Chapter 58 The Road to the Capital
In the county government.
Jin Fengting smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Wang, that Xiang Zixi has left Wu County, and now is the best opportunity to suppress the lady's workshop!"
Wang Xi looked up and down on Jin Fengting's body: "You really don't give up!"
Jin Fengting sneered: "Of course I won't give up! Isn't Xiang Zixi just relying on throwing away all the fat? What's so great? She really thought she was Zhao Feiyan! You have to let all the men turn around her to be satisfied!"
"Yoh, I can hear a sour taste!" Wang Xi said with a smile, "But why should I deal with Xiang Zixi? Isn't it good for me to eat and drink like this!"
"So, are you willing to be the shadow of that man for the rest of your life?" Jin Fengting said lightly, "As long as that man is here, you can only be his shadow, right? Don't you want to plan for your future?"
"Miss Jin, what you said is wrong! I, Wang Xi, now have the status of a county magistrate. I have a group of wives and concubines, and have no worries about food and clothing. What else do I want? Is it possible that Xiang Zixi is really willing to marry me?!" Wang Xi smiled and said, "Miss Jin, I have to admit that you are really bold! You are not afraid of that man——————”
"But isn't he not here now?" Jin Fengting suddenly sat next to Wang Xi, gently took Wang Xi's hand and said, "As long as he is not here, you are the real county magistrate!" So what do you want to do, isn't it all up to you? Didn't he blame you when you bullied men and women?
Wang Xi's eyes suddenly lit up: "You mean, I took advantage of this identity——————"
"I haven't told you anything!" Jin Fengting smiled and then said, "Xiangjia Town is the root of Xiang Zixi. If you want to destroy Xiang Zixi, you can only destroy her foundation in Xiangjia Town first!" I can help you with this!"
Wang Xi's eyes flashed one after another: "So you are already very confident?"
"That's it! I have endured enough for this day!" A trace of viciousness flashed in Jin Fengting's eyes: "How can the man I like, Jin Fengting, make someone arch her hand?"
Wang Xi looked at Jin Fengting with a smile. For some reason, there seemed to be a trace of pity in her eyes, but it soon disappeared.
Just as Wang Xi and Jin Fengting were plotting to deal with the Xiang family, Xiang Zixi, with Jin Haoxuan and Xin Zeyang, had left Wuxian County and moved quickly in the direction of Kyoto.
Wu County is a long distance from Kyoto, far and close, almost 500 miles away.
Of course, this distance is nothing in modern times. If you drive, it is only three hours, but in the past, it took three days and three nights to get there by horse-drawn carriage alone.
And in order to go early, go through the formalities and prepare everything, so the time is already very tight!
From the moment of potato cultivation, Xiang Zixi has been focusing on this food festival. It can be said that everything she is doing now has been carefully calculated and planned. Anyway, if you want to survive well in any world, you must strategize.
Xiang Zixi happens to be best at calculation.
Along the way, three people took turns driving. The reason why I don't want to hire a driver is actually to save space and save all the effective space to store potatoes.
I have calculated to Zixi that my storage bag has been used eight times, and there are only two opportunities left. You must stay at the most critical time before you can use it. Now, if you can save the number of times, you can save the number of times, and once it is exposed in front of people, the effectiveness will all disappear, and it will not be worth the loss!
Therefore, Xiang Zixi is willing to choose this most primitive mode of transportation and is unwilling to try to save energy storage bags.
The weather in February is still quite cold, and potatoes are easy to store. Therefore, Xiang Zixi can safely and boldly put them in baskets and put them together.
As long as temperature and humidity and other conditions cannot be met, potatoes are still not easy to germinate.
But in order to maintain the fresh activity of potatoes, Xiang Zixi is also painstakingly, which is more painstaking than making a mask for himself. Try to keep the potatoes fresh and tender, and will not germinate.
In this way, three people took turns driving for a whole day, and finally arrived at the higher political center of Wu County, the location of Jinzhou Prefecture.
The carriage stopped gently in front of an inn and immediately got out of the second child. He asked with a smile, "Are you sharp or staying in the hotel?"
Xiang Zixi jumped out of the carriage and threw a string of copper coins to Xiao Er and said, "Prepare two first-class rooms for us. After we unload our things, we will feed the horse for you!"
"I got it!" The second child who got the reward immediately went in happily to arrange everything.
"Oh, my God, there are so many things to move in!" Xin Zeyang's face was bittersweet: "Why should I follow this stupid woman to do hard work!"
"If you want to eat, work well! Where did so much nonsense come from!" Xiang Zixi squeezed Xin Zeyang's beautiful red face fiercely: "It's absolutely impossible to eat and not work!"
After saying that, Xiang Zixi rolled up her sleeves and went to move potatoes.
Xin Zeyang stopped her and sighed, "My good sister, with us men, can it still be your turn for a woman to do this rough job? Alas--What a hard life for me!"
Xin Zeyang shook his head and sighed while carrying a solid basket upstairs and putting it in his room.
Jin Haoxuan did not talk nonsense. He held two large baskets firmly in one hand, walked steadily to the room, gently put down the goods and returned again. After Jin Haoxuan walked twice, Xin Zeyang came down from the upstairs.
Xiang Zixi stood in front of the carriage with a smile and laughed at Xin Zeyang: "Hey! Xiaoxin, now you can finally see the essential difference between boys and men, right? Let's see if you dare to brag to me that you are a man all day!"
Xiang Zixi's words suddenly aroused the kind laughter of some guests and bosses around him, and Xin Zeyang's face turned red!
"Okay, don't bully him! He has never practiced martial arts. He is only 16 years old, but he has this strength!" Jin Haoxuan easily lifted the last baskets and said with a smile, "The weight of such a basket is not light. It's good for him to move it alone!"
Xin Zeyang said viciously to Xiang Zixi, "Do you hear me? I've been working very hard!"
Xiang Zixi couldn't help laughing and followed upstairs. While passing the stairs, some curious guests asked, "What is this?" So mysterious! I have to move to the room!"
"If you guess correctly, you also went to the capital to participate in the food festival, right?" A guest next to him said, "At this time, big and small bags ran to the capital, probably either a cook or an official!" Look at you, you don't look like an official!"
"Yes! We are the cooks going to the competition! Vegetables and seasonings are still used in my hometown!" Xiang Zixi said with a smile, "So, you are also going to the capital to participate in the competition?"
"Yoh! You just bring two assistants to participate! What a courage!" The first guest shouted exaggeratedly: "Don't you know that you can't win alone?"
Xiang Zixi suddenly became interested and asked Jin Haoxuan and Xin Zeyang to put things upstairs, but he found a seat nearby and sat down and asked for a pot of wine for himself and the other party.
Seeing that Xiang Zixi was very sensible, the other party immediately said, "Oh, my God, this is not the first time to participate in the food festival, is it? Don't you know that at the food festival over the years, some big nobles in the capital have won every time? If retail investors like us don't unite and form their own alliance, not to mention the final, they can't even enter the preliminaries!"
Oh? Sure enough, there is darkness in organized places!
"It seems that this brother knows very well! Then tell me, what's going on?" Xiang Zixi looked at the words and threw away a few flattering words, and the other party immediately floated. In addition, others were also interested in this topic, so the man began to talk about it.
"Because this is the prosperity of the super-border held by four countries: Yao, Zhuo, Dark and Ling, it is held once a year, and the four countries take turns to do it. And because the huge passenger flow and benefits brought by the food festival are also very huge. Not to mention the cooks who come to participate in the competition every year, there are many people who go to the capital for sightseeing. Therefore, you can imagine the huge benefits brought by it, right?
She nodded gently to Zixi. Of course, she understood this truth. This is the best opportunity for the centralized display and promotion of economy, culture, business, and even military! Otherwise, various countries have sharpened their heads and want to host the Olympic Games! In fact, this principle is almost the same!
"And the final winner can not only become famous by his own dishes and become a palace Chinese banquet dish, but also get rich rewards. Guys, do you know what this generous reward is? That's definitely a wealth you can't imagine! It is said that it is a prize gathered together by four countries, which is of great value!"
Xiang Zixi suddenly realized that there were so many interests driven!
"So, these rewards are not only what we and other civilians want, but also those nobles are greedy! Therefore, those nobles will also send the cooks in their own house to participate in the competition. The terms of the competition are not important, but the final reward is important! You think that bringing together the rewards of four countries is absolutely eye-catching!"
So it is! Because driven by these interests, those nobles will inevitably use their rights to eliminate their weak opponents as much as possible, a good food festival, and eventually become a game between nobles!