"Hahaha......" Li Chengqian's face was red, and he sweated like rain, but he kept in his hands, and his chopsticks were flying: "This dogwood is made into sauce, and it is like this?" Father, mother, put the sesame sauce and dogwood sauce together, it will be more delicious, and the child will mix some for the father and mother! ”

"The taste is so bitter that it burns in the mouth, but it doesn't feel uncomfortable, but it is very refreshing, but I don't know why." Li Lao Er wiped the sweat from his forehead and commented.

Several people around him, all covered with sweat, kept making the sound of "hahaha" in their mouths, but the chopsticks in their hands kept coming out of the copper hot pot in the middle of the coal stove, dipping the sauce in the sauce, and swallowing it after a few bites.

"This food is somewhat similar to antique soup, but it tastes much more than antique soup." In the end, Empress Changsun, taking into account her demeanor, although she also frequently put down her chopsticks, but in the end she looked more gentle than the others, and put a chopstick on the plate in front of the youngest Li Tai, and said.

The antique soup in the mouth of the eldest grandson queen is actually the predecessor of the hot pot, a casserole is placed on a stove, soup is added to it to boil, and then the dishes are put into the casserole, because the food will make a "coo" sound when it is put into the boiling water, so it is called antique soup. A group of people sit in a circle around the fire, drinking and writing poems while picking up dishes from the casserole and eating. Antique soup has appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it is only limited by the preparation methods and utensils of the dishes, as well as the spices of seasoning, but compared with the taste of hot pot in later generations, it is far from the taste. Not to mention that Xia Hongsheng got dogwood and flax to make a dipping sauce, and the flax was purchased from the Hu merchants in Chang'an City, that is, sesame seeds. As for dogwood, although the spiciness, it is worse than that of chili peppers, but now that chili peppers are still on the other side of the distant world, Xia Hongsheng can only be helpless and anxious, and take dogwood instead.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, this hot pot is exquisite. That's two words. One is a reunion, where family members or friends gather around a table to talk and laugh, grab chopsticks and fight for food. It's a lot of fun, too. The other is hot, bitterly cold in winter, gathering around the fire with family or friends, eating sweaty, hearty. This is the fiery warmth of the body, the left and right are either relatives and friends or confidants, three glasses and two light wines, where does he care about the wind outside the window at night, family reunion, friends get together, this is the fiery warmth of the heart. Therefore, this hot pot is the most suitable for winter to come, a family to eat together, or a group of close friends. Gather around this coal stove, talk and laugh, talk while playing, and eat at the same time, warm physically and mentally, and hearty. Xia Hongsheng was also fortunate to sit at this table, although Li Lao Er and Empress Changsun were here, he could only serve as a waiter.

Li Lao Er listened to what Xia Hongsheng said, was stunned for a moment, and then showed a touch of nostalgia in his eyes. Although it disappeared in a flash, it was captured by Xia Hongsheng, who had been carefully watching Li Laoer's reaction, and he was secretly happy in his heart.

Xia Hongsheng knew that Li Laoer was a nostalgic person. The old people who came out of the world with him, Li Shimin basically treated them with kindness, and during the period when Li Shimin was in power, except for the rebellious Hou Junji and others, basically everything else was very good. From this point, it can also be seen that Li Shimin's mind is better than those emperors who did their best in the later world, and the birds did their best to hide the cunning rabbits and dead lackeys. As soon as he ascended the throne, he immediately began to persecute those who helped him to conquer the world, and his mind was more than a star and a half. Li Shimin's nostalgia for the past can be reflected in many places, and many ministers in history made mistakes later, but they were all investigated by Li Shimin for a while, and then they were soon reinstated.

In order to commemorate the heroes who fought the world and ruled the world with him, Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, also built a Lingyan Pavilion, and the portraits of the twenty-four heroes painted by Yan Liben were displayed in it, that is, the "Twenty-four Heroes Picture", the scale is life-size, facing the north and standing, in order to show respect for the emperor, and often go to nostalgia.

I have to say that Li Shimin is an outstanding emperor, very good at handling the relationship between monarchs and ministers, using both grace and power, and using both prongs to govern capable people and people well, but most of the famous generals and heroes can die well. The statue of the twenty-four elders of Lingyan Pavilion is an example. At that time, Li Shimin was old and frail, and he began to miss the past, recalling the fighting years when Jin Ge Iron Horse swallowed thousands of miles. The image of his old subordinates was painted into Lingyan Pavilion, thinking that it was the most glorious of the ministers, and since then, the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion have become a symbol of the achievements of heroes in the Tang Dynasty who served the country in the army.

It is precisely because he knows Li Shimin's character that Xia Hongsheng said such a thing.

These words will make Li Shimin think of the bigwigs who have come all the way with him, and looking at his reaction, it seems that he really thought of this, and Xia Hongsheng's goal was achieved.

Thinking about it, Li Shimin listened to Xia Hongsheng's words, and under the psychological hint, he would definitely call those bigwigs to have a meal like this, Xia Hongsheng handed over the methods and materials to the imperial chef, those bigwigs came to see the coal stove, how could they not feel that the coal stove was good? In this way, it is necessary to ask, as soon as you ask, it is said that it is something made by Xia Hongsheng, no matter what you say, don't say anything about it, just say that Cheng Fairy and Wei Chi Lao Pifu will definitely go to Xia Hongsheng's house to loot. Xia Hongsheng asked the blacksmith to make so many sets, which were prepared for these bigwigs, and it was no problem to give them for free. The year is over, and the families are moving around, pulling relationships and relationships, and there will be fewer people in these bigwigs' homes? Those who come to the door, when they see the benefits of this coal stove, will they not be greedy, will they not want to put a few in their own house? The so-called upward and downward effect, those people will inevitably ask around where this thing is made, and in this way, the coal stove will be pushed away. Historically, when the common people looked at the official family, the official family had something to do, and it would immediately spread among the people at a very fast speed, especially those rich businessmen and gentry, in order to show their status, they would definitely imitate the popular things of the official family, and the market for this coal stove was opened. In addition, there is indeed no better thing to compare with the heating effect of coal stoves at present, and the vastness of the market is obvious, which can be imagined.

This is the method that Xia Hongsheng thought of to promote coal stoves, and it is also the reason why Xia Hongsheng offered coal stoves and made hot pot for the emperor's family with his own hands. Using Li Laoer, the strongest promoter in history, from top to bottom, first promoted it among officials and wealthy business circles, and then turned back and let the blacksmith play some cheap coal stoves that are not so fancy, more simple and practical, so as to promote them to the people, I believe that it will not take a few winters for this coal stove to enter thousands of households.

Full of wine and food, because he was drinking liquor, Li Shimin was already a little drunk, smiled and looked at the stormy mess in front of him, shook his head with a smile, and said, "It's really ...... Since I ascended the throne, I have always paid attention to the manners, but today I told you to see a joke. You say, do I want to kill people and kill you and behead you out of the noon gate? ”

It's rare that Li Lao Er can joke, the eldest grandson Empress and Li Lao Er's children all looked at him in surprise, Xia Hongsheng also laughed, and grinned back: "That's unacceptable, if Weichen is cut down, who will come to get these novelties for Your Majesty?" ”

"Hehe, I think that all your novelties are still for the people, and they are of great use to my dynasty, so I won't kill you." Li Lao Er looked at Xia Hongsheng and said, "I have learned the way of your things many times. However, I still want to warn you, continue to do more for me, for the Tang Dynasty, and for the people, and you must not be tricky and skillful, and waste your immortal knowledge. ”

"Minister Xia Hongsheng, thank you for your teachings!" Xia Hongsheng stood up and bowed, and said, "The minister must remember it in his heart and never forget!" ”

Li Lao Er smiled, narrowed his glasses, like a cunning fox, and said, "Just remember." In this way, the coal stove that I have offered today is indeed useful, and it makes me happy today, and it also makes my queen and children happy, and if you calculate my affairs today, I will not pursue you. Rest assured, I will do what you wish. ”

Seen so quickly?! Xia Hongsheng's heart beat wildly, yes, who is the person, it is Li Shimin, the Emperor of the Ages, his own little caution is estimated to be not enough for people to stuff their teeth, will they not be able to see their intentions?

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly made a flattering look and said with a smile: "Well, Your Majesty is wise, and such a little caution from Weichen naturally can't hide it from Your Majesty......"

"You are really exquisite, but this palace doesn't quite understand, you are now also a man from the founding county of the Tang Dynasty, and you have a military position of the fourth grade, are you really so short of money?" Empress Eldest Sun was beside Li Laoer, looked at Xia Hongsheng with a smile, and asked.

When Xia Hongsheng heard this, he immediately made a dish, and said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, Niangniang doesn't know anything, Weichen...... Poor! ”

"You are a man from the founding county of the Tang Dynasty, with 300 households, and you are the commander of the four grades, with five acres and fifty acres of land and 380 stones. I have rewarded you many times, there are thousands of dollars to say, and there are no less than 100 horses, you tell me, what kind of poor law are you? The corners of Li Laoer's eyebrows jumped, he squinted at Xia Hongsheng, and asked, "If you can't tell me why you come today...... Just now, you calculated that I was deceiving the king, I was magnanimous, not to mention letting you pull out the noon gate and behead the public, but these two hundred court staff are also indispensable! ”

"Huh? Xia Gongzi ...... The lieutenant brought a coal stove to keep warm, and made hot pots for his father, mother, and older brothers and sisters...... How did you become a calculating father, and you have to be beaten with a cane......" As soon as Li Laoer's words fell, Li Lizhi next to him exclaimed.

Li Lao Er was stunned for a moment, and then glared at Xia Hongsheng in a blink of an eye, his eyes flashed with a dangerous meaning that made Xia Hongsheng's back chill, and the eldest grandson queen next to him, with a smile on her face, looked at Li Liqing, and then a pair of eyes also slanted towards Xia Hongsheng.

"Say! I can't tell you why, I beat you with 300 court staffs! Li Lao Er glared at Xia Hongsheng and shouted in a low voice.

What's the situation?! And a hundred more?!

Xia Hongsheng was stunned, what hatred and what resentment?

"Well, the minister means that the peasant households on the Chenzhuangzi ...... Poor! Xia Hongsheng hurriedly explained honestly: "Their farming methods are too extensive......" (to be continued.) )