Liu Bu was surprised and said, "Father, what do you mean?"

Liu Yuanqiao said: "The court intends to order Shandong General Liu Zeqing to move to Linqing to defend the grain. The good days we have to wait for are over."

Since the dredging of Huitong River in the 13th year of Yongle, Linqing has become a major transportation route and a canal transport hub. The grain transport in and out of Linqing every year reaches 5 million stones, and more than 20,000 ships and more than 360,000 ships are required.

The ancestors planted trees and later took advantage of the cool air. In the Ming Dynasty, grandfathers opened rivers and grandsons collected taxes. Zhu Di's grandson Zhu Zhanji succeeded to the throne, which was Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty. In the fourth year of Xuande of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Revenue began to set up a tax branch in Linqing, namely Linqing Chaoguan, aiming to tax ships passing by the canal.

The cash deposit is originally a tax deposit. In the early Ming Dynasty, silver was not allowed to be traded directly, and only paper money could be used, including paying taxes. Therefore, the tax deposit is the cash deposit.

Linqing Chaoguan was also prosperous because of the canal. By the Wanli period, Linqing Chaoguan had already ranked first among the eight major Chaoguans in the canal. Among them, in the sixth year of Wanli, 83,000 taels were taxed. However, the tax revenue of a province in Shandong was only 8,800 taels, which was only one-tenth of the Linqing Chaoguan.

The seventh-rank deputy director who lives in Liu Yuanqiao has a very low rank, but he is one of the most abundant positions in the world. The third generation of the Liu family earned money and silver according to this position, but there were many people who were jealous. Governor Zhu Dadian did not deal with him. In addition, Liu Zeqing, who was also unfavorable, will feel uneasy in the future.

Liu Bu said: "Our Liu family can be as stable as Mount Tai in Linqing, and they also have a backer in the court, right?"

If you don’t have a strong backer, how can you sit firmly in this position?

Liu Yuanqiao looked at Liu Bu with praise. He didn't just know how to eat, drink and play with women! He said, "I have come to this point? There is nothing to hide. Our Liu family has always been in the palace. Now the imperial power is not in the county. Our Liu family has been in charge of the position that has been controlled by 60 years. If we don't fight, we will give up people and have no face to meet our ancestors."

This power has brought too many rights to their Liu family, so how can they be easily handed over?

Liu Bu said: "Dad, take a step back and the sky is wide open. Why not take a step back and watch the changes?"

Liu Yuanqiao said, "I know it's not easy to go, but if I don't go, how can I know how deep the water is? If you are optimistic about your home in Fushan, you can feel at ease to fight with these monsters and monsters." He saw Liu Bu hesitating and said, "What? I can't bear to leave Linqing's world of flowers?"

Liu Bu said: "I'd like to follow my father's arrangement." In fact, he wanted to ask, where is Fushan? If you don't even know where your hometown is, you must have someone dragged it out and beaten to death on the spot.

When Liu Yuanqiao saw that the conversation was almost over, he said, "Let's have a meal!"

The Liu family is a wealthy family and is very particular about rules. Only the three people who can go on stage to eat at the Liu family are Lao Fu, Liu Yuanqiao and Liu Bu. For example, Liu Yuanqiao has four concubines. Because they are not properly supported, they all eat in the side hall. The second wife has a daughter who is only seven years old and they also eat together.

Liu Yuanqiao's four concubines were deeply aware of the essence of taking concubines and being lustful. They were all tall and frivolous, young and beautiful. Two were from small families and two were from brothels, Yangzhou thin horses, but they had not been born and were never upright.

The Liu family is poor, and Liu Yuanqiao has always worked very hard, especially after giving birth to an unfilial son, Liu Bu, who worked harder and never went to brothels. The rain and dew were all over the house, hoping to plant and harvest more. But he had nothing but a daughter, but he had a concubine, but he was eventually miscarried, which disappointed him.

Liu Bu saw the graceful and elegant third lady, sitting in such an elegant manner, but she was hooked up with the disgusting Xu Jianqiang, thinking about it makes people disgusting.

But the little girl, his little sister Liu Ying, had a pair of black and white big black eyes, and two braids. She was very cute. The rules of the Liu family were that the head of the family did not serve the table and the others did not move the chopsticks. The little girl was so hungry that she looked at the table of dishes, drooling, but she didn't move the chopsticks.

Moreover, the little girl was very polite. When she saw her father and brother coming, she held her skirt and bowed, and said, "Hello Dad! Hello Brother!"

Liu Yuanqiao followed the path of a strict father. He nodded, and Liu Bu was happy when he saw his good sister and said, "Xiaoying! Today's skirt is very beautiful!"

The little girl said happily: "It's done by Ah Niang." She turned around gently, like a beautiful butterfly.

Liu Bu smiled and said, "What a beautiful little girl, go! Let's go with your brother." He held Liu Ying's somewhat fat little hand and walked towards the main hall.

His four concubines were a little surprised, especially the second concubine, who was a little excited.

The butler Xu Jianqiang kept serving the side and said, "The rules of the Liu family are that women are not on the table! Young Master!" What table should the concubine's daughter go to for dinner?

Liu Bu said to the sitting Lord Buddha, saying, "Lord Buddha, this is the girl from the Old Liu family, and the blood of the Old Liu family is shedding!"

The old lady was promoted to Lao Fu. Liu Bu made great contributions and had already spoiled him. Now he is the best grandson in the world. What's wrong with that? She smiled and said, "Old Liu's girl is of course qualified to have a meal? Little Nannan, come to Grandma's place?"

Little Liuying didn't understand anything. She looked at her mother with some anxiety. Shouldn't she have dinner with her mother? Aunt Liu in the second house was so happy that she hurriedly said, "Be good, listen to grandma and brother, go to the table to have dinner." She was a small family and had no status in the Liu family. She has always been downrightened.

My mother spoke, and then Xiao Liuying was obedient and followed her to have dinner.

When Liu Bu served the table and found out what a wealthy family was. Zhong Ming Ding Food. Every dish was filled with exquisite dishes, exquisite workmanship, and all the colors, fragrance and taste. Each dish was uploaded by a maid. Four of them ate and more than a dozen people served, not including the chefs. This is not called eating, but meal.

During the Ming Dynasty, the court officials had many exchanges, with lush offices, prosperous water transportation, merchants gathered, and rich products. In order to enjoy and socialize, officials and merchants attached great importance to food, brought special skills and superb skills from their hometowns to make delicious and authentic dishes for them, so that rare raw materials and delicacies from all over the country, inside and outside the pass, gathered in Linqing. At the same time, officials from the Chaoguan, Gongshu, and Linqing Prefecture Office feasted each other, thus promoting the rapid development of the Linqing catering industry, and emerging famous dishes and spots.

It is precisely because of these unique conditions that Linqing Chaoguan cuisine can absorb the characteristics of local dishes such as the imperial banquets of the palace, to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hui and Jin, and combined with local flavors, it has its own unique style, with exquisite and diverse raw materials, suitable for the north and south, exquisite and atmospheric, and rich in nutrition. Each dish exudes a luxurious, atmospheric, elegant style at all, and pays attention to the dining environment and etiquette, which fully reflects the characteristics of the canal culture integration, and is about the theory that there is food in Linqing.

When the Liu family eats, they naturally don’t say anything. Liu Bu lowered his head to eat, swallowed it carefully and swallowed it slowly. The table was delicious. He wished a strong wind swept away the fallen leaves, but everyone was polite and swallowed it slowly, so he had to do this.

After finishing the meal, Lao Fu said, "Qingzhi is not young anymore. Let's do more things to him and try it!"

Liu Yuanqiao nodded and said yes.

After dinner, the father and son went back to the study to have tea. Liu Yuanqiao said, "Tomorrow you still have to go to Li Tianyi's Linqing Poetry Society gathering. The governor Li Ruonan is an ally of his father and can support each other. Mr. Li asked you to have money, so he should be short of money. Donate a few thousand taels, which is fine."

Liu Bu said: "Okay!" He accidentally saw a map hanging on the wall, marking the location of Fushan. The tea in his mouth almost spewed out. You said Jimo and Fushan are just modern people, you know nothing! You are still wondering which corner is it? Isn't this Qingdao? Damn it! Isn't this the city of Qingdao in the future?

In Liu Bu’s original place, Qingdao is a well-known city in Shandong and is the most premier city in Shandong. Few people know this awesome Linqing.

The wealth of the Liu family is really not a bragging thing, how can I say it? He had such a momentum in Linqing, but this is all about them? No, Liu Yuanqiao's cousin was the commander-in-chief of Jimo Camp. His son was ignorant, but Liu Yuanqiao easily built a thousand households in Fushan garrison, which was too amazing.

There is no concept of Aoshan Guard and Fushan Qianhu Guard, but you only need to know that this is the Qingdao location in later generations.

You have a house in Qingdao, that's awesome! Qingdao belongs to me.

Liu Yuanqiao said unhappily: "Why are you shocked?"

Liu Bu said: "I am a thousand households in Fushan Guards. Qingzhi is unlearning and ignorant, so I am afraid that he will not let my father down."

Liu Yuanqiao said: "There will be someone to support you, but tomorrow's Linqing poetry meeting will be a bit difficult. Mr. Li asks you for your talent and a proud person, but he is afraid that he will use his talent and learn to humiliate you. Mr. Li has always been aggressive and likes to be arrogant with poetry, but you can just be gentle and be willing to be his younger brother."

Li Tianyi, surrender, be a younger brother, and no one else's younger brother will be Li Tianyi's! He wants to give his face to beat him, but don't blame him for being rude. However, Liu Bu said: "Abide by the order."

Li Ruonan is an ally of Liu Yuanqiao, but Liu Yuanqiao doesn't like it. Maybe it's because Li Ruonan's reputation is not good? He is a magistrate and someone asks me to reach out to the coffin. He is shameless, but we still have shame? I am ashamed to be with these people.

The next morning, Liu Ning brought four men in and said, "Zhou Hui, Sun Si, Zhang Zhijie, and Bai Guoan are all ten-year-old veterans who have joined the army. They are good at fighting, riding and shooting, and they are all family members." Liu Ning asked them to kneel down.

Zhou Hui, Sun Si, Zhang Zhijie, and Bai Guoan all knelt down and said in unison: "We swear to the young master, and we will go through fire and water for the young master, and we will never refuse."

Liu Bu said: "I sent you to perform a mission. After the matter is completed, you will be able to work in the Liu Mansion. Not only will you have no worries about food and clothing, but your descendants and family members will also have no worries about food and clothing. This is considered as a strong job."
Chapter completed!