Seven hundred and twentieth IX: The wolf rushes to the hog
Fang Xuanling was really speechless about his son. He couldn't understand why this boy just looked down on Princess Gaoyang and used such self-righteous and childish methods to force His Majesty Li Er to terminate the engagement personally.
By the way, do you really think His Majesty Li Er is a vegetarian?
After decades of being a monarch and minister, Fang Xuanling is very familiar with His Majesty Li Er's character. To put it bluntly, he is a stubborn donkey. The more you struggle with him, the more he will not let you get what you want!
Now it's great, I can go to the palace and have a fight with someone!
How can His Majesty Li Er not be angry?
It would be fine if he gave her a slap in the face, and it would be no big deal if the anger comes out. But the current attitude of indifference makes Fang Xuanling feel more and more uncomfortable. This must be a grudge in her heart and she plans to settle the score later!
She originally wanted to have a good talk with Fang Jun, but as soon as the boy came home, he yawned all day long. Thinking of the exhaustion of traveling and traveling, Fang Xuanling suppressed the anger in her heart and waved him back to the house to sleep.
, anyway, he is the best.
Fang Jun felt like he was being pardoned, so he immediately went back to his room and slept in darkness.
It's just that it was dark, but in fact, early the next morning, my mother grabbed her ears and lifted her out of bed.
No problem, today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the New Year is not over yet!
"The old year ends tonight, and the new year comes tomorrow."
During the New Year, it has always been the same throughout the ages. The first thing to be happy is the children. "The fire is dying, and the children are wearing colorful clothes." And firecrackers were already indispensable when people in the Tang Dynasty celebrated the Spring Festival. "The new calendar has only been half-opened.
"The small courtyard is still gathering ashes of firecrackers", which describes the scene of people setting off firecrackers during the Spring Festival in the Tang Dynasty.
Before the Tang Dynasty, during the Spring Festival, bamboos were thrown into the fire to make a crackling sound, which meant driving away evil spirits. By the time of the Tang Dynasty, people began to fill bamboo tubes with gunpowder, put gunpowder on them, and lit them with loud noises.
The sound shook all directions.
Fang Jun rubbed his eyes and yawned, watching the children in the yard happily setting off firecrackers. He wondered if we should improve the formula of gunpowder and develop guns and artillery. However, both of these require excellent materials.
The gun barrel reminds me of the iron-making furnace in Lishan Farm. I don’t know when and how high-quality steel can be smelted...
As for those howitzers, cannons, etc. in my dreams, I can only say "hehe"...
On the door head, a servant used a peach board to write the names of Shen Tu and Yu Lei, which were called "Xianmu" or "Peach Talisman". Although the form of couplets had already appeared in the Tang Dynasty, there was no custom of posting Spring Festival couplets during the Spring Festival...
... Legend has it that Shen Tu and Yu Lei are two brothers who "have the power to hold ghosts" and live under the peach tree.
A burst of firecrackers were set off, and the family gathered around a table to eat a meal of dumplings. During the dinner, Fang Yizhi always looked at Fang Jun, hesitant to speak, as if he had something to say, but never said it out. Fang Jun
I wasn't in good spirits and didn't pay attention.
After eating dumplings, you have to eat the "Five Spicy Plate". This thing is also called the "Five Spicy Plate", which is made up of five kinds of spicy vegetables. It is said that eating this kind of thing can diffuse the staleness in the five internal organs of a person.
Qi, from the first day to the third day, one meal a day, for three days in a row.
Anyway, Fang Jun drowsily took two bites and stopped eating. Even after being scolded a few times by his mother, he still refused to eat. This thing was too unpalatable...
After dinner, I took another nap and didn't wake up until the sun was setting. I felt I had gotten enough sleep and was mentally refreshed.
Before dinner started, guests came to the door.
Li Siwen and Cheng Chubi came hand in hand. They first paid New Year's greetings to Fang Xuanling and his wife, and then went to Fang Jun's room.
"Suck it... By the way, Erlang's tea is really good. My dad keeps talking about how delicious it is at home. Do you have any more? Can you give me two more pounds?"
Cheng Chubi sipped his tea and said.
Fang Jun said helplessly: "You have already carried your father out. Dare I say you haven't? If you don't, I'm sure your father will come to kill you tomorrow... But there really isn't much left. These are all from last year."
I’ll give you a pound of old tea first. As spring begins, new tea will be picked, and you’ll have as much as you want.”
When he thought of Cheng Yaojin, the demon king with his face trembling and stroking his flesh, and five or six bearded men drinking tea, Fang Jun felt that the style of the painting was so beautiful that he simply didn't dare to think about it...
Li Siwen sat cross-legged on the couch and pretended to take a few sips of tea. Feeling that it was not enough, he shouted: "My father banned alcohol, and I feel uncomfortable during the Chinese New Year. I'm going to have a bird in my mouth. Hurry up and burn your tea."
Get a jar of knives or something!"
Fang Jun had no choice but to ask his servant to get the wine, otherwise this kid would never calm down.
Cheng Chubi may seem rough and arrogant, but in fact he has a steady temper. He sips tea with relish.
Li Siwen remembered something, looked at Fang Jun and sighed sadly: "You really have a lot of tricks, glass, how much profit is that? I just gave it away. I don't know if I should say it is stupid, or if I praise you for your courage!
"
As soon as he mentioned this, Fang Jun felt very upset. Do you think I am willing? Hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but to be replaced by such a bad marquis, he was so depressed...
Cheng Chubi, on the other hand, said: "My father said last night that Erlang did a good job. The profit from the glass thing is too great, and those thick-faced and shady guys in the court were staring at each other with red eyes. They couldn't tell.
If you rush in when you get an opportunity, then it will be a bad thing. Donating it at this time is really the best way. My dad also said, don’t worry about losing profits, but what you get in exchange is definitely worth it.
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"It's worth a head! What's so surprising about such a shabby Marquis?" Fang Jun said angrily, still feeling sorry for the huge profits. If he had all this money, how much could he do?
At this time, the servant brought a small clay jar, a few wine glasses, and a few dishes of side dishes to go with the wine.
Fang Jun put it on the table, waved it away, opened the seal himself, and filled the wine glass.
A fragrant and mellow aroma of wine instantly filled the room.
Li Siwen was the best at wine. He took a sip from the wine glass, exhaled a long breath, and praised: "This is wine! The stuff I drank before is even worse than horse urine."
He took a bite of thinly sliced beef with soy sauce, chewed it in his mouth, and said in a low voice: "Erlang, you are short-sighted. Money can be spent more or less, but it doesn't really matter. As a minister,
, what is the most important? Four words: Jane is in the heart of the emperor!"
The source of this sentence is "The Analects of Confucius·Yao": "The emperor's ministers are not blind, simplicity is in the emperor's heart." The main idea is that God's servants dare not be blind, all this is known to God.
"Emperor" in Xia and Shang is the title given to the emperor after his death. In Zhou Dynasty, it refers specifically to the Emperor of Heaven, God. With the deification of imperial power, later generations also referred to the emperor as emperor for short, and then used "Jian in the emperor's heart" to express the emperor's favor.
understood.
"Jane in the emperor's heart" is the standard to measure a person's popularity in the emperor's heart. If Jane is in the emperor's heart, it means that the emperor has known your ability and noticed you, then you are very close to becoming a great person.
To put it simply, it means that the emperor likes you!
Fang Jun didn't know the context of this sentence, but he understood its true meaning.
"Is Your Majesty so short of money?" Fang Jun didn't quite understand how offering a piece of glass could make him "easy in the emperor's heart". At this stage, that thing is completely a high-end luxury product and has no strategic significance at all.
.Although His Majesty Li Er is domineering, he is not extravagant and lustful. He does not look like the kind of person who is blind to money?
Li Siwen chuckled and continued: "Your Majesty is not the former Sui Yang Emperor, but his old man always wants to do something that the former Sui Yang Emperor never accomplished in his life!"
Fang Jun understood instantly!
"Expedition to Goryeo?!"
Li Siwen shook his head: "A boy can be taught!"
Fang Jun finally understood why his father insisted on dedicating this glass method to His Majesty Li Er. It was not in exchange for some marquis or official position, but to raise military expenses for the Eastern Expedition for His Majesty Li Er!
In other words, it is to seek the phrase "Simplicity is in the emperor's heart" for Fang Jun!
You have made great efforts in the things that His Majesty Li Er most wanted to do and that were most difficult to accomplish. With the kind of person that His Majesty Li Er is, how can he not remember your kindness for the rest of his life?
But having said that, in what year did His Majesty Li Er conquer Goryeo?
Fang Jun tapped his fingers subconsciously on the tabletop and narrowed his eyes slightly...