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Chapter 39 Wine and Meat Celebration

It took more than two hours to start from the hour of the day and lasted until the hour of You. The five hundred toll-men in the street department, the Kaifeng Xiangjun, a battalion, and 200 Kaifeng government runners, checked the streets and alleys in Tokyo.

As for the results of the investigation, Wang Hao, the secretary of the street, was very satisfied, because three days ago, all illegal buildings marked with white paint as eye-catching "demolition" were demolished without exception.

After learning about this major good news, Kaifeng Prefecture Bao Zheng was extremely shocked by this, because before that, Kaifeng Prefecture had posted many similar notices. Even if the statements were worded with tough words, some people would not obey them in the end.

Especially those who have been intimate with many ministers in the court, they think they are willing to be on the big tree to enjoy the cool air, so they ignore the Kaifeng Prefecture's notice and will naturally end up leaving it alone.

But this time, he did so thoroughly, which naturally made Bao Zheng feel extremely surprised. He didn't have time to have dinner and went straight to the street yamen to find Wang Hao, the secretary of the street yamen, and celebrated it well.

In fact, three days ago, many of the illegal buildings marked as "demolition" in white paint were naturally royal relatives, and some relatives and friends of ministers in the court. A few days ago, they learned that more than 200 illegal buildings in Hanlin Lane were demolished by themselves, so they gave up their unrealistic fantasies and had to demolish them unwillingly.

Because in the eyes of them, the residents in Hanlin Lane were all officials stationed in Beijing without exception. Among them, there were more than a hundred officials of the court of fifth rank and above, and even they did not dare to oppose Kaifeng Prefecture and the street officials, so they naturally did not dare to do so.

In the office room in the front yard of the street yamen, Wang Hao heard Bao Zheng coming and said that he wanted to celebrate the great event today, and immediately asked: "Mr. Bao, how do you think we should celebrate?"

After listening to Wang Hao's inquiry, Bao Zheng thought for a moment, but asked back: "Wang Sicheng, I don't know how to celebrate. You have many ideas and your head is very smart. I really want to hear it. How do you think we should celebrate?"

After thinking for a moment, Wang Hao immediately had a big idea and blurted out and replied: "Mr. Bao, do you think this is feasible? Today, the brothers from our street department, the wing army of the battalion you sent, and the two hundred yamen runners, have been patrolling the streets for two hours. It's very hard, and now they haven't even used dinner.

"As for the following officials, why don't we hold a celebration banquet in the backyard of our street office tonight and celebrate it well. But I heard that the five hundred toll-manned officers of our street office and the two hundred yamen runners of your government office were all from the wing army of Kaifeng Prefecture before this.

"For these brothers, they are busy with official duties on weekdays and rarely have the opportunity to get together to eat big bowls of wine and meat. Today, it is rare to get together, so you might as well stop drunk."

Bao Zheng was a little hesitant at first about Wang Hao's proposal to celebrate Wang Hao. However, when he thought about it, he felt that today was the deadline for demolishing illegal buildings, after inspections, all the illegal buildings were demolished. It is indeed a good celebration. It is not an exaggeration to stop drunkenness, let alone that the brothers in front and rear gathered together.

Bao Zheng was in a good mood and then happily agreed: "Okay, Bao had just thought about Wang Sicheng's proposal and thought it was feasible. In addition to Bao, both the toll officers of your street office and the 200 yamen runners were from the wing army, so that I, an old scholar, could also experience the life of your soldiers eating big pieces of meat and drinking big bowls."

Although Bao Zheng agreed to this matter, Wang Hao made a difficult situation again. He said with some embarrassment: "Bao Gong, the street department of the Xiaguan, is originally a clean yamen, and now he has started to have a meal for everyone. In addition, he bought 100 barrels of white paint the day before yesterday, and there was not much money left in the account. Our street department can't afford the money for buying wine and meat..."

Before Wang Hao finished speaking, Bao Zheng quickly interrupted him, patted his chest and replied, "Okay, okay, Wang Sicheng, don't continue to say it, I understand what you mean. You don't have to pay for the money for the wine and meat tonight, I will find a way."

If you want to say that Bao Zheng is really a person who believes in words, he immediately whispered to a guard who was accompanying him. In less than half an hour, Wang Hao heard intermittent "hum" and "bleat" sounds outside the office room, which immediately made him feel very strange.

The guard who had disappeared for about half an hour entered the office room and whispered in Bao Zheng's ear. Bao Zheng stood up and invited Wang Hao to take a look outside the office room with a smile.

Wang Hao, who had not yet walked out of the office room, initially thought that Bao Zheng had sent someone to Kaifeng government office to withdraw money, but when he arrived outside the office room, he looked closely and didn't know it. He was shocked when he saw it.

Wang Hao, who left the office room, immediately shocked him when he saw the scene in front of him, because he saw twenty fat pigs and twenty goats in the front yard, all of whom were fat and healthy.

Before Wang Hao could ask what was going on, Bao Zheng explained with a smile: "Wang Sicheng, didn't you say that your street department has little extra money in the account, and there is no extra money in our Kaifeng Mansion account.

"Neither of us can take out so much money in a short time, so I had to come up with this bad plan without telling you in advance.

"I ordered people to raise dozens of pigs and dozens of sheep in the side courtyard of the Kaifeng Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture, and occasionally improve the food for our Kaifeng Prefecture clerks, constables and yamen runners. Tonight's celebration night banquet, we will eat boiled mutton.

"As for the money for alcohol, you don't have to pay for it on the street. I personally took out fifty taels of silver for Bao and sent someone to buy alcohol. I should be back soon."

As soon as Bao Zheng finished speaking, four Kaifeng Mansion runners pushed two wheelbarrows into the front yard with a total of two wheelbarrows. They saw that each wheelbarrow was filled with twenty jars of wine, tied with hemp ropes as thick as thumbs.

Wang Hao, who was standing in front of the office room, was shocked again when he saw this. He originally thought that Bao Zheng, a dignified imperial official from the third rank, would have no problem with withdrawing hundreds of taels of silver from the Kaifeng Prefecture's account with a big stroke.

What he never expected was that the wine and meat tonight would appear in this way, which really made him unexpected.

The wine and meat are in place, and then, how to eat meat has become a big problem. Whether it is steamed, fried, or roasted, neither Wang Hao nor Bao Zheng had thought about it.

After inquiring about the street company, as well as the wing army and the yamen runners, most people thought that since Bao Zheng had let him experience the life in the military camp, of course he would eat barbecue.

So, Wang Hao and Bao Zheng finally adopted most of the opinions and decided to eat pork and lamb. Then the question arises again. After the hair is removed, should the whole pig and sheep be roasted on the fire or divided into multiple pieces? Everyone's opinions on this issue were disagreeable and they began to argue endlessly.

It must be said that Wang Hao traveled through modern society. When the two sides could not reach an agreement, he immediately made a decision, that is, he wanted to let the ancient people in front of him experience a skewer of modern society.

After refusing the opposition, Wang Hao immediately shouted to Zhang Sanmu, a good brother who had been standing beside him: "Brother Sanmu, I found that in the backyard of our street yamen, in front of more than a dozen thatched cottages, there were tens of thousands of long bamboo pieces in the backyard of the yamen in our street. It would be a waste to put it there without any need.

"In this way, you will take someone to split all these bamboo slices into bamboo sticks about half an inch thick. After that, we will use the chopped bamboo sticks and put them into small pieces of pork and mutton into skewers. This is called a kebab, which tastes very delicious."

As soon as Wang Hao finished speaking, both Zhang Sanmu, who was standing beside him, Bao Zheng who was close to him, and the street officers standing around him, the soldiers of the corps and the Kaifeng government yamen runners all widened their eyes and looked surprised.
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