As the end of the year approaches, the wind is getting stronger and the weather is getting colder. The willows on the riverside road are shaking in the cold wind, and from time to time, several dead branches are pulled from the trees, whipping the dim sky like a whip. Ice is formed on the road, and pedestrians squeak on it, and they are walking in a hurry. Only carefree children are fearless, running and laughing and playing in the cold wind.

I have never seen the sun since dawn. The dark clouds in the sky are getting heavier and heavier, and no matter how strong the wind is, it cannot be blown away.

"Green ants are fresh wine, red mud and small firewood. When we come late, we want snow, so can we drink a glass of water?" Xu Ping stood in the corridor and looked at Wang Yaochen who was hunching his neck and laughed. "Bai Letian lived in Luoyang in his later years. I think it was the weather that he wrote this poem to invite his old friends to drink and enjoy the snow. Today we also learn from the elegance of the ancients, and drink it all at the snowy night."

Wang Yaochen went to the corridor and shook his body hard and said, "The lay Buddhist Xiangshan is living in Luoyang, so where can we have that leisure and fun! This must be the sudden cold weather. People who are injured or sick due to cold and hunger, and the victims from Jingdong, I can't even sleep well."

"Let's put aside those business today! Let's enjoy the snow and drink, and talk about some gossip."

While Xu Ping said, he let Wang Yaochen into the house. Zhao Xu, who was surrounding the charcoal basin, was roasting fire, and Li Guan and Li Shen hurriedly stood up and saluted Wang Yaochen and asked him.

After recounting the ceremony, Wang Yaochen hurriedly sat by the charcoal basin to roast the fire, looked outside and said, "How could there be snowfall in such a strong wind? It's windy and snowy, and it's time to wait until the snow stops. From this winter to now, a heavy snow has not fallen, and auspicious snow indicates a good harvest. I hope there will be a heavy snow, otherwise it will be troublesome in the spring next year."

Xu Ping sat down and ordered the public officials to serve hot tea. He smiled and said, "When the wind stops, the snow will definitely fall. Look, the sky is as cloudy as the bottom of the pot, and you can't hold it in the sky if you don't go down."

As they talked, a few people drank hot tea, and Wang Yaochen's body gradually warmed up.

Xu Ping ordered the public officials to bring a small charcoal stove made of yellow mud, and put a pot of mutton hotpot of his previous life on it. There was a small table next to the pot, which attracted heat to burn wine. There was another small table in front of each person, with small plates on it, and the vegetables that could be eaten in this season were nothing more than hidden lotus roots, radishes, winter bamboo shoots, etc.

After opening a small mud jar, Xu Ping poured the wine into the pot of hot wine and said to several people: "In the severe cold weather, we will eat some mutton and some strong wine tonight to warm up our bodies. We will talk while talking, and we will not return without getting drunk!"

Wang Yaochen smelled the fragrance of the wine and said with a smile: "Yunxing is a failure today. He took out all the good wine he had hidden in his home for many years. Let me explain it clearly first, chat tonight, and whether to talk about business?"

"It can also be said to be official business, or it can be said to be not, mainly to chat. Look at the end of the year, some things must be decided and will be implemented after the year. We will all talk about our own opinions tonight and have a clear understanding of each other."

"Are the Fifth-class Registration? Yunxing, I didn't say, why bother with this? Just implement it first. If there is any problem, it's better to change wherever there is something wrong? It's been more than a month since I went back and forth."

After hearing Wang Yaochen say this, Xu Ping sighed: "This matter is very important, and I have to be cautious! Boyong, when the notice is posted after the New Year, the city will be in turmoil. Do you believe it or not? Instead of being overwhelmed by that time, it is better for us to think about it more now and think about everything in every aspect so as not to be in a hurry."

After roasting for a while, Wang Yaochen's body finally warmed up. He moved his hands and feet and rubbed his hands: "It's good to think more, and I naturally understand this truth. It's just Yunxing. You've been like being a demon these days. I'm worried that you've thought too much, but you'll mess up your thoughts. The Caosi just need to grasp the outline and let the prefectures and counties decide on their own."

Li Wei held the disciple's gift in front of Xu Ping, took the wine pot and put it in the basin of the stove to burn the wine. After trying it, the wine pot was already hot, and got up and filled the wine glasses for everyone. The small wine cup for drinking strong wine was much smaller than the usual wine bowls. It was first made by Xu Ping by skillful craftsmen in Ru Kiln. As the spirits spread, the wine cup also spread.

He picked up the wine cup and Xu Ping said, "This is the good wine I saved in my family, it is a real ten-year-old wine. Come on, everyone drink a full glass and say while drinking it." After that, the leader drank it in one sip.

Everyone drank the wine in the cup and their bodies immediately became warm. The strong wine became less difficult to put in the boiling water, and the alcohol was spread quickly. Moreover, during the perming process, the alcohol evaporated, but in fact the alcohol was less.

This cold weather is most suitable for drinking hot wine like this. After drinking a glass of wine, your whole body will get hot.

After drinking the wine, Xu Ping took a piece of mutton and put it into the shabu-shabu, and said to several people: "This is the best lamb slice, fat but not greasy, it will cook as soon as it is heated into the soup. It is best to put wine. Come on, eat together, drink while eating."

This method is very original and has Hu Feng at first glance. Several people don’t know where Xu Ping learned it, and they all learned to take slices of meat into the pot. Each person has oil dishes on the small table, some spicy and pure sesame paste. There are leeks, flower sauce, fermented bean curd, and seasonings such as sugar and garlic, which are prepared by their own taste.

Whether the mutton slices taste delicious or not is the second place. The most important thing is that this atmosphere is very conducive to several people talking about things.

After a few glasses of wine, I ate the mutton for a while, and then used the tender lotus root and winter bamboo shoots next to me to relieve greasyness. The wine came up, and the five people were all red and full of energy, and they started to talk more without realizing it.

Wang Yaochen said: "Yunxing, what I can't understand the most is why you count the cash into households and households? And you also allow people to sue and give rewards according to the amount. This has never been done since ancient times. It's easy to say anything else. If you leave this notice, I don't know how many people hate you!"

"A thing of the money is hidden, and its movement is called cloth. Even if it is hidden, it is for the purpose of flowing out. Now the wealthy and noble families in the world have cash, hidden in kilns, and even destroyed copper ware. Although the imperial court minted coins every year, it did not hide much, and the world still lacked money. I think that all the dynasties have the most coins in the Song Dynasty, and since the Han Dynasty, there have been countless coins in various dynasties, but they have never been like this. Isn't it the same as the soil when hiding money? If this continues, it's okay! This is to let the wealthy and noble families in the world know that if they have money, they have to spend money to buy things. Don't think about hiding in kilns and keeping their descendants. Only when the money is spent and spread is used, is the money that is useful to the court."

Wang Yaochen smiled bitterly: "But there are so many goods in the world that you can buy so much money? If you announce this, it will definitely cause the price of Jingxi Road to soar. Yunxing, at that time, we will cause a big disaster!"
Chapter completed!