"No? How not? You kid just said that you should do what you do, perfunctory me? Li Yuanying was very dissatisfied.

Li Yuanchang said with a sad face: "No, fifth brother, you may not know about the beef market. ”

"Beef, and there's a market? Isn't it forbidden to kill cattle in Datang? ”

"The Tang Dynasty prohibits it, but the Khitan and other tribes on the border of Youzhou don't prohibit it. They have a beef market there. I also know that it is not good to eat our own cultivated cattle nearby, and I once thought of buying Khitan cattle to eat, but unfortunately these barbarians are stubborn and hard, saying that cattle are the treasure of the clan, and only sell dead cattle, not live cattle. Li Yuanchang said angrily.

What??? Is there such a thing? The poor tribe of the Khitan still dares to bargain with my Datang? Don't they want to live?

This was asked by Feng Zhidai, in his impression, the Tang Dynasty coerced the Quartet, not to mention that it was just a beef cattle, that is, he asked the Khitan princess to marry, and the other party did not dare to disobey.

Li Yuanchang nodded and said, "It can be said that it is!" Later, we realized that there was someone behind everything. The Khitan king listened to Goguryeo's instructions and was afraid that we would buy their bison to make farming cattle, so he greatly restricted the bison trade. ”

It's Goguryeo again! This country with a bad stick behind it, sooner or later, the new accounts and the old accounts will be counted together.

"It's a pity that some people in Youzhou have already tried bison, but they can't be used as ploughing cattle at all, and the wild is untamable. As a result, Khitan cattle could only be reduced to meat ingredients. However, because its value is expensive and the freight is too high, there is only a small amount of trade on the border of Youzhou, and it has not been transmitted to Chang'an. If he can trade here, the younger brother will not use means to eat his own cattle. Li Yuanchang said weakly.

After pondering for a moment, Li Yuanying spoke: "In this way, you can go on a trip in person and contact the Khitan King." Let's just say that I, the King of Tang Qin, loves to eat cattle, and he is a live cow slaughtered. And when eating, he is extremely picky, and on a cow, he only eats the most tender three catties of tenderloin. ”

"Huh? Fifth brother, is it really fake? The little brother has eaten countless cows, and he understood this trick, but I didn't expect you to be a real expert. Li Yuanchang was almost stunned, and he didn't say half a sentence, that is such a person who understands cattle, fifth brother, do you dare to say that you have not eaten beef privately?

Li Yuanying said proudly: "Do you think my name as the god of Tang Dynasty cooking is called for nothing? It's not because I really want to eat beef. Instead, we want to use this as an excuse to deceive them into believing that they will finally reach a deal, and let them sell the sturdy bison alive to our Qin Wangfu, and it will be a long-term deal, the more the better. ”

"Fifth brother, if you want their herd, it's better to send a large army to destroy the Khitan barbarians, why bother talking nonsense with them?" Li Yuanchang was very puzzled.

Li Yuanying shook his finger and said, "You don't understand, how can you move lightly on the major affairs of the soldier country?" Once there are casualties in the war, Datang has been fighting almost every year in the past few years, and it can no longer raise troops. The Khitan has a special geographical location, and it will move the whole body, and we will fight it, and the Turkic Jieli and Goguryeo's Quangai Suwen will all support, so the gains outweigh the losses. If you can negotiate, you don't need to raise troops. ”

"No, fifth brother, what are you buying so many bison for? Do you want to open a beef restaurant? ”

Li Yuanying laughed, "You foodie, you know how to eat." What beef restaurant to open? No matter how many luxury restaurants are opened, they all make money from the powerful, and there is no shortage of beef dishes on the table of the powerful. I want to solve the problem of ploughing cattle, and I have a stunt in my hand that can tame bison as ploughing cattle. ”

"Tame the bison as a ploughing ox? Oh my God, Fifth Brother, if this is true, then, that's amazing......"

"Datang is busy cultivating new breeds, but now that the seeds are available, there is an extreme shortage of large livestock for farming. I happened to see the beef you brought today, and I remembered the Khitan cattle. If you don't move the soldiers, you go and negotiate, they can't refuse the price, whether it's silk, grain, or even salt and iron, you can talk about it, as long as they believe that I am greedy for beef, and it is bound to win, let them relax.

If you can buy 10,000 cows for Datang, I will ask the second brother for credit. ”

Li Yuanying patted Li Yuanchang on the shoulder and said encouragingly, Li Yuanchang nodded heavily, he had never been so trusted, he was proud for a while, and he was no longer decadent in the past, but full of ambition, wanting to make a career to prove himself.

"Fifth brother, don't worry, I'll go back to the house to clean up later, and I'll set off today to ensure that the beef order will be taken!" Li Yuanchang patted his chest and made a military order.

Considering that this waste brother has always been the most capable of causing trouble and has not shown any talent, he is afraid that he will not be able to carry the girder and will be pitted by the Khitans again, Li Yuanying assigned two helpers to him.

"Zhidai, go find General Niu Jinda, the right martial guard, and transfer two people with him. It was when they fought against locusts before, the two boys of Hongnong Yang would take the opportunity to make a fortune, and if they had some crooked ideas, they would follow the Han King to envoy the Khitan. Hmph, these two boys have a good mind, but they don't follow the right path, so let them go to other countries, and make the best use of them. ”

Feng Zhidai couldn't hold back this time, and laughed, "Master is smart, the Yang Biao and Yang Leopard brothers have bad stomachs, they are very good at drilling, and they are full of squirrel, and when they go to the Khitan, they can not only put on a good stand, but they may also be able to scrape each other's skin fiercely." ”

"Lao Cheng promised Hongnong Yang that these two boys would follow me to learn a thing or two, and they had to find something to do, otherwise Hongnong Yang would have said that this king would not believe it."

In the Qinwang Tavern, Li Yuanying and Li Yuanchang planned to make a big deal. In the royal mahjong hall not far away, Xiao Doudou sent food to the emperor, Lao Li Yuan doted on his granddaughter to eat together, and Xiao Doudou enthusiastically introduced new delicacies to his grandfather.

"Hehe, grandpa, I'll test you before eating, can you recognize what kind of meat this is? I'm afraid you haven't even eaten it. Xiao Doudou sandwiched a piece of potato roast beef and sent it to his grandfather's mouth with filial piety.

Old Li Yuan smelled the smell of meat, well, tempting, and drooled when he smelled it.

But when he ate it, his face turned strange, "This, this is beef?" ”

"Oops! It's not fun, grandpa, how did you guess it at once? I asked a lot of people, but no one knew anyone but my father. Xiao Doudou's face was full of frustration.

Old Li Yuan lovingly rubbed his granddaughter's hair and comforted: "Silly boy, how old is grandpa, I haven't seen anything." Datang prohibits the killing of cattle, so beef is rarely seen on the market. But grandpa also ate it back then. Where did this beef come from? Go back and tell your father, no matter where you come from, hide it quickly, and don't let your second uncle know. ”

"Huh? Why? Xiao Doudou was puzzled.

"Silly girl, Datang prohibits killing cattle, your second uncle has always been strict, it's not good to be bumped into by him. Tell your father, if someone asks, they will push it on me, saying that I got a broken leg ploughing ox. ”

Hey, listen to it, you know this reason as soon as you hear it, and you are definitely a Chinese expert.

"Ah, grandpa, you are really a god, how do you know? Uncle Seventh said the same thing, this is when he saw a ploughing cow with a broken leg, there was no way to heal it, so he could only kill and eat meat. ”

Old Li Yuan was stunned and said, "Old Qiyuanchang? Hum! This bastard, he is the only one who can do this kind of bastard thing. After eating, I went to look for him, as a prince, I didn't cultivate virtue, and I became more and more arrogant. ”

Good guy, what kind of dad is this? Eating the food contributed by his son, he was ready to beat his son when he was full. Sympathize with Han King Li Yuanchang for three seconds.