Datang Nongwang

Chapter 772 The Lure of Martial Talent

How can there be a disciple in the world who says that his master is not as good as others.

But Tang Li and the others are self-aware.

How about Murphy, they have never been taught.

But they fought Chen Juan and the others several times, and the aura Mo Fei gave them was too strong, so strong that they became very nervous when they saw Mur Fei.

Naturally, Tang Li and the others thought so, and their master was not as good as Mo Fei.

As for yes or no.

Li Chongyuan didn't know.

After all, Li Chongyuan had never seen Mo Fei fight, let alone a master like Jin Neishi, so if he wanted to know the details, he had to see the truth.

But right.

This kind of situation is basically difficult to see, and we can only get a general idea from Tang Li and the others.

Talking all the way, I got it from Niu Shou Mountain.

After returning to the small courtyard, Qiao Su heard from the villagers that Li Chongyuan had returned, so he hurried to the small courtyard, "Young Lord, when you and the Lord's family went to the temple, someone from Chang'an came."

"Who's here?" Li Chongyuan asked.

Qiao Su pointed to something placed somewhere in the courtyard and said: "A nobleman in the palace, I heard from those palace people that they gave these things to Mr. Xiaolang in honor of their master Wu Cairen. I have checked , besides a dozen agricultural books, there are some foods. Moreover, I heard that the palace people said that these foods were made by that martial artist himself. I insisted on not accepting them, but those palace people insisted on keeping them. , I have no other choice, and seeing that it is just some food, I have to take it for Shang Langjun.”

"Wu Cairen?" After Li Chongyuan heard Qiao Su's words, his head became a mess again.

Qiao Su nodded, "That's what those palace people said."

Li Chongyuan really didn't understand, he had only met that martial artist once, how could he suddenly give him agricultural books and food.

Moreover, these meals were made by his own hands.

It's unreasonable for a nobleman in the palace to give him food.

Every time I enter the palace, I either go to see Li Shimin, or to ask for a gift from Empress Changsun.

And this martial artist was so good that he gave something to one of his foreign ministers, which made Li Chongyuan really unable to figure out the reasoning inside. He always felt that this martial artist's actions made him unable to guess.

Li Chongyuan flipped through the agricultural books, and then looked at the food.

Eating is simple, just some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes.

Osmanthus cake is sometimes sold in Chang'an City, and it is not a precious thing.

But the most expensive thing is that these sweet-scented osmanthus cakes are made by Wu Cairen.

"Do you have a letter?" Li Chongyuan was thinking about something, took a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and tasted it.

Qiao Su shook his head and said, "I didn't leave any letters behind."

"Just take it away. I'll prepare something later. I'll just return it with a gift when I return to Chang'an. Everyone should try these sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. The taste is much better than those ordinary things." Li Chongyuan said casually. Said.

The taste of sweet-scented osmanthus cake is indeed much better than those bought in Chang'an City.

Perhaps it is because the sweet-scented osmanthus sent into the palace, or other things are all tributes, and their quality is better than that of the outside world.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Wu Cairen already knows some secrets of making osmanthus cake.

Everyone got Li Chongyuan's words and each tasted a piece.

Josu went to prepare things.

The things prepared are nothing more than those produced by Li Zhuang.

Such as brown sugar, such as Huaishan and so on.

The carriage was ready to stop, Li Chongyuan stood beside the carriage and waited for Qiao Su to come over with a gift.

When Qiao Su sent a few servants to bring the gift, Li Chongyuan looked at it and was surprised, "Old Qiao, this???"

"The watermelons I harvested this year will be stored in the cellar until the last batch in September. I have never had a chance to tell you, Mr. Xiaolang. It just so happens that you will enter the palace this time, Mr. Very good thing, these watermelons are considered strange in this season, so I chose six for Mr. Xiao Lang to return." Qiao Su knew what Li Chongyuan asked, and he didn't hide it.

Li Chongyuan took a watermelon, patted it, and without waiting for Qiao Su, he punched it down.

With a 'click', the watermelon burst into pieces.

The light red watermelon sweat flowed out from the cracks, and a fresh fragrance came to the nostrils, "Good melon, it is really a strange gift. Old Joe, how many watermelons are there in the cellar?"

"Not many, but not many, there are more than a thousand." Qiao Su replied.

When Li Chongyuan heard that there were more than a thousand, he was very happy, "Old Qiao, bring me a hundred and eighty watermelons, and I will send them to the palace in a while. By the way, does Aunt know?"

"The old lady doesn't know. I wanted to save these watermelons for the master and the young lady to eat when they returned from Xisha Island." Qiao Su knew what Li Chongyuan was going to do, and after replying, he directed a group of people to wait. .

Li Chongyuan nodded, "You can be regarded as caring."

The preservation of watermelon is really a difficult task at present.

but.

In the present moment, to preserve ashes like watermelons is nothing more than digging a cellar for storage.

And it is this storage method that can extend the consumption time of watermelon for at least several months.

If it is stored at room temperature, it is estimated that it will be broken within half a month, and how can it be stored for several months.

Several frameless carriages filled with watermelons.

Li Chongyuan put a layer of sackcloth on the carriage in order not to let outsiders see.

The carriage left Lizhuang and headed for Chang'an.

After more than an hour, Li Chongyuan returned to Chang'an and arrived at his home.

When Li Chongyuan lifted the sackcloth, the housekeeper who was notified saw the watermelon on the carriage, and was startled, "Little Lang, this"

"Don't do this, this, that, that, hurry up and ask someone to move the watermelons on the three carriages, I will enter the palace soon." Li Chongyuan looked at the butler's startled look, and said aloud shouted.

Soon.

After hearing the sound, the old lady, Lin Caishu and others saw that there were watermelons in this season, and they were as surprised as the butler, "Yuaner, where did you get the watermelons? According to the season, at this time , the watermelon is long gone.”

"Aniang, this is kept by Qiao Guanshi in the cellar of Li Zhuang. Qiao Guanshi is really serious. I didn't tell you about such a big matter. It surprised you, Aniang." Li Chongyuan was secretly happy. Then he blamed Qiao Su.

The old lady laughed and said, "Auntie is not surprised, it's just really strange. Manager Qiao can be regarded as a person who can do things. It's very, very good that he can come up with such a way to preserve watermelons."

"It can be preserved until it can be preserved, but the time is too short. If it is soaked in salt water for a quarter of an hour and then put into the cellar, and the cellar is sealed, the watermelon can be preserved for at least half a year. But speaking, this watermelon It was already difficult to preserve, but Manager Qiao also wanted to save some watermelons for uncle and Wan'er to eat, so they stored them in the cellar. This is also when we came back in time, otherwise, these watermelons would have rotted inside." Li Chongyuan said.

Watermelon is difficult to preserve.

But with the method Li Chongyuan said, it can be saved for at least half a year.

And this method, there are only two secrets, one is salt water, and the other is sealing.

The old lady didn't understand what Li Chongyuan said, but turned around and said: "There are so many watermelons, each family can send one or two, which is considered as a gift."

"Aniang, there are quite a few more. In Li Zhuang's cellar, there are nearly a thousand watermelons, not bad." Li Chongyuan replied.

After the old lady heard the words, she was very happy, "That's good, that's good. Steward, you can go to Lizhuang in a while and get some more watermelons. By the way, Yuaner, Manager Qiao has a handicap. He married a new wife the year before last. This year The bride is pregnant again, you have recently given Manager Qiao a vacation and asked him to go home and take good care of his wife, otherwise, if outsiders find out, we will have nothing to do with our Li family."

"What? Manager Qiao married a new wife? She's pregnant. Why didn't I see you in Li Zhuang? Didn't I hear anything from Manager Qiao?" Li Chongyuan was immediately curious when he heard the old lady's words.

It has been nearly a month since Li Chongyuan came back.

During this period of time, Li Chongyuan had never seen Lao Qiao's wife in Li Zhuang, nor had he even heard about it from others.

If the old lady hadn't mentioned it, Li Chongyuan probably wouldn't even have thought about Qiao Su finding a wife.

The old lady smiled and said: "Steward Qiao married a wife. If it is normal enough, he can live in Lizhuang. But after he becomes pregnant, he can no longer live in Lizhuang. He has to go home to take care of his body. After giving birth for half a year, Only then can I take the baby to Lizhuang."

Li Chongyuan understood.

This is the rule, and it is also an avoidance.

Li Zhuang belongs to Li Chongyuan's territory.

It is not allowed for an outsider or a servant to give birth in the master's house, and it will be said by outsiders.

The old lady probably handled this matter according to the current customs and habits.

But Li Chongyuan didn't care at all, and even expected Qiao Su's wife to give birth in Lizhuang.

There is a saying.

Produced on its own site, this can be regarded as adding imports to its own site.

Li Chongyuan wanted to tell the old lady what he thought in his heart, but after a second thought, he decided to forget it.

In this situation, everyone has to avoid it.

One is that outsiders are afraid of bumping into the baby, and the other is that the woman's childbirth will pollute the owner's home.

In short.

This kind of thing is absolutely not allowed to happen.

Just like in the ancestral halls of some clans, after women with other surnames marry, they are not allowed to enter the ancestral halls.

Even, at the moment, even women are not allowed to enter.

However, with the changes of the times, some rules of the ancestral hall have also changed. If the family has a daughter, they can also enter the ancestral hall, and even women with other surnames can enter the ancestral hall.

but.

Li Chongyuan remembered.

In many places in Gan Province, women with other surnames are still not allowed to enter the ancestral halls.

Soon.

Li Chongyuan led two carriages, left his home, and headed for the palace.

When passing through the palace gate, the Miyagi guard inspected the carriage and found dozens of watermelons on the carriage. He was shocked at first, and then sent someone into the palace to report.

For a moment.

Empress Changsun sent someone to lead Li Chongyuan into the palace.

In a certain palace in the palace, Li Shimin asked after hearing the news: "Shande really sent watermelons into the palace? Where did he get this watermelon at the current season?"

"My servant doesn't know, why don't I ask my servant?" Wang Li replied.

Li Shimin nodded.

A while later, Wang Li came to the West Inner Court.

at this time.

Li Chongyuan is being questioned by Empress Changsun.

Those present, besides Empress Changsun, were also many concubines from Li Shimin's harem.

Li Chongyuan sent watermelons into the palace at this season, such news spread throughout the palace within a short while.

The women in Li Shimin's harem, after hearing the news, all came to Empress Changsun. They pretended to be here to present Empress Changsun, but everyone knew that they had taken a fancy to Li Chongyuan's watermelon.

Storing watermelons is not difficult.

The difficulty is that so far, few people have grown watermelons.

On the border of Chang'an, only Li Zhuang is growing watermelons, at least for now.

and so.

Naturally, no one knew that watermelons could be stored for such a long time.

Empress Changsun looked at the two carriages of watermelons, only fifty or sixty of them.

Right now, there are dozens of concubines coveting the watermelons in front of them, and they really have a headache, "Xiande, you are really embarrassing me."

"Aunt Tang, I have something good here, so I thought of you right away. If you don't like it, Aunt Tang, I'll take it away." Li Chongyuan knew it well and said with a smile.

As soon as Li Chongyuan's words fell, Concubine Xian immediately snatched up: "Queen, that's not okay. There are so many watermelons, we can think about it. Queen, Shande can send dozens of watermelons to the palace. If you want to come to Shande, there must be more. Quite a few. Shande, what do you think?"

wipe.

Li Chongyuan looked at this virtuous concubine in front of him, he was really a little scary.

This watermelon hasn't been divided yet, and I started thinking about my other ones again.

Following the concubine Xian's words, all the concubines immediately said something to you and me, saying that they wanted to share a watermelon and so on.

Empress Changsun felt a headache even more when she looked at the moment, and glared at Li Chongyuan.

Li Chongyuan is also helpless at this moment.

Wu Cairen, who had been standing aside without speaking, even winked at Li Chongyuan frequently, which made Li Chongyuan unable to cope.

'Ugh! ! !This Wu Mei Niang is really a vixen.Just winking at myself frequently, if I didn't know your future, I'm afraid I would have to be your pawn in the end.That's all, just a few watermelons, if you give away a few dozen, it's a gift, and if you give a few hundred, it's also a gift. '

Wu Cairen winked at him, and there was some seductive look in the wink, which made Li Chongyuan not know how to deal with it.

You shouldn't answer it, Li Chongyuan also has to return the gift, right?

and.

This time when he came to the palace, he was originally here to return gifts to the martial artist.

"Aunt Tang, Wu Cairen sent some agricultural books and food to Li Zhuang today. I have specially prepared some gifts for Wu Cairen, and please send them to Aunt Tang." Li Chongyuan couldn't stand Wu Cairen calling him frequently. With a wink, he had no choice but to push the matter to Empress Changsun.

After hearing Li Chongyuan's words, Empress Changsun glanced at Wu Cairen and said: "Even if Wu Cairen sent you agricultural books and food, Shande, you should return the gift, you don't need to go through me."

After Empress Changsun had spoken, some palace servants came over immediately and brought Li Chongyuan's gift to Wu Cairen.

At this time, Wu Cairen's eyes were warm, and the way he looked at Li Chongyuan was even more charming.

"I would like to thank Li Junwang. Li Junwang is dedicated to the farmers and people in the world. I will give you some agricultural books and some food. I hope you like Li Junwang. If Li Junwang likes it, I will get it." I'll make some and send them to Li Junwang when I'm free." Wu Cairen spoke reasonably, but his eyes made Li Chongyuan feel a kind of temptation and trap.

(End of this chapter)