Li Zhi threw up his sleeves and left, but Cheng Wu didn't follow immediately.

After all, on the surface, this Tang Dynasty emperor is just a member of the Ministry of Works, and he is just friends with Cheng Wu.

"San Lang, be polite to Wang Yuanwai in the future, he is actually also kind-hearted, he donated money to the school last time, and inscribed a plaque for your academy, and today he promised to invite ten gentlemen to you, all of them are kind." Cheng Boxian said euphemistically.

Liu Wen on the side was also busy saying, "Yes, Wang Yuanwai is actually a very good person, and he is also very popular in Chang'an, so he is very polite in the future." ”

Li Xiao said with a smile, "If it weren't for the face of your brothers, who would want to know anything other than Wang Yuanwai, no matter how good his popularity is in Chang'an, no matter how good his hands and eyes are, it has nothing to do with me, and I am a small landlord in Qinling, and I can't afford to climb high." ”

"You, Wang Yuanwai is actually a very kind person, you want to change someone else, you have collided with him several times, it is estimated that you have already formed a grudge with you. But people didn't say a word, you can't compare to this amount of energy. Xue Chuyu also said.

The four brothers actually served as Li Zhi's imperial guards before, and even Xue Huaiyu and Cheng Boxian are still officers of the newly established Yulin Army.

The brothers are also kind, so they can't watch Li Xiao jump into the pit. But the Son of Heaven has confessed, and they can't directly reveal that today's king is not the same as today's.

"Forget it, don't talk about him, the academy starts today, thank you for coming to the stage, I'll personally cook a whole table of wine and food in a while, let's have a few drinks." Li Xiao always felt that he couldn't get close to an aristocratic child like Wang Yuanwai, and he didn't bother to deliberately befriend him.

Making friends is all about fate.

At the beginning of spring after the year, spring returns to the earth, and there are a lot of wild vegetables in the fields.

Cheng Wu They don't like big fish and meat, these things are the most lacking in them, so Li Xiao directly ordered some snacks and dishes.

There are small trash fish in the blue stream fried, the small fish is coated with flour, fried in the oil pan, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The seasonal wild vegetables in the field, after the water, put some chili peppers, garlic, and then add some vinegar and sesame oil to mix cold, which is also very refreshing.

In addition, a plate of broad beans, a plate of shredded pork ears, and a pot of old wine.

It's simple, but it's delicious.

"San Lang is really having a comfortable life, no wonder he doesn't even want to join the army with the seventh rank in the army, if I wasn't born in the Jiangmen family, I would rather live this kind of comfortable little life." Liu Jun said with a smile, eating cold salad and wild vegetables as he spoke.

"No, who would have thought that there would be such a comfortable day in the mountains." Liu Wen also said.

Cheng Boxian felt a little sorry for Li Xiao.

"San Lang, although your life is comfortable, it is too comfortable and dissipates your ambition. A manly husband, how can he be in love with this child all day long, and the parents short? You're not talentless, but you have a great talent. Even the strategy of leveling Liao came from your chest and abdomen, I don't know how much my father and brother admired. Why don't you participate in the Eastern Crusade with us and others, and then you will be famous and rich, and you will not sigh that you have spent a good time in your old age! ”

Xue Chuyu also felt that Li Xiao was wasting his talent, not to mention how rare it was for Qipin to join the army, even this Eastern Crusade was also an extremely rare opportunity. thinks that his father was in the middle of the road when he was young, and his father also had the opportunity to emerge and achieve his current status by joining the Liao army.

"How can a manly man just think about comfort, and he has to earn a wife and a cute son no matter what. You have to think about your family, for your children and grandchildren. ”

Li Xiao shook his head, "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, if you have the ability, you can naturally get ahead." If you don't have the ability, even if you earn a national government for them, you can't keep it. ”

"Grass and trees in autumn, life in life, San Lang, what do you say we live for this life?" Liu Jun asked.

This may be the life values that people in this era consider.

What do people live for?

For Liu Jun and the people of their time, people may live for the continuation of their bloodline, the reproduction of their descendants, for fame and fortune, in the final analysis, fame and fortune, for their own fame, for their own family and fame, for their own profits, and for their families.

Relatively speaking, Li Xiao, the values of later generations, may be more selfish, and he has not lived in vain if he has lived well.

So he thinks more about living comfortably and chicly, but he doesn't think too much about going too far.

Cheng Boxian couldn't understand Li Xiao's comfort, and Li Xiao couldn't understand why Cheng Boxian's disciples were so obsessed with fame.

As the children of the generals, they can be said to be born with a golden key, they have a father's shadow as soon as they are born, and they can be honored at a young age, even if they don't work hard in this life, they can enjoy a lifetime while lying down.

But most of these children are very hard-working, they are more eager for fame than ordinary people, and they are even willing to go to the soup and fight for this.

Compared with the sons and daughters of the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties after the Tang Dynasty, the sons of the Xun Qi in the Sui and Tang dynasties of the Northern and Southern Dynasties are considered real eagles, unlike those grass chickens of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The grass chicken shouted fiercely, but he was timid.

Li Xiao thinks that he is not a young eagle, but he also thinks that it is a grass chicken.

He won't shout like a grass chicken but is timid, he really doesn't want to fight, he thinks it's completely unnecessary, people don't have only one way to live, and now this way of living is not bad.

No matter how many people persuade him, Li Xiao just doesn't want to go to Liaodong.

If you go to Liaodong to fight, you will die. Even if you stay in the handsome account as a staff officer, it will never be easy, thousands of miles away, so bitter cold, why bother to suffer that sin.

"A few brothers, younger brothers, I have recently developed a good thing. A perfume is made with flower dew, essence and shochu. Fundamentally different flower types, as well as types of flavors, can be formulated with different fragrance types, men, women and children are suitable, just one drop, can make people fragrant around. ”

With the distillation technology of liquor, it is natural to make more good things, and perfume is just one of them.

Li Xiao is reluctant to be an official and unwilling to fight, but he is willing to make money.

Money is actually a very useful tool, with enough money, you can buy land, and even buy connections, and even official titles.

Now that the medicine and wine are very profitable, Li Xiao plans to get some more perfume to earn.

Compared with the mid-to-high-end market of medicinal wine, perfume is directly positioned in the high-end market, which is considered a luxury product. However, backed by Chang'an City, especially Chang'an is also an international trade city, I believe that perfume will be very marketable.

However, like medicine and wine, to do this kind of money-making business, you must have some background backing, so Li Xiao thought of a good idea and pulled the four sons of Chang'an to do it together.

If there is money, everyone earns it together, Li Xiao has skills, and they have connections.

"Sounds good, since it's an idea that San Lang came up with, I believe it must be good, how to do it, San Lang, just open your mouth, we'll listen to you." Liu Wen said, the last time the medicine and wine business was very successful.

Cheng Boxian said on the side, "We can rest assured that San Lang will do things, but I have a small request for this perfume business, I hope San Lang can pull Wang Yuan to do it together." ”

"What are you pulling him for? It's enough to have us. "Li Xiao has never been very cold to that Wang Yuanwai.

Cheng Boxian said twice, "Actually, Wang Yuanwai may not be able to look at this deal, but I think it's best for us to pull him, if he is really willing to be together, it will be good." If he doesn't want to, I think we can also join the wife of the prince. ”

"Is it necessary?" Li Xiao asked. This perfume business is a must-make business, and if you cooperate with others, you will give people money for nothing.

"It's very necessary." The four sons of Chang'an nodded together.

"In that case, go and ask." Since these four princes all said that it was necessary, Li Xiao felt that the Wang Yuanwai might be really bigger than he imagined, so he might as well be too much to save their face.