The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

While Li Fu was busy in the kitchen, the charcoal in the barbecue stove outside began to ignite. It was burning just right now. They would take it to the corridor in the middle hall. It would be warm at noon, so they would have dinner in the corridor in the middle hall. The corridor was well ventilated, so eating some barbecue would not cause any trouble.

Li Shimin and his three companions were sitting in the corridor in the middle hall chatting.

A square low table with low stools beside it.

Because they needed to grill ingredients and put the oven, they used low tables and low stools.

The kitchen prepared three cold dishes and served them first, along with the prepared drinks.

Then came the hot dishes made by Li Fu first.

The barbecue stove was brought up, along with the skewered ingredients and seasonings.

Not only pork loin, but also pork belly and chicken.

After a while, Li Fu came over after cleaning himself up.

"Second brother, you two, try the food in my house today." Li Fu said with a smile: "Let's put it this way, I spend the most time on reading or studying food, but I never treat myself badly when it comes to food."

"That's enough." Fang Xuanling laughed.

"Come, try this, it's just out of the pot, eat it while it's hot." Li Fu said: "This is a great dish to go with wine."

Li Fu pointed to a large plate of stir-fried kidney in the middle of the table and said.

The three of them picked up chopsticks and ate the food.

The taste was fresh and tender, very delicious, this was a delicacy they had never eaten before.

"I've never seen this ingredient before, what is it?" Changsun Wuji asked curiously.

Li Shimin tasted it and thought it was a good dish to go with wine. He picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank.

"Oh, this is pork kidney."

"Ahem." Li Shimin choked himself accidentally.

"What do you think this is?" Li Shimin looked at Li Fu with a questioning look.

"Pig kidneys." Li Fu responded seriously: "Today, the farm is slaughtering pigs. If there is enough time, I really want to make a pot of slaughtered pig dishes."

"Next time, next time I have a chance, I will try the slaughtered pig dishes." Li Fu smiled and looked at everyone, and he also stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of kidney.

It was the first time for him to eat kidney fried with dogwood.

However, he could only make do with it. He had tried it in the kitchen and it was not a failure.

Then, he was busy putting the skewers on the barbecue grill.

"What are you doing again..."

Li Shimin watched Li Fu's actions.

"Barbecue." Li Fu said: "Cut it like this, it will roast faster and it will be more flavorful. Eat it directly after roasting. This is also pork kidney. There are also pork belly and chicken here. If you want to eat the original flavor, just sprinkle some fine salt. There are seasonings here."

The kidneys roasted quickly, and Li Fu sprinkled salt and some coarse cumin, which is ground fennel.

"Come, have a taste." After Li Fu finished roasting, he distributed it to the three of them.

Although they knew that it was pork kidney, it didn't taste anything special when they ate it. Instead, it tasted fresh and fragrant, richer than the dishes they had eaten before, and it was delicious, so the three of them accepted it.

The frequency of eating skewers and picking up dishes increased.

Drinking and eating skewers is a great pleasure in life.

Li Fu didn't feel any novelty, just filling his stomach, and then he started to grill skewers and brush sauce.

Dishes were sent here from the kitchen one after another.

Don't look at the people sitting here, an emperor, a minister of the Central Secretariat, and a minister of the Ministry of Personnel, they ate as if they had never eaten in their eight lifetimes, and they devoured everything in a flash.

The main reason was that they had never eaten such delicious dishes before.

Their family didn't have a big iron pot for cooking, and the chef in the house didn't know how to cook.

Even the chefs in the Shangshi Bureau didn't have this ability.

At noon, the sun was shining brightly outside. Sitting under the porch, eating and drinking, my body was warmed by the sun.

"Prince, you are really living a life like a god in this farm." Fang Xuanling said with a smile, "No wonder you always come back to stay for a while."

This carefree life is really enviable.

"It's just like a life like a god, but compared to you two, I am free. You two are great talents, and you are capable and wise ministers who will assist your majesty in governing the Tang Dynasty. I am lucky. I am a prince, and no one dares to bully me."

Li Fu praised Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji while being modest.

"Now, who dares to bully you, the Prince of Jingyang?" Li Shimin put down his wine glass, his face flushed, and his mood was very happy.

"Yes, yes, it's all thanks to you, my second brother." Li Fu said with a smile.

During the Zhenguan period, it was definitely right to hold Li Er's thigh tightly.

Hou Junji could survive even if he rebelled. Li Fu, a man with no great ambitions, would have a hard time as long as he didn't commit suicide.Is it quite nourishing?

After having enough wine and food, the servants in the house cleaned up the tables and served tea again.

"Your Majesty, we came to the manor of the Prince of Jingyang this time, and it can be regarded as stealing half a day of leisure from the busy life." Fang Xuanling said with emotion.

Since your majesty ascended the throne, all of them, the former officials of the Tiance Mansion, have worked hard. Facing the treacherous situation in the court, they dared not slack off at all. They buried their heads in the documents every day and worried about government affairs.

Now that I sit down and have some free time, I really feel the freedom and happiness of stealing time from the busy schedule.

"Yes, I have been nervous for so long. Today, I can relax." Li Shimin smiled.

After a short rest in the corridor, it was time to go to the workshop in the afternoon.

Several people walked to the workshop. They ate a lot at noon and were just going to stroll around to digest the food.

After arriving at the workshop, Li Fu took Li Shimin to visit.

Because the salt from the first batch was enough, no more salt was boiled in the past two days. But today Li Shimin came, and he must show him how the workshop turned poisonous salt into refined salt step by step.

"Second brother, these are the bitter poisonous salts bought from the market." Li Fu said, "We will use them as raw materials to boil refined salt in a while."

Li Shimin was still secretly surprised at the scale of Li Fu's workshop.

Li Yuan had seen the workshop on the manor before and was very moved, but Li Shimin was here for the first time.

The three workshops occupied a large area in one place, and it looked like a whole magnificent manor.

But in front of Li Fu, he couldn't show his surprise, otherwise it would seem that he, the emperor, was very ignorant.

He was a man who had seen a lot of the world.

"Come here and meet His Majesty." Li Fu said to the craftsmen in the workshop.

"I pay my respects to His Majesty."

Everyone bowed and saluted.

"No need to be polite. Today, I came to see how you make salt." Li Shimin said.

"Let's start the work as we did before." Li Fu ordered.