Chapter Eighty-Seven: Li Shimin Secretly Came
Just like it! As the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengqian is very willful, and as his good friend, Bai Qi feels that he has verified the correctness of "those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black", and as long as he likes it, he will do it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
White has been in a good mood lately, and as soon as he is happy, he opens a printing house and a brick kiln in his fiefdom.
Li Shimin took the pamphlet handed over by the white chess, frowned, and said unhappily: "Boy, you are lazy again, and you actually use the seal of the things handed over to me!" It's a huge waste of how much material is used up like this! ”
Bai Qi hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, the minister uses the booklet printed by his own printing house, and the printed words can be reused, but there is no waste!" ”
"Oh?" Li Shimin's eyes lit up: "I want to see what your kid has tossed out?" ”
"Your Majesty, should we take a look at the contents of this booklet first?" White Chess whispered a reminder to the great Majesty Taizong not to crook the building.
Li Shimin glared at the white chess, snorted, carefully read the contents of the booklet, closed the booklet and handed it to Lu Zheng, and said to the white chess: "There are still three major empires for the surrounding countries, and there have been several copies since last year. I and the others already have a basic understanding of and agree with you, so it looks like you're already starting to prepare, right? I've approved it, so go back and get ready. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"I'm going to your printing house tomorrow, so get ready."
His Majesty Taizong is coming, the Hou Mansion is going crazy, the housekeeper Uncle Wang is swinging all over, and he is pulling his throat when he is gentle and polite on weekdays: "Are you blind or deaf, swing that potted plant to the left!" ”
"Well, Uncle Wang, in fact, it's not the first time Your Majesty has come......" Seeing the enthusiasm rushing to his face, Bai Qi felt the need to step forward and persuade the butler Uncle Wang.
"Master Hou, last time His Majesty came to visit suddenly, so there were a lot of inappropriate receptions. Your Majesty has already informed you this time, so as the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion, the old slave I think no details can be wrong! ”
Looking at the serious look on the face of the housekeeper Uncle Wang, Bai Qi retreated very consciously, forget it, since you want to toss, let them toss! It's rare to see someone so happy while being tossed, and as the master, White thinks it's not a good thing to bother them any longer.
"Lu Zheng, is this Taoyuan Village? It's very different from the previous ones! Li Shimin was dressed as a rich man, and Lu Zhengze behind him was like a housekeeper, carefully serving by Li Shimin's side.
The tall stone memorial arch stands at the entrance of Taoyuan Village. A straight bluestone avenue winds its way into the village. Many people are carrying goods, walking on the bluestone avenue, and constantly pouring into the village from the outside. On the right side of the torii, there is a large circular room, and from time to time people come in and out of the door.
"Your Majesty, this is a walled house, which is full of people, and it was specially built by the Meridian Marquis to house those veterans." Lu Zheng explained to Li Shimin by his side.
Li Shimin nodded, and walked towards the enclosure with his hands behind his back.
"Hello uncle, who are you looking for? Mother said, we don't allow strangers to come in and out at will here! Three or four children who were playing in the open space in front of the enclosure saw Li Shimin and Lu Zheng coming over, and one of the older boys stood up and stopped in front of them.
Li Shimin glanced back at Lu Zheng, laughed softly, regardless of the little boy's resistance, touched his head, and then said: "Uncle, I'm not a villain, let alone a stranger!" After speaking, he and Lu Zheng walked in.
As soon as Lao Zhang, the guard who had just come out with a hoe, looked up, he saw Li Shimin's face, and he was so frightened that the hoe on his shoulders fell off, and he wanted to kneel down, but he saw Li Shimin waving his hand, so he walked up again, carefully arched his hand, and stammered: "Your Majesty......"
"Master Huang wants to come and see what's special about your house." Lu Zheng immediately grabbed the conversation.
It turned out that a few children outside the door ran in and were stopped by Lao Zhang, asking them to go back to their homes to study their homework and not run around if they had nothing to do.
Li Shimin walked leisurely around the walled house, which really frightened many veterans, and Lao Wang even quietly ordered his brothers to carry out martial law around the walled house to ensure Li Shimin's safety.
"Don't let the white boy know about my coming for the time being, understand?" Li Shimin said to Lao Zhang and Lao Wang.
After intimidating a group of veterans in the enclosure, Li Shimin walked slowly towards the village with his hands behind his back and Lu Zheng. In the distance, there was a commotion on the rooftops, in the trees, and in the grass, and it was the people who protected Li Shimin who were moving.
"These creeps are too substandard!" Lao Zhang looked at it with contempt, and then asked Lao Wang, "Boss, do you want to inform Hou Ye?" ”
Lao Wang threw a candy into his mouth, put his hands into his sleeves, looked at the direction in which Li Shimin disappeared, and said, "You are dead, didn't you listen to what he said?" Send a few brothers with you to keep him safe, as you said, young people are too careless nowadays! ”
"Whew!" An arm-thick arrow from the enclosure shot into a tree in the distance, and with a "plop", a man in black fell from the tree, and his body was pierced through the abdomen of the arrow man.
Lao Zhang stepped forward to take a closer look, came back and took a sip, and said disdainfully: "When, people on the rivers and lakes also began to come to Chang'an to send them to death!" ”
Across the tall archway, a thick black line is drawn on both sides of the bluestone avenue. Outside the thick line, near the side of the house, there are all kinds of stalls. Between the two thick lines, there is space for two carriages to pass side by side, dedicated to walking.
Li Shimin observed each stall with great interest, listened carefully to the content of the bargaining between the vendors and customers, and interjected a sentence or two from time to time, which felt very fresh.
Just like that, it took Li Shimin more than an hour. When he came to the front of the Hou Mansion, he originally thought that the front of the Hou Mansion was not allowed to sell things, but unexpectedly it was still occupied by vegetable stalls. Even under the two stone lions at the door, there were gray-haired old men who set up stalls there.
Li Shimin noticed that the stalls around the Hou Mansion were basically shabby-dressed and older people, who sat on the ground, leaning against the wall, leisurely basking in the sun, and occasionally chatting with the people next to them.
"Uncle," Li Shimin stepped forward and asked the old man who had placed the vegetable stall under the stone lion: "You are setting up a stall here, aren't you afraid that the owner here will drive you away?" ”
The old man glanced up at Li Shimin, his old eyes narrowed, he stood up with a smile, revealing his mouth with a few teeth missing: "You don't know this nobleman, although the little marquis is usually a little stubborn, a child, occasionally naughty, this is normal, but he has great respect for us old guys, and specially set aside such a place for us to sell vegetables." I'm the oldest here, so I'm under the stone lion. ”
"And that kind of thing?" Li Shimin asked curiously.
There was an old man next to him who laughed: "Actually, the little Hou Ye set aside this place for us to set up a stall, and he will often buy our vegetables to eat, which is equivalent to telling others that even the Hou Ye does our business, which means that our food here is the freshest and best on the whole street!" Therefore, it takes more than an hour for the vegetable stalls in other places to finish their business, and we can close the stalls in about half an hour here! ”
At this time, the housekeeper Uncle Wang was walking out of it quickly, and said as he walked: "Tao Weng, you asked everyone to send the dishes to the mansion, there are nobles coming today!" ”
Uncle Wang hurriedly walked out of the door of the Hou Mansion, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Li Shimin looking at him with a smile, and then stumbled and almost stepped on the empty steps.
Your Majesty, why did you sneak here! Why do you continue to play the set of microserver visits?