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Chapter 59: It's a cold winter, take care

Chapter 59

There was no chili pepper at this time, and the two soups in the double-flavored hotpot were not spicy soup and original soup. Instead, they were chicken soup and mushroom soup.

The chicken soup and mushroom soup had been boiled when the two brothers Yuan Lou took a bath and rest in the afternoon, and they had been boiled for two hours. As the fire burned, the milky thick soup boiled, and the taste was fresh and fragrant, making people salivate.

The two brothers stared at it and couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

The vegetables and meat filled the table. The meat was also the freshest beef, which was sliced ​​into thin circles by the chef, not much thicker than the meat rolls of later generations. The beef was from two bulls fighting in the livestock farm, and one was directly stabbed in the stomach by the other, so it was slaughtered and sent to the manor. Yuan Li put the cow outdoors to freeze, preparing to eat it in hot pot or during the New Year.

Eating hot pot in winter is a very pleasant thing, especially for those who have never tasted such a delicacy. The taste buds explode after taking a bite, warming the body and delicious, it is simply addictive.

Hot pot together is the best way to enhance friendship. Halfway through the meal, the relationship between the three people has obviously warmed up a lot.

Yuan Lou and Yuan Dan have let go of their restraints and talked about their excitement along the way, especially the surprise and pride after entering Youzhou and knowing that Yuan Li temporarily held the position of governor. Their faces were red and they were still dizzy.

Yuan Li listened gently and asked them a lot of things about their hometown. There were relatives crying with joy after their father was made a marquis, there were ancestral temples opened to worship the clan, and there were many guests who came to Ruyang County after their father was called Ruyang Jun... Yuan Li could imagine the joyful and lively scene in Ruyang County from their descriptions.

He listened and felt very satisfied.

In addition, Yuan Lou and Yuan Dan brought a lot of things.

Yuan Song ordered them to bring 600 loyal troops and 30 talents selected from his guests to Youzhou.

Hearing that there were guests sent by Yuan Song, Yuan Li was refreshed and felt very happy.

Of course, these retainers are not all talents like Liu Jixin. Yuanli doesn't need to look at them to know that most of them can only read and handle official business, and they are more flexible in their minds and know some knowledge. Because Yuan Song's identity is there, the marquis he was conferred is just a small Guannei Hou, and the quality of the retainers who will go to Yuan Song will definitely not be very high, because more powerful people will not choose Yuan Song.

But even so, it makes Yuanli feel like he has found a treasure.

Because Yuanli is really short of grassroots civil servants.

A state governor has to deal with a lot of government affairs and official documents. Just dozens of subordinates are needed, such as Zhizhong, Beijia, Gongcao, Bingcao, Zhubu, etc., all of which need to be arranged by Yuanli's own people. The

thirty people sent to him by Yuan Song must be people with decent character and knowledge, otherwise Yuan Song would not send them to him. These people can help Liu Jixin handle daily official business for the time being, which can slightly relieve Liu Jixin's pressure.

When Yuanli actually took up the post of governor of Youzhou, thanks to the fact that the entire Youzhou was the fief of the Chu family, he could fully control the promotion, demotion, appointment and dismissal of officials in the entire Youzhou, and he did not need to say hello to the emperor and the court. From another perspective, Youzhou or the fief of the King of Chenliu was no longer an area that the emperor could govern.