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Chapter 18: Sitting on the Ground

He did it as he said, but early the next morning, Li Hao rode a donkey egg to Lantian County. Lantian County is under the jurisdiction of Chang'an. Although it is only a county town, it is very prosperous because it is very close to the international metropolis of Chang'an, and it is a little more prosperous than some remote state cities.

Li Hao wandered around the city while looking for business opportunities. However, what disappointed him was that most of the commerce here was not suitable for him, either the profit was too small or the investment was too large.

After working hard for most of the day, my legs were cramped and I had no gains at all. Li Hao was very depressed and could only tell the donkey eggs with pain: "Hey, stupid donkey, why do you think I am so miserable? I have a lot of skills from the future, but I was dragged down by funds. Oh, if I continue to be so poor, it seems that I can only slaughter you and sell donkey meat and char siu to make money."

When Dudan heard this, he was unhappy and stared at Li Hao with a pair of dead donkey eyes, his expression seemed to be saying: "You try saying it to me again."

"Okay, just kidding, don't be so serious." Li Hao touched the donkey's head and suddenly felt hungry. "Hey, stupid donkey, are you hungry?"

Donkey turned his head aside and ignored him at all. Li Hao pressed his hot face against his cold butt, and he didn't feel embarrassed at all because he was used to it. He happened to see a restaurant next to him, which looked quite classy. He hadn't gone to the restaurant for dinner after he came to this world. According to his original plan, when he had enough funds, he planned to open a restaurant. With the cooking skills he brought, the business would be booming when he opened a restaurant. He earned money every day and was like playing, but now he didn't have so much money.

Although the plan was a bit far away, he still had to go to the restaurant to try the dishes in the Datang restaurant first, so he led the donkey egg to the restaurant.

When he arrived at the restaurant, the waiter greeted him with a smile on his face. He did not look down on him because he was wearing a cloth clothes. Li Hao asked him to lead his donkey to the stable to feed some grain and forage, and then went directly to the second floor of the restaurant.

This restaurant has two floors in total. The first floor is a hall and an ordinary private room, and the second floor is a small hall and a high-end private room, also known as a private room. As for the Jaffa, Li Hao doesn't know. Let's go in and see it when he has money.

It is not a meal time, there are very few guests, and there are only two tables on the second floor. Li Hao chose a seat next to the private room to sit down. The waiter came to order dishes for him. The names of the dishes were written on the dishes. Although ancient people liked to chant the script, the names of the dishes were very straightforward. I saw that the dishes were full of: boiled mutton, braised lamb legs, braised carp, stewed chicken...

The price is marked below each dish name. The cheapest one is only 5 cents, and the most expensive one is roasted whole lamb, 80 cents per pound.

The price of such dishes is completely within Li Hao's affordability. He ordered four or five special dishes, ordered a pot of Sanlejiu wine, and then started a long wait.

As soon as the waiter ordered the dishes for him, there was a sound of footsteps coming from the stairs. Then he saw another shopkeeper leading five teenagers to the second floor.

The youngest of these five teenagers is probably sixteen years old, and the oldest is only in their early twenties. They are all gorgeously dressed and wearing gold and jade. At first glance, they are all rich young men who are not doing their jobs.

Li Hao is short of money now, so when he sees rich people, he will inevitably take a few more glances. The youngest boy looked at the environment of the restaurant and asked dissatisfiedly: "Du He, there are so many big restaurants in Chang'an, why do you have to bring me to such a small restaurant in Lantian County?"

When Li Hao heard the word Du He, he was shocked. Du He was not very famous in history, and almost few people knew it. However, Li Hao had already memorized the information of famous people in the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, he knew that Du He was the son of Du Ruhui. Du Ruhui was one of the 24 founding officials of the Tang Dynasty. He was named Duke Cai and was a famous prime minister of a generation. Unfortunately, his life was not long. He died of illness in the fourth year of Zhenguan. Li Shimin deposed the court for three days and posthumously named Duke Sikong and posthumously named "Duke Cheng".

In history, Du Ruhui had two sons, both of whom were born in the legitimate family. The eldest son Du Gou and the second son Du He. Du Gou was calm and had little ability or achievements, but he was able to protect Du Ruhui's family. However, his second son Du He was a little unbearable. Du He was a completely playboy, fighting with a group of playboys all day long and walking around fireworks and alleys. He was incredible in the end because he participated in the rebellion of Prince Li Chengqian.

Just when Li Hao was surprised, Du He, wearing a purple brocade shirt, said with a smile: "Yiai, this is because you are ignorant. Although this Zuixianglou is not big, it is quite famous. The whole roasted lamb in their house is a unique feature in Jingzhao, without any mutton smell. It is said that the chef came from Gaochang and is best at this. Even in Chang'an, no restaurant dares to say that mutton is better than this Zuixianglou."

Li Hao was shocked when he heard the word "Yiai". It turned out that the youngest guy was Fang Yiai, the cuckold king in history!

Fang Xuanling's eldest son is Fang Yizhi, and his second son is Fang Yiai. Fang Yiai is also a playboy brother. He is ignorant and has been granted marriage to Princess Gaoyang by Li Shimin since he was a child. Princess Gaoyang is domineering. After getting married to Fang Yiai, she is not a wife and even has an affair with the monk. Just forget it, but she also has a slander with the monk Hongxing. This cuckold is a bit big, so Li Hao called Fang Yiai the king of cuckolds.

Fang Yiai heard Du He's words and said in surprise: "This is true? Then I have to taste it today..."

During the conversation, a group of five people entered the private room. The sound insulation effect of the private room was average, and their voices were not low. Li Hao could vaguely hear their conversation through the wall.

There were many heroes in the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the reproduction ability of these heroes was good, which led to many second-generation officials and second-generation Jue in Chang'an. Du He and Fang Yiai were undoubtedly one of the top two generations of Jue. There is no way, their father is awesome.

However, Du He and Fang Yiai were also the least successful group of the second generation of the title. They were not the eldest sons, and they did not have the right to inherit the title. They were also named a scattered official by Li Shimin. What is a scattered official is the kind of person who only gets a salary but does not do anything. They are brave and cruel, ignorant, do nothing all day, but they are still more aspiring than the sky. So they formed a group of three groups and four people. As long as they were not too outspoken, the court and the government were too lazy to pay attention to them.

Today, Du He was the host and invited a group of friends to come here for dinner and drink. In addition to Fang Yiai, there were three other people, all of whom were from the Guanlong family, and they were all idle people anyway.

Li Hao was not interested in these second-generation masters. He was now thinking about making money. However, these guys were talking too loudly in the private room, and the content of the conversation was all heard into Li Hao's ears. He was already annoyed, and this made him even more annoyed.

After a while, he saw the waiter serving dishes to the private room one after another. Li Hao was immediately unhappy. He ordered the dishes first, but before the dishes were served, Du He and the others arrived first. Li Hao held a shop clerk and asked why. The explanation given by the shop clerk made him unable to refute: they are VIPs and have priority.

"Isn't it just rich?" Li Hao murmured indignation and stopped engaging in the shop assistant.

After a while, Li Hao's dishes came and the wine arrived. After tasting it, it tasted average. The roasted whole lamb was indeed cooked well and very delicious. He had eaten such a good roasted whole lamb in Xinjiang in his previous life. It seems that Du He did not boast about it.

The delicious mutton finally made Li Hao feel much better. Alas, at this moment, he heard Du He in the private room suddenly propose to make a drink order, and each person recites a poem. If he can recite the worst or fails to recite the poem, even if he loses, the loser will not only have to be punished for the wine, but also be responsible for paying the bill.

Fang Yiai was unhappy when he heard this. Today he agreed that it was Du He to treat him. He suddenly made such a move. Isn’t it obvious that he wanted to pay the debt? He was about to object, but the other three Guanlong clans applauded and applauded. These three people had read a lot of books. Although they could not express it in a good manner, it was still possible to improvise a few bad poems. As for Du He, although he was ignorant, he was prepared after all. Only Fang Yiai looked at him and realized that Du He was deliberately cheating him.

The relationship between these playboys is actually very fragile. It is normal to occasionally trick their teammates. However, Fang Yiai is very disgusted with Du He's behavior. If he was just cheated for a meal, it would be fine. He doesn't care, but it would be embarrassing to not recite poems. His father is Fang Xuanling, the leader of civil servants. As the son of the first civil servant, he lost to others in the playboy circle in the future. How can he survive in the playboy circle in the future?

Fang Yiai refused this bullshit poem and wine order, but the situation was stronger than others, and all four of them agreed. He was not easy to object to, so he could only accept it with a dark face. At the same time, he secretly scraped his stomach to see if he could remember one or two poems.

However, I only regretted that I was not good at studying. Fang Yiai was negligent in studying and almost scraped his intestines and could not think of a single poem.

Just as he was thinking about the poem, the three Guanlong children had already recited a poem one after another. Now it was Du He's turn. Du He was prepared and recited the poems he had memorized at home, and was praised by the three Guanlong children.

Li Hao wanted to vomit when he heard it outside. This was such a barren thing. I was so disgusting that I couldn't even eat it. I dare to say it was poetry! Could it be that it would be a poem if I put together the words and phrases in classical Chinese together?

Du He proudly accepted the praises of Guanlong's children and shouted: "I am ashamed, I am a little bit unfamiliar with my studies. This poem is also a result of accidental gains." This pretended to be dazzling.

Then, Du He began to attack Fang Yiai: "Brother Yiai, we four have recited a poem one after another, and now it is your turn."

Fang Yiai was so anxious. He didn't have a word in his mind. Where did the poem come from? Isn't this a big girl asking for a child? It's so difficult.

Fang Yiai was not stupid either. His eyes rolled, and he had an idea and suddenly covered his stomach: "Oh, I just ate mutton so hard, so I've had a stomachache."

Du He laughed dryly, already knowing his routine, "toilet escape". He has used his old tricks, so he said, "It's okay, it's just that I'm going to the cottage, just accompany you."

"Ah?" Fang Yiai was stunned. This is not right. Is this kid Du He going to kill him?

In their playboy world, there is an unwritten rule. You can make others unable to come to Taiwan, but as long as they escape, it means they have admitted defeat. Everyone should stop at the right time. Stay at the front line and meet again in the future. Du He obviously broke the rules this time.

Fang Yiai cursed Du He in her heart, but she didn't want to say much, so she went to the cottage with Du He.

Li Hao heard everything clearly outside, and a brilliant plan suddenly appeared in his mind: Fang Yiai can't recite poems, I can, I can sell the poems to him at a high price!

So, when they went downstairs, Li Hao followed and moved to the restaurant yard. There was a thatched cottage in the corner. The yard was empty and the cottage was naturally quite large. At this moment, Du He was guarding outside the cottage and did not go in. He was preventing Fang Yi Ai Shit from hiding.

Li Hao walked in swaying and saw Fang Yiai wandering around the toilet.

Li Hao walked up with a smile and patted Fang Yiai on the shoulder. Fang Yiai was annoyed, raised his hand and pushed away his hand, and said angrily: "What are you doing!"

Li Hao made a silent gesture and whispered in his ear: "I have a poem here, which is definitely a good poem. If you want it, I can sell it to you."

Fang Yiai was so excited that her eyes lit up when she heard this, and she hurriedly asked in a low voice: "How much?"

Li Hao raised three fingers and Fang Yiai asked: "Sanguan?"

Li Hao smiled and shook his head, Fang Yiai asked again: "Thirty stakes?"

Li Hao shook his head again, not letting him guess, and took the initiative to offer: "Three Hundred Coins."

"You..." Fang Yiai stared at her and wanted to scream. Thinking that Du He was still outside, he lowered his voice and shouted angrily, "You are robbing money! How can a poem be worth 300 guan!"

Li Hao smiled unchanged, but suddenly raised his finger again: "Now it's four hundred pents."
Chapter completed!
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