The rain comes and goes fast.

Soon, the sky cleared.

A rainbow of colors hangs high in the sky.

"Looks like something happy is going to happen today." Li Tai said with a smile.

What kind of happy event is it?

"Your Highness, you're finally here." Seeing Li Tai's arrival, Li Fugui's face showed a brilliant look.

"Uncle Fugui, is there any good goods again?" Li Tai asked with a smile.

"Big head, come and see Your Highness." Li Fugui said happily, and then a figure walked quickly to Li Tai's side.

"I've seen Your Highness." Li said happily.

"Yo, this head is really handsome." Li Tai couldn't help but be happy when he saw the big head of Li's big head: "Big head, don't worry about rain, people have umbrellas, I have big heads." ”

"Hahaha, I'm lucky." Li Taile said hehehe, thinking that the eldest son had crossed over.

"Big head, thank Your Highness for your name!"

"Thank Your Highness for the name!"

"Excuse me." Li Tai waved his hand and said, "What's the good thing?" I haven't eaten anything good in days. ”

"Your Highness's ability to open your eyes and tell nonsense is getting more and more powerful." Li Fugui couldn't help but say secretly, and then walked inside with Li Tai.

"Your Highness, I received eight pairs of bear's paws at the market last night." Li Fugui said with a smile. The one who knows how to eat in the entire Tang Dynasty is this His Highness, so he bought such a good thing as a bear's paw, so naturally he had to wait for His Highness to come back and get it.

"Yo, good thing." Li Tai was even more happy, it was not illegal to eat bear's paws in ancient times, and even if he broke the law, he couldn't catch Li Tai, so Li Tai was really happy in his heart.

"Steamed bear's paw! Tonight's cooking is steamed bear's paws, and then make some talkative, just make black chicken king soup, and then make some fried small fish cubs, let me tell you, the little fish cubs are fried in the oil, fried golden yellow, the taste is really not ordinary...... "Li Tai gushed endlessly.

Li next to him looked at the head, it was really a surprise.

This highness is too good at eating.

I'm really good at eating.

Li Tai seemed to be finished, and walked outside slowly, and everyone hurriedly got busy.

"Uncle, the food that His Highness eats is not light." Li's head couldn't help but sigh.

"What is this? I ate a lot of food today. Li Fugui smiled slightly, and suddenly his face became serious: "Remember, even if you die in the future, you have to be loyal to Your Highness!" ”

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Li Tai walked out of the imperial dining room and walked slowly towards the outside of the palace.

After the heavy rain, Chang'an City is simply clean.

Riding a small donkey, walking slowly, surrounded by guards.

"Li Zhong, they all say that these two cities are the most prosperous places in the entire Tang Dynasty, why don't we go shopping?" Li Tai said with a smile.

"Your Highness, these two cities are all-encompassing, and most of the merchants from the countries of the Western Regions are concentrated in the East Market, are you going to the East Market or the West Market?" Li Zhong asked.

"Then let's go to the East Market, maybe you can meet a beautiful beauty full of exotic characteristics." Li Tai said with a smile.

"If Your Highness wants, we can search for the beauties of the world for Your Highness, why should Your Highness personally make tens of thousands?" Li Zhong opened his mouth and said.

"Hey, you don't understand, do you? Love, what I need is not beauty, it is love. Li Tai looked at Li Zhong, shook his head, and said, "Hey, I'm afraid that you won't know what love is in this life." ”

"Your Highness, what is love?" Li Zhong asked suspiciously.

Li Tai smiled mysteriously, but didn't say anything.

Chang'an City was an international metropolis in this era, and in addition to the people of the Tang Dynasty, there were also Goguryeo and Silla Baekje, which were from Western countries.

It is said that there are business travelers from more than 100 countries doing business in Chang'an City.

It would be even better if you could meet a Persian beauty here.

There was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, he had no other dreams in this life, that is, he hoped to take advantage of his youth to have friendship with women of all races and exchange life.

I didn't go to college, but I went to the world.

Think about it, how majestic.

No, how cool it should be.

The East Market is bustling with countless storefronts and a wide variety of goods on the streets.

"It's really hilarious." Li Tai couldn't help but sigh.

Prosperous, really prosperous.

It feels like the food street of later generations, bustling and full of people.

Li Tai stepped down from the donkey and walked forward slowly.

"Your Highness." Li Zhong looked around vigilantly, and those guards suddenly became vigilant.

Although it's good here, it's a mixed bag, so you have to be vigilant.

"Call me young master." Li Tai said with a smile.

Don't reveal your identity here.

"Li Zhong, there are not enough spices in the palace, and the one in this East Market has the most spices." Li Tai asked.

"Your Highness, the spice with the most spices is still the spice street opened by the Hu people in the Western Regions." Li Zhong said: "A lot of spices in the house are imported from there, and the pepper is imported from a store, and the pepper in their store is the best in the entire Tang Dynasty." ”

"Oh? Then don't you take me with you," Li Tai said with a slight smile.

Pepper in Datang is not only a noble spice, but also can be used as money, and the price is comparable to gold.

There was such a corrupt official in the Tang Dynasty named Yuan Zai, and when his house was raided, 800 stone pepper was found, which is equivalent to 64 tons now, and 3 containers could not be loaded.

Since Roman times, spices have been synonymous with gold in many places, and pepper has long been used as currency in Western countries.

In the 5th century, in order to demand gold and pepper, the leader of the Visigoths, Arari, led his troops to besiege the city of Rome, vowing to slaughter the city without pepper, and in the end, the Romans had to pay 3,000 pounds of pepper, which made Arari withdraw his troops.

In 1976, when the Queen of England visited the United States, a church in New York actually gave the Queen 279 peppercorns as a symbol of repaying the rent owed by the United States since King William III.

In order to snatch more pepper, the Europeans opened new sea routes, eventually discovering and colonizing the Americas. Until the 17th century, Europeans were still killing pepper, and it can be said that the history of medieval Europe is simply a history of pepper.

And in the Tang Dynasty of this era, pepper is also very valuable, and only nobles can afford it.

Being able to transport pepper from the Middle East to Datang is also quite not simple.

Pepper or something, Li Tai didn't care, this time he wanted to find those Hu merchants, and he wanted another spice, an indispensable spice for barbecue.

(End of chapter)