"Zian, have you heard everything that happened in the court these days?"
Chang'an Marquis Mansion, back garden.
After the morning court, Li Shimin, who had not been seen for several days, visited again with Wei Zheng and Li Junxian. Li Shimin asked two people, seemingly unintentionally, while watching the decoration progress here.
"I heard about it, but what does it have to do with me—"
Wang Zi'an glanced at him jokingly and spread his hands.
"Don't look at me, I'm an idle prince who doesn't even know what the emperor looks like..."
Li Shimin:...
This bitch, now you tell me this, come out and do something if you have the ability!
"How about you ask my boss to find a way for you and arrange an errand for you in the court - you have nothing to do at home anyway -"
Wei Zheng, who had always kept a straight face and remained silent, suddenly came to his senses and quickly took advantage of every opportunity.
Wang Zi'an looked at him strangely.
"Since being idle is idle, why not be idle - look at my little life now..."
Wang Zi'an gestured around.
"I am not surprised by favors and humiliations. I watch the flowers blooming and falling in front of the court; I have no intention of leaving or leaving, and I look at the clouds rolling and relaxing in the sky. I live a leisurely life, so why should I be in trouble with myself? I plunge into the big dyeing vat of the court to find happiness for myself. ?”
When Wei Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. After a while, he sighed with emotion.
"Without being frightened, I watch the flowers blooming and falling in front of the court; I don't care if I go or stay, and watch the clouds roll and relax in the sky. Such a life, such a state, even I can't help but yearn for it——"
Having said this, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"It's a pity that I am a layman and there are always some things that I can't let go of..."
Wang Zi'an didn't expect to drag this big shot out of the court and retire, so he smiled and patted Wei Zheng on the shoulder with a sullen look on his face.
"Old Wei, everyone has his own way of living, and everyone has his own fun. Those ministers in the court, you see people as tired as dogs, how can you say that they are so contented and happy? "
At this point, Wang Zi'an's tone changed.
"Of course, you're the one in charge of the accounting department, so you don't understand this -"
Wei Zheng:......
Hey, I still don’t understand!
He was holding his breath, while Li Shimin and Li Junxian couldn't help but laugh.
Wei Zheng, the thief, finally met his match.
"However, I say, Old Wei, you can't understand the life of those ministers, so just look at me. My life now is actually not as beautiful as you think. I have to find ways to have fun for myself every day. .”
Having said this, Wang Zi'an put his hands behind his back and looked up to the sky with a sigh.
"When I'm bored, I have to find a few people to write some stories for myself, or play cards or chess. When I'm free, I train and train a few incompetent apprentices. Every day is nothing more than admiring flowers, drinking wine, and counting. Money, in fact, is nothing, it’s just so unpretentious and boring..."
Li Shimin, Wei Zheng and Li Junxian couldn't help but curl their lips crazily when they heard this.
Do you still call this plain and boring?
Then if I work so hard every day, wouldn’t I be like a donkey?
He chuckled angrily and poked him mercilessly.
"Appreciating flowers? Haha - I'm sorry, Zian, it seems to me that there are no flowers here. Could it be that you are admiring ice flowers?"
Wang Zi’an:……
He couldn't help but raise his head subconsciously and take a look.
Ah, it’s really——
This back garden is really in name only.
Rockeries, flowing water, pavilions and pavilions are all there, but there are no flowers.
No wonder I always feel like something is missing here these days. It turns out that there are flowers missing.
It's not that he was an afterthought, the main reason is that this is winter, and it is not the season of colorful spring. In addition, the garden is not really bare, and there are still some necessary embellishments.
In addition, he had never lived in such a big yard in his previous life.
He didn't react for a while.
Ah, this——
Wang Zi'an was caught off guard by Li Shimin's sudden attack.
Seeing that this boy was defeated, Li Shimin, Wei Zheng and Li Junxian couldn't help but feel happy and raised the corners of their mouths.
It's rare that this brat has his moments of failure!
Wang Zi'an looked around his back garden. It was quite big, but it was also simple enough. Except for the lakeside in the middle, which has been carved out by myself to build a greenhouse with a pure tempered glass structure, most of them are common orchid, osmanthus, bamboo and wood. As for exotic flowers and plants, there are basically no such things.
It's normal, what kind of owner there is, there will be what kind of back garden.
How much more exquisite can the back garden be made for a martial arts idiot like Li Yuanba who only has half a brain?
Wang Zi'an felt that it would be difficult if the back garden had not been turned into a small martial arts arena.
Ah, that’s not right. The open space that I opened up as a glass greenhouse might actually be a small martial arts arena...
Looking at Li Shimin's proud look, Wang Zi'an suddenly had an idea flash in his mind, and suddenly remembered something.
"Ah, Lao Li, if you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten the flowers I asked you to raise for me. Please hurry up and have someone deliver them over..."
Li Shimin:...
The smile on his face instantly froze.
"What, Lao Li, are you planning to default on your debt? This is what we agreed to do. You can't grow flowers and plants in Sizi's yard anyway, so you just throw them away -"
Having said this, Wang Zi'an patted Li Shimin on the shoulder with a considerate look on his face.
"We are husband-in-law, so we should help you deal with some garbage. You don't need to thank me..."
Li Shimin:! ! ! ! ! !
I still have to thank you——
Ah, why am I such a mean-mouthed person? I don’t want to scratch him for anything else.
Of course there are flowers, but let him plant them in the princess's house of his Yuzhang girl. I thought at the time that the princess's mansion would belong to Wang Zi'an anyway, so planting it in advance would be a double benefit.
Not only did he fulfill Wang Zi'an's promise, but he also saved himself the cost of renovating the princess mansion for Yu Zhang.
Who would have thought that this would happen today?
"Ah, this - ahem, of course there are flowers, but ahem, it won't be easy to survive by planting seeds this winter. No rush, no rush, we'll wait until spring comes, wait for spring..."
Ah, when spring comes, this brat and that girl from Yuzhang will almost get married.
Your daughter is already married to you, what more flowers do you need?
Ah, this familiar tone, this familiar routine.
Looking at the slightly embarrassed smile on their Majesty's face, Wei Zheng and Li Junxian couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the sky.
There is a high probability that we will default on the debt again——
"Oh, it's spring - that's okay..."
Wang Zi'an just couldn't stand the dog emperor's virtue of being a good boy when he got a cheap deal, so he didn't really force him to ask for it. Hearing this, he nodded very politely.
Li Shimin couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, although this brat is smart, his moral skills are shallow after all. He didn’t know that I had already prepared everything!
While several people were talking, they saw Manager Liao and some servants driving several carriages cautiously walking in.
"Master Hou, the tempered glass has arrived——"
Wang Zi'an smiled, nodded and gave instructions to the responsible and skilled manager Liao.
"Yeah, I got it. Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Let's start pretending - inform the kitchen that we will have extra food for everyone at noon today..."
"Thank you, Lord Marquis!"
Working here at Chang'an Marquis is as comfortable as anything else.
The main reason for adding food or not is that the Marquis really regards his servants as human beings.
Manager Liao saluted Wang Zi'an with a smile on his face and turned around to work with great enthusiasm.
"Brothers, cheer up, the Marquis said, everyone has worked hard, there will be extra lunch at noon today -"
"Ah, another extra meal——"
Not far away, there was another burst of cheers, and a few brave craftsmen even cupped their hands in Wang Zi'an's direction and greeted him loudly.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for the reward——"
The prince waved to them cheerfully, which caused another burst of cheers from the other side.
When Li Shimin, Wei Zheng and others saw this, they couldn't help but look at each other, with a wry smile flashing in their eyes.
Zian, this brat, is straightforward and doesn't take the world's superiority and inferiority seriously at all. Sometimes, people like myself are not as good as even the ordinary craftsmen in front of us.
Then he turned around and smiled at Li Shimin and others.
"With this, when spring comes, we can sit among the greenery and watch the wind and the moon..."
"Is this the tempered glass you're talking about that can withstand strong bows and crossbows?"
Although he yearned for the scene Wang Zi'an described, Wei Zheng's attention was immediately attracted by the windows of those cars.
Seeing Wei Zheng ask, Li Shimin and Li Junxian couldn't help but look over with curiosity.
Wang Zi'an smiled and nodded.
"How about it, do you want to see it-"
"Well, well, well -"
Wei Zheng, Li Shimin and others nodded quickly. Here, you can't pretend to be a big-tailed wolf. If you say you are not interested, he will definitely not let you take the initiative.
At this time, the thick felt cloth covering several cars had been removed, and several workers were carefully lifting pieces of heavy glass down.
Seeing Wang Zi'an coming with several guests, he quickly stopped and saluted.
"Don't worry about us, just be busy with your work——"
Wang Zi'an smiled and waved.
When he looked back, Li Shimin, Wei Zheng and Li Junxian almost threw themselves on the glass.
There, I touched, knocked, and marveled.
"This thing looks really hard - but can it really withstand strong bows and crossbows?"
Seeing Wang Zi'an looking over, Wei Zheng couldn't help but raise his head and asked in disbelief.
Wang Zi’an:……
What the hell, you really want to get a strong bow and crossbow for me to do it again.
"Do you want to try it? Give it a try - ahem, try anything you want..."
Wang Zi'an raised his eyebrows sideways and joked.
"It's really good——"
Wei Zheng said, searched for a while, reached out and picked up a big blue brick from the ground, and turned to look at Wang Zi'an.
Wang Zi’an:……
The reality is there!
"Can--"
Wang Zi'an simply made a gesture of invitation and gave it a try. He also wanted to know whether the tempered glass he made for the first time could achieve the desired hardness.
Not to mention Li Shimin and Li Junxian, even the craftsmen around them couldn't help but stop what they were doing and looked over with curiosity.
As craftsmen transferred from Dongshan Manor, they know about glass and know that this thing is very valuable, but it doesn't seem to be strong.
With Wang Zi'an's permission, Wei Zheng immediately became energetic, picked up the bricks, and tentatively smashed them against a piece of glass.
"When——"
The bricks were almost thrown away, but the glass was undamaged.
Wei Zheng raised the brick with some disbelief and hit it hard again.
ah--
The bricks were broken, his hands were numb from the shock, and Wei Zheng was confused. Nothing happened to the glass!
Seeing Wei Zheng's confused look, Wang Zi'an felt happy and joked with a smile.
"Old Wei, don't talk about your old arms and legs. Even if you replace it with an ordinary bed crossbow like the one in the army now, you may not be able to do it..."
The kind of bed crossbow in the military now!
Listen, this brat is talking about the kind of thing he is talking about now——
Li Shimin and Li Junxian couldn't help but look at each other, showing expressions of surprise.
Sure enough, therefore, the bed crossbow this brat mentioned was not the bed crossbow he understood. He must know a more powerful crossbow!
No, we have to find a way to get it out of this brat!
Wei Zheng patted the dirt on his hands angrily and straightened up.
"Don't brag too much, I'm just afraid that I'll break it and lose your face - but this thing is really hard enough..."
Wang Zi’an:……
The mouth is quite tough!
Okay, as long as you are happy——
Several people stood around and watched for a while. Seeing that it seemed like they couldn't finish it in a while, they lost interest in waiting any longer.
Go back to the living room and sit down.
The maid gave each person a glass of boiled water with a wink.
Li Shimin, Wei Zheng and Li Junxian, although they complained in their hearts, they were not surprised.
"Zian, the way you treat guests is really - well, you are so unique -"
Looking back now, Wei Zheng, who knew that he had been deceived, touched his still numb palms and couldn't help but joke.
Prince An couldn't help but feel happy.
"I don't want to either - I'm not in time for spring. When spring comes next year, I'll roast some tea leaves and let you see what real good tea is..."
Several people couldn't help but look at each other and were speechless.
What do you mean by not catching up with spring?
Just say it clearly if you are stingy!
Didn’t you have spring this year?
Wang Zi'an didn't know that he had been labeled as stingy by the three people in front of him. Still pointing to the sugar jar next to him understandingly.
"If you don't like it, you can add sugar - of course it's best not to add sugar. Eating too much sugar is not good for your body..."
Li Shimin, Wei Zheng and Li Junxian:...
Sure enough, it’s just stingy!
Don't say anything, pull out the sugar jar and add sugar!
Wang Zi'an couldn't help but be speechless for a while.
Look at your potential!
After all, we are at the level of emperor, prime minister, and general. Don’t act like we haven’t eaten candy in eight lifetimes, okay?
Looking at the three people holding teacups, squinting their eyes and drinking brown sugar water happily, Wang Zi'an couldn't help but be speechless for a while.
It's so sweet, you can actually drink it...
"Zian, the candy you have here is delicious. My old lady likes it. Unfortunately, I can't find such good candy on the market. Even if I could find it, I probably wouldn't be able to afford it..."
Wei Zheng usually drinks sugar water while sighing.
Wang Zi’an:……
Ah, Old Wei, your character is ruined——
PS: I would like to recommend a new book by an old driver to you: "Starting by Mistaken Li Shimin as My Cousin". It is fast and stable to drive. Friends who are not good at reading can go to Bai - ahem, go and taste it first. Also, these words don’t count:)
