Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 50 Your Highness, I have a good job

at night.

The bright moon in the sky illuminates Guo's small courtyard white.

Guo An and Zhu Di sat on a stone table, which was filled with dishes of cooking and two jars of fine wine.

On the table, two large lamps were still lit, illuminating the entire table brightly.

On the side, there is also a mud stove with a string of meat skewers on the long furnace groove, at least more than 30 skewers.Each piece of meat is as big as a walnut, and a piece of meat can fill a mouthful. The golden oil is dripping under the charcoal grill, dripping down.

Guo An held a plate of seasoning in his hand, and after a while, he sprinkled some on the meat skewers and turned them over.

In less than a while, the alluring smell of meat filled the entire small courtyard, even the people next door couldn't resist the temptation.

A group of young and strong couldn't help but move up a stool, leaning on the wall and looking this way.

However, before they could see clearly, a group of ferocious strong men appeared in front of them, wearing armor and holding halberds, staring at them viciously.

"Sorry, it's just that the smell of meat in this courtyard is too strong, so I couldn't help but take a look at it. I'll leave now!"

"Climb the wrong wall, I'll leave here..."

A group of heads who had just poked out of the wall smiled awkwardly, and quickly shrank back.

Under the wall, the guards of King Yan were on guard. After glancing at the uninvited visitor on the other side of the wall, they looked longingly at the courtyard where His Royal Highness was.

So delicious!
They have been with their highness for so long, and have seen all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas, but this is the first time they have seen... smelled meat that can make their stomachs so fragrant just by smelling the fragrance.

"You really don't look like an official, you are simply an old man, not a magistrate!"

Sitting on the stone bench, watching Guo An skillfully fiddle with the clay stove, Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Hey, don't blame your Highness, I don't have any other hobbies, but I like to study some things, especially food!" Guo An didn't care whether Zhu Di was praising him or hurting him, and laughed directly.

Seeing that Guo An didn't agree with each other, Zhu Di couldn't help but glared at Guo An, and asked again: "It's been such a long time, can't these meat skewers be eaten?"

"If Your Highness is hungry, you can eat vegetables first!"

As he said that, Guo An had already taken a bite of the food first, and then picked up the wine glass.

"Your Majesty first offers a cup to His Majesty!"

After the words fell, a glass of fine wine was already drunk.

"Damn it, you don't use the name of a toast to steal a drink!"

Zhu Di glared at Guo An with disgust on his face, and he didn't stop moving his hands, and drank a glass of fine wine.

"If you are a gentry, you must be an unscrupulous landlord who harms the people!"

Guo An looked at Zhu Di with a face full of surprise, "How did Your Highness know?"

"No, no, the lower official said it wrong... The lower official meant that the common people are the greatest wealth. If the lower official became a big landlord, he would definitely encourage those common people to reclaim more land, have more children, and even help them make more money. !"

Zhu Di couldn't help looking at Guo An with surprise on his face, "How dare you lie to me?"

Guo An said with a sincere face: "Your Highness, everything that the official said is true!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di was full of sarcasm, "So, you are still a good person?"

"His Royal Highness misunderstood, this official is also a layman!"

Guo An chuckled and explained: "Whether it is a gentry, a big landlord, or even an official, the more people you rule and the richer you are, the more money you can make and the better your life will be!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di looked puzzled, "Didn't those gentry and landlords get rich only by exploiting the people?"

Guo An silently took a mouthful of food, "Your Highness, can you forgive me for being innocent after drinking!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di's expression froze again, "What do you mean by this?"

Guo An smiled again, "It's easy for an official to slip up when he drinks too much fine wine, so you need to implore Your Highness first, and if your words are inappropriate, just ask His Highness to scold you, don't take it to heart!"

With that said, Guo An picked up the wine glass and clinked a glass with Zhu Di.

Zhu Di said angrily, "Damn it, are you a thief officer afraid that I will settle accounts with the Queen Qiu? Could it be that, in the eyes of a thief officer like you, this king is such a stingy person?"

Guo An quickly said: "Your Highness, forgive me, I grew up reading books, and often have some ideas in my mind that are different from ordinary people, and may even go against the laws of nature.

Xiaguan was really afraid that one day he would offend a large group of dignitaries by making a slip of the tongue after drinking, causing a group of big men in black to rush into his house in the middle of the night, chop off his head, and sink his body into the lake, so that no one would ever know about it! "

"Oh?"

These words aroused Zhu Di's interest, "If you say that, I agree! But don't worry, I will kill you if I want to kill you, and I will never kill you secretly in the dark!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Guo An was overjoyed.

Zhu Di just looked at Guo An quietly while eating the dishes.

Guo An was taken aback for a moment, then reacted.

"Your Highness just said to the officials that the gentry often exploit the common people to get rich."

Zhu Di nodded, "Yes."

"But I don't know if Your Highness has ever thought about it. In fact, the court is more like the biggest gentry in the world?"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di's face darkened, "Damn you, you thief officer is so bold, how dare you talk nonsense..."

Guo An quickly said: "Your Highness, chatting after drinking, don't take it seriously, chatting after drinking!"

Zhu Di said angrily: "You can tell me clearly why the imperial court is like the biggest gentry?"

"Your Highness, the biggest characteristic of a gentry is that they control a large piece of land and hire many people to cultivate it for them.

As for the imperial court, the entire Ming land belongs to the imperial court, and all the people have to pay the imperial court land taxes, servants, and even..."

Following Guo An's words, Zhu Di couldn't help but fell silent.

On the side, Zhu Liang stared wide-eyed, full of horror.

"Okay, don't mention this matter again!"

Zhu Di waved his hand, and at the same time said to Zhu Liang who was beside him: "Everything that this king and Guo An have said, you must never reveal a word to outsiders!"

"The general obeys orders!" Zhu Liang hastily promised with a serious face.

"It's a slip of the tongue!"

Guo An also sensed something was wrong at this moment, and quickly turned over the meat skewers on the clay stove, picked up two skewers, and turned towards Zhu Di and Zhu Liang.

"Your Highness, you and Zhu Baihu have a taste, this skewer should be cooked!"

Zhu Di took the skewers and took a bite.

As for Zhu Liang, although he looked at the skewers with eagerness on his face, he didn't dare to take them without Zhu Di's words.

"Ok?"

Guo An was taken aback and looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di waved his hand casually, "Outside, there is no need to worry about so many rules, if Guo An gives it to you, you can just eat it!

Hmm... Not to mention, after roasting like this, and then sprinkled with these seasonings, it's really fucking delicious! "

"Thank you Your Highness, thank you Guo Zhixian!"

Hearing Zhu Di's words, Zhu Liang's face was overjoyed, he quickly took the skewers, and started to eat. Standing by and watching for so long, he was already very hungry!

After taking a bite, Zhu Liang's eyes widened immediately, "Guozhi County's cook is absolutely outstanding!"

Guo An smiled slightly, and said, "Zhu Baihu, if you put it outside, you'd like to eat this kind of barbecue meat for two yuan?"

"A string of two pennies?"

Zhu Liang didn't even think about it, and said directly: "Such delicious barbecue, not to mention two yuan, even if it is five yuan, the general is willing to eat a meal!"

"What if, if these meat skewers are a little smaller, one skewer is still worth two pennies?" Guo An asked again.

Zhu Liang said directly: "As long as it's this delicious, I'm willing!"

Guo An nodded in satisfaction, picked up a skewer of barbecue, and looked at Zhu Di.

"Your Highness, I have a good job to earn a living. I wonder if Your Highness would like to participate?"

"Ok?"

Before Zhu Di could react, he looked at Guo An in astonishment, "You are a dignified county magistrate, do you want to be a merchant?"

"Your Highness misunderstood, I just want more people in Beiping Mansion, as well as the soldiers under His Highness, to be able to eat such delicious food!"

Guo An said with a smile.

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(End of this chapter)