Wu Nian waited for a long time and drank three pots of tea, but he did not complain at all.
why
The tea here is good, all of it is tribute, and he was lucky enough to get a small jar of the best of the best that was only given to Li Shimin, his eldest grandson, and a few legitimate princes.
tribute within tribute
As a supplier of the tea house, Li Mingda is naturally not too bad.
Wu Nian drank the third pot, and then looked at Zhang Nan beside him.
Zhang Nan looked helpless: "Master Wu, why are you doing this?"
Wu Nian said excitedly: "You don't understand. This is the best of the best. When I first took office, Lord Lonely Hong gave me a small jar."
Zhang Nan: "Mr. Wu, this is the princess's property. If you want, just say it. Although it may not be so good, there is still no problem in giving you a box of tributes."
"ha"
Wu Nian felt a little embarrassed. He had acted in front of Guan Gong, and he had forgotten that these were the princess's property.
To be honest, Wu Nian felt that the reason why he was able to get this position was because he shared the same hobby as Lonely Hong about this new type of tea, so he stood out from several good brothers who were no worse than him and got this position. .
Wu Nian finally asked for another pot and continued to pour it into his mouth. In order to prevent him from drinking less, he didn't even take a bite of the pastries made by the imperial chef on the side.
Zhang Nan, that Khan, thanks to his own princess, he usually drinks well, otherwise he might have followed Wu Nian's example.
Shame on you!
It was almost time for lunch, and Li Mingda calmly walked in from the outside and saw Wu Nian and Zhang Nan who were drinking tea.
When Li Mingda entered the door, the two of them stood up and saluted: "See you, Your Highness the Princess."
“No need to be polite”
"Thank you Princess"
"Zhang Nan goes to work, you've been here all day."
"yes"
After driving Zhang Nan away, Li Mingda was also sweating on her forehead. She knew that it was okay for the people given by the system to be loyal and retain their previous personalities and memories. However, this Zhang Nan's personality was completely different from that of the more old-fashioned and cheerful military commander. It's a different kind of performance.
How to put it, it's a bit like the weird behavior of a time traveler who comes out to hang out. If you don't rush him, he can find a place for you to hang out for a day, but it won't delay your normal work.
A salted fish that’s not even considered salted fish.
Li Mingda even wanted to ask him if it was because he had been to the Three Kingdoms for his own sake that he turned into a general with a name. If he worked hard, he would be first-rate.
This is just a guess. Li Mingda didn't find anything unusual about him. In the end, it was just a common reason in the world.
"Wu Nian, what are you doing here today?"
As Wu Nian's Shangguan, Li Mingda's status as a princess of the Tang Dynasty was not comparable to that of a third-grade official like him. Naturally, he did not need to be as polite as other time-travelers when speaking.
"Princess, yesterday my subordinates led people to inspect ten gambling houses in Chang'an City. Among them, 524 gamblers were arrested, including 139 gambling house clerks and stewards."
"The backstage of the gambling house belongs to 4 people. Among them, there are 4 families in total, including Duke Junji of Lu State, 3 families of the Wang family of Taiyuan, 1 family of the Lu family of Fanyang, 1 family of the Kong family of Shandong, and the family of Lord Changsun."
"This morning, I met Lord Changsun who was already waiting there in the Imperial Study Room. I came here to report the matter to the princess."
Changsun Wuji ran to the Imperial Study Room early in the morning, and Li Mingda naturally knew it. If there hadn't been a little eunuch to fawn over her and tell her some news, wouldn't she have been hanging around in the palace every day for nothing?
Li Mingda nodded: "This princess knows that my uncle went to my father to accuse him of disturbing Qingmeng early in the morning, saying that it was the family slave who opened the door under the banner of the family. He didn't know that, and my father had already decided that except for the other members of the Changsun family, We will continue to conduct strict inspections. The decree will arrive in the afternoon at most. Please be prepared."
Li Mingda paused for a moment, "Also, how have you investigated the corruption situation in the iron ore supplied by Datang Ordnance? What's so fishy about the loss being so high?"
Wu Nian naturally knew what Li Mingda meant. The last time Changsun Wuji and Li Mingda failed in a fight, the secret investigation of iron mines and ordnance losses naturally fell into the hands of him, a direct descendant of Li Shimin. .
"I'm checking this."
"As soon as possible, someone asked for my princess's workshop technology again today, saying that it can reduce losses and increase existing production."
Wu Nian had no idea why Li Mingda told him such things. As a superior, he must have deep meaning.
Several thoughts flashed through Wu Nian's mind, and he began to sort them out one by one. In the end, he felt that there were only two possibilities.
First, Li Mingda did not treat him as an outsider.
Wu Nian felt that the condition of not being stupid was that it was impossible to knock down Changsun Wuji by his wrist, so the next possibility was the second possibility.
Win him over.
The fight for the throne was bloody. The opponent was only a princess who was over three years old. It seemed too early. When the prince grew up and the throne was firmly established, Li Mingda was not yet an adult.
call
Wu Nian secretly warned himself: Wu Nian, you have to be steady.
Li Mingda had no idea how much Wu Nian was thinking, and looked at him who said nothing. "You continue to grasp this clue. Every night, Datang will be sucked by those blood-sucking moths. These blood-sucking worms will increase the number of people in the Tang Dynasty." The power of the Tang Dynasty allowed people to live a better life."
After listening to Li Mingda's words, Wu Nian felt that he seemed to have thought too much. The young princess was devoted to the people, but he seemed to have turned into the cunning and vicious person he disliked the most when he was young.
I think of my own family's situation in the late Sui Dynasty. The expedition to Goguryeo and the construction of the Grand Canal caused social unrest. Wu Nian's family, which was originally a wealthy family, also suffered.
The originally wealthy family was like a porcelain bowl that fell to the ground during the large-scale uprising. It fell to the ground and broke into countless pieces in an instant. His parents died in the turmoil, and only his younger brother and himself were left in the family.
No matter how hard he tried, it was broken and could never be repaired. At first, he hated Yang Guang like everyone else. After meeting the rebels, his horizons broadened and he hated those who seek power.
Even if Yang Guang conquered Goryeo and dug the canal again, causing the people to suffer, one thing is that the society was generally stable, and even the focus of the corvee could still survive.
But why did it become like this in the end.
It's an aristocratic family
It's those in power
Yang Guang's policies blocked their way and blocked their mouths from continuing to dilute the blood of a country and a nation.
Then the policy is the imperial examination.
Therefore, after Yang Guang failed to conquer Goryeo, their so-called uprising broke out, which they had been preparing for a long time.
What followed was successive years of fighting among various rebel armies, and finally he came to Li Tang's forces and met Li Shimin.
Wu Nian left the Princess Mansion with slightly red eyes. On the way, his brother Wu Ning didn't say anything no matter how he asked him.
One Wu Nian is not enough, Li Mingda needs a bigger boost.
To be continued
