Chapter 158: New Equipment

"Xu, Xu Qing, are you going to eat soup and rice here?" Li Yuan looked disgusted, before he became the emperor, he was also the governor of Taiyuan, and his family was a century-old family, so he knew that he couldn't eat soup and rice. At that moment, Xu Qing explained: "Your Majesty, this is used for shabu-shabu,"

"Shabu-shabu?"

"Your Majesty, please look at ......" Xu Qing said, took a small plate, put some self-made sauce, and then a little salt, and put it in front of Li Yuan. took another pair of chopsticks, picked up a piece of mutton, and soaked it in the pot, but it took a trip to the water, but the soup was already boiling, so he soaked it and put it on Li Yuan's plate. Xu Qing said again: "Your Majesty, please taste ......"

Li Yuan glanced at Xu Qing and said, "If you are not familiar, I will add you a crime of murdering the monarch!" didn't snatch the plate of mutton away for Xu Qing, so Li Yuan ate the mutton with a sigh: "Hmm...... Didn't taste anything......"

Xu Qing helped Li Yuan to dip a few more slices, and Li Yuan dipped the sauce and salt to eat them, and then exclaimed: "Well, this cooking method is good, come, let me try it myself." Li Yuan happily picked up a piece of meat and put it in the pot to eat, seeing that he could also cook cooked vegetables, although he only put it in the pot. But over the years, as the emperor, he will not do anything else except for government affairs, even if he wears clothes, he is also helped by his subordinates, and now he can cook by himself, he can't help but experience a kind of hands-on fun.

At this time, Li Chengdao reminded: "Father Huang, this ......"

Li Yuan stopped his chopsticks again and again, suddenly realized, and said in a loud voice: "I remembered, tsk, I heard that Xu Qing is here, regardless of the master and slave, you sit at the same table to eat?"

Xu Qing wiped the sweat on his head, looked at Li Chengdao, and had to nod and say, "Your Majesty, there are few people in my small place, so I don't care about so much etiquette." ”

Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "Hmph, I think this is another new method for your kid, right?" It's okay, follow the customs, come to eat at your place, I will abide by your rules, and everyone will sit down to eat. ”

How dare Zhao Gong and Wei Xian, they hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty, but Daochen didn't dare. Li Yuan straightened his face and said that if you don't sit down, I will cut off your heads. As soon as such an aggressive momentum came out, Wei Xian and the others immediately surrendered, but seeing that Li Yuan was not the kind of person who was polite in words but disgusted in his heart, he ate and ate, and everyone let go of eating.

Xu Qing took out the wine and drank a small glass with everyone. The dishes that Li Yuan brought over were much more than Xu Qing's own, not only a lot of meat, but also vegetables from the Wentang Supervisor. Of course, this is the vegetable that Xu Qing thought was the Wen Tang Supervisor, but in fact, Li Yuan asked people to go to Xu Qing's old mansion in Dunyi Fang to loot it.

Everyone eats with a round belly, especially Wei Xian, he is very thin, but his belly is quite big, which makes Xu Qing worry that he will explode. Li Yuan finally sighed that it had been a long time since he had eaten so vigorously and disregarded etiquette.

Xu Qing was also slightly drunk, patted Li Yuandi's thigh and said, "Your Majesty, how about giving me some silver?" ”

In addition to Li Yuan's stomach, those glasses of wine were not difficult for him, he was very sober, so he said to Xu Qing: "What do you want money for?" In a few days, the servants will come down with money, and you will reward those soldiers?"

Xu Qing nodded, and said with a sigh: "You just give eight hundred and one thousand, I will treat all the bowls as a reward today." ”

Li Yuan was stunned and said, "How much are you rewarding?" I tell you, you can't give more money at once, you have to reward a little bit, every time you increase it, it's useful, otherwise they won't be grateful to you. ”

But Xu Qing didn't care, patted Li Yuan's shoulder and said, "Do you look down on me?" If you look up to me, give me a thousand eight hundred pieces of silver. ”

Xu Qing was drunk and pretended to be drunk, and Li Yuan couldn't cry or laugh, so he asked the eunuch to draw two thousand taels from his inner treasury to Xu Qing. Two thousand taels is really just a few meals for Li Yuan, but for Xu Qing, it is necessary to deduct the rope and use it for a year in this army. Li Yuan gave Xu Qing this money, almost because of the new cooking method invented by Xu Qing, he could save a lot of meals in the future.

Of course, there is still another request, Li Yuan said to Xu Qing: "The Qiankun Mirror that was given to me last time was given to Ouyang Yuan, how about you make ten more for me?" ”

Everyone is happy, Li Chengdao and Li Chengqian said that they will come every day in the future, Wei Xian and Zhao Gong are a little afraid, saying that if it is not for Xu Qing, then I don't know how many lifetimes of happiness I will have to save before I can eat in the same pot with the emperor.

It will take a long time, at least two months, to wait for the selection of people from all over the country to participate in the examination in Chang'an.

Xu Qing thought about it, for such a long time, the first thing is to build the army in his hand into his own arm, and the other is the production of perfume. The aunt's towel has been made, and it has been improved according to the feedback of the girls.

Training, Xu Qing knows some modern methods, he just needs to tell Zhuge Yan and let him organize training. In addition, Xu Qing also wanted to use the method of hiring a head coach to find a few people in the dark river to put them in the Xuanwu Gate for training, but he was afraid that there would still be Li Yuan's eyeliner in the Xuanwu Gate.

Although after passing through the incident in front of the Suzaku Gate, almost everyone knew that Xu Qing had some methods, and Li Yuan didn't specifically ask, but he still kept it mysterious.

Two thousand taels, how to use it more appropriately, Xu Qing thought about it, and asked Wei Xian next to him: "Wei Xian, do you know if you can build ordnance armor in Chang'an City?" ”

Wei Xian touched his round belly and said, "Sir, you can't build it, now in Chang'an City, even building a sword is very cumbersome." If you want to check the three generations and check the five services, if you find out that you have a criminal record, you are not allowed to build it. ”

Doesn't this mean that it is strictly forbidden to cast weapons privately, Xu Qing asked: "What about the Ministry of Works, will be the supervisor, can they build weapons and armor?" ”

Wei Xian shook his head and said, "Sir, this matter of building weapons and armor is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. Now Chang'an City only needs the Weapons Department and the Ordnance Supervision of the Ministry of War to build. The Weapons Division is built for the left and right leading guards, military guards, mighty guards, and prison guards, while the Weapons Supervisor is built for the Fourth Army and the other sixteen guards, which can be regarded as the royal family for the pro-army. ”

Xu Qing's eyes lit up and asked, "Then, what kind of guard is I, the army of the Xuanwu Sect, and who am I looking for weapons and armor?" ”

Wei Xian pondered slightly: "I don't know about this, the secrets in the army, I and other ministers have always known little." What I just said is just a matter of all the responsibilities that everyone knows, and this gatekeeper is something we can't understand. ”

After speaking, Wei Xian guessed again: "However, the Xuanwu Gate is either a prison guard, or a Shenwu Army, or a Yulin Army. But looking at the importance of the Xuanwu Gate, it is more likely that the Shenwu Army is greater. The general might as well go to the ordnance superintendent to have a look. ”