Dress to be a celebrity

Beside the Hanshui Wharf, a big boat has already been prepared.

They traveled from east to west against the current, and the water route was slightly slower than the land route, but the boat was more stable and comfortable than the car, and the space on the official ship was large enough to hold them and several carts of luggage.Those few big cars were not suitable for boarding the boat, they were rented cars anyway, so they gave the money directly and sent the car dealer back to Beijing.

What you can see on the boat is nothing more than the scenery on both sides of the strait.Song Shi worked as a master for his father in the south for two years, and took more boats than cars, and he was already past the age when he could be excited just by looking at the river scenery.Therefore, the first thing after boarding the ship is not to appreciate the scenery, but to turn out the pen and ink to the cloth, write a letter of report to the superior of the second envoy, and write to the people in the Yamen the notice of Ren Hong and the sign of Ren Ren, and ask them to take it with them. Cars, horses and sedan chairs are greeted at the station outside the city.

There is also Zhou Wang—although Zhou Wang is not considered his serious boss, but since he lives in Hanzhong, he has to write a post.

He is a well-known talent in the country who passed the Sanyuan examination. He has a heavy burden of being an idol. He has to write a letter with brilliant prose, and the diction for each adult has to be different.If so, I am afraid that those senior Jinshi will laugh at him.

Fortunately, he has been writing this kind of document for his father since he arrived in Guangxi, and he has rich experience: at the beginning, he must use "Newly selected Song Shijin, the magistrate of Hanzhong Prefecture, Shaanxi Province", and at the end, he should write "I will choose to arrive this month for a humble job." Responsibility, pre-initiated", in the middle is nothing more than a modest statement that I am a "mediocre" and "pedantic" generation, ashamed of "the heavy responsibility" and "the obscene toilet court", and then wish to be "like a green radish resting on an arbor" Pray to the official to take care of him, and entrust him under the protection...

They are all routines, and if you write a lot, you will become familiar with them.

Huan Ling wanted to help him write a few papers, but he brushed them away: "These are useless things, don't waste your time, write more papers when you have time. After I take office, I want to run a school, The factory is engaged in industrialized large-scale production, and it depends on your help."

When it comes to industrialization, I don’t know how much information there is to learn. There are never too many Jinjiang coins in the background.

Huan Ling smiled and said: "I know that your theses are needed for doing big things, and I have collected some useful things a few days ago. You can review them for me after you are done."

Didn't he know that it was easy to post drafts of small articles about eating, drinking, and having fun on Jinjiang Internet, so he traveled with King Zhou these days, and specially asked King Zhou to talk about the food expenses in the palace, daily leisure and entertainment, etc., and compiled them into small articles.It's just that he is not very proficient in writing the articles of later generations, and Song Shi needs to help add a few points.

The two locked themselves in the cabin to write articles, and went out of the cabin to breathe in the morning and evening to see the scenery on the river.Two or three days passed in a flash, and the boat had already sailed outside the Fucheng.

The Han River is more than forty miles away from the Fucheng, and his car has already retreated, so he sent someone to enter the city with the notice, the arrival notice, and the appointment card. Come pick him up.

Generally, foreign officials cannot directly enter the city when they take office. They have to be invited by subordinate officials with their cars and sedan chairs, so that they have the dignity of being an official.He was supposed to live in the Town God's Temple first, and after fasting for three days, he could pay homage to the City God, but there was no Town God's Temple by the pier, so he changed to live in an inn, and waited for the official seal from the knowledge, judgment, and experience, and picked an auspicious date for entering the city. Sail to Fucheng before the deadline given by the imperial court.

Officials from outside the city came to welcome him, but he counted the number of people, but felt that there seemed to be more people coming back to welcome him.Although he is a magistrate of Zhengyin, when he arrives, he should be greeted by Tongzhi, Tongju, Experience, Nanzheng county magistrate, county lieutenant, etc., but this time he came back to pick him up with a fifth-rank official in red—— —

I'm afraid it's because he has gained the honor of Senior Brother Huan Xiao, and the long history of Prince Zhou's residence came to welcome him?

He put down the curtain of the car, winked at Huan Ling, and said with a smile: "This is His Royal Highness Zhou Wang sent to greet you personally? It seems that the subordinates are in the favor of our lord Qian Xian."

Huan Ling chuckled lightly: "It's not entirely true."

what happened?Song Shi didn't like to listen to such tricksters, so he raised his hand and poked him a few times, forcing him to tell the truth.Huan Ling didn't hide it from him, and before the carriage stopped, he leaned into his ear and asked in a low voice: "His Royal Highness Zhou Wang usually calls me uncle, and he often envies our deep love between husband and wife. Shi Guan'er guessed Guess what he called you?"

It's called Uncle... Uncle... No, it's called, who knows what his name is!

Song Shi blushed a little, and glared at the man who looked like a chief envoy in the fifth-grade men's clothing across the carriage.The rolling wheels stopped just at this moment, Mr. Song held onto the carriage for luck, wrapped the hem of his robe, stood up and got out of the carriage first.

When he reached the car door, Huan Ling took a step ahead and stopped him from jumping off.

When the two passed by, he heard Huan Ling's deep, smiling voice saying, "The one who was joking with you, His Highness only calls you Lord Song, and he respects you very much."

He jumped down first, and directed the people to move the low ladder to get off the car, and then called Song Shi to get off the car.A group of officials waiting outside the Hanzhong mansion watched him considerately help Song Shi get out of the car, thinking about each other, their eyes flying wildly with each other.

It is worthy of being the Sanyuan and the top ten Hanlin and Yushi in the second and second class, so that they can have such a romantic style.However, they originally read novels and dramas such as "Song Zhuangyuan's Marriage of Love and Love", and it seems that Song Zhuangyuan is a husband and Mr. Huan is his wife. Why is Mr. Huan serving Mr. Song even more attentively when they meet each other?

This...according to their experience of serving their wives at home, it seems that there is something wrong in the play, right?

Everyone was thoughtful, but they didn't dare to discuss it in front of the two of them. When the prefect of Song came up to the ceremony, they all put on a respectful expression, and told him about their official positions and seniority.

The local chiefs are all juren and supervisors, but the second assistant officials in the mansion are all Jinshi backgrounds. Tongzhi Zhao Shen is a Xintai 11-year mid-term exam, and Tong San Yuanchong is a Xintai 17-year Jinshi.Chu Xiu, the chief envoy of the palace, was in the same year as Huan Ling. After the mid-term examination, he was obliged to obey his father's funeral and never selected an official. This time when King Zhou opened his mansion, he was waiting in line for an official in the Ministry of Officials. The title of review, followed Zhou Wang out of Beijing.

Generally Jinshi get together to discuss their seniority and compare their names and qualifications, all to compare their status, but in the Song Dynasty, the three yuan was already unique in the world, and it would be incomparable to send a top scholar, so this time to narrate Seniority is simply a self-reported identity.

After seeing the ceremony, Ambassador Chu invited Song Shixian to pay homage to the palace.

The king of Zhou is driving here. Since he came to Hanzhong, he must come forward to meet him.Song Shi couldn't shirk it, so he asked the officials of the mansion to go back first, chose a horse with Huan Ling, and went to the palace with Chu Changshi to meet him.

The Wangfu is just a few streets away from Fuzhi. The place is wide and wide. There is a plaque with three big characters "Zhou Wangfu" hanging on the door. The writing is thick, the carving is exquisite, and the words are gilded.But from the outside, apart from a plaque on the house, there is nothing worthy of being the residence of Zhou Wang.

I don't know whose mansion was remodeled in this temporary palace. Only the gate was changed, and the house was still in the five-story-three-room system. The walls, doors and windows were only re-oiled and glassed, but the layout was not greatly changed.Although the yard is also large and there are separate gardens, compared to the palace in Beijing, it still feels rather cramped and simple.

He couldn't help sighing: "My lord has suffered a lot these days."

Huan Ling nodded slightly, and Chu Changshi also smiled wryly: "It's been cleaned up quickly. After all, the prince was sent here temporarily on business, and there were a lot of people and luggage on the way, and we walked slowly. It’s not a few days earlier than Mr. Song. This palace was transformed into a local hotel by the previous Hanzhong mansion, and it’s not in conformity everywhere, and it will be repaired slowly in the future.”

Song Shi comforted him and said: "Your Highness is only staying here temporarily, let's do our best to arrange it, maybe His Highness will return to Beijing after staying for a few months?"

Chu Changshi said: "Brother Song's auspicious words, I hope so."

This courtyard was just converted from a hotel, and its size was limited. After a short walk, we arrived at the main courtyard where King Zhou lived.The king of Zhou was already waiting in the main hall, and when he saw them entering the courtyard, he stepped down from the stage to greet them.

Song Shi quickly thanked him and said, "How dare you greet him personally." Huan Ling wanted to thank him for letting him go out of the mansion to pick up Song Shi, and also thanked him before the steps for the protection of the soldiers.

Zhou Wang stretched out his hand to help them, and said with a smile: "I have been thinking about my uncle and Mr. Song for the past few days. Now that you are all back, I can rest assured."

He had been out of Beijing for a few months, his face was tanned, but his expression was much calmer than in Beijing, as if he had grown up a few years in these few months.Song Shi recalled the first time he met him in front of the temple, and comparing it to the present, he deeply felt that Zhou Wang's status had changed so much in the past few months that even he, an outsider, felt embarrassed.

He sighed secretly, and went to see Wang Jia with Huan Ling.

The king of Zhou let them into the main hall, asked Chief Chu to go back to rest, and ordered people to prepare for the banquet, and then asked Song Shi: "This king rarely hears news from Beijing when I am outside, but I don't know that Mr. Song is in Beijing. Do you know that my father is here?" Is the emperor safe, and was the palace ever safe?"

Song Shi came to inquire about the news before he came, and he was able to assure him with a pat on the chest: Your Majesty is well, the palace is safe, although there are people impeaching him, it is not a good thing.Now that His Majesty has issued a decree to welcome the new queen, all the people in the court want to be relatives of the emperor, and there are very few people staring at King Zhou.

King Zhou listened to the news carefully, nodded slightly, and bowed to Song Shi again: "Mr. Song has never been in dispute with others, and he has done his official affairs with great care, but..." The only one who has a relationship with his princess' elder brother For a while, it is easy to be suppressed by his brothers and concubine.

He skipped this remark, and said directly: "Mr. is here today, it must be this king who has implicated you."

Song Shi hurriedly said: "My lord is worrying too much. The matter of my minister's departure from Beijing has nothing to do with my lord. It is my own fault in dealing with the imperial court." The words of the imperial court cannot be heard by other people. He told Huan Ling that it does not matter, but he cannot Talking to King Zhou, he smiled lightly, turned around and said: "When I was young, I followed my father and served as an official close to the people for two terms in the south. Now it is my true nature to be the magistrate, and I like it in my heart."

Seeing that he was so open-minded, the king of Zhou was also a little lenient, nodded and said: "In that case, let's go to the flower hall and let me and my uncle welcome Mr. Song."

When they arrived at Dehua Hall, the young eunuchs had already arranged the tables and chairs and looked at the market.The plates in the middle are piled high and low with delicate sweets dyed in different colors and carved out of various beast molds, surrounded by candied fruit carved with various patterns.

Remove the viewing table and go to the main seat again.

There is little seafood here, only a few plates of sea cucumber, fish lip, fish maw, and scallops brought from Beijing.But because it is facing the Han River, there are a lot of river fish and shrimp, such as crispy crispy fish, dry fried fish fillets, garlic-roasted silver carp, raw fried shrimp, and shrimp cakes.The most common ones are pork and mutton, which can be steamed, fried, stewed, boiled, stir-fried and stewed. There are even some that are marinated and then wrapped in rice flour and steamed into meat, and so on.

There are also many fresh vegetables and wild vegetables in spring, green vegetables, spring bamboo shoots, tender peas, garlic moss, cucumbers, new eggplants... Some are fried, some are stewed in soup, and some are cooked with meat stuffing. It is still the scale of a banquet in Beijing.

The king of Zhou said modestly: "When I first came here, I kept everything simple. Don't blame Mr. Song."

Not simple, not simple, just this table dish can say a paragraph of "Reporting the name of the dish".

Song Shi didn't eat much green vegetables along the way, anyway, Zhou Wang himself didn't take this with him... Uncle, his lover has become an outsider, and he himself didn't see outsiders, so he picked up a few vegetables that were hard to find on the road to eat.

Not only does it look good, but it also tastes authentic, worthy of being the cook of the palace.

He even boasted that the dishes are good and the arrangement is good, King Zhou has a lot of face, and said with a smile: "Who prepared today's banquet, it should be rewarded."

The little eunuch who was serving at the side replied: "Madam Wang carefully arranged this banquet. Didn't Lord Huan go to pick up Lord Song before? Madam counted on the return of the two adults, and His Highness will welcome the two of you, so I prepared things early. .”

The king of Zhou was stunned, looking at the table of delicious dishes that were not inferior to the standard of the palace in Beijing, he was silent for a while before saying: "It's time to reward. Give... the king's pair of jade lamps with flame patterns to give to Mrs. Wang go."

It was normal for him to reward the concubine's room, but he always felt uncomfortable mentioning the concubine's room in front of Song and Huan, so he forcibly changed the subject and asked Song Shi where he planned to live today.

Do you want to go to the government office, or stay overnight in the palace?

Song Shi drank alcohol today, so he couldn't enter the Temple of the City God, and he couldn't take over as the magistrate if he didn't worship the City God, so he had to ask him to stay overnight, sober up tomorrow before going to fast.

——Not only can't drink, but also have to endure the things between the beds.Although they are not superstitious socialist young people, but the rules of the officialdom are like this.

King Zhou didn't know that foreign officials still had so many rules, so he chased him and asked him carefully, but put aside the embarrassment of just mentioning the concubine's room.In fact, his uncle was not embarrassed at all, and listened to Song Shi's old experiences with his chin resting on his back—some of which he had seen with his own eyes, some of which he had heard, and they were all familiar stories, which he also listened to with great interest.

But looking forward, they can have new stories again.

In the evening, Song Shi wanted to borrow his yard, so he asked someone to spread an extra quilt on his kang, so there was no need to tidy up another room.Song Shi was going to the temple tomorrow, and the two of them didn't do anything, they just lay quietly together and studied how this foreign official would do——

Don't think about Jiulong seizing the throne, just think about how to do the government affairs that should be done right now.

Song Shi slowly moved from his bed to Huan Ling's side, put his head on his shoulder, and said in a low voice: "You follow King Zhou, I'm afraid you will have to patrol the border often in the future, and you need to wear a good set of armor. Wear it with you. When I settle down, I will find a house to build a factory, and I will make a few pairs of binoculars for you, so that you can be on guard at any time when you go on patrol. If you have a chance, find two guns for me to see, and I will try to match a scope.”

He didn't know how advanced Taizu's war technology was. He only knew that this dynasty used a front-loading gun and aimed at the ancient blade-shaped sight.He already had an idea for the sight, but he didn't know if it could be transformed into a breech-loading gun. He had to wait for Huan Ling to help him get it and study it.

Huan Ling put his hand behind his head, stroking his loose long hair, and persuaded him in a low voice: "Take your time, it's already April, and it's time to mow wheat in May. Let's put money, food, Supervise transportation and other matters. After all, you..."

After all, he offended many people in Beijing.

Although he has the protection of the Holy One, it is only on the condition that he is innocent. If there is anything he can't do, those who have been staring at him for a long time will immediately attack him.

Song Shi nodded lightly in front of his chest: "Now is the time when the wheat is filling grain, so don't worry about anything else, I'm afraid the rain is not good. I'll ask Yin Yangsheng in the Yamen how the weather is this year, and then I'll deal with it."

Although Hanzhong is in the northwest region, it belongs to the basin terrain, and it was also a place with many floods in history.Fortunately, he has rich experience in repairing water conservancy when he was a yamen in Guangxi and Fujian. Although there are many waterways in the mansion, there are more than those in the south. Except for the Han River, it is not difficult to deal with.However, the water surface of the Han River is too wide and the water volume is large. There is no good solution for it except building embankments along the river.

The two discussed it all night, and by the next morning they were in a state of shock, and the drunkenness from the banquet had dissipated.In the Song Dynasty, he put on new clothes, bid farewell to the King of Zhou energetically, lived in the Town God’s Temple, asked people to prepare incense and candle sacrifices, and set an auspicious day to burn incense and salute. , file and the like.

After he left, he never left the gate of Fuzhi.

King Zhou heard his servants describe that he was fascinated by the demeanor of pilgrims when he was offering sacrifices in the Town God's Temple, and he also heard that he had started to organize the government affairs of the government as soon as he took office. He didn’t even complain when he became an official in this turbid state, and he was willing to devote himself to his official duties. It’s a pity for such a person to stay in Shaanxi.”

It's a pity for him, but he is trapped in this place, let alone saving others.I can only ask someone to send some food to him, so as not to overwork him at a young age and leave behind sick people. "Since Mr. Song has entered the lord's mansion, I'm afraid he won't come to our palace again in the future. If you send some food there at night, I'm afraid his family has just arrived at the mansion and the arrangements are not thoughtful."

He also wanted to remind Huan Ling: Mr. Song is going to live in the mansion in the future, what's your uncle's plan?

However, he was always shy, so it was difficult to say this, and Huan Ling was calculating the losses of the several raids and disturbances on the border town since the beginning of spring, so he dragged the matter until night——

At night, when the palace was about to be locked, a figure in a red robe suddenly came from the end of the street and knocked on the gate of the palace. There seems to be some problems, I want to ask Huan Yushi to help me palm the eyes, please inform your Highness and Lord Huan for me."

Things are busy tonight, I'm afraid I will be busy until late at night, and it may be inconvenient to go out of the house then, and I have to borrow a place to stay overnight from the prince!