"Twenty-two fish, this is a fish from the north. The meat is tender and delicious. It is not inferior to puffer fish. It is worth tasting." Li Yuanying seemed not to notice Feng Zhijian's pale face, and introduced the bride-to-be to the move in a cordial and friendly manner. Serve up the chilled king tuna.
Feng Zhijian suddenly came back to his senses and looked at the big... giant fish that the relatives had brought up. Although it was only half a fish, it was more than ten feet long. Its flesh was as red as the petals of peach blossoms that had just fallen, and it seemed to be crystal clear in the sunlight. The beauty... said in surprise: "King Tuna?!"
"Twenty-two people are really admirable. No wonder I hit it off with you. People who are ranked twenty-two are so popular." Li Yuanying put his hand on Feng Zhijian's shoulder, and his tone was three points more sincere than before, "Don't be afraid of artillery. Artillery will only be used against enemies who want to harm the Tang Dynasty. It will never harm the law-abiding people. Of course, it will not harm the friendly neighbors of the Tang Dynasty."
He tilted his head to look at Tang Jian and said with a smile, "Tang Fu, are you right?"
"What the prince said is true. Our military regulations of the Tang Dynasty are as follows: we have no offense against Minqiu, and of course we will not aim artillery at them." Tang Jian's face was so convincing, no matter what he said, It's outrageous. The first impression of others is that this person is sincere and trustworthy, not to mention that what he said is related to military regulations.
"As for the Yunhe Mansion, the Shaofu Mansion and the Ministry of Industry, artillery is more used to open mountains, build roads and build bridges. The Xuan Road you have seen was the first Xuan Road laid in Chang'an, which is the Xuan Road from Chang'an to Luoyang , the widest point is forty-five feet, and the narrowest point is more than thirty feet. As for the road conditions of the two north and south Xiaodao roads, even if you have never walked there, your family members should have heard of it."
Feng Zhijian's breathing suddenly stopped for three breaths. He thought that Tang Jugong might as well not explain in such detail how the Xuan Road to Guangzhou was built. He had silently observed for a few days, those oil paper bags that exploded in the mountains, and the artillery in front of him. It's definitely not the same thing... He forced a smile even more cautiously and said, "I naturally believe in Prince Teng and Fu Tang."
Dongguo took the maid and the cook to prepare the tuna for the king, and Mu... Yuan Ruren would no longer prepare dishes for ordinary banquets. Her task was more to secretly protect King Teng to prevent the beauties who saw the banquet from serving other countries. They used singing and dancing to get close to Prince Teng and carry out assassinations... Actually, the more difficult ones were those courtesans who liked him and sought to enter the palace as concubines. It's hard to say what their real purpose was.
"Aren't you afraid?" When Lu Shiba saw more than a dozen cloud patterns appearing in the sky, he slumped down on the low couch, as if all the muscles and bones in his body had been extracted, and asked with absent-minded eyes.
Xiao Yu was born in a clan, so it was impossible not to see what artillery meant. Even if Xiao Yu devoted his whole heart to the Li Tang royal family, it was impossible for everyone in the Xiao family to be of the same mind as him. Besides, there were people from other aristocratic families who were officials in the court, and they couldn't see it. Are there many crises behind it?
"Afraid." Xiao Kai didn't mean to hide anything. He picked up the wine bottle and took a big sip of wine, sneering in a low voice. "But we are even more afraid of the days when war breaks out again. A certain woman has been living in East Turkestan for more than ten years and has seen many people fleeing north, including not just ordinary people."
How many ordinary people can run to the North to seek refuge? Most of them were domestic slaves and attendants brought over by wealthy families. The emperor takes turns, and the aristocratic family is in charge of the country. Except for a few crazy people with hot heads, no one wants to return to Wuyi Lane where the king and the horse share the world.
It's not that each family has no ideas about controlling the court, but after nearly a hundred years of struggle, each family has suffered losses. That kind of damage is not just broken branches and leaves, but the root of the family that is almost wiped out at every turn.
No matter how much land is annexed, there will always be people to cultivate it, and no matter how strong the fort is built, it will not be able to withstand being besieged by the army for half a year, otherwise the families will not push the former Emperor Wen to the throne, and because of the endless land of Emperor Yang After several decisions, he decided to support Tang Guogong instead.
Lu Shiba's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he continued to look at the table blankly. He took Xiao Kai's wine bottle and took a big sip: "The tragedy of national history is an unspeakable pain for the Cui and Lu families. It also makes the Guo family of Taiyuan, The Liu family in Hedong is no longer as prosperous as it used to be...
...The peaceful and prosperous times are the best time for aristocratic families to show their family heritage, but with the emergence of artillery...the method of making artillery, the royal family and the court will definitely be listed as top secrets. Will the aristocratic family have the opportunity to show it, or who has it? The opportunities to show off are all in the hands of the emperor and the political hall. If you are not careful, you will become a victim of their battle of wits.
"Teng Wangli
Before leaving Chang'an, he once joked at a palace banquet that a prepared steamed cake is only so big. Even if you soak the mutton in a basin, it can be shared with three people at most. If you are biased or one or more people pop up, Individually, there will be an ending where two peaches kill three people. "Xiao Yu grabbed the wine bottle, pushed the peanuts in front of Lu Shiba, and said in a low voice.
"But what if there is a cage of steamed cakes? Or in addition to steamed cakes and mutton in a basin, there are 108 dishes? Not to mention that two peaches kill three people, even a hundred and eighty people attending the banquet at the same time will happily recite poems and lines. , showing the style of the Tang Dynasty."
"..." The peanuts that Lu Shiba had just picked up fell on the table with a "clack", bounced twice and rolled to the ground. He couldn't eat anymore (liao). If there was no previous conversation, he would naturally think that Xiao Liu was making fun of Prince Teng's whims.
But...but there were artillery in the conversation just now, plus the supplies that King Teng brought back from the Corn Continent, these words are no longer just whimsical, but he is really making one hundred and eight dishes!
Xiao Kai glanced at the peanuts that fell on the ground, patted his forehead, and placed the braised pork in front of Lu Shiba, "How long has it been since you went to Chang'an? I suggest you find some time to take a look. After reading it, you will no longer be filled with melancholy and think that all the dynasties are mediocre people who eat nothing but corpses."
What Lu Shiba lacked was not talent, family background, or luck, but harmony. If you want to leave the world and sing nine songs independently, don't enter the officialdom. At this time, the Tang Dynasty was only two generations old, and the total years before and after were less than thirty years. Not to mention the ministers in the political affairs hall, even Chang'an had its own bureaus. Who among the sixth-grade officials doesn’t have eight hundred ideas?
"..." Lu Shiba blinked his eyes numbly a few times. He failed in the scholar exam many times, and still failed in the Jinshi exam when he changed to the Jinshi exam. He couldn't live in peace when he went to a wine shop to get drunk. When he met someone there, he made eloquent comments about the world's scholars. , full of old fists in anger, but drunkenly and inaccurately, the two sides fought for a while, except for damaging some tables in the wine shop, and achieved nothing.
The next day when they sobered up, they both calmed down a lot. After drinking tea and chatting, they found out that the other person was Xiao Kai, the son of Xiao Yu and a member of the Yu Department of the Ministry of Industry. The reason why he commented on the world's scholars was because of a certain prince who thought he was talented...
"That prince is Prince Teng!" Lu Shiba's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked Xiao Kai for confirmation.
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