't express anything, but asked instead: "Then you thought about it for a few days, and what conclusion did you come to? Should my Shen family continue to cooperate with the Han family?"

Shen Sen frowned, as if it was difficult to make a choice, but in the end he nodded, "Father, I thought this was the ladder to the sky."

Hearing this, Shen Rong, who had been stern all the time, clapped his hands and laughed, "Of course, this is also what my father thinks. In today's troubled times, there are many heroes in the world. Seeing the Han family riot, we have to fight with the Cen family." Cooperation, because if I am not mistaken, the land of Jiangnan will soon fall into the hands of Patriarch Han. At that time, if we do not have this relationship, just imagine what will happen to the wealthy Shen family?"

Shen Rong didn't say it clearly, but what both father and son understood was that if the Han family was defeated, for the Shen family, it would never be so traumatic that they would be overthrown. Surrender to the winner is the price.After all, everyone knows that businessmen value profits over righteousness, and no one would think that the Shen family did something wrong.

"Master, Young Master, Bazhen Pavilion is here." The two arrived at the destination of the trip while speaking.

Bazhen Pavilion is located in the most prosperous place in Fuzhou, surrounded by rich and noble people's business, and people in rich and luxurious clothes come and go. However, the father and son got off the carriage and were still shocked by the grand scene in front of them.I saw a three-storey luxury building standing on the street as wide as eight horses in front of me. There are seven shops on the left and right that bear the name of Bazhen Pavilion. Just as they stood for a while, three more carriages came behind the Shen family's carriage, and a few ladies and ladies wearing veils got off, chatting and laughing, and went to the most central storefront.

Seeing them standing still, the groom on the carriage urged them, "Is this the first time for the officials to come to Bazhen Pavilion? The carriages can't be blocked in front of the store, and you have to follow their instructions. There are special officials. Stables and servants."

Only then did the father and son realize that they were blocking the way of others. Shen Sen had actually been here before and knew the rules, but at that time there were not so many carriages in front of Bazhen Pavilion, and the flow of people was normal. Surprised by the scene of people coming and going, they forgot about it, so they asked the coachman to stop and feed the horses, and they were about to enter the shop.

"Officer Shen, two officials Shen!" Someone called out not far away, and quickly squeezed through the crowd, and came to Shen Sen, bowed his hands together, and said with a smile: "Young officer Shen, don't come here without any problems, my master asked me to welcome you two, Come with me." The person who came was Cen Yu's personal servant, Panda'er. Compared with a year ago, he is much rounder now, but fortunately, he can still recognize his delicate face, otherwise he might be caught by a master who only loves to see beauties Throw it to the stable to feed the horses.

Shen Sen also recognized that this was the person serving by Patriarch Cen's side, so he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you." The three of them did not follow the same path as the guests, but turned a corner, and walked slowly up an attic from the back of Bazhen Pavilion. Step into a spacious wing room that is not set up along the street.This wing room is obviously specially used by the owner to entertain guests. It is richly decorated and not lacking in the smell of books, highlighting the style of the owner's house. There are many warm basins burning in the room. When you come in from the outside, the cold will disappear after a while.

At this time, the owner of the room had obviously been waiting for a long time. After hearing the report from the servant outside the door, he came out of the room and opened the curtain. The first thing he saw was Patriarch Cen, who was holding a golden fan and looked like a tiger with a smiling face. Completely attracted by another young man in red behind him...