Chapter 100 Imposing manner of the palace
Manager Gu and his team returned to a farmer's house, so they naturally would not eat the food from this family. Someone brought food from the village of the Zhou royal palace.
Chicken, duck meat, sugar buns, stir-frying dishes, rice and other foods cannot be seen during the Chinese New Year, and they are all eaten by the servants. Manager Gu himself eats duck tongue, lamb head meat, and cockscombs. The staple food is simple, and the soup buns from Nanjing are made by a chef specially invited from Nanjing. It has an authentic Nanjing flavor.
The first generation of Zhou King grew up in Nanjing, so after he was enthroned in Kaifeng, many Nanjing chefs were transferred. Although the food in the Zhou royal palace was influenced by Kaifeng, he still did not forget Jinling cuisine. Therefore, these servants also used the status of eating Nanjing food as a symbol.
Although the general manager Gu is just a general manager assigned by the Zhou royal palace, his name is not as few shops, land and workshops as those of a wealthy family. As long as they report less harvest and profits to the royal palace, they can get a lot of benefits. Especially if the vassal kings cannot leave the city, then their foreign managers will live a more prosperous life.
"Come on, come on, come on," Mr. Gu stopped eating after eating a few chopsticks, so he greeted: "Huang Ertou, sit down and eat together."
Huang Ertou nodded and thanked: "Mr. Xie, General Manager Xie." After that, he was not polite, and sat down and grabbed it with his hands to eat. Even if the oil in the broth was soaked in the soup, he would instantly eat half of the dishes on the table.
Huang Ertou is a dilapidated house. Today, he was able to let General Gu come to his house because Huang Ertou agreed to give the more than 3,200 acres of land around Zhao Hugang as deserted fields and devoted them to the Zhou royal palace. The reward is to make a living in the village of the Zhou royal palace. Huang Ertou is quite smart. He does not ask for food and gold, but a job, that is, a long-term meal ticket.
Huang Ertou stopped and said humbly: "Master, can you let the villain's old mother taste these things too?"
Manager Gu was stunned, then nodded with a smile and said, "Well, it's not bad, you're a filial son! Give it to the old lady. Come on, and give it to the old lady a tray of soup bags."
"I dare not be the general manager called 'old lady', so I will be the general manager. "Huang Ertou bowed for a while, and then he brought these dishes and food to my mother in another room.
After Huang Ertou came back, General Manager Gu asked with a smile: "When can you do what you have committed?"
Huang Ertou replied, "It's almost done. The villain heard that the 'Young Master Li' on the other side had already agreed with these ten families to let them all farm for 'Young Master Li'. As soon as they left, the villain would go and offer."
"Who is 'Young Master Li'?" General Manager Gu nodded and asked. General Manager Gu is not only the general manager of Qi County, but also the royal palace industry of Kaocheng (Lankao), Tongxu and Weishi, so he is not very familiar with the matter in Qi County. The reason why he came to preside over this time was that tens of thousands of acres of investment in the beach on the Yellow River had long disappeared. The investment in these thousands of acres has been the greatest achievement in recent years, so he wanted to take the credit into his hands.
Huang Ertou replied: "It seems like he is a leader of the village soldier, and the villain is not very clear."
The manager of Zhuangzi of Qi County replied: "It is the township chief and a capable man. In just a short time, he has enclosed a lot of land. He has occupied a large area in the north. However, it is far from the river, so the villain ignored it."
"Why do you have to be so troublesome?" the follower interrupted, "You just need to make a contribution. As for those unlucky people, who dares to take advantage of the royal palace?!"
Manager Gu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, the prince doesn't want to ruin his reputation, and Su Jing is not easy to share. It's only a few days, just wait. If they really don't know the depth, it's not too late to do it."
"The villain is reckless." The follower apologized in a low voice.
Manager Gu smiled and said, "Then it will be three days later. After this matter is over, I will urge the New Year ceremony from all over the country to present to the royal palace."
"The villain obeys the order." Huang Ertou bowed and agreed.
After lunch, the matter was settled, so General Gu left Zhao Hugang under the protection of a group of people and prepared to return to the farm to live temporarily.
But when they first walked to the river, they saw a group of soldiers carrying knives standing stakes and connecting the village with ropes. They seemed to want to enclose the land.
Manager Gu had a look and the follower immediately stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing?"
The soldiers looked back at the group of people, but no one replied, continuing the work at their hands.
Qian Er came over and looked at these people, each of whom was wearing gorgeous clothes, and some were carrying weapons, with fierce eyes. He knew that this was a wealthy family, so he clasped his fists and said, "We are carrying out military affairs, please leave as soon as possible."
"It is also military affairs to occupy land?!" The follower continued to question loudly.
Qian Er frowned and said, "Military affairs are military affairs, there is no need to talk to you! You can leave quickly and don't affect us!"
General Manager Gu was impatient and waved his hand and ordered: "Let them stop doing it. This is the land of our palace. How can these military men do whatever they want?!"
After receiving the instructions, the more than ten servants behind him rushed up immediately, pushed Li Yan's soldiers away ruthlessly, pulled out the wooden stakes that had been knocked out, and the rope was cut off with a knife. He shouted: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way! This is the land of the Zhou royal palace. Do you dare to enclose land here and live impatiently?! This is a serious crime of rebellion! You want to kill the nine clans! Get out of the way!"
The soldiers who wanted to resist stopped, but were pushed aside and dared not take action again.
At this time, Li Mou came over on a horse. Seeing the chaos here and his soldiers were bullied, he roared angrily: "What are you doing?! How dare you attack the official army?!" Then he yelled at his subordinates: "You guys, the swords on your waist are decorations?! Arrange the array! Eliminate these thieves to me!"
Qian Er ran over and whispered to report: "General, they claim to be from the Zhou royal palace, and this place is also the Zhou royal palace."
"What are you going to pull the ball!" Li Mou shouted loudly: "This is our place! Where did the liars come from dare to pretend to be people from the Zhou royal palace?!"
Manager Gu took out a waist card and threw it to Li Mou, saying, "Look at it carefully, I am the supervisor of the royal palace! Let your people withdraw from here immediately, this place is already under the name of the royal palace!"
Li Mou looked at the waist card and knew it was not fake. But this land was set by them. Such a large area of land could recruit a lot of refugees. How could he be scared away by the name of the royal palace? So he did not answer immediately.
Chapter completed!