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Chapter 368 Four Kingdoms Come to North Korea (please subscribe!)
Waving his hands to signal everyone to be quiet, Zhang Twelve lowered his voice and said, "Everyone has been busy for a year, and what I want to tell you is that as long as you work hard in the restaurant, I dare not say anything else, but money is Indispensable!"

After finishing speaking, let Zhou Quan take out the silver taels that he had prepared, and said to everyone: "Today, each person will be given ten taels of silver—this is money for everyone to buy new year's goods. As for the monthly money, we will distribute it as usual!"

For ordinary people, the most affordable thing is to get the money in their hands, so everyone cheered when they heard Zhang Twelve's words. At this moment, their hearts were surging, and they wished to continue working with Zhang Twelve...

Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Zhang Twelve was also very happy. He winked at Qin Yutong and Lu Fujing, and asked if they had anything to say. The two women looked at each other, smiled and shook their heads.

As far as eloquence is concerned, Zhang Twelve is good enough. They believe that what they say cannot achieve this effect, so they don't want to say anything more.

Zhang Twelve glanced around and found that Du Lang was not in a high mood. Compared with the high-spirited people around him, he seemed a bit out of place.

Zhang Twelve walked over, patted Du Lang and said, "Why, aren't you happy about giving out money?"

"Young Master Zhang, I'm happy..."

After staying in the restaurant for a few days, Du Lang already knew who Zhang Twelve was, so he replied directly.

"Why didn't I see that you were happy?"

Zhang Twelve has already guessed why Du Lang is depressed. Others have something to spend when they take the money. As for Du Lang, he was already a widow before entering the prison. After he was released from prison, he stayed with his brothers every day. What, but now that the brothers are all going home for the New Year and he is the only one left, Zhang Twelve can imagine how lonely he will be in the next few days...

"Follow me back to Duke Wei's mansion today!"

Zhang Twelve suggested.

"what?"

Du Lang doubted his ears a little, and said uncertainly.

"The Spring Festival is approaching, Duke Wei's mansion will be very busy, and I often go out. Because Lu San and I both came from Liangzhou, and we are not very familiar with Jingzhou. You can follow me. If you go out, you can also help Gotta be busy!"

Seeing Du Lang in a daze, Zhang Twelve asked again: "What, are you free?"

"Yes, yes! Thank you Mr. Zhang!"

Du Lang never imagined that a man in his thirties would have wet eyes, because he knew that Zhang Twelve definitely didn't recruit him into the Duke of Wei's mansion because he needed his help. There are so many servants in the Duke of Wei's mansion. missing him?
He must have taken him in because he felt that he had nowhere to go alone. How could Du Lang not burst into tears when he met such a good boss?
After distributing the money, all the employees left after thanking Zhang Twelve a thousand times...

In previous years, they might have been on vacation a few days earlier, not to mention the rewards, even the monthly money in the twelfth lunar month may not be paid in full, but now, with so much money in their hands, they can finally go home for the New Year with their chests upright ...

Coming out of the restaurant, Zhang Twelve asked Qin Yutong if he would go back to Zhang's house for the New Year with him. Qin Yutong smiled and refused. Zhang Twelve knew that Qin Dayou was in Jingzhou, and she would never let him go, so she didn't insist anymore.

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Regardless of ancient or modern times, the Spring Festival is the most important festival of the year. On New Year's Eve, the family can finally have a reunion dinner together, which is the happiest and most satisfying thing.

Today is a special day, but the streets in the city are not very lively. The shops and stalls selling New Year's goods are only open for half a day. As soon as the sky darkened, they went home to prepare a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner.

Close the gate of the house, and there is a world of its own inside.

For the bear children, today is the happiest day. As long as they don't make too much noise, the parents choose to turn a blind eye and they can play as much as they want.

After night fell, a group of children lit a fire on the street. The children kept throwing bamboo into the fire, listening to the crackling sound of the bamboo, and comparing the sound of the bamboo thrown into it.

This is the most traditional "firecracker", and it is also played by most children from poor families. As for the beautiful fireworks and firecrackers, they are too expensive for them, and they can only see the white light from other yards exploding in the sky , Every sound can cause a burst of screams from the bear children.

Zhang Twelve saw that Zhang Tangyu had also bought a lot of fireworks, and was setting them off with Zhang Tangwen and Lu Yuner, his face was full of joy.

Ordinarily, Zhang Twelve had seen all kinds of large-scale fireworks shows in his previous life. The fireworks here should not arouse his interest at all, but seeing them having fun, he couldn't help but go over and set them up... …

Because the servants are also celebrating the Spring Festival, the kind-hearted old lady has already sent most of the servants home for the festival. There are so many servants missing at once. It's a bit difficult for a cook.

Therefore, the old lady said to everyone, taking advantage of this opportunity, if anyone wants to go to the kitchen to show their skills, it is okay.

Zhang Twelve doesn't have the cooking gene, regardless of his past or present life.

The situation of Zhang's family is not much different from his. Although they wanted to go to the kitchen to get busy - but thought that what they made would be the New Year's Eve dinner at night, they lost the courage.

In the end, it was Chen Qiaoxi and Lu Fujing who brought Qiuping into the kitchen to help the remaining chefs, but only to help...

Zhang Twelve moved a small bench and sat in the corner to process the fresh fish that he just bought this morning. On such a grand day, how can we miss the sweet and sour fish? Perhaps Zhang Twelve would not know how to do it, but he probably knows how to do it Yes, he wants to tell the chef how to make sweet and sour carp, and ask him to help him cook such a dish.

Qiuping and Lu San were adding firewood to the stove. They must have had an argument. Although they were together, they didn't talk very much. Zhang Twelve watched and shook his head: It seems that there is no need to file a complaint. It's hard enough...

deserve it!You don't have the skills of my brother, but you still want to open a harem like my brother, what a beautiful idea you have!

Chen Qiaoxi and Lu Fujing helped wash, pick, and chop the vegetables, while the chef was only in charge of frying the vegetables. The speed was much faster. Finally, just after dark, the Zhang family's New Year's Eve dinner was served.

This year, there were a few more people at the Zhang family's dinner table, making it more lively. The most important thing is that Zhang Twelve came back, and it also gave the Zhang family a sign of recovery. Everyone's face was full of smiles, Everyone finished their meal in a cheerful and peaceful atmosphere.

After the meal, there will be more activities.

The old lady took Lu Fujing and Chen Qiaoxi away without knowing what to say, Zhang Twelve took the fireworks bought by Zhang Tangyu to the street, and gave them to the children on the street who could only play with firecrackers, and saw them holding fireworks At that excited look, Zhang Twelve himself laughed out loud...

For the first time in many years, the New Year's Eve without the Spring Festival Gala just passed away. When the bells sounded in the dark night in the distance, history turned a new page. Zhang Twelve came to Datang. I feel that half a year has passed, and my life has entered a new chapter...

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The next day was the first day of the new year. As usual, everyone walked around the streets and visited the door to pay New Year's greetings. Because of Zhang Twelve's return and his brilliant performance in Jingzhou City, more people came to Zhang's New Year's greetings this year. The smile on Zhang Guogong's face Can't go away for a long time...

On the afternoon of the third day of junior high school, Zhang Twelve put on a new dress, got into the carriage from the palace again, and was about to enter the palace.

In the Great Tang Dynasty, there is the Kingdom of Chen, the Kingdom of Yue below, the Kingdom of Wu in the east, and the Kingdom of Liang in the west.

When the Tang Dynasty was at its peak, the power of the four surrounding countries was very different from that of the Tang Dynasty, so a rule was formed. Every time the Spring Festival of the Tang Dynasty came, all countries would send envoys to the Tang Dynasty to congratulate them. Come to court!
This morning, someone came from the palace to inform him that tomorrow is the day when the four countries will come to court, and the Emperor Tang specially ordered someone to inform him that he will enter the palace today and receive the envoys of the four countries together.

To be honest, Zhang Twelve didn't really want to enter the palace, because he felt that once he entered the palace, there would be no good things. If it was just an envoy coming to court, why would he let himself do it?
There must be a pit here!
Sitting in the carriage, Zhang Twelve thought so.

When getting out of the car, Zhang Twelve found that Mo Li was also there, but he was not wearing armor, which made him a little curious. Shouldn't she be responsible for the security work as the general of the town on such occasions? Why are you wearing plain clothes today?

Entering the palace with her, Zhang Twelve asked the questions in his heart.

Mo Li told him that the envoys from the four countries came to the Tang Dynasty to congratulate them. There were not many people who came, and all the people who entered the palace were civil servants. You can rest assured that the work is safe. If the Emperor Tang sends her to stand on the side wearing armor What would those envoys think?

Are you telling them that Datang is not safe, or are you guarding against them?
So today she entered the palace with plain clothes, counted as a guest, and at the same time was secretly defending.

Hearing this, Zhang Twelve felt a little relieved. This is a banquet tonight. Speaking of which, he is overthinking...

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The people in the palace led them to the Guangde Hall, and it was Zhang Twelve's first visit to the Guangde Hall.

Guangde Hall has a large area, supported by tall white marble pillars on all sides. The whole hall is tall and spacious, which is very suitable for banquets.

A lot of people had already come to the hall, Zhang Twelve looked it over, except for the people sitting at the front four tables who had never seen each other before, they had more or less seen them before.

Especially the crown prince and King Xiang also arrived, talking with the people sitting at the four tables in the front row. Zhang Twelve reckoned that they were the envoys of the four countries, because one of the people at the table was Wu who came with the third prince of Wu last time. State envoy.

Just a little curious, three of the four tables are men, while the other table is two women.

Although the face cannot be seen clearly from the back, but judging from the back, clothes and figure, one of the women should not be bad in appearance. This can be seen from the prince's surroundings. If it is ugly, the prince is so lustful. People, definitely won't stay longer...

Looking at the other people in the hall, except for him and Mo Li, they are all civil servants such as academicians, including Yang Zexin, who was also invited. When he saw Zhang Twelve, he smiled awkwardly. Zhang Shi Neither of them bothered to respond.

He and Mo Li were the only ones, so they chose a table behind and sat down, which was really embarrassing.

After seeing Zhang Twelve, several senior scholars who had witnessed Zhang Twelve's attack in the imperial garden before came over to chat enthusiastically. Whether he can abandon martial arts and follow literature, Zhang Twelve was shocked!
Lao Tzu's whole family is from military generals, aren't you tempting me to rebel!
He hurriedly rejected it with righteous words, and the grand scholars who provoked him left angrily, very disappointed...

Seeing this scene, Mo Li said with a rare smile: "If you really abandon martial arts and follow literature, the road to officialdom will definitely be smoother..."

But Zhang Twelve didn't take it seriously at all, and replied righteously: "I, Zhang Twelve, was born as a general and died as a general. If you want me to be a civil servant—impossible!"

In front of Mo Li, of course, he had to be straightforward, but when Mo Li heard what he said, he curled his lips: "Since you said so—then come to me to practice kung fu tomorrow!"

"Eh... this, Senior Sister, I just remembered that I have something to do tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to go..."

My injury has just healed, I'm afraid I have to wait for two days to practice?impossible……

Zhang Twelve was already scared of being beaten by Mo Li, and according to what Mo Li taught him, he felt that practicing at home would also be effective. Not to mention other things, but just talking about strength, he turned out to be much stronger, and he had nothing to do when he was free. and carried Gatling in the bracelet when--

All I can say is, so easy!

The most important thing is that if Mo Li focused on teaching him every time he practiced, he wouldn't be afraid, but the fact is that he has to study routines for 10 minutes and be beaten for two hours, who can bear it?

Doesn't it mean that you are a leftover woman, but the fact is - you really are!

mean!

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"Your Majesty is here! The Queen is here!"

As Wu De's familiar voice spread throughout Guangde Hall, everyone in the hall stopped talking, stood up and looked in the direction of the front of the hall, extremely pious.

Then, the Emperor Tang, who was wearing a golden dragon robe, came in together with the empress, and Princess Yilan also came out, but she just walked down, and came to the table in front of King Xiang and the crown prince.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

All the officials in the hall shouted in unison.

"Everyone loves you in peace! The envoys of the four countries are exempt!"

Emperor Tang waved his hand and said, with a smile on his face, it seemed that he was in a good mood.

Afterwards, Emperor Tang began to speak, all he said was that the weather would be good this year and that the people would live and work in peace and contentment. Finally, he looked forward to the new year. Zhang Twelve sighed in his heart. all the same...

After talking about Datang's own affairs, Emperor Tang began to talk about the affairs of other countries this year. In front of the envoys of the four countries, these words were naturally said in a positive way. The first reaction is that a person who can become an emperor has a thick skin and acting skills are not so good...

(End of this chapter)