Chapter four hundred and thirty second hard work and resentment, the old scalper
Royal chef...selection competition?
When such a name was announced by the emperor himself and spread like wildfire across the capital in an instant, it caused a sensation among the owners of countless restaurants, and the guild halls in various provinces and prefectures were also in an uproar.
After so many years, many people knew about the activities of the Imperial Kitchen, which were all controlled by Guanglu Temple and even some elders at higher levels. Therefore, after the emperor wiped out the people in Guanglu Temple and the Imperial Kitchen, many people
People hope that the old system can be changed, but no one expected that the change would be so thorough!
Especially when they heard that the emperor would reward the imperial chef with a bronze medal and send him home with honors after the imperial chef resigned, many chefs simply cried with joy.
Although cooks who are good at cooking these days are considered very popular and can definitely live without worries about food and clothing, but if they work in the homes of high-ranking officials or princes, they will still be called around and treated as inferior to others, and they will not be able to do it when they are old.
Will be replaced by others, but look at the treatment that the emperor has drastically changed this time. How can the cooks who have always been regarded as inferior not be happy?
Some are happy and some are sad. When the chef world in the capital is about to explode, in the Shuntian Mansion Yamen, Qin Guogong Zhang Chuan, who has just received Lu Sanlang's detailed plan for the imperial chef selection competition, can't help but stare at the detailed activity plan.
and the security plan.
The word security is not a new term for him - security. As a noble who is supposed to protect the emperor, he remembers that when the late Emperor Ruizong came to the throne, the noble and the Suweigong
Isn't his duty also for security? But even for an approachable man like him, the Duke of Qin, this is the first time he has seen these two words combined with ordinary people.
But after carefully reading Lu Sanlang's list of the high incidence of various thefts, abductions and even injuries in the capital on festive days such as the Lantern Festival, he finally put away his suspicion and became serious about the matter.
Then, Zhang Chuan, who always believed in employing people with integrity, summoned Song Tuiguan and handed over Lu Sanlang's plan that he had not yet read.
Then, he said with a smile: "Now that the previous case framed by the Imperial College has been concluded, the mastermind behind the scenes does not need to pay attention to Shuntian Mansion. Mr. Song, you don't have much on your hands for the time being, right?"
Meeting two bosses who valued him very much in a row, Song Tuiguan said that it was impossible to say that he was not grateful for such kindness. However, the thing that puzzled him the most was that the subordinate officials of Shuntian Prefecture were also very disrespectful.
Young, but both Wang Jie and Zhang Chuan treat him as a hard-working old scalper.
Wang Datou’s philosophy is to fight with me and fuck with me! As for Zhang Chuan’s goal, it’s to fight with me and do your job well. If anything happens, I’ll block it! Although both of them can be classified as good bosses, for him
The comments were also very good, but without exception, both of them made him like a top. At this moment, he took the plan book and was a little hesitant to read it.
He was afraid that if he looked at it, he would get into big trouble. However, just because he didn't look at it, it didn't mean that Zhang Chuan wouldn't talk about it.
"The imperial kitchen is short of people, and the imperial chef has to be selected. The emperor said that he would hold a selection competition. Although it is a bit of a whim, but just like the fairness of the imperial examination, if the imperial kitchen can prevent the same mistakes from happening again in the future, this type of selection also has merit. Because
The emperor promised to allocate funds from the inner treasury this time, and the bosses in the court can't stop it. A rotten Guanglu Temple will involve too many people."
At this point, Zhang Chuan didn't seem to notice that Song Tuiguan was extremely entangled there, and said to himself: "Although I don't know whether Lu Sanlang's plan was drawn up by decree or on his own initiative, I hurriedly scanned it
, which is quite remarkable. The reason why we chose a remote place in the southwest of the outer city is probably because there are less people and there will be less trouble."
"But I'm afraid there aren't enough people in the Nancheng Army and Horse Division. You can pick some capable people from the third class of officers. The security task will probably be very heavy by then." Zhang Chuan naturally followed Lu Sanlang's formulation in the plan and said calmly.
Said, "After all, no matter how remote a place is, if such a big event is held, there will be many cooks there, and people will always be needed to maintain it..."
Song Tuiguan listened to Zhang Chuan's endless instructions to him, and he couldn't help but feel numb. The case in the Imperial College that originally caused the Shuntian Prefecture's yamen to panic was so easy to solve, whether it was him or the servants below.
Everyone was relieved, but no one thought that a bigger trouble would come to their door in an instant.
Zhang Chuan used to be a nerd who devoted himself to compiling books, so he might not have been aware of the huge crowds this might bring. How could he not know? Even though it was a remote area in the outer city, this was a place outside the capital.
A small village, that small village will definitely become a place where countless people flock to it, and they will be overcrowded!
Who doesn’t want to be famous? Who doesn’t want to make money? Those restaurant owners and those cooks who rely on their cooking skills are probably going crazy!
And it’s not just the cooks, the people in the capital love to watch the excitement, and it’s not just a day or two! It’s such a big bustle, and I know that there must be famous chefs gathering just to have a bite of delicious food, and many people may flock there.
to!
Although he had not read the plan at all, and did not know that Lu Sanlang had castrated it to attract people, create business opportunities, increase land value, and create a new business district, the anxious Song Tuiguan still had the feeling of a scholar meeting a soldier, and he had reason to say no.
Qing was extremely depressed. When he returned to his execution room, he immediately ordered someone to call Lin Hu, the head of the execution room.
Sure enough, when Lin Laohu, who had suffered a false alarm before, heard that he was going to the outer city to take care of such a matter, his face was so troubled that he almost wrinkled up. Like Song Tuiguan, he also thought that the matter did not sound troublesome.
, but it’s actually very troublesome!
After a long while, he asked with a sad face: "My Lord Song, Zhang Dayin is a son of an aristocratic family, but you know our sufferings, can't we push this matter away? Not to mention that the Nancheng Army and Horses Division is already
They are stationed in the outer city, let’s say the two county offices of Daxing and Wanping. They can’t always just ignore things, right? The most important thing is that the emperor might send Ruiqi Battalion to maintain it?”
If that's the case, small roles like servants like them will only have to be ordered around! In this case, it would be better for Shuntian Mansion to avoid this drudgery!
Song Tuiguan stared at Lin Laohu for a long time, until he lowered his head in guilt, and then he sighed: "You think I haven't thought about it this way?" Just when he was about to use Zhang Chuan's method of encouraging him, he used me to be optimistic.
When you used this simple and crude method to motivate Lin Laohu, he only heard a voice coming from outside.
"The official of the Song Dynasty, Dr. Zhang of the Imperial Academy ordered someone to send a greeting card."
As soon as he heard Zhang Shou, Song Tuiguan winked at Lin LaoHu, who immediately trotted out and came back with a greeting card in both hands, with a calm look on his face as if he hadn't seen anything. Song Tui
The official had no time to take into account his small thoughts. When he opened the greeting card and saw the handwriting on it, his face was full of helplessness.
"The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching. I am at the Xinglong Teahouse in Nanyuexiu Hutong, Guangningmen Street, outer city. I have prepared some tea and snacks. Please enjoy it at noon. Zhang Shou."
In Song Tuiguan's view, Lu Sanlang's reputation was all based on Zhang Shoulai. He never believed in the saying that a prodigal son turned around and became a genius - even though that was what the emperor said - after all, it takes time to become a genius. I think back then
Even if the famous villain Zhou Chuchu changed for the better, it would not happen overnight, let alone that little fat guy from the Lu family?
Therefore, even if Lu Sanlang hadn't read this so-called plan, he didn't believe it was written by him at all. He even felt that it was Zhang Shou's instructions from behind. In this case, it would be better to go see Zhang Shou.
He and Lin Laohu are worried and strong here!
Song Tuiguan insisted on telling Lin Laohu to go to the appointment with him, but the prison chief could only agree. He went back to the execution room and gave instructions to his subordinates. Without even bothering to fill his stomach, he hurriedly came to deal with the execution room and Song Tuiguan.
Meeting. When he thought about it, since they were meeting at the tea house at noon, even if they only prepared tea and snacks, Mr. Zhang Shou would not be so stingy that he would not even be willing to invite him to lunch.
However, when they actually left the city and found a place, they met a strange young boy who was sent by Zhang Shou to greet the guests at the entrance of the alley. After following Song Tuiguan, he decided to wear only his ears and eyes today.
Lin Hutou, the mouthless forest tiger, was stunned by the sight in front of him.
What Xinglong Teahouse...it's just a tea stall with only an oilcloth on top, selling a bowl of tea for a penny!
Who would entertain guests in such a ghost place? Fortunately, he took off the black skin of the head catcher, otherwise if people knew that the dignified fast class catcher would appear at such a shabby tea stall, there would definitely be a thousand people
There are ten thousand kinds of random rumors spread outside... Of course, if you know that the people at the same table are Song Tuiguan and the Imperial College Doctor Zhang, the result will be different.
Lin Laohu complained secretly and worried secretly. When he came to Zhang Shou's table, he saw an older tea seller who was busy boiling water and didn't even come to serve him. He knew in his heart that Zhang Shou
He did not reveal his identity. When he met Zhang Shou with Song Tuiguan and saw the two of them sitting down after greetings, he thought that he was just catching the head, so he hesitated whether he should sit down.
"Old Lin, please sit down too."
Zhang Shou raised his hand with a smile. Seeing Lin Laohu hesitate for a moment, he took the seat opposite to Song Tuiguan, and he asked: "I think Song Tuiguan has seen Lu Sanlang."
Got that plan?”
It really has something to do with you!
Song Tuiguan was full of resentment, but under the gaze of Zhang Shou, he had to pretend to be understated and said: "Thanks to Zhang Dayin's trust, of course I have already seen it." Although he only scanned it briefly.
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Zhang Shou pretended not to see Lin Laohu secretly looking at him there, and said softly: "Actually, the outer city is different from the inner city. Not only are the houses cheaper, but there are even a lot of wastelands, such as around here. So it's good to live or farm.
Whether it's business or doing business, it's actually not as safe as the inner city. Even if many people are bullied and insulted, they don't dare to go to the government office."
When Lin Laohu heard what Zhang Shou meant, he couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart. He glanced at Song Tuiguan and saw this veteran criminal who had long since left the scholarly circle of studying to death.
Surprisingly, he also frowned in the same way.
Before the two of them could come up with a reason, the next moment they heard a roaring voice: "Hey, Old Man Qin, you actually dare to leave the stall? The three of us brothers drank your tea last time.
You have vomiting and diarrhea, and you haven’t even paid for the soup and medicine! There are three of us, and each of us has five or fifteen guans. If you can’t come up with it, don’t stay in this three-acre piece of land in Nancheng!"
Lin Laohu didn't know what was going on with this sudden incident. He immediately felt the sweat on his back. He couldn't help but glance at Zhang Shou. But Official Song, who had come out in casual clothes today, raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhang Shou as well.
life.
Under their gazes, Zhang Shou calmly took a sip of tea, and then said calmly: "This is the case in some places in the outer city. The county government office is beyond the reach of the whip, and the Nancheng military commander turns a blind eye.
Only one eye, six words, can't control, don't want to control."
Although his voice was not loud, one of the three people who had just come to provoke had a very good ear and immediately turned his head to look over. At this time, Zheng Dang, who had just brought Song Tuiguan and Lin Laohu over, no longer knew that he was coming.
Where are they? There are only three tea guests, Zhang Shou and others, in this empty tea stall. No matter who they are, they look very conspicuous.
Therefore, the man who happened to hear Zhang Shou's words rushed over aggressively, and without asking any questions when he got there, he slapped the old Eight Immortals table hard: "Who said something weird just now? Hmm.
?”
Seeing the visitor's fierce questioning, Lin Laohu finally couldn't bear it any longer. He also slapped the table and said angrily: "So what if it's me? If you have the ability, go to Shuntianfu Yamen to show off your authority and bully an old man who sells tea."
What a skill!"
The other two men, who were still taunting the tea vendor with bad words, immediately looked over, but the moment one of them saw Lin Laohu clearly, his sullen expression suddenly turned into cold sweat. He rushed forward in three steps and two steps at a time.
, and then said with a smile on his face: "Captain Lin, how could it be such a coincidence..."
Seeing Lin Laohu's unkind expression, he dragged his companion who froze for a moment, and was about to hold him down to apologize to the fast-moving headman of the Shuntian Prefecture's execution room, when Lin Laohu shouted in a deep voice: "Get out!"
He didn't dare to be dissatisfied at all, so he hurriedly agreed, grabbed the person and turned around and ran away. The other person saw that the situation was not good and ran away as early as possible.
The tea vendor was dumbfounded when he saw this scene. Lin Laohu smiled at Zhang Shou and was about to drop a few empty words about rectifying public security in Nancheng. But before he could speak, Zhang Shou said with a smile:
"But the reason why the imperial chef selection competition is held here is that this kind of behavior cannot be tolerated. The emperor said that a group of elites will be mobilized to deal with such traitors such as extortion."
Lin Laohu's scalp went numb instantly. Is it really necessary to recruit the senior men in the cavalry camp? If so, he can't wait for some case to come out recently, so as to avoid those guys who look down on them! Not only him, but also Song Tui
The official couldn't help but cough lightly and said: "In that case, plus the Nancheng Army and Horse Department, if there are more people in the Shuntian Mansion Yamen, it will be easy to blame each other."
"That's right." Zhang Shou seemed not to hear Song Tuiguan's excuse and said with a smile, "And the Shuntian government office is in the North City, which is really far away from the outer city in the south, and it is maintained in the outer city every day.
, the third class of yamen officers are also prone to complaints. Speaking of which, Jiuzhangtang of the Imperial College is recruiting students again. This time, the examination papers will be issued and graded. Maybe Song Tuiguan can help me? "