The weather is getting warmer day by day, Dengxian Lou has finally opened, half of the people in Chang'an City have come, Dengxian Lou opened on the day of the wine and food are all free, wine, not ordinary wine, but a popular Chang'an wine, dishes, is not an ordinary dish, but never heard of the self-service hot pot, everyone knows that Dengxian Lou and a wine shop are the industry of the Marquis of Linchuan. Dengxian Tower can't accommodate all the people, but a unique stage performance on the wooden platform set up outside the restaurant makes people who can't enter the restaurant feel that the trip is worthwhile, Ning Xiang, Xiaoyun, Qing'er and Xiaobei feel the power of fans Wang Xiang said for the first time, and the crazy fans almost stepped on the wooden platform at the end of the performance, but fortunately, a team of soldiers summoned by Cheng Chuliang helped maintain order and did not cause chaos, but the enthusiasm of the fans still made them unable to calm down for a long time.

Maybe Li Er felt that it was not very kind to let Wang Xiang send Gao Chang to make it, so he specially sent someone to send a plaque, the three words "Dengxian Tower" are vigorous and powerful, and it is Li Er's royal pen inscription, and the plaque inscribed by everyone who was looking for calligraphy before was naturally replaced, and no matter how powerful everyone is, they can't compare with Li Er. Even the emperor sent a plaque to Dengxian Tower, and the fame of Dengxian Tower spread throughout Chang'an at once, and the restaurants that originally wanted to make some small moves with the forces behind them also converged.

At this time, on the third floor of Dengxian Tower, Wang Xiang personally received Li Er, who was out of the palace in casual clothes, accompanied by the eldest grandson, Li Zhi and the little son.

The little son was obviously out of the palace for the first time, and he was very curious about everything, pestering Li Zhi to ask excitedly.

"I've heard the young slave boast about the hot pot in your house for a long time, and I can finally taste it for myself today." Li Er's appearance at this time looked very easy-going.

Empress Eldest Sun said with a smile: "I think the layout of Dengxian Tower has a unique style, I'm afraid it took a lot of thought." ”

Wang Xiang saw Empress Changsun looking at him and hurriedly said, "This is to ask someone else to help me arrange it." ”

"She must be a thoughtful woman, right?" Empress Eldest Sun smiled slightly.

"It's the Ning Xiang girl who sang the white fox in Jinguang Lake last time, and I invited them to come over today to help the restaurant build momentum."

Li Er listened to the noise downstairs and said, "You are not small, even the soldiers patrolling the city have been brought by you to maintain order." ”

This kind of thing can be big or small, but Li Er obviously has no intention of reproaching Wang Xiang smiled awkwardly and said: "The minister's Dengxian Tower also belongs to the patrol range of the soldiers patrolling the city, they just took the initiative to come over to help maintain order when they saw the excitement here, but they are not the ministers who privately transfer the soldiers, and the ministers don't have that ability." ”

"Really? Don't you have that ability? I heard that Cheng Chuliang's kid promised to help the soldiers who came to give each of them a jar and a wine tasting, and now a wine tasting costs five taels of silver, and a jar of wine costs a hundred taels of silver. ”

"This ......," Wang Xiang defended, "the wine he brews is not money." ”

Li Er laughed: "In that case, go back and send ten jars and one wine tasting to the palace." ”

"Father, the fruit wine that Wang Jian Chengxin made is even better than a tasting wine." In order to curry favor with Li Er, Li Zhi sold Wang Xiang very decisively.

"Yes, then send another ten jars of fruit bar."

Wang Xiang was speechless for a while, but he just looked at the plaque sent by Li Er, not to mention twenty jars of wine, even two hundred jars of wine.

The hot pot in the middle of the table is a mandarin duck pot, which is clear and transparent on one side and red and attractive, Li Er felt quite novel when he saw it, and asked, "Why is the color of the soup on both sides different?" ”

Wang Xiang explained: "On the one hand, the taste is light, and on the other hand, the taste is spicy. ”

The ingredients of the hot pot have all been placed on the table, more than a dozen plates are placed around the hot pot, all of which are the freshest ingredients to make people have a great appetite at a glance, the table is a specially customized turntable round table, Wang Xiang did a demonstration and said: "Your Majesty wants to eat what you only need to turn the disc, it is not easy to cook for a long time to eat hot pot, and when the soup is hot, you can eat as long as you put the ingredients into the soup and simmer it, which has the fragrance of the soup and does not lose the taste of the ingredients themselves." ”

Li Er couldn't help but sigh when he heard what Wang Xiang said: "If you use your thoughts on eating and drinking to the people of the Tang Dynasty, I will be very pleased." ”

Wang Xiang said with a look of injustice: "The potatoes and Quyuan plough are also offered by the ministers. ”

"Speaking of which, both of these things were offered after you had instigated the slave to drink."

Wang Xiang stopped talking very interestingly.

The soup of the hot pot began to tumble, and the fragrance began to permeate, Li Er picked up a piece of mutton, soaked it in the red soup and put it in his mouth according to the method Wang Xiang said, felt the special taste, and nodded with satisfaction. Li Zhi saw that Li Er moved the chopsticks, so he was no longer polite, and he was happy to wash it alone, but he couldn't do it in a hurry.

The little son is only four years old, and he is not suitable for eating hot pot, but seeing her pitiful appearance, Wang Xiang hurriedly asked people to fetch juice and all kinds of exquisite and delicious snacks, which made the little son happy.

Wang Xiang saw that Li Er's family was eating happily, and he was wondering if he should take this opportunity to discuss with Li Er about the envoy to Gaochang, but he didn't expect Li Er to speak first.

"I know you have a lot of complaints about what made you envoy to Gaochang this time."

"Your Majesty is really a saint, how can such a big thing as Gaochang be handed over to me as an ignorant child." Wang Xiang hurriedly sent a sycophant, at this time the ignorant boy was as willing as he was.

However, Li Er was unmoved, and said lightly after drinking a glass of wine: "There is no need to say much about this matter, but before that, I will first ask Hou Junji to bring five thousand cavalry to teach Gao Chang a small lesson, so that your envoy can travel more smoothly." ”

Wang Xiang almost didn't jump up when he heard it.

"Your Majesty, aren't you playing with me, if you teach them a little lesson first, can the ministers come back alive!"

Li Er waved his hand and said: "Previously, Gaochang went south to plunder my Tang border city, if they didn't teach them a lesson first, they would regard this envoy as a compromise of the Tang Dynasty, and only by giving them a head-on blow would they understand that this was the Tang Dynasty's kindness to them, and they would naturally be respectful to the envoys sent." ”

Respectfully, are you stupid to me!

Li Er ignored Wang Xiang's grievances and continued: "You can choose the entourage of Gaochang this time, and if you have any other requirements, as long as it is not too much, I will satisfy you." ”

"Can't you go?"

"What do you say?"

The little son was drinking the juice beautifully, and seeing that Wang Xiang seemed to be very reluctant to go somewhere, he put down the juice and walked to Li Er's side, pulled his sleeve and whispered: "Father, if Wang Jian Cheng doesn't want to go, don't let him go." ”

Wang Xiang was suddenly moved to tears, it is still a little son, Li Zhi and Queen Changsun ate hot pot and called a comfortable person and didn't see him say a word, or the little son was intimate.

Li Er hugged the little son and said with a smile: "Father asked him to go to Gaochang to give him a great merit, which is a good thing." ”

"Is that so?"

Feeling Li Er's fierce gaze, Wang Xiang had no choice but to swallow his tears into his stomach: "Yes, Your Majesty has given me a great credit." ”

"Then why don't you want to go, when you get a great merit, your father will make you a big official, right, father."

"The little boy is really smart."

Looking at the innocent and cute appearance of the little son, Wang Xiang despised Li Er from the bottom of his heart.

"In terms of food, I have potatoes in the Tang Dynasty, naturally there is no problem, I can sell corn to the countries of the Western Regions at a low price, and the sale of luxury goods to the nobles of the Western Regions you mentioned is not bad, but what is the good choice for this luxury?"

"My Tang Dynasty's tea, silk, and porcelain are all luxury goods in the Western Regions, but these things are not easy to obtain, and they are also useful to the people of my Tang Dynasty, and the minister feels that he should sell stones to them."

"Stones? Stones are also luxury? Li Er looked puzzled.

"The minister is talking about processed stones." Wang Xiang smiled.

As soon as he saw Wang Xiang's appearance, Li Er knew that he had something new, and asked curiously, "What kind of processed stone?" ”

Wang Xiang smiled faintly, took out a glass ball and handed it to Li Er: "Your Majesty, do you know what this is?" ”

Li Er took the glass ball and sighed: "Glass, it is very rare to have such a crystal clear and round glass. ”

"Actually, it's a stone."

"Stone!" Li Er was surprised, it was obviously a glass bead of good quality, how could it be a stone?

Wang Xiang said with a smile: "Your Majesty must have seen the mirror that the minister gave to the queen last time, right?" "The last gift he gave to Empress Changsun was a mirror.

Li Er nodded when he heard this: "The mirror you gave to Guanyin looks much clearer than the bronze mirror, and it is indeed a strange thing." ”

"That's actually a stone, too."

"Stones, too?" This time, even the eldest grandson queen couldn't help but be surprised, when Wang Xiang sent her the mirror that day, she felt that this thing was very magical, so she kept it as a treasure, but she didn't expect Wang Xiang to say that it was a stone.

Wang Xiang took out another rabbit-shaped glass toy and said triumphantly: "Your Majesty, take a look at this again." ”

"Little bunny!" The little boy cheered happily when he saw the glass rabbit.

Li Er's eyes were full of surprise, such a lifelike glass rabbit was something he had never seen before, "Could it be that this is also a stone?" ”

"Your Majesty is indeed wise."

Seeing Wang Xiang reaching into his arms again, Li Eryi pulled him over, and he was very curious about how many treasures were hidden in Wang Xiang's arms.

Li Er's bravery is not inferior to the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Xiang was pulled over by Li Er without any resistance, and without waiting for himself to speak, Li Er reached into his arms and toyed with it, and after a while, the kung fu table was full of glass toys in the shape of various animals, and the little son happily touched this and that, and even Li Zhi couldn't help but pick up one and watch it.

Seeing that Li Er was about to reach out again, Wang Xiang hurriedly shouted: "It's gone, it's really gone!" "Nima, this is treating me like a tinkerbell.

Li Er ignored Wang Xiang's struggle, and fiddled with it in his arms again, and found that he really couldn't take out anything, so he stopped.

The lifelike glazed animals filled the table, and Li Er asked in disbelief, "You said these are all stones?" ”