The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 717 News

The style of Fulai Tea House also has some foreign styles from the Western Regions. When you walk in, the waiting halls inside are also dressed in different styles, which mostly correspond to the style of the service rooms.

When Sheng Yuan and An Yu came over, the classic private room was already full.

An Yu didn't want her to settle down, so she was thinking about changing places, but she saw Sheng Yuan pointing to the place by the window, and said quickly, "Let's just go there, where you can enjoy the scenery and the bustle."

"Alright." An Yu smiled and threw a silver coin towards the waiting hall, "Thank you, serve the new dim sum from your teahouse quickly."

The waiter grabbed the money and hurriedly responded.

After a short while, more than a dozen plates of new snacks filled the table.

Xuanruan baked cakes, meringue candies, crispy cheese balls, iced tea fruit, sandwich soft buns, jam layer jelly... are all new products that have never been seen before. With the corresponding green tea, milk tea, fruit tea, they taste really Don't have a flavor.

"It tastes good, but you can't eat too much. It's not as delicious as our Dachu traditional dim sum. Even the special boat dishes in Qianqi are refreshing!"

An Yu tasted a couple of mouthfuls, and felt that the special desserts from the Western Regions and overseas are more novel, that's all.

"It's good that the few flavors are crispy and fragrant." Sheng Yuan said so, after tasting each of them, he put down his chopsticks, and only drank the sour fruit tea, and refused to take another sip of milk tea.

"Then let's go to the restaurant to have dinner later." An Yu was quite sure about Sheng Yuan's appetite, just like this, one bite was no more than half a plate, and he couldn't get enough.

"Okay." Sheng Yuan missed the whole fish feast made by that restaurant.

After hearing this, An Yu hurriedly said, "I remember that the restaurant has delivery, why don't we order it and let them deliver it?"

Just as Sheng Yuan wanted to respond, he suddenly remembered that this was the lobby, so it was too conspicuous, so he couldn't help waving his hands.

Just as she was about to elaborate, there was a burst of lively noise, and she reflexively looked towards the source of the sound, and saw a dozen or so richly dressed scholars walking in.

These people walked and talked, each person's voice was not too loud, but gathered together, it challenged the hearing endurance of others.

"Have you heard? People from the Nanyuan Army came to Beijing, claiming that they were suing the Imperial Merchant for collusion with the officials of the household department, shoddy the goods, and tampered with the food and logistics supplies."

"It seems that the third rank of the Nanyuan Army has entered Beijing. He said that he wanted to discuss with the Holy Majesty. It is said that he has already handed over the seal to the Secretary of the General Administration."

Hearing that they mentioned the Minister of General Affairs, An Yu immediately looked at Sheng Yuan.

Sheng Yuan shook her head, but she had never heard of this incident in the office, and she had never seen the memorial handed in by the Nanyuan Army.

"Could it be the left counselor?" An Yu remembered Sheng Yuan said that the left and right councilors were solely responsible for screening and arranging memorials. Their superiors were only in charge of important events, and their subordinates were only responsible for listening to orders and transcribing them.

Sheng Yuan didn't shake her head this time, and she wasn't sure. Although the ranks of the left and right councilors were the same, in actual work, the status of the left councilor was indeed higher than that of the right councilor.

If it is said that the other party did not hide it from her... it is not impossible.

However, this matter cannot be easily concluded, it is better to listen to it.

"Third rank sounds like a high rank, but after all, he is a general, and he can't compare to a civil official! Especially in our capital, even a fifth rank official can put on airs against a third rank civil official outside Beijing, let alone a small matter!"

"It can't be said like this. Our great Chu Haiyan Heqing owes most of its credit to the stability of the front line. Without the war, we can live and produce with peace of mind. This is indeed the military officer's credit."

"What can you do if you have merit? It depends on what the officials of the court think. How many gentry outside have nothing to do with the ministers of the court? Their backing is on the court, who can do anything?"

"Shh! How can you say this directly?!"

"It's not uncommon for the noble gentry to run away the local officials, and I'm afraid the military officer doesn't even care about it! Don't you see, that thing has been going around the Tongzhengshi and Dali Temple all day long, and in the end, it's still dismissed? "

"That thing is also pitiful. My cousin who worked in the Ministry of War's Armory Clearance Department, the Ministry of Industry's Saddle and Bridle Bureau, and the Armament Bureau has seen the several pairs of armor he brought. They really cut corners, but I don't know. It was already up and down, but..."

"If the good munitions are thrown away and these are left behind as good ones, then... what about the original munitions?"

Everyone was guessing loudly, and suddenly another person ran in panting!
"Brother Liang, Brother Yan... hurry up and see, that man wrote a satirical poem on the wall outside the gate of the Tongzheng Envoy!"

(End of this chapter)