Chapter 164: Luxury
Although Xiahou Yong successfully diverted Fang Zhiyi's attention, after all, after being a state pastor for so many years, Fang Zhiyi's scheming was far more than that.
"Do you know that there have been a lot of Hun cattle and sheep flowing into the interior recently!" Fang Zhiyi seemed to sense something.
"Huh? Is there such a thing? Xiahou Yong looked shocked.
Fang Zhiyi frowned, quite dissatisfied, "How can you be a general?" You don't know anything about such a big thing? ”
In Fang Zhiyi's eyes, Xiahou Yong has always been a brave and unscrupulous character. Therefore, he didn't think that Xiahou Yong might be hiding clumsy.
"How do you know the way, but what about the way you don't know?" Xiahou Yong plays with taste.
"Since you know the Tao, then you have to check it! Otherwise, what will the court do with you? Fang Yantao couldn't help but sneer.
Hearing Fang Yantao's angry words, Xiahou Yong really couldn't cry or laugh, his brother-in-law was really stupid and cute! Which of these businessmen who wander around the border and the interior does not have a powerful and powerful man behind them? How do you check, check up a little, and you will find countless nobles, officials, and royal relatives are involved, and when the time comes, it will be a hot potato, and you can't lose it.
"Father-in-law, do you want to check?" Xiahou Yong played a trick and kicked the ball directly to Fang Zhiyi.
Touching his smooth chin, Fang Zhiyi glared at Fang Yantao, and said angrily, "The investigation of the case is a matter of six doors, you are a border army, isn't it ridiculous to waste time and energy on this!" ”
In fact, not only these merchants who were high-ranking officials in the capital had a cooperative relationship, but the Fang family also had their own caravans, selling some weapons and salt that were prohibited by the imperial court order to the Huns, and the Huns traded all kinds of precious leather. It can be said that he Fang Zhiyi himself is the biggest smuggler in Liangzhou.
"What my father-in-law taught me is that my son-in-law has been taught!" Xiahou Yong's face was sincere, but his heart was happy, and this matter was ostensibly because he had lost face. But the real shame is Fang Yantao. It's just that kid hasn't had a good seizure, not to mention how stinky a face is.
Feeling that his son had been disgraced again, Fang's heart really wanted to kill Xiahou Yong to vent his anger on his son. But on such an occasion, she didn't dare to act rashly, otherwise Fang Zhiyi would really start a fire, and she would not have good fruit to eat.
"Sir, lunch is ready!" At this moment, a young maid walked in and said respectfully.
"Well, Zhilu Dao, go down!" Fang Zhiyi nodded and waved his hand to let the maid leave.
After drinking all the tea in the cup, Fang Zhiyi got up indifferently and said, "Let's go, let's eat!" ”
The morning passed like this, according to the experience of previous years, Xiahou Yongzhi said that this was the first meal at his father-in-law's house this year, and it was also the last meal. If you want to eat it again, you'll have to wait until today next year. It is also very rare for the relationship between Weng and his son-in-law to be so stiff.
Compared with Hou Mansion, Fangfu's dishes are more high-grade. After all, people have a lot of money, and the profits brought by smuggling alone are amazing. Therefore, it is natural that they will pursue more material luxury.
The dining room is antique, and the screen painted with lotus patterns not only plays a good decorative effect, but also ensures the privacy of the guests when dining; The beautiful palace lamps adjust the lighting of the hall to the best brightness for dining, and at the same time add to the retro atmosphere of the whole restaurant; The elegantly decorated boxes are all distinctive, and the various furnishings are inadvertently pleasantly surprised.
Not to mention the delicacies on the table, Xinqiao stewed soft-shelled turtle, stir-fried river shrimp with fresh peas, and fried prawns with green onions. Top soup mullet eggs, oolong opera pearls, these exquisite dishes, Li Mingyuan has grown so big, let alone eaten, it's the first time I've seen it. "How many people have been embezzled by this old man in Nima's house!" Li Mingyuan couldn't help but muttered in his heart.
For the New Year, no matter how dirty the relationship is on weekdays, you have to pretend to be harmonious at the moment. Fang Zhiyi and Xiahou Yongweng's son-in-law toasted each other, and the relationship was quite harmonious for a while.
Just when the atmosphere was peaceful, Fang suddenly spoke, "Tao'er, just now I saw that you and your sister and brother-in-law were chatting happily. What a statement! ”
Fang's had already seen Xiahou Yong and his party coming, but in order to increase her prestige, she asked Fang Yantao to be the pioneer and ridicule Xiahou Yong and others, but this time she miscalculated, people have Li Mingyuan, a big killing god!
Fang Yantao, who was already in a bad mood, was even more angry when he heard his mother's words. He has always calculated others, but he didn't expect to be calculated by Li Mingyuan today, and he also deducted a huge stinky basin.
"It's nothing, it's just a casual chat!" Fang Yantao smiled awkwardly. Of course, he can't say that he has ever plotted against the emperor and has two hearts for the emperor.
Fang's glanced at his son with some puzzlement, not understanding why he didn't answer his words. But knowing her son Mo Ruomu, she felt that maybe there was some secret in this, and she didn't ask about it anymore.
Li Mingyuan secretly screamed in his heart, feeling that it was a very correct choice for him to follow him firmly this time. Otherwise, there is no chance of being late for these delicacies! He even thinks that Fang Fu has also raised a few imperial chefs. And it's better than the imperial kitchen skills of the Hou Mansion. In fact, he overlooked one point, and that is the gap in raw materials. Although the imperial chef of the Hou Mansion is also superb, the Hou Mansion provides him with ordinary home-cooked ingredients, so the dishes he makes are just like that, but the Fang Mansion is different, and the raw materials of the people are all delicacies from the mountains and seas, which are extremely precious!
Seeing Li Mingyuan's rather domineering appearance, Fang Yantao couldn't help but secretly despise it in his heart, he felt that it was a bit embarrassing to eat at the same table with a vulgar and rude person like Li Mingyuan.
"Hmph, aren't you good at pairs? Last time was in the Hou Mansion, your territory. Ben Gongzi didn't play well, and this time he came to my territory, and my father supported him. Be sure to fight your arrogance well! After staring at Li Mingyuan for a long time, Fang Yantao suddenly smiled proudly.
"Dad, isn't it too boring to just eat and drink?" Fang Yantao put down his wine glass and said quite disappointingly.
Fang Zhiyi also felt that the atmosphere at the dinner table was too cold, so he nodded and said, "My son is polite, you go and send someone to find the musicians at home and let them play a song of mountains and rivers to help the fun!" ”
Li Mingyuan, who was eating the sea and the river in the mountains, was even more envious and jealous in his heart, these years, the family can afford to raise musicians, looking at Liangzhou, there are definitely no more than ten. The vast majority of wealthy families are, at most, when the guests come to the door, they invite a few musicians to perform. This house is good, and it is cultivated directly at home! Terrific!