After Qin Ming and his party were seated, the maid in the restaurant began to serve dishes to the solid wood dining table!
In a short time, a large table was set up!
Li Yuan picked up the chopsticks and smiled at everyone.
"Everyone here is from my own family, so you're welcome, just use your chopsticks!"
"Yes Yes Yes."
"Well...."
Yao Mosheng looked at the dazzling array of food on the table, a little stunned!
I didn’t know how to take off my chopsticks for a while!
[Is this my eyesight, or is it true? Isn’t this winter just over? What's going on with these vegetables? And what’s going on with these “dishes”! Why does it look a bit like a dolphin entering the water? 】
Li Yuan on the side saw the confusion in Yao Mosheng's eyes, so he took a chopstick of braised pork and put it in his mouth. While chewing, he pointed to the vegetables on the table and said:
"Mr. Yao, why are there so many fresh vegetables on the curious table?"
Hearing this, Yao Mosheng nodded towards Li Yuan and said:
"Please ask Mr. Li to clarify your doubts!"
Li Yuan grinned, pointed at Qin Ming with his chopsticks, and said with a smile:
"Last winter, this guy built a vegetable greenhouse, and he grew all these vegetables in the greenhouse!"
[The greenhouse, what is it? 】
Yao Mosheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this! He took a deep look at Qin Ming!
In just one morning, this young man continued to break my understanding of him!
He doesn't know how many secrets this little Zhuangzi has hidden that he doesn't know!
Could it be that these things were developed by Qin Mo's lineage, which has been hidden in the world for thousands of years?
If this is the case, then Qin Mo is too scary!
However, my Chu Mo lineage is not a vegetarian!
I have to take a good stroll around this village in the afternoon!
I want to see if what you, Qin Mo, create is more powerful, or if what I, Chu Mo, create is better!
Thinking of this, Yao Mosheng turned to look at Qin Ming, narrowed his eyes and smiled:
"Mr. Qin, I wonder if I can go to the greenhouse and have a look after my meal?"
Qin Ming nodded when he heard this.
After thinking about it, he said to Uncle Zhang:
"Manager Zhang, thank you for taking Mr. Yao to the greenhouse later!"
Upon hearing this, Uncle Zhang put down his chopsticks, cupped his hands and said:
"Here."
At this time, Li Yuan on the side smiled and said:
"Mr. Yao, use your chopsticks quickly! These dishes won't taste good when they're cold!"
Old man Yao smiled and said:
"Thank you Mr. Li for reminding me."
After saying that, Old Man Yao picked up his chopsticks, took a piece of braised pork from the dish closest to him and put it into his mouth.
After just chewing it for a while, Old Yao's eyes lit up. There was such a delicious food in the world!
If my greedy great-granddaughter tasted it, she might have to stay here for the rest of her life, right?
Then, without waiting for him to ask questions, Li Yuan on the side began to introduce to him, as well as Uncle Huang and Uncle Zhang who had been away from home for a while, various new dishes on the table and the general methods of making them!
With Li Yuan’s explanation and comments, the atmosphere at the table gradually became more relaxed!
After a while,
Li Yuan suddenly picked up a glass of wine, raised it towards Yao Mosheng, and said:
"Mr. Yao, you are truly amazing in shipbuilding! I still remember the magnificent dragon boat you built back then!"
"Come, I'll toast you with this drink!"
Old Yao smiled and picked up his wine glass, and touched it lightly with Li Yuan.
"You are just an ordinary craftsman, and you don't deserve such praise from Mr. Li!"
Li Yuan waved his hand when he heard this and said with a sigh:
"Mr. Yao is too modest! Although I don't know anything about shipbuilding, I also know that huge ships like dragon boats cannot be built with enough wood!"
"If not, the boats on the inland rivers wouldn't be so small now!"
After hearing this, Old Man Yao stroked his long beard and couldn't help but show a proud look on his face!
He didn't reply, he just raised the glass slightly, then raised his head and drank it all in one gulp!
Li Yuan laughed when he saw this, and drank all the wine in the glass!
"By the way, I still don't know why Mr. Yao came to Chang'an this time?"
Yao Mosheng heard this and glanced at Qin Ming, indicating whether you or I should say the next words!
Qin Ming understood, put down his chopsticks, and explained to Li Yuan:
"Old man, my grandson invited Mr. Yao here this time because he wants him to help build a fleet!"
Li Yuan frowned and said doubtfully:
"fleet?"
"Could it be that you want to use boats to sell all kinds of goods on Zhuangzi to various parts of the Tang Dynasty through waterways?"
Qin Ming smiled and nodded.
"I think so too!"
Li Yuan became more energetic after hearing this. Although the Tang Dynasty was founded by him, he had basically been "wandering" in the territory north of the Tang Dynasty his whole life.
Therefore, he has never been to many places in the Tang Dynasty, including Yangzhou!
Before Qin Ming came, he even asked Manager Zhang about the customs and customs of Yangzhou!
Yangzhou was the capital city of Jiangnan in the previous dynasty and was the palace of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River!
Yangzhou is also the place Li Yuan wants to visit most in his life!
Especially after Sun Simiao told him that he only had a few years to live, Li Yuan wanted to see with his own eyes the place that could haunt his cousin!
Li Yuan has always been curious about how beautiful the scenery there is!
How charming are the beauties there!
He actually made his cousin linger so much that he even gave up the foundation of Sui Dynasty!
I heard that the beauties there have such tender skin that you can pinch water!
I don’t know if it’s true!
Thinking of this, Li Yuan swallowed and couldn't help but rub his hands under the table.
"My dear grandson, when your fleet is ready, can you let me lead it?"
Qin Ming rolled his eyes when he heard this, and then said earnestly:
"No! You are already so old! Can't you go out to sea with me? It's too dangerous?"
"If you really want to have fun, then wait until the boat is built and my grandson will take you by boat to Luoyang or Yangzhou for sightseeing!"
"Forget it if you lead the team!"
Li Yuan looked happy when he heard this, but when he thought about it, he realized something was wrong.
"Going to sea? What kind of sea? Do you still want to take the sea route and send the goods to Lingnan?"
Qin Ming smiled and nodded.
Li Yuan frowned when he heard this, and after thinking about it he said:
"I have never taken a boat to sea, but I also know that the waves on the sea are very strong and sailing is very dangerous."
"I advise you to give up this idea. If you really want to do business with Lingnan, it is better to unload the goods to Jiangcheng and then switch to land transportation. It will be safer!"
Qin Ming glanced at Li Yuan in surprise. He didn't expect that his grandfather had done a lot of research on the geography of the Tang Dynasty!
"Grandpa, don't worry, my grandson knows what he's doing!"
Li Yuan nodded when he heard this. He knew that Qin Ming was a cautious person and would not do anything that he was not sure about!
Speaking of shipbuilding, Qin Ming remembered the Hongluan Crossing again, so he thought about it and said to Uncle Zhang:
"Uncle Zhang, I have to trouble you to run over something."
Upon hearing this, Uncle Zhang put down his chopsticks, cupped his hands and said:
"Master, please give me your instructions!"
"If you have two days free, you can take the experienced shipwrights to Hongluandu and let them see if the Hongluandu area is suitable for expansion to accommodate hundreds of cargo ships with a draft of three feet. Marinas and large shipyards.”
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