Xue Wu originally wanted to invite his father to work, but when he told him about it, he only got his father's reprimand, "Don't come nonsense in the future, don't worry about what you shouldn't be in charge of." Do you really think that Your Majesty said that you are a Xiaofei general, and you don't know how many catties and taels you have? ”

Xue Rengui was a general promoted by Emperor Taizong in his later years, although he was also appreciated by the emperor in the new dynasty. It can be said that although he actually performed very well during the Eastern Crusade, he was only a strong soldier at that time. There are so many military generals in the DPRK and China, and there are really a few who serve Xue Rengui.

Not to mention the generals with old qualifications such as Li Ji, Cheng Yanjin, and Su Dingfang, even many nobles from Guanlong Jiangmen are also dissatisfied.

In any case, you have to have some good shots to sit in a high position. Although the rank of General Zhonglang is not high, because the generals and generals are only considered to be fictitious, they cannot actually command the troops, so Xue Rengui, who commands the forbidden army and guards the Xuanwu Gate, will be stared at by many people.

Xue Rengui is usually cautious, for fear of being caught, he doesn't like his son's high-profile, and Mu Xiu will destroy it in the forest wind.

"Let me tell you, I haven't been running outside Beijing much lately. His Majesty recently intends to separate the left and right camps, and no longer belong to the left and right Weiwei, listening to His Majesty's meaning, he intends to set up another name for the left and right camps, just like Emperor Gaozu's Yuan Cong Forbidden Army, if it happens, the flying cavalry may have to be renamed the Yulin Army in the future. As a general guarding the Xuanwu Gate, Xue Rengui was naturally loyal to the emperor, and the emperor intended to establish a Praetorian Guard army independent of the Twelve Guards, and he also consulted Xue Rengui's opinion.

If a separate Yulin army is established, then the status of this Yulin army will definitely be important. Now Gorou is in the flying cavalry, and the number of flying cavalry is still limited, but if it is expanded into an independent Yulin Army, the number will definitely be expanded, and even the current flying cavalry officers will usher in a great opportunity for collective promotion.

He didn't want his son to have any accidents at this time, stay in the barracks well, and have a good relationship with the soldiers.

"Dad, is this true? Then will you also be transferred to the Yulin Army, will you be promoted to general? ”

Xue Rengui shook his head, the Yulin Army really became an army, and he had no chance to be a general, but he didn't think about becoming a general.

The general is for those who are old, but when you become a general, you don't have much opportunity to command the army. Although he is now trusted by the emperor, he does not have any decent military exploits and qualifications, so it is impossible to become a general.

Besides, the emperor trusted him so much, and he must have hoped that he would continue to command the army.

"You don't have to worry about my affairs, you can take care of it first and make good use of this opportunity. Opportunities don't come every time, you have to grasp them yourself. ”

Coming out of his father, Xue Chuyu was also very excited. He is now in his early twenties, which is the time when young people are most enthusiastic and look forward to fame.

In his early twenties, he is already a seven-rank martial artist, but in the Beijing Janissaries, he has no chance to make a contribution. He also wanted to go to the border guard like the eldest brother and the second brother, but he didn't have the opportunity.

"Childe, there is a person named Li Xiao outside the door who asked to see him, saying that he brought the thing that Childe wanted." A steward came to report.

"Li Xiao?" Xue Chuyu, who had just picked up the military book, smiled slightly when he heard it, "It's so fast." Did you really bring something, it seems that I was not mistaken. Fauber, go and bring people in. ”

Li Xiao waited outside the door of Xue's house for a long time.

The Xue family's house is quite large, this is the mansion given by Emperor Taizong himself, the high walls of the Zhu Gate, especially the mansion of the noble and high-ranking officials on a street.

The carriages and horses walking on the road are extravagant and luxurious, and even the servants are dressed in such a grand manner.

Li Xiao sat on the cold bench in the concierge and waited, and no one even poured a glass of water. But this is also normal, a large family, which is so easy to enter.

It took a while for someone to take him in.

As soon as he saw Xue Wu, Li Xiao immediately stepped forward and bowed, "Li Xiao, thank you for your great kindness." ”

"What do you mean by such a great grace?" Xue Wu still had that look.

"That Zhang family bullied my Li family, and I have a deep hatred, only hated for a while and was powerless to retaliate, and now Wulang said a word, but let Zhang Papi's father and son raid the house and seize it, which is really a great hatred in my heart."

"Actually, I didn't do anything, and it wasn't all for you, it was that kid who provoked me first, and I just cleaned him up."

"It may be a gesture for the son, but it is a great favor for my Li family."

"Don't talk about that, you said you brought that thing, but really?"

Li Xiao took out the baggage he brought with him, took out three packets of sugar wrapped in dried lotus leaves, and opened them one by one.

The first packet is brown sugar, which is very dark, and it is even inferior to the sucrose on the market. Xue Wu frowned after reading it, and Li Xiao opened the second pack.

This bag is brown sugar, dark red in color, and it looks relatively dry, but it is still not frosted sugar, which is far inferior to the frosted sugar on the market.

"It's a bit disappointing."

"Childe can't reach it, there is still one last bag, you are satisfied." Li Xiao opened the third package without hurry, but it was white and dazzling.

Like frost and snow, white and dazzling.

Xue Wu's eyes lit up suddenly, "Ho, it's really a deception of frost and snow, white enough." ”

"Childe can ask people to compare a packet of frosted candy, and only then can you know how high you are superior when you have a comparison."

Xue Wu clapped his hands and beckoned a subordinate, "Go get a bag of frosting candy, remember to ask for the best and whitest kind." ”

Take the frosting, open it and put it together.

There is no harm without contrast.

The method of refining the frosted sugar taken from Gu Tianzhu during the Zhenguan period, and even the frosted sugar refined by the improved process, compared with the white sugar brought by Li Xiao, made a judgment.

The frosting candy in Xue Mansion is not white at all, and it looks more like yellow. Li Xiao's white sugar is really white, which is like the difference between white flour and yellow rice flour.

"It's the best frosting, right?"

"Childe, this is the best frost in the house, and it is also the best frost candy that Chang'an can buy, you get five hundred yuan a catty, our frost candy is still rewarded by the palace, and it is better than the one bought outside."

The frosting candy given by the royal reward is naturally the best, but the frosting candy rewarded by the royal reward is far less white than the sugar white brought by Li Xiao.

Xue Wu waved his hand to let his subordinates step back, carefully observed Li Xiao's frosting candy, and even twisted it in his hand, and finally put it in his mouth to taste it carefully.

"It's really magical, I can't imagine that Yangzhou has such a magical sugar color, this is the real frosting sugar."

"Don't dare to hide it from Wulang, in fact, Yangzhou does not have this kind of sugar-making technique, and even in the whole world, there is no other person who has this sugar-making method.

"You?" Xue Wu was surprised, but even more surprised that Li Xiao would take the initiative to tell him this secret.