The next morning.
Last night, I planned the future of Fenglei Bank with Li Qingquan. It was already late at night when I got home, so that day, Xu Fenglei had a good sleep and didn't get up until late.
"Sir, come here, drink some hot soup to warm your stomach."
"Sir, these are the spring rolls freshly fried in the kitchen. Would you like to try them?"
"gentlemen……"
Several maids gathered around Xu Fenglei, serving him breakfast.
The life of an idle prince is so simple and boring.
"Hmm! These spring rolls taste good. Did you add leeks?"
Xu Fenglei chewed in his mouth and praised,
"Smells! You can taste the meat in these spring rolls!"
As he said that, he picked up two more and threw them into his mouth. They tasted delicious.
"Yes, it's added with tender chives and minced chicken, fried in oil."
Qing Maid smiled and said,
"Sir, if you like it, can I ask the kitchen to make another one?"
"No, no, too much is never enough. One plate is just right, but if you eat too much, you'll get tired of it." Xu Fenglei waved his hand, took a sip of the hot soup, and put the spring rolls into his stomach.
A stream of heat rises from the belly, warming the whole body, giving people an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
Some people say that the ancients did not have mobile phones, computers, the Internet, air conditioners, refrigerators, and MSG. Even the emperor's life and diet may not be as good as that of an ordinary modern person in later generations.
With this kind of thinking, it can only be said that you can't even imagine the emperor's happiness.
Not to mention the emperor, the enjoyment he enjoyed as a prince was extraordinary!
Just for the food, there is a dedicated team of chefs waiting on you every morning when you wake up.
The soup is not fresh enough?
Simple. Just use old hens, big hooves, mutton bones and beef sticks to stew a large pot of soup to get that fresh soup.
The soup is clear and delicious, and it also contains two fresh mushrooms. Isn't it better than that flavored soup?
Not to mention, all the ingredients are all natural and wild. Isn’t that better than technology and ruthless work?
In this era, all problems are no problem, as long as you have the power! This is also the reason why Xu Fenglei left Moyu Mountain and caught a ride with Li Shimin.
Now that he has had a new life, he is no longer willing to be a miserable social beast, living a miserable existence in the valleys.
Xu Fenglei has never thought that he is an extraordinary person. The life he wants now is the life he wants!
"Sir, do you want to go to the palace today?"
Zi Maid said,
"Would you like to prepare court clothes for you?"
"No need." Xu Fenglei smiled, waved his hand and said calmly, "I have been dismissed from my post by Your Majesty. I am at home free from work. I don't need to go to the palace! I just need to go to the East Palace occasionally! I will rest at home today!"
He looked at Zi Maid and ordered:
"Let's make lunch better today. I want to eat carp baked noodles. Well... prepare a piece of beef ribs. I told the cook at home before. The axe-like part is called tomahawk steak. It's fried. Let’s eat. Also, get a bottle of grape wine, and make sure it’s chilled.”
"The days are getting hotter and hotter. It's time to take out the wine stored in the ice cellar and have a few sips."
Zi Mai nodded.
"Baked carp noodles, tomahawk steak, stuffed grapes..."
She muttered it again and said with a smile,
"Sir, your appetite seems to be very good today. I will go and order the kitchen to prepare."
"I'm free and suddenly I'm just greedy, hahaha..." Xu Fenglei grinned.
While the two were talking, they heard footsteps.
I saw the concierge Lao Zhang trotting all the way across the threshold and handing over his hand to report:
"Sir, Mr. Tang Xianggong of Honglu Temple sent someone here, saying that an envoy from the Kingdom of Japan has arrived in Chang'an. Please go and meet him."
Xu Fenglei was slightly startled.
"Oh yes……"
He patted his forehead and said suddenly,
"Forgot about this! I'm not unemployed at home now... I have a job!"
Honglu Temple Cheng, a junior official from the sixth rank.
This is the actual job of the dignified Duke Xu Guogong now.
"Since it's official business, sir, please go quickly."
The purple maid continued,
"How about changing lunch to dinner? I will go get you clothes now. Do you want official clothes or court clothes?"
Xu Fenglei has several sets of gorgeous clothes.
As the prince's grand master and minister of the Ministry of Industry, he has two sets of official uniforms.
As the Duke of Xu, he also had a set of court uniforms.
On weekdays, when he enters the palace, he usually wears court clothes.
"No, just get me something. Anyway, the person I want to meet is not an important person."
Xu Fenglei stood up, patted his belly and said casually.
"yes."
Zi Maid responded and left.
…
Chang'an Posthouse.
This posthouse is located in the East City and is affiliated to Honglu Temple. It is a place specially used to entertain foreign envoys.
In front of the post house, Tang Jian, who was getting fatter and fatter, wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked longingly at the end of the road.
The person he was waiting for had not come yet.
"Tang Jun, this Japan is just an overseas island country. Its envoys can just stand here and wait for them. Why bother to welcome them in person? This would give them too much face."
The official beside him muttered.
"What do you know?"
Tang Jian rolled his eyes at him and scolded,
"If it were an ordinary envoy, you would naturally be the one to pick it up, but this time it is different. The Japanese envoy is led by a royal princess. As a princess from another country, we, the Tang Dynasty, naturally have to raise our standards, otherwise wouldn't it be rude?"
"You have to know that all external affairs are related to the image of the Tang Dynasty outside the country, so we can't be careless."
"Yes, please keep this in mind," the official said respectfully.
"Besides, do you think I'm waiting so anxiously for Japanese people?"
Tang Jian sneered and said,
"The mere Princess of Japan is not enough to make me anxious and angry! What I am waiting for is Xu Guogong, Xu Fenglei!"
When the official heard this, he was slightly startled.
"Ah? Mr. Xu? Why is this..."
Tang Jian's brows suddenly twisted into twists.
"How does my mother-in-law know?"
He cursed and said with a resentful look,
"His Majesty did not know what had happened. He dismissed all of Xu Gong's positions and threw him into my Honglu Temple to be the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple..."
"Oh, my little Honglu Temple, how can I accommodate this big Buddha?! And he wants me to be his superior? Isn't this going to cost my life!"
"Let me tell you...entertaining the Japanese envoy is the second most important thing. The main thing is to serve this man well. If he gets upset and starts making trouble, we will all suffer!"
Official: "!!!"
"Honglu Temple Cheng? That seems to be a subordinate of the lower official!"
His eyes widened and his heart started to beat faster.
"Oh, is it so?"
Tang Jian looked over, gave him a comforting look, and said,
"Then you have to think carefully about how to serve this master... You know, the so-called dismissal is just a joke between the emperor and him. This time, he is going down to earth to experience life. In a few days, He will return to heaven and become a first-grade Grand Master and Minister of the Ministry of Industry again."
"you know……"
Official: "@#￥%......&*@!!!"
How to serve the uncle...I don't understand! !
Thump thump thump…
The huge wheels rolling over the bluestone bricks made the two people with tangled expressions raise their eyebrows.
squeak--
The carriage stopped in front of the inn door, and the coachman jumped off the horse and knelt on the ground.
clatter.
A little foot wearing embroidered shoes stretched out from the carriage, stepped on the coachman's back, and got off the carriage.
Tang Jian looked at the woman in front of him, with a ripple in his heart.
The officials next to him opened their eyes wide and stared at each other blankly.
What a pretty and charming girl!
Both of them gave extremely high evaluations at the same time!
As the fragrant wind blew over, the girl smiled at Tang Jian and bowed slightly to salute.
"My little girl, Chizuru Hiromiya, you are so polite."
Her Tang dialect is extremely smooth, without any harshness, and her squatting ceremony is even more standard than that of the ladies in Chang'an City!
"Uh! Okay, okay! Be polite and polite..."
Tang Jian smelled the fragrance and felt so comfortable that he couldn't even find Bei.
Having received so many foreign envoys, he had already developed the ability to remain calm, but he never expected that he would lose his composure at this moment!
Haogong Qianhe pursed her lips and smiled, getting brighter and brighter.
"You haven't told Chizuru your name yet."
she chuckled.
The official next to him finally came to his senses, hit Tang Jian with his elbow, and hurriedly saluted:
"Princess Qianhe came all the way, thank you for your hard work."
"This is Tang Jianjun, the minister of Honglu Temple. He is the highest-ranking minister responsible for foreign affairs in the Tang Dynasty."
Tang Jian was hit hard, and then he came to his senses completely. Thinking back to the gaffe he just made, he couldn't help but blush.
Tang Jian, Tang Jian, you are an old fool!
How old are you, and you are still obsessed with the beauty of other girls! What a shame!
"I have met Princess Qianhe. I am none other than Tang Jian. I have been waiting for the princess here for a long time."
After all, it was Lao Jianghu who was thick-skinned. Tang Jian only blushed slightly and his expression returned to normal. After bowing and saluting, he invited,
"Princess comes from Japan. It's not easy to travel and travel. Please come to the post house."
"Tang has already prepared a banquet to welcome the princess."
Hearing this, Haogong Qianhe's eyes suddenly showed a look of surprise.
"It turns out to be Tang Jianjun, the minister of Honglu Temple!"
She saluted again, bending her waist deeper than before. When she raised her head, she said with great joy,
"It is a great honor for me, the little girl, to be received by Mr. Tang Jian personally!"
Tang Jian couldn't help but smile when he heard this.
I have to say that this Japanese princess is not only charming, well-mannered, but also nice to talk to.
Just that surprised expression made me feel relaxed physically and mentally, making me feel like I was being taken extremely seriously.
"Too serious to say so, hahaha..."
Tang Jian smiled loudly and invited,
"Princess Chizuru please!"
"It is better to obey orders than to be respectful." Haogong Qianhe said, "Thank you Tang Jianjun. I also ask Tang Jianjun to arrange the little girl's carriage."
After saying that, she took a step forward and slowly entered the post house.
Behind her, there were two men in black, barefoot and following her into the post house.
"Tsk tsk..."
The officials next to me exclaimed in wonder.
"This Japanese princess is extraordinary! Her etiquette is so thorough, she is infinitely better than those barbarian envoys!"
"She is so beautiful... I never expected that there are such beautiful women in overseas island countries."
Tang Jian glanced at him.
"So, don't underestimate others, understand?"
He said angrily,
"Go, take Princess Qianhe's carriage into the post house, and arrange it properly. Don't neglect it!"
"With this princess' attitude, I'm afraid she wants to see our Majesty!"
"As ordered." The subordinate nodded and went to pull the carriage obediently.
Tang Jian stood there and glanced towards the street.
"This grand master...why hasn't he come yet?!"
He shook his head and sighed,
"If you don't come, how dare I hold a banquet?!"
"Oh! Let's chat with Princess Qianhe for a while first. She speaks quite nicely..."
Tang Jian shook his head and walked into the post house.
At this moment, a figure appeared not far from the street.
I saw Xu Fenglei walking slowly along the side street, holding a bunch of vegetarian meatballs in his hand. He walked around and looked at it. When he saw a treasure on a stall, he would stop and look at it.
"This little brother! This is a bronze from the Pre-Qin period! It has been hidden at home for many years. Do you have a look?"
Xu Fenglei took a bite of the meatball.
"Bronze? What shape is this?"
He knelt down, looked at the pale green instrument with interest, played with it twice in his hand, and said with a smile,
"Little thing, quite unique."
"Hey! You are really an expert. We met someone who knows the goods today!" Seeing that Xu Fenglei wanted to buy it, the stall owner suddenly became enthusiastic and hurriedly introduced, "This is a bronze cong! Do you know about the cong? It is a ritual vessel from the Pre-Qin period, very precious!"
Xu Fenglei nodded slightly.
"Cong? Aren't these things usually made of jade? And bronze?"
He smiled and said,
"Isn't your old boy trying to trick me?"
The stall owner waved his hands repeatedly.
"No way! I can hide it from the ignorant master, but how can I hide it from your discerning eyes?"
He said hurriedly,
"With your face, you can tell that you are an extremely smart person. Who could lie to you?"
"That's true." Xu Fenglei said with a smile, "In our hometown, I am known as Xiao Zhuge."
"exactly!"
The stall owner also laughed, holding the bronze cong and introducing,
"You are an expert and know that this cong is usually made of jade, but you only know one thing but not the other."
"During the Qin Dynasty, bronze wares were more precious than jade wares! Most countries could not refine them at all. Only the powerful Qin State could refine bronze wares. Only Qin Shihuang dared to use bronze wares to worship heaven and earth."
"Jiuding, you know, right? It's made of bronze! Back then, Qin Shihuang couldn't find the Jiuding, so he abandoned it in anger and made his own objects to worship the heaven. This bronze cong is one of them!"
"Let me tell you..."
Seeing him opening up his chatterbox and starting to talk endlessly, Xu Fenglei quickly stopped.
"Wait a minute, you mean...Qin Shi Huang even used this thing?"
he asked.
"Uh... well, 80%, oh no, I must have used it!"
The stall owner was stunned for a moment, then his mind immediately turned around and he said with great certainty,
"This is the bronze cong specially used by Qin Shihuang to offer sacrifices to heaven! It is always with the First Emperor!"
"A priceless treasure, this is..."
The corners of Xu Fenglei's mouth rose.
If you give this stall owner more space, I'm afraid Qin Shihuang will sleep with this bronze cong every day!
"Okay, no need to say so much."
Xu Fenglei stood up and said,
"I'm interested in it, let's make a price!"
The stall owner's eyes lit up and he said excitedly:
I also met a real buyer today! Yes, a treasure deserves a destined person, and I am willing to part with it! 5,000 taels of silver is the best price! Don’t want any more, don’t sell any less! You see——"
"Five copper coins." Xu Fenglei quoted the price, "Do you want to sell it?"
The stall owner's eyes widened and he gritted his teeth...
