The second elder of Pulimen, who had not spoken, said with a smile:

"In my judgment, Mr. Li will not want the two of you to leave the Guangyue Gate and the Jade Fan Hall from now on, because his identity is here, and there is no clear force under his name, even if the current imperial court adopts a blind eye to him!"

Xun Wenqing laughed and said: "Brother Long's heart is still bright, it is really possible for the two of them to retain their sect identities forever, but this point has been ignored by me!" ”

Long Tong looked at Ji and Shang, and suddenly his face turned pale:

"But you two can't just ignore it, Tongyun Cave is very important to Luofu Mountain, otherwise there won't be so many sects overturned! If you two have your own sect in mind, you must try your best to give us more places, and you also know that Mr. Li is so strong, we can't be qualified to bargain with him because of the two of you! ”

Not to mention how to arrange it here, Li Yiyi and his party rushed back to their residence before dark.

From Guangfu Building, he took his wife and children to Baiyun Mountain, one to play, and the other to check the location of the steep slope, whether there was an abnormality.

In the blink of an eye, the Chinese New Year's Eve arrived, and after several invitations, the old ancestor and Grandma Li insisted on refusing to appear, and they could only let them.

For the second elder, since he is not at home, he no longer participates in the chaos, and when he is older, he wants to be quiet.

When it was time for dinner, he would return to the secret realm, cook a few dishes, and spend Chinese New Year's Eve with the second elder.

Early in the morning, Mi Rui sent someone to invite him, and there would be a farewell banquet in the official mansion at noon, but he was politely declined.

Both Li Zhi and Mahdi understood that among the officials, those whose hometowns were not here had already returned, and most of the people who remained in the government office were formally left-behind personnel who had long been absent-minded.

Rushing over by himself and others is to add a burden to the government, and it will only be disgusting to mobilize the people.

Even those who have been guarding the inn recently, Li Zhi also has their own rewards, and he sent them away early.

The officials who came with the ship before arranged for everyone to leave temporarily after deciding to stay in Guangzhou for the Chinese New Year, and Li Zhi's consideration was still very reasonable.

Despite this, since yesterday evening, Li Zhi has not stopped the visits of officials at all levels, and he has accepted all the yellow and white things, but they are all given back with Zhengqing Wenqitang products, and the simple value is only high and not low, and everyone is happy.

He didn't want to make the local officials feel uncomfortable because of his arrival, and he didn't want to get involved in any political affairs.

After all, it has only been less than two months since he took office, and he will go back in the first Spring Festival, but it is not good for his reputation.

All of these people stayed here yesterday, including Gongwei, and they all stayed here for the New Year.

The two assassins of Fuzhou and Quanzhou also came to Guangzhou today, just to participate in the banquet in the official mansion.

The other regional officials are still good to say that they have just been assigned to Jiangnan Province, and when they come at this time, they will not forget their old kindness, and after all, both of them were promoted by Mirui.

At the end of the year, it was the time when the local officials were diligent in running, and the two of them had been in that state half a month ago.

At that time, there was no crime of accepting bribes, but was included in the category of six stolen goods, although Tang Law also imposed heavy laws on corruption and quantified it, but at that time, gifts were mostly cloth, cooked pigs and mutton, cattle and horses, and even maidservants, so unless someone reported it, it was generally not so harsh.

Silk cloth can be used as currency circulation in the Tang Dynasty, of course, it is meaningless to only talk about the price in horses, and it is meaningless to use the ruler as a unit.

One piece of cloth is equivalent to 200 wen, and it can also replace less than two stones of grain in a good harvest year, so this kind of gift-giving method was still very popular at that time.

It is not any material can be, the gift of this kind of cloth is called silk, commonly known as coarse silk, is a kind of white silk from the silkworm cocoon reeling, or woven into silk, "brown fur quilt, sitting and lying with residual temperature" is specifically referred to this thing.

Because it can also be used to make clothes, it is quite acceptable in the era of Datang.

Li Zhi has received nearly 1,000 horses in the past few days, and he plans to sell them all overseas, and he has purchased them in large quantities in Hangzhou.

Of course, some people with high official positions directly use silver taels, and gold is also available, and the number of belts is very small, and Li Zhi is not directly in charge of government affairs, so no one will pin their wealth and future on him.

It is shameful to give bribes, but Li Zhi did not stand on the moral high ground and put himself in the category of sanctimoniousness, but he would never accept gifts from foreign envoys.

Including the two assassins who came from afar, they were tired all the way, and they couldn't bear to embarrass them.

And the two also knew that Li Zhi was not rare, so they simply decided to stay and accompany them for the New Year, so they could wait for the opportunity to have some in-depth exchanges with Li Zhi.

It was much less to wait until the afternoon to usher in the delivery, and before dark, Mi Rui and several local officials also arrived with their families.

For Li Zhi, today is a busy day, but for the guests, it is full of fun.

Not to mention anything else, the ladies have a huge nature of making dumplings, although the territory of Guangzhou is not fashionable to eat dumplings, but Li Yiyi and his party are mostly northerners, and the guests also have a soft spot for dumplings.

In addition, this kind of food wrapped in dough is more comfortable to do by yourself, and you can choose your favorite flavor.

These women have a great interest in using Shixin seafood as dumpling filling, and often wrap a few, and then put it in the pot to cook and taste, and they are famous for the dumplings of the Tang Dynasty, leaving the wisdom and wisdom of the innovative people of the Western Regions.

Unfortunately, after trying dozens of fillings, the shrimp became the only seafood dumplings.

Mushroom and horseshoe beef dumplings and mutton dumplings have become the mainstream again, and at most they are wrapped with some vegetarian fillings, but the assembly-line operation has also made them less excited.

In fact, there was another preparation in the back kitchen of the inn, so that they could participate in the hall, and it was just a matter of making the guests happy.

These cooks who are stranded at work, Li Zhi gives them several times the salary, and they are still very hard-working.

Luofu Mountain and his party appeared shortly after Mi Rui and others came, and naturally brought a lot of gifts, more than 30 people, and the gifts accounted for five carriages.

The main thing is still the mountain goods, and then there are two cars of Tusu wine, even after the appearance of liquor, the folk customs of the Tang Dynasty in the north and south, it and pepper wine are indispensable for the New Year.

At that time, the Spring Festival was the most solemn traditional festival of the Tang people, no matter how far away from home, the wanderers from all sides of the world had to reunite with their families to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new together.

In addition to eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and setting off the blast rod, there is also a custom that the whole family drinks Tusu wine and pepper flower wine to prevent the plague and wish good luck, health and longevity.

According to legend, Tusu wine was created by Hua Tuo, a famous doctor in the Han Dynasty, and this medicine has the effect of benefiting temperature and yang, dispelling wind and cold, and avoiding the evil of epidemic boils.

It is said that every year in the lunar month, Sun Siqiao always gave a packet of medicine to the neighbors, telling everyone to soak wine with medicine and drink it on Chinese New Year's Eve to prevent plague.

Because Sun Simiao named his house "Tusu House", later, after generations of generations, drinking Tusu wine has become a custom for the New Year.

Li Zhi once asked Sun Simiao, and he laughed at him, let alone explain what "Tusu House" was, but the very chic and almost elegant custom of drinking Tusu wine has continued to the modern era of later generations.

From ancient times to the present, even people who can't drink alcohol drink a little more at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Of course, Chinese New Year's Eve wine mainly includes "grape paste", "lanwei wine", "pepper flower wine", "plum blossom wine", "peach blossom wine", "Tusu wine" and so on.

Later, he learned alchemy, and Li Zhifang knew that Tu Su was a kind of herbal name, and its formula was soaked in wine with rhubarb, atractylodes, cinnamon branches, parsnip, pepper, aconitum, and other traditional Chinese medicines.

Most people drink alcohol, always starting with the elderly; But drinking Tusu wine is just the opposite, starting from the youngest.

That is to say, when the family gathers to drink Tusu wine, start with the younger children, and the older ones follow, and drink a little one by one.

This unique drinking order has always evoked various emotions in ancient times, so it leaves a deep impression on people.

Until the Qing Dynasty, this custom continued to flourish.

Although this custom is no longer prevalent on a large scale among people in modern society, the custom of drinking these medicinal wines still exists on festivals and ordinary times.

But in later generations of Japan, it was at this time that the custom of Tusu wine flowed in, and to this day, Tusu wine will be drunk in the New Year.

If you analyze the medicinal properties and effects of the seven-flavor herbs contained in Tusu wine, you can clearly know that it is a prevention and treatment of plague.

Su Shi of the Song Dynasty "drank Tu Su at the end of every year, and I didn't feel that I was more than 70 years old", which is Tu Su wine.

Mahdi and the others, who were sitting under the grape trellises, couldn't help but be curious when they saw the wine that they had brought in to drink today.

After getting acquainted with everyone again, Xun Wenqing happily slapped open a jar and took a cup for the guests to taste.

Tusu wine must be drunk after being warm, otherwise it will affect the effectiveness of the medicine, and once a day, you should pay attention to the amount of drinking, and you can only drink about a small cup each time.

A very small wine glass, a small amount, after Xun Wenqing handed it over, his own true qi could already make Tu Su wine warm and moderate.

The others only felt that the entrance was spicy, and their eyes were distorted after drinking, but Li Zhi was shocked to find Mansour, who seemed to be very accustomed to the strong taste of medicinal wine, and even returned the cup and begged for a second cup.

Li Zhi couldn't help but be surprised: "Eighth uncle, do you think the taste is still suitable?" Or is it having obvious effects on you? ”

Mansour nodded affirmatively: "I also think the taste is very strong, but after drinking, I feel that the swallowing part is very refreshing!" ”

"Eighth uncle, this wine is a good medicine for diseases and plagues, and you can only drink these every day!"

However, where wars are frequent, plagues are particularly serious, and even some epidemics have a huge impact on future generations.

Therefore, Li Zhi said this, and several princes of the Western Regions paid attention to it, and they also knew that Li Zhi's own medical skills were extremely high, and they were convinced of this statement.

Moreover, during the more than two months of stay in Datang, they had seen many miracles of Datang, especially cultivators like Xun Wenqing who also drank it.