Nowadays, all the cooks in Lu Chen's house have received training in Lu Chen's recipes. Besides, as a county official, there is more than one cook in the kitchen. With little skill, a banquet table in the side hall was set up. At the same time, Lu Chen also went to I came back with two bottles of Erguotou.
Now that there is a glass bottle shop, the glass bottle is no longer a rare thing for Lu Chen. However, when Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong saw Lu Chen treating the glass bottle so casually, they still felt like a waste of natural resources.
"Putting wine in a glass bottle, you are probably the only one who can do this!" As soon as Lu Chen put Erguotou on the table, Li Daozong couldn't help but tease Lu Chen when he looked at the glass bottle.
"Recently, Liulifang fired a batch of things, which happened to be for auction. Can the two princes take a look together later?" Lu Chen picked up a bottle of Erguotou, unscrewed the bottle cap and poured a glass of wine for each of the two princes. Finally, he said with a smile.
"That's great!" Li Daozong couldn't wait to take a sip of wine, and then said after he was satisfied.
"I didn't expect that there would be so many green vegetables in Lu County's palace, which really surprised me!" Looking at the dishes of stir-fried vegetables on the table, Li Xiaogong couldn't help but have a look of envy in his eyes. Even though he was a prince, he wanted to It is a luxury to eat green vegetables in this season, but Lu Chen casually laid out several plates of different green vegetables, how could he not make Li Xiaogong envious.
"Your Majesty, I have already sent people to deliver green vegetables to the Prince's house. I believe that when the Prince returns home, he should be able to taste the green vegetables!" Lu Chen lifted the back of his robe, sat on the chair, and looked at Li Xiaogong smiled.
"Oh? You actually sent someone to deliver green vegetables to me? Why didn't I know?" Hearing Lu Chen say that he had sent someone to deliver green vegetables to him, he looked at Lu Chen in surprise. Someone should report to him that he sent green vegetables, but he has not received any news yet.
"Perhaps Brother Wang went to my palace and got separated from the person who delivered the food. I don't know!" Li Daozong didn't care at all. He directly stretched out his chopsticks to take a mouthful of cabbage and said casually while eating, "It's also possible. Maybe Mrs. Wang accepted it!"
"It's possible!" After listening to Li Daozong's words, Li Xiaogong nodded. After all, the matter of green vegetables is big or small, and his own Princess Dou might have the final say.
"Brother Wang, if you don't eat it, this dish will be cold!" Li Daozong looked at Li Xiaogong and said.
Li Xiaogong looked at Li Daozong's eating posture and couldn't help but smile and shake his head and said: "That is to say, you are so wild here in County Duke Lu. If your eating posture is seen by outsiders, it will really be an eyesore!" Li Xiaogong laughed. After scolding Li Daozong, he picked up a chopstick and put a piece of food into his mouth. After taking this mouthful of food, Li Xiaogong's eyes widened.
"Mr. Lu, I have something to ask of you!" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen and said after taking a few bites of food.
"The prince has something to do, but it's okay to talk!" Lu Chen put down his chopsticks and looked at Li Xiaogong and said.
"The cooking skills of those chefs in your kitchen are so good. I wonder if I can send someone to learn from them?" Li Xiaogong was famous for his enjoyment in history. Although there is speculation that it was because of his great achievements that shocked the master. He is suspected of hiding his power and biding his time to protect himself, but Li Xiaogong's original character is also luxurious and generous, and he treats others modestly, so he likes this appetite quite.
"Why not? The prince just sends someone to learn from him!" Lu Chen said with a smile. He thought Li Xiaogong was going to say something big, and Lu Chen would naturally not refuse such a thing.
"Thank you so much, Duke Lu!" Li Xiaogong smiled at Lu Chen.
"It's just a trivial matter, it's nothing to worry about. Your Majesty's words are serious!" Lu Chen said with a casual smile, "But I do have something I want to talk to Your Majesty about!"
Now that we have had three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, it is a good time to talk about things. Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and said.
"Oh? I wonder what Duke Lu wants to say to this king?" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen and asked.
"As far as I know, the prince should still be the general manager of Kuizhou now, in charge of warships and sailors, right?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and asked.
"That's right! Although His Majesty called me back to Beijing to report on my duties this time, it seems that he has no intention of letting me step down as the general manager of Kuizhou. Could it be that Mr. Lu County is also interested in this water battle?" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen and asked.
"I'm not good at water warfare!" Lu Chen hurriedly waved his hands and shook his head and said, "I just want to ask, can the warships under the prince's current ship go to sea?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and asked.
"Mr. Lu is joking. The warships under my command can pass through rivers and lakes. If they go out to sea, the sea will be vast and boundless. How can we do it!" Hearing Lu Chen's question, Li Xiaogong laughed directly. At this time Warships are all flat-bottomed warships. The situation of such ships in rivers or lakes with less wind and waves is not a big problem, but it is difficult to go far into the ocean.
Although there are fishermen who go out to sea to fish, they are all offshore, and the boats they use are mostly small and medium-sized ships. As for the large-scale ships with the largest carrying capacity in the Tang Dynasty navy, they can only carry a weight of about two thousand stones at most. How to carry out long voyages? So after Li Xiaogong heard Lu Chen's question, he immediately laughed.
"If I can design an ocean-going ship, I wonder if the prince can build it?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and asked with a smile.
"I wonder what the ship Mr. Lu said looks like? And what kind of material is it made of?" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen and smiled. Although Li Xiaogong did not believe that Lu Chen could design any warship, after all, from what Lu Chen said just now, Li Xiaogong could tell that Lu Chen didn't understand water warfare, but Li Xiaogong still asked Lu Chen politely. Lu Chen had created a lot of novel things, and he might have some good suggestions.
"It's just an idea at the moment. When the time comes, I will send the design drawings to His Majesty and the Prince for review. If it works, I will definitely let my Tang navy gallop across the ocean!" Lu Chen thought about it and said. Originally, Lu Chen wanted to directly propose it. They were building iron-clad ships, but Lu Chen discovered a problem, that is, how to solve the power problem after building the iron-clad ships, so Lu Chen planned to test the iron-clad ships first, so he swallowed what he originally wanted to say.
"In that case, I will just wait for Duke Lu's design!" Li Xiaogong said with a smile. Although Li Xiaogong didn't hold any hope in his heart, he still had to be polite.
"Brother Chengfan, I wonder if we can find Qian Junnan now?" Lu Chen turned to look at Li Daozong and asked. Since Li Daozong has been investigating Qian Junnan, it must be easy for Li Daozong to find Qian Junnan. .
"It's a trivial matter!" Li Daozong smiled and said, "Here comes someone!" Li Daozong turned around and shouted outside the side hall, and immediately a guard ran in.
"Go and bring Qian Junnan here!" Li Daozong ordered directly, and the guards immediately followed the order and ran out.
"I wonder how you two are eating? Do you have time to go down and see the 'gifts' prepared for those people?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong and said with a smile.
"You're full of wine and food!" Li Daozong patted his belly and said with a smile.
"Now that we've had enough wine and food, how about we take a walk and treat it as a digestion?" Lu Chen stood up with a smile and made a "please" gesture to the two of them.
"It's a good time to enjoy the scenery of Lujiazhuang!" Li Xiaogong stood up with a smile, and Li Daozong stood up accordingly. The three of them walked out of Lu Chen's mansion and walked directly to the workshop area.
The three of them walked in front, naturally accompanied by the guards and others behind them, and the group came to the workshop area in a mighty manner.
Lu Chen took Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong directly into Liulifang. At this time, the craftsmen had just had lunch and were sitting casually in the workshop to rest.
"My lord, my lord!" As soon as Ding Wu, who was chatting with the craftsmen, saw Lu Chen coming in with Li Daozong and someone he didn't know, Ding Wu hurried over to greet Lu Chen and Li Daozong. As for Li Xiaogong, although he didn't know him, But someone who can come with his father-in-law must not be an ordinary person, so Ding Wu also paid a courtesy visit to Li Xiaogong.
"No need to be polite!" Lu Chen waved his hand, and Ding Wu and the other craftsmen straightened up.
"Have you finished your meal?" Lu Chen asked with a smile as he looked at the group of people.
"I just finished eating the food sent by my aunt!" Ding Wu said with a smile.
"Have you done everything I asked you to do?" Lu Chen looked at Ding Wu and asked.
"Master, all the things you asked for have been made! They are all in the box over there!" Ding Wu pointed to several wooden boxes stacked together on the side, which were covered with felt.
"Open it and show it to me!" Lu Chen said.
"Hey!" Ding Wu responded, "You guys, bring the boxes over here!" Ding Wu called on a few craftsmen to carry the wooden boxes to Lu Chen's feet, and then opened the lids of the wooden boxes. Under the sunshine, Under the illumination, the surfaces of the glass products in the box flashed with brilliance.
"Find this dragon and this set of glass cups for me to put in a small box!" Lu Chen picked up a few glass products and rubbed them twice. Although the feel was definitely not as smooth and round as modern ones, in this era, being able to It's pretty good to polish it by hand to this extent.
Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong were directly stunned by the glass products in the box. In the box, Lu Chen directly baked a set of twelve zodiac animals, as well as glass bottles and glasses. When they took out each item, they saw Those are priceless things.
"Two princes, what do you think of these things?" Seeing the stunned looks of these two princes, Lu Chen suddenly felt a small sense of vanity satisfaction. He smiled and said to Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong, "I'll prepare some for those people." How about this 'gift'?"
"Are you really ready to sell this thing?" Li Daozong asked with some reluctance as he looked at the glass products in the box.
