Lu Ming naturally agreed to Li Yuanjia's request: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I dare not say anything else, but I promise to deliver one thousand kilograms of iron to your house in time!"
"Oh? What about more? For example, two thousand catties a year?"
"this……"
After being stunned for a moment, Lu Ming's face suddenly turned bitter.
If you want to have a relationship with Wang, you have to pay a price, and after understanding the purpose of the iron materials that Li Yuanjia wants, Lu Ming's family naturally doesn't care who these things are for. After all, Wang gives them at market prices.
Money, and never defaulted.
But one thousand kilograms is no problem, but two thousand kilograms is not something Lu Ming dares to agree to.
The Lu family does not have their own iron smelting like the Chen family, but there are some ways to get it, but the quantity cannot be too much. One thousand kilograms is fine, but two thousand kilograms is a bit too much.
Seeing the embarrassment on Lu Ming's face, a look of disappointment flashed in Li Yuanjia's eyes, but it disappeared for a moment. He laughed and said: "Haha, just a joke! Plus Chen Canjun has two thousand catties... it's enough
I’ve used it for a year.”
After listening to Li Yuanjia's words, both of them were obviously secretly relieved.
In fact, even if they can get more iron materials, they are not very willing to sell it to Li Yuanjia, because it is iron after all, and Li Yuanjia is the king after all, the brother of the current emperor! No one has forgotten what happened at Xuanwu Gate in the ninth year of Wude.
That incident will never forget how powerful the current emperor is!
Just these two thousand kilograms of iron material, if someone hadn't given them instructions, at least Chen Zhi would never have dared to think about it, let alone take the initiative to introduce Lu Ming to Li Yuanjia's friend...
After talking about the main purpose of coming today and getting the thousand kilograms of iron he wanted, Li Yuanjia no longer had the slightest interest in the upcoming cockfight.
Even in the game of cockfighting itself, these people are far behind the nobles of Chang'an.
To say you know how to play, you still need to count the big families that have passed down the tradition for hundreds of years. Even a simple cockfighting can give you tricks. Just like the preparation before going on the field, Lu Ming and the others also know how to tie the crown.
How can any aristocratic family pay attention to things like belts and mustard powder on the wings? Before going on the field, they grind the nails of the fighting cocks with a small file, and smell special spices for them. Almost every family has its own dissatisfaction.
The secret of the legend!
There are so many tricks that even Li Yuanjia, a man from the future, can't help but be amazed!
So after reluctantly watching the performance of the "country bumpkins", Li Yuanjia declined Chen Zhi's offer to accompany him back to the city on the grounds that he had important matters, and went back alone with the royal guards.
This is the advantage of being a prince, there is no need to care about other people's feelings.
As soon as he left Zhuangzi, several other people immediately surrounded Lu Ming. Although everyone seemed to be focused on the cockfighting ring, in fact, everyone knew what happened!
"Shengzhi, what did you and the king talk about just now?"
"Why does the king choose you to whisper to others, but is lukewarm to others?"
…
And the discerning man went directly to Chen Zhi and asked angrily: "Chen Zhi, did you mention something to Lu Chengzhi in advance? Otherwise, why would the king go to him directly and ignore us?"
This great opportunity turned out to be just for King Xu to know his name...
No, if you think about it carefully, maybe after seeing this Zhuangzi, people will immediately forget all the names of other people. How can these people who want to get to know Li Yuanjia and become King Xu's friends accept this?
"So, those people are quite unhappy today."
After returning home, Chen Zhi, who was very tired, smiled bitterly and said to his father: "Lu Ming was quite happy today. He apologized to them repeatedly and drank a lot at noon... But to be honest, father, I also feel that
King Xu seems a little..."
"Haha, is it too utilitarian?"
Chen Lin put down the tea cup in her hand and asked with a faint smile.
"Ahem..."
Chen Zhi coughed twice in embarrassment, but Chen Zhi did not answer, apparently acquiescing to what his father Chen Lin said.
Seeing her son's expression, Chen Lin couldn't help but shook her head and sighed: "You, can't you use your brain to think about everything? Think about it, King Xu is only fifteen or sixteen years old. He makes friends a lot and likes to be lively.
Given your age, why don’t you want to talk to other people more? And think about it again, even you and Lu Ming, apart from buying iron materials from you, have you ever had fun together? "
Hearing what his father said, Chen Zhi was stunned.
yes!
Unknowingly, it has been half a year since King Xu came to Luzhou, and Chen Zhi also sent him a thousand kilograms of iron materials. In his opinion, after several private meetings, he and King Xu
They were already acquainted, but now after listening to his father's words, Chen Zhicai suddenly woke up: It seemed that there was no other topic between him and King Xu besides talking about iron material?
"this……"
"Remember, he is King Xu!"
Patting her son on the shoulder, Chen Lin said meaningfully: "The younger brother of the current saint, and he is also the governor of Luzhou! The relationship with you Luzhou officials or children of aristocratic families is either official business or explicit transactions, but
There will definitely be no personal relationships!”
"You mean..."
Hearing this, Chen Zhi seemed to suddenly remember something, and his pupils suddenly shrank!
"I mean, this King Xu is not simple!"
Even though there were only father and son in the study at this time, Chen Lin subconsciously lowered her voice to the point where only two people could hear it, and said with admiration: "With the current saint as my brother, there are only two ways for the princes to leave the cabinet.
King Xu’s uncle is Yuwen Shiji. It is natural to understand this, but if a sixteen-year-old boy can really endure his loneliness, that is quite impressive..."
…
Li Yuanjia returned to the Luzhou Yamen Office before lunch, which surprised Han Shan.
Fortunately, no matter what time, Yu Niang will be ready to deliver hot meals to the table in a short time, so just after cleaning the dust on the road, a dish of Xu Wang's version of mutton noodles was brought to the table.
First stir-fry the sugar color, then stir-fry the onion, ginger, garlic and minced mutton until cooked, add water and simmer for a while, thicken with thin flour water, and serve for a while. Pour it on top of the cooked noodles, it is definitely better than the buto these days.
More than a hundred times stronger!
And although there is a lack of soy sauce that Li Yuanjia likes, fortunately, in this era, he found many seasonings that will be commonly used in the future, such as pepper, star anise, angelica, tangerine peel, etc. After collecting them all, they have people grind them into powder, which is simple.
The version of "Wang Shouyi Thirteen Fragrances" can be used when cooking.
It's quite surprising, and the taste is quite decent.
As for what kind of ratio is the most perfect, naturally Yu Niang and another person will try it every day, and then Li Yuanjia will make the judgment. Once a more suitable ratio is found in the future, our King Xu plans to put this thing
Think of it as a means of making money!
"With the iron pot for cooking, will this thing be easy to sell by then?"
After eating a few mouthfuls of noodles, and stuffing a clove of the sugar garlic he "invented" into his mouth from the small plate in front of him, Li Yuanjia couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "And the most important thing is, what is spread out from here
The more delicious food you have, the better your reputation will be with your second brother, right? Anyway, no matter how you call me, it’s better to call me the Prince of Food, the Prince of Calligraphy and Painting, or even the Prince of Blacksmiths, or the Prince of Carpenters.
Will my future brother Li Yuanying be as good as a bastard? Although that boy is only over two years old now, he is almost at the age where he can still wear crotchless pants..."