Chapter 179: Fancheng Dinner
Wu Xiucheng said again: "Tomorrow, Xiucheng will take the princess to walk around here?" The street is tax-free and has rare gadgets from all over the world. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Tax-free?" I really opened my mouth this time, the land tax in the mainland, holding strips of cloth, and measuring the land with a corner of the horns! Who said that the emperor doesn't favor Zhang Ronghua? Those concubines who think they are favored, do your mothers dare to pay a penny less?
Wu Xiucheng looked at me stupidly and explained: "The emperor made this street tax-free, and it was not just for Zhang Yuanwai, the princess can go back and ask the head of the hall, since there is this duty-free street, Sun City's restaurants and inns, song and dance clubs, and docks in Fancheng, how much more do you get in the account?" Sunshine City's business is not tax-exempt. In addition, merchant ships are also subject to taxes when they cross the border. ”
I understand that there is a duty-free street, and there are merchants from all over the world, and these merchants have to eat and live in stores, and goods have to be transported and stored. Fancheng has prospered like this, and it is no longer a desolate southern frontier where the army reclaims the border.
At that time, Li Chaozong quietly became bigger in Fancheng, expanded the army, built dragon guards, bribed officials, and cultivated his own power, and the Wei family and the Du family were not aware of it for 20 years. Prosperity must decline, there is no reason to be invincible.
Wu Xiucheng continued to persuade: "When the princess returns to Beijing, she must bring some rare objects to the sisters and mothers in the capital, right?" Leaving Fancheng, there is no such a good place to buy things in front of you. ”
I couldn't help laughing: "General Wu, don't tell me, you don't have shares here." Then I'm not going to buy it. ”
Wu Xiucheng laughed: "Yes, the humble position is truthfully explained, and the people of the entire Jiuchen Palace, including Guogong, hahaha." The princess buys it, and she doesn't suffer a loss. ”
I also laughed, and happily agreed: "Okay, the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, if I accidentally buy too much, General Wu will be responsible for carrying it for me." ”
Wu Xiucheng said with a smile: "No problem, it is wrapped up in the humble position, if these three hundred people are not enough to carry things for the princess, I will go to the Fancheng Mansion and transfer another three hundred people." ”
Who said that Zhang Ronghua came from a humble background and had no foreign aid? The old department of the Chenwang Mansion is now all prominent. In addition, the emperor's eldest son, Li Sheng'an, the king of Shun'an, although he is not the son of Li Chaozong, but for him, whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is really not necessarily.
As I spoke, the dishes began to be served, I looked at them, picked up each dish with chopsticks and tasted it, and said, "It doesn't seem to be very strange to eat, but it is exquisitely made, and the taste is not the same as that of the Central Plains." Wu Xiucheng smiled and pointed to one of the dishes, "Princess taste this?" ”
I looked at this section of things, looked left and right, and didn't know what kind of ingredients it was made of, and asked, "What is this?" ”
Wu Xiucheng pursed his lips and smiled without answering, Ruyun said: "Don't eat what you don't know, be careful to eat and vomit." ”
Wu Xiucheng was displeased: "What do you mean?" Am I going to poison the princess? ”
Seeing that he was not angry, like a wronged child, I took a pair of chopsticks, put them in my mouth, and savored them: "It's delicious, delicious, what is this?" ”
Wu Xiucheng became happy again and said, "This is snake meat." Then he looked at me worriedly. Although it was the first time I ate snakes, I felt that the entrance was delicious and there was nothing that I couldn't eat, so I said to Wu Xiucheng, "It's delicious." ”
Wu Xiucheng smiled reassuringly, and glanced at Ruyun dissatisfiedly, "Why didn't you vomit?" ”
I explained: "General Wu, don't get me wrong, Ruyun is not aimed at you, I really can't eat anything these days, and I will vomit if I am slightly inappropriate, otherwise, Brother Nian will not say to the guild hall, don't make things to eat." However, eating these today, they are all delicious and appetizing. ”
Wu Xiucheng said with a smile: "Guogong is too careful, so bothered and tired, he is about to become Zhuge Kongming." ”
My heart sank, Zhuge Kongming, isn't it just that I am tired of worrying too much? I peeked at everyone, only Zhou Tong's face was gloomy, and he looked at me, Ruyun and Luzhu, who usually didn't care much about the stories in these books, probably only knew that Zhuge Kongming was a great wise man, and didn't hear the bad meaning in his words.
The dishes were almost eaten, and the wine was half-drunk, such as clouds, Luzhu and Zhou Tong didn't dare to drink, and only ate while throwing dice on the side, Wu Xiucheng said regretfully: "Five people come out, three people don't drink." Guogong is cautious, so that everyone around him is also cautious, and life is much more boring. ”
I heard him say for the second time that Zhou Sinian was cautious, and I was displeased, and retorted: "People have to live first, and then they can say that life is interesting or not, and it is right to be careful." ”
Wu Xiucheng shook his head and smiled: "Xiucheng knows that as long as it involves the prince of the country, the princess will definitely refute it." ”
Zhou Tong stood up all of a sudden and said, "It's not early, General Wu has drunk too much, we're leaving!" ”
After speaking, he couldn't help but say, and dragged Wu Xiucheng downstairs. But Wu Xiucheng was not drunk, he pushed Zhou Tong away and glared at Zhou Tong fiercely.
I understand what Zhou Tong is angry about, but there is no malice in saying this, and there is nothing wrong with it, so he said with a smile: "It's really not early, don't we have to buy things tomorrow?" If you drink too much, you can't get up, but you can't buy it. ”
Wu Xiucheng gave up at this time, and stupidly shouted to Xiao Er to settle the bill. I smiled and said, "General Wu is such an elegant person, is this to learn to settle accounts?" Brother Nian said that all the expenses on the road will be recorded in his account, and he will let Master Ning settle it tomorrow. As he spoke, he gave Zhou Tong a look, and Zhou Tong bowed to Wu Xiucheng and stepped aside.
Wu Xiucheng also realized that he had said the wrong thing, but he was a little reluctant, and explained with a smile: "Xiucheng and Guogong, I was used to joking in the Chenwang Mansion in the early years, so it's good that the princess doesn't want to be angry." ”
I laughed and said, "Where is anyone angry?" It seems that only General Wu is angry with us Zhou Tong, too, Zhou Tong, if you don't drink with the general, don't you allow the general to drink enough? ”
Wu Xiucheng laughed embarrassedly and patted Zhou Tong's shoulder: "Good man, loyal." I am not an outsider with your master, and I have said so to him in person. ”
Luzhu came over, pulled Zhou Tong, and said to Wu Xiucheng with a smile: "He is a rough man who practices martial arts, General Wu should not be angry." ”
Zhou Tong heard him say this, so he put things down, and the five of them walked downstairs with a smile, there were many fewer pedestrians on the street, and many shops began to close. Wu Xiucheng is a person who does not have a city government, and now he is walking in front, laughing and chatting with Zhou Tong Luzhu.
At this moment, a familiar face flashed by and disappeared again. Blue, elf-like eyes. "Musha!" I exclaimed. But when I looked back, there was no trace. (To be continued.) )