As a group of senior officials, led by their commanders and colleagues, came out of their respective government offices and picked up the lunch boxes on the ground with smiles on their faces.
Laughter broke out.
"Thank you Mr. Zongxian for the reward!"
"Thank you for your grace!"
The atmosphere was peaceful.
The fifty lunch boxes were quickly divided up. Zhang Jianxiu himself walked over, picked up two boxes, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
Then he turned around and walked into his official hall, closing the door from the inside.
There was some darkness in the official hall.
Zhang Jianxiu opened the door, placed two lunch boxes on the table, and smiled at a fat old man with gray hair sitting on the Taishi chair.
The old man waved his hands indifferently and adjusted his gorgeous eunuch robe. His bald chin and slightly feminine demeanor showed his identity.
This person is clearly a eunuch from the Forbidden City. Judging from the gorgeous Shu embroidered robe, this person must have a high status in the palace.
Following Zhang Jianxiu, he sat on the Grand Master's chair and poured a cup of tea for the old eunuch.
The old eunuch looked at the two wooden boxes placed in front of Zhang Jianxiu, a trace of astonishment appeared on his fair-faced, beardless face, and asked, "What is this?"
Zhang Jianxiu thought of his sister's playful and coquettish appearance again, and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "It's a meal."
The old eunuch nodded, looked at the disposable tableware for serving meals, and became even more confused: "Who sent this?"
Zhang Jianxiu was speechless again, and said with a smile: "My sister sent it in person... Eunuch Feng, there's no need to ask, it's a long story."
Zhang Jianxiu knew that his sister had bought shares in a restaurant and had become the head shopkeeper, but he didn't take it to heart at all and just regarded it as a child's game of playing house.
Whether it's a loss or not is secondary, the main thing is that the girl is happy.
But this father-in-law’s surname is Feng, so his identity is already revealed. He is also a veteran of three dynasties, the great eunuch Feng Bao who was in charge of the Ming Dynasty’s inner court!
Feng Bao began to serve as the eunuch Bingbi, the chief ceremonial supervisor, as early as the Jiajing period. In the first year of Longqing, he was also the admiral of the East Factory and in charge of the affairs of the imperial horse supervisor.
In the sixth year of Longqing's reign, Feng Bao joined forces with Zhang Juzheng, expelled Gao Gong, and was able to serve as the eunuch of Si Li Bingbi, and the eunuch of Si Li Bingbi.
When Emperor Muzong of the Ming Dynasty passed away, he took the imperial edict and became the minister of Gu Ming, completely taking charge of the inner court of the Ming Dynasty. From then on, he started a powerful life of controlling the inner court of the Ming Dynasty.
Since Feng Bao took charge of the inner court, he firmly supported the "one whip" law implemented by Zhang Juzheng and was Zhang Juzheng's die-hard ally.
Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng, one in charge of the internal affairs and the other in charge of the external affairs, could be said to be golden partners, and they managed the Ming Dynasty in an orderly manner.
In the official hall of Fusi in Beizhen, Zhang Jianxiu poured tea for the eunuch Feng Bao, then picked up a poplar lunch box wrapped in oil paper, tore off the oil paper, and opened the lunch box.
Then I saw a few side dishes served inside, as well as a pair of strange chopsticks.
The portion of the meal is not large, but it looks very delicate.
Looking at the food in the box, Zhang Jianxiu couldn't help but feel slightly surprised. He picked up a pair of poplar chopsticks in front of Eunuch Feng and looked at it carefully.
Even though he is the commander of the Jin Yiwei and is well-informed, he has never seen such strange chopsticks. They look very simple and rough, but...
Zhang Jianxiu put the poplar chopsticks to his nose and smelled it. It was the aroma of fresh wood. He couldn't help but murmur to himself: "Is this?"
Feng Bao also looked over in slight shock.
Who are these two people?
The holder of the highest power in the prosperous Ming Dynasty, the best among human beings, the two of them examined these disposable chopsticks and looked at each other again.
I soon understood the purpose of this item and the huge business opportunities it contained!
The expressions of the two powerful officials of the Ming Dynasty became astonished at the same time, and there was a glint in their eyes.
Soon Feng Bao also picked up a pair of poplar wood chopsticks, put them in his hands, looked at them, and pondered: "My sister made these chopsticks and this lunch box?"
Zhang Jianxiu responded: "Yes."
The great eunuch Feng Bao couldn't help but praise: "What an ingenious idea!"
He was playing with these low-cost poplar wood chopsticks in his hands and praised them profusely: "I have heard for a long time that your sister is talented, knowledgeable, and knowledgeable as any man. I never thought that your sister is also proficient in the ways of merchants. Not bad...very good."
Hearing that Feng Bao praised his sister to the heavens, Zhang Jianxiu was naturally very pleased and smiled, thinking that these poplar chopsticks were the ingenuity of his little sister.
The commander of the Jin Yiwei couldn't help but feel happy, and his smile was a little genuine. He felt quite comfortable in his heart, as if we had a daughter growing up in our family.
The two chatted for a while.
It's already noon.
Zhang Jingxiu took a look at the dishes in this box. They were all home-cooked side dishes. They didn't seem to be anything special, and they were not very appetizing.
But considering that this was delivered by my little sister in person, Zhang Jianxiu tasted everything. Tofu mixed with green onions, scrambled eggs with chives, the taste was quite satisfactory...
But when he ate the jealous potato shreds.
Zhang Jianxiu paused for a moment, feeling the refreshing taste of the dish, his eyes lit up, and he involuntarily put down his chopsticks again.
The commander quickly ate all the shredded potatoes in the box. Suddenly he felt an appetite, so he turned his attention to the potato cubes and beef stew.
I tentatively opened the green onion on top, picked up a piece of potato and put it in my mouth. Immediately, an indescribable softness and sweetness stimulated my taste buds.
Zhang Jianxiu let out a sigh: "Well... not bad."
The meal was overwhelming, and soon the half-box of white rice was gone. Zhang Jianxiu, who had a big appetite, just ate with his head down.
Feng Bao watched quietly from the side. At first, he didn't care. Who is Eunuch Feng? He is the leader of the inner court under one person and above tens of thousands of people.
Flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, among all the delicacies and delicacies in this world, what has Eunuch Feng never seen or eaten in his life?
Feng Bao was naturally very picky about his diet, and rarely ate outside the palace. It was not because he was afraid of being poisoned, because the person who dared to poison him had not yet been born.
He doesn't like eating outside the palace, mainly because he is very picky about his diet, and he is also a bit mysophobic and dislikes the unclean food served outside the palace.
But in the quiet official hall.
Feng Bao sat aside and watched intently, Zhang Jianxiu looked like he was devouring the food, and he couldn't help but salivate.
Eunuch Feng had some doubts in his heart.
Is it so delicious?
It was already noon and it was time for dinner.
Seeing Zhang Jianxiu devouring his food, Eunuch Feng curiously opened the poplar lunch box in front of him, picked up the poplar chopsticks, and thought about it...
How dirty can fresh poplar wood be? It was much cleaner than the chopsticks used by countless people in those big restaurants, so inadvertently, Eunuch Feng overcame his mysophobia.
He tried to pick up the chopsticks and took a tentative taste. When the refreshing and slightly sour taste began to stimulate his taste buds, Feng Bao, who was used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas, couldn't stop eating.
I couldn't help but take one bite after another...
The vinegar-stuffed potato shreds were just an appetizer. The real meal was the stewed beef with potato cubes. Feng Bao carefully ate a sweet and plump potato cube.
I couldn't stop anymore.
"Um!"
Eunuch Feng's admiration rang out in the official hall: "Good, good."
Before I knew it, the box of food had reached the bottom.
Zhang Jianxiu and Feng Bao each wiped their mouths. They were both high-ranking people with great power. They were deeply influenced by the Taoist health culture in their diet, and they paid attention to the essence but not the excess.
This box of delicious meals is neither too much nor too little, just enough to fill your stomach.
