New Story of Lv Bu

Ordinary people’s homes are busy celebrating the New Year, and the residences of the capital’s nobles are even more busy.

Da Sima Mansion-Oh! Now it is the Mansion of King Wen-Zhongzhong is even more lively, crowded with friends, and noisy with gongs and drums, filling the entire mansion. The steam in the large and small kitchens is steaming, and the cooks are so busy and sweaty. Since the first day of the Lunar New Year, the large and small kitchens in the Prince Wen's Mansion have never stopped the fire, and they are so busy every day. Naturally, King Wen would not treat them badly. Everyone paid three months of money and food, and after the Lantern Festival, he could take a 15-day holiday in turn. Therefore, everyone is full of energy.

In the back house of Prince Wen's mansion, there was a lot of laughter, and the crowd was full of people. The ladies who had visited the mansion flicked one after another, and everyone was carrying a gift. The courtyards of Princess Wen and Zhao Yijun Yan Yan are naturally the most crowded. Another concubine of King Wen, Kang Moli and Diao Chan also had a lot of yards, and the ladies who couldn't reach Concubine Wen squeezed into them.

However, unfortunately, Mrs. Kang Moli Kang is not at home today. "This sister, where did Mrs. Kang go?" The ladies who waited impatiently hurriedly smiled and asked. "I went to the gold market early in the morning. Mrs. Kang said yesterday that she is going to pick a few pieces of cloth to make some new clothes. Huang Runzhai's tube of cloth must be picked. You are about to come back soon. Wait a minute." The serving girl is the daughter of the old Conmanty department, Sogdian, who is beautiful and charming, and what is more rare is that she is very eloquent, and she gives her words.

"Not busy! Not busy! Where can I bother my sister? I just want to know what Mrs. Kang likes, so I can buy it that day. My sister, Huang Runzhai is so famous? Why didn't I know before?" The lady Asked in astonishment. "Yes, elder sister, you can tell us about it." The ladies on the left and right are all smart people, and they are just sitting around and chatting.

"Well, since you want to hear it, let me talk about it carefully. Among these Shu cloths, the most valuable is the'Yellow Run' cloth, which is woven from fine muslin fiber, which is light, soft and dense. It's like "Spiders make silk, no wind is visible. It is also called "cloth in a tube" because it can be rolled into a bamboo tube. This kind of cloth is expensive, people say "the tube is yellow and run, and one end (liu zhang) counts gold". "

"This yellow run cloth is mainly produced in the vicinity of Jiangyuan County, Shu County.'Anhan Shangxia and Zhuyi produce good hemp and yellow run fine cloth, and there are Qiang drums.' A few days ago, because Zhang Lu seized Hanzhong, it was blocked. After Zhang Lu surrendered, the Huangrunzhai was opened in Jinshi, which specializes in the precious things in Shu. His family’s goods are complete, and the quality is good. Well, it's better than others. Therefore, it was a hit. In the circle of ladies in Luoyang City, almost no one knows."

"You guys, please sit down. Just after receiving the news, Madam Kang will be back immediately. She asked Zhujun to stay for dinner." The maid finally finished speaking, and she arched herself and went to arrange her meals. "Hey! That's it! I don't even know that there is such a Huang Runzhai in Luoyang City!" "Kan Ming'er must go and see!" "That's right. Go and go together!" The ladies immediately became excited.

At this moment, the door curtain was lifted, and the ring was ding-dong, and Kang Moli came in, surrounded by more than a dozen maids. Kang Moli was born with a big silver face, and was also a martial artist. She was well-proportioned and strong, and she looked like a heroine. Coupled with the fact that she had been in the Da Sima Mansion for many years, she was pampered, and she had a bit of anger and prestige, and she immediately shocked everyone. "I have seen Mrs. Kang!" "Mrs. Kang Wanan!" "Mrs. Kang is getting more and more beautiful!" The ladies hurriedly got up and leaned over to salute.

"You have been waiting for a long time! Don't be polite, let's have dinner together." Kang Moli hurriedly responded. "Send the yellow run cloth, Shu brocade, silk silk, and gold and silver jewelry that I just picked, according to the list I made. Especially the ones from the palace to the empress dowager Tang, the emperor, and the servant Liu E For that one, you must be cautious again and again." "No!" the maids on the left and right replied loudly.

"Masters, please come with me! My father sent some game from the Western Regions. You must have never eaten them."

At the same time, in the East Nuan Pavilion of the Deyang Hall of the Nangong Palace, Concubine Wen and Zhao Yijun were chatting with the Queen Mother Tang Ji. Attendant Liu E and Linglong accompany each other. This was the first time for Linglong to come to Deyang Hall, and she was shocked as soon as she entered. She has always been far away in Xiqiang, and she is used to seeing mountains and rivers, green wild yellow sands, and vast prairies. This is the first time she has seen such a tall and majestic palace.

"You know the Queen Mother, this year's adulthood is not good, you know. The military disaster has been continuous, almost half a year, and the imperial court's treasury is already empty. After the Chinese New Year, it will be the beginning of spring soon, seeds The cost of scalpers, farm tools, road widening, and construction of water conservancy is huge. Without a large sum of money, it is absolutely impossible to pass this hurdle. King Wen can't sleep with anxiety every day."

Panma bent the bow and slammed sideways for a long while before Yan Yan spoke the topic. "So, this year, the fees for the queen mother and the emperor can't be the same as when the first emperor was alive. A hundred officials agreed, in addition to the daily expenses covered by the small government, an additional 300,000 silver coins for the state , The Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival were handed in three times. In addition, King Wen and I took out one hundred thousand Bianzhou silver coins and handed them in three times in the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. This year, the Queen Mother and the emperor had no choice but to feel wronged. ."

Upon hearing this, Tang Ji's face immediately showed a look of surprise. For her, four hundred thousand combined state silver coins is already an astronomical figure. I thought that when I lived in Chang'an, I didn't even have any money in my hands. What was your life back then? Now when she thinks about it, she can't help but want to cry. After listening to the discussions over the past few months, she also understood something. Now it is no better than before. If you want to keep your son's throne, you must try your best to draw in more people, and it is best to let the vast majority of people support the emperor.

"Oh! Sister, look at what you said? Four hundred thousand combined state silver coins, a lot! The three of us, mother and child, don't need so many. In my opinion, two hundred thousand is enough! The private wealth of the sage and wife is not even needed. The remaining one hundred thousand, let’s donate the money to the disabled soldiers. The money they need most. Think about what life was like when I lived in Chang'an and fell into poverty? Now, I’m so content! Just day by day Xi'er and I are satisfied to live such a life with good clothes and no worries about food and drink!"

At this point, Tang Ji's eyes were already filled with tears. It can be seen that she is telling the truth. "Queen dowager, today is a good day for the Chinese New Year, but you can't shed tears!" Liu E, the inner servant, smiled and persuaded. "Isn't it? What's wrong with me? I shed tears for no reason when I think of the hard days before! Liu E, are you going to see the snack? After talking for a long time, we are all hungry." Hearing this, Tang Ji couldn't help but smile, she took out the silk kerchief, wiped her tears and said.

After a while, Liu E returned, and the maid behind her was holding a large lacquer tray in her hands. On the lacquer tray were four delicate snacks. These dim sums were made by the imperial chef in Tang Ji's palace. Every time Yan Yan came over, Tang Ji would make the imperial chef make some small dim sum in a different way. Yan Yan likes to eat some sweet, greasy and glutinous food, especially small snacks. Tang Ji knows this very well.

Liu E leaned down and arranged chopsticks and pans in front of Tang Ji, Yan Yan, Liu Xi, Liu Ming, and Linglong. Then he lifted the lid on the large lacquer plate, and a few delicate snacks appeared immediately. In front of everyone. "It's so beautiful!" Princess Liu Ming was the first to clap her hands and shout. These few snacks, red, white, and green, the flower shape alone is enough to attract people's attention. What's more rare is that in the dessert, there is a slight floral fragrance, some delicate fragrance, and some delicate.

"Sister, this is a new dim sum in the palace. It is said to be very delicious. I thought it was good after eating it, so I told them to make it for my sister. This is the jujube mud cake, which is made of jujube mud and glutinous rice flour. The glutinous rice Stir-fried the powder, add appropriate amount of sugar, wrap the jujube puree, press it with a mold, and then steam it on a basket. This course is sweet-scented osmanthus sugar cake, using lotus root flour, glutinous rice flour, sugar, osmanthus, and milk as ingredients. After steaming glutinous rice flour , Stick with lotus root powder, sprinkle with sweet-scented osmanthus, sugar, wait for it to cool completely before eating???"

Tang Ji stretched out Qianqian's bare hands, pointed at the exquisite snacks in front of her one by one, and introduced them like a few treasures. After she finally finished speaking, Changle Princess Liu Ming suddenly asked with two big beautiful eyes: "Mother, can you eat it?" After saying that, she swallowed and spit, her eyes still fixed on those snacks. "Eat! Eat! Little greedy cat!" Tang Ji smiled and patted her head.

"Oh! You can finally eat it!" Liu Ming stretched out his chopsticks, took a piece of jujube cake and put it in his mouth. Tang Ji quickly picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake with chopsticks and handed it to the emperor Liu Xi. "Xie'er, come on, eat!" At this moment, the corners of her eyes were smiling. After the catastrophe, the son is the emperor and the daughter is the princess, which can be regarded as a complete meritorious service.

Seeing Tang Ji's mother and her son happily eating, Yan Yan's belly immediately moved greedily. She slowly stretched out her chopsticks, took a piece of jujube cake, and tasted it slowly in her mouth. A fragrant smell of petals, mixed with the softness of glutinous rice and the sweetness of jujube puree, came out in the mouth. Alas! This smell is absolutely amazing! "Linglong, come and try it too. It's delicious!"

Yan Yan turned around and said to Linglong with a smile. "Nuo!" In fact, Linglong had already scratched her heart when she saw it, and she quickly responded.

Seeing Yan Yan eating four kinds of snacks happily, Liu E touched the vial in his sleeve and smiled knowingly.