"No problem, of course!"

Regarding Li Yuanjia's request, Lu Ming naturally agreed: "Don't worry, I don't dare to say anything else, but I promise to send you a thousand catties of iron a year!" ”

"Oh? What about more? For example, two thousand catties a year? ”

"This ......"

After a pause, Lu Ming's face suddenly became a little bitter.

If you want to have a relationship with King Yu, you naturally have to pay a price, and after understanding the use of those iron materials that Li Yuanjia wanted, Lu Ming's family naturally didn't care who these things were used for - after all, King Yu gave money at the market price, and there was never any arrears.

But 1,000 catties is no problem, if 2,000 catties, it is not something that Lu Ming dares to agree to.

The Lu family does not have its own iron-making like the Chen family, but there are some ways to get it, but the number cannot be too much. A thousand catties is fine, but two thousand catties is a bit too much.

Seeing Lu Ming's embarrassed face, a flash of disappointment flashed in Li Yuanjia's eyes, but it was just a flash, and he smiled and said, "Haha, just kidding!" plus Chen Senjun's side has 2,000 catties...... That's enough for me for a year. ”

Listening to Li Yuanjia's words, the two of them were obviously secretly relieved.

In fact, even if they could get more iron materials, they were not very willing to sell it to Li Yuanjia, because it was iron after all, and Li Yuanjia was the king of Yu after all, the brother of the current emperor! No one has forgotten what happened in Xuanwumen in the ninth year of Wude, let alone how powerful the current emperor is!

It's these two thousand catties of iron, if someone hadn't instructed them, at least Chen Zhi would never have dared to think about it, let alone take the initiative to introduce Lu Ming to Li Yuanjia's friend......

After chatting about the main purpose of coming today, and getting the 1,000 catties of iron he wanted, Li Yuanjia was no longer interested in the next cockfight.

Even if it is playing cockfighting itself, these people are far worse than the nobles of Chang'an.

If you want to say that you can play, you still have to count which big families have been inherited for hundreds of years, even a simple cockfight can give you flowers. It's like the preparation before going on the field, Lu Ming and they also know how to tie the crown with a belt, sprinkle mustard powder on the wings, etc., how can anyone pay attention to the nobles of the family? Before going on the field, use a small file to sharpen the nails of the fighting cocks, and smell special spices or something, almost every family has its own secret!

There are so many tricks that Li Yuanjia, a future person, can't help but be amazed!

So after reluctantly watching the performance of the "soil buns" again, Li Yuanjia refused Chen Zhi's kindness to accompany them back to the city on the grounds that there were still important matters, and went back alone with the guards of the palace.

This is the benefit of being a prince, there is no need to care about other people's feelings.

And as soon as he left Zhuangzi, several other people immediately surrounded Lu Ming - don't look at each one as if they were all focused on the cockfighting ring, in fact, what happened was clear to everyone!

"Makoyuki, what did you talk about with the king just now?"

"Why does the king want to whisper to you, but he is lukewarm to the others?"

……

And the clear-eyed man directly found Chen Zhi, and asked very indignantly: "Chen Zhi, did you mention something to Lu Chengzhi in advance?" Otherwise, how could the king come directly to him and ignore us? ”

This great opportunity only let King Xu know his name......

No, if you think about it carefully, maybe if you come out of this Zhuangzi, people will immediately forget all the names of other people. How can a few people who want to get to know Li Yuanjia and become a friend of King Xu accept it?

"So, those people are quite unhappy today."

After returning home, Chen Zhi, who was very tired, said to his father with a wry smile: "But Lu Ming is quite happy today, and he apologized to a few of them again and again, and drank a lot of wine at noon...... But to be honest, father, I also think that King Xu seems to be a little ......"

"Hehe, too utilitarian?"

Putting down the teacup in his hand, Chen Lin asked with a faint smile.

"Ahem......"

Coughed twice in embarrassment, but Chen Zhi did not answer, obviously acquiescing to his father Chen Lin's statement.

Looking at his son's expression, Chen Lin couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "You, can't you use your brain to think about everything?" Thinking about the fact that King Xu is only fifteen or sixteen years old, he is the age when he makes friends and likes to be lively, why is he reluctant to talk to other people more? And if you think about it again, even if you and Lu Ming are the two of you, apart from looking for you to buy iron materials, have you ever had fun together? “

Hearing his father say this, Chen Zhi was stunned for a moment.

That's right!

Unconsciously, it has been half a year since King Xu came to Luzhou, and Chen Zhi also sent him a thousand catties of iron before and after. In his opinion, after several private calls, he and King Xu were already familiar with each other, but now after listening to his father's words, Chen Zhi suddenly woke up: It seems that there is no second topic between himself and King Xu except for talking about iron materials?

"This ......"

"Remember, he's King Xu!"

Patting his son's shoulder, Chen Lin said meaningfully: "The younger brother of today's saint, and he is also the assassin of Luzhou!" There are either official affairs or open transactions with you Luzhou officials or children of the family, but there will be absolutely no personal relationship! ”

"You mean ......"

Hearing this, Chen Zhi seemed to suddenly remember something, and his pupils suddenly shrank!

"I mean, this King Xu is not simple!"

Even though there were only two fathers and sons in the study at this time, Chen Lin's voice was subconsciously lowered to the point that only two people could hear it, and his face was full of admiration: "With the elder brother of today's sage, there are only two ways for princes to go out of the pavilion. King Xu's maternal uncle is Yu Wenshiji, and it is natural to see this, but a sixteen-year-old boy can really endure his loneliness, which is quite powerful......"

……

Li Yuanjia rushed back to the Luzhou government office before lunch, which surprised Han Shan.

Fortunately, no matter what time it is, Yu Niang will be ready to send hot meals to the table in a short time, so just after cleaning the dust stained on the road, a Xu Wang version of mutton noodles was served on the table.

Stir-fry the sugar color first, then fry the green onions, ginger and garlic and diced mutton together, add water and boil for a while, thicken with thin water, and it is ready in a moment. Poured on top of the boiled noodles, it is definitely more than a hundred times stronger than Bhutto or something in this year!

And although he lacks the soy sauce that Li Yuanjia likes, fortunately, he found a lot of seasonings that are commonly used in the future in this era, such as pepper, star anise, angelica, tangerine peel, etc., which are crushed into powder after being collected, which is a simple version of "Wang Shouyi Thirteen Spices", which can be used when stir-frying.

It's quite a surprise, and the taste is quite good.

As for what kind of ratio is the most perfect, naturally Yu Niang and another person keep trying every day, and then Li Yuanjia will judge it. And once a more suitable ratio is found in the future, our King Xu intends to use this thing as a means to make money!

"With the iron pot stir-frying, will this thing be able to sell at that time?"

After eating a few mouthfuls of noodles and stuffing a clove of sweet garlic from the small dish in front of him into his mouth, Li Yuanjia couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "And the most important thing is that the more delicacies I spread here, the better my reputation will be on the second brother's side?" Anyway, whether it's the king of food, the king of calligraphy and painting, or even the prince of blacksmiths, the prince of carpenters, or something, it's better than being a bastard like my future brother Li Yuanying, right? Although the kid is only more than two years old now, he is almost the same age as he is wearing open crotch pants......"