A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 20
The Flower Hall in the vestibule of the Yongkang Mansion.

Zhang Chuchen specially arranged a table of good wine and food to entertain Wu Huaiyu. Zhang Chuchen, Changsun's family, and Li Sanniang were all there, and there was also a tall young man in a scarlet robe.

"Wu Erlang, this is my eldest son." Zhang Chuchen introduced to Wu Huaiyu, who turned out to be the eldest son of Li Jing.

Li Deyu waited for Huaiyu to approach him to salute, then slowly got up, he was tall and tall, about thirty, with two long beards on his lips, well trimmed, with a strong scent of incense on his body, that bright The crimson official robe is very eye-catching and coquettish, with a gold jade belt and a silver fish bag tied on it.

What Huaiyu felt was that Mr. Li was a little arrogant, even extravagant.

"Li Deyu, Qianniu prepares his body and rides the captain of the left and right mansions." He obviously had a great sense of superiority when he spoke.

Huaiyu nodded with a smile. This is the so-called arrogance of a child of an aristocratic family. At such an age, he is already a sixth-rank man, and he is also a fifth-rank honor, so he has the capital of arrogance.

Qianniu Beishen is a high-ranking guard and military officer who wields a Qianniu sword. He belongs to the Left and Right Mansion in the Four Mansions of the Twelve Guards. A special mansion that leads the soldiers inside and outside, and is in charge of guards and guards.

They are named Qianniu Guards because they carry Qianniu Dao, which is said to be so sharp that it can cut a thousand cattle with one stroke.

Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, these guards with swords have generally only been awarded to the children of high-ranking nobles.In addition, there is also Donggong Qianniu in the East Palace, which is the attendant of the prince and the first choice for the noble children.

Li Deyu, who is at the sixth rank, is wearing a crimson robe that can only be worn by officials of the fourth and fifth ranks, and is tied with a silver fish bag. This is a special gift to reward crimson silver.

Huaiyu felt that it was impossible for him to make any great achievements by himself and get an award, probably because he was bestowed by Li Jing's achievements.

The first impression was not good, Huaiyu felt that Li Dalang was a bit snobbish, obviously looked down on him as a low-level guard boy, so he was only superficially polite and didn't intend to have a deep friendship with him.

If it wasn't for Zhang's request, Li Deyu wouldn't bother to entertain Wu Erlang at all, and if he hadn't heard that he was a 'miracle doctor', Li Deyu wouldn't even give him a smile.

The people he usually made friends with were all the children of high-ranking relatives, either princes or princes, or aristocratic families.

Huaiyu returned to her seat.

Tonight's banquet in Li's residence is divided into separate seats, and each person has one table and several tables.

Siqi put on a beautiful chest-length skirt, covered it with a thong, wrapped a shawl around his arms, painted his eyebrows and painted his lips, and stuck a few petals of redbud flowers on his forehead. Tonight's She is extraordinarily beautiful, especially her skin is fair. After such a dress, she is even more beautiful, generous and charming.

She knelt by Huaiyu's table, poured wine for him, and introduced the sumptuous hospitality dishes of the Li Mansion with a gentle voice.

"This is Tonghua Soft Beef Intestine, cooked in mutton oil. This is Braised Shrimp, grilled with live shrimp. This is shredded sheepskin, cut into one-foot-long shredded mutton and fried.

This is a snow baby, but a frog with bean sprouts.

This is Xianren 脔, it is stewed chicken in milk sauce.This is Xiaotian Crisp, fried with deer and chicken.This is chop head spring, which is grilled quail.

This dish is called Guomenxiang, fried with several kinds of meat…”

Siqi's introduction was very detailed, and he even thoughtfully prepared vegetables for Huaiyu.

A series of eight dishes, full of color and fragrance, Huaiyu listened to Siqi's introduction, and found that these dishes are not only delicious, but also have good names, and the ingredients are extremely rich, such as beef, sheep, chicken, deer, shrimp, quail, frog, etc., are not something ordinary people can eat it's arrived.

When ordinary people could only satisfy their hunger with vegetable porridge and barley rice, the Yongkang government was able to serve such delicacies to guests, which was extremely rich and extravagant.

Li Deyu said to Huaiyu with a smile while holding his wine glass, "Wu Erlang, please relax and enjoy, you must have never eaten these good things before, come and drink, this wine is the world famous Fuping Shi Dongchun, and it is also a treasure among them. "

Doujiu is ten thousand yuan, which is indeed very expensive. Datang has a bucket of six thousand milliliters, and six liters sells for ten thousand yuan, which is more expensive than Feitian.

Huaiyu had never drunk Tang Dynasty's good wine, and Li Deyu's words made him feel uncomfortable, but he still restrained himself and kept a smile on his face, and raised his glass to thank him.

"Young Master Li is being polite."

Li Deyu was very satisfied with this sentence of Mr. Li's address.

In front of Wu Huaiyu, a farmer, he has a great sense of superiority, and originally looked down on him in his heart, but it can be seen that he is so knowledgeable and courteous, but he thinks this kid is pretty good.

"drink!"

Siqi is very soft today, "Erlang, dim sum is here, this is Jushengnu, this is honey-made sanzi, this is Brahman light high noodles, this is imperial concubine red, this is sweet snow..."

Four snacks, all exquisite and beautiful, Huaiyu couldn't tell what they were for a while, it seemed they were all pasta.

However, although Li Jiachao entertained Wu Huaiyu today, and the dishes and snacks are from the palace, which is extremely extravagant, but although Wu Huaiyu has worked hard in Zhongnan Mountain for five years, before he went up the mountain, he spent more than [-] years in the world. The food and drink are really amazing Without him, it's not unusual for the eight major dishes and various dim sum to eat more and gain more knowledge.

Zhang Chuchen, the Changsun family, even Li Sanniang and the women playing chess had been observing him secretly, and they were also extremely surprised to see his calm and calm attitude.

To be honest, even in the Yongkang Mansion, it is actually impossible to have delicacies from mountains and seas every day. Today, these dishes are usually only available when entertaining distinguished guests.

Not to mention ordinary common people, even some honorable children would be moved by seeing them.

"I am very grateful to Wu Erlang for his generous donation of medicine. My family Alang is now leading the army, so I will prepare a small banquet and let Dalang serve Alang instead to show my gratitude. If there is any place where the hospitality is not good, I hope you will forgive me. Erlang also came to accompany him, but this kid knows how to mess around all day long, so he doesn't know where to mess around now." Zhang Chuchen spoke in a grand manner, making people feel like a spring breeze.

The dining atmosphere was pretty good. Although Li Dalang's words were not pleasant to listen to, Huaiyu also found that this guy was not aimed at him, but was born with a sense of superiority. As long as he flattered him, this kid would be as happy as a donkey , Even after a few glasses of wine, he actually began to call Huaiyu brothers and sisters.

Zhang Chuchen looked at him and shook his head secretly. This eldest son is useless. He stands at [-]. This son can only rely on the favor of his family father to have this official honor. Comparing with Wu Erlang, you will be able to compete with each other.

The Li family will not be able to rely on this kid from now on, the second child is smarter, but he only wants to be a hero, and has no intention of career, which really broke Zhang Chuchen's heart.

This dish is very rich, but it is not so rare in Huaiyu's eyes. He is more curious about the shredded sheepskin, mainly because he has never seen people in Tang Dynasty have woks and stir-fried vegetables before, but this shredded sheepskin is stir-fried mutton Silk.

He asked when he didn't understand, and Siqi smiled and answered questions, "The family of a wealthy family has iron kettles, iron pans and iron plates, which can be stewed, fried or fried. The iron pan is used to fry sheepskin filaments. It is not uncommon for a pot to look like a shallow dish, but it is rare in common people's homes. Because cooking in an iron pot consumes more oil, and secondly, the iron pot is more expensive. Stone pots are mainly used, the price is cheap, and not much oil is needed for stewing, and no oil is also available.”

Iron pans are expensive, cooking requires oil, and oil is also expensive. Iron pans and cooking are not unavailable, but ordinary people cannot afford them, so they don’t use them.

Huaiyu thinks about it too, iron pan is not a high-tech thing, a piece of iron can be made into a dish shape, and it can be cooked on the fire, but cooking must have oil to taste, without oil, it is better to cook and stew directly.

It was the first time for Huaiyu to eat stir-fried vegetables after he came. It tasted familiar and the fried shredded mutton was really delicious. He picked up a few more chopsticks, but Li Deyu thought he had never eaten stir-fried vegetables, so he asked someone to stir-fry them again for Huaiyu. A big plate.

Huaiyu felt that this kid might really have no bad intentions, but he was a little silly and wanted to show off.

It's a pity that this shredded lamb lacks a little pepper. If you add some onions, add some green and red peppers to fry, add some dried peppers, and sprinkle some cumin and pepper, the taste will definitely be better.

There are a lot of grain and vegetable seeds in my luggage, and there are also pepper, red, and onion seeds. After returning home, I can plant some in the yard first.

After the meal, there were several snacks, and the tea was started again.

"How does Erlang feel about Siqi?"

"Good."

He was still thinking about how to plant corn, potatoes, peppers, sweet potatoes, etc. in pieces by the Qinghe River in Sanyuan.

"Since Wu Erlang also likes the handmaid Siqi, then let her follow you. If you are willing to raise her as a concubine, then I will let Yongkang Gong write a letter to release her. Prepare a dowry for Siqi and take it with you.

If Erlang didn't have that intention, he would take him back and be a maid serving tea, pouring water, making beds and making quilts. "

Huaiyu was stunned.

He looked at Mrs. Zhang in surprise, then at Li Sanniang, and finally at Siqi, and found that her face was flushed and her head was lowered.

(End of this chapter)