Chapter 49: New Tea
In fact, Li Yuanjia also knows that it will be difficult for him to stay in Chang'an for the rest of his life.
Being reborn in the prince of the Tang Dynasty means that he must be released, unless the future great-grandchild Li Longji comes to power in advance, and then builds the ten princes' mansions in captivity in Chang'an in advance...... But then again, I'm afraid it would be better to be free to go out on that day.
But it doesn't matter if you can't go back to Chang'an, Li Yuanjia just wants to change to a better place.
Although the mountains and rivers in Luzhou are beautiful...... Nonsense, what place is not beautiful these days? Not to mention anything else, Li Yuanjia dislikes that this place has a high altitude, a few people, and is also poor!
Strictly speaking, this Luzhou is far from the level of a town in later generations.
Li Yuanjia didn't dare to expect to be as beautiful as Li Shimin's son, not to mention Li Tai's kind of nephew who had as many as 22 states of fiefdom, that is, Li Ke and Li You, Li Yuanjia never dared to think of it. After all, even Li You, who has the feud the least, has as many as five states, and whether it is the same state that the emperor sealed or the Youzhou that was changed later, when did Li You go?
All the king was looking forward to was a better fiefdom.
It doesn't have to be how close it is to Chang'an, but Li Yuanjia hopes that in the future, the population of his fiefdom will be slightly larger, and the economy will preferably be slightly more developed. At least after there are many people and money, the local literary style will be slightly more prosperous, and it will not be like Luzhou, it is very difficult for Li Yuanjia to find a few reliable readers for himself......
After pondering for a while, Li Yuanjia beckoned Fang Cheng to his side, and then smiled slightly: "I have already read Fang Xiang's letter...... Well, I won't write a reply, just send a message to Fang Xiang on my behalf! ”
"Yes, King!"
Fang Cheng naturally didn't dare to say no, but just bowed down slightly, quietly waiting for Li Yuanjia to continue.
After tapping his fingers lightly on the table a few times, Li Yuanjia narrowed his eyes slightly: "First of all, thank you for your concern for me, just say that I already know what the letter said; Secondly, I told Fang Xiang that I already understood what he meant, and I would naturally be cautious in the future...... Okay, that's it. ”
“…… Be! ”
After a pause, Fang Cheng hurriedly and respectfully replied.
Obviously, Fang Cheng was confused about Li Yuanjia's words, and he didn't understand the situation at all - didn't he say these two sentences the same as he didn't say them?
To put it mildly, that's nonsense!
Of course, Li Yuanjia would not explain to a messenger, waved his hand, and asked Han Shan to take Fang Cheng down.
In the future, what Lao Taishan said in the letter is actually very simple, in addition to the so-called return to Chang'an, that is, to talk about the sensation and attention caused by Quyuan Plough in Chang'an City. In short, it is to praise Li Yuanjia for doing a great thing for the country and the people, but he also faintly pointed out that as a prince, he is a bit big in the limelight this time!
To be honest, Li Yuanjia himself thinks it's amazing.
Fang Xuanling said so implicitly in the letter, he actually understood it from beginning to end, and he also heard the meaning of Fang Xuanling's words - you can be your own low-key prince honestly, just like before, and try to do less of this kind of showy thing in the future!
"Sure enough, Lao Fang is still a cautious person!"
Thinking back to the contents of the letter that had just been burned, Li Yuanjia couldn't help but sigh softly, and his heart was really a little depressed.
Not only his mother and uncle, but even Fang Xuanling, the future father-in-law, felt that Li Yuanjia should keep a low profile, and even Qu Yuanli was a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, at least not so anxious......
The most terrifying thing is that Li Yuanjia himself thinks that what others say is very reasonable!
But......
If your whole life passes like this, every day is to draw, practice calligraphy, and occasionally write a poem or something, and there is still a hairy meaning to relive your life?
This kind of entanglement is actually the reason for the birth of Quyuan plow.
Li Yuanjia sometimes even wondered if he was left from the place where he was shackled in Chang'an City, and let him float all of a sudden? Otherwise, how could he have come up with a big killer like Quyuan plough in less than a year? You must know that whether it is a table, chair, or an iron pot, or even a coal stove or briquette, in the eyes of others, it is just the invention of some "strange and obscene skills" in order to make life more comfortable, but the Quyuan plow is another matter!
"Hehe, forget it!"
After struggling for a while, Li Yuanjia simply shook his head and refused to let himself think about it any longer. He had been pondering this question for months and still couldn't understand it, and it would be a waste of time to think about it any more.
And it's come to this, think so much has a hairy use?
Turning his head and carrying a chaise longue still in the middle of the courtyard, Li Yuanjia went to the sun, deciding to empty his head for a while, and then enjoy the sunshine in March. It's just that after dangling on the recliner for a while, Li Yuanjia felt as if something was missing, and quickly shook the bell beside him and called Chunyan over: "Give me a kettle of water, and then bring some tea...... Hey? By the way, Old Han, come here! ”
Suddenly remembering something, Li Yuanjia happened to see Lao Han coming back, and hurriedly called him to his side and asked, "This year's new tea is coming down, have you arranged for someone to collect it?" ”
Han Shan hurriedly nodded and replied respectfully: "If you go back to the king, it has already been arranged, and they have already set off!" This year, we have found a few tea merchants in advance and asked them to help collect the best tea leaves from all over the south, and we should be able to leave for it as soon as we arrive......
"Okay, well done!"
After listening to Han Shan finish his arrangement, Li Yuanjia finally nodded with satisfaction.
It is really not an easy thing to drink tea in this Luzhou city.
In fact, not to mention a small place like Luzhou, even when Li Yuanjia was still his prince in Chang'an City before, when the corners of his mouth were soaked by those barbecues, he once asked Han Shan and them to look for tea all over the city - although he knew that boiled water was the best drink in the world, but after all, he was boiled water, and there was no taste at all, where was the tea to drink?
It was at that time that Li Yuanjia learned that the nobles of Chang'an City did not drink tea!
It's embarrassing.
Later, after looking for a few books and inquiring again, Li Yuanjia learned that the northerners at this time were still more accustomed to goat's milk, yogurt and other drinks, and tea was only available in the Jiangdong Chinese ...... That is, it is only among the Han nobles in the south that this habit exists.
Fortunately, Han Shan was still powerful, and finally found tea in the temple in Chang'an City.
What Li Yuanjia didn't expect was that the monks turned out to be pioneers in enjoying tea, and their purpose was to use tea to refresh their minds and facilitate long-term chanting! Of course, their drinking method is the same as the plot in many online novels, which is to add all kinds of condiments, just Li Yuanjia knows all kinds of oil on pigs, cattle and sheep, as well as onions, ginger, garlic and star anise, cinnamon, salt, jujubes, peppercorns, orange peels and so on.
How can we bear to waste tea so much?
So in addition to collecting tea and bringing it to Luzhou, he sent people to the south to buy new tea, which naturally put it on the agenda of King Yu......