Chapter 39 [The child is from Hebei]
Changsun's heart suddenly pounded.
The aristocratic family is powerful and should not be moved easily.
The queen was afraid of her husband's impulse, so she quickly changed to say some gentle words and chuckled, ""When I was young, there was a difficult time at home. At that time, my father was suppressed by the powerful ministers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and stopped paying his salary for two years. At that time, I was still young and longed for a new skirt. My eldest brother always loved me and spoiled me, so he went to write articles and copy books for others for half a year. My father also worked hard, and the father and I worked hard for half a year before I helped me earn money for a skirt."
Speaking of this, I looked at Li Shimin, and said with a happy face, "Now, I am all my food and drink are provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I am really satisfied."
"So too!"
The queen's gentleness obviously evaporated the emperor's murderous aura. After hearing this, Li Shimin nodded and said softly: "This pot of ice water requires two pieces of ice, which is also very expensive. This is ice water worth 400 million yuan, which is enough for the people's home to eat and drink for half a year. I feel very satisfied if I have such enjoyment..."
Changsun Yanran smiled and continued to help her husband wipe her sweat.
Li Shimin suddenly remembered the serious matter, looked at Changsun with a bright look, and pondered: "You Guanyin maid, you have never come here, why did you suddenly have free time today? Tell me, what's the matter with me?"
Changsun pretended to be angry, put down the wet wipes in his hand and said, "I have nothing to do, I just come and see you."
"hey-hey!"
Li Shimin smirked twice and whispered: "There is no better husband than your wife. Don't lie to me. We have been together for more than ten years. Who doesn't know each other? You give me ice water to me personally, I'm afraid it's not just to let me relieve the heat?"
Changsun glared at him angrily, but he knew that his little thoughts could not be hidden from his husband. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had been ai for a long time, and finally he said a little shyly: "I just want to come and ask if the Baiqisi has reported any interesting things recently..."
As he said that, he felt that his purpose was too strong, he quickly said, "You also know that the harem is too idle, and I am almost sick. I always want to listen to something interesting so that I can relieve my depressedness."
Li Shimin didn't think much, but frowned and pondered. After a long time, he slowly shook his head and said with a little regret: "If you want to hear interesting things, I can't satisfy you. The Baiqi Commander's comments are all secrets in the court, and no matter which one sounds annoying. The more you listen, the more annoying it becomes, it's better not to listen."
"That's not necessarily your Majesty!"
Changsun's eyes were rumbling and he said in a row: "The Hundred Riders' report is not necessarily all troublesome, such as some small folk things are still very interesting, such as Duke Lu made a bet with someone, or a small refugee selling salted fish..."
Li Shimin's face suddenly became wonderful.
The emperor looked at the queen for a long time, and suddenly laughed and said, "Guanyin maid, you finally showed your little tail. Hahaha, I knew you were having something to do. It turns out that you were still thinking about that little refugee."
Changsun smiled shyly and slapped her husband with a coquettish look.
Li Shimin was so happy that he grabbed the fan and fanned himself. At the same time, he grabbed a stack of secret music from the table and threw it to Queen Changsun and said, "Look, there should be something about that little refugee here."
Changsun refused to reach out to catch it, and his face suddenly changed and said seriously: "This is a secret report from the Hundred Riders. I am not allowed to read it in a vain way."
Li Shimin shook his head helplessly, took back all the secret songs, and coughed and said, "Okay, you stick to the rules, I can't blame you. Since you don't want to read the secret songs, I will tell you something."
Changsun hurriedly said, "You only choose the little refugee and say, I want to know how his salted fish is?"
"What else can it be done? It's not started!"
Li Shimin curled his lips and said with a little disdain: "After all, I am still young and frivolous, and I have no idea about doing things. Before this kid can do something, he went to do another thing first. After hearing this, I was very despised and felt that Cheng Zhijie had lost his identity and made that bet with him in vain."
Changsun looked curious and looked at her husband and said, "He is going to do something else? Are you not going to sell the salted fish?"
The emperor pondered for a moment, suddenly shouted to the darkness of the room, and said, "Who is on duty today? Come and talk to me."
There was a sound of footsteps in the darkness, and a general from the Hundred Riders walked out respectfully.
Li Shimin pointed at him with his hand, turned to Empress Changsun and said, "You ask him Guanyin maid yourself, they all know about that little refugee."
Changsun quickly waved his hand and pretended to be nervous: "This is absolutely not possible. How can I surpass my authority?"
The general of the Baiqisi was flexible in his eyes and said respectfully: "Queen, don't worry, this matter is not a serious matter. All the generals you want to ask know, so I will report it to you myself."
Changsun glanced at Li Shimin and found that her husband was not displeased. Then he nodded slightly and said, "I only listen to gossip, don't talk about the court's serious business."
"I will understand!"
The Baiqi Master bowed and then coughed gently to clear his throat. Then he said: "A few days ago, Li Yun, a refugee, brought one eldest son, one eldest daughter, twenty servants, twenty healthy wives, and one hundred and eighty-two refugees. They gathered outside Chang'an City and looked at the Wei River from afar. Li Yun asked the journey and said, "Here are fishes..."
"Speak human words!"
Li Shimin suddenly glared and scolded: "I am obviously a military general, but I insist on learning from other people's literary styles. What you said is not easy, and I and the queen are not easy to hear."
The general of the Hundred Riders was scolded and no longer dared to speak out. He said softly: "In a vulgar way, Li Yun asked Cheng Chumo if there were fish in the Wei River, and then he talked about a great principle of doing business. Cheng Chumo seemed to be very understanding. He rolled up his sleeves and wanted to go down the river to catch fish."
"Are they starting to catch fish?" Changsun's eyes flashed and anxious, with clear curiosity.
"Not!"
Baiqisi whispered and shook his head and explained, "Li Yun didn't know what he thought. He stopped Duke Cheng Xiaoguo from catching fish, saying that he had to go back to weave fishing nets first, and wait for the iron pot from Cui's warehouse to arrive. By the way, he did something strange. He took Cheng Chumo and his servants to buy big fat pigs everywhere."
"Ah? Big fat pig?"
Changsun is even more curious.
"right!"
The Baiqisi nodded and said, "These days, Li Yun has been leading people to buy fat pigs. After collecting them, they all laid sheep on the banks of the Weishui River, saying that they would kill them when they had enough 100 heads."
Changsun looked at Li Shimin with a confused face, and said in confusion: "Your Majesty, what is that child doing? Pigs are cheap meat and have little food. He bought a hundred fat pigs at once. Aren't he afraid of being able to sell them in his hands?"
Li Shimin's eyes flashed twice and said, "I can help you solve this problem."
Changsun hurriedly approached and said curiously: "Your Majesty, you said."
Li Shimin coughed and said, "I was very curious when I heard about this, so I specifically asked the goods of Baiqisi. They reported to me that the kid wanted to refine oil."
“Refining?”
Changsun's big eyes were full of confusion.
The general of the Baiqisi in the hall spoke carefully and added: "Not only refining oil, but also drying bacon. The pigs also need to be cooked in the water. They will be sold in Chang'an City at that time..."
He stopped here and said a little embarrassedly: "It's a pity that Mo Jiang and others have little knowledge. We can barely understand what's going on with refining oil, but we haven't heard of bacon before. As for the pigs going to water for braised cooking, it feels disgusting to think about it."
Changsun frowned, as if he was disgusting.
What is a pig going into the water?
Pig intestines, pig heads, pig trotters, pig livers, pig lungs, pig tails...
These are all called going into the water, and it feels dirty if you think about it.
"What's wrong with that kid!"
Changsun suddenly felt very worried, and even a kind of love and regret arise. The Tang Dynasty queen felt a sense of sorrow in her heart. Suddenly, a terrible thought flashed through her mind and thought in panic: "Is it God that I am not open to my eyes? This child inherited the congenital hidden disease of His Majesty's third brother. Although he is extremely powerful, he is stupid?"
The queen was worried about gains and losses, and she made random guesses.
At this moment, Li Shimin suddenly spoke slowly and pondered: "Fish, catch fish, pickle salted fish, pot, small pot, small frying pan..."
Changsun looked at her husband with confusion.
Li Shimin's eyes flashed and clever eyes, and said with thoughts, "It is said that he once said that he wanted to let refugees sell a food for fried salted fish in Chang'an City. We already know what salted fish is. The pan also asked Cui's warehouse for the pan, so it was left to fry. The fried oil should be used, which is probably a new cooking method. I guess he must have despised the oil of beef and sheep, so he had to collect enough fat pigs to refine lard."
The emperor is worthy of being the emperor. What Li Yun hadn't started doing yet was actually linked by the emperor's association.
Changsun suddenly breathed a sigh of relief for some reason and suddenly praised: "This child has a good idea of doing things, and it is connected in a slight way, so I feel like it."
Li Shimin glanced at his wife and said, "You still suspect that he is from his third brother."
Changsun asked with the opportunity, and said, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Chapter completed!