Chapter Twenty-Five: The Prince's Life Is 'Sad'

During the banquet, only Zhao Ta was a child, everyone else poured wine, he glanced at the big steward, he was already eating and smiled, it seems that this restaurant is really good, "Thank you for your hospitality, this king can't drink, just drink a cup with everyone on behalf of the king of the big steward!" Zhao Ta said to Chen Tang with a smile.

"Thank you Lord Wang, I am ashamed to kill the lower official, the rebel son dares to be rude to the prince, the lower official should first make amends to the prince, and I will punish myself three cups first!" Chen Tang stood up and said respectfully, and then drank three glasses of wine in a row.

"Governor Chen is polite, this glass of wine still has to be toasted!" Zhao Ta asked Jianxi to pour wine for Chen Tang and said, and the chief steward and Chen Tang drank another glass.

"The second one, eel fried horseshoe crab goose gizzard palm soup!" The second dish came up while speaking, "Lord Wang, this eel fried horseshoe crab is fried horseshoe crab meat with yellow eel, don't look at the horseshoe crab meat is inconspicuous, it has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and can cure the evil sores of the eyes, it is really a superior river fresh seafood dish, Lord Wang, you can taste it if it suits your taste!" Chen Tang introduced diligently, as if nothing unpleasant had happened at all, "As for this goose gizzard soup, it is made of goose gizzard and goose paw, carefully stewed in a casserole for several hours, and after it comes out of the pot, it is added with mashed green onions, ginger and garlic foam, and it is not only warm to the stomach but also delicious when drunk in the stomach, which is most suitable for eating now." ”

"Uh-huh, well, it tastes good, let's eat it together!" Zhao Ta tasted it and beckoned everyone to move their chopsticks.

"The third lamp, three treasures, mandarin duck fried belly!" It turns out that these three treasures are sashimi, could it be that Little Japan learned this dish from China, Zhao Ta gently picked up a piece of meat, looked at the window, and it was actually a light, and the so-called weak piece of paper was nothing more than that.

Eating three treasures, Zhao Ta had a slight regret that he ate sashimi without mustard, as if he was missing something, and put it in the future life, I am afraid that such a dish will cost hundreds of thousands of yuan, thinking of this, he ate a few more bites, which can be regarded as filling the regret of the previous life.

"Fourth, hand-washing crab, blood meal soup!" The guy served another dish, "Hand-washing crabs? What a thing! Zhao Ta was stunned, he really didn't expect that he could still eat crabs, but he didn't know if it was a sea crab or a river crab?

At this time, Chen Tang personally distributed the crab roe to everyone and said casually: "Although this time has passed the day of eating crab roe, but now it is also thanks to the blessing that we are next to the canal!" ”

Seeing that the prince was looking at the crab in a daze, as if he didn't know how to start, he hurriedly said, "Second master, this is to take all the raw crab roe in half, sprinkle salt and pour wine, and then mix it with ginger foam and orange puree, this crab roe is fat, one is afraid to have six or seven taels, very good things!" He said that he peeled the flesh and sent it to his mouth.

"I'm afraid this plate of crab roe will cost a lot of money, right?" Zhao Ta took a bite and asked Chen Tangdao.

"Yes, I'm afraid this plate will cost forty yuan!" Chen Tang thought for a while and said.

"Alas!" Zhao Ta put down his chopsticks and said with a heavy sigh.

"Lord Wang, why is it not appetizing?" Chen Tang hurriedly asked.

"This plate of crab roe is enough for our family to eat and drink for a day, but here it is only enough for one of us, I feel distressed!" Zhao Ta said with a sad face.

"Isn't the prince's monthly salary enough to spend now?" Chen Tang knew that a county king, with the title of festival envoy, had 400 yuan for a month, and he was a little curious about how a child could worry about money.

"Governor Chen, you don't know the way..." Zhao Ta had just finished half of his words with a bitter face, and suddenly there was a noise downstairs, and Chen Tang hurriedly motioned for the master book to go down and check.

The effort was not great, and the master book came up with a smile, "Master Li, what's going on down there?" Chen Tang asked.

"My lord..." The master was still a little embarrassed, looked at Zhao Ta and continued: "The prince's entourage has already added two meals, drunk more than ten jars of wine, and said that they were not full, and the kitchen was too late to cook for a while, so it was noisy!" When everyone heard this, their eyes were focused on the chief steward, this guy wouldn't have starved these guards for days.

"Let everyone laugh, this king is living a tight life now, the people in the house haven't eaten meat for almost two months, and they must have eaten their mouths today, see you go and teach them a lesson!" Zhao Ta saw that the chief steward wanted to explain, so he immediately took it.

"No need, Master Li hurriedly let the kitchen prepare, how can you make the prince's entourage hungry!" Chen Tang hurriedly stopped Jianxi, who was getting up, and ordered.

"Thank you Governor Chen, since you still have to prepare, let them make a few more, a few of my guards haven't eaten yet!" Zhao Ta said with some embarrassment. ,

"Immediately order the guys to set up another table at the next head, and let a few strong men sit at the table!"

"Pan Long, you still don't thank Governor Chen, this king is incompetent, and he hasn't been able to let you eat a good meal for many days, since Governor Chen has this kindness today, you have to eat more, eat well!" Zhao Ta said to the four wrestlers.

"Thank you, prefect..." Pan Long was a little puzzled, he ate meat as a meal in the house, and now he was a little tired, why did the prince talk the opposite? Whatever, since the prince asked us to eat more, then you don't have to be polite, and said to the guy: "Little Er, you don't need to get us plates and plates, just cook a fat sheep and two big geese!" "Pan Long's mind is simple, if he can't figure it out, he doesn't want to, but now he scared Chen Tang and the others, I really think that these people can't eat enough!

"What's the difficulty of the prince?" Chen Tang asked with concern when he saw Zhao Ta's ashamed look.

"Governor Chen's mansion doesn't know, something happened in my house a while ago, a few stewards in front of me embezzled the money in the house, and made a deficit, and now I live on my little money every month, but you see my grandfather sent me a bunch of idlers, and some cats and dogs, I can't go out, I can only keep them, and life is tighter. Last month, my mother rewarded me with 100,000 yuan to buy some land and repair houses, but how expensive the land is now, the big steward has been busy for a long time, and I haven't been able to buy a small Zhuangzi! Zhao Ta said bitterly, tears are about to fall.

"Children don't tell lies, this prince's life seems to be really difficult!" Chen Tang looked at the few wrestlers at the table next to him and had already eaten half a sheep while talking, not like they were pretending, and now he believed Zhao Ta's words for eight points.

"Alas, it's difficult for me now, when I leave the palace, my father taught me not to bully others, to treat my subordinates well, abide by the law, and be a good person, but there are people everywhere on the scene who reach out and ask for money, today the state has to pay two taxes, tomorrow the county wants Ding money, that is, I have to pay for the entertainment expenses in the township, the most hateful thing is that Zhang Yan, I want 100,000 yuan when I open my mouth, I am left with this belt left by Emperor Taizong in my waist now, is it worth it, do you want me to exchange money for him?" The more Zhao Ta said, the more angry he became, "And that Chen Zi'an, I and a few little guys wanted to grab a few rabbits to get some meat to eat and improve our lives, but who knew that Lu Dao let him rob it, I told him that my father is the current saint, and he actually dared to chase and beat me, all of which are treated as a piece of cake, and today I want to let them all see if my dignified second prince is easy to bully?" ”

Listening to Zhao Ta's words, the people at the table were shocked, and the subordinate officials of several state capitals glanced at each other, it turned out that the prefect's mansion was so dark, and the prince's mansion was actually scraped, forcing the prince to sell the gold belt given by the emperor, and his eyes were full of ' Several people in the Zhao Mansion were even more surprised, the life in their own mansion was not so miserable, a year alone the rewards in the palace were not exhausted for several years, since the prince gave the order to improve the food, the mansion is now a ton of meat, each of them also made a new cotton clothes, up and down are very happy, although there are some unknown apportionments, pay a little more taxes, that is only a drop in the bucket.

"Lord, eat some more, you haven't eaten these good things in a few days!" Or is it said that he has 'eyes', although he still can't figure out why the prince wants to 'report his own ugliness' in public and plaster his face, but he understands that the prince must have another meaning in doing this, and immediately took the lead in occupying the position of the first supporting role.

"Alas, my chief steward is also derelict in my duty, bothering the prince every day for these mundane things!" The chief steward is not slow to react, it can be seen that Xi has taken the lead, he can only succumb to the B corner, "The prince's mansion looks at the pomp and circumstance, in fact, life is very difficult, the prince is frugal every day, and there is only one meat and one vegetable at each meal, but the money is still not enough, although the Zhuangzi is a little profitable, but it is beyond his means, the mother wants to buy more industries, but now the land price is soaring, and the reward money is not rich!" He shook his head and drank a glass of wine, embarrassed.

The four wrestlers who were eating at the table on the side heard their conversation, suddenly stopped, put down the bones in their hands and stood behind the prince again, everyone was deeply ashamed, it turned out that the prince himself rarely ate meat, but he saved money to eat meat for himself, although he was short of money, he never owed himself a fortune, he was really a good master, but the eyes that looked at Chen Tang were not very friendly, the prince was angry today because of his son, and now as long as the prince snorted, he would beat them out of the.

Chen Tang looked at everyone's eyes and was even more embarrassed, he knew the origin of the gold belt, he had hidden it in the inner library for a hundred years, and he could reward it to this lord, it can be seen that the emperor's love, his mother is the most favored concubine under His Majesty, Enxiang can be reset, or her strength, it was rumored in Beijing a few days ago that His Majesty intends to set up the second prince as the prince, but this is the lord in front of him, if the emperor knows that the Tao is on his own territory, the prince is forced to be like this by his son and uncle, and his family is not enough to cut it in line. Thinking of this Chen Tang, he was already covered in cold sweat, and his buttocks seemed to have thorns, and he couldn't sit still anymore!