Chapter 75: Serving tea to the guests
Li Shimin has long heard that Li Hao's tea is very special, and today I finally saw it, it is really very special, the tea is green and yellow, and there are seven tea leaves floating on the water surface, yes, it is seven, Li Shimin specially counted, this is the standard configuration of Li Hao's hospitality, seven old teas, ten new teas, if it is an excellent friend, it is twelve, only Li Hao himself, can drink fifteen new teas......
Wang Chaosheng had never heard of Li Hao's tea before, so he picked up the teacup and looked at it, and immediately asked: "Li Xiannan, this is ...... Is it tea? ”
"It's tea." Li Hao nodded with a smile, took a sip of the teacup, and put on a very enjoyable expression, as if he had an endless aftertaste, "It's so fragrant." ”
Of course, it's fragrant, his cup is new tea, and it's fifteen tea leaves.
Wang Chaosheng tasted it suspiciously, and his two eyebrows suddenly frowned together: "It's really bitter." ”
"It's right to be bitter." Li Hao hurriedly said, "Making tea is like life, it is all bitter first and then sweet." ”
Wang Chaosheng smashed his mouth and said, "There is a peculiar fragrance, but there is no sweetness." ”
"That's because you have a problem with your tongue." Li Hao turned his head to look at Li Shimin, "Lord Yuan, don't you try?" ”
It's not that Li Shimin doesn't want to drink it, but he wants to use a silver needle to try the poison first, after all, this is outside the palace, and now on this occasion, it is not easy for people to try it, I tried it just now, the tea is no problem, he took a sip of the teacup, it was really bitter, and he swallowed it with his eyebrows.
However, after swallowing it, he felt a fresh aroma filling his mouth and nose, which was very refreshing.
"This tea ......" Li Shimin looked at the teacup in surprise, looked up and just wanted to praise, but saw Li Hao looking at himself expectantly, as if waiting for himself to praise him, and hurriedly changed his words, "This tea...... Very interesting. ”
Li Hao was a little disappointed, what is interesting, too vague and perfunctory, insincere, I knew that I wouldn't give them tea, it was just a cow chewing peonies, a waste.
The tea was also drunk, everyone was not very familiar, and they didn't greet each other, and then they went straight to the point, Li Shimin said: "Li Hao, this official is looking for you so early in the morning, and what he did was still yesterday......
Li Hao directly interrupted him: "Your Excellency is ready for four thousand runs?" ”
Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, and he held back his anger and said: "Li Hao, at the beginning, you gave a prescription to quell the plague and save tens of millions of people in the Tang Dynasty, why are you like this now, you have to make this natural disaster!" ”
Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said: "Lord Yuan, during the plague in Henan, I sacrificed medicine to save people, and I didn't lose anything, but this time is different, in order to build this wind turbine, I lost a full 4,500 yuan, I don't want to make a fortune, I just want not to lose money." ”
Li Shimin angrily reprimanded when he heard this: "You are a businessman!" "In ancient times, agriculture was heavy and merchants were suppressed, and the order of social class assessment was also that of farmers and industrialists, and the status of businessmen was the lowest.
Who knew that Li Hao didn't feel ashamed at all, and had a natural expression: "I was originally a businessman." ”
Li Shimin had nothing to say, and asked angrily: "This official asked you one last time, whether you offered the windmill drawings or not!" ”
Li Hao was immediately unhappy, what does this mean? Run to my house and ask me for something, even if you dare to roar? When Lao Tzu is easy to bully, right, if it weren't for the fact that you are a member of the court, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will beat you first.
Li Hao was in no mood to talk to them at all, but the other party was a scholar after all, and he was not good at tearing his face, and suddenly thought of the number of gifts for serving tea to guests in ancient times, so he said loudly: "Du Hong!" Serve tea! ”
Du Hong outside the hall was stunned, he had just finished serving tea, why did he have to serve tea again?
Seeing that he didn't react, Li Hao urged again: "Hurry up and serve tea!" ”
Du Hong was helpless, and then retreated, every once in a while, Shi Xiaoyun brought three cups of tea again, Li Shimin and Wang Chaosheng were a little confused, they really didn't understand what Li Hao meant, but they were embarrassed to ask, otherwise it would seem that they were very ignorant, since Li Hao served tea, they would drink it, what a big deal.
Li Hao picked up the teacup, made a tea gesture towards Li Shimin and Wang Chaosheng, and then said, "Two adults, please." ”
"Please, please." The two also returned the salute one after another, although they didn't know what this was, so they just did it.
The three of them took a sip of tea, but Li Hao found that Li Shimin and Wang Chaosheng's buttocks were still sitting firmly on the chair, and they had no intention of leaving, so he picked up the teacup again: "Two, please." ”
"Please, please." Although Li Shimin and Wang Chaosheng were full of confusion, they could only do it, otherwise what could they do? Sitting there stunned or giggling?
Li Hao served tea four times in a row, Li Shimin and Wang Chaosheng had no intention of leaving, Li Hao was angry and shouted: "Du Hong!" Tea again! ”
Li Shimin and Wang Chaosheng changed color when they heard this, what the hell is Li Hao doing, he wants to pour tea on them? Restless and anxious, Li Shimin wanted to speak several times, but he couldn't help it, and the atmosphere at the scene was very embarrassing for a while.
This is not the most embarrassing, when the third trip to tea came, the more embarrassing moment came, Li Hao served tea again, and the two of them could only follow the tea, and soon, the tea was finished again, Li Shimin and Wang Chaosheng already felt the urge to urinate, who knew that Li Hao shouted again at this time: "Du Hong!" Keep the tea! ”
"Wait!" Wang Chaosheng couldn't help it, raised his hand to stop Li Hao, and asked, "Li Hao, can you stop drinking tea?" ”
Li Hao said helplessly: "I don't want to either, I'm serving tea to send guests, who knows that you haven't left after sending it so many times, I can only continue to send it, Du Hong!" Serve tea! ”
"Stop!" Li Shimin got up suddenly, glared at Li Hao with angry eyes, and then said indignantly, "Since Li Xiannan wants to send off guests, what good is it for us to stay, go!" After speaking, he took the lead and walked out of the living room, followed closely by Wang Chaosheng and Tian Meng.
Li Hao shouted happily: "Du Hong, send off guests, by the way, send some tea (old tea) to distinguished guests!" ”
Li Shimin's cold snort came from afar: "I ...... I won't drink tea in the future! ”
On the bank of the Qingshui River, three hundred gold guards came to greet Li Shimin, and Li Shimin asked Tian Meng: "The Taoist priest didn't escape, did he?" ”
Tian Meng said: "Your Majesty, according to the report from his subordinates, Li Hao sent someone to keep an eye on the Taoist priest last night, and the Taoist priest really wanted to escape, but was caught by the people sent by Li Hao. ”
"Li Hao!" As soon as Li Shimin heard this name, he suddenly became angry, and suddenly glared and shouted, "In the future, you are not allowed to mention this person's name in front of me!" ”
Tian Meng hurriedly bowed his head: "Yes!" ”
Wang Chaosheng glanced at Li Shimin with complicated eyes, and then said, "Your Majesty, you are still ...... for Li And what about the bastard kid angry? ”
"Can you not be angry!" Li Shimin grinded his teeth and said fiercely, "I have never seen such a cunning scoundrel and shameless bastard, and I also served tea to the guest and sent him ......"
Wang Chaosheng and Tian Meng both looked at Li Shimin with surprised expressions, how much they expected Li Shimin to swear words, at least no one else had ever seen it.
Fortunately, Li Shimin held back, he still took care of his identity, although he was very angry, but as an emperor, and he was also the heavenly khan who dominated the world, he couldn't be as knowledgeable as a junior, and finally he scolded angrily: "This bastard boy, I will clean him up sooner or later." ”
After he finished speaking, he boarded the carriage: "Go back to the palace." ”
A team of more than 300 people left Lantian and headed for Chang'an.
At this moment, at the top of the windmill tower, there is a small window, and a figure is standing at the window, watching Li Shimin's mighty team leave, this person is none other than Li Hao.
At this moment, Li Hao's expression was calm, and when Li Shimin's team disappeared from view, Li Hao suddenly smiled slightly and muttered to himself: "Oscar owes me a little golden man." ”
Du Hong, who was behind him, asked puzzledly, "Young Master, what are you talking about?" ”
Li Hao turned around and said indifferently: "You won't understand what time it is." ”
Du Hong replied: "There is still an hour before noon." ”
Li Hao nodded and asked, "Does Lu Yun have a message back?" ”
Du Hong said: "Yes, Mr. Lu said that the Taoist priest really wanted to escape, but he had already caught him. ”
"Good!" Li Hao clapped his hands and said, "You go and tell Lu Zhi, get ready, listen to my notice, and be ready to install windmill blades at any time, and the major irrigation event must not be delayed." ”
"Yes."
It was almost noon, Li Hao rode a donkey egg and took Chen Laosan to Xiahe Village, the village's grain field was full of people, and it had already become a pot of porridge at this moment, and the villagers of Shanghe Village and Xiahe Village scolded each other, and it seemed that war was about to start at any time.
I don't know who shouted: "The man from Lantian County is here!" ”
The villagers flocked to him, startling Li Hao, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't make noise, don't make noise, where is the village, where is the village!" ”
The villages of the two villages were hurriedly coming out to appease the villagers of the two villages, and when everyone settled down, Li Hao had time to ask: "What are you making trouble about?" ”
Wu Daniu, the village leader of Shanghe Village, said with a sad face: "Sir, it's over, it's all over, that Taoist priest is running, running!" ”
"Ran away, ran away." Li Haoman didn't care about the authentic words, "Do you really expect him to beg for rain and fail, do you think he is Xiao Jingteng!" ”
Everyone doesn't know who Xiao Jingteng is, of course, this is not the point, the point is that the Taoist priest ran away, Wu Daniu shouted angrily: "The Taoist priest has run, the windmill has also been dismantled, the land in our village is finished, it's over, it's all blamed on Youtian, it's all blamed on Xiahe Village......"
"That's right, it's all to blame Xiahe Village, kill them, believe in the words of the demon!"
"Xiahe Village hurts us......"
The villagers of Shanghe Village also shouted one after another, if it weren't for Li Hao's presence, they would probably be going to do it again.
Li Hao said indifferently: "Don't worry, don't worry, with me, I can't starve you." ”
Li Hao's words are very effective, and the most important thing is that he said it so indifferently, making people feel as if everything was under his control, which reassured the people of Shanghe Village, and they all quieted down.
Li Hao waited for them to be quiet, looked at the village of Xiahe Village with a smile, and asked, "Yu Youtian, what else do you have to say?" ”
Yu Youtian drooped his head: "Villain...... The villain has nothing to say, blame the villain, believe in the stinky Taoist, hurt everyone, not only was he cheated of money, but also hurt Shanghe Village...... In short, it is all the fault of the villain, and it has nothing to do with the villagers, and if you want to kill or punish, the old man will bear it alone. ”
When the villagers of Xiahe Village heard this, they shouted: "We can't blame Dad, it's all our fault, it's the Taoist priest we want to invite, and it's the windmill we want to dismantle......
Li Hao was very relieved to see this, although Xiahe Village had made a mistake, but his attitude of admitting his mistake was good, and he was very united.
Li Hao waved his hand and said with a light smile: "Don't worry, although you are at fault in this matter, you don't have to bear the punishment, because someone has borne it." ”
"Huh? Who, who bears it? ”
Everyone was at a loss when they heard this, and they didn't know what medicine was sold in Li Hao's gourd.