Zhang Yang held a bag of money in his hand and said, "Look at how many taels people buy when buying tea. How can there be a big customer like me?"
Li Tai couldn't stand it any longer, so he took out a piece of silver cake and handed it to the vendor, "I'll take it all."
As soon as he saw the silver cake, the vendor's eyes lit up, he accepted the silver cake and said, "Thank you, customer, thank you customer."
The merchant didn't even want his car, he took the silver cake and left.
Zhang Yang raised his hand and struck Li Tai on the forehead with a violent shudder.
Li Tai covered his head and said aggrievedly: "Why did you hit me again!"
There are three large baskets of tea leaves on the cart. Now there is no shortage of tea leaves all year round.
Zhang Yang grabbed a handful of tea leaves and looked at them, "Your Highness, King Wei, do you know why I have to bargain?"
Li Tai said aggrievedly: "You are so rich, why are you saving these few pennies?"
"His Royal Highness the King of Wei does not know the sufferings of the people. Diligence and thrift are a virtue."
"Diligence and frugality have nothing to do with your bargaining, right?" Li Tai muttered, feeling aggrieved and uncomfortable, lowering his head.
Except for his own father, emperor and mother, who has ever done anything to him like this?
Li Xiaogong caught the two people, big and small, "Hahaha!"
Li Tai turned around and saw Li Xiaogong and saluted, "I've met uncle."
Zhang Yang looked back, "Prince Hejian, aren't you sick today?"
"It's a long story. Let's go out and talk about it. I happen to be going hunting."
"Hunting?" Li Tai, the little fat guy's eyes were shining, "Okay, okay!"
As expected, he was still a child. Zhang Yang let out a long sigh, wondering if his expectations for him were too high.
Xu Jingzong, who had just left the morning court, was sitting alone in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites. At this moment, he felt a little stupid and at a loss.
Where are people? Where is the Minister of Rites? Where is Denshiro?
Xu Jingzong walked to the door again and looked outside to confirm that no one wanted to come to the Etiquette Department.
Then Xu Jingzong sat alone in the government office for a while, feeling stupid.
Outside Chang'an City, Li Xiaogong was teaching Li Tai archery.
Zhang Yang was sitting on the cart, patiently picking tea leaves. This tea seller was so irresponsible. He didn't pick some of the tea leaves before selling them. There were many bad ones.
Li Tai pulled the bow hard, his face turned red, and he couldn't pull it open no matter what.
On the other hand, Li Xiaogong could shoot with ease.
Seeing Li Tai's appearance, Li Xiaogong smiled and said: "When I was as old as His Highness King Wei, I could draw the three-stone bow easily."
Hearing Zhang Yang snort coldly, could this kid not believe it?
The scenery in spring is nice, just looking at it makes people feel comfortable.
Without the trivial matters in court, Li Xiaogong felt much more relaxed.
Li Tai tried again, but the three-stone bow didn't work. He tried the one-stone bow again, and this time he could finally pull it apart.
The sun was shining brightly, the wind was gentle, and a figure was running towards here.
Seeing that the visitor was Xu Jingzong, Li Xiaogong looked unhappy and said, "Why are you here if you are not working as an official in the Ministry of Rites?"
Xu Jingzong held a memorial in his hand and gasped: "Why did the Prince of Hejian County say this?"
Li Xiaogong frowned, "I said you don't work in the Ministry of Rites office properly. What do you do from here? You have only been in the Ministry of Rites for a few days, and you are so undisciplined?"
Seeing Li Xiaogong scolding Xu Jingzong, I felt funny inexplicably. Xu Jingzong was originally supposed to come to the Ministry of Rites to support him, but he had never thought of doing a good job in the Ministry of Rites.
This Xu Jingzong really thought he was leaning against the big tree of Li Xiaogong.
Xu Jingzong looked anxious, "Prince Hejian, you are the Minister of Rites. If your subordinates don't look for you, who will they look for?"
Li Xiaogong took a bow and shot an arrow, and the arrow shot far away. The arrow hit a dead tree in the distance, and the tail of the arrow was still shaking.
After looking at the success of the arrow with satisfaction, Li Xiaogong said, "You can go to Zhongshu Province, or you can go to Menxia Province."
Xu Jingzong looked at Zhang Yang again. He was carefully picking tea leaves.
The people in the Ministry of Etiquette are really weird.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Xu Jingzong handed over the memorial and said: "This matter involves the Turkic civil strife. Please ask the Prince of Hejian County to review it."
Li Xiaogong shot another arrow, and the arrow hit the dead tree accurately.
Li Tai praised: "Uncle Wang is good at archery."
How is this going? Xu Jingzong looked at King Wei, Zhang Yang, and Li Xiaogong.
He spoke again and said: "This matter involves the Turkic civil strife. I would like to ask the King of Hejian County to take a look at it."
Li Xiaogong waved his hands in displeasure, "I feel dizzy when I read the memorial. You can read it yourself."
"Is the official going to see for himself?" Xu Jingzong was stunned again, "Then how should the official respond to this matter?"
Li Xiaogong put down his bow with a displeased expression, "Weren't you quite ambitious when you came to the Ministry of Etiquette? Why are you like this now?"
Xu Jingzong looked at Zhang Yang for help.
Zhang Yang was still picking tea leaves, "Such a big matter needs to be decided by the Minister of Rites. Look at what I do."
Xu Jingzong: "..."
"Look at him!" Zhang Yang pointed at Li Xiaogong.
Xu Jingzong had no choice but to look at Li Xiaogong again and stamp his feet anxiously, "Prince Hejian, can you stop making trouble? It's very difficult for me to be a low-ranking official."
"It's your fault that you are in trouble, it has nothing to do with me." Li Xiaogong handed Li Tai an arrow.
Li Tai finally drew the bow, and his body seemed to have lost its balance. He closed his eyes and tried his best to shoot an arrow...
The arrow landed not far away, only about ten steps away.
Li Xiaogong sighed and said, "It's far different from what I used to be."
"Why don't you let the Minister of Rites serve as a target?"
Hearing Zhang Yang say this, Xu Jingzong trembled with fright.
Li Tai gritted his teeth and said unconvinced, "Xu Jingzong!"
Xu Jingzong quickly saluted, "His Royal Highness, King Wei, I am here."
Li Tai pointed to the place where the arrow just landed and said: "You stand there for me, I will try to see if it is more accurate to shoot a living person."
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Xu Jingzong saluted again, "Your Highness, King Wei, there are senior officials and junior officials, so you can't play like this."
Li Tai lost the bow in his hand, "It's really boring."
Deng Shilang was still picking tea leaves, and the Minister of Rites was shooting arrows again. Xu Jingzong took two steps back and forth, feeling anxious and not knowing what to do.
Tired of playing, Li Xiaogong took a sip of wine.
Looking at Xu Jingzong's appearance, he felt inexplicably sad for him. Now he should be looking forward to promotion, but unexpectedly he got on the pirate ship of Li Xiaogong. Maybe Li Shimin also knew what kind of person Li Xiaogong was, so he handed over the position of Minister of Rites. To Li Xiaogong.
There are so many government offices in the court, and the only one is the Ministry of Rites. As long as you follow the rules, you won't make any big mistakes.
It won’t place too much burden on Li Xiaogong.
Even for people like Xu Jingzong, he would leave it to Li Xiaogong.
Li Tai sat next to Zhang Yang and whispered: "My queen mother said this Xu Jingzong is a bad person."
"Yeah?"
Li Tai's face was serious, "The queen mother also said that I should avoid associating with people like Xu Jingzong."
"The Queen is sensible. You are right. Xu Jingzong is not a good person."
Li Tai's voice was very low, but Zhang Yang's voice was not quiet at all.
Xu Jingzong heard it clearly, "His Royal Highness, Prince Consort of Wei, who is not a good person? I am a good person."
Li Xiaogong patted his shoulder and said, "Go back to the government office and work hard. If you do well, I will recommend you to Your Majesty. It won't be long before the position of Minister of Rites will be yours. If you don't work well, I will recommend you to Your Majesty." Impeach you.”
I don't know whether he was aggrieved or moved, but Xu Jingzong almost cried.
He looked at Li Xiaogong again, "Why didn't Prince Hejian go to the Ministry of Rites, and why did the official become a minister..."
"Me? I'm sick." Zhang Yang looked serious.
Xu Jingzong looked at Li Xiaogong with a numb expression.
Li Xiaogong also said: "Yes, I am also sick. The kind of disease that will make you fall ill when you read the memorial."
I have no choice, I don’t know how I feel, it’s so complicated.
Finally, Xu Jingzong walked back to Chang'an City in despair.
The seed of an official promotion was planted in Xu Jingzong's heart, waiting for it to take root and sprout, allowing it to grow vigorously and become a big tree.
The position of Minister of Rites naturally fell on his head.
What a great process.
He said in his heart that all the eighteen bachelors of the Prince of Qin's residence had a good life.
This Xu Jingzong is the kind of person who has a relatively miserable life.
Compared with Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji, his light is relatively weak.
The three of them chatted for a while outside the city.
Li Tai was talking about his business, which had dropped a lot recently, which made the little fat man very unhappy.
Li Xiaogong could no longer pretend to be sick. At worst, he would stop pretending. Anyway, he just wouldn't go on duty.
Let this guy Xu Jingzong take charge in the Ministry of Etiquette.
I was exhausted from picking out half a box of tea leaves. If I kept going like this, I would sooner or later develop a herniated disc in my waist at a young age.
Let the younger daughter-in-law choose, she will do things carefully.
Pulling a cart of tea, Zhang Yang said to Li Tai before returning home: "His Royal Highness, King Wei, you have some money now, but you must also save some money."
"I understand." Li Tai said lightly.
I have to say that Li Xiaogong managed things very well. Even the officers and soldiers entering the city greeted him with a smile.
The officer and soldier smiled and said: "Deng Shilang, are you tired from pulling? Where can I let you do such strenuous work? Where are the servants at home?"
Zhang Yang said with a straight face: "I have no servants in my family."
Another officer and soldier said: "I am humble enough to come and help Deng Shilang pull it."
"No, no, no."
Zhang Yang was thinking as he pulled a cart of tea into the city.
"He is the one who allowed our Tang Dynasty to take over the Hexi Corridor without any bloodshed."
"This is too young, as old as a certain son."
"It's true that a hero comes from a boy."
"When can I give birth to such a son?"
…
The discussion was getting farther and farther away from the city gate. Li Xiaogong really talked about everything. Did he go around the streets and talk about it?
After taking the tea home, Li Yue was happily playing backgammon with Aunt Wang.
Judging from Li Yue's laughter, she should have won a lot.
"Husband, I won ten cents from Aunt Wang." She said as if showing off.
Zhang Yang pulled Li Yue to sit down and said, "Come and help me pick tea leaves."
Li Yue brought a small bench and sat down with her clothes.
Zhang Yang took out a handful of tea leaves and said, "Pick out any incomplete or black spots on these leaves."
"Um."
Li Yue nodded obediently, and then concentrated on picking tea leaves.
After a while, my eyes were so tired and my waist was sore.
The couple closed their eyes together in perfect agreement, stood up and relaxed their backs.
I kept busy until the evening, when I finally finished picking a basket of tea leaves.
Li Yue looked at the two baskets full of tea leaves and said, "There are so many more."
Zhang Yang sighed: "Originally, buying one basket was enough for us, but it wasn't Li Tai, a little fat guy, who bought all the tea leaves in one go."
Li Yue pouted her lips, "It's true that Qingque spends money randomly after earning a little money."
Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Next time he spends money so lavishly, I'll whip him for you."
"Um."
There is only one pot at home, and if the conditions are a bit poor, we can’t share the pot.
Although I can't be as particular as later generations, at least the fried tea leaves can be drunk.
After the couple finished dinner, Li Yue took a bath and lay on the bed without wanting to get up. She was really exhausted from picking tea leaves.
One night passed, and the morning breeze blew through the entire city of Chang'an.
The couple got up early, washed, had breakfast, and then picked tea leaves. After cleaning the yard, the two aunts also came to pick tea leaves.
The two aunts worked quickly and picked tea quickly.
Li Chengqian walked into the yard and was surprised to see the tea leaves all over the yard: "I didn't expect you bought so much tea."
Li Yue stood up and saluted first, "Brother Emperor."
Then she sat down again and continued picking tea leaves, completely ignoring Li Chengqian.
Zhang Yang had just finished frying a pot of tea, and now the whole yard was filled with the aroma of tea.
Li Chengqian smelled the smell in the yard: "It smells so good."
After making a cup of tea for Li Chengqian, Zhang Yang said, "His Royal Highness, would you like to try it?"
Li Chengqian sang briefly and then put down his tea bowl, "It's so bitter."
Zhang Yang also tasted it, "The freshly fried tea leaves are indeed a bit bitter, but refreshing."
Feeling that Zhang Yang had a leisurely life, but there were so many state affairs in the DPRK, Li Chengqian sighed, "Sometimes I want to live quietly for a few days. There are too many things in the DPRK. Whenever there are state affairs and national policies, there will be something in the DPRK." Minister Wu keeps arguing."
Having said this, Li Chengqian drank the tea again. The first sip was bitter, but he felt much better after drinking more.
The prince felt like he was drinking tea to relieve his sorrow.
"If your Royal Highness likes it, you can take more back with you."
"Can I take some back with you?"
"These tea leaves are not worth much, and I didn't pay for them."
"Could it be a gift from someone else?"
The midday sun was a little hot, Zhang Yang shook his fan, "Actually, it was a gift from His Highness King Wei. When I was buying tea, His Highness King Wei spent a lot of money and bought it all."
After looking at the tea leaves in the yard, Li Chengqian said, "Is there still a shortage of tea leaves?"
Zhang Yang took a sip of tea and said, "There is no shortage now."
"Like This……"
Li Chengqian lowered his head in disappointment, and then said, "I heard that you were sick and came to see you."
"It's annoying His Royal Highness."
"It doesn't matter. I see that you are in good health now and your condition is almost healed."
Zhang Yang coughed twice, "It's much better now."
"We still need to pay more attention to the cold and warmth in this season."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is right."
Li Chengqian took another sip of tea, "Now that he's feeling much better, I still want to ask you something."
"Your Highness, just ask."
Do the courts care so much about their ministers now? The prince came to visit whenever he was sick.
(End of chapter)
