Zhenguan Leisurely King

Chapter 338 Strategies against Lingnan
The news that hairy crabs can be eaten spread from ten to hundreds, and soon villagers from several villages by the pond joined in the action of catching crabs, men and women, old and young, holding wooden basins or The wooden barrel is holding hairy crabs one after another.

The hairy crabs that came ashore soon were caught all over the place. Under Wang Ping'an's emphasis, all the small hairy crabs were collected. Wang Ping bought them with money, leaving only the big ones for steaming.

On the shore, Wang Ping'an taught everyone how to steam steamed hairy crabs and how to eat hairy crabs. If he didn't teach them, the villagers would probably eat all the crab shells.

After working for an hour, almost everyone present ate the delicious hairy crabs, and they were instantly overwhelmed by the deliciousness of the hairy crabs.Wang Pingan also told them that the best season to eat hairy crabs is from September to November, and the taste of hairy crabs in other periods is a bit worse.

The villagers who heard the words exploded in an instant. Such delicious hairy crabs are not the best time to eat, so when they are the best time, what will the taste be like? Everyone can't help but imagine.

Wang Pingan went directly to the palace with thousands of hairy crabs.

Outside the palace, Wang Pingan stopped in his tracks and told Zhao Hao, "Zhao Hao, you temporarily keep these small hairy crabs in Wangji Winery, and then quickly ordered people to dig a pond to raise the small hairy crabs in the winery. Inside, it doesn’t need to be too big, one mu is enough.”

"Yes, the villain will do it now."

Zhao Hao took a group of servants to run errands, while Wang Pingan took Fatty Lin and the four of them straight to the imperial dining room of the palace with thousands of hairy crabs.

It was the first time Wang Pingan came to the imperial dining room, so he was shocked by the scene of the imperial dining room. The imperial dining room shown on TV had nothing but a lot of people and a lot of stoves.

And now Li Er's imperial dining room not only has more people, but also has more stoves, and more ingredients, such as those that fly up, swim in the river, and run on the ground, even those that grow deep underground. The future is protected by law.

I saw fifty or sixty royal chefs with detailed division of labor, such as washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, side dishes, cooking in the hands, etc. There were even eunuchs who tried dishes. It is estimated that Li Er hadn't had lunch yet.

The arrival of Wang Ping'an directly interrupted the busy imperial chef.

"Who are you?"

A person dressed in clothes different from those of ordinary imperial chefs came to Wang Ping'an. Wang Ping'an guessed that he was the chef of the imperial dining room.

Wang Pingan didn't intend to talk nonsense with him, so he took out Li Er's token to show them, and said: "I have been arranged by His Majesty to be in charge of the evening banquet. After everyone listens to this evening, the four chefs I brought If so, if tonight's banquet is due to your negligence, then you will be responsible for the consequences, hehe..."

Wang Ping'an's threat made the head of the imperial dining room who was a little angry turn off the fire. This was not only because of Wang Ping'an's threat, but also because the token in his hand made him afraid.

Next, Wang Pingan ordered Fatty Lin to steam fifty hairy crabs first, and then he grabbed a living hairy crab to find Li Er.

After he asked the eunuchs, he knew that at this time Li Er was meeting the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng. To cheat on Li Er.

But this eunuch was one of the eunuchs who often served Li Er, and he happened to be going to pass on the imperial meal.

"Your Majesty, Flying Tiger General Wang Ping'an is asking for an audience outside the hall, and he also brought a hairy crab." An eunuch walked into the imperial study and informed Li Er.

"What is he here for?" Li Er muttered suspiciously, and then said slowly, "Let him in." Then he turned to Changsun Wuji and the others and asked, "All my loves, can you guess the truth?" Why did Wang Pingan come here?"

"I guess I came here for the evening banquet." Fang Xuanling said.

"Weichen also agrees in this way." Du Ruhui said.

Immediately afterwards, Li Er smiled and said: "Actually, I think so too, but what are hairy crabs?"

Wang Ping'an quickly walked into the imperial study room, saluted Li Er and said, "Your Majesty, my ministers."

"Free, safe, just left the palace this morning, why did you come to see me?" Li Er asked.

Pointing to the hairy crab in his hand, Wang Pingan said excitedly, "Of course it's for it."

Li Er and Changsun Wuji saw the hairy crab in Wang Ping'an's hand, and said in unison: "This thing is a hairy crab?"

"That's right, Weichen called him a hairy crab, which is a kind of crab. In some places, they are called river crabs, hairy crabs, and clear water crabs. It is estimated that no one in the entire Tang Dynasty has eaten it, and they don't know how delicious it is. In front of the lake not far from Chang'an City, these hairy crabs climbed ashore and destroyed the crops, so people caught them all. And Weichen plans to have a whole crab feast tonight, except for the hairy crabs, there is only good wine." Wang Pingan said Said endlessly.

Li Er looked at the hairy crab that kept waving its two big claws in the air, and asked curiously, "Is this thing edible?"

"Of course, and it's extremely delicious, it can be said to be the ultimate of all crabs." Wang Pingan looked like he was enjoying the delicious food.

"really?"

"It's more real than pearls. Fifty hairy crabs are being steamed in the imperial dining room. I'm here to tell His Majesty how you want to use these hairy crabs." Wang Pingan said.

"We can wait for a while, I ask you, what do you think of Lingnan?" Li Er immediately restored the emperor Li Er, he was not at all tempted by the hairy crabs.

Wang Pingan secretly said: "This is the Tang Taizong Li Shimin in my mind. He will not be disturbed by foreign things in the world, and everything will take the country and the community as the most important thing."

He handed the hairy crabs to an eunuch, then cupped his hands to Li Er and said, "Your Majesty, Lingnan is still in a relatively backward place, with a lot of tribes, and there are also a lot of kings with the surname Wan. It seems that it is not suitable for construction and development, and The imperial court currently has no spare power to take care of Lingnan affairs, and the most urgent task is to fight the Turks, so it is best for Lingnan to maintain the status quo."

Changsun Wuji stood up when he heard the words, and said worriedly: "If Feng An's family is allowed to dominate, then the land in Lingnan will completely become his in the future. .”

Du Ruhui said: "The auxiliary machine is too much to worry about. If Feng An wants to occupy the entire Lingnan, it depends on whether the imperial court is willing."

"But I have to." Fang Xuanling said.

Wei Zheng stepped forward and said, "We can make Feng An's son an official in Chang'an, just as a hostage."

Wang Pingan understood. It turned out that they were afraid that Feng An's foundation in Lingnan would grow stronger after several years of development. When the imperial court wanted to develop Lingnan, they were afraid that Feng An would not agree.

Li Er frowned, and said: "So far, this is the only way to do it. While rewarding Feng An, he canonize his second son, Feng Zhidai, as the governor of Zuo Wuwei."

"Your Majesty, in fact, you want to curb the development of Feng An's power. In fact, the imperial court can send a minister to Lingnan in the name of building Lingnan." Wang Pingan said at this time.

"Develop Lingnan? Tell me more about it." Li Er asked curiously.

Wang Ping'an cupped his hands and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, just as I said just now, there are currently many tribes in Lingnan, and there are many kings of the opposite sex, and they are relatively backward, and the customs in some places have lasted for thousands of years. Lingnan will soon be unified, and this is what we have to find a way to prevent."

"Is your solution to send people to Lingnan?" Li Er asked.

"Yes, as long as the imperial court sends a competent minister to develop Lingnan and establish a business with Feng An, all troubles will be wiped out." Wang Pingan said confidently.

Changsun Wuji shook his head and smiled wryly: "Ping Anni is still too young, thinking too simply, a mere benefit, how can it be as big as the benefit of the whole Lingnan."

Everyone nodded in agreement with Changsun Wuji's words.

Just as Wang Ping'an was about to explain, Fang Xuanling took the lead: "Your Majesty, we can work together to make Feng Zhidai the governor of Zuo Wuwei, and the imperial court also sends people to Lingnan to develop Lingnan with Feng An."

"That's the only way to go, let's draw up an order." Li Er said.

"Your Majesty, please wait, please let this minister finish speaking." Wang Pingan said first.

Li Er frowned and said, "If you still want to say something, just say it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. In fact, I haven't finished what I said just now. Your Majesty, remember that I said before that the world is very big, and the greatest wealth is not on land but at sea." Wang Pingan paused, looking at Li Er and the others. Everyone nodded in affirmation.

Li Er said: "Yes, I still remember that there are still several continents, and they are currently unowned."

"You must know that Lingnan is close to the sea and has not yet been developed. This is a prerequisite for the development of Lingnan. Weichen has an idea, which is to build a port in Lingnan, a transfer station for cargo transportation, and build a road with cement. The port leads to the cement roads of major cities. This is extremely convenient for transportation." Wang Pingan said.

"Even so, at most, the cities near the coast in the south of the Five Ridges will develop, and there are other places." Wei Zheng said.

Wang Pingan said with a smile: "It's just developing? Master Wei, you have a big tone. Let's make an analogy. Suppose Master Wei is a businessman. Port, what will you do?"

He looked at the others again, and said again: "My lords, you can think about it, what will you do."

Everyone fell into deep thought. In fact, the method is very simple. Just wait for the ship full of spices to arrive at the port of Lingnan, and then discuss business with the ship owner. If this matter is placed on the merchant, the answer can be answered immediately, but Putting it on these few big shots in the court, it is estimated that they are all dead ends.

(End of this chapter)