Chapter 361: Everything is ready
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The next afternoon.
"Whew. Odd. I don't have a thousand jobs today, why am I still a little tired, it seems that I haven't exercised for a long time, alas, I don't know if I can recover to my best condition before the Four Kingdoms Banquet. Li Qi came to the backyard of the Drunken Immortal Residence from the kitchen, shook his arms a few times, felt a little sore, and inevitably felt a little depressed in his heart. Today is the first RI after his return from injury, and his right arm has not moved much for ten consecutive RI, so it is inevitable that there will be some abnormalities.
"Damn, why hasn't this pufferfish come yet?" Li Qi drank a cup of tea, his face slightly distressed. His hand injury is healed, which means that he can practice, but the problem now is that there is no material for him to practice, and it has been more than ten years, but there is no news from Fan Lou's side.
But he also made two preparations, and if the pufferfish had not yet arrived, he planned to take the Supreme Buddha to jump over the wall to compete.
"Master Li, Master Li."
Wu Furong's shouts suddenly sounded outside the house, and his voice was very urgent, thinking that he must have encountered something urgent.
With a bang, Wu Furong opened the door directly and came in, and said excitedly: "Master Li, here, here." β
Li Qi was stunned and said, "What's coming?" Uncle Wu, you make it clear. β
"River."
As soon as Wu Furong said a word, he immediately lowered his voice and whispered, "Master Li, the pufferfish has been delivered." β
It's really just a matter of whatever you want. Li Qi suddenly got up and said happily: "Really? β
Wu Furong nodded vigorously and said, "Young Master Fan sent in to say that now all the pufferfish have been sent to your house in the western suburbs." β
"Let's go."
Li Qi didn't say a word, raised his legs and walked outside, and now there were only five days left before the Four States Banquet, and there was very little time left for him
Erjin rode in a carriage and came to the back door of his house as fast as he could.
Now that the front yard of his manor has been converted into a refugee camp by Bai Qiannuo, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he has long ordered Fan Shaobai to deliver pufferfish directly to the back door of his house.
When they arrived, they saw seven or eight men dressed as fishermen standing in front of the backyard door, and without Richie's permission, they could only stand outside the door and wait. These entrances are all from Fan Lou, and there are more fishermen who go out to fish. There were also three donkey carts with three large vats on them.
"Xiao Jin to meet the official Yan envoy."
When he saw Li Qi, he immediately saluted.
"I'm sorry for you."
Li Qi smiled slightly, arched his hand, and asked, "I wonder how many pufferfish you caught?" β
The leader replied respectfully: "If you go back to Dairi, because it is now a cold winter, there are few pufferfish in Hanoi around, so the small ones have only caught twenty-seven pufferfish." β
"Enough, enough. You guys did a great job. β
Richie complimented that the number was much higher than he had expected. I got on the donkey cart, bent over, and looked into the tank. Na Cheng said: "Xiao Cheng is all in accordance with Da Jin's instructions, and carefully raise these pufferfish on the way." β
"Good." Li Qi smiled and nodded, pufferfish must use fresh, dead pufferfish, even if it is dead for half an hour, it must not be used to cook, because the toxins in the pufferfish's body are likely to have penetrated into the fish. Seeing that all the pufferfish in this tank were alive, Li Qi showed a satisfied smile on his face, and then looked at the rest of the tank, and when he came to the third tank, he suddenly frowned, stretched out his hand and said, "Bring the net." β
As soon as he entered, he hurriedly handed over the fishing net. Li Qi took the fishing net, fished a white pufferfish from the tank, and took a closer look, and the face looked more dignified.
Seeing this, the leader hurriedly said: "Da Jin, isn't there something wrong with this pufferfish?" β
Li Qi was slightly stunned, shook his head and smiled: "This is not a thousand of your white spoons, it's just that this white-skinned pufferfish is too poisonous and not suitable for cooking." β
"What then?"
Li Qi shrugged and said, "Take it and release it." β
"Yes."
Li Qi waved his hand again: "I still don't want it, if you put it in the river, in case it is caught again, it will be a big deal." Okay, leave this alone, come with me. β
With that, he jumped out of the car and led them into the manor.
In fact, about the storage place of pufferfish, Li Qi has been prepared for a long time, not a pond, but a house in the backyard facing north and south, the front and back are houses, so the house is relatively warm, at this time the house has dug four large pits, the four walls of the pit are all paved with pebbles, filled with water, because he is not going to raise for too long, so there is no need to change the water system.
When those fishermen saw it, they were secretly surprised, this official Yan envoy was really generous, and the place where the fish lived was better than the one who stayed there.
Li Qi squatted down, tested the temperature of the water with his hands, nodded with satisfaction, stood up, picked up the fishing net and walked towards the tanks. Seeing this, the leader hurriedly said: "Da Jin, let the small ones do these rough jobs." β
Li Qi shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll just come by myself." β
The fishermen didn't understand it at first, but it was only when they saw that Li Qi separated different species and different sizes and put them into the four big pits.
After putting all the pufferfish into the puddle, Li Qi let out a sigh of relief and ordered Ma Qiao: "Ma Qiao, you go find a few clever servants to enter and show me this house, no one is allowed to enter this house without my orders." β
Ma Qiao answered and went out.
Li Qi invited these fishermen to the back hall again, and then called in to get some copper coins, and said with a smile: "Everyone has worked hard, this is a little bit of my care, you can take it and buy some wine to drink." β
The leader hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Da Jin, this is all within the responsibility of Xiao Jin, how dare I ask you for a reward." β
Li Qi's face sank, and he said: "Tell you to accept it, you accept it, where do you have so many words." β
Najin didn't dare to say more, thanked him in unison, and then accepted the money with full joy.
After Li Qi instructed some matters concerning the raising of pufferfish, it was convenient for Wu Furong to go back.
The pufferfish finally came, and Li Qi was naturally in a much better mood, sitting in the carriage and humming this little song.
Wu Furong stroked his beard and suddenly asked, "Master Li, when are you going to make pufferfish?" β
"Early in the morning."
Li Qi said and smiled again: "Do you want to try it too?" β
Wu Furong smiled and said: "The old decay has this intention. β
Li Qi said with a little curiosity: "Aren't you afraid?" β
"Hey." Wu Furong raised his hand and said: "You dare to make it for the emperor to eat, the old man is still very afraid of his age, he used to hear that he would eat pufferfish even if he lost his life, and he really wanted to taste what this pufferfish tasted like, and he couldn't even care about Xing's life." β
When did this old man become so brave? Li Qi smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll make one to try tomorrow, but there is no delicious dish in this world that is worth fighting for." β
Wu Furong smiled: "That's, that's." β
Li Qi suddenly glanced outside, saw that he had come to the vicinity of the bar, and thought, I haven't been to the bar for a long time. He said, "Ma Qiao, let's go to the bar first." β
As soon as Ma Qiao heard that he went to the bar, he didn't say a word, and immediately stepped up. Bar, what is lacking will not lack alcohol o. When I entered the bar, I just opened the door, and a wave of heat rushed in.
"Wow! So much in. β
Li Qi swept his eyes, and saw that the inside was full of people, and the golden red sè fire that came out of the four large fireplaces was like a glow, adding a touch of brilliant sè color to the bar.
"Master Li is here."
I don't know which of the second goods suddenly shouted.
In a trance, Li Qi saw the black pressure move towards this side with lightning speed.
As soon as he entered, he came directly to Li Qi and said excitedly: "Master Li, do you know that I bought you to win all, and you must play three games in a row." β
Li Qi shrank his head back and said, "O? Oh! Thanks a lot! "But I thought to myself, it seems that they still have a lot of confidence in me.
Another one shouted: "Shangyao has the virtue of a good life, our Great Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette, how can we kill them all, Master Li is a humble gentleman, there is a way to be spared and forgive, you can win two games, give him a way to live." β
"Why?"
"Hey, hey, because I bet on you to win two."
cΔoοΌ Buy a gamble, do you need to say so much truth? Li Qi couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, and nodded and said, "Really?" Small bets, small bets, don't play big. β
"Master Li, don't listen to their white spoons, I'm going to lose all three of your games, you must not win."
"Hehe, moreβa little more, by the way, have you put all your savings on it?" Li Qi gritted his teeth and smiled.
"Not really."
"That's a shame."
"Master Li, I heard that you were injured last time you went to the palace for a banquet?"
"W-what? Which dog is spreading rumors. β
"Are you seriously injured? Will it affect your performance? β
"I'm not hurt."
"Did you hurt your left hand or your right hand?"
"It can't be an ass, right?"
"Again, I'm not hurt."
"Did you fall or get hurt?"
"Damn!"
Li Qi scolded angrily, and was very depressed in his heart, this is really self-inflicted. He originally designed it to deal with the imperial chef of the Jin Kingdom, but he didn't expect to put himself in it.
"Let's let go, let's go, everyone, let go." Suddenly, a crowd came over and shouted loudly.
The crowd turned their heads and quickly got out of the way.
It was Cai Yong who came in.
Cai Yong stepped forward, arched his hand towards Li Qi, and said with a smile: "Master Li, Master and Captain Gao, please come over." β
Li Qi was worried that he couldn't get out, so he hurriedly said, "Yes, then let's go over quickly." β
Those who entered in front of Cai Yong didn't dare to be presumptuous, so they had to watch Li Qi leave with a depressed face.
After squeezing out of the group, Li Qi wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, md, it seems that Lao Tzu is not suitable to go out. He let out a long breath, looked around, and asked, "Steward Cai, where are the Taishi and Taiwei?" β
"Now, aren't you sitting there?" Cai Yong pointed to the left front, Li Qi followed his finger and looked, only to see Cai Jing and Gao Yu Erjin sitting in front of a fireplace, a small table in front of them, with some food and wine on the table, Erjin leaning on the sofa, talking and laughing, so unhappy.