The county magistrate who was the second prime minister this year was named Zhou Zeng, a survivor of the Zhou Dynasty. During the reign of King Zhao of Qin, the Qin army destroyed Zhou. At that time, Zhou Zeng, an official of the Zhou Dynasty, was surrendered to Qin with the ancestors of Zhou Nan and were granted the title of title to become a minor official of Qin. The elders made some minor contributions in the war to destroy the six kingdoms of Qin. Although they had never been particularly developed, they also admired Zhou Zeng and entered the school and became an official directly.

He was born well, and Zhou Zeng himself was also very talented. Although he had no outstanding political achievements in the position of county officials and county magistrates, he was still quite adept at it and never made any major mistakes. Therefore, his career was very smooth. He accumulated merits and became a county magistrate with a household registration of more than 10,000 people in the age of 40. He also had a high official position and became a person who had registered in front of the emperor. His future was quite bright.

The career is smooth and the future is long. Of course, it is impossible to be proud of yourself when you become a magistrate of Zhou County. At the same time, you can't even be proud of yourself. At the same time, you can't even be unpretentious. In addition to the county magistrate, the Youzuowei and other middle- and senior county officials and a very small number of large families in the county, it is generally difficult for ordinary officials, rural officials and ordinary local geniuses to see Zhou County Magistrate. Even if you have any questions, you can queue up outside the county temple where Zhou County Magistrate works. Whether you can see Zhou County Magistrate depends on the size and importance of the matter and whether Zhou County Magistrate's mood is good or bad.

There is only the day of the first day of the 10th month, because the calendar used by the Qin Dynasty is called the Zhuanxu calendar, which is the first day of the winter of Jianhai, that is, the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, which is the first day of the lunar calendar, which is the first day of the lunar calendar. Although the Qin Dynasty respects frugality and is not as lively and grand as the New Year, the first day of the New Year is the first day of the New Year after all. According to the law, the magistrate of Zhou, who was able to rest on holidays on this day, relaxed some restrictions and allowed ordinary officials and ordinary wealthy families to come to their homes to pay homage and congratulate, say "The New Year is good and celebrate the New Year together."

The family of Zhou County Magistrate was also full of guests and crowded. Officials of all sizes came to see each other with more or less gifts. Zhou County Magistrate was poor enough to deal with it, but he had to meet him one by one and asked politely. From morning until the afternoon, there was no time to rest. It was almost time to eat dinner when it was almost time for dinner, and the guests who knew that they were not qualified to accompany Zhou County Magistrate to have dinner knew and took the initiative to disperse, which made Zhou County Magistrate relax and take a break.

There are still exceptions. When it is almost time for dinner, the county magistrate and the right and left magistrates who are qualified to accompany Zhou County Magistrate to share dinner with each other, and come to Zhou County Magistrate's door to ask for a meeting, preparing to further contact with Zhou County Magistrate. However, Zhou County Magistrate should not be too lazy to take the number two, three, and four people in these three counties. He could only go out in person to greet each other and politely invite them into their own hall and sit in their own hall.

The county magistrate and the two county magistrates were obviously just getting rid of the guests. The three of them were tired on their faces, and they were not very energetic after sitting down. The same exhausted county magistrate Zhou also understood their difficulties and invited them to have dinner with him without a few polite words. However, before the county magistrate and the two county magistrates were hypocritical, a servant suddenly came to report outside the door and replied: "Report to the county magistrate, Feng Zhong, the head of the lingting pavilion, asked for a meeting, saying that he was here to congratulate the New Year to the county magistrate, and asked the county magistrate to be kind to summon him."

"Feng Zhong, the head of Shiling Pavilion?" Zhou County Magistrate frowned. He was very dissatisfied with the time when Feng Zhong came to pay New Year's greetings, and immediately remembered some of the situations of Shiling Pavilion reported to him by the county magistrate. In the report, Feng Zhong's two mistakes in his duties were extremely dissatisfied with Zhou County Magistrate.

"This pavilion chief named Feng Zhong, why are you here now to celebrate the New Year?" The county magistrate also frowned and said, "How far is Shiling Pavilion from the county town? Why are you here at this time?"

"If the county magistrate is tired, just ask him to go back." The right magistrate of Xiaxiang County was very eye-catching, and he could see that the county magistrate Zhou was already very tired and did not want to meet irrelevant little people again.

Only Zuo Wei, who had met Feng Zhong a few times, didn't say anything, but he also cursed Feng Zhong in his heart without any winks. He would not look at the time when he came to pay New Year's greetings. County Magistrate Zhou rubbed his temples, which had already been sore and swollen, and immediately made up his mind and ordered the subordinates: "Go and tell that Feng Zhong, just say that I am tired and ask him to come again another day."

The servant took the order and left. The county magistrate Zhou and others continued the topic just now. He politely invited the county magistrate and two county magistrates to accompany him for dinner. The county magistrate and two county magistrates refused in a hypocritical manner, and then could not resist the repeated invitations from Zhou County magistrate, so he could only obey orders rather than respect. But something was strange. Just when the servants at Zhou County magistrate's house started serving wine and food, the servant returned to Zhou County magistrate, nodded and said, "County Master, Feng Zhong refused to leave. He also said that he deliberately chose this time to pay homage to you."

"He deliberately chose this hour to pay homage to me?" Zhou County Magistrate was stunned, and then he was inevitably curious and asked, "Why did he deliberately choose this hour to pay homage to me?"

"Because he wants to offer you a delicious Chu Palace food to the county master, please ask you to taste it." The servant who received the benefits of Feng Zhong said respectfully: "The villain also saw that the pavilion chief named Feng Zhong brought his wife, bringing the prepared dishes for you in front of the county master, please be sure to taste it."

As mentioned earlier, the county magistrate Zhou had a hobby, which was to like to taste delicious food. Even Feng Zhong, who was far away in the village, had heard of this hobby, not to mention the county magistrate and two county magistrates who lived with Zhou County magistrate day and night. So after hearing the servant's report, the county magistrate and the two county magistrates were not in a hurry to complain about Feng Zhong's lack of eyes, and they turned their eyes to Zhou County magistrate. Zhou County magistrate did have a hobby in this regard. After a moment of calculation, he ordered: "Okay, bring him in, and I want to see what kind of Chu Palace food he brought to me."

The servant, who had received the benefits, agreed happily and quickly went out to lead Feng Zhong and his wife to meet. The magistrate Zhou turned to the county magistrate and two county magistrates, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that a small Shiling Pavilion would actually hide the dragon and the tiger, and he dared to claim to be able to cook the Chu Palace delicacies. I was curious and wanted to see what kind of Chu Palace delicacies it was."

"Maybe it's a shocking statement. I want the county master to be happy." The county right magistrate expressed his serious doubts and said, "But don't worry, if Feng Zhong dares to play with something false but untrue, the subordinate officials will deal with him well for you."

County Magistrate Zhou smiled but said nothing, thinking that there was no need for you to clean up, I had wanted to replace him long ago.

In a moment, Feng Zhong and his wife, who were once scared by Xiang Kang and the Xiang brothers, were taken to the hall and bowed to the magistrate Zhou as soon as they met, and said tremblingly: "Feng Zhong, the head of Shilingting Pavilion, bring his wife to the county master. The county master will be in peace."

"No need to be polite." Zhou County Magistrate waved his hand and ordered: "Have you seen the county magistrate and two county magistrates?"

"Ah!" Feng Zhong's reaction made Zhou County Magistrate, County Magistrate and others a little stunned. He actually screamed and blurted out: "Why are the county magistrate and the two county magistrates here? This is awful!"

"What's wrong?" Zhou County Magistrate asked in surprise. The county magistrate and the two county magistrates looked even more unkind, and they were extremely dissatisfied with Feng Zhong's unrestrained words.

"Damn it young!" Feng Zhong quickly slapped himself, and then said with a sad face: "The county magistrate and the two county magistrates forgive me. The villain doesn't know that you are all here, so he has only prepared two Chu Palace delicacies. I'm afraid that it's not enough for you to share."

"What?" County Magistrate Zhou was stunned again and said in surprise: "What do you mean, are you worried that you will bring only two servings of Chu Palace delicacies, which is not enough for us to eat?"

Knowing that he was talking inappropriately, but after he had already spoken, Feng Zhong had to nod honestly and admitted frankly that he was really worried. As a result, not only did the Zhou County Magistrate, who was already delicious, became more interested, but the county magistrate and the two county magistrates were also curious and said, "Feng Zhong, the Chu Palace food you brought was so delicious? Worrying that we didn't have enough food?"

"This..." Feng Zhong was a little embarrassed and said hesitantly: "I dare not deceive you all the officials. The officials really think that the Chu food I brought is extremely delicious. At least the villain has never eaten such delicious food before. Moreover, when the villain tried to make it at home these days, he felt that one portion was not enough, and he couldn't eat enough."

"Is it so delicious?" County Magistrate Zhou was even more interested and ordered: "Then take it out quickly and let me see what kind of food it is."

Feng Zhong agreed and quickly untied the package on his wife's back and took out the beggar chicken that had been initially processed. Unfortunately, after seeing Feng Zhong take out only two chickens that had been removed, the county magistrate Zhou was immediately disappointed. The county magistrate and the two county magistrates even shouted directly and said, "Isn't this a chicken? What's so strange? I thought it was a dragon liver and phoenix marrow."

"Reply to all of you, this chicken is indeed a very ordinary chicken, but its cooking method is not simple." Feng Zhong said quickly: "This delicacy is related to Queen Mother Xuan of our Qin State. It was made by our Qin State in the court of Chu before marrying to Qin State to repay the kindness of raising the mother country. After the King of Chu tasted it, he named the dish Miyue Chicken himself, and asked the imperial chef of Chu State to imitate it for the royal ministers of the Chu State."

The method of forcing a dish to be together with celebrities is common in modern society, but it was Xiang Kang's unique first in the Qin Dynasty. So after hearing Feng Zhong's words, Zhou County Magistrate and the County Magistrate were inevitably interested again, and they all asked: "Is there such a thing? How did you know?"

"It was an old Chu citizen under the rule of the villain." Feng Zhong did not hide it and said, "He was a famous family in the Chu State. He tasted this delicious dish when he was a child and knew how to cook it. It was passed on to the villain couple. After tasting it, the villain couple felt it was extremely delicious, so they brought it to the county magistrate."

After saying that, Feng Zhong, who was still a little anxious, quickly bowed to the county magistrate and the two county magistrates, and said, "Of course, the villain is planning to bring it to the county magistrate and the two county magistrates tomorrow and the next day, but he didn't expect to meet you here today."

After hearing Feng Zhong's words, the county magistrate nodded and said, "Okay, let your wife make it to us in person to see if it is as delicious as you described. It is not as delicious as you have. Two chickens are not enough for the four of us to eat."

Feng Zhong agreed and asked County Magistrate Zhou to give him a chopping board, kitchen knife, wooden basin and other items, which made his wife, who was already scared and trembling, processed the beggar chicken in public. The result was not bad. Because the process was not complicated, Feng Zhong's wife did nothing wrong, and even the water used to mix yellow mud did not forget to use the rice wine that Xiang Kang used casually. Zhou County Magistrate Zhou, County Magistrate and others, who had never seen this cooking method, were also very excited. Not only did they see the end from the beginning, they also asked someone to bring a big brazier to let Feng Zhong's wife roast beggar chicken in public in front of the hall, so curious that they didn't even put the wine and meat in front of them.

Strictly speaking, the cooking techniques of beggar chicken made with sealed mud are not necessarily very advanced and sophisticated. However, this era is at the tail of the Bronze Age. The cooking technology is still mainly based on the most primitive boiling and charcoal fire roasting. Even cooking techniques such as frying, steaming and iron pan stir-frying have not been invented. Therefore, when the beggar chicken that has preserved its original flavor and is full of fragrance is placed in front of us, even before it has time to taste it, the extraordinary and attractive fragrance alone has already made Zhou County Magistrate and County Magistrate, who have been tired of cooking and barbecue, and the people who have long been tired of cooking and barbecue, were drooling and exclaimed, "It smells so good!"

Just smelling the fragrance is like this. After tearing the meat and dipping it into the sauce, the county magistrate Zhou, the county magistrate and the two county magistrates were of course even more like flying. They were busy stuffing chicken into their mouths and chewing it quickly, and swallowing it like four starving ghosts reincarnated. Then, as Feng Zhong expected, the two chickens were not enough for four people to divide them. They gnawed the remaining meat of the chicken bones. The two county magistrates pointed at Feng Zhong and spoke first and shouted: "Feng Zhong, aren't you saying you are going to make it for us? When will you go to my house to make it? Bring a few more so that my family can taste it too!"

The county magistrate was more elegant and wiped his mouth with a scarf and said, "Chief Feng, if you don't mind, can you ask your wife to teach my wife how to cook this Miyue chicken?"

"Don't worry, the county magistrate, don't worry, the two county magistrates, the villain will definitely visit your home as soon as possible." Feng Zhong smiled so hard that his face was shining, and he nodded and said, "The villain must bring more villain at that time, and he will ask his wife to present the cooking method together."

As he nodded and said, Feng Zhong's eyes did not forget to observe the most important county magistrate Zhou, who was the most important to him. As a result, Feng Zhong breathed a sigh of relief. After slowly wiping his mouth with a scarf, County magistrate Zhou nodded to himself with satisfaction and praised: "It's really delicious, Chief Feng, you're worried."

"Thank you, County Master." Feng Zhong quickly thanked him and said carefully: "County Master, the villain still has to apologize to you. Last year, the villain was incompetent and failed two official tasks. Please be kind to the Lord of County Master and spare the villain this time."

"Last year, you were indeed a little lacking in business." The magistrate Zhou also changed his plan temporarily and said casually: "But overall, you can be considered diligent in your work, and there is no need to pursue it too much. In the future, you should be more careful when you serve as the head of the pavilion, so don't let me down again."

Feng Zhong was overjoyed and quickly pulled his wife to thank the magistrate Zhou County, but the magistrate Zhou was still unsatisfied and asked again: "Feng Zhong, teach you that person Mi Yueji, what kind of Chu Palace food do you know?"

"This..." Feng Zhong hesitated and said, "Report to the county lord, you have to wait for the villain to go back and ask. The villain was confused and only learned this Miyue chicken from him, so he didn't ask much about the rest."

County Magistrate Zhou was a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, County Magistrate Zhou asked curiously again: "By the way, I forgot to ask you, who is the person who teaches you Mi Yueji? Who is the descendant of the famous family of Chu?"

Feng Zhong sold Xiang Kang without hesitation, not only selling Xiang Kang's name, but also selling Xiang Kang's ancestors. As a result, the Zhou County Magistrate, who knew Xiang Yan's name, was surprised and said, "The descendant of Xiang Yan, the Wuxinjun of the Old Chu State? Under the rule of this official, there was such a famous descendant?"

"The county lord, the lower officials have also heard of this family." The county magistrate said: "I heard that his family was a general in the Chu State for generations. Because he was granted Xiang County, he changed his surname to Xiang. After the old Chu State was captured by our Great Qin King's Army, his family moved to Xiaxiang to settle down. In addition, the lower officials still remember that the two uncles of the Xiang family were wanted by the government for making revenge and murder, and are still on the run."

The spirit of arrogance is prevalent. The two murderers uncles did not affect Xiang Kang's image in the mind of Zhou County Magistrate. On the contrary, Zhou County Magistrate was even more curious about Xiang Kang, and asked Feng Zhong: "Feng Zhong, how talented and martial arts of that young master Xiang Kang?"

"Reporting to the county master, that young master Xiang Kang seems to be mainly engaged in literature and his martial arts are not very good." Feng Zhong tried hard to recall Xiang Kang's usual performance and said, "But he is very knowledgeable, he is full of talent at a young age, is eloquent and polite."
Chapter completed!