Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1334 Someone is treating you
  The vast sea reflects Mount Tai, and the shark's fin cooks the bear's paw.

This sentence refers to the two most outstanding features of Haiyue Xiaozhu in Songhai City, which is famous throughout Qilu.

Songhai is a coastal city. Whether you look at the mountains or the harbor, you can enjoy the boundless blue sea.

Haiyue Xiaozhu, built near the sea, is recognized as the best place in Songhai City to view the sea and sky. This is the origin of the first half of that sentence.

The second half of the sentence is about a famous dish that is considered more worthy of mention than the sea and sky scene, "Shark's Fin and Bear's Paw".

"Shark's fin and bear's paw" is a famous dish in Qilu, but Haiyue Xiaozhu uses the most exquisite ingredients.

Ordinary people generally choose shark fins as their first choice, but the shark fins of Haiyue Xiaozhu must be the selected hook fins of Canghai Jiaoshark, and the color is the highest grade gold fin among gold, silver and azure. The whole fin is boneless and the highest quality. Excellent, extremely rare.

Bear paw is the first of the eight delicacies in the mountains and is extremely nutritious. What Haiyue Xiaozhu chooses is the black bear with half-moon patterns on the Changbai Snow Mountain in the far north of Yanzhao, which is the best among bears.

Gu Xun had tasted this delicacy when he first came to Sanghai. Even though he was a master of the Qin State, he had to wait several days to eat it.

Now that the empire dominates the world, as the imperial master, he is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. Now he comes to eat... He still has to wait.

After all, you have to wait because of the ingredients. It’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. You have to wait until the food is delivered, and you have to wait even when the emperor comes.

Of course, as long as your status is high enough, Haiyue Xiaozhu can cooperate with you without any bottom line.

Before Fusu arrived, Meng Tian directly ordered Haiyue Xiaozhu to prepare ingredients for His Royal Highness the eldest son, so that he would not have to wait to taste this Songhai delicacy after his arrival.

This kind of operation will disrupt the supply time of Haiyue Xiaozhu. After all, cold chain transportation is more difficult these days. If the ingredients are required to be fresh enough, they can neither advance nor lag behind.

However, Haiyue Xiaozhu still didn't dare to say a word and was obedient.

The entire empire belongs to others, do you have the right to say no?
  In fact, Mengtian's preparations didn't work. Fusu had been busy with various affairs since he arrived at Songhai, and he had no interest in eating shark's fins and bear's paws.

After several days of delays, it was not until today that Haiyue Xiaozhu finally welcomed the most noble figure in the empire besides His Majesty the Emperor himself.

Fusu is hosting a banquet at Haiyue Xiaozhu today at noon.

The one who invited him was not his teacher Gu Xun. In the entire Songhai City, only Gu Xun was qualified to be invited by Fusu. Others, including Prime Minister Li Si, could only invite Fusu.

After walking a hundred steps or so along the sea walkway that started from the seaside and extended eastwards, Gu Xun arrived at Haiyue Xiaozhu located on the sea.

This place is said to be a small building, but it is actually not small. The area is comparable to a small palace, but it is just a pavilion without walls.

This is the most important building of Haiyue Xiaozhu. It is the best place to enjoy the sea view and also the place to enjoy shark fin and bear paw.

There are a large number of buildings surrounding this pavilion, which are connected to the main road through the sea corridor. They are all part of Haiyue Xiaozhu and are used for relaxation and entertainment.

Haiyue Xiaozhu is considered a high-end entertainment club. It cannot just be for people to come and eat shark fins and bear paws. After the meal, they are not allowed to do other activities, drink tea, listen to music, etc.

Of course, Fusu's invitation to Gu Xun would only be for a meal.

When Gu Xun arrived, Fusu was already waiting here. When he saw his teacher coming, he quickly stood up and said hello:
  "teacher."

Gu Xun didn't say anything. He casually waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and then he sat down first.

After sitting down, he asked with a smile, "Why do you suddenly think of treating me to dinner?" "The student has been here for so many days and has not bothered to meet the teacher. The treat is naturally to make amends." Fusu responded jokingly. .

Today, he is no longer like the strict and orderly child he used to be. Although he treats Gu Xun with respect, he is not restrained.

"Ha!" Gu Xun laughed, "You kid is in a very relaxed mood now."

Fusu nodded, "The students are indeed in a more relaxed mood now."

"I was nervous all the way preparing for the eastward tour. It's only now that everything has been arranged. I'm really relieved."

"Where is the black dragon scroll?" Gu Xun took a sip of the tea that had been prepared on the table and asked, "Isn't the matter of the lost thing still unresolved?"

"The Black Dragon Scroll..." The relief on Fusu's face faded a lot, his tone was sluggish, and then he shook his head and said, "Teacher, you should also know that it doesn't matter if the information on the Black Dragon Scroll is leaked."

"After the eastward tour begins, it won't take long before everyone who is interested will guess my father's plan."

"Are you worried?"

"The empire's control over the Qilu land is solid..." Fusu hesitated and shook his head, "Even with me, General Meng, and Li Xiangguo here, there are still undercurrents in the city."

"General Meng personally led the army to sweep away the rebels, but he gained very little after so many days."

"My father is determined to come here alone, and it is really unpredictable..."

Gu Xun played with the jade-like tea cup carelessly and replied casually, "What you can think of, your father can also think of, so why worry about it?"

"But Father..." Fusu's mood became a little more excited, and at the same time he subconsciously glanced at the huge ship anchored not far from them on the sea, "...Many of Father's thoughts now are not true. Rational, completely blinded by false illusions."

"so what?"

"...General Meng and Li Xiangguo are also deeply worried about this."

"Ha." Gu Xun couldn't help but laugh, "It's okay for them to worry, so don't join in the fun."

"When the emperor goes on patrol, the two of them, as important ministers, will most likely accompany him, but you... most likely will stay in Xianyang to temporarily handle state affairs. Whatever happens on the patrol, it will not be your turn to worry about it, nor your turn to deal with it. .”

Ying Zheng's eastern tour essentially formed a mobile court to suppress the unrest in Qi, Lu, Jingchu and other places and strengthen the rule of the empire. Therefore, Ying Zheng had to take a large number of senior officials with him to assist him in handling government affairs.

But even so, someone still needs to stay in Xianyang to deal with some minor matters that are not necessary to report to the mobile court.

Under normal circumstances, this job would definitely fall on the heir to the empire, that is, the prince. Now that there is no prince, it will naturally be replaced by Fusu, the eldest son.

Of course, again, this is just normal.

Fusu was a little hesitant about Gu Xun's advice, "Teacher, don't you want me to get too involved in the Eastern Patrol?"

"I don't want you to worry about it!" Gu Xun responded to his student angrily.

(End of this chapter)