The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

The carpenter is just needed to build some scaffolding, which can be arranged in two or three days, so there is no rush for the time being.

"By the way, Lao Zhao, what was the name of the person who received the reward yesterday?" Li Fu asked.

There are seventy or eighty servants, maids and five guards in the mansion. In addition, Li Fu rarely lives here. Even if he lives here, he will not contact everyone. If he needs to do something, he will just ask Xiao Tao or Lao Zhao to pass it on.

Therefore, Li Fu will not remember the names of everyone in the house.

"My lord, his name is He Da." Lao Zhao bowed and said.

"What is he like?" Li Fu asked.

"Smart, clever, and efficient at work on weekdays." Lao Zhao said: "People who can stay in our mansion from the beginning and work steadily in the mansion until now are all good."

Lao Zhao has screened the personnel of the Jingyang Palace two or three times.

Earlier, the palace was leaking like a sieve. At the end of the ninth year of Wude, it was screened once, and when the palace plaque was hung on the house last year, it was screened again.

Later, Lao Zhao went to the manor to teach Zhao San to pay more attention to the people in the palace. Zhao San secretly observed for a few months and found that there was no problem with the personnel.

When working in the palace, you can be stupid, but your mind must be pure.

It’s good for people to be smart, but you can’t be careless in work.

Jingyang Palace doesn’t need too many smart people, because their main job is to work in the palace and maintain the normal life of the huge Jingyang Palace.

Later, Lao Zhao told Li Fu what He Da said to him after receiving the reward that day.

"He Da, if he stays in the mansion to work, what he can do, other people can do too. But if he is sent outside to do some work that the servants in the mansion can't do, he can also do it." Lao Zhao said: "He is smart, well-versed in the ways of the world, and willing to spend money, so I told him that even if he gets such a large reward, he should not squander it recklessly, wasting his money and his future."

Just the fact that he is willing to spend money is enough to make Lao Zhao look at him with new eyes.

He said he would give 70% of the reward of 10 strings of cash to himself...

But I haven't said anything, haven't opened my mouth, and haven't promised anything, but this kid is rushing to do it.

"Such a person knows how to behave and do things, but he is not as good as the past." Li Fu pondered: "Lao Zhao, let's take a look at this He Da. If he is useful, give him a suitable job and observe him."

Lao Zhao has already made it clear, so Li Fu is considering using this He Da.

In the past, Lao Zhao was always asked to go out to find suitable talents. Now that one has appeared in his own house, of course he has to give him a chance.

Since he reminded me, he has to give him a chance.

If Li Fu knew about the talented people in the house, he would give them a chance first to see the effect.

"Yes." Lao Zhao responded.

In the evening, when the sun was about to set, it was much cooler than at noon. Li Fu asked Xiao Tao to get the incense and took Xiao Tao to the kitchen again.

Just like yesterday, making pancreas today is a piece of cake.

This time, incense was also added to the raw materials. Before it was done, you can smell the strong fragrance.

It is still pressed with a mold, cut, and placed under the wall of another wall.

Just wait for it to dry for more than ten or twenty days to see how hard it is.

Watch it every day to see how long it takes to dry and draw a conclusion.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Fu had to go to court in the morning.

He got up early, and Xiao Tao helped him put on his court robes and crown.

"It's hard to come back at night after going out." Li Fu said, "Today is Mid-Autumn Festival. Let Lao Zhao take care of the affairs of the mansion. Everyone should stop what they are doing and take a day off."

There was a curfew in the Tang Dynasty, and even on Mid-Autumn Festival, there was no such thing as lifting the curfew.

The royal family in the palace worshipped the moon, and the people could also worship the moon. In their own yards, they set up incense and candles as tributes, placed the tablet of the moon god in the direction of the moon, and lit red candles. The whole family worshipped the moon and prayed for blessings.

The customs of worshiping the moon in different places are also different, and there is a saying that men do not worship the moon and women do not worship the stove.

So, Xiao Tao, as an unmarried person, said to worship the moon.

As a member of the royal family, Li Fu worshipped the moon seriously.

In ancient times, the imperial family had a social system of worshipping the sun in spring and the moon in autumn.

In the morning, he went to the court, and at noon he went to the Da'an Palace to have a reunion dinner with the emperor. In the evening, when the moon rose, the moon worship ceremony began.

The table was placed facing the moon. The main worshiper was Empress Changsun, and the assistant was Li Shimin, who assisted Empress Changsun. The couple completed the moon worship ceremony together. Other royal family members such as Li FuThe middle class, all of them are sacrificial.

Read the prayer.

Worship the moon and pray for blessings, the prayer is: the water bathes the clear moon, the light is long and sparse, the leaves are hazy, the waves are wrinkled, the vastness is open, the Guanghan Yaotai is heaven and earth...

Bless my Tang Dynasty, good weather and good harvest, pious offering, bow down and pray for the feast, the sacrifice is completed, sincerely pray for the night light and feast. (From Baidu Encyclopedia)

After the moon sacrifice, it is time for the royal family and court officials in the palace to feast.

Li Shimin ordered the eunuchs to take down the sacrificial meat, and everyone shared it.

After Li Fu sat down, he looked at the two pieces of sacrificial meat on the plate in front of him...

This is the roughest way to cook meat in plain water.

If it has no taste at all, it would be fine.

Bite the bullet and eat the sacrificial meat.

If you don't eat it, it will be disrespectful to the gods.

This was Li Fu's first time to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace. It was more lively than the New Year's Day court meeting.

Mid-Autumn Festival is a reunion banquet. Empress Changsun and Li Shimin sat on the high seats together, with their children around their knees.

The atmosphere was even more relaxed and happy.

The whole palace was brightly lit and lively. On the tables in front of everyone, there were good wine, good tea and rich food.

Li Fu glanced back.

The Tang Dynasty Song and Dance Troupe was also ready. The musicians sat on the hard couches laid out in the back behind the screen. As soon as the banquet started, the sound of orchestral music was endless.

The palace maids and eunuchs carried trays and shuttled lightly among the people, constantly offering fine wine and delicacies.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the next day, Li Fu brought gifts to visit the Duke of Ying's mansion.

The visiting card was handed over the day before yesterday, and the Duke of Ying's mansion also replied to the card.

The Duke of Ying had received the festival gifts from the Jingyang Palace earlier, and the Lady of Ying wanted to thank her son-in-law.

All the gifts were things that the couple liked.

In the middle of the morning, Li Fu, dressed neatly in new clothes, sat in a carriage, accompanied by guards and gifts, and arrived at the gate of the Duke of Ying's Palace.