Chapter 32 Chongyang Ascends
Sun Xiangfu is now a seven-grade official, so he can't eat at a table in the kitchen with Uncle De without decency, today the kitchen steamed a few baskets of crabs sent back by Sun Xiangfu, which provoked Qin Qiong's alcohol addiction, and Mrs. Zhang couldn't persuade him, so he invited Sun Xiangfu to the dining room and asked him to find a way to persuade Qin Qiong to drink less.
What can Sun Xiangfu do, talk to Qin Qiong about business, generally speaking, when talking about the emperor's business, Qin Qiong does not drink.
"Guogong, today Your Majesty and the Queen Mother summoned me, in addition to asking about Quyuan plough and cement, but also gave me a ride on the day of the Double Ninth Festival, and climbed the South Mountain with Your Majesty to look far away." Sun Xiangfu and Qin Qiong sat opposite each other, although they were amputating their limbs with crabs in their hands, they said to Qin Qiong with a serious face.
"You are confused about this, and you have made such a sharp agricultural weapon as the Quyuan plow, you should be dedicated to Your Majesty as soon as possible, and now Your Majesty is only afraid of some estrangement in your heart, and a great achievement that should belong to you has slipped away in vain, but now you are Your Majesty's retainer, and what you have made is also considered to be made by Your Majesty, and your Majesty wants to release such sharp weapons to win the hearts of the people in the world when you plough in the spring next year, and if the results are very good, you should be remembered!"
Qin Qiong said, and saw that Sun Xiangfu had already used a small pair of scissors to dismantle the whole crab is shell, and the meat was meat, but Sun Xiangfu did not eat it, but brought the plate containing crab meat to Qin Qiong's case, invited him to eat it, and when he turned around and returned to his case, he took away the pot of wine on Qin Qiong's case.
"You kid, it's fake to eat with me, I'm afraid I'm instructed by my wife to not let me drink!"
"Hehe, entrusted by others, loyal to people, drinking alcohol will slow down blood circulation, Yu Guogong's health is greatly disadvantaged, and Mrs. is also a kind heart, it is better for the kid to drink this pot for Guogong."
"No, I can't drink it, and don't drink it in front of me, take it down, lest it hook the wine worm in my stomach again."
Qin Qiong said so, Qin Fu, who was waiting on the side, was overjoyed, so he took away the wine jug on Sun Xiangfu's case, and when he turned around, he gave Sun Xiangfu a thumbs up.
Sun Xiangfu smiled, and when Fu Bo left with the wine jug, he began to disassemble the crab again, and said, "Guogong, let's go on, Your Majesty traveled and let me be accompanied by a little retainer, I don't know what it means." ”
"This, I can guess seven or eight points, you are now over sixteen years old, and you are not yet married, Your Majesty is afraid that you will find a daughter-in-law."
Qin Qiong said with a smile on his face, Generally, the emperor helps you find a wife, which means to show you closeness and wooing, and it also proves that the emperor recognizes your talent and thinks that you are a useful person, which is much more beneficial to Sun Xiangfu than rewarding gold and silver.
"Uh, a match? It's too early! Sun Xiangfu was a little stunned when he heard this, it turned out that the Double Ninth Festival in this era is still a blind date day!
"It's too early? Your Majesty has been married for several years at your age, and besides, now that you are an official, you need to respond to the imperial court's strategy of early marriage and early childbearing, so you should consider this marriage. ”
At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it is said that the whole country has only a few million households, less than 30 million people, yes, this period to encourage childbirth, is an important policy of the imperial court, and even a woman is not married at 16 is a law, fortunately, Sun Xiangfu is a man.
"Uh, well! Let's see each other first, but there won't be a suitable one when the time comes, so don't blame me. ”
For the blind date, Sun Xiangfu is no stranger at all, in later life, he is also in his twenties without a girlfriend, his parents will force him to meet several objects every year, and in the end he is a little numb, after coming to this world, except for a few village girls in Happy Village and the women of Qinfu, he has never been in contact with any other women, after all, the beauties of this era are generally not out of the door, and the second door is not stepping, yes, the Chongyang solar term is a rare opportunity to see unmarried beauties in this era on a large scale.
After figuring out Li Shimin's intentions, Sun Xiangfu felt a lot more relieved, the matter of marrying a daughter-in-law would not be resisted by a normal man, fortunately, his current status is not obvious, Li Shimin did not plan to stuff those royal arrogant women to himself, there is a suitable one, he doesn't mind finding one quickly, and it won't be so boring when it's dark.
Dragon Boat Festival, Tanabata, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chongyang, this era of women can rarely go out a few big days, today is Chongyang, autumn is high and cool, the sky is bright, Chang'an City is full of traffic, many people's cars and horses converge to the city gate, and so the city gate opens, these cars and horses will go out of the city to find the mountain peak to climb high and pick chrysanthemums.
Zhongnan Mountain is not far from Chang'an, it is the place where the emperor appointed this year, yesterday it has blocked some areas, the people are not allowed to enter, Sun Xiangfu is dressed up today, early in the morning and the people of the Qin Mansion are waiting at the gate of the palace, when the day is about to dawn, there is an emperor's motorcade from the imperial city, the carriage of the Qin Mansion and the carriage of many courtiers together, merge into the emperor's motorcade, go outside the city, when the morning sun rises into the sky, the convoy has reached the foot of the mountain, many princes and ministers in civilian clothes and their families will be together, go to Wangjing Peak, There are pavilions and pavilions built at the expense of the imperial court.
Li Shimin brought a lot of people today, in addition to the pregnant Empress Changsun and Concubine Yan did not come, the other four concubines Wei Fei, Yin Concubine, and two Yang concubines all came, and the prince and princess had the eight-year-old prince Li Chengqian, the six-year-old Pu Wang Li Tai, the eight-year-old Shu King Li Ke, and the five-year-old Changle Princess Li Lizhen, plus the accompanying eunuchs and guards, there were hundreds of people, leading the whole person to march towards Wangjing Peak.
Sun Xiangfu in the crowd was in a good mood, while walking, while admiring the mountain flowers all over the mountain, yesterday Sun Dali came to Chang'an to report, everything in the happy village is going well, five hundred hired workers to take care of the meal, dozens of skilled craftsmen also only need a little wages, which makes Sun Xiangfu shout, the most worthless in this era is labor.
"Sun Jiancheng, go this way."
After hearing others call him a traitor, Sun Xiangfu's good mood disappeared in an instant, and the person who called him was Luo Tian from the imperial dining room, Li Shimin really planned to let him be a cook.
Although the boss was reluctant, Sun Xiangfu still leaned towards Luo Tian, a hardcore close minister who could walk around Li Shimin from time to time, and he had a good relationship with him, only good and no harm.
"Chief Manager Luo is also here today, will Your Majesty still give a banquet?" Sun Xiangfu hugged Luo Tian and smiled casually.
"Isn't it, it's going to be fun all day! In addition to drinks and pastries, His Majesty also ordered us to prepare a lot of ingredients, and officials and family members above the third grade can attend the banquet, but there are quite a few people, isn't this here to ask you for advice. Luo Tian pouted behind him and said.
Sun Xiangfu looked behind him, and saw dozens of cooks carrying big burdens, walking hard up the hillside, it seems that there are a lot of ingredients, Li Shimin wants to eat a meal with his ministers on the top of the mountain.
"Let's talk about it when we get to the place! Custody won't disappoint you. ”
After getting Sun Xiangfu's words, Luo Tian put his mind at ease, now his son has become the big shopkeeper of Zuixianlou, and the business of Zuixianlou is also the most popular in Chang'an City, there is no one, his Luo family has benefited, and naturally he will not forget Sun Xiangfu who brought him benefits, so he said, "I heard that you have recently planned to open a restaurant in Chang'an, my family has been a chef for generations, and there are still many good cooks in the clan, if necessary, you can find someone to ask me." ”
"It's so good, I'm worried that I can't find someone who is good at it! I'd like to thank you Mr. Luo for this. ”
In fact, as soon as Sun Xiangfu heard Luo Tian's words, he knew that although he was showing goodwill, he also had selfish intentions, and sent a cook to work for him, and his new dishes would inevitably be learned by him, but he was too short of talents in this area now, so let's learn, anyway, he learned to do things for the palace, and he didn't rely on cooking skills to make a profit.
"It's easy to say, if you have time in the future, you still have to go to the imperial dining room to walk around, now those nobles in the palace are eating mouths, there are no new dishes, brother, my work is very difficult to do······"
Chatting with Luo Tian all the way, all the way to the mountain, close to noon, he arrived at a gentle peak, here, it is Wangjing Peak, there are dozens of pavilions and pavilions, the largest one in the middle has been occupied by Li Shimin, the servants quickly set up a table, put on cakes and tea, a group of ministers and family members, also looked for their own places to rest, Sun Xiangfu looked at the scenery around the peak, and went to the location of the Qin Mansion.
Qin Qiong has a wife, two concubines and two children, all of whom are here today, his son Qin Huaidao is now less than three years old, and his daughter Qin Yuer is less than two years old, all of them were picked up by adults, and they were all being picked up by adults at the moment, Sun Xiangfu was about to go to talk, but was grabbed by the neck by a big hand and carried aside.
"Boy, a few days ago, I heard Dugumou say that you want to pull me to open a restaurant in Chang'an, why is there no news."
"Eh, it turned out to be Lu Guogong, the kid is polite, there is indeed such a thing, isn't it that those families are opposed, we can't even find a place!"
"The old man still doesn't believe it, is the entire Chang'an City their fault, if the old man does it for you, then the dry shares, can you share more of the old man's shares." Cheng Yanjin also roughly knew that it was the family who was doing this, and his eyes turned to say, his wife is the daughter of the Qinghe Cui family, it is not difficult to do this.
"This, what are you doing! The prince's east palace accounts for thirty percent, Yiguo Gong accounts for one percent, in order to ensure the right to operate, the kid will account for forty percent, and the remaining two percent will belong to you, Eguo Gong, General Dugu and Pei Gongzi, this one, I'm afraid there is no. Sun Xiangfu replied with a difficult face.
"What? After a long time, I'm only half done? No, it's too little, I don't think it's okay to take a fool of the captain, and half of his will be given to me. Before Cheng Yanjin's words could speak, another rough voice sounded.
"Old man, you want to take advantage of me again, watch the boxing."