"Confucius was weeping on the way to the courtyard. Someone was hanging, and the Master paid his respects. After weeping, he came to the envoy and asked why."
"The messenger said: 'The grave is gone.' Then he ordered the grave to be overturned."
The sound of clear reading echoed in the study room. Wang Renbiao was sitting on the couch, holding a book and reading the "Book of Rites" attentively.
In the past two months, thanks to the Gewürztraminer business, he had made a lot of profits, and his friend returned to the capital. Wang Renbiao no longer focused on general affairs. On the one hand, he took care of his pregnant wife, and on the other hand, he began to consider becoming an official.
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Wang Renbiao is a son of the Wang family in Taiyuan. His father is the supervisor of Suizhou. As a rule, he can be an official. However, with Princess Tong'an here, it will be difficult for Wang Renbiao to take this path in the short term. He went to Zhujiagou a few days ago and found that he was
I'm thinking about it, maybe I can choose to take the imperial examination and become an official.
In fact, many famous generals and prime ministers during Gaozong's reign, although they were descendants of aristocratic families, they all entered official positions through the imperial examination.
Suddenly he heard a noise outside. Wang Renbiao turned his head and looked around. A servant reported that someone was coming from Dongshan Temple.
"Brother Li came so early." Wang Renbiao greeted him with a smile, "Why are there so many people?"
"Brother Xiaoqing." Li Shan greeted and asked the few people who followed him into the city to move everything into the kitchen.
"Food is the most important thing for the people, and a mere amount of Gewürztraminer doesn't matter, but brother Xiaoqing can't swallow his anger, right?" Li Shan pointed to a few baskets brought in, "Let's change the name of Li's Restaurant... Dongshan Restaurant."
Wang Renbiao greatly agreed with the first half of Li Shan's words. In fact, even though Wang Renyou asked his servants to open a shop in the West Market to sell Gewürztraminer, the shop in the East Market was still profitable. What Wang Renbiao was most dissatisfied with was
Wang Renyou is such a clear tit-for-tat.
Thinking again about how Wang Renyou had helped a lot when he was kicked out more than two months ago... Wang Ren was suspicious that his father had transferred the house to his own name, and Wang Renyou also revealed this to Princess Tong'an.
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In fact, Li Shan doesn't care much about this. If he wants to make money, he has many means, but he always has to find a reason to visit... Don't look too deliberate.
"By the way, is Brother Demou ready?"
"It was delivered a long time ago." Wang Renbiao clicked his tongue: "Brother Demou has been reprimanded...Brother Demou is here, let him speak."
"Brother Demou, brother Zhaode." Li Shan bowed and smiled, "Thanks to brother Demou for your help."
"Such good hundred-refined refined iron is not used to make handshakes and swords, but cooking utensils." Li Zhaode shouted: "This time, the seventh brother was scolded by the third brother and the sixth brother..."
Li Zhaode seemed to be fighting for Li Kai's injustice, but with a smile on his face, he was obviously taking pleasure in his misfortune.
This was the second meeting between Li Kai and Li Shan. He cupped his hands and said with a wry smile: "If it hadn't been for Xiao Qing's words, I really wouldn't have wanted to use that fine iron."
Wang Renbiao led everyone into the main hall, and Li Zhaode said loudly: "Brother Xiaoqing said it was to cause trouble for Wang Renyou, so naturally we can't miss such a good thing."
Li Shan explained a few words outside, then followed the main hall with a smile, "Brother Xiaoqing has a generous temperament, but as I said last time, how can you repay kindness with kindness for evil?"
"Although it's not tit-for-tat, it's better to teach the other party a small lesson, which is better than nothing, and it can make everyone laugh."
"Brother Li has a good temper." Li Kai nodded slightly, "It won't end well if it gets too big."
Li Zhaode snorted, "Taiyuan Wang family, Taiyuan Wang family!"
Wang Renbiao's expression changed slightly, but he didn't say anything.
The five surnames and seven families are widely famous in the world. However, in the early Tang Dynasty, the Wang family in Taiyuan was basically excluded from the central government and could often only serve in local positions. Wang Renbiao's father, Wang Yu, was already the first-class supervisor in Suizhou.
Well, this is mainly because of Princess Shang Tong'an.
"By the way, seventh brother, I heard that the saint urgently summoned King Qin back to the capital?"
Li Kai sighed, "That's true. Yesterday the sage ordered King Qi to preside over the war in Hebei."
Sure enough, it was the King of Qi Li Yuanji and the Prime Minister of Hebei... Li Shan bowed his head slightly, recalled Li Shimin to the capital, and pushed Li Yuanji out. The East Palace must have made a lot of efforts. Maybe Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had a tacit understanding.
Wang Renbiao shook his head and said: "The King of Qin is brave. He attacked Wei Daoer in the year of dancing elephants. He defeated the Xue family and his son in the year of weak crown. And the King of Qi..."
Li Kai and Li Zhaode both said so. The former was cautious, while the latter was a big talker and had been nagging Li Shan for a long time.
In the second year of Wude, Li Yuanji was guarding Bingzhou and acted recklessly. Liu Wuzhou led his army to attack. Li Yuanji actually took his wife and concubines and abandoned the army and fled back to Chang'an... Li Tang's base camp in Taiyuan was lost.
Li Shan deliberately asked: "I heard that last year the King of Qin attacked Xia and made the King of Qi trapped in Luoyang?"
"In fact, Qu Tutong led the army." Li Zhaode explained: "My father was also there that day..."
"Twelfth brother." Li Kai suddenly interrupted.
Li Shan leaned forward slightly, "I'm rude and talk too much. Please forgive me, Brother Demou."
Li Kai sighed softly: "It is better for me and the younger generation not to talk about the important matters in the court."
"That's right." Wang Renbiao smiled and looked at the door, "Brother Li said that food is the most important thing for the people, so he carried cooking utensils and asked about Li's restaurant. I guess there must be something new?"
"All three of you are descendants of aristocratic families, and I'm just about to lend you a taste of your tongue." Li Shan laughed and asked his entourage to bring in the dining table and dishes.
In fact, there is nothing new, just ordinary stir-fry dishes. However, there were no iron pots in the Tang Dynasty, and most of the cooking utensils were made of ceramics, so the skill of stir-fry dishes had not yet been developed.
Dishes in the early Tang Dynasty were either boiled, steamed, grilled, or steamed. Li Shan, who was used to stir-fry dishes, couldn't stand it, so he found a blacksmith outside the city to make a pot. He didn't know if it was due to the iron quality or the problem.
The craftsmanship was very difficult, so Wang Renbiao asked Wang Renbiao to help make two iron pots from refined iron.
A plate of stir-fried dried leeks, a plate of braised tofu with cabbage, a plate of braised mutton with tofu, and a plate of braised dried tofu, with a clay pot in the middle.
"It smells so good!" Li Zhaode glanced at the clay pot, "Isn't it chicken soup?"
Wang Renbiao also looked at it and asked doubtfully: "This yellow thing is..."
"Qiong Yao Sha." Li Shan said with a smile: "Didn't he ask his servants to steal the secret recipe? If he can still steal it this time, I will obey him."
Li Zhaode picked up a long piece with his chopsticks, tried to put it into his mouth, and praised: "It's smooth and smooth, and it tastes good!"
In fact, it is tofu oil, also called oil skin. The soy milk is boiled at a certain heat without boiling before ordering it, and then picked up with long chopsticks. In this era when soy milk has not even come out, I want to develop it myself... Li
Shan felt that it was unlikely. Although it sounded simple, he was taught by his grandfather and it took him a long time to do it.
Li Kai tasted the plate of stir-fried dried and shredded leeks and said thoughtfully: "I remember that it is mentioned in "Qi Min Yao Shu" that it is said to add oil, leeks and chicken. It is delicious."
Li Shan was stunned for a moment. He had heard about the name "Essential Art of Qi Min" for a long time, but he didn't expect that it also recorded scrambled eggs with leeks.
"We didn't use chicken, we used Qiong Yao silk." Li Shan avoided answering and pointed to the braised dried tofu, "This is Qiong Yao recipe."
The catering industry in the Tang Dynasty... was relatively monotonous. Li Shan looked at Wang Renbiao and said, "Dongshan Temple delivers it to Dongshi every day for the Li Family Restaurant to use."
Wang Renbiao nodded, "That's enough. Such skills, coupled with Qiong Yao products, should be very profitable. Are these all Lingnan skills?"
Li Kai and Li Zhaode were both stunned. This place name reminded them of a lot... After all, Lingnan has always been the main place where people were convicted and exiled.
Li Shan didn't care, and smiled at Li Kai, "It's just a small trick, just to counterattack Brother Xiaoqing a little, so as not to make others take advantage of it."
"I was told by Xiaoqing that day that a single step is a high act of righteousness." Li Kai sighed: "Actually, this matter has nothing to do with me, but if I don't use this to make money, I entrust everything to you. This is indeed the style of ancient righteousness."
Li Shan smiled calmly, "It's just that we share the same problem with Brother Xiaoqing."
If you want to make friends with the person in front of you, you can't hide your life experience, and you can't hide it.
We must make good friends, Li Shan thought to himself, he had already had a problem with Du Ruhui, and the father of the man in front of him was the commander of the Qin Palace, the younger brother of Li Jing, and the brother-in-law of Li Shimin!