Chapter 230: The Great Cooking of the World
Among the three most urgent things in front of us, the affairs of the military academy are not in a hurry, and the matter of the remaining brewery raw materials has been resolved, and the next thing is the matter of the glass kiln. This is with Li Er's shares in it, if Li Lao Er can't make a lot of money, then I'm afraid it will be difficult to do some business with Li Er's face in the future. Qi Yong had already brought back the person who knew how to blow from the spy camp, but after he came back, he told Xia Hongsheng that he was not in a good state. Xia Hongsheng thought about it, anyone who was left in the spy camp and brainwashed for four months would not be in a state, so he let him rest for two days very much, and he could also deal with the matter of handling the raw materials of the wine shop. Now that the matter of the raw materials of the brewery has been dealt with, it is time to go and take a look at him.
Hearing that Xia Hongsheng was going to see the person who knew how to blow the technique, Qi Yong's face showed a slightly strange look, which made Xia Hongsheng even more curious.
When he arrived at the guest room where the man was resting, Xia Hongsheng raised his hand and knocked on the door, almost the moment he put down his hand, the door of the room was opened, Xia Hongsheng didn't say anything, the man's eyes immediately flashed with surprise, and his two hands immediately clasped his fists, and shouted loudly: "My subordinates have seen adults!" What is your mission?! β
Xia Hongsheng was stunned by this loud roar, and turned his head to look at Qi Yong with a strange expression, and saw that Qi Yong really held back a smile, turned around, and looked at the person left and right, Xia Hongsheng suddenly opened his mouth and asked, "Tell me what your motherland is?" β
"Datang! Datang! Datang! Immediately, a religious fervor appeared in the man's eyes, and he roared three times.
Xia Hongsheng slapped his forehead and got it. Sure enough, I was brainwashed by those spies. I'm afraid now let him tie a bomb to himself and blow up the Turkic tent. He could rush away without saying a wordβif there were a bomb, of course.
The MLM-style brainwashing ability is really powerful, Xia Hongsheng sighed while pretending to be serious and said to him: "Okay! Then Ben will give you an extremely important task today! β
"The subordinates will not be dishonored!" The man let out another loud roar, it seems that the people in the spy camp did not train him according to the spy, and they were all brainwashed.
"Good!" Xia Hongsheng nodded solemnly: "Nowadays, there are many Hu businessmen who come to my Tang Dynasty, and most of them are Persians. They came to Datang with the glaze, sold it at a very high price, and made countless copper coins from my Datang. The wealth of the Tang Dynasty became their wealth, which is not good. If we want to regain these wealth, we must have our own glass technology, and we must be able to make glass by ourselves! You know both Persian and how to blow it, and now you want to regain the wealth of our Tang Dynasty from Hu Shang, and only you are the most worthy of this important task! Therefore, Ben will order you to go to Jingyang Zhuangzi. Go to the kiln and ask the old kiln head to collect suitable land, and then teach them the craft of blowing. When the time comes, the glass will be burned on the kiln. I was going to ask you to sell those glasses to the Persians, and make back the wealth they earned from the Persians' pockets and become the wealth of my Datang! Can you do it?! β
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" The man's eyes were filled with frenzy, and he shouted.
"Good! Qi Yong, find a personal soldier and personally escort this strong man to Zhuangzi and find the old kiln head! Introduce them to know each other first, let the old kiln head get ready, and I will go back to Zhuangzi in this half a day, let's start the kiln! Xia Hongsheng said to Qi Yong.
Qi Yong's porcelain teeth opened, and he grinned several times before he finally held back his laughter, looked at the person who looked majestic and high-spirited there, and said, "This ...... Where are you going today? β
"Huh? Just go to the palace once. Xia Hongsheng replied: "What? β
"Then it's better to give him to the old kiln head by yourself." Qi Yong looked at the man: "He's like this, I'm afraid that others will not be able to tell the son's instructions." β
Xia Hongsheng thought about it, too, this person is now fanatical about contributing to the motherland and the Tang Dynasty, and it will really be inexplicable if he changes others. So he nodded and said, "It's okay, then you can go there in person and explain it to the old kiln head clearly." β
Qi Yong retreated, and then led the man away. Seeing them leave, Xia Hongsheng also began to prepare.
called a few small servants at home and let them run outside Chang'an City, not for anything else, but to let them catch locusts.
There are locust plagues everywhere, and the surroundings of Chang'an City are inevitable, and after a while, a few small people with quick hands and feet directly grabbed half a cloth bag. Xia Hongsheng opened it and took a look, well, it was very fat.
After preparing the seasonings at home, he took the half bag of locusts and went to the palace in a carriage, followed by a few pro-soldiers, who all knew what happened to Xia Hongsheng, so after Xia Hongsheng came back, he felt that he had not protected the main general as a pro-soldier, which was not allowed. began to take turns to follow Xia Hongsheng and Qi Yong to escort.
When I arrived at the palace and reported it, I went directly to the imperial study to find Li Lao Er.
Entering the imperial study, Xia Hongsheng suddenly wanted to laugh. Li Chengqian, Li Ke, and Li Tai and the others all knelt there honestly and neatly, and Li Lao Er looked a little vicious, looking at a few pieces of paper in his hand a few times, and glaring at the brother a few times. At first glance, he was studying in the school, and the result naturally could not satisfy Li Laoer.
Li Lao Er seemed to be reprimanding them, and when he saw Xia Hongsheng entering, he didn't say anything more, let the three of them get up and stand aside, and then asked Xia Hongsheng, "Has Xia Qing's injury recovered?" β
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern, I'm about to grow up, and there's nothing wrong with it." Xia Hongsheng saw the salute and replied: "Today's Weichen came to do the good thing he said before, and today's minister specially brought all the things and wanted to invite His Majesty to eat a delicious meal." β
As soon as he heard the deliciousness, the brother's eyes lit up, and he really deserved to be the kind of the old man Li Lao's second child, and he was still scolded, so he thought about eating it again. It's okay, your dad wants to eat insects, how can you be a son not to accompany you?!
Li Shimin naturally knew what Xia Hongsheng was referring to, took a deep breath and slowly sent it out, and then said, "Okay, then I'll wait to taste Xia Qing's craftsmanship." β
After speaking, he ordered Wang De to take Xia Hongsheng to the imperial dining room.
When he arrived at the imperial dining room, Xia Hongsheng drove away the people inside, fried the fat locusts in it, sprinkled the seasonings, and then put it in the food box and carried it back to the imperial study.
The brother was really still there, and when he saw Xia Hongsheng coming in, he could already smell the fragrance inside through the food box.
"Huh?" Li Lao Er was also very surprised to look at it, he knew what was inside, and at this moment he was fighting between heaven and man in his heart, so he smelled an unexpected fragrance and felt very surprised.
"Your Majesty, after this move, the hearts of the people of the world can be attributed to Your Majesty, and countless rumors can be self-defeating. The people will be grateful for the fact that they can have such a holy king who loves the people like a son! Xia Hongsheng presented the food box, and hurriedly followed a sycophant to add some oil to Li Laoer.
These words aroused the ruthlessness in Li Laoer's heart, yes, if this is done, those who say that I am immoral will have nothing to say, and the locust god from the sky has become food in the stomach of the people, and the so-called rumors of locust plague from heaven to warn the king of immorality will no longer be credible. I have not lost my morality! I must be, and can only be, a holy king!
As soon as he thought of this, Li Shimin closed his eyes and took a deep breath, held his breath, and then slowly opened the food box.
The brother who was struggling to make his head was suddenly shocked, and Wang De on the side also suddenly changed his face, and he was about to raise his hand to hit the food box.
"Slow!" Li Lao Er raised his hand and stopped Wang De.
Xia Hongsheng looked calm, with a light smile on his face, and reached out to pinch one out of the plate: "Your Majesty, such a delicacy, it would be a pity if it is cold, please forgive the ministers for being disrespectful, and eat it first." β
As he spoke, he put it in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and suddenly showed a very enjoyable smile: "Yes, sure enough, I still have to have all the salt and pepper, and it is the most delicious." β
After saying that, he pinched another one and ate it.
Looking at Xia Hongsheng's appearance, Li Shimin also slowly stretched out his hand, his fingers stayed on the locust and hesitated for a moment, before gently lifting one.
"Father!"
"Father, don't!"
The brother was still filial and hurriedly stopped, Li Chengqian and Li Ke looked at Xia Hongsheng in puzzlement, Li Tai was even more angry at Xia Hongsheng, but he couldn't help but be curious.
Li Shimin looked at the fat locust in his hand, which was fried and yellow, but the outline of the worm was still there, such a big locust!
That's it! He ate the food of the people, and he ate the lives of the people! Now, you still want to eat my imperial power and fame?!
Those who take the opportunity to attack me, I want to see, and after that, what else can you say!
Those faces who shouted about the king's immorality appeared in front of Li Shimin, which made Li Shimin's heart hateful.
As soon as he gritted his teeth, Li Shimin opened his mouth, stuffed the locust into his mouth, and with the hatred in his heart, gritted his teeth and chewed hard, as if he was chewing the flesh and blood of those people!
"Father!"
"Everyone!"
The crowd exclaimed.
Xia Hongsheng smiled.
"Huh?" Li Shimin opened his eyes and looked at Xia Hongsheng with surprise.
Xia Hongsheng pinched one and put it into his mouth: "Your Majesty, how is Weichen's craftsmanship?" β
Li Shimin didn't answer immediately, but just picked up another locust on the plate and put it into his mouth again. But this time, he didn't take a deep breath, didn't close his eyes, and didn't grit his teeth, but chewed slowly.
"Hahahaha...... It's delicious! Qing's cooking skills, the world's great cooking! Inside the study, there was a burst of laughter that hadn't been seen for a long time. (To be continued......)