Go to the imperial dining room to eat!
This matter is still a bit unbelievable to Wang Zhongxiao, who is determined to be the final minister of the Qing Dynasty. But Zhang Xiaobao, Cao Yin, and Guo Jinbao were familiar with each other and didn't take it seriously at all. Zhang Xiaobao casually handed Wang Zhongxiao and Li Jixiang two waist badges engraved with the words "Imperial Kitchen Walk", and then led them all out the door and walked along Chaoyangmen Inner Street towards the majestic Forbidden City. go.
On the way to the Forbidden City, Li Jixiang, who was not sure how tightly guarded the imperial city was, asked Zhang Xiaobao in a low voice: "Brother Xiaobao, can you really enter the palace with this wooden sign? You won't be arrested." Bar?"
Zhang Xiaobao turned around and glanced at him. He suddenly thought that this guy was Chunni's brother. He immediately put on a smile and said with a smile: "Jixiang, didn't the sign I gave you say something like this? When walking in the imperial kitchen, this sign is issued to The cooks in the imperial kitchen, the worshipers, the undertakers, the apprentices, and the cooks who walked into the palace.
Holding this sign, you can enter Dong'anmen and Donghuamen, pass by outside Nansansuo, and enter the imperial dining room outside Jingyun Gate. No one can stop you. But if you want to go further in, you have to use another brand. "
"Are there any other brands?" Li Jixiang asked next.
"Of course," Zhang Xiaobao said, "Jinbao is holding the walking sign of the Military Beiyuan, and his Ama has made him an apprentice of the Military Beiyuan. When he responds to this, Tang Achao smashes it, and then he enters the Military Beiyuan Become an official apprentice."
"Hey, what are you talking about, you little bun?" Guo Jinbao was annoyed when he heard this, and stared at him, "Why do I have to be so picky?"
"You don't learn well," Zhang Xiaobao said, "Forget about eating and drinking, you always go to Bada Hutong..."
"What's wrong with me going to Bada Hutong?" Guo Jinbao didn't deny it, but he still said plausibly, "I went to do good deeds... I have a kind heart, and I don't want to see others suffering. The girls in Bada Hutong are all I am a miserable person, but I have accumulated great virtues!"
Zhang Xiaobao seemed to enjoy bickering with Guo Jinbao, and now he followed his words and muttered: "Just use the money stolen from your Ama to accumulate merit? Does your Ama know?"
oh? When Wang Zhongxiao heard this, he immediately took a high look at Guo Jinbao... This guy is a good guy. He knew how to steal his father's ill-gotten wealth to do good deeds. It was really good, good!
Guo Jinbao was still a bit thin-skinned. After being exposed by Zhang Xiaobao about stealing money, he did not dare to say anything about doing good deeds. Instead, he pointed at Cao Yin and changed the subject: "Stop talking about me, talk about Xiao Caozi! Xiao Caozi's waist card is very powerful, Ouchi Xingxing! Brother Yin, take out your card to open the eyes of Brother Big Tou and Ji Xiang."
"Okay." Without saying a word, Cao Yin took out a gold-painted brand and handed it to Wang Zhongxiao with both hands, "Brother Big Tou, your mother should also have a piece of this brand... in the future. Brother Big Tou, when you become an imperial guard, you will also get a sign for Ouchi Walk or Qianqing Gate Walk. This Ouchi Walk sign means you can enter the Ouchi to protect the emperor, while the Qianqing Gate Walk sign can only We’ve arrived at Qianqing Palace.”
Wang Zhongxiao had already seen Wang Fuchen's Ouchi Walking sign, but now he still took Cao Yin's sign and looked at it carefully for a while, and then asked with a smile: "Brother Yin, you said there is a chance for the coaters of the Three Banners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Do you want to choose a bodyguard?"
"It's difficult," Cao Yin shook his head, "Although we are the emperor's own people in the Three Banners Guards, the bodyguards can reach the top in one step. Even the Lanling bodyguards are only at the sixth level. If they are released to outsiders, it will be even more extraordinary. .....So the noble disciples of the upper three banners are all eyeing those quotas. Our servants in the Ministry of Internal Affairs want to be bodyguards, and usually have to be personally promoted by the emperor or Grand Master Ao. Of course, they cannot occupy the quotas of each banner. But with your martial arts skills, Brother Big Tou, you will definitely be able to get promoted in the future by following the path of worshiping Tang A to pick up guards. But this time... it will be difficult."
It seems that we still have to follow Kang Mazi’s path! Wang Zhong said filially: I will go to Mingzhu Mansion tomorrow to pay my respects. He is a member of the pockmarked party!
"Brother Big Tou, do you want to choose a bodyguard this time?" At this time, Guo Jinbao, who was short, dark, fat, and had a bit of a vulgar smile, had already seen through Wang Zhongxiao's thoughts.
Wang Zhongxiao didn't hide it from his good buddies, and immediately nodded with a smile: "Jinbao, do you have any connections?"
"No," Guo Jinbao spread his hands, "This is a gateway to the sky. Where can I find it? Brother Yin, do you have one at home?"
"My family doesn't have one either," Cao Yin still shook his head and sighed, "My mother-in-law arranged for me to be a flag captain of Luan Yiwei."
"What? Flag Lieutenant?" Guo Jinbao looked envious, "That's from the fourth rank! It's much bigger than Lan Ling's guard! Brother Yin, you are only fifteen years old, then you are from the fourth rank, and there is no one with this official luck. .”
Cao Yin said: "I won't be able to take office until next year, and I will be sixteen by then!"
Sixteen-year-old Cong Sipin...Wang Zhongxiao said heartily: Comparing goods with goods has to be thrown away, and comparing people with others can lead to death! If someone from the fourth rank is promoted to a local civil servant, he will be the same magistrate of the same government, equivalent to the deputy mayor of a prefecture-level city. Cao Yin became such a big official at the age of sixteen!
What does it mean to be young and promising? This is the real young and promising!
When Wang Zhongxiao was sighing, he had already followed Xiao Baozi, Guo Jinbao and the others to the Dong'an Gate of the imperial city. Dong'anmen is the east gate of the outer city of the Imperial City. It is not part of the Forbidden City, the core of the Imperial City. The gatekeepers here are not the guards or the Three Banners Guards, but the soldiers of the Xiaoqi Battalion. These soldiers were all wearing linen coats, warm hats, and carrying swords. They looked quite fierce... Of course, they were not as fierce as Wang Zhongxiao!
With Wang Zhongxiao's body and appearance inherited from Wang Fuchen, he is a striking presence everywhere in this era. So as soon as he followed Zhang Xiaobao outside Donghua Gate, he was stared at by an "uncle"!
"Little Baozi, you brought someone to the imperial dining room again... and you brought such a big man. Do you want to make the emperor's family poor?"
When Wang Zhongxiao heard the sound, he turned around to see who was meddling so much. When he looked back, he found a group of "blue mandarins" - everyone wore blue mantles and melon skin hats, and the leader was fifteen or sixteen years old. You kid, you don’t know where you’re coming from?
While he was thinking about it, Zhang Xiaobao, Guo Jinbao, and Cao Yin quickly stepped forward, saluted the child, and said in unison: "Greetings to Uncle Fu."
Uncle Fu?
Wang Zhongxiao thought to himself: Who is this? So the young one is the "eldest man". Is it because he is senior or because he has a strong background?
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Xiaobao noticed that Wang Zhongxiao and Li Jixiang were still there, and he quickly turned around and shouted: "Datou, Jixiang, come here and say hello to Uncle Fu!"
Do you still want to say hello? This "little uncle" seems to be a character? Wang Zhongxiao took another look at the "little uncle" and found that he was an ordinary-looking child with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks and big ears. He was not tall, just a little taller than Zhang Xiaobao. The most important thing was that there was no pockmark on his face... ...he may not look like Kangxi, but he must be an "uncle" level figure!
So Wang Zhongxiao still stepped forward with a smile on his face, and deliberately made a very hasty salute, and said with a smile: "Bless me, sir."
Li Jixiang, who was with him, was much more respectful. He even waved his horse hoof sleeves and gave a very standard greeting: "Li Jixiang, please have a good day, Mr. Fu."
The Qianqian gift is actually a very common etiquette among the banner people. It can be performed when meeting people of the same generation or neighbors. Of course, the Qian'er gift among peers, neighbors, and friends is not so formal. Wang Zhongxiao used the "Ping Qian'er gift" when greeting this "Uncle Fu"... Although it is sloppy, But it seems close.
Li Jixiang, on the other hand, is a formal bureaucracy in which subordinates pay a thousand gifts to their superiors.
Although Li Jixiang's attitude was more respectful, this "Uncle Fu" was still more interested in Wang Zhongxiao. He raised his neck and looked at the tall "Wang Datou" and asked with a smile: "Datou? His head is quite big. ! Are you in the flag?"
"Yes!" Wang Zhongxiao smiled stupidly, "The White Flag of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is covering the Han army." Then he asked back, "Little uncle, which flag do you belong to?"
"Me?" Uncle Fu was stunned for a moment, then replied with a smile, "I am from Manchuria with a white flag."
"White flag?" Wang Zhongxiao asked, "Yellow ribbon?"
Uncle Fu smiled even more happily, "I really guessed it...you, the big guy, are little Baozi's friends, right?"
Wang Zhongxiao told lies with a loyal face: "To tell you what, the little bun is my senior brother, and I am here to learn how to make buns from Deputy Chef Zhang."
"Learn to make steamed buns? You?" Uncle Fu was amused. "You can do it. You would have been able to choose Ba Ya La's white-armored soldiers a few years ago. You actually want to be the cook in the royal kitchen." ?Can you be more productive?"
Wang Zhongxiao said seriously: "Uncle Fu, you are wrong. I am not necessarily learning to make steamed buns to be a cook... I have so many skills that I can't do it! In a while, I will be selected to worship Tang Dynasty." Ah and the guards. I am a Han soldier. It is a bit difficult to choose a guard if you want to rise to the top. If you only choose a worshiper, it would be good to work in the imperial kitchen in the future. At least you can eat and drink. Uncle, don't you think so? "
"Hahaha!" Uncle Fu laughed, "You are quite interesting... Let's go and follow me to the imperial dining room to eat!"
