Chapter 309: riding a tiger
Chapter 309 Riding a tiger is hard to get off
Prince Chengqian was conferred the title of Shepherd of Yongzhou by the emperor not long ago, and he is nominally the head of local administration in Gyeonggi.
The emperor also changed the titles of the other sons and granted them official positions.
The second son, King Li Kuan of Chu, died of an illness not long ago. He was presented as a posthumous gift to Situ and the governor of Liangzhou, because he was the successor of King Li Zhiyun of Chuai. Heir to the king of Chu.
After Li Kuan's death, Li Shimin also formally changed the title of King of Wei Li Tai to King of Yue, and made him return to the clan.
Li Tai became the son of Li Shimin again, and was renamed the King of Yue, and was granted the title of Governor of Yangzhou and Governor of Yuezhou, Governor of Changhai, Hangxuan and other sixteen prefectures of Yangzhou. General Zuo Wuhou.
Twenty-two prefectures with one governor can be said to be the most prefectures today, and it fully shows Li Shimin's love for this second son.
The third son of Li Shimin, Li Ke, was also named the King of Shu by the King of Han.
However, Li Ke’s governor’s Zhengzhou only had six Yimian prefectures, while Nanning and other thirty-six prefectures were located in Yunnan and western Sichuan at that time, and all belonged to barbarian actual control areas.
Qi Wang Li You changed the title to King Yan, the governor of Youyi Liuzhou's military forces, and the governor of Youzhou.
Of course, whether it is Li Chengqian's Yongzhou Mu, Li Tai's Yangzhou Governor, Li Ke's Yizhou Governor, Li You's Youzhou Governor, in fact, they are all just as princes or princes. Not yet, let alone Fan.
But the names of each one are really bluffing.
Li Shimin even promoted the Youzhou Dudu Mansion, which was originally demoted from the Dadu Dudu to the Zhongdu Dufu, to the Dadu Dufu because Li Tai and Li Ke were both governors.
Li Tai also served as a general.
In fact, these guys are all eight or nine-year-old brats. At this time, they secretly brought the guards to Pingkangfang Zuixianlou to look for Qin Lang, and also wanted to join in the fun and eat melons.
Li Lizhi also dressed up as a nobleman, with super cute pink makeup.
Qin Lang was really angry when he saw these bold guys, but when Li Lizhi hugged his thigh and acted like a baby, telling him not to blame him, he could only smile.
"There's nothing exciting to watch, it's just a group of guys bragging when they're full." Qin Lang said.
"It is said that Lu's children are both excellent in poetry and calligraphy, and they are famous all over the world."
Little chubby Li Tai is the brother who likes to read and write the most, and is also the best at reading and writing. He admires the Lu family very much, and even regards the Lu family as an idol.
Qin Lang didn't interfere with the little fat man's yearning and admiration, since Li Tai was not the prince anyway. If a favored prince is willing to put his energy on literature, calligraphy and painting, this is actually a good thing for himself and the court.
If Li Tai is willing to go to the Lu family as teachers and learn Yijing from them, Qin Lang is still very supportive. In this case, Chengqian will have one less opponent.
He has always believed that although the Lu family is known as the family of emperors, and the three brothers used to be the emperors of the Three Kingdoms, they are actually people who have read too much and are a bit stupid and pedantic. Even a great Confucian like Li Gang has always taught It's like not having a prince who can be upright.
The content of the teaching cannot be said to be wrong, it can only be said that the teaching is biased.
The person who is the emperor, but you teach according to the standards of a saint all day long, how can you teach the emperor?
Li Lizhi has no yearning for the Lu family, a girl of this age doesn't understand that at all, she just sneaks out with her brothers to play with Qin Lang. After seeing all kinds of ingredients in the back kitchen, he was immediately attracted.
In the hot summer, there is actually a refrigerator in the kitchen of Zuixianlou.
The outer shell is made of copper, the inner is sandwiched with wood, and the inner is interlayer, filled with silk, etc. This three-layer sealed box contains ice cubes stored in the ice cellar in winter.
The frozen and fast-shipped seafood from the East China Sea is placed on this ice, and it still maintains a good freshness.
In the other refrigerator, there is even snow collected in winter. At this time, the seafood just shipped from the Bohai Sea is placed in it. The seafood is chilled instead of frozen. This thing is really delivered by express delivery.
In order to ensure the freshness of these ingredients, Qin Lang even set up a dedicated seafood express line from Dengzhou Penglai to Chang'an, and set up express stations along the way, equipped with fast horses to change people at any time. to Chang'an.
This seafood express is Datang’s first private express line. In addition to delivering seafood, it will also carry some letters.
A octopus even wriggled its tentacles on the ice, making Li Lizhi scream excitedly.
All kinds of seafood are complete, fresh and fresh, which makes her feel very excited. She usually eats seafood sometimes, but the main thing is to eat more dry goods and less fresh ones, and it is rare to see such seafood. alive.
It was almost dusk, and Lu Chengzong led a group of Lu's children, appearing mightily on the main street of Pingkangfang, causing bursts of exclamation.
The Lu family is very pretentious today.
Lu Chengzong obviously belonged to Duke Xu of Fanyang County. When he first arrived in Chang'an, he was awarded the title of direct bachelor of Chongxianguan by the emperor, and a fifth-rank Chaosan doctor rank.
According to the system, he is qualified to wear scarlet robes and silver fish charms, but he doesn't.
He insisted on wearing a white Confucian gown, or that kind of toga with big sleeves and a tall crown. I don’t know where he found the ox cart. Two old oxen pulled a cart and held a feather fan in his hand. , very pretentious.
The rest of Lu's children are all white Confucian robes, wearing long swords at their waists, riding white horses, and holding a bamboo slip of the Book of Changes in their hands.
Qin Lang leaned against the window on the third floor of Zuixian Tower and watched them come here in awe.
"This white cloth is not simple, it is Gaochang white folded cloth, which is more expensive than silk!"
Li Tai has sharp eyes.
It's just that Qin Lang despises the Lu family's prettiness, and the white folded cloth is more expensive than the rare one, and it is indeed more expensive than silk in Chang'an, but in this scorching summer, the white folded cloth, that is, the cotton cloth, is actually not very comfortable and sweats a lot Although it is easy to absorb but not easy to dry, how can it be as cool as silk?
It can only be said that the Lu family is also a group of pretenders, just like eating steamed buns with spears, they love to show off, and they are also called low-key luxury.
Lu Chengzong enjoyed the amazed eyes of Chang'an people.
In front of Zuixianlou, he got off the bullock cart and looked at this well-known restaurant in Chang'an. It was newly opened not long ago, and the building was also newly built, but it was very distinctive, consisting of multiple buildings, and the style was also very beautiful.
He was slightly surprised, as if he had never seen such a design before, and he never thought that a restaurant in Chang'an would have such architectural beauty.
When you step into the restaurant, the lobby is even more unique.
When the waiter delivered a thick menu, Fan Chengzong was even more surprised. The menu with rich pictures and texts really surprised him.
Each dish above uses a whole page, and there are exquisite finished dishes, so you will have an appetite just looking at them, and there are detailed raw material introductions below, each stroke is beautifully drawn, not only can you see the real appearance of the ingredients, but also The image is more charming, not to mention that there is actually a poem describing each dish above.
The poems are good, and the characters are good, they are all at the level of famous artists.
This Zuixianlou is really generous, this cookbook alone can be worth hundreds of gold.
Fan Chengzong was delighted and wanted to collect it.
"This is the menu of the small shop. It is for customers to order, and it is not for sale."
Fan Chengzong didn't expect that he would be despised by a guy in Chang'an Restaurant.
"Which Danqing master and calligraphy master in Chang'an was invited to draw and write this recipe?"
"This is what my master's concubines drew and wrote."
"impossible!"
Fan Chengzong shouted loudly, how could such a level be achieved by the concubine of the restaurant owner?
"Guests, please order!" The waiter smiled, but this smile made Fan Chengzong very unhappy.
Looking through the recipe, the drawing is really good, the writing is so good, and this poem is very suitable for the occasion.
"Is there any dish on it?"
"nature."
Fan Chengzong didn't quite believe it. There are a lot of seafood on it. Although the Lu family lives in the northern borderlands, it is not far from the sea, so they are no strangers to seafood, and they don't eat less. It is difficult to eat fresh seafood. How is it possible that Chang'an is far away from the eastern sea?
"As long as there is something on the recipe, our restaurant can make it."
Lu Chengzong was also a little annoyed by the mistress's attitude. Although the mistress kept smiling, the more he laughed, the more he felt that he seemed to be despised by the mistress.
"No need to order, I, Fan Yang Lu, have booked all the restaurants and prostitutes in Pingkangfang to entertain friends in Chang'an today. I have ordered all the dishes on this menu!"
Directly order a recipe.
"Okay, do you have any special requirements, guest officer?"
Xiao Er's calm appearance made Lu Chengzong a little disappointed. Such a big deal should make Xiao Er amazed and change color.
"If I can't serve these seafood in a while, or if it's not fresh, I won't agree!"
"If the guest officer is not at ease, you can go to the back kitchen with the younger one to check the ingredients to ensure the freshness."
Lu Chengzong really didn't believe it, so he asked Xiao Er to lead the way to see the ingredients.
As soon as I entered the back kitchen, I was amazed when I saw the special refrigerators and snow boxes made by Zuixianlou, as well as the frozen and fresh seafood, delicacies from mountains and rivers.
Rao is Fan Yang Lu's self-proclaimed noble family, and he is usually very particular about it, but he has never seen such a battle.
"How do you do this?"
"Hehe." Xiaoer said nothing and smiled, but Lu Chengzong felt that this smile was mocking him for not seeing the world.
"Of course it was freshly caught from the East China Sea, and then delivered quickly."
"But Chang'an is three thousand miles away from Penglai, how is this possible!"
"Zuixianlou, anything is possible!" Xiaoer replied pretentiously.
Everything is possible!
Lu Chengzong couldn't help but secretly lamented the power of this restaurant. He knew the distance from Chang'an to the East China Sea very well, and he also knew that seafood was not easy to preserve and transport.
This restaurant is the real low-key luxury.
At this time, he suddenly remembered something.
"Dare to ask, who is the owner of Zuixianlou, can you come out and meet me!"
"Our boss is drinking in the back building now, the guest officer wants to see you?"
"Please call to see me!"
Xiao Er is not very happy.
"If the guest officer wants to see our boss, please move over to meet him."
Lu Chengzong raised his eyebrows, "Your boss is putting on airs, dare to ask Lu to visit, but Lu wants to ask your name!"
"The son-in-law of the emperor, the son of a famous general, the former prime minister, and the teacher of the current prince, is my boss."
Lu Chengzong was startled for a moment.
"Qin Lang?"
"Exactly!"
"Qin Lang is the owner of Zuixianlou, now the back building?"
"Exactly!"
Lu Chengzong regretted it very much. How did his family do things? He actually invited guests to the restaurant of Qin Huailiang’s family. Isn’t this playing the piano indiscriminately?
This time it is difficult to ride a tiger.
"Can the guest officer lead the way?"
Lu Chengzong waved his hand, "That's all!" He really didn't want to see Qin Lang!
(end of this chapter)