Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 672
Liu Mu explained to Qin Qiong again: "I trade with them, and I will bring Datang at least 300 million yuan of net profit a year. The tax recovered from the treasury will not be less than one million yuan. It will be richer for the people and richer for the country. It’s a good thing. And the first batch of fleets is made up of the disabled veterans of Yinwei, who are old and weak selected from the Yinwei training camp.”

Qin Qiong pushed open the door and ordered again: "An order, a feast."

Qin Qiong raised the level of the banquet to another level, and then wrote a list of sub-lists and sent someone to invite the guests.

Of course, among them, the former officials of the old Qin Palace must not be missing, including Fang and Du.

At this time, Oscar Buddy also knew what kind of man this was. He was Liu Mu's elder brother-in-law, and he was the general protecting the country of the Tang Kingdom. He commanded the most elite troops of the Tang Dynasty and was the most trusted general of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. .

The general had just returned to Chang'an from a border patrol.

Oscar Buddy turned and went back to the residence, took a set of books and ran out again, as a gift for Qin Qiong.

A set of books written in incomprehensible characters, Qin Qiong just accepted it politely, after all, it was a wish.

Liu Mu said, "Vegetius, should this be about military affairs or strategy?"

"Yes, this is a copy of the original manuscript, not a book that was compiled into a book later. I believe there will be more content in the manuscript. This set is a relatively complete copy of the manuscript. The original version is now in Constantine. In the Great Library of Ding. I didn’t expect you to hear the name Vegetius.”

"Of course, the Persian merchant mentioned that this is a great military writer."

After Liu Mu replied, he said to Qin Qiong: "Brother-in-law, although the book cannot be compared with Sun Tzu's Art of War, after translation, there are merits. This is a treasure."

Qin Qiong took the set of books again, took it with both hands, and saluted.

"Please. Please take a seat." Qin Qiong clasped his fists at Oscar Buddy, and Oscar Buddy returned the greeting with Tang-style etiquette, and an attendant who led the way led him into the mansion.

Qin Qiong held a banquet and sent invitations to the outside world.

Fang and Du naturally did not say that they had received invitations.

Those who did not receive invitations, such as Cui Junsu from the Ministry of Households and Tang Jian from the Ministry of Rites, came to the door by themselves.

No invitation is a bad guest, but it also depends on who comes to whose banquet.

Qin Qiong welcomed Cui Junsu and Tang Jian into the mansion with a smile on his face.

Cui Junsu said to Qin Qiong: "Don't say that the two of us came here uninvited. Since I met you, my brother-in-law, he has never entertained anyone alone. He doesn't like lively banquets very much. It is enough to prove..." Cui Junsu did not continue.

Qin Qiong understands that Cui Junsu will never say that Oscar Buddy has a noble status, but only that Oscar Buddy has great use value.

Before the banquet officially started, Ma Zhou arrived with his wife, along with a group of musicians and dancers.

When the Tang Dynasty was in Wude for eight years, the nobles in Chang'an no longer kept dancers and musicians.It's not that there are rules in the imperial court that don't allow it, but that ordinary dancers raised at home can no longer be on the stage.

Wenyue Pavilion controlled the entire Pingkangfang, and after entering the Qinglou Gezhai, which controlled the entire Tang Dynasty, it began to provide banquet services.From cooks, waiters, tableware to musicians and dancers.

The unprofessional self-support meets the professional training, and the gap is obvious.

The banquet started, and Qin Qiong's mansion was the latest style, called a table-style banquet.There is no longer a fixed dining table, but there are many small tables, small round tables that can seat up to four people, and these small round tables surround the big stage.No matter what you want to eat or drink, you can go to the dining table to choose by yourself, or you can ask the waiter to bring it.

Every banquet is a lively party.

Not only singing and dancing, cross talk and sketches are indispensable.

The real history of the buffet was invented by Vikings in the eighth to tenth centuries, and it is also called pirate meal.

In this era, both people from the Tang Dynasty and Oscar Buddy from the Eastern Roman Empire felt novelty about this new way of gathering together.

"Honorable Concubine Liu, this kind of banquet is very, very magical."

Oscar Buddy finds Willow to offer his praises.

Liu Mu said with a smile: "This inspiration comes from the grassland. When I was fighting on the grassland two years ago, I set up a fire to roast the sheep, and then cut the lamb with a knife to eat and drink happily. This is just changing the roast sheep into more delicacies. The old man Oh, you have to eat well and drink well today, you are the host and guest."

Willow raised his glass.

Oscar raised a big glass with one or two wines, wiped them all out as soon as he raised his head, and then turned the glass over to show Liumu.

Liu Mu refilled the wine for Oscar with a smile on his face.

Standing beside Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong was about to step forward with a wine bottle, but Qin Qiong blocked him with his hand: "That's a civil servant, don't forget that Cui Shangshu is Qinghe Cui."

Sure enough, Cui Junsu stepped forward and drank three cups with Oscar.

Even with the [-]-degree wine and the glass that Liu Mu drank just now, this is already four ounces of wine.

Tonight's dishes are mainly delicacies, decorated with seafood.

Oscar Buddy comes from the Mediterranean Sea, where there are countless delicacies of seafood, so Liumu specially chose mountain delicacies.

It was no less than the hundredth time that Oscar Buddy praised Datang's dishes, and he still planned to taste every dish.Cui Junsu was by his side, until Oscar Buddy and Cui Junsu drank nine glasses of wine in total, Liu Mu swayed to Oscar Buddy's side.

"Old Ao, didn't you go shopping in Dongshi today?"

Speaking of the East City, this is probably a sad event for Oscar Buddy, a top aristocrat from the Eastern Roman Empire, for the next ten years.

Asked by Liu Mu, Oscar Buddy's expression became very depressed: "My friend, I am very sad today."

"what happened?"

"I only know now that it was just a market in Dongshi, and I walked less than a fifth of the four floors. I like everything I see, but, it's my coins They are all at home, a home that is hundreds of thousands of miles away from here, and it is only fun to buy with your own coins."

Liu Mu turned around and snapped his fingers twice, and a servant immediately brought over two wooden boxes.

The wooden box was opened, and instead of copper coins, there were two boxes full of silver coins.

"I, don't give alms without a reason." Oscar Buddy was a little angry, he knew that Liu Mu might have more wealth than his emperor, but he had his own dignity.

"No, no, no." Liu Mulian said three no words, and then approached Oscar Buddy: "I ask for two books, and I ask for translation into Chinese. At the same time, we need a real scholar to help us understand these two books. book."

"Knowledge, yes. But these coins should be the owner and translator of the books, not me."

Oscar Buddy still clings to his pride.

And this kind of pride also made Cui Junsu and others increase their respect for the blond old man.

(End of this chapter)