In the West Market, Li Zhan watched while walking, and Yang Qiaoer obediently accompanied Li Zhan's side.

Xishi is the industrial and commercial area and economic activity center of Chang'an City, and the market is densely populated with shops, including jewelry, textiles, cabinets, fish and meat, tea, medicinal herbs, coat shops, scale shops, condiments and so on. There are also liquor shops, eateries and handicraft workshops. Due to the fact that the Tang people are addicted to alcohol, the wine flags and wine curtains of the wine shops are all over the market. The catering industry in the market operates on a large scale.

Just outside a restaurant in front of her, an orchid dressed in little dress was dancing seductively.

"Smack...!"

"Oops...!"

Li Dafu slapped Li Sheng hard and said, "What are you looking at..." ”

"I... I'm not blind, I'm... I'll just look at the chebula soup over there. Li Sheng hurriedly explained, he didn't want to admit what he was looking at.

Hezi soup is a functional drink belonging to the Tang Dynasty, the taste is very similar to Coca-Cola, however, the price is not cheap, to a bowl of Wuwen, now the copper money of the Tang Dynasty is very valuable, and the price of Wuwen is very high.

However, this kind of weak explanation, who would believe it, can only cause Li Zhan to laugh.

Later, the four of them played in the West Market for a while, then bought some pastries, ate food, and went home.

It's just that what Li Zhan definitely didn't expect was that he went back safely, but the number of people who died because of him had reached ten.

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"Poof...!"

In an alley in the West Market, a man with a hat slashed open the throat of a thug, blood sprayed out, and the thug fell down so softly.

And on the ground where the gangsters fell, there were more than a dozen other gangsters.

Soon, several more men came to the side of the man with the hat.

At this time, I listened to the man in the hat say, "How is it... Are they all solved? ”

As soon as the words fell, a young man immediately nodded and said, "Grand Marquis... A total of thirteen thugs, all killed, none of them fled, and learned from one of the thugs that the instigator was Cui Shouzheng of the Cui family, and he didn't know if he could be killed. ”

"Forget it... Don't make any extraneous branches, the order we received is to protect the safety of the Li family, forget the rest... All right... Remove...! ”

The marquis finished.

Several men evacuated from all directions, and soon the alley of the West Market fell silent again until the bodies of the thugs were found, but of course, this is another story.

As the sun set, Li Zhan took Yang Qiaoer, Li Dafu, and Li Sheng home.

It's just that after Li Zhan returned home, a bad news came.

"Zhan'er...!"

As soon as Li Zhan came to the door of the courtyard, Zhang Damao, who was Li Zhan's grandfather, greeted him anxiously.

"Grandpa..!" Li Zhan smiled and said, "My father and I went to the West Market to buy some pastries, and I specially bought them for you and grandma to buy a softer one, you can take it later." ”

"Hey... Ay...! Zhang Damao nodded, but his face was still not good, looking at Li Zhan and said, "Let's not talk about the food, that... Zhan'er, our family is in trouble, and most of today's popsicles have not been sold.

According to the people we went out, there was someone who was doing the same business as us, and he only sold one popsicle for half a penny, and two for a penny.

Today, there are still a lot of popsicles in our house in the ice rink, and they haven't moved. ”

"Ahh How so? Li Zhan was a little surprised: "Is it someone from the Royal Ice Industry who came to sell it?" ”

"It's not...!" Zhang Damao shook his head and said: "I also went to secretly find a few ice sellers and asked, they are not from the Royal Ice Industry, this ice was obtained from the hands of a steward of the Cui family, it is said that the steward of the Cui family said that their Cui family can also make ice, how much they want, and it is cheap." ”

"The Cui family steward said that the Cui family can also make ice?" Li Zhan frowned: "How did they get the ice-making technique, it stands to reason that the ice-making technique shouldn't be in the hands of the royal family?" ”

"yes... But the ice sellers all said so, saying that the Cui family steward said that their family would make ice...! However, it is not said where the ice-making technique came from. Zhan'er... Now the people in our ice rink are panicking. ”

Zhang Damao's words made Li Zhan nod and said, "Grandpa... Don't worry, you tell the people in our ice rink that I have found another way to make money, please rest assured that I, Li Zhan, will not let them starve. ”

"Really... That's really great. ”

With Li Zhan's words, Zhang Damao finally put his mind at ease.

It's just that Li Zhan still doesn't understand today's matter, where did the Cui family's ice-making technique come from.

When Li Zhan was holding Yang Qiao'er on the bed at night, Li Zhan was still thinking about where the Cui family's ice-making technique came from, so he thought about it and directly expressed his doubts, and then Yang Qiao'er chuckled and looked at Li Zhan and said: "Li Lang, Qiao'er can conclude that this Cui family's ice-making technique was obtained from the royal family." ”

"How is this possible... Royal things, how could the Cui family get them? Li Zhan couldn't believe it.

"Huh...!" Looking at the surprised Li Zhan, Yang Qiaoer smiled and said, "Why can't you get it, actually... If the ice-making technique was in Li Lang's hands, his Cui family might not be able to get it, but in the hands of the royal family, it would be easier for his Cui family to get it.

Because in the middle of the dynasty, there are too many people who are officials in the Cui family, and the first thing they think about is not to protect the Tang Dynasty, but to protect their own family.

The interests of Datang can be discarded at any time for those officials of the family. ”

"Huh...?" Li Zhan looked at Yang Qiao'er and said with some incomprehension: "How can this be?" ”

"Huh...!" Yang Qiao'er chuckled: "How could this not be the case, Li Lang, don't talk about the far, just take the close, the war period of the two Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties... No matter who is in power, Han or Hu, they can find their own way to survive.

In the Eight Kings Rebellion, Wang Dao and Wang Dun brothers let Sima Rui avoid chaos in Jiangzuo early, is this for Sima Rui or for the Wang family? Wang Dun rebelled, but Wang Dao sided with Sima Rui, is this a loyal minister or a two-headed bet?

The families will not rush into the struggle for power, but when the dust settles, there will definitely be the shadow of the family behind the victors, waving the flag for them.

Here you can see that the family gate valves, they only have the interests of their own family in their hearts, and the interests of the country are not at all.

The officials of the Cui family are in charge of the ice-making technique in the court, and at this time, the Cui family needs this ice-making technique, so the officials of the Cui family will not hesitate at all, and will hand over the ice-making technique in their hands. ”

"Could it be that the official in charge of the ice-making technique is not afraid of the punishment of the imperial court?" Li Zhan's eyes picked.

"Why be afraid... With the Cui family here, the royal family does not dare to touch him, at most he will be dismissed, but he will be just an official, and it won't be long before another official will be replaced, and if he doesn't do it well, he will be promoted to the next level.

Who let now only the children of the family be officials. After speaking, Yang Qiao'er leaned into Li Zhan's arms.

Li Zhan also instinctively hugged Yang Qiao'er tightly and said, "Then you mean that since ancient times, the imperial power has been opposed to the family?" ”

"Hmm...!" Yang Qiao'er leaned on Li Zhan's arms and said, "Of course it is... Since ancient times, every emperor of the imperial court will be afraid of the family, because the power of the family is too great, do you know why Emperor Yang of Sui wanted to conquer Goguryeo three times? ”

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