Ang Lee chose Gibraltar as the place to celebrate, firstly, because he did not want to be too ostentatious in other people's capitals, and partly because Gibraltar is the only territory of the Tang Dynasty in Europa, and it is also an important fortress of the Silk Road in the West, which has a huge role in stabilizing the Silk Road, and it is of great significance to celebrate here.

Another reason is that this is Li Xiaolu's hometown, so Li Ang has a special affection for this place, plus there is a beautiful cave here that is warm in winter and cool in summer, which is an excellent place to celebrate, so the celebration location is in this beautiful cave.

The light in the cave is not too sufficient, which is the most regrettable part of the whole cave, but Ang Lee must carry equipment such as generators and electric lights when he travels, so there is no pressure to make the banquet venue brighter.

After Li An gave the order to hold a banquet, his subordinates had already begun to enter the cave to set up, and a lot of equipment was moved in, and even a few small houses were built inside, and some houses were also built outside the cave.

For example, the toilet must be placed outside the cave, so that the environment in the cave can be better protected, otherwise, if the toilet is built inside the cave, it will greatly pollute the cave, and it will be bad to make it smelly.

The pollution of the kitchen is also relatively large, so it should also be built outside, but the food such as cold dishes that have been made should be placed inside the cave in order to better preserve the freshness, and this kind of cold dish will not produce oil smoke and will naturally not pollute the environment in the cave.

In order to add a little atmosphere, Ang Lee not only asked his subordinates to deploy lights in the cave, but also set up many different colors of lights, so that the monotonous cave will become beautiful, and people will feel very comfortable staying inside.

Those who can participate in the celebration banquet are all high-ranking officials who have followed Li An for a long time, and the people around them are naturally not allowed to participate, even Li Xiaolu, who has served Li An for a long time, can only accompany Li An, but cannot sit at the table.

Because the space of the cave is not too large, so, only five tables are placed, a large one in the middle, there are four small tables around, there are dozens of people participating in the celebration, of course, this is the number of people inside the cave, there are hundreds of people celebrating at the same time in the shade of the port, however, the environment there is far less than here, the temperature in the cave is the most in line with the comfort of the human body, only the highest official and the person who has contributed the most, can enjoy such a good treatment.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the construction of the Maritime Silk Road is my century-old plan of the Tang Dynasty, and it is a major event related to the descendants of the Tang Dynasty.

Ang Lee stood up and cheered up his morale loudly.

All the officials also stood up, clasped their fists and saluted Li An, everyone's face was filled with a happy smile, after all, the Maritime Silk Road was finally completed, and all of them were great heroes, and they were all great heroes who would inevitably go down in history, so how could they not be happy in their hearts, how could they not be excited.

Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Li An raised his glass and said: "You have worked hard all the way, come, this official will do it first as a respect." ”

After speaking, he tilted his head and drank all the wine.

Naturally, everyone didn't dare to refuse, and they all happily drank the wine in their cups, and then laughed heartily.

After dozens of glasses of wine, Li Ang was already slightly drunk, and this state was when Li Ang was most excited, and what he usually didn't dare to say was now dared to say it.

"When you sing about wine, life is geometric! For example, the morning dew is bitter in the past. Be generous and unforgettable. How to solve the problem? Only Du Kang. Qingqing Zijin, leisurely my heart. But for the sake of the king, he has been groaning so far. Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild apples. I have guests, drummers and shengs. It's as clear as the moon, when can it be done? Worries come from it, and they cannot be cut off. The more strange it is, the more vain it exists. Talking about the old kindness. The moon stars are scarce, and the black magpie flies south. Three turns around the tree, what branches can be followed? The mountains are not tired of being high, and the sea is not tired of being deep. Zhou Gong vomited and fed, and the world returned to the heart. ”

Ang Lee used the strength of the wine to recite Cao Mengde's short song in one breath, and he chanted it very loudly, so that everyone present could hear it clearly.

"Okay, Cao Mengde's poem, good poem."

Some officials smiled and agreed, praising Li An's recitation, but there were also some officials who looked a little nervous, and a few timid ministers directly used the excuse of going to the toilet to slip away.

"Li Shilang, why did you suddenly recite a short song, and you recited it so well, this is Cao Mengde's poem!"

A minister who walked out of the cave cautiously talked to his colleagues beside him.

"Isn't it? Cao Mengde is a traitor who usurped the Han Dynasty, Li Shilang is now above 10,000 people under one person, and now he has successfully opened up the Maritime Silk Road for the Tang Dynasty, and his status is even more lofty. ”

Said a colleague next to him.

"Shhh, be quiet, this kind of thing must not be said nonsense, if you don't get it, you will lose your head, we are all low-level and humble petty officials, where can we manage such a big thing, maybe Li Shilang is just happy for a while, and there is no intention to say, in short, we can just talk about it in private, but we must not talk nonsense in front of others!"

"Understand, I naturally understand this, those who said that Li Shilang's recitation was good just now, I'm really worried about them! In case someone ...... Ah! It's unimaginable! ”

"That's right, it's good that we didn't say anything, and no matter what happened, it didn't affect us."

"Yes, yes, let's go back early! No matter what they say, it's okay for us to say nothing. ”

After some discussion, the two timid officials returned to the cave and continued to participate in the banquet.

It's no wonder that some officials are frightened, Li An's status at this time is already very high, and it is indeed compared with Cao Mengde back then, although there is not much military power, but a lot of strange high-tech is in the hands of Li An's brain, among the many officials in the Tang Dynasty, there are many people who are obedient to Li Anxin, in case of a change in the royal family, everything is difficult to say!

Of course, Ang Lee was just in a happy mood, casually reciting the poems of the ancients, and did not think about so many problems, nor did he feel that there was anything wrong with reciting ancient poems, as for others thinking nonsense, Ang Lee couldn't care so much, with the strength of his body as a backing, Ang Lee never worried that he would be in danger, let alone that someone would frame him.

The temperature inside the cave is very cool, so even if you eat a lot of food and drink a lot of alcohol, you don't feel hot at all, and your body is really comfortable.

In such a comfortable environment, Li An's interest was naturally better, and then he recited several poems, including poems made by the ancients before, as well as many poems in the Song Dynasty.

"The great river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the eternal romantic characters. To the west of the base, humanity is, Zhou Lang Chibi of the Three Kingdoms. The rocks pierced the air, the waves crashed on the shore, and thousands of piles of snow were rolled up. The country is picturesque, and there are many heroes at one time. Thinking about Gongjin back then, Xiao Qiao got married for the first time, and he was heroic. Lupine scarf, talking and laughing, the canopy is gone. The old country fugue, affectionate should laugh at me, born early. Life is like a dream, and a bottle is still a river. ”

Ang Lee finally recited a song that he liked very much, which is also a very good poem, however, because Datang is not a popular word, many officials expressed doubts, thinking that what Ang Lee said was catchy, but unfortunately it was not a poem, however, because Ang Lee's status was too high, no one dared to ask anything, just said yes.

"Colleagues, everyone must eat and drink well today, my Datang Maritime Silk Road has finally been developed, after you return to Chang'an City, Your Majesty will personally reward you, and I hope you will make persistent efforts in the future to make greater contributions to Datang."

Ang Lee began to repeat what he had already said when he first opened the table, obviously a little drunk, otherwise he wouldn't be so verbose?

The officials who attended the banquet were also very cooperative, all of them sang all kinds of praises, and some people who were also a little drunk began to speak freely.

The banquet to celebrate the opening of the Maritime Silk Road lasted for more than three hours, all the officials who participated in the banquet were all full, many people were able to eat, and the atmosphere of the banquet was always lively and cheerful, which was a very successful celebration banquet.

Of course, since it is a celebration banquet, for those who have meritorious service, it is natural to need to be rewarded, however, Li An can not give them many rewards, after all, Li An, like them, is working for the Tang Dynasty, if you want to carry out large-scale rewards, it should be the court responsible for rewarding, not let Li An reward, especially the promotion of official positions, must be the final say of the court, Li An can only make a suggestion at most, and cannot finally decide on the promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials under his command, unless it is a very low-level official, Ang Lee can be cut first and then played, promoted and dismissed at will, and in the end, there must be confirmation from the imperial court and change the official seal.

In addition, all the officials worked hard to open up the Maritime Silk Road, not for the benefit of Li An, but for the benefit of the entire Tang Empire, so the large-scale reward naturally needs to be responsible for the Tang Dynasty, and it would be good for Li An to invite them to a meal.

"Have you eaten enough?"

Li An looked at the several ministers who walked past him, and asked with a smile, which can be regarded as a greeting.

"I'm full, I'm full, I'm eating very well."

"This time the successful opening of the Maritime Silk Road, Li Shilang should be the first to take the lead, and we are the only one who is the first to look forward."

"The cave has a pleasant climate, and it's a great place to have a feast."

Several officials under his command said casually, but they were all polite words that didn't make much sense.

Li An casually greeted everyone, encouraged everyone to continue to work hard and serve Datang, and then all these guys who had eaten up enjoyed the scenery in groups in the cave, and even some officials went to the lower level of the cave to explore.

Fortunately, Li An had already arranged for soldiers to escort the lower levels, so that there were no personal safety accidents of the officials, which greatly protected the lives of the officials.

Today's weather is quite hot, so all the officials who left the cave for a walk and eat will soon return to the cave, and they plan to stay on the side.

This made Li An feel a little unsatisfactory, because it was too late to eat, and it was soon time to rest, and he planned to spend a sweet night in the cave with Li Xiaolu, but these guys did not leave in the name of enjoying the beautiful scenery of the cave, and Li An, as the commander, could not drive them all away, which was not conducive to the direct unity of the superiors and subordinates.

Even, a few officials were tired of walking, and went directly into the small room that Li Ang prepared for himself to sit and rest, which made Li Ang quite helpless.

In order to unite his subordinates, Li An could only continue to walk in the cave, greeting and chatting with his subordinates from time to time about things that did not make much sense, and for some subordinates who entered the small room to rest, they could only pretend not to see, after all, there were only a few wooden stools in the small room at this time, and there was not even a bed.

On the contrary, it was precisely because of their respect for Li An that they saw that Li An had stayed in the cave and did not leave, and they were embarrassed to leave, feeling that it would be disrespectful to the leader if they left first on the premise that the leader had not left.

This kind of fucking etiquette has been like this since ancient times, and at this moment it has become a big trouble in front of Li An, in fact, these officials are also very aggrieved, after they are tired, they also want to go back to sleep well, but Li An has not left, so they dare not go, some of the older officials, because they really can't stand, so, will secretly run to the small room to rest.

It's just that the climate in the cave is very cool, so although the officials have some grievances, they are not in a hurry on the whole, and they don't believe that Li An will always rely on it.

"Why are these rammers still not leaving, do you still need me to open my mouth to drive them away?"

Li An walked to the outside of the cave, looked at the stars in the sky, and muttered to himself.

Li Xiaolu followed and walked out, and whispered: "Did they see that Li Shilang was here, and they didn't dare to leave without permission!" ”

Li An slapped his head and blurted out, "That's right! It must be like this, I was really confused for a while, I didn't forget this stubble, go, go and blow them away. ”