Chapter 10: King VI
Li Feiyu lay on the bed, simply opened his eyes, and rested for a while, he closed his eyes, and the 'Emperor Avenue' book ran out again to disturb his rest.
About an hour later!
Knock knock...
There was a knock on the door!
"Who?" Li Feiyu was thinking about something, and shouted angrily.
A man's voice came from outside: "The third manager, the younger one is Wang Liu, the things purchased today have been prepared, do you want to put them in the room?" ”
Li Feiyu's mind poured out the information of Wang Liu, this person is the head of the house, responsible for the food in the backyard of the East Palace!
"Come in!" Li Feiyu lay on the bed and said lazily.
Wang Liuyi was dressed as a subordinate, a little more than six feet tall, thin, about forty years old, a pair of small eyes entered the room and looked around, when he saw Li Feiyu lying on the bed, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The little one is the third manager, please be safe!" After speaking, he pretended to give Li Feiyu a salute.
Li Feiyu learned from the memory of his predecessor that although this person was the head of the house, he had a lot of silver and two items per month, and this person was responsible for every purchase of the house, and then came back to report to Li Feiyu, noting down the specific amount of food, price and other trivial things.
This person relies on the name of the East Palace, when purchasing things outside, he will always intimidate the seller, what should be two taels of silver, he has to buy it with one or two silver, the sellers do not want to offend the East Palace, besides, the East Palace buys a large number of things, and they share it evenly, they have not suffered much loss, therefore, the hawkers and some bosses are accustomed to Wang Liu's evil deeds, and some bosses are used to Wang Liu's evil deeds.
The vegetables, rice, and meat needed by the East Palace are the freshest, so they are basically purchased one day at a time, and after Wang Liu got the silver from it, he would honor Li Feiyu every day when he came back, and by the way, let Li Feiyu register the things he bought.
Today is no exception, looking at Wang Liu's expression, Li Feiyu guessed that today's income must be good, and said with a smile: "Wang Liu, how much silver did you get today?" ”
"It's not much, it's probably only twenty or thirty taels!" Wang Liu smiled, took out two ingots of silver from his arms, put them on the side of Li Feiyu's bed, and said, "Third manager, this is ten taels of silver, it's your share!" ”
Li Feiyu is not stupid, he knows from his memory that Wang Liu is sometimes a little lucky, it is common to earn one hundred and eighty taels a day, and even if he is unlucky, he can get fifty or sixty taels a day.
However, Wang Liu has a lot of people to be honored, the four stewards in the backyard, a few eunuchs around the master, and some patrol generals in the East Palace, almost everyone has to be filial, and the last rest is sometimes only three or four taels of silver!
Li Feiyu didn't break it, and said with a smile: "You will report the number in a while, and you will register and make a register!" By the way, he asked, "What did you buy today?" ”
"Today I bought 500 catties of fresh meat, all kinds of vegetables such as green onions, leeks, garlic, ginger, spinach, bamboo shoots, lettuce, sword beans, and some game, 20 rabbits, three half-year-old fawns, chickens, ducks, fish, and some condiments!" Wang Liu nodded and replied.
In the Tang Dynasty, meat was only pigs, sheep, cattle, etc., such as rabbits, chickens, ducks, and fish could only be counted as game, not meat.
The two guards of the East Palace, the subordinates, servants, palace maids and other cadres in the backyard add up to several thousand, and they need too much food, like some of the prince's favorite concubines and singers, their food is much better than that of the people, and each meal must have at least three meat dishes and a delicious soup.
Therefore, the amount of food required was huge, and the prince's extravagant life required at least ten dishes at each meal, and there could be no duplication of them!
Li Feiyu closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and asked, "Are all rabbits alive?" ”
"It's all live rabbits, they're very fat, do you want to let the guy stew one for you?" Wang Liu patted Li Feiyu's ass and asked with a smile.
"No, you go find three sacks, load three live rabbits each, take two more people, and go to Yichun Palace with me in a while!" Li Feiyu commanded.
Yichun Palace is the residence of the crown princess, and it is usually difficult for people to enter, only a few backyard managers can enter when they have something to report.
Wang Liu didn't have to guess, he also knew that the rabbit was given to the crown princess, and said busily: "Third manager, don't worry, this matter will be handled for you!" ”
"Well, hurry up and get it, wait for the rabbit to be delivered, I have to go home!" Li Feiyu urged.
"The little one is gone!" Wang Liu bent down and withdrew.
Li Feiyu turned over and got out of bed, put the silver given by Wang Liu into his arms, smiled faintly, and walked out of the door quickly.
The sky is dark, the sun is setting, and night falls into this palatial palace.
Standing in the small courtyard, you can see the attic lights rising in the distance, and lanterns hanging in many places!
It was very noisy outside, and heavy footsteps passed by from time to time, and Li Feiyu knew very well that this was the time for the East Palace sergeant to change his guard.
Maybe Wang Liu wanted to tie up with the crown princess, and after Li Feiyu's instructions, it didn't take long for him to come with two subordinates and three sacks.
Li Feiyu didn't want to go over so early, he wanted to scare the crown princess, after all, there was a dead person lying in a woman's bedroom, and it was dark night, so it would be strange if this woman was not frightened.
Li Feiyu took the sack in Wang Liu's hand, ordered someone to bring the lantern closer, looked at the rabbit inside, but saw a ball of hemp and slippery things, and there was no sound at all, so he couldn't help asking, "Is it alive?" ”
"The third manager, it's definitely alive, how dare the little one lie to you!" Wang Liu replied affirmatively.
Li Feiyu was a little unconvinced, his hand went into the sack and touched it, his hand just touched the furry thing, and the furry thing immediately jumped around, scurrying back and forth in the bag.
Next, Li Feiyu inspected the three live rabbits for various reasons, and then said that the third rabbit was not only slippery to the touch, but it was not cute to look long, so he asked his subordinates to take it back and change it.
After coming and going, there was a long delay, and when the sky fell silent, the stars twinkled in the sky, and the moon slowly rose from the west with a soft light.
Li Feiyu knew that he couldn't delay any longer, otherwise, he would have no excuse to enter Yichun Palace as a subordinate!
With Wang Liu and two subordinates, Li Feiyu stopped and strolled in the moonlight, as if he was playing, walking slowly!
When he came to Yichun Palace, the armor soldiers who had been guarding earlier had already left, and the newly changed armor soldiers shouted: "What are you doing?" ”
"The villain brought the servants to deliver rabbits to the crown princess!" Li Feiyu replied honestly.
"Send a rabbit? It's so late, come back tomorrow! The armor man waved his hand and shouted.
"This can't be done, this is a special order from the crown princess today, and she wants the villain to send it in tonight!" Li Feiyu took out a silver ingot from his arms, stepped forward to shake the hand of the armorer, and stuffed the silver into the armor's hand!
As the saying goes, take people's money and eliminate disasters with people!
The armor asked Li Feiyu's name clearly, and then looked at the waist cards of their group, and then went in to report!
After a while, the armor came back to report that the princess had let them in.