"Sir, there are two black pigs in Niu Erxiao's house!" Du Yanliang knew that Lu Chen was determined to raise pigs. Besides, he is the father-in-law, and the entire village belongs to him. Even if he is curious, he We can only do as we are told.
After Du Yanliang thought about it for a moment, he remembered the households that raised pigs. Among them, the two black pigs from Niu Erxiaozi's house were the strongest. Du Yanliang reported this to Lu Chen.
"Then let's go to Niu Erxiaozi's house tomorrow!" Lu Chen nodded directly.
At this time, Butcher He and the gang leaders had already processed several wolf carcasses. Lu Chen walked over and took a look, and saw that on the chopping board, wolf meat, wolf bones, fangs and wolf shoulder stones were all clearly distinguished. The wolf skin was put aside, and the internal organs were thrown into the bamboo basket placed aside.
Lu Chen pointed to the wolf skin on the side. A soldier came over and pulled the wolf skin away. Lu Chen looked at the clean wolf skin and nodded with satisfaction. The weather was cold, especially at night when there was no sun. , the night is colder than the day. Although these wolf skins have been treated very clean, there is still blood on them, so during this period, the wolf skins have also been frozen and hardened.
A bonfire has been lit in the square, and the people's faces are all red and red with beaming expressions reflected in the bonfire. Some children are staring intently at Butcher He and the gang leader handling the wolf corpse. The children were biting their fingers and staring at the wolf meat and drooling. Some children were playing around the bonfire. As for the villagers, they gathered together in twos and threes to chat. Some women kept shouting reminders around the bonfire. Noisy children watch out for bonfires.
The whole square is a lively scene.
"Sir, everything is here!" Just as Lu Chen was looking at the scene in the square, Su Chang came to the square with a bunch of things. Su Chang came to Lu Chen to report.
"Okay! Get ready!" Lu Chen glanced at the people who were brought here by Su Chang. Soldiers had already set up an earthen stove on the edge of the square. Su Chang ordered the people to set up two large iron pots directly. On the earthen stove, two plump cooks were standing in front of the stove, holding spatulas.
Several more chopping boards were set up on the other side. There were dozens of wolf carcasses there. It was expected that Butcher He and the gang leader would finish processing the wolf carcasses before cutting them into cubes and strips. The speed was too slow. Lu Chen directly called the people in the mansion. The helpers in the kitchen and the people in the village began to process the wolf meat.
At this time, some villagers took out their cauldrons, pots, etc., set up several stoves, and started to cook wolf bone soup directly. As the wolf bone soup was simmering, the whole square was overflowing with the aroma of meat. Not only Those kids were drooling, and many adults couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
"Fang Qi, Meng Ji, has the wolf meat been grilled?" Lu Chen asked directly in the direction of Fang Qi and Meng Ji.
"Sir, it's roasting!" When he heard Lu Chen calling him, Fang Qi, who was squatting there and instructing the soldiers to string skewers and roast wolf meat, quickly stood up to report.
"Hurry up, there are so many people waiting!" Lu Chen said to Fang Qi.
"Don't worry, sir! We're all busy!" Fang Qi said with a smile, "Did you hear me, sir, I told you to move faster! Don't embarrass me!" Fang Qi urged the Beiwei Guard soldiers who were squatting on the ground and grilling meat. A row of more than a dozen soldiers with backwei guards, wearing backwei armor and Tang knives hanging on their waists, squatted on the ground and grilled wolf meat skewers. The scene was quite spectacular.
"Let the banquet begin!" Following Lu Chen's order, the men, women, and children in the square cheered. As for the 3,000 back Weiwei reserves, some of the group's leading soldiers brought wolf meat and wolf bones back to improve their food. .
Lu Chen was sitting on the chairman's chair, accompanied by several generals from Bei Weiwei, as well as Du Yanliang, Liu Laosan and others. The banquet was also going on in a lively manner.
The next day, Lu Chen was woken up by Liu Jing's knock on the door.
"What's the matter?" Lu Chen got up, picked up some clothes and put them on his body, opened the door and asked Liu Jing in front of him.
"Sir, King Ren Cheng is here!" Liu Jing looked at Lu Chen, who looked sleepy, and said with a smile on his face. He always gets up on time every day, and it is rare to see him getting up so late.
"Oh?" Lu Chen raised his head and glanced at the bright sun hanging high in the sky outside. It was already three o'clock in the morning. Lu Chen pressed his temples. He drank a little late yesterday, so he actually got up late. When he heard Li Daozong arrived, and after opening the door and seeing the air-conditioned shop outside, Lu Chen suddenly became more energetic.
"Your Majesty is sipping tea in the front hall, waiting for you!" Liu Jing waved, and maids carrying copper basins and other toiletries filed into Lu Chen's room and helped Lu Chen wash up. At first, Lu Chen was not too nervous. He was used to having people serve him to wash himself. Later, Su Chang said that if Lu Chen did not let these maids serve him, these maids would be punished. After that, Lu Chen got used to being served by others. Gradually, Lu Chen felt that if there were no maids to serve him, he would still be able to do it. Some are not used to it.
The maid helped Lu Chen wash up. Lu Chen sat in front of the bronze mirror. The maid helped Lu Chen comb his hair. Now Lu Chen's hair has grown a lot and has reached the point where he can tie it up with a hairpin.
Lu Chen was wearing a slim-fitting lake blue floral robe, with a jade belt around his waist, a golden crown on his head, and a folding fan in his hand, making him look like a handsome young man.
"Qingyao, how do you think I am dressed?" Lu Chen opened the folding fan with a "pop" sound, shook it twice, and asked with a smile while looking at Qing Yao who was combing his hair.
"My lord is very...very heroic today!" Looking at Lu Chen's handsome face, Qingyao responded in a low voice with a flushed face.
"One day I won't be brave anymore!" Lu Chen couldn't help but smile at this thirteen or fourteen-year-old maid, and waved to Liu Jing, "Let's go! Follow me to see what this guy Li Daozong wants to do here? "
"King Rencheng has arrived. I'm sorry to welcome him from afar. I hope King Rencheng will forgive me!" When he came to the front hall and saw Li Daozong sitting on a chair sipping tea, Lu Chen said with a smile and cupped his hands.
"Mr. Lu is so polite! I came uninvited and disturbed Mr. Lu. I should ask Mr. Lu to forgive me!" When Li Daozong saw Lu Chen coming, he quickly got up from his chair and returned the courtesy to Lu Chen.
"I'm afraid that the prince will come to punish me!" Lu Chen said half-jokingly, while making a "please sit down" gesture towards Li Daozong.
When Li Daozong heard Lu Chen's joke, he laughed directly, and the two of them sat down separately.
"Your Majesty, are you okay with drinking this tea?" Lu Chen asked with a smile, looking at the half bowl of tea exposed in Li Daozong's covered bowl.
"I only drank this tea once at Third Sister's place. Unexpectedly, it was created by my father-in-law!" Li Daozong looked at Lu Chen and said with a smile.
"If the prince likes it, just take some back when the prince comes back!" Lu Chen said to Li Daozong with a warm smile on his face.
"In this case, I would like to thank Mr. Lu County!" When Li Daozong heard that Lu Chen wanted to give him some "Iron Goddess of Mercy", he rushed to Lu Chen and said with surprise.
"It's just a small gift, Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this!" Lu Chen saw Li Daozong being like this and hurriedly returned the gift and said, "They say they don't come to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. I'm afraid Your Majesty didn't come here just for this little tea, right?" Lu Chen looked at it Li Daozong asked.
"This king is here for court affairs!" Li Daozong put away his smile and looked at Lu Chen and asked. Now the princes Li Jiancheng and Li Yuan have come to Lu Chen's Lujiazhuang, and Li Shimin has not moved yet. As Li Shimin's supporter and younger brother, Li Daozong didn't know what Li Shimin was thinking, but he came to speak to Li Shimin first, and I think Li Shimin wouldn't mind.
"I wonder what happened in the court again? Is it related to me again?" Lu Chen looked at Li Daozong with a confused look on his face and asked.
"You have such a good relationship with Third Sister, how can you not know what's going on in the court?" Seeing the confused expression on Lu Chen's face, Li Daozong couldn't help but complain to Lu Chen in his heart, but Li Daozong couldn't say this. After all, Li Daozong had seen Lu Chen's ability with his own eyes. The things Lu Chen invented alone were enough to make Lu Chen important. What's more, Lu Chen also had the identity of a military adviser of the Women's Army. Who could get Lu Chen's Support means having the support of Li Xiuning, and it will be easier for anyone to get that position when the time comes.
"Now the prince and the King of Qin don't know what Lu County Marquis thinks?" Li Daozong was not polite and dropped the topic directly. Maybe it was because Li Daozong was young and energetic at this time. After all, Li Daozong was also the famous "War Prince" in the Tang Dynasty. , so he definitely couldn’t speak like Li Daozong, the future King of Jiangxia. He was young and had great military exploits, so naturally he would say what he had to say directly.
After hearing what Li Daozong asked him, Lu Chen also understood Li Daozong's purpose. He obviously wanted to support Li Shimin, but this was not surprising. After all, Li Daozong was a staunch supporter of Li Shimin!
"How else can I watch it? Just sit at home and watch it!" Lu Chen looked at Li Daozong and said half-jokingly. Although Lu Chen said it half-jokingly, he still expressed his attitude to Li Daozong, that is, Lu Chen was prepared to stay out of the matter. , remained neutral like Li Xiuning.
"Marquis Lu, I'm afraid it's hard for you to stay out of this matter, right?" Li Daozong picked up Liu Jing's new tea, took a sip, and looked at Lu Chen with a faint smile, "As far as I know, Marquis Lu is now offended. If there are several aristocratic families, if they don't deal with it well, I'm afraid the Marquis of Lu County will be unable to protect himself!" Li Daozong's words were not a threat to Lu Chen, after all, Lu Chen had really offended the Wang family, the Xiao family and the Wei family at the same time. It can be said that they are all from the top aristocratic families, and the only one who is slightly worse is Jingzhao Weishi. According to the understanding of this era, how can Lu Chen's little arm twist this thigh? Even the Li family, regardless of Tian Family, one has to consider the consequences of offending three aristocratic families at the same time. At this point, Li Daozong still admires Lu Chen for being able to sit here so peacefully.
