Chapter 40: Roasted Tea

Jieli's face turned red, and he smiled to cover up the past: "I'm just hanging out." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"What is the purpose of the Great Khan? Don't beat around the bush, let's get straight to the point. ”

"Okay, I'll just say it directly, I'm here today for food and treasure, as soon as the things are in hand, I will immediately withdraw from the army and never do it again." Jieli stated his purpose.

"Da Khan's good calculation, you invade my Datang and ask me for benefits, are you an ornament when I am the elite of Datang?"

"Shimin virtuous nephew, don't make a mistake, you think I really don't dare to fight, my purpose is only food and treasure, it is not good for anyone to lose and lose, my army expedition must always have a little reward, you don't worry, you and I can make an alliance again and never commit it again, and kill the white horse as an oath." Jieli immediately changed his face.

Li Shimin saw that his goal had been achieved, so he softened his tone and said: "You attack my Datang, is it just that?" ”

Jieli thought for a while: "I will give you 3,000 horses and 10,000 sheep, and this matter will be revealed." ”

"I want the 3,000 people you plundered."

Jieli weighed the pros and cons, nodded and said, "Okay, a word is a decision, and a high-five is an oath." ”

Bang, bang, bang, the two of them slapped three times, looked up and laughed. The two guards had already led a white horse, and Jieli waved his hand to cut off the horse's head, and took the horse's blood with a wine glass, and the two of them did it all.

The armies of the two sides retreated thirty miles each, camped on the spot, and waited for the delivery to be completed, and then withdrew.

A day later, the Taiji Palace and the Two Rites Hall.

After Li Shimin sat on the dragon case, he held the folds of the things demanded by Jieli in his hands, and the green tendons in his hands were rising, the gold and silver treasures were almost emptied of the treasury, and there were not so many grain and grass materials in the treasury.

"Shame on you," Li Shimin gritted his teeth and muttered.

"Erlang, don't be angry and hurt your body, I boiled rock sugar pear water, and I was angry," a gentle woman walked over, followed by a maid carrying a bowl of sugar water. At this time, the only one who dared to persuade Li Shimin was this eldest grandson queen.

As Li Shimin's wife, the two are very affectionate, they have never blushed in their nine years of marriage, and often put forward Li Shimin's mistakes and persuade him to correct them. The two husbands and wives have a deep affection and complement each other.

Li Shimin knew that it was his wife when he heard the voice: "Guanyin, you are here." ”

"Why is Your Majesty so troubled?"

"It's not the damned Turks, who deceive people too much, ask for too much, and can make up their possessions, but there is a great shortage of food and grass, and there is nowhere to get it." Li Shimin was angry when he said it, and said fiercely.

"Your Majesty, one person has short skills, and two people have long skills, why don't you find someone to talk about it?"

"That's right! It's the tip of the horns, thank you, Guanyin. Li Shimin took the eldest grandson's hands and said gently.

"It is the honor of the concubine to be able to relieve His Majesty's worries, why should Your Majesty thank you." The eldest grandson Wujian let Li Shimin pull him to sit next to him, and then said: "Your Majesty, my sisters and I donated some gold and silver bracelets that we don't usually use, although it doesn't play a big role, it can be regarded as sharing your worries for Your Majesty." After speaking, let the chamberlain hold it up with a tray, jade bracelets, gold hairpins and other jewelry, as well as some particularly precious glass beads, which were gifts from Li Yuan to Li Shimin in the Western Regions, and Li Shimin gave to the eldest grandson Wuji.

At this time, Li Shimin found that the eldest grandson Wujian was wearing a linen skirt, the jade bracelet on his wrist was gone, and there was a wooden hairpin on his head. You..."

The eldest grandson Wujian covered Li Shimin's mouth with his hand and said: "Your Majesty, I know what you have to say, these are just foreign objects, and they are not usually used, and they are dusty when they are put away, so it is better to simply take them out and have some effect." ”

Li Shimin habitually hugged the slender waist of the eldest grandson Wuji, and the eldest grandson Wujian leaned on Li Shimin's shoulder.

"Guanyin, what we lost today, tomorrow I will get it back a hundred times..."

"Well, I believe Your Majesty."

After a long time, the chamberlain came to report that the ministers were waiting outside the hall, and the eldest grandson retreated into the inner room with a bow. The ministers rushed in, sat down in order, and discussed the Turkic demand for grain and grass. The officials in the hall today are very special, and if you look closely, they are all representatives of the major families, but there are more eldest grandsons Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng.

The agenda is very simple, grain, Li Shimin bowed his head to the family, saying that he would borrow grain and return it twice later. The families expressed their support, Pei's is willing to pay 10,000 deniers, Lu's is willing to pay 12,000 deniers, and Cui's is willing to pay 11,000 deniers... Several major families plus a piece of grain are less than 100,000 denier, the meeting ended unhappily, it is said that after everyone left, Li Shimin scolded for half the night, angry and fell asleep in clothes.

When Li Shimin was worried about food, Li Che was pouring and frying tea at home. The tea is brought by Uncle Liu, a tenant in the peony village, to Chang'an, and this raw tea is said to be picked by a few old tea trees on Zhongnan Mountain, whether it is true or not, Li Che does not know, it is estimated that it is an advertisement for selling tea. One or two cost ten cents, and I bought two catties, and Li Che is still in pain.

For fear of being fried, Li Che was divided into four points, what to do first, Li Che scratched his head and thought about it. It should be poured into an iron pot and fried directly, try it first.

"Peony, light the fire and burn the pot," Li Che ordered to Peony, who was watching the excitement from the side.

Peony lit the fire with ease, turned his head and asked, "How big of a fire does the young master want?" ”

"Well, let's try it on the heat first."

Li Che poured a portion of tea into the pot, looked at the tea leaves that began to smoke, what to do next? looked at his empty hands: "Green bamboo, where is my bamboo broom?" ”

"Ah, it looks like it's in the wood room."

"Hurry up and get it, oops, I forgot to fry the tea artifact." Li Che looked at the smoking tea leaves, looked at his hands, and finally didn't have the courage to fry the tea leaves with his hands. As a result, the bamboo broom arrived in time, and Li Che swept out a pile of black cinders from the pot.

"Start the second pot," Li Che shouted, pouring the tea leaves into the pot, the bamboo broom flying, and I saw the tea leaves flying up and down quickly in the pot.

The green bamboo next to him excitedly watched Li Che play a set of crazy demon brooms, leaving a pot of tea residue and questioning Li Che complainingly. Failure, the wrong appearance, the wrong method? Li Che looked at the broken tea leaves, pinched and chewed a little, and the bitter taste almost flowed "poof".

No, the tea leaves should be one by one: "Strips, strips..."

"Strips? What is the young master? Is it one by one, and isn't it a strip when you rub it? Lu Zhu next to him looked at Li Che muttering suspiciously, and said casually.

Li Che was stunned, yes, the tea leaves should be rubbed.

"Luzhu, you have made a great contribution, haha," he took a sip on Luzhu's face, and Li Che said excitedly.

"Ah, young master, you... You..."Luzhu blushed slightly, lowered his head, rubbed the corners of his clothes with his hands, and let out a low exclamation.

"Aha, your face is dirty, I'll wash it for you. Hurriedly turned his head to study how to use a bamboo broom to rub out the tea strips, his heart suddenly jumped wildly, and he muttered in a low voice: "I can't help it, I can't help it...... Evil, too evil. ”