The rippling of the wine did not cause waves, and everyone did not seem to notice this little strangeness, or they all thought that they were just dazzled, and they were still addicted to the banquet.

But at this time, Murong Lie walked briskly from downstairs, and whispered to the root of Lin Haoran's ear: "Lord Fuzun, the lower official just saw the new Inspector Master Pan Jitao dining on the first floor!" ”

In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, rank is only one of the indicators to weigh status, but it depends on many factors to really determine the level of status.

In the past, Wang Fang, the governor of Liangguang and the governor of Guangdong, was only the squire of the military department of the third grade, but Wang Bai was the political envoy of the second grade, is Wang Bai's status higher?

In the same way, the Guangdong patrol is only a "petty official" of the seventh grade, but he belongs to the patrol of the Son of Heaven, responsible for the inspection of Fuzhou and county officials, and has the right to make decisions on small matters, and his authority is not insignificant.

In particular, he has a great say in the personnel power of the state and county, which is even greater than that of Wang Bai, the political envoy.

Although this banquet was made up temporarily, now that the new inspector has appeared downstairs, Lin Haoran seems to have a reason to invite someone to give this colleague who has a lot of real power a little face, or directly win over the other party.

Wang Bai sat next to Lin Haoran, and noticed Ouyang Lie, who was in a hurry, and cast an inquiring look.

Lin Haoran met Wang Bai's gaze and said aloud with a slight smile: "Lord Fantai, the new Lord Inspector Ji Taming happened to be dining downstairs, and the mansion invited him up, and he was lost!" ”

"Oh, it's a coincidence, Lin Futai is going to come back quickly!" Wang Bai's eyebrows were slightly raised, and he said with a smile. However, he didn't think it was a coincidence, it was estimated that Fan Jitao wanted to come over, but he was embarrassed to take the initiative to climb.

The governors, governors, and governors of Liangguang seem to be on top, but in essence they have a fatal weakness, but they belong to "foreign officials". They generally only have a few retinues and guards, and have no subordinate officers, and many things not only have to be done by themselves, but also need to rely on the cooperation of the magistrates.

Like what kind of law does the feudal Ji tao want to implement now, if Lin Haoran, the prefect of Guangzhou, does not take the lead and does not cooperate, how can he be able to fight against the entire Guangdong officialdom?

Lin Haoran followed the commander of the same table to make Huang Hui and others confess, and then went downstairs to invite someone in person.

Yang Chunlai is in charge of the industry of the United Restaurant, and when he learned that Lin Haoran was banqueting many officials, he also came to preside over the overall situation. Seeing Lin Haoran leave the table, he came over to listen to the dispatch.

Lin Haoran asked him to lower the size of the dish slightly, and then walked down the stairs.

But I saw an official wearing a seven-grade official uniform sitting in the lobby, looking in his thirties, looking a little handsome, with a handful of goatees, revealing a bit of official authority.

On his dining table, there were no United Restaurant's specialties and hot pot, but a few ordinary home-cooked dishes. The whole person seems to be dusty, sitting there and eating with relish, but it may really happen to appear here.

Lin Haoran came to the table, smiled at this celebrity of later generations, and sent an invitation: "Domain inspection, this mansion is the east today, please go upstairs and have a drink with the lord of the domain and other colleagues, how about it?" ”

Fan Taming Ji looked up and saw Lin Haoran, his face was stunned at first, but he quickly nodded happily: "Okay!" That's it! Only then did the officials learn that Lin Futai had won the trust of the saints and had concurrently served as the deputy envoy of Guangdong's sea patrol, which was really gratifying! ”

Upstairs, the tame Ji Xin was transferred from Jiangxi, and it had only been a few days since he took office, so many officials were very fond of him.

Pan Jitao was a jinshi in the 29th year of Jiajing, who was first awarded the post of governor of Jiujiang Mansion, and later served as the superintendent of the imperial history, and now he is patrolling Guangdong. Although there has been no promotion in the past ten years, the official road is undoubtedly extremely smooth.

As an official in the Ming Dynasty, the most promising is naturally the word minister, followed by the word official.

If the patrol does a good job, not to mention the fact that he will be promoted to the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and the governor of Zhejiang like Hu Zongxian, it is a very probable thing to be promoted to the seventh level in a row to serve as an official in Beijing, and the future is already bright.

The officials naturally treated the new inspector with courtesy, and they greeted him one after another.

As soon as I sat down, the fragrant hot pot happened to be served.

This new type of mandarin duck pot is produced in Foshan Town, which is famous for its ironware, and the ingredients in the pot are already prepared in the kitchen, and it can be eaten directly. Although there is less fun such as shabu mutton, it is fast, time-saving, and can still conform to the literati's Sven.

The guy who looked very happy lifted the lid and explained loudly: "This is the special dish of our store, the mandarin duck pot, the bottom of the three fresh pots on the right, which is expensive in a fresh word; On the left is the red hot pot base, which is a love-hate spicy soup, please use it slowly! ”

Seeing such a delicacy, everyone naturally moved their thumbs, especially the things at the bottom of the red hot pot, which were even more exciting. United Restaurant can become the first restaurant in Guangzhou City because of a strange thing called chili pepper.

Wang Bai is a person who can eat spicy food, picked up a thin slice of mutton with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed it with relish, and shook his head and said: "The beauty is a must, and you can still have a great appetite when you eat it, this is really the best in the world." ”

Of course, some officials can't eat spicy food. Faced with the dishes of the red soup base, he smiled bitterly, and the chopsticks could only honestly stretch out to the three fresh soup bases.

Seeing Wang Bai's praise, Pan Jitao also stretched out to the base of the red hot soup, intending to pick up a piece of mutton to taste the taste, but he kindly reminded Huang Hui, the commander of the same table: "Master Pan, please be cautious!" ”

"Why?" Fan Jitao couldn't help but be stunned, do you still need to look ahead and backward when eating a dish? Besides, Wang Bai, this old guy eats so intoxicated, what's wrong with eating a piece by himself?

Huang Hui is a good teacher, so he immediately told the magic of chili peppers and asked people to send a cup of tea to the table of the taming season.

Lin Haoran didn't want to have a misunderstanding with the feudal tame season, so he explained seriously next to him: "The feudal patrol, don't believe it!" In the past, I invited my friends to taste it together, originally out of good intentions, but my friends almost fell out with me! Now all the adults at the table, I, Lord Fantai, or Lord Sun and Lord Liu like to eat, but Huang commanded a few of them but they didn't dare to touch it! If you eat it, you will either treat it as a delicacy as a feudal lord, or as arsenic as a political adult! ”

"It's so amazing, then the lower official really wants to taste it!" I really didn't believe it at the beginning of the tame season, but after listening to Lin Haoran's explanation and everyone's expressions, I knew that it wasn't everyone who wanted to make fun of him.

In everyone's eyes, they saw Fan Taming Ji pick up a thin slice of mutton and put it in his mouth. The tame season suddenly changed color, and immediately sat there quietly.

Sun Qian, the right counselor next to him, smiled teasingly, picked up the tea and sent it over: "Lord Fan, it seems that you and I are both unblessed people, and it will be much better to drink some tea!" ”

Just when everyone thought that he couldn't eat spicy food, he saw his mouth move again, first slowly moved a few times, then faster and faster, and finally swallowed it and said: "The taste of this thing is really magical and evocative, but I don't know what it is and where it comes from?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes fell on Lin Haoran, which is undoubtedly a small mystery, and many people don't know it.