Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 240 Undercurrent
Zhu Biao suddenly felt remorseful, "We only occasionally heard that when many cattle live together, they will fight with each other and even die, and they didn't ask them to kill the cattle. How could they distort our words like this...?"

Zhu Biao is really kind, if this matter is put on Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu may stare at him and scold treacherous ministers.

Those old soldiers must be punished, even forty lashes are considered light.

"Ugh!"

After talking for a while, Zhu Biao came back to his senses.

"Fourth, why is there no trace of surprise on your face? Did you already know about this?"

Zhu Di hurriedly said: "Brother misunderstood, how could I know this in advance?"

"fart……"

Zhu Biao was out of breath, and swears directly, "We wonder why the old pawn mentioned that there would be cattle fighting to death, or falling to death!
You all have weird faces, even Jiujiang and Cao Zhen have weird faces! "

"It turns out that it's not that the old pawn has a prophet, but he was trained by you and others!"

"Jiujiang, Cao Zhen, will you often do this kind of thing when you are in the capital?"

Li Jinglong and Cao Zhen panicked,
Quickly explained, "Your Highness has misunderstood, I will never dare to slaughter cattle at will, or if His Majesty finds out, he will definitely punish us severely!"

Zhu Di followed suit and said, "That's right, brother, I don't dare to slaughter farm cattle on weekdays. Today, those old soldiers knew that you came to inspect Beiping in person, so they slaughtered one so cruelly, and specially cleaned up the dust for you, and let you taste the taste of beef!"

Zhu Biao stared at Zhu Di closely, "Fourth brother, tell us honestly, how many cattle fight to death every year on your farm?"

Zhu Di was taken aback, and quickly explained: "Don't worry, brother, I really don't like to eat beef, and I won't take the initiative to slaughter farm cattle.

Because there are so many cattle raised on the mountain, there will always be cattle that accidentally fall to death, or die in a fight. Every one or two months, they can always eat beef! "

"Ugh!"

Hearing this, Zhu Biao couldn't help but feel helpless, and blamed himself: "This is still our fault.

Out of curiosity, we went to the farm, and actually killed a farm cow?

How many acres of land can this cattle plow for the common people every year? "

Zhu Di was startled, and quickly said: "Brother, you don't need to blame yourself. Even if you don't go to inspect the farm, I will order a cow to be slaughtered to entertain you!"

"Zhu Di, how dare you do this?"

Zhu Biao was furious, and said regretfully, "We shouldn't have come to Beiping Mansion!"

Zhu Di said again, "Even if the eldest brother doesn't come to Beiping Mansion, if I get hungry or want to celebrate the good rice, I will slaughter a farm ox!"

Zhu Biao couldn't help glaring at Zhu Di angrily, "Why do you always want to eat the cattle?"

Zhu Di said: "Brother, as the king of Yan, I raise so many cattle and eat one or two cattle that fell to death or died in a fight, isn't it too much?"

Zhu Biao scolded angrily: "Fourth, slaughtering farm cattle is a crime. Those who deliberately kill other people's horses and cattle will have a stick of seventy, and only one and a half years;

Those who butcher their own horses and cattle privately shall have a staff of one hundred;
Those cattle who died of injury or disease were not reported to the government, but were stripped without permission, and they were flogged forty times! "

Zhu Di said: "Brother, the cattle died in an accident. Someone has already informed the Yamen of Beiping Prefecture!"

Zhu Biao looked angry: "..."

"Okay, okay, big brother, the cattle taste so delicious, I have raised so many cattle on my farm, why not butcher one?"

Zhu Di laughed and said, "Besides, as the majestic king of Yan, I never bully the common people, nor do I take bribes and pervert the law, and I'm not like the second and third brothers...

He even builds schools, paves roads, and repairs some infrastructure on weekdays. He is completely a virtuous king...

It's just that, if I get greedy by chance, it's not too much to eat a few mouthfuls of beef! "

Zhu Biao heaved a long sigh. It would not be too much to compare Zhu Di with the second and third children.

Moreover, Zhu Di is so greedy, the second child and the third child... and those gentry and dignitaries from all over the world...

Thinking about it, Zhu Biao couldn't help feeling heavy.

……

After these two years of training, the cooks in Yanwang Mansion have already made great improvements in cooking.

After the veterans and generals of the farm brought the chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and sheep, all the cooks quickly started cooking.

Soon, the entire back kitchen of King Yan's Mansion wafted a tempting smell of meat.

Afterwards, plates of meat meals were brought up by a group of servants.

There is even a whole roast lamb, roast chicken, and roast duck!

Sour, spicy, sweet...

There was a sudden sound of swallowing saliva in the whole hall.

Zhu Di greeted with joy, "Brother, come, come, have a good taste! Among them, more than half of the meat dishes are researched by Guo Qing, the taste is absolutely unique..."

Zhu Biao put away his thoughts, picked up a piece of beef, and swallowed it, his eyes lit up.

Immediately, he picked up a string of mutton.

"hiss……"

It is spicy and fragrant, and I couldn't help asking: "Fourth, what kind of seasoning is put in the mutton, why is it so fragrant?"

"Brother, it's pepper!"

"chili?"

"It's a spicy vegetable, you can't eat it alone, but if you stir it in dishes, or use it to fry meat, it will taste delicious..."

"call……"

"Compared to the food in your house, the ones in our East Palace are simply pig food..."

At this moment, Zhu Biao was already profusely sweating, but his face was full of excitement, and he couldn't stop at all.

"Go back and bring us a hundred catties of pepper!"

Seeing that Zhu Biao no longer paid attention to the matter of farming cattle, Zhu Di also breathed a sigh of relief.

As for a hundred catties of chili peppers, it was a trivial matter for the Yan Palace.

"Brother, don't worry, I'll have my servants prepare it in a while. However, the chili is extremely spicy, so you can only eat half or a small one at a time!"

"Stop talking! Don't talk too much, just concentrate on eating..."

"yes, Sir……"

For this meal, Zhu Biao's mouth was full of oil, and he was satisfied.

He was not wrong just now, the food in his East Palace is really inferior to the food in Prince Yan's Mansion.

After the meal, Zhu Biao sat there with a big belly, not wanting to move.

Below, Li Jinglong, Cao Zhen and others were even more full of food.

I sat there for a while.

Zhu Di then said to Zhu Biao: "Brother, let's go, I'll take you to take a bath and massage, you stay in the East Palace, you work hard all day, and you have to be watched closely by a group of stubborn civil servants, you can't do this, you can't do that, it's too wronged...

It’s not easy for you to come to Beiping Mansion, without those annoying officials around, I will definitely take you to enjoy it! "

"Take a bath?"

Hearing this, Zhu Biao's eyes lit up.

Guo An, Zhu Fu and others below hurriedly got up and bid farewell to Zhu Biao and Zhu Di.

"Report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Yan, Wei Chen and others still have important matters to attend to, so please leave first!"

"allow!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

Immediately, only Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Li Jinglong, and Cao Zhen were left in the entire hall.

Li Jinglong and Cao Zhen both had bitter faces, they had no excuse to leave.

Zhu Di glanced at Li Jinglong and Cao Zhen, "You two go down and rest, we have important matters to discuss with elder brother!"

"Your Highness, I will retire at the end!"

The two glanced at Zhu Biao and found that Zhu Biao had no objection, so they quickly got up and said goodbye.

And Zhu Di supported Zhu Biao to get up, "Brother, let's go, you won't be able to enjoy this fairy day when you go back to the East Palace!"

Zhu Biao nodded reservedly.

After soaking in the pool for a while, and then being massaged for a while, he felt that his whole body could feel a lot lighter.

……

at the same time.

The Beiping Mansion's chief envoy, the capital commander, the procuratorate, and even the Beiping mansion's yamen, a group of officials sat in their respective yamen, waiting with anticipation on their faces.

Until a person ran in from outside the yamen with a face full of disappointment.

All the officials in the yamen looked at the man expectantly.

"What is His Royal Highness doing now? Can you give me an order?"

"No! There is no movement in Prince Yan's mansion..."

"This……"

"It has been more than an hour since His Royal Highness returned from the farm outside the city. Why is there no news yet?"

"Everyone, is it because His Royal Highness has forgotten me?"

"Impossible, you don't know what kind of character His Royal Highness is?"

"Could it be that it's King Yan..."

"Humph!"

"No matter what, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince finally visited Beiping, and under our governance, Beiping Mansion is so prosperous. Such a good opportunity must not be missed!"

"Don't worry, the superiors, the subordinates will go and wait outside Yanwang Palace in person!"

"good!"

……

At the same time, in a house in Beiping Mansion.

A group of people also gathered together.

Among them, two middle-aged men carefully introduced: "The man who is inspecting Beiping Mansion this time has only Cao Guogong and Jingchuanhou beside him, and there is no one else... not even a civil servant who can speak..."

"When I came to Beiping yesterday, I went directly to the Palace of King Yan. I didn't meet any officials in the Palace of Peking, and I was taken into the Palace of King Yan by King Yan...

Until today, I went out to the farm under the Yan Palace, and then returned to the Yan Palace..."

"There are officials from the Beiping Mansion's chief envoy, the capital commander, and the police envoy all guarding outside the Palace of King Yan, but none of them can enter..."

"That King Yan is so domineering!"

"Hmph, otherwise, why can you keep controlling the Zhangjiawan Wharf, and even the trading fleet with Korea? You don't give me a sip of soup, and even drive me away..."

"This time, the Procuratorate and Chief Political Envoy will definitely be dissatisfied!"

"It's not just dissatisfaction, openly offering rewards to officials for corruption, he is not giving life to hundreds of officials in Beiping Mansion..."

"This time, even if it means that King Yan will not be punished, that person will lose his favor!"

"It's a pole, it's a pole!"

"Have your blood letters and certificates been written?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Li, I've already written everything!"

"Tomorrow, that person will definitely meet all the officials of Beiping Mansion!"

"I'll send someone to hand over a copy to the Prosecutor, and then send someone to hand over a copy to the person next to me..."

"It's best to give it to that person in public, and let him lose the face of King Yan!"

"The old men are all arranged!"

"When that person returns to the capital, all the people in the capital will go up to his majesty, and he, King Yan, will never want to monopolize the power of Koryo's trade!"

"Dashan..."

Inside the house, there was another round of secret discussions among the people.

……

the next day.

Guo An is on top of his daily routine.

In the Changshi Division, all the officials are on duty early in the morning.

However, there are not too many major events today. Guo An, Zhu Fu and other officials of the Chief History Department are still dealing with the government affairs of the palace as in the past.

But in the Inspectorate Division in Beiping Mansion, there was a sudden blow-up.

In the main hall of the Inspectorate, there was suddenly a stack of pleadings, and even half of the bloody ones.

Moreover, all the spearheads in these pleadings are directed at King Yan!
……

(End of this chapter)