Xiao Gongzi waited all night in Xinping City, and finally waited for the newly fired porcelain vase at noon on the second day, and the fire head of the kiln took three pieces and presented them to Xiao Gongzi.

"I've tired you all night again, Lao Wang, give them a reward!"

"Xiao Gongzi treats us well, this is all as it should be, there was a full moon last night, but the third watch didn't wait for the rain, and the master had to sacrifice blood to burn out these three vermilion net bottles!"

Xiao Sheng frowned, "Why didn't you stop it at that time and didn't send someone to tell me!" Three vermilion bottles, one life! ”

Everyone lowered their heads and remained silent, Xiao Sheng waved his hand, "Lao Wang, send someone to give a heavy pension to the old master's family!" ”

Lao Wang got out of the car and patted the head of the fire, "I'll give the old master's family five ingots of gold here, and you must send them to someone's house!" As he spoke, a man came over with five ingots of gold from a car behind him.

Xiao Sheng covered his nose and said to the fire: "Don't want this kind of vermilion bottle in the future!" Don't have a blood sacrifice happen next time! ”

Huotou and the others kept kowtowing with their faces like earth, "The little ones know that they are wrong, they know that they are wrong, and please Xiao Gongzi not cut off the supply of this vermilion net bottle!" ”

"Xiao Gongzi, if this vermilion net bottle is broken, Xinping's porcelain will be worthless!"

Xiao Sheng closed his eyes and waved his hand, "Don't have the matter of blood sacrifice, otherwise even if Xinping stops the kiln, I will not hesitate to do it!" ”

"Xie Xiao Gongzi's great grace, Xie Xiao Gongzi, the little ones remember!"

"Thank you Xiao Gongzi for your kindness, the little ones have made you a cow and a horse!"

On the way to Jinling, Xiao Sheng called Lao Wang, "Lao Wang, every year I go to Xinping to pick a good day like June 15 and July 15 in summer, they always can't catch up with the night rain, and someone needs a blood sacrifice, there is a problem here!" ”

Lao Wang smiled, "The people below only know how to do things, but this way of doing things is still not very good!" ”

"I think the bad thing is bad in those five ingots of gold! Lao Wang shouldn't give so much! ”

Lao Wang looked aggrieved, "Childe, that's a human life, five ingots of gold are really not much!" ”

"Lao Wang, you misunderstood! Human life is at stake, how can a few ingots of gold be saved? But for those strong overseers, every year one person dies and gets five ingots of gold from you, and if these people divide the gold privately, then the next time even if there is rain in the middle of the night, they will kill for five ingots of gold! ”

"This, childe, I'll go to the master's house to check!"

"Forget it, forget it, in the future, as long as they don't kill people and sacrifice blood, they will still be given five ingots of gold, and these three vermilion net bottles can be exchanged for goods worth five thousand ingots of gold when sold to Qi Yunguo, and sometimes a boatload of porcelain is not worth this bottle!"

"Childe, tell me that it's not just a bottle, are the people of this Qi Yun Kingdom crazy or how, take so many good things to exchange for a bottle. This thing is afraid of falling when it is filled with water, and it has not been covered with wine, so it is useless! ”

Xiao Sheng smiled and shook his head, "What you said is all right, and it's not right!" The nobles of this Qiyun Kingdom favored this crimson artifact, and they believed that they could use this vermilion pure bottle to collect the nectar from the gods, which could cure diseases and even live forever! And they can't make this kind of vermilion net bottle themselves, so our three bottles can be worth five thousand ingots of gold! ”

"That's them, we Central Plains people will never do such a stupid thing!"

"Lao Wang, you can't say anything, don't we also spend a lot of money to buy spices from the Western Regions, it is said that they are all casually thrown on the ground in the local area, but we are more expensive than gold here!"

"Son, you are well-informed, this Xiao family's business really depends on you to support it! Most people really can't think of this, and they haven't seen it! ”

"Don't be a sycophant, this business is too tiring, and there are relationships everywhere to deal with, I'm only in my early twenties and already have gray hair!"

"Son, I don't understand, Xiao Da is leaning towards the government and the opposition, but you still have to go around begging people for gifts, even if you are facing a county order, you are not like other sons."

"Power can't always be there, you have to think long-term about being a man, my father will not be a prime minister in the future, and if you want to give gifts to others, you may not have a chance!"

"Gongzi is too worried, who doesn't know that Daliang is an iron-beaten family, Xiao Xiangguo won't do it, and your brothers, and you Xiao Gongzi, the wealth of the Xiao family is still there!"

"It's all false, now Your Majesty employs people, mostly from the cold family, although the children of the family are in a high position, but they don't have much real power. If it weren't for the Xiao family's annual business to pay 20 million yuan in business tax to Daliang, maybe the Xiao family would have been gone a long time ago! Don't say it, don't say it. Do our business with peace of mind, although this porcelain is light and brittle, it is the most important weapon of the country! ”

"Thanks to Childe's talent and intelligence since childhood, he found a good way to transport porcelain, God bless the Xiao family and Childe!"

Xiao Sheng shook his head, "You, always pat yourself on the back, but it's just that I played with it, it's not unusual, isn't it just a sprinkle of soybeans and bundled with hemp rope to pad hay!" Who in the world doesn't know? ”

"This is what I admire about Childe, the methods have been said, but other people's families will always be broken, how many soybeans are sprinkled with how much hemp rope is tied, except for Childe's secret recipe, no one knows this!"

"Gotta get it, keep it away!"

Chang'an City's Yongzhou Thorn Mansion is brightly lit again, the prince is in the front, Xiao Kui is on the left with the subordinate officials of the Thorn Mansion, Deng Hua and the subordinate officials of the East Palace are on the right side, according to the prince's requirements, there is no Kabuki music, everyone is just ordinary eating and drinking.

But sitting on the right seat is the prince, where can he go ordinarily, four large plates of steamed lamb with bear's paws and deer tendons and leopard fetus, four small plates of soft beef intestines, golden soufflé, crab meat rolls, bird's nest soup and other foods are placed in front of everyone, and lion's head wine and wine are also poured into the two jade cups in front of everyone.

The prince raised his glass and signaled, "Life is rare to meet the moon hanging, it is better to spend the Chinese New Year with poetry and wine!" Today's banquet is no matter what official business, you will meet friends with literature, civil officials will chant poems with the theme of the month, military attachés will tell anecdotes, you are busy with official business, it is rare to be able to relax for a few days, and there is no need to be formal! ”

Xiao Kui looked at the prince with a smile, only to see the prince smiling and drinking the wine in the cup, in his mind, this prince should be as the subordinate officials said that the jar was broken, rather than be abolished sooner or later, it is better to live happily for a few days.

"The prince's benevolence and righteousness and emphasis on literature are really a blessing for my generation of scholars. Xiao is not talented, this is a friend with a text, and there is only a brick to attract jade! Enjoy the full moon in the golden and jade banquet, the sky is cloudy and sunny, the wine is not missing, life must be happy, and the spring flowers come to the winter to enjoy the snow"

Xiao Kui casually came up with a seven-character poem, the prince applauded, and everyone applauded.

The prince looked at Deng Hua, Deng Hua looked at the beam above his head and smiled, "The gods are three feet up, who is stealing osmanthus?" The boy worships the fairy in his dream, and he is full of joy before the flower and the moon"

Xiao Kui was shocked, this Deng Hua said that there was a god in his head and said that he was stealing Dan

Gui's matter, it's not that Deng Hua and his entourage found out something, but the last two sentences don't seem to be provoking.

The prince opened his eyebrows at this time, smiled and stroked his palms, and exclaimed: "I can't imagine that Lord Deng still has the heart of spring!" Haha, what an eye-opener today! Well, the garrison of Yongzhou Mansion is said to have been transferred from the border areas, and it is said that the prince is heavy on literature and light on martial arts, and the prince does not recognize it! The garrisons and generals of Yongzhou, the commanders and guards of the East Palace can all say a piece of fun! ”

Xiao Kui glanced at the Yongzhou garrison sitting next to the door, and the garrison immediately got up and hugged his fists, "Villain Gaode, meet the prince and all the officials, the villain is transferred from Fan Yang, and today the prince will test me with the topic of the moon." The villain is ugly! ”

The prince stretched out his hand and signaled, "The high guard doesn't need to be formal, today I only talk about Fengyue, drinking wine and eating meat, and don't think about the rest!" ”

Gao De thought for a while, and blurted out, "Iron clothes are better than ice and charcoal, hugging the moon to drive away the bitter cold, wind and snow cut people's faces, and the blood of the long knife has not dried!" ”

These four sentences made the previous cheerful atmosphere stop all of a sudden, and Xiao Kui's face changed, how could this Gao De talk about the bitter cold of the border land at this banquet.

Gao De was also stunned in place, or the prince applauded first, "The border army of Gao Garrison and Daliang is fighting for the country in the bitter cold land to guard the country, and you are the most respected by the emperor and the subjects of Daliang today!" Come on, everyone, let's toast Gao Shoubei together! ”

Everyone immediately followed the prince to raise a glass in greetings, and Gao De picked up the wine glass and drank it all, "Prince Xie and all the officials!" We will be loyal to defend the emperor and the beam! ”

"Okay, Gao Garrison is really loyal, Commander Hua, you are also a general who has been fighting for many years, you can't lag behind today!"

Hua Commander is Hua Xiao'an, Hua Xiao'an stood beside the prince to guard, and when he heard the prince speak, he looked around, "The prince has a good reputation for him, I just followed the emperor to fight a few battles, speaking of conquering the world, it is still the emperor who is invincible with soldiers like a god!" The prince takes the moon as the theme, and he should obey it below. The Holy Lord is in the same color, the four seas are the same color, enjoy the prosperous moon together, and all the people live in peace and happiness! ”

Xiao Kui and the subordinate officials of Yongzhou Mansion immediately applauded, and the subordinate officials of the East Palace also applauded, for fear of falling behind.

The prince laughed and raised his glass, "Okay, Commander Hua's loyalty, the sun, the moon, the world and the earth can be learned, let's congratulate Emperor Daliang together, long live your majesty, long live, long live, long live the emperor, and wish the emperor longevity and Tianqi longevity!" ”

There was a mountain in the hall shouting long live, and everyone shouted hoarsely and did not dare to stop.

It was the prince who spoke, "Okay, okay, our loyalty is testified by the heavens, the earth, the sun and the moon today, and loyalty must not only be on the lips, but also in the heart!" As courtiers, we must always keep in mind the teachings of our father, be loyal to the king, and do our best to die! ”

Hua Xiaoan's four sentences made the people behind him have to sing praises to Emperor Liu Jian, until everyone was hoarse, and the banquet was not stopped.

After the prince and his party left, Cao Bin asked Xiao Kui, "This prince seems to be afraid of this Chinese commander, what is the origin of this Chinese commander, and I don't seem to have heard of any great military exploits in him?" ”

Xiao Kui looked around, "I don't know the depth!" This Hua commander's martial arts are the best in the world, even General Wang is not his opponent, and he is so ruthless that even the old lord who has followed him for more than ten years can betray him, can the prince not be afraid? This Hua commander was personally arranged by the emperor to go to the East Palace, you didn't see the prince looking at him with a little flickering eyes! ”

"Then shout long live, my voice is hoarse, if I come to such a banquet tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to speak in this life!"