Yang Yuan saw that Liu Heng was ready to eat, so he took the initiative to leave.
Zhao Wu placed two large teapots filled with meat and rice on a free low table in the room. He picked up the teapot and brewed hot tea in the two teacups.
After doing all this, Zhao Wu greeted: "General, eat quickly, the dishes will freeze after a while."
"Okay, let's eat." Liu Heng walked out from behind the table.
He came to the wash basin at the door, washed his hands, then picked up the dry cloth on the shelf next to him and wiped them before returning to the low table and sitting down.
"fragrant."
Smelling the aroma of meat in the teapot, Liu Heng salivated in his mouth, then picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of fat meat with skin and put it into his mouth.
Zhao Wu sat down on the low table near the door, took out a piece of cake from his arms and placed it on the table, then reached out and picked up another large teapot.
Lifting the lid on top, there is also pork stewed with potatoes inside, with steamed rice underneath.
The general town office has its own kitchen and cooks meals separately.
As the proprietor of the Tiger Flag and the supreme commander of the army, Liu Heng usually eats from the same pot as other people in the general town office. He does not have a separate pot to prepare meals for himself.
The general town office is guarded by soldiers, and there is no shortage of meat every day. This kind of food is no worse than the food in the homes of some landlords outside the city.
Therefore, when there were no banquets, Liu Heng ate the same food as everyone else in the general town office. At most, when he ate pork stewed with potatoes, there were a few more pieces of pork in the rice bowl.
"After dinner later, send someone to find Mr. Zhao." Liu Heng told Zhao Wu.
After hearing this, Zhao Wu put down the big tea vat in his hand and stood up.
"Sit down, sit down, let's talk after eating. Mr. Zhao should be eating at this moment." Liu Heng stopped Zhao Wu who was about to go out and motioned for him to continue eating.
Both of them were warriors and ate very quickly. After a while, they both finished their share of the meal, and Zhao Wu even ate an extra pancake.
Liu Heng picked up a teapot filled with tea on the low table and returned to his desk.
Zhao Wu wiped his lips and started clearing the table.
After tidying up, he walked out carrying two tea jars with finished meals.
When he returned to the signing room from outside the house again, he held a stack of official documents for processing in his hand.
Mo Yue had half a time to burn the incense when Zhao Yutu rushed over from outside.
"Sit down first and wait until I finish what I'm doing." Liu Heng glanced at Zhao Yutu, motioned for him to find a place to sit, and then continued to deal with the official documents in his hand.
Zhao Yutu walked to the stool next to the stove and sat down, putting his hands on the stove to warm himself.
After almost a quarter of an hour, Liu Heng put down the pen in his hand and rubbed his sore eyes.
At this time, Zhao Yutu stood up from the stove, walked to a chair in front of Liu Heng's desk and sat down.
"Have the arrangements been made for the heavy troops sent from the grassland?" Liu Heng picked up the teapot on the table and took a sip of tea. He found that it was a little cold, so he stood up and walked to the stove, picked up the teapot and stored some heat for himself. Water goes in.
Zhao Yutu followed Liu Heng with his eyes and said: "The garrison transfer has almost been completed, and all the soldiers from various places have returned to their previous combat divisions."
"Nothing happened!" Liu Heng returned to his seat with the teapot.
Zhao Yutu said with a smile: "Everything went smoothly, and most of the heavy troops sent back this time were prisoners of the former Xuanda border army. There is no objection to staying in Xuanda and Dafu."
"How is the food and grass prepared?" Liu Heng asked again.
Zhao Yutu looked serious and said: "Don't worry, general, all the food from the autumn harvest has been harvested, which is enough to cope with the coming battle."
"It can't just be enough food for the army to consume. After capturing a new city, the local people also need to resettle, divide their fields, and set aside enough food for next year's harvest." Liu Heng said.
Zhao Yutu nodded and said, "My subordinate has taken note of it."
"The army will be deployed after the new year. We must not delay the matter of food and grass. You must hurry up and prepare. This time we will not be greedy for more and will only capture the whole of Shanxi." Liu Heng explained to Zhao Yutu.
The Tiger-Character Banner's imminent dispatch of troops to Shanxi has been deduced several times, and almost all senior officials know that troops will be dispatched to other parts of Shanxi soon.
If the Hubu needed someone to take the blame for the time being, he would have thought of getting Li Qiyuan out of the Hubu.
"Mr. Ge, Eunuch Wei invites you."
At some point, a young eunuch suddenly appeared next to Gu Bingqian.
Gu Bingqian turned around, glanced at the unfamiliar little eunuch in front of him, and asked, "What does Eunuch Wei want from me?"
"Young one doesn't know either. Eunuch Wei just sent the young one to guard outside Qianqing Palace. When he sees you coming out of Qianqing Palace, he will take you there." The young eunuch said humbly.
Gu Bingqian thought that he would rely on Wei Zhongxian a lot in the future, so he nodded and said, "Please, little father-in-law, please lead the way."
"Young man can't afford to be your father-in-law. Mr. Ge, please come with me." The little eunuch was happy to be called father-in-law by his chief assistant.
The two of them walked one behind the other towards the place where Wei Zhongxian usually lived in the palace.
"My little father-in-law looks strange!" Gu Bingqian asked curiously as he walked away.
The young eunuch turned around and smiled and said: "The young eunuch used to serve the concubine in the palace, but was taken under the supervision of Eunuch Wei not long ago. That's why the elder feels unfamiliar."
"If you can stay with Eunuch Wei, it seems that your young father-in-law has a bright future!" Gu Bingqian praised him with a smile.
This time the little eunuch's face became even happier, but he said humbly: "I usually just run errands for Eunuch Wei and do some small things."
"Being able to do some small things for Eunuch Wei shows that Eunuch Wei trusts you, my young father-in-law. It seems that it won't be long before your young father-in-law is put in a more important position." Gu Bingqian said his kind words without any money.
The little eunuch who was leading the way was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
If you want to get ahead in the palace, you have to lose to several big eunuchs in the palace. The most powerful eunuch in the palace right now is Wei Zhongxian. Now that he is working beside Wei Zhongxian, he also feels that he will definitely be important in the future and occupy a position in the palace. a place.
After walking for a while, we came to a low house.
"Master Ge is here. Eunuch Wei is inside. Please come in, Master Ge!" The little eunuch stopped outside the door of a house.
Gu Bingqian raised his head and glanced at the room in front of him. He had been here once before and knew that this was Wei Zhongxian's residence in the palace, so he stepped in.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw Wei Zhongxian sitting in the master's seat.
"Sir Wei." Gu Bingqian cupped his hand.
Wei Zhongxian threw down the leftover fruit core in his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Gu Ge, please take a seat. Come and serve tea."
A young eunuch came in with freshly brewed hot tea.
Gu Bingqian took the hot tea, put it aside, looked at Wei Zhongxian and said, "I don't know, my father-in-law is anxious to find me, but what's the matter?"
"Drink tea first. This is specially prepared for Mr. Gu Ge. Usually only the queen and concubines in the palace can drink it." Wei Zhongxian raised his finger and pointed to the tea on the table.
