Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 71
Winter is coming, Li Fei doesn't even want to go to the Ministry of Punishment except for going to the palace every day and going to court every few days.Fortunately, the weather was so cold that even the dudes were unwilling to come out to wolves, and the common people had less activities, and the official affairs of the Ministry of Punishment were much less than usual. Li Fei finished it in half an hour, and retreated home for the rest of the time I don't want to go out, I have no choice but to burn charcoal around the house to make it warmer.

Although he belongs to the exploiting class, Li Fei has no habit of exploiting people. Li Fei is not stingy about the family guards, maids, etc., allowing them to receive a certain amount of charcoal every ten days, and all of them are good smoke-free charcoal. The expense is not small, but it is estimated that it will cost less than a thousand guan in one winter, which is affordable.

"Jiedu envoy An Lushan sent a batch of high-quality mink furs some time ago, and the palace has already made cloaks. You will bring two of them back later."

"Thank you, godmother." Li Fei happily accepted it, not polite at all.

However, upon hearing the name An Lushan, Li Fei couldn't help but twitch slightly in his heart, a little nervous, but he didn't show it clearly on his face.

One and a half months later, it was another university meeting, and Li Fei finally couldn't bear to get out the distilled wine.

He once saw a rural pottery still, the style is very simple, the principle is even simpler, he drew a picture, and Zhaojiayao sent a set over the next day.

There is no need to worry about the rest, all the wines on the market are fermented wines, as long as they are bought and distilled.

Of course, the cost is not low at all. Basically, it takes more than three catties of fermented wine to distill one catty of distilled wine.Li Fei took a sip, his throat was choking, and his temperature was about 40 degrees. The moment he took it, his body immediately started to heat up, dispelling the cold air.

"A Niu, try it too." Li Fei smiled and handed the bowl to Zeng A Niu.

"Ahem——, it's so spicy—" Zeng Aniu felt a scorching heat from his throat directly to his stomach, and his face immediately turned red, which was a normal sign of drinking high-grade distilled alcohol for the first time.

"If you like to drink, you can find something to decorate yourself. If you don't like to drink, don't force it."

The first time I drank distilled wine, I said I liked it. Unless it is a man with a rough physique and personality, most people will not find it so delicious.

Of course, just because of the instant heat-dispelling effect, it is definitely a good thing in this cold winter.

"Master Xie Jungong." Although he didn't think it was very delicious, A Niu still didn't miss this opportunity, so he found a gourd and filled two catties of it as a backup.

Li Fei smiled and had already drank half a bowl, so he drank it himself, and had no plans to sell it to the market. After all, he already has a lot of businesses at the moment, and a lot of money flows into his pocket every day, so there is no need In the business of making distilled spirits.

Although he doesn't plan to launch it on the market, Li Fei intends to test whether Tang Xuanzong will drink this kind of wine. If he has a chance to please his godmother Yang Guifei or Tang Xuanzong, he must not let it go. Who made those two people his identity? The guarantee of status is his backer, and anyone who has the opportunity to displease his backer is a fool.

The next day, Li Fei took a big gourd and about five catties of distilled wine into the palace.

Tang Xuanzong took a sip, a little unaccustomed to the strength and throat punch of distilled wine.

"Although it's not easy to drink, it's still a good thing to drink in the cold winter. If it's in Youyun, or even Mobei, there must be more people who like it. An Lushan should like it." Said. Later, Tang Xuanzong talked about Anlu Mountain.

From Tang Xuanzong's tone, it can be heard that Tang Xuanzong is very satisfied and trusts in An Lushan.

That's right, whenever An Lushan gets something good, he immediately sends people to Chang'an City to honor Tang Xuanzong and Concubine Yang. There are so many envoys in the Tang Dynasty, but Anlushan has sent the most and the most precious things over the years. , most please Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei.

In addition, An Lushan is very good at fighting, and the Khitan people, the Xi people, etc. have no temper, and there are good news every short time.

Although Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was tired of the government, he still liked to expand the territory and promote the military power of the Tang Dynasty. The military power of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains may be relatively weak, but the military power in the border area is absolutely strong. Dare not to go east, suppress Tubo in the southwest, Nanzhao in the south, Khitan, Xi people in the north, Huihe, Bohai Kingdom, Silla Kingdom in the east, Wa Kingdom pays tribute and worships every year, and regards the Tang Dynasty as the suzerain state.

"You get a hundred catties some other day, and I will send someone to send it to An Lushan. Well, the palace also keeps a hundred catties." Tang Xuanzong is now more and more satisfied with Li Fei, he doesn't know Li Fei's head Why are there so many weird things in melon seeds.

In the end, Tang Xuanzong rewarded Li Fei with 1000 taels of gold and some fine silk brocades to take back.

Li Fei just said, if you send things into the palace, as long as you can satisfy the emperor, you will definitely not lose money.Look, there are only about [-] catties of distilled wine, and the rewards of gold and silk brocades are worth almost ten times more.

"Anlu Mountain, oh Anlu Mountain, hey—" Leaving the palace, looking at the sky, Li Fei sighed inwardly, but didn't say anything.

One winter is almost over.

The Spring Festival, since the Yin and Shang Dynasties, has always been the grandest, busiest, and most important traditional festival in China.

There are no firecrackers and fireworks in Datang, but there are firecrackers.

To put it bluntly, it is burning bamboo, watching the crackling sound, but it is far from firecrackers.

Li Fei likes to bury a few taro in the pile of burnt bamboo.In fact, Li Fei prefers to eat sweet potatoes, but Datang doesn't have sweet potatoes, nor potatoes. Fortunately, taro is also good.

"Husband, this is to drive away the Nian beast. Why do you use it to burn the taro?" Lin Shiyue had a big belly. When she came out, she happened to see Li Fei pulling the taro out of the ashes. Seeing her buried in, he said helplessly.

Li Fei chuckled, peeled one and brought it to Lin Shiyue's mouth.

"Lady, the cooked taro is delicious, do you want to have a bite?"

Lin Shiyue took only a small bite, then shook her head: "Husband, you can eat by yourself. I don't know how my parents are doing in Xunyang County, and there is no one to accompany them."

Thinking that her father and mother only had her own daughter, and they didn't even have any children or grandchildren during the Spring Festival, her eyes couldn't help getting a little moist.

Originally, Li Fei could take Lin Shiyue back to Xunyang County to have a look, but Lin Shiyue's belly is already big, the bumps of the carriage are very different from the cars of later generations, and the long distance of hundreds of miles is not due to her and the unborn child. I can bear it, but Lin Siming couldn't come because he was busy with spring plowing after the beginning of spring.

"Don't worry, lady, maybe my father-in-law will be transferred to Chang'an City in a month or two. It will be close by then, and I can visit my father-in-law anytime I want, or let my father-in-law come with me directly." It's fine to live in the county government." Li Fei comforted him.

Li Fei firmly believed that his father-in-law Lin Siming was not a simple person, but also somewhat ambitious. As long as the spring plowing was done well, the possibility of being transferred to Chang'an City after several ranks was as high as [-]%.

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