Xiao Houye's seven-year imperial examination and five-year road to Kaifeng[75]

In order to ensure cleanliness and hygiene are engraved in the bones of the catering industry, the noodle restaurant directly uses glass instead of walls, so the chef inside is cooking in front of the stove, which can be clearly seen by customers standing outside.

But it's nothing, as long as the order of cooking, it doesn't matter if people can steal something and go back.

There is also a noodle shop on the side, but there is no way, dozens of people come, especially military commanders, there are still ten bowls of noodles at one o’clock, and the noodles prepared before are not enough.

The selling point of their noodle shop is cleanliness and freshness. All the ingredients are purchased on the same day, and the noodles are pulled out on the same day.

Who can believe that there are so many guests at noon.

The environment of the noodle shop is good. It is located at the window, so you can see the scene on the street clearly. Because this is a large transparent glass window, it gives enough light to the shop, so it won’t appear dim in the shop, and it can also save lamp oil Money kills two birds with one stone.

There are still two floors here, and you can sit upstairs if you like. Zhao Jue led his brother up to the second floor, but because it is a noodle restaurant, it does not have private rooms like a restaurant. This is an ordinary noodle restaurant, and the bun shop next door As for why the steamed buns are called steamed buns, that's why Pang Yu called the steamed buns uncomfortable, how can they be called steamed buns if they have fillings in them!

Pang Yu asked people to go to the next door to buy a few buns. They were all meat buns with thin skin and big stuffing. They were also honest, so they brought a few drawers over and brought them to the elders to ask if they wanted buns. They were sold cheaply. , Of course it can't be free, this is their lord's property, and it must not be taken advantage of by others.

Can human beings resist the tempting big meat bun full of aroma?In fact, absolutely impossible.

As soon as the lid of the big meat bun steamer was opened, the aroma filled the lobby directly and domineeringly. As long as the buddies passed by carrying the steamed buns, no one would not be impressed. What's more, the price of the meat buns is not expensive, mainly because the pork is not expensive, and the generals will directly ask for it. After reaching ten, the guys are more worried about whether the generals will be overwhelmed...

Of course, it would be irresponsible to feed them to death, and they didn't force these people to eat.

The main reason was that it was too slow to wait for the noodles to be served. Many people were waiting hungry. How could they let go of the big meat buns? The staff felt that the buns might not be enough, so they went to the next door to carry some over.

Who would have thought that they were all from the capital, but they couldn't stop eating meat buns. The guy didn't dare to stop, so he carried a drawer of buns upstairs first, and there were still more than a dozen people upstairs.

"Brother, try it quickly, this bun is a must." "I have to eat a few every time I come."

How many is that?

Pang Yu complained silently at the side, probably due to years of martial arts practice, Zhao Jue's appetite was comparable to those of generals, Pang Yu wondered if his stomach was connected to a black hole, and ten buns seemed like a game It's gone, but it also has something to do with the thin filling of the buns made by the bun shop next door. If it's all noodles, I guess one would be too much.

No one knows Zhao Jue's picky eaters better than him, and he will never eat anything that is not the best.

The officials also knew about this younger brother. As soon as they said it was recommended by Zhao Jue, he immediately took a sip with great interest, and the palace people beside him had no time to stop him. He had already bitten it down and was shocked by the broth inside. It's too delicious.

If he hadn't been concerned about his own image, he could have acted like a gobbler, but unfortunately, he couldn't, and there were ministers and guards beside him.

Delicious!

Pang Yu said that what you eat is a bit too exaggerated, this is just an ordinary meat bun...

Fortunately, the ministers at the scene were also amazed by the steamed stuffed bun. No one noticed how focused the officials were on eating, and their face was saved!

Before leaving, the ministers knew that there was still a delivery service. Of course, the steamed stuffed buns were delivered, but the noodles were temporarily not delivered. ?

The officials who were full of food and drink were sent back to the Xiangyang Prince's Mansion. For a visit, let's wait for a rest first. The map of the city has already been shown to the officials.

There is also a pig farm in the outer city, which can be regarded as a strategic material. After a period of time, the pigs will be replaced with a new batch, and the previous batch will be slaughtered to ensure the freshness of the pigs.

Just like the granaries in the city, it is impossible to store old grains. Once they are replaced with new ones, they will sell the previous cheap ones, or raise poultry and livestock. Anyway, they will not be wasted.

In fact, when they were eating, some ordinary people also entered, and the officials were very satisfied. This was obviously not deliberately arranged by Zhao Jue, because these people were taken aback when they entered, and they probably did not expect that there would be so many people. people.

"Actually, at night, Xiangyang City is the most fun." Zhao Jue's Xiangyang City can be said to be a city that never sleeps, and occasionally he will go out to play at night, because the lights are dim at night, so he is not as conspicuous as going out during the day.

"Oh? Then I'm going to see and see." The official became interested as soon as he heard it, and he came here, why not have a good time, he is very satisfied with just eating at noon, the official naturally knows that pork needs It's cheaper than others, and it's really amazing to make pork so delicious that the common people love it, as expected of his younger brother!

During the day, Pang Ji took his wife, children, and parents for a stroll around the bustling places in the city. Compared to those courtiers who didn't know where to go, Pang Ji was the one who followed the city and watched it being built. , which may not be familiar with.

There is no pressure to take the family out for shopping, as long as you bring enough money, you can buy whatever you fancy.

This is the happiest time for Pang Feiyan. Although there is a strange five-year-old brother in the family, but the younger brother is very cute, and he is also very close to Pang Feiyan, so the siblings quickly became acquainted.

There is no such thing as going to bed early in Xiangyang City. It is impossible to go to bed early. The city is so fun, why waste time to go to bed early?

Especially those who come to Xiangyang City to do business, after seeing the beauty of Xiangyang City, they all have an urge to settle in Xiangyang. If they can bring their families to settle here, they will be very happy.

Not to mention whether those courtyards are affordable or not, the small buildings must be affordable.

Since the completion of Xiangyang City, dozens of houses in the living area have been bought. As for why they are sold one by one, it is actually very simple, because the flat houses in the courtyard are relatively more expensive. The only disadvantage is probably the buildings. Without land rights, you can pay to renew your residence rights after living for 70 years.

In the case of a building, if there are more people in the family, just buy one, and the whole family can live in it without much trouble.

What's more, buildings are more convenient than courtyards. They are easy to sell. If you run out of money, you can sell them separately. Unlike courtyards, you can only sell the entire courtyard, or even rent out the buildings. There are many advantages.

The living environment in the living area is not bad. There are gardens as there should be, and there is even a vegetable market nearby. There are also some small stalls and vendors. It can be said that you can buy what you need when you go out. Why not?

Even in ancient times, not everyone could afford to buy a house. In Xiangyang City, many residents rented it, and of course some of them were allocated by factories. As long as they had worked for 15 years and performed well, the house would be owned by them. It's him.

If you are lucky, if the husband and wife are both workers, then they will be well-off. Of course, you can also choose to replace the two houses with a three-bedroom one. This is the benefit that Zhao Jue gives to the employees in his factory.

Anyway, the houses in his hands are all in pieces, don't think that he is the king of Xiangyang who built Xiangyang City, and all of them belong to him.

It is all his land, and the house will belong to him after it is built, so Zhao Jue's house books are piled up, and Pang Yu is also envious from the beginning to numb at the end.

Obviously, if there are too many room books, it will be a bit worthless...

At least it looks like this, Pang Yu has three yards is enough, the rest of the money, naturally continue to make money, they invest in the cultivation of cotton in the frontier, and those are the highlights.

Originally, Pang Yu wanted to grow tomatoes by the way, but he could have imagined that even if he planted them, there would be no way to transport them out when they were ripe. The skin of the tomatoes is so thin that they should turn into tomato sauce on the way.

It is estimated that there are not many people who like tomato sauce these days, but he wants to open a fried chicken restaurant. At present, potatoes and the like are not too rich, so let's think about it when there are no more potatoes in the future.

We must first fill the stomachs of the people, and then consider the icing on the cake.

At night, the streets are decorated with lights and festoons. It's not a festive day, but it's lively and people come and go.

Some nearby residents came out to play, and some came out for supper. Three meals a day could no longer satisfy them, and they wanted to have supper along the way.

As for the supper, it is rich, all kinds of skewers are served, basically you can see that everything can be grilled on the grill, sprinkle a handful of cumin and chili noodles, and it’s all alive!

Although there is no crayfish that Pang Yu likes, after all, we don't have any in this place either. Crayfish are invaded by alien species, and they were almost eaten and extinct. If it weren't for breeding, this crayfish could be eaten clean.

Without crayfish, Pang Yu spun around on the fresh fish and the mutton, but if you want to eat mutton barbecue here, you have to make an appointment in advance, after all, mutton is not cheap.

Zhao Jue led his brother out to look for food, found a stall he was familiar with, went upstairs to a private room, ordered everything on the menu, and just sat and waited to eat.

"I didn't expect Xiangyang City to be so lively at night." The official said with some surprise.

"That's natural. Anyone who does business doesn't stop here. You can enter the city no matter it's day or night." Zhao Jue said lazily.

"Will it be unsafe?" The official asked with a trace of worry.

"Impossible, look at the ten steps and one post, and there is even a team of people hiding behind it. If anyone dares to make trouble with me, there will only be one end." Zhao Jue said coolly.

"Dead?" the official asked hesitantly.

"Brother, what are you thinking? Of course, throw them away to mine. How could I kill them? Whoever kills them will mine for me." Zhao Jue said as a matter of course.

Also, how could his younger brother be that kind of bloodthirsty person? His younger brother is just a money fanatic!

Just looking at the city of Xiangyang, I don't know how much money was spent. The officials can't even imagine that all the money earned in these years has been thrown into it, right?

In fact, it is not as exaggerated as the officials thought.

In ore mining, they use very economically. Prisoners don’t need to pay wages, at most two meals are enough. As for wages for them after they are released from prison, they will only have them after they are released from prison. At present, it is A big pie, you can only see it but not eat it.

Mining is cheaper, which means that raw materials are cheaper, and the cost of ironworks is much lower. Coal and iron can be dug by free labor.

As for other costs, they are not much higher. The raw materials can be obtained locally. How should I put it, because this is his fiefdom and can be used without paying.

In addition to those two years, and his brother's continuous assistance, not to mention a lot, there are not many. After the completion of the outer city, it attracted a lot of outsiders, and there was traffic. This Xiangyang City will start to make money. Any gadgets or specialty products are sold out immediately.

He is not only making money in Xiangyang City, but also has other industries. He has to make a fortune just by selling pigs to the prairie people. They not only sell to the prairie people, but also the neighbors. It is said that there are foreigners who buy them. The sausages, because they can be stored for a long time, foreigners can’t eat fresh meat by boat, and they are very satisfied with sausages.

Speaking of foreigners, Pang Yu really wants to build a ship and go abroad to seek gold, but he is not yet able to do so. There is no ship that can safely go to sea and come back safely.

He can't make it himself, wait until he makes the steam car first.

The pure charcoal-grilled lamb chops were brought up, but the officials were not very interested. He was tired of eating grilled lamb chops in the palace. Who didn't know that eating lamb in the palace was the best.

The grilled chicken wings and various grilled vegetables later made the officials interested.

"Yu'er is already 11 years old." The official tasted a little bit, mainly because the palace people around him were staring at him, fearing that the official would feel uncomfortable at night if he ate too much.

"Uncle Huiguan, yes, I'm already 11 years old." Pang Yu put down the chicken wings and replied obediently.

"It's time to take the imperial examination." The official said quietly after glancing at his younger brother.

"He's still young." Zhao Jue's face darkened in an instant, and he knew that his brother was thinking about something all day long.

"How small? In ancient times, Gan Luo was 12 years old when he was a prime minister. I think Yu'er can draw such a blueprint, which is not young." After observing the past few days, the officials thought that drawing blueprints seemed nothing, but now Look, what a treat!

The entire city was built according to Pang Yu's ideas. Although the building of the house has nothing to do with him, every part is interlocking. His younger brother is a man who doesn't care about things, and the officials don't believe it. What does the drawing have to do with his younger brother?

He could see that this kid was much more capable than his father.

If even such a talent is let go, unless he is stupid!

"How can Yu'er be so far behind a child prodigy like Gan Luo? At most, Yu'er just likes to draw." Pang Yu was almost scared to death. How can you compare him to Gan Luo?He is just a normal ordinary person, at most he is a time traveler, his vision is better than this ancient person, and he usually likes to play infrastructure games?

Boss, it’s wrong to backfire!

If he is going to take the imperial examination now, good guy, the system can give him a direct difficulty limit, not to mention skipping the middle task exam or something, it feels like a loss of [-] million, he is absolutely not happy.

There is another important point, that is, his merits have not yet been repaid. If he goes to take the imperial examination alone, it will definitely be fatal.

A series of unlucky things add up, have you seen the god of death coming?

It is definitely possible to send him to the west...

In the end, Zhao Jue and Pang Yu resisted, and the officials reluctantly pressed the idea of ​​letting Pang Yu take part in the imperial examination.

Back at the residence, Pang Yu's face fell, "Uncle Guan's family doesn't seem to give up."

"Don't worry, as long as I don't agree, he won't be able to do anything to you." Zhao Jue said while reaching out to touch Xiao Zai's head.

"Okay." Pang Yu still couldn't rest assured, after all, the official family is the emperor of this country.

Soon the attention of the officials did not have time to fall on Pang Yu, because there was an earthquake in some place, everyone knew that fire and water were ruthless, and the same was true of natural disasters. In the face of these natural disasters, people became very small and unbearable .

Now it is not about poaching talents, the most important thing is to provide disaster relief as soon as possible, and it is also very particular about who is sent for disaster relief.

Generally, courtiers have only two reactions in the face of disaster relief, one is normal disaster relief, the other is that they can embezzle and exploit layer after layer, and there will not be much in the hands of the people.

"Let me go." Zhao Jue stood up and volunteered.

At least the officials can trust him. It is absolutely impossible for Zhao Jue to covet the disaster relief money given to the common people.

"Okay, Jue'er, you really have grown up and become an adult." The official said, looking at his younger brother with relief.

In the end, the officials assigned Zhao Jue several assistants, one of whom was Pang Ji.

Pang Ji was helpless, this disaster relief was a hard job, and it happened to fall on his head. He didn't even think about being greedy, just kidding, it was the King of Xiangyang leading the team, who didn't know that the prince was very evil.

The last time the officials gave this younger brother a fortune-telling, they all said that he was too evil. If he forced a marriage, he might have to kill his wife. He almost killed the official. How could his younger brother, who was raised so carefully, kill his wife!

But in the spirit of preferring to believe what is there, not to believe what is not, the official family really did not dare to give his younger brother any mandarin ducks, but the news that the evil spirit might kill his wife spread, and the official family was even more angry up.

Because the courtiers who heard the news had people of a suitable age, those who could marry married off the young ladies in the family, and those who were not married were also engaged, leaving some concubines to stay in their boudoirs.

Can the official choose that kind of concubine to be his brother's concubine?It's impossible to think about it!

These courtiers have a bad impression in the eyes of the officials, but unfortunately those guys are dead pigs and don't care about boiling water.

Like King Xiangyang, few families really like it. He is rebellious, rebellious, and married in-laws like that. It's bad to think about it, but he won't.

When Pang Yu heard the news, he almost died laughing, because it was rumored that Zhao Jue himself was the one who said that he had killed his wife. He was too lazy to break up with his brother, and he didn't want to marry a wife at all. With this trick, wouldn't it be a perfect solution? .

It's just that his reputation has become less good, but his reputation wasn't that good before, so he still cares about this?

After a bit of preparation, Zhao Jue brought troops. Since he was going to rescue the disaster, how could there be no army? This time, his brother was very generous and asked him to bring the forbidden army. To be honest, Zhao Jue really didn't think much of going to the forbidden army. He asked for 2000 people. Bring another thousand guards from Xiangyang City.

The people in the imperial army were a little upset about this, so it was fine to take them, why did they have to bring a thousand guards?Do you think they can't protect him anymore?

It was naturally impossible for Zhao Jue to explain it to them, but the meaning was actually the same. He was afraid that these people would be too useless to hold him back.

They are all people who have never traveled far in Bianjing City. Thinking about the guards who followed him, he knows that he has no experience in the world and is especially easy to be tricked.

The food relief for the earthquake was transferred from several different cities. Zhao Jue's Xiangyang City pulled dozens of carts of supplies, not only food but also other things.

They even pulled two water trucks for fire fighting in the city. They were special huge wooden barrel trucks, which could hold a lot of water.

No one understood why the prince wanted to bring this thing, anyway, Pang Yu didn't explain it even if he wanted to.

In order to rush to the city as soon as possible, Zhao Jue and the others traveled day and night, barely resting, even if they slept, they tied themselves on the back of a horse and slept for a while. Pang Yu was lucky because he had a carriage, and the imperial army had to work hard. How many carriages, can only run hard.

Four days later, they finally arrived at their destination. At this moment, there are still wailing, and some people still don't give up looking for their relatives.

Zhao Jue immediately sent people to set up tents for the people who had lost their homes to live temporarily, and asked a dozen cooks to build stoves and cook food on the spot. At this time, the car filled with water came in handy. , or boil water and distribute it to the people for drinking, it is all the water on this car.

The nearby water source was not drinkable at all because of the earthquake.

After being arranged to live in tents, experienced doctors came to treat the wounded, and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

Custodians and escorts were sent out to see if they could search around further and see if there were any survivors.

When the cooks cooked simple food, many people flocked over, but before they could loot, they were stopped by the guards and asked to line up.

Under the oppression of these shining weapons, the people naturally lined up honestly, and everyone could get a bowl of porridge and a flower roll.