Chapter 764: It’s hard to give New Year’s greetings

Many people came to Furong Garden.

There are civil officials and military generals and imperial ladies, and the ranks are not low. The officials who are too small are not allowed to come. They are replaced by ordinary people. They are like lottery draws. They are first asked to apply, and the last one is to choose which one.

However, businessmen with a wealth of more than 10,000 yuan are not allowed to come in, and deliberately suppress them to let the merchants know that money alone is not enough, and the affairs of the world cannot be completely determined by money.

There are also heaven, earth, kingdom, parents and teachers, and ethics that must be believed in. Don’t expect to take money to overtake others’ personality, and don’t think about interfering with politics.

The people who came to Furong Garden to spend the same meal were very abide by the rules. When they were arranged to be far away from the emperor, no one complained that the emperor's safety was very important, what if someone assassinated it.

When Zhang and Wang's team arrived, they had already started eating dumplings. It was a little late and it was difficult to walk on the road.

Li Longji just ate two dumplings symbolically, and kept clinking glasses with others to drink wine. He drank the red wine mixed with juice, not dry red. If he drank dry red, Li Longji was reluctant to mix other things in it. The taste was too great, so it would be better not to drink dry red.

The officials also symbolically ate two dumplings and did not eat much food, for fear that they would feel uncomfortable in their stomachs if they eat too much. It would be a problem to vomit or not.

The person who drank the most was Wang Shi, the Minister of Revenue. Zhang and Wang's family had already given the benefits for a year. If the daughter-in-law had not been pregnant, even the birds in the northeast would not be eaten.

In front of the emperor, I finally gave something during the Chinese New Year, but it was far inferior to other ministers. I didn’t have much spare money at home. I invested all of them into the group that cooperated with the Ministry of Industry and still haven’t made any profits.

Wang Shi admitted that he had to admire Zhang Xiaobao for this point. He had a good calculation and had no fraud in the account. The operation of the group always gives people a feeling that it is healthy and upward. The future development prospects are very broad, but the amount of income and expenditure will be balanced.

Just like playing chess, if the level is high enough, it is very simple to lose and win. If you want every game to end, it will be difficult.

However, Zhang Xiaobao did it. He could not find any fault with the eyes of countless eyes. Every time the group had a new transaction or cooperation, it was the moment when the group's funds were exhausted.

Then someone proposed a new solution and waited for them to sign and agree. If they were unwilling to sign, they could hold a meeting and discuss other solutions together.

After discussing, my group and finally found that if they did not follow the new method, the group would go bankrupt. So they signed the signing resulted in the next crisis and continued to be trapped.

This is Zhang Xiaobao's terrible appearance. Everything is on the surface, allowing you to watch the operation, and when you give you hope, you cannot make a profit, and when you despair, you find that you have not lost money yet. And when you look at other things you usually do, you find that they don't have much effort on this matter.

Just like playing, he cheated himself, the Minister of Revenue, who had been dealing with finance for many years. No wonder the merchants in the Tang Dynasty were so afraid of him.

Since there is no daily welfare, eat and drink his. The current wine is made from grapes made four years ago in the northwest. It is said that after tasting Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, they are most satisfied with the taste and are pure.

Drink one more sip and take advantage of one more sip.

Under such thoughts, Wang Shi was dizzy and still kept drinking. He had already drunk a half bottle of 600 ml of wine.

When the people from Zhang and Wang family came to Furong Garden, the people in Furong Garden were excited, and cheers came one after another. Wang Shi tried his best to make his expression more gloomy, but because he drank too much, his face flushed and he exuded the spirit of alcohol stimulated.

Because of his identity, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were unwilling to be too arrogant in front of others. They took a detour from the side to Li Longji's place. Xiaobei and his group raised their chests and looked up, insisting on walking in the middle of the banquet.

When they met an official seat, they bent down and bowed to greet the New Year. Everyone was an official, so Xiao Bei and others would not kowtow to others, and officials could not bring too much New Year's money.

As they walked along, the officials smiled. Although Xiao Bei and his group of children were not old, they were really offended. They turned their backs and checked people. They basically checked them accurately. There was nothing clean on the officials who could sit in this position.

"Happy New Year, Shangshu Wang, have you drunk too much? You still drink less bottled wine. Drink less. Alcoholism is not good for your health."

Xiao Bei led the way to Wang Shi, saw the bottle of wine beside the little kid, looked at the expression on his face, and kindly advised that last year, my brother had planned to be a good plan for the new year, so he would not cause trouble for the time being, otherwise he would seem too petty.

Wang Shi also replied to the gift, feeling very awkward. The other party was obviously a child. Although he was much smarter than an ordinary child of the same age, the child was just a child. Even if Xiaoyuan's prodigy who never forgets her, it would not feel comfortable to see her. Children should not compete with adults.

Suppressing the unhappiness in his heart, Wang Shi said revengefully: "It's okay, the wine today is very good, especially the wine you brewed four years ago, you can drink it happily."

"Ah?" Xiaobei was stunned and asked in confusion: "Since that's the case, why didn't Lord Wang take it home and drink it slowly? Today, all the items at the Furong Garden banquet were provided by my family. Each bottle of bottled wine was divided into two bottles, and officials above the fifth grade were all given to you.

The wine brewed the year before yesterday was drunk at the banquet was in barrels. What's the difference between the two wines I didn't drink? It's just that my brother and sister told me that it was good four years ago, and there were only two bottles per person. Now you have drunk so much, what else can you get when you go home? Don't you give your family a try?"

After saying that, Xiao Bei sighed, shook his head and continued to walk upwards. The above was where the Zhongshu Ling was. After passing Zhongshu Ling, it was Li Longji.

Wang Shi looked at Xiaobei and others talking to the prime minister again. He had already woken up halfway through the wine. He looked at Jiang Cen, an official from the Sinong Temple next to him in shock and asked, "Can you take this wine home?"

"Yes." Jiang Cen nodded. His grade was not high. If Sinong Temple had not become more and more important in recent years, he would not have been able to stand by Wang Shi.

"This wine is two bottles per person. I don't know when I will encounter the same good year next time and make good wine again, so it is very precious. The lower officials are reluctant to leave it and want to keep it, but the lower officials admire Lord Wang's generous and generous."

"..." Wang Shi obviously saw sweat on his forehead. He looked at the half bottle of wine he had left and asked, "I wonder how long it will be stored after opening the bottle?"

"This... seems to be kept for a long time. If it is cold today, it is OK to keep it for three or five days. After all, when the air comes in, the light bulb factory has equipment to pump air. If you take it out, you can store it for a while. Xiaguan has never studied it. Many crops should be kept in vacuum."

Jiang Cen didn't understand what Wang Shi meant, but he still gave an answer that he could think of.

"Haha, hehe, so that's it. Oh, I'm already dizzy. Why not do this? I'll give you the remaining half bottle. When will you want to open the bottle, and then invite me to drink it?" Wang Shi came up with a solution.

"Mr. Wang was joking. Today, the official is unable to drink. I really can't drink anymore. Sorry, sorry." Jiang Cen now knows what happened to Wang Shi. He doesn't want to divide the wine in the future. If the wine is placed well, the taste will get better and better. The bottle of wine will be worthless.

Wang Shi was not forced to force him, so he sat back in frustration, looking at the remaining wine, and drinking it was not right or not, and he was very upset. He drank too quickly just now and forgot to taste it well.

Xiaobei ignored what Wang Shi was thinking. At this time, she had already arrived at the bottom of Li Longji's seat, knelt there with a thump, and then knocked down three times in a row, shouting: "Uncle Emperor, Xiaobei wishes you a New Year, wishing you a new year and a new atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty, and wishing you good health in the New Year."

Xiaoyuan and others also knelt down and kowtowed. Everyone had auspicious words, and they were different. After kowtowing, they did not stand up and looked up at Li Longji with their faces.

Li Longji felt very stressed. This year's New Year's money was not easy to deal with. Xiaobei and the others made money a little late this year, but they were more than 4 million yuan, which caught up with the annual fiscal revenue of the Tang Dynasty in the early Kaiyuan period. If you kowtow to your elders to wish you a happy New Year, how much New Year's money you have to give to meet your identity.

So Li Longji looked at Zhang Xiaobao who had just turned from behind, and that meant to ask me how much money I had now.


Chapter completed!