Li Xiaogong looked at the wine placed aside, and then said: "Your Majesty, the sweet-scented osmanthus wine left by Tang Xiaolang is a masterpiece. Why don't your majesty have dinner at your house today at noon? Have a taste of this sweet-scented osmanthus wine?"
Cheng Yaojin's face suddenly lit up, and he responded before Li Shimin.
"Excellent, excellent, excellent. Your Majesty, please prepare two more delicious dishes. You know how much I eat~"
Li Shimin thought for a while, and there was nothing urgent to do when he returned. It was rare to have some leisure time in these two days, so he nodded and agreed.
"Although I have already drank this wine, it is true that only Su Fan's wine can go down my throat now. So I am drinking for fun today, please Xiaogong..."
Li Xiaogong couldn't help but sigh once again about the close relationship between His Majesty and Tang Xiaolang, and joked at the same time.
"Okay, okay, Mr. Cheng, don't be anxious, I will make arrangements right now~"
Everyone in the prince's residence was also busy in an orderly manner.
The Holy Father is here in person, although not openly.
But the effort behind the scenes cannot be lost.
After all, if something goes wrong in the slightest, no one can bear the responsibility.
The wine was five or six bottles of sweet-scented osmanthus wine left behind by Tang Sufan.
The dishes were cooked by Li Xiaogong himself, whom he found from the best restaurant in his property.
Every ingredient must be carefully prepared and carefully observed where it comes from...
About restaurants.
Several restaurants under Li Xiaogong's name are also top-notch in Chang'an.
The dishes are naturally unique~
It’s unimaginable~
Li Xiaogong also specially arranged some new delicious dishes, hoping to impress His Majesty.
But when a good dish was served on the table, Li Xiaogong happily sat down and invited the monarch and ministers to use their chopsticks.
Li Xiaogong did not see the other expressions on the faces of the monarch and his ministers...
The three tastes have passed, but Li Xiaogong doesn't see how much Li Shimin and the others like him.
Li Xiaogong couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, don't you like these dishes? Why don't you ask me to change them?"
Li Shimin waved his hand, but of course he didn't say it clearly, and said: "No, no, these dishes are already very good..."
Only Cheng Yaojin, a fool, took a nice sip of sweet-scented osmanthus brew from the cup.
He didn't forget to smash his mouth, and said: "Your Majesty, this sweet-scented osmanthus brew must be paired with the food cooked by that boy Su Fan himself. That's what it is... um, by the way, it's a good match~"
"It's Xiangyi Dezhang, you old man..."
Fang Xuanling couldn't help but remind her with a "kind-hearted" look of disgust. It's still a good idea, so why don't you do it again...
Cheng Yaojin scratched his head and said nonchalantly: "Oh, that's it, it's okay, it's okay, I mean, it's not in the way, it's not in the way~"
It’s so troublesome to find a sentence after a long time. Scholars are so damn fastidious~
However, both Cheng Yaojin and Li Xiaogong were colleagues in the military, and both were soldiers, so naturally they didn't need to speak so tactfully.
Just go straight~
But this made Li Xiaogong feel surprised again, what's the matter?
Can’t all the good things in the world be in that boy’s house?
Is my dish with such a good reputation not as good as the dish made by Tang Xiaolang himself?
Later, Li Shimin also learned that Li Xiaogong was full of doubts.
While eating and drinking, I chatted with Li Xiaogong and others...
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And while he was eating and drinking happily at the County Prince's Mansion, Li Shimin rarely took a break from his busy schedule.
In Chang'an City.
In a huge mansion somewhere.
This is the Zheng family's head home, Zheng Mansion.
Zheng Chaoyun, the current head of the Zheng family, had just burned incense with his bare hands and was about to read scriptures.
There was a rapid knock on the door.
Zheng Chao frowned and winked, and the maid beside him went to open the door.
Zheng Chao knew who it was without any scruples and no need to report...
The door opened, and a man who was nine feet tall, wearing a blue Confucian shirt and looking quite elegant approached.
As soon as the man entered the door, he said quickly.
"Father, something big happened!"
Zheng Chaoyun gently put down the scroll in his hand, raised his eyebrows slightly, couldn't help but glared at the man, and shouted softly.
"What's the matter with being so frizzy?! Can't you be more steady like your big brother?!"
The man took a few breaths and seemed to be running all the way.
This person is Zheng Yi, the third son of Zheng Chaoyun, the head of the Zheng family.
"Father, this time it's not that the child is frizzy, but something really big has happened!"
"Hmph, tell me, what's the matter?"
Zheng Chaoyun sat upright, showing a sense of calmness in the stormy weather.
"The Emperor ordered that a merit monument be erected at the east gate of Zhuque Street!"
Zheng Biyun asked: "Monument of merit and virtue?"
"Back to my father, this merit monument is to record the donation of food this time. The details will be made public. It appeared somewhere this morning!"
Zheng Chaoyun's eyes narrowed and he stood up immediately.
Having watched the ups and downs of the court with laughter for many years, he couldn't see what kind of signal this was?
Zheng Chaoyun slowly stood up and paced back and forth, his brows furrowed and his face full of thought.
Your Majesty, regardless of the constraints, is directly preparing to attack the aristocratic family!
I just don’t know, I have no choice but to do this...
Or is the emperor really confident that he dares to openly quarrel with several important families...
Zheng Yi waited quietly, not daring to speak.
For a long time, Zheng Chaoyun asked thoughtfully: "What's the situation of other companies?"
"Father, the time is too short, and I still can't figure out the attitudes of other companies, but now, other companies are also trying to find the limelight... This matter is of great importance, so the child came over and told his father immediately!"
Zheng Chaoyun nodded, and the Sichuan lines on his forehead were not loose at all.
"It seems that the other companies were also caught off guard by His Majesty's attack..."
Then he looked at the white snow outside the window, thinking about something, and then slowly muttered: "Your Majesty, you really made a good move..."
Ever since Li Shimin dealt with three disasters and provided relief through work, Zheng Chaoyun couldn't help but wonder who came up with this method...
Later, several companies took advantage of the grain gap and sold it at a fixed price, each with their own calculations in mind, hoping to get more benefits.
I didn’t expect that Li Shimin would do this...
It’s really a good move every step of the way...
After thinking about it for a long time, I still couldn't think of any good ideas.
Zheng Chaoyun had to wave his hand: "Let your eldest brother prepare the food first and try to figure out the amounts given by other companies. We must be higher than them..."
"This matter is related to the reputation of our clan, and other families will also take a fancy to it. Your Majesty... what a conspiracy~"
Finally, after finishing his instructions, Zheng Chaoyun sighed deeply, and the light in his eyes became complicated.
"But father, wouldn't this be a benefit to the court in vain?"
Zheng Chaoyun shook his head: "Huh, but His Majesty will not make this move out of thin air. This matter is related to the reputation of our clan. If the prince in the world loses his heart, he will lose more than the food given here!"
"Not only us, but also several other companies have to suffer the loss of being dumb!"
"This... okay, I'll let my eldest brother do it now..."
Zheng Yi was about to take the order and leave, but he had not yet crossed the threshold.
Zheng Chaoyunchao called him directly, and he stood up slowly.
"Forget it, I'll go and see for myself..."
Not only the Zheng family, but also several other families, the Wang family, the Lu family, the Cui family, and even the Li family themselves...
They were all caught off guard by Li Shimin's approach to the merit monument.
For a time, among the people, there was news that the price of food in Chang'an City had suddenly risen sharply.
Many people can only cry out in sorrow and lament the suffering of the past...
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(End of chapter)
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