After caring about Zheng Peng's "body", Li Longji began to care about his own mouth: "Today is Aiqing's roasted tail feast, the gods have been preparing mysteriously for so long, I don't know what surprises there are, let's say it first, like roasted bear's paws and muddy sheep, these dishes don't need to be served again." ”

Li Longji waited for this feast for more than half a year, and it can be said that he was hung by Zheng Peng.

"Yes, Your Majesty has been nagging about this roasted tail banquet for a long time, saying that the general will have a big surprise, and the concubine is also looking forward to it." Concubine Wu Hui also smiled elegantly.

I have to say that Concubine Wu Hui's appearance, figure and temperament are all first-class, and I don't know if she is born with a good foundation of beauty, or if she is infected by her aunt Wu Zetian, I always feel that behind Concubine Wu Hui's elegance, there is a noble and mysterious temperament, Rao is Zheng Peng was under the offensive of her smile, and there was also a moment of distraction.

Perhaps this is an important reason why she attracted Li Longji.

That's right, although Concubine Wu Hui lost her father at a young age, but Sai Weng lost her horse, she knew that she was not blessed, and was taken to the palace by Wu Zetian to raise her, with Wu Zetian's care, brocade clothes and jade food, every day was happy and beautiful, and at that time, Li Longji was not treated by Wu Zetian, every time she saw this moody grandmother, she was trembling, and Li Longji was in danger, and when she saw Concubine Wu Hui, who had outstanding looks and thousands of manners, she was a bit like a sling looking at the goddess, which was equivalent to his success, and the first time was naturally to conquer this beauty who had made him dream.

Interesting.

Thinking about it, Zheng Peng didn't dare to slack off, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the theme of this roasted tail banquet is the whole pig banquet." ”

What the? Pig?

Pig is cheap meat, after Zheng Peng launched braised meat, it changed many people's views on pigs, including many scholars and students, but the concept of pig is cheap meat has always lingered in the hearts of many people.

Li Longji was a little disappointed: he had been looking forward to it for more than half a year, and Zheng Peng, this guy, actually invited himself to eat pigs?

This kind of mood is a bit like the female netizen who took a plane to meet the male netizen who talked on the Internet, but the male netizen only invited her to eat a bowl of spicy tang for six yuan, but there were more than ten outputs at night.

Concubine Wu Hui's expression was a little stunned, and Gao Lishi on the side picked up the grievances for Li Longji: "General Zheng, why can't you get along with pigs, so much meat, why do you like to use pork, the emperor and the mother are all gold, eat that... All right? ”

As if thinking of something, Gao Lishi suddenly added: "I heard that the Guixiang Guo family has parted ways with you, why, it can't be that you are going to use this roast tail banquet to promote what kind of meat, right?" ”

For Zheng Peng, Gao Lishi knows too well, in order to achieve his own goals, he dares to say anything, and openly said at the rally that his active thinking is because he eats braised pork, as soon as these words came out, those readers seemed to be unable to read books without eating braised pork, and in a very short period of time they swept the entire circle of readers, it was this "shameless and successful" promotion, I don't know how much money Zheng Peng earned.

Seeing Zheng Peng's stunned look, Li Longji knew in his heart, snorted coldly, and said angrily: "It seems that Lux is right, Zheng Peng, you really have a lot of careful thoughts, even I and Concubine Hui dare to calculate." ”

Li Longji lived a hard life, and when he was in the poorest time, eating a noodle soup was a luxury, and to be honest, he was not disgusted with pork, but he didn't like to be calculated by Zheng Peng.

This Colliers is really shrewd, he has never told others about this little bit of caution, but he didn't expect Colliers to see through it at a glance, this is good, even Li Longji showed dissatisfaction, Zheng Peng don't mention how depressed he is, I really want to think about Colliers fighting, who asked him to expose his shortcomings?

Settling accounts is a matter for the future, and now it is time to appease Li Longji's dissatisfaction.

Serving pork to the emperor and Concubine Hui, there will definitely be people who question it, Zheng Peng has already had the answer, and now it's just an explanation in advance.

"The emperor is angry, Weichen is doing this, in fact, there is a reason, please ask the emperor to give Weichen a chance to explain."

Concubine Wu Hui's good-looking eyes rolled, and she quickly smiled and said, "Your Majesty, General Zheng was born and died for the Tang Dynasty, and he worked hard, so it's good to give Zheng Peng a chance to explain." ”

Li Ying is still sitting in the position of the crown prince, Concubine Wu Hui wants to plan for her son Shouwang, and she has to attract more talents, this time, Concubine Hui took the initiative to ask to participate, and followed Li Longji's side, first, to show her "main palace" status, and secondly, to take the opportunity to attract forces from all sides.

A "national weapon" like Zheng Peng, even if he can't use it for himself, if he sells a favor, he will be rewarded in the future.

Li Longji was just a little unhappy, not really angry, and immediately smiled when he heard the words: "It's rare for the concubine to intercede for you, I'll give you a chance, say it." ”

Zheng Peng breathed a sigh of relief and immediately explained: "The first point, the number of roads needed is too large, in order for this road to be successfully completed, it is necessary to open source and reduce expenditure, and launch a new type of braised meat, which is a kind of open source. ”

Li Longji had an expression of "sure enough" on his face, and said quietly: "Don't stop, keep talking." ”

Nothing new, I had long guessed that he would say this.

"The second point is that many soldiers who are conscripted, because they are injured, affect the livelihood of Japan, and if we do a good job in this business, we can pay more taxes to the imperial court, and we can also take care of those soldiers who are discharged from the army and have a difficult life."

Li Longji on the side pursed his lips, but he didn't say good, nor did he say bad.

Sincerely, Zheng Peng is really good to his subordinates, and it is not a secret in the army that he has repeatedly subsidized his soldiers out of his own pocket.

"The third point is to put it bluntly, the emperor and his mother set an example for the people of the world, and there have been many discussions about whether pigs are cheap meat, but some stubborn people think that pigs are cheap meat, which is not good."

Speaking of the third point, Zheng Peng patiently explained: "As far as meat is concerned, Weichen feels that pigs are the most suitable for promotion, and the cost of deer domestication is high, and the price is also high, so it is not suitable for promotion; The cost of sheep is relatively small, but the price is unaffordable for many people, at least it cannot be served on the table as daily meat, because many areas are not suitable for breeding, and the transportation cost in some places is higher than the price of sheep; Needless to say, the foundation of agriculture can not be slaughtered at will, and pigs are easy to raise, and the meat is fast, an ordinary people's home, raising two fat pigs at the end of the year, slaughtering at the end of the year, can almost solve the meat for most of the year, in fact, many people, and even scholars take pork as their daily meat, but they have a burden in their hearts, so that they have to buy a meat secretly. ”

"The last and most important point, which also corresponds to the third point, is why pork is best for promotion, because pork is actually delicious."

After saying so much in one breath, Zheng Peng was a little out of breath when he finished speaking.

Li Longji looked at Zheng Peng, blinked, and quickly said, "Finished?" ”

“... Your Majesty, Weichen finished speaking. ”

"Having said so much, that is, the last sentence is the point" Li Longji was halfway through speaking, when he suddenly stopped, his nose moved, and he said with some surprise: "What kind of dish, so fragrant?" ”

In his early childhood, Li Longji not only experienced the coldness of human feelings, but also tasted the sufferings of the people, Zheng Peng's words, like the prince, King Shou, and Princess Shangxian, they must be difficult to understand, and they can't understand it, but Li Longji understands it as soon as he hears it.

For a ruler, the more stable the people's life, the longer the country will be stable, and the first condition for the stability of the people is that the people's livelihood problems are solved.

Be an example, and you don't have to eat it every day, but Zheng Peng is full of confidence and says that it is delicious, and Li Longji really has a little expectation.

"General Zheng, what kind of dish is this, just smelling this fragrance in our family, the gluttonous worms in our stomach began to move." Colliers also smelled the smell of meat in the air and couldn't help but ask.

"It's very fragrant." Concubine Wu Hui also agreed.

As soon as Zheng Peng smelled it, he knew that the Dongpo meat he had secretly made was out of the pot, and said happily: "If you go back to the emperor, this dish is called Dongpo meat, which is secretly made of good pork belly, soft but not rotten, fat but not greasy, and crispy and fragrant in the mouth." ”

Li Longji laughed: "Then what are you waiting for, let's go, I want to taste it well, Aiqing has been preparing a roasted tail banquet for so long." ”

The emperor had spoken, Zheng Peng didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly led the way in front.

Because there were too many people at the banquet, the lobby could not be placed, and some guests had to arrange to eat in the side hall and corridor, along the way, those ministers who had entered the table in advance stood up and saluted Li Longji and Concubine Wu Hui, and then did not forget to congratulate today's protagonist Zheng Peng, and it took nearly two quarters of an hour for Zheng Peng to arrange for Li Longji and Concubine Wu Hui to sit on the chairman.

Zheng Peng went to greet the guests, and also instructed the subordinates to prepare the dishes, Concubine Wu Hui looked at the lobby, and said with some surprise: "Your Majesty, General Zheng's house is really wonderful, this hall is not crowded with more than 200 people, the structure is reasonable, the furnishings are appropriate, so many people, there is no half of the stuffy feeling, but feel refreshing and pleasant, as if there is a faint fragrance of flowers, it is really wonderful." ”

Li Longji nodded and said: "Don't look at this house is not big, in the case of sufficient manpower, it took nearly four years to build, I heard that Zheng Peng spent a lot of thought, the whole house is equipped with a furnace and a wind instrument, concubine, you can find that there are many hidden air outlets in the lobby, there are people who send air here elsewhere, and at the mouth of the wind cabinet, there are ice cubes and flowers, and when the air is sent, the cool fly of the ice cubes and the fragrance of flowers are also sent together, even if the lobby is full of people, it also feels refreshing, and the fragrance of flowers is pleasant." ”

Speaking of this, Li Longji couldn't help but complain: "This Zheng Peng, I will enjoy it." ”

Concubine Wu Hui smiled, nodded and said: "General Zheng is really a person with great wisdom, Wen can write splendid articles, Wu can go on the horse to kill the enemy and defend the country, I didn't expect that there is a love for life and exquisite heart." ”

While speaking, Concubine Wu Hui put a pair of wonderful eyes on Zheng Peng, with an admiring look in her eyes, and when she turned her gaze, she inadvertently saw the prince Li Ying who was sitting in danger, Li Ying noticed Concubine Wu Hui's gaze, and hurriedly saluted: "Concubine Hui is good." ”

The unhappiness in Concubine Wu Hui's eyes flashed away, and she smiled indifferently: "Your Highness is polite." ”

On the chairman, in addition to Li Longji and Concubine Wu Hui, Zheng Peng, the protagonist, is indispensable, as well as the crown prince Li Ying, Yang Chongli, the head of the household, Xiao Song, the middle secretary, Cui Yuan and Li Linfu, a total of eight people, seeing Li Ying, Concubine Wu Hui felt that her mood was a little worse.

At this time, Zheng Peng returned to the banquet and said with a smile: "Let the emperor, Niangniang, the prince and you wait for a long time, and the roasted tail banquet will start immediately." ”