Chapter 20, The Royal Family Banquet

Chang'an, the palace of the general of Qin

That's the way it is, Feng Daiwen took advantage of the dark sky after being a craftsman to work as a prisoner, so he went to the Qin Palace, and reported the recent events to Li Shimin one by one, the most important thing for a courtier is loyalty, and the most taboo is the two ends of the snake and rat, no one knows what you did if you don't report it, you don't know how you did it, how you did it, and it is easy to make people suspicious, if you have a suspicion, it will be difficult to fully trust again.

"Weiguo has been planning and operating for me, it's really hard", Li Shimin said to Feng Daiwen gratefully, since Feng Daiwen went to Chang'an to beat the prince by surprise, and also provided Li Shimin with a lot of material and financial help. made it easier for Li Shimin to buy manpower, and spent several of the most difficult months for Li Shimin. Recently, Cheng Biting Jin, Zhang Liang, Hou Junji and others have returned to Chang'an, and Li Shimin has completely breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Royal Highness is polite, it is an honor for Weichen to serve His Highness, I dare not say anything, this time the sage authorized Weichen to recruit 5000 soldiers, and the minister can buy iron ore openly, and I have to bother His Highness to find more blacksmiths for the minister to create a little weapon armor", Feng Daiwen arrived.

"This is a trivial matter, the king of tomorrow will find someone for the defense of the country, it is late today, the king set up a family banquet, and the defense of the country will rest in the house." Li Shimin said to Feng Daiwen easily.

"Thank you, Your Highness, but Weichen is disrespectful," Feng Daiwen said with thanks, the so-called family banquet is that all the host's family attends the banquet to entertain guests, which is the highest etiquette for entertaining guests such as powerful families, and it also means that you are not treated as an outsider. Li Shimin attached great importance to this family banquet, and his family in Chang'an arrived. Feng Daiwen also met the famous Empress Changsun in the future, a gentle and beautiful woman with a gentle, warm temperament.

"I've seen the princess, the princes, and the county lord." Don't dare to look more, Feng Daiwen Shi saluted.

"The general doesn't have to be polite, the general is running around for the prince, it should be us as the prince's family to thank the general, the Feng family has been loyal for several generations, and your father and son have contributed a lot to the prince, and temporarily accept the eldest grandson on behalf of Wu Guogong." The eldest grandson said with a gentle smile.

Feng Daiwen hurriedly turned sideways and said: "Weichen thanked the princess on behalf of his father, and he did his best for the prince, this is the duty of a minister, and he didn't dare to be a princess."

"Okay, today is a family banquet, you don't have to be polite, defend the country and take a seat, this king will introduce you to the king's children." , Li Shimin was satisfied with Feng Daiwen's attitude and said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Highness," Feng Daiwen said, sitting down.

At present, Li Shimin has six sons and six daughters, the eldest son Li Chengqian is the son of the world, the eldest grandson is 8 years old, the second son Li Kuan's mother is a Li Shimin's maid who succeeded to his brother Li Zhiyun to die, the third son Li Ke (ke) is the daughter of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the fourth son Li Tai is also the eldest grandson of Wuji, the fifth son Li You is from the Yin Concubine, the sixth son Li Su Yang Concubine, the eldest daughter of Guang'an County Lord, Li Ying's mother is Li Shimin's concubine died early, now 14 years old, is Li Shimin's earliest daughter, the eldest daughter of Changle County Lord, Li Lizhi is 6 years old, the eldest grandson, The second daughter Xiangcheng, the third daughter Nanping, the fourth daughter Yuzhang County Lord, his mother was Li Shimin, a maid, died early, all of them were raised by the eldest grandson, Li Shimin had been fighting in the early years, and many of these maids died a lot

First, it is good to protect his wife and children in the war, and secondly, the medical conditions are limited, plus the child is born at an early age.

At present, Li Shimin's children all salute Feng Daiwen one by one, and Feng Daiwen also returns the salute one by one, not to mention that royal education is indeed unique, even Li Youshili, who is only 4 years old, is a one-size-fits-all look. Feng Daiwen is observing Li Shimin's children, after all, Li Shimin's children are all relatively famous in history, and they are all not good to die Li Zhi, who became an emperor, has not yet been born, Feng Daiwen can't help but sigh that the times have changed, these children are already very sensible, and many children in their 10s in later generations still don't understand anything, when Feng Daiwen looked at this group of county lords and county kings, several older people were also looking at Feng Daiwen, after all, Feng Daiwen was not a few years older than them, and he was already a general with troops, And Feng Daiwen has a beautiful face, grew up in Lingnan, his face is wheat-colored, he is resolute in his beauty, and he is still a handsome guy with a well-proportioned figure.

Feng Daiwen also sent the latest porcelain to Li Shimin's concubines, and promised to hand over thirty percent for the princess to take care of, the eldest grandson was very happy, don't look at them as princesses, in fact, the days are not loose, to reward the subordinates, take care of the palace, and other ministers' families to reward, Li Shimin's mansion is also a tight life.

Thank you for defending the country, the eldest grandson said with a smile: "The prince has always been diligent and thrifty, and the expenses of this palace are also large, and it is difficult for the concubine to take care of the palace", and he rolled his eyes at Li Shimin, and Li Shimin also pretended not to see it and bowed his head to drink.

"Serving the prince and sharing worries is a matter within the minister's responsibility, and I don't dare to be the princess to thank you, but the princess needs to call someone to command", Feng Daiwen said.

"Today, Weichen just received a letter from his father, and recently Lingnan has brought 300,000 stone of grain and 100,000 stone of sea salt for the saint, and also transported a part of sea salt, grain and Lingnan specialties to the princess, and the princess needs to arrange to see where it is suitable", Feng Daiwen said.

"Oh, thank you so much Wu Guogong, put it there? Wei Guo knows how many there are", the eldest grandson said happily.

"There should be a few boats of Lingnan fruits, this season happens to be the ripening season of Lingnan sugarcane and oranges, 50,000 stones of sea salt, 10,000 stones of sucrose, and 50,000 stones of grain", in fact, this is what Feng Daiwen asked for himself, seeing the eldest grandson speak, he didn't know how to say it with a fever in his head, which will be secretly regretted.

Li Shimin handed over an approving look to the eldest grandson, and the eldest grandson replied with a flattering smile, "Haha With this batch of materials for the defense of the country, this king will be much easier this year", Li Shimin smiled happily.

Then the atmosphere was much warmer, the eldest grandson and others have been warmly entertaining Feng Daiwen to eat more food, and they are also very curious about Lingnan, and asked a lot of Lingnan things, Feng Daiwen also introduced them one by one, because it was a family banquet, Feng Daiwen said goodbye after three rounds of wine, and Li Shimin let people take him down to rest.