The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Hahaha, it's different. You'll know when you get there." Lu Deming laughed.

The two took a carriage from the private house to Li Fu's mansion.

Old Zhou was waiting at the door to greet the two. When he saw their carriage stop, he eagerly stepped forward to pick up the two old men and took them into the house.

"Dr. Lu, Mr. Xiao, today's banquet will be in a separate courtyard. Please follow me." Old Zhou said as he walked.

"Why is it not in the original hall?" Lu Deming asked.

"The round table in the hall is too small. When there are too many people, it seems cramped to sit together, so another place is arranged." Old Zhou said.

There is a new reception room in the old house. Li Fu specially asked the craftsmen to build several large round tables. There are tables of different sizes according to the number of people eating.

In addition, if there are more people, it will be inconvenient to sit on a round table, even if there is a double-layer rotating plate.

What kind of people are sitting down to eat now? Those were people who needed to be served when eating. It was impossible for people of such status to sit at the round table and turn the table by themselves.

A large table would make eating inconvenient, so in the end, it was most reasonable to return to the original way, with one table for each person and separate meals for entertaining guests.

Instead of letting the guests not turn the table because they couldn't save face.

If that were the case, who would dare to turn the table when Li Erfeng sat with his ministers?

Could Li Erfeng do it himself? A eunuch who was responsible for turning the table had to be prepared behind him...

The new room that Li Fu asked Lao Zhou to prepare was in a room with a floor heating. There were two steps raised at the entrance. The wooden floor was warm when stepped on. There were cushions and armchairs behind each table. Once the door was closed, it was still warm inside.

Although it was the end of the Lantern Festival and spring was coming, the late spring cold was severe. Without something to heat the house, it was still chilly. Therefore, after Li Fu came back, the floor heating in the house had to be kept burning.

Yan Lide and Jiang Que had already sat down in the hall, and Li Fu also came to this room.

Not long after, Lao Zhou arrived with the two old men.

When the two came, Li Fu, Yan Lide and Jiang Que stood up to greet them.

"Dr. Lu, Mr. Xiao." Li Fu bowed and smiled, "Please take a seat."

After a few pleasantries, they sat behind the table. As the host, Li Fu had the highest official position and title in the house, so he must sit in the main seat.

After sitting down, Li Fu told Lao Zhou to notify the kitchen to serve the dishes.

One by one, the exquisite dishes were brought in and placed on their respective tables.

"Since everyone has come to my farm today, relax and enjoy yourself." Li Fu smiled and said, "I dare not say about other places, but on my farm, everyone will definitely eat and drink well."

Li Fu had a gentle smile on his face.

Eat and drink.

After eating and drinking, it's time to start working.

People have eaten and drunk here, and there is nothing wrong with helping the farm to do something.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

The four people sitting below also hurriedly thanked him.

"Old Zhou, serve the wine." Li Fu waved his hand, very heroic.

Old Zhou nodded and asked someone to bring in a wine pot to pour the wine.

"This is all newly brewed Wude wine, which is not available in Chang'an City now." Li Fu said, "Before the workshop was built, it was not even sent to the palace."

This was also agreed with Li Erfeng, to take this wine to the farm to exchange for grain in order to achieve the purpose of grain storage.

Let's save up little by little, Li Fu thought, I'm afraid we may not be able to save up this year, maybe the farm will have to put in the grain purchased last year.

When the ground thaws completely in the spring, we have to go and see what the situation is in the ground, early detection and early prevention, and do our best to prevent and reduce the occurrence of disasters.

With Wude wine to cheer up, the atmosphere of the banquet was very warm.

After Xiao Yu sat down and started to eat and drink, the old man seemed to have opened his appetite.

It's worthy of being the farm of King Jingyang, the chef's skills are really amazing.

Xiao Yu drank until his face was flushed, and he kept chatting with Lu Deming. Li Fu occasionally chatted with him, and the most important thing was to talk to Jiang Que about expanding the school in front of Xiao Yu.

"For the new house on the manor, we still need Lao Lide. As for the expansion of the school and the future water conservancy plan of the manor, we need Lao Xingben. Let's work together, regardless of the investment, and try our best to create a good environment on the manor, as well as many workshops." Li Fu said: "As for the workshop, it's relatively simple, let Bin Wang take care of it."

Li Fu said, looking at the man sitting at the bottomMa Zhou.

Ma Zhou hurriedly bowed.

Even the two young craftsmen of the Craftsman Supervisor were pulled by His Highness to work on the farm. The Craftsman Supervisor was responsible for working for the palace.......

On the first day of coming to the farm, Ma Zhou already felt a little pressure.

House, school, workshop.......

This farm, His Highness has to spend a lot of money and food throughout the year to develop it to this point in just two years.

Ma Zhou went all the way from his hometown to Chang'an City. On the way, he saw prosperous big cities and stopped in remote countryside, but none of the villages and farms he passed by could compare to this farm in Jingyang County.

During this period, after briefly understanding some of the expenses of the Jingyang Palace and looking at some of the account books and plans on the farm, Ma Zhou was also shocked.

No wonder it is said that the farmers here would not go to Chang'an City even if they were asked to live there.

Whoever leaves this manor with his family and goes to Chang'an City is mentally ill...

After the banquet, the guests were all happy and everyone present was a little tipsy. They were taken to their rooms by the servants to rest.

Lu Deming and Xiao Yu were sent to the carriage by their servants and returned to the manor.

Others can rest, but Li Fu can't rest now. There are still four distinguished guests from Chang'an City who haven't arrived yet. According to the time estimate, it will take about half an hour to an hour to reach the manor.

Li Fu returned to the study and asked Lao Zhou to find someone to send the plan of the manor to the main hall of the courtyard where Jiang Que and Yan Lide were.

He sat down in the study and rested for a while.

Xiao Tao brought tea.

"My dear, the kitchen has cooked a hangover soup and it will be delivered soon. Have some tea first." Xiao Tao said.

"Yes." Li Fu nodded: "At the intersection of Zhuangzi Road, are there still people guarding there?"

"They are still there." Xiao Tao responded.