Chapter 023: King Jin's Birthday Banquet

Zhu Jingtian gave Li Wencai an invitation, this is a great honor, what is the identity of the King of Jin, the brother of the emperor Lao'er, the prince of the mercenary side of Nanjing City today, the people who can come to the birthday banquet are all famous families, and the officials below the fourth grade can't even enter the door.

Li Wencai looked at the invitation in his hand and was a little embarrassed, his grandmother's, the circle of officialdom is very deep, although he went to the Jin Palace, although he was not a guest, but he was a cook, if he was excited to put arsenic as salt, then how could it become the first major criminal case in the Ming Dynasty, and it was very dangerous.

"Tomorrow is King Jin's birthday banquet, do you think I'm pretending to be sick or pretending to be sick?" Li Wencai asked his military advisor Lao Zhang.

"Faking illness?" Lao Zhang had to admire Li Wencai's IQ, but it was okay to play tricks on ordinary people, but this time it was the little prince who invited him, presumably King Jin should also know about this, so Lao Zhang said sincerely: "There is still room for maneuver if you go, and if you don't go, there is really no chance of life." ”

"What do you mean?" Li Wencai asked listlessly as if he was paralyzed.

"What do you think, the little prince has already said, our grilled fish has been famous in Nanjing City, and the king of Jin has also heard about it, this time the little prince came to send an invitation, the king of Jin will not know about this, the little prince is okay, but the king of Jin is different, so the big prince can bear you to release the pigeons, maybe the next day he will send troops to arrest people."

Li Wencai nodded, there are some things that cannot be avoided, what should be faced is always to be faced, everyone wants to live a free and idle life, and there is no dispute with the world, but who is not burdened by the world in life.

"And what kind of Nine Counties Lord, so spicy, let me build any plane, why don't you let me build a cannon, blame me for being cheap." Li Wencai can't wait to slap himself with a big mouth, and his mouth is cheap.

Li Wencai perked up and said: "Actually, Young Master Ben doesn't plan to miss this opportunity, my red wine market also happens to take advantage of this opportunity to storm Nanjing, prepare a few barrels of red wine on the car, I will be useful tomorrow." ”

Li Wencai had made up his mind, so he instructed Lao Zhang to do it, and at this time Hu Hansan also came to Li Wencai's house, this is a business partner, to put it bluntly, he is a person who has come to share the money, and today Li Wencai has something to say to Hu Hansan.

Hu Hansan is now dressed gorgeously, for fear that others will not know that he is a local tyrant, because the grilled fish shop and red wine business are now developing very well, so Hu Hansan's one hundred and ten brothers have something to do, completing the gorgeous transformation from a thief to a businessman.

"Brother is looking for something with me today, hahaha." Hu Hansan raised his voice and stepped into Li Wencai's room, his temperament was still like a bandit.

Li Wencai glanced at Hu Hansan's gold-plated suit contemptuously and said, "Brother Hu is now a rich man, and he usually can't even see people. ”

"That's right, our brother's relationship is so good, I will never forget you, now I'm doing it with you, just tell me anything." Hu Han was born in a reckless man, but he is a righteous person, he should take a lot of points, and he shouldn't take a lot of points, which is why Li Wencai believes in him.

"Little brother, I'm in a lot of trouble right now, it's just a point. I am lacking in skills, and I will be invited to go to the Jin Palace's mansion tomorrow, which is extremely dangerous. Li Wencai said with a bitter face.

"This is a good thing, just take out the new wine to show your face, if it can sell well in Nanjing, then it will be sent." Hu Hansan was not worried about Li Wencai's situation at all, and was more concerned about making a fortune.

"It's worthy of being my good big brother, in the past two days, I'm going to let Lao Zhang and Dasha go back to their hometown, you see that I have a foothold here, and I'm going to take my family over, and I'll leave this matter to Lao Zhang, so that my yard will be unattended." When Li Wencai said this, the meaning was already obvious.

Hu Hansan patted his chest and said: "Look at the yard and leave it to me, at first I thought that my brother asked me to buy out the vineyard to do, it turned out to be winemaking, and now the matter has been done, I also absolutely believe in my brother's ability, your business is my business, you can rest assured to go to work." ”

After explaining everything, Li Wencai relieved himself a little, he had been away from home for a long time, and he didn't know if his father was still alive, and he still had a wife who was like a flower, so he would feel at ease if he could take them over.

"That's very good, but I have something to do when I go to the Jin Palace, and I need Brother Hu's help, can you go with me."

Hu Han shook his head like a rattle and said: "Aren't you harming me, the officials and bandits are not a family, and if I go, isn't it equivalent to throwing myself into the net?" ”

Li Wencai sighed, and said in his heart that this is the so-called mud can't support the wall, the thief can't change after a long time, so he kindly reminded: "Brother Hu has washed his hands now, you are now a serious businessman, a taxpayer, and protected by the government." ”

Hu Hansan looked confused, what is a taxpayer, and what is government protection?

However, Hu Hansan understood that he had already washed his hands of gold and was now a serious businessman, so he asked: "What do you want to do tomorrow, brother, although there are many valuable things in the Jin King's house, but they are heavily guarded, even if I am so superb in martial arts, it is difficult to get out of the whole body, let alone bring you with this burden." ”

Dogs can't change eating, stealing is stealing, and stealing is robbing in the mind.

Li Wencai patiently explained: "Are we short of money now, why do we want to go to the Jin Palace, we are serious businessmen now, and we are doing businessmen's business, don't think about robbery in the future." ”

"So what are we going to do?"

"Get down to business." ……

Early the next morning, Guan Yue dressed up carefully for Li Wencai, and this time he went to the Jin Palace's mansion to cook, so Li Wencai wore a gray dress wrapped inside, a white Confucian shirt on the outside, and his hair was tied up with a turban.

After finishing up, the two entourages pulled a carriage, loaded with a few barrels of red wine and covered it with black linen, and then took Hu Hansan to the palace of the king of Jin.

The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties is extraordinary, this city wall is impregnable, Li Wencai and Hu Hansan entered the city after inspection, the Jin Wangfu is located in the center of Nanjing City, here is the most prosperous street in Nanjing City, called Sifang Street, the whole street is paved with smooth bluestone, extending in all directions, people come and go, lively and extraordinary, Jin Wangfu has four gates, the north gate is the gate, the guests who come today all enter from here, and the south gate is the small gate, the family miscellaneous servants are in and out from here, Li Wencai came to the south gate, and the invitation card is presented, The housekeeper guarding the door looked at the visitor with a majestic face, and asked with the goods: "Since it is a guest, why don't you enter through the door?" ”

"Little brother doesn't know, although I am a friend of Zhu Gongzi, but today I came to cook for the prince, so I entered from here."

"Cooking, cooking?" The family Ding looked surprised, the prince's birthday banquet was all famous cooks, this kid was so young that he cooked for the king of Jin, nonsense.

Li Wencai approached the house and said, "Have you heard of the spicy grilled fish in Jiangting Fish Restaurant?" ”

That Ding's eyes suddenly doubled, his attitude turned one hundred and eighty degrees, and said with a smile: "The spicy grilled fish of Jiangting Fish Restaurant is spread by word of mouth in Nanjing City, it is difficult to eat it once, I just heard about it, I haven't eaten it yet, it turns out that this is what you made, and my master praises your fish as a must." ”

Li Wencai's smile was a little stiff, is the spicy grilled fish so famous, I feel like a celebrity.

"Please, inside please." The family hunched over, with a respectful face, the little prince had already ordered, there would be a special friend today, but I didn't expect it to be this one.

Li Wencai entered the palace, only to find out what is called the mansion, this Jin palace can not see the edge at a glance, I am afraid that it will take an hour to walk from the north gate to the south gate, the pavilions and pavilions in the middle are staggered, Li Wencai found that he did not know where to go.

"Brother Li is really trustworthy, he is still here today, and I am about to send someone to invite it." Zhu Jingtian seemed to have surveillance, and Li Wen had just come to the mansion when he appeared.

Li Wencai jokingly said: "Brother Zhu is really polite, what if I don't come today." ”

"Send someone and invite it."

"Why don't you come?"

"Straight to it."

"Okay, I know Brother Zhu's methods, so I came on time, I'm here to cook today, and I won't go to the banquet hall." Li Wencai was afraid of showing his face in front of people, so he greeted him in advance.

Zhu Jingtian said with an unhappy face: "Brother Gaocai, I want you to show your face in front of all the officials and families." ”

"I won't go even if I die."

"Then what if my father wants you to go, let me tell you the truth, my father has heard of your name, yesterday I gave him the red wine you brewed to taste, he said that today he must introduce you to everyone at the birthday banquet, and accept you as a guest of the palace in front of everyone, do you go or not?" Zhu Jingtian looked at Li Wencai with a wicked smile.

"Well, I didn't expect it, the prince admires me so much, if you don't go, you don't know what to do, and showing your face in front of the officials is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as long as you are not a fool, you will not refuse." Li Wencai laughed dryly, and secretly scolded Zhu Jingtian, a bastard, for threatening himself with his father.

"Those who know the times are Junjie, Brother Li is a genius, he shouldn't have an ordinary life, this is a good opportunity." Zhu Jingtian happily pulled Li Wencai, walked through a few houses to the most high-end one in the middle, this is the banquet hall of the Jin Palace, next to the hall is only a corridor away is the kitchen, the prepared meals are sent into the hall by the maid through the corridor, Li Wencai can't help but feel that the prince is not ordinary, this luxury, it is too corrupt, when can he live such a corrupt life.

There was an endless stream of officials who came to congratulate him, just looking at their outfits, he knew that the origin was not small, Li Wencai actually found that Liu Sicheng, an old goods, was also here, and the entourage only carried a gift box in his hand, he was too stingy, like this person Li Wencai really wanted to give him a big mouth and then blast out, feeling that this is shopping to buy breakfast and bring it over without eating.

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