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Chapter 85: Wu Zhao

As soon as Li Hao opened his mouth, he praised the warrior, which made Wu Yuanqing look fluttering, but Li Hao still did not report his identity. Wu Yuanshuang, who was standing beside him, had a little impatient temper, frowned and raised her head to shout, "Who are you?"

Li Hao bowed again: "Li Hao, whose courtesy name is Yuanhao, is abrupt."

"Lantian Li Hao?" Wu Yuanqing held his chin and pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, "Are you a man from Lantian County Li Hao?"

Li Hao opened his eyes wide and asked in surprise: "The Marquis actually knows he is here?"

The Warrior Huo was Duke Ying Guo, and Wu Yuanqing inherited the title and reduced it to the Duke Ying County. Wu Yuanqing was very excited at this moment. After the Warrior Huo died, the Wu family declined. There was no way. The foundation of the Wu family was too shallow. Wu Yuanqing was unwilling to be a salted fish, so he often sent people to Chang'an to inquire about the direction of the court, and occasionally sent people to give gifts to bigwigs like Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji, but every time he gave gifts, he was returned, which made him very depressed.

Although he has never succeeded in giving gifts, he heard that Chang'an has risen in recent years, a young man named Li Hao has made frequent contributions and won the favor of the emperor. He was named Lantian County Male at the age of sixteen. Although he was demoted for the queen's funeral, the crown prince, King of Wu, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji all pleaded for him. It can be seen that Li Hao is extraordinary. Even though Li Hao does not have a single official position now, he is definitely a potential stock with a great future. Wu Yuanqing is determined to be a salted fish who can turn over. Unexpectedly, Li Hao suddenly appeared in Jingzhou and came to his father's grave to worship. This is simply sleepy. Someone gave him a pillow. It was so smooth that he felt that the ancestral tomb of the Wu family was experiencing smoke.

The opportunity was rare, how could Wu Yuanqing miss it? He hurriedly smiled and said, "The man in Li County quelled the Henan plague, captured the Khan of Tuyuhun alive, and quelled the severe drought in Guanzhong. Even the emperor praised him as a young hero in the Tang Dynasty. How could I not know about it?"

Li Hao hurriedly looked flattered: "The Marquis praised me. Now I have been deposed as a title. The word "county man" is not mentioned again."

Wu Yuanqing continued to flatter, saying, "The Yuanhao brothers were young and talented. They were awarded the title at the age of sixteen. The title was only temporary. With the talent of the king, what is the difficulty of being a marquis and prime minister in the future?"

Wu Yuanqing put a high hat on Li Hao, and Li Hao was humble. As we talked, everyone knew each other. When Wu Yuanqing saw that the time was almost right, he said, "Yuanhao, today you and I are destined to be together, so that Yuanqing might as well go to my mansion to use a cup of tea so that Yuanqing can enter the friendship of the landlords."

Li Hao had been waiting for his words for a long time, and he hurriedly said, "Marty is very kind, how dare Hao refuse, please!"

Everything was so natural and it was just like this. Lu Yun next to him was a little confused. He really didn't understand what Li Hao did, and why everything was as if he had arranged it.

In fact, Li Hao was just a bet. He guessed that Wu Yuanqing should be a salted fish who wanted to turn over and would seize the opportunity to climb up. Unexpectedly, he guessed it. As long as he entered the Wu family, he would have the chance to meet Wu Meiniang.

It was just after noon when I entered Wufu, and the Tang Dynasty did not have the habit of having lunch. Wu Yuanqing first invited Li Hao to the living room and then served tea.

As soon as he saw the tea, Li Hao suddenly had an idea. He picked up the tea bowl and looked at it, then put it down. Seeing this, Wu Yuanqing hurriedly asked: "Yuanhao is not satisfied with the tea in my house?"

"Yes." Li Hao nodded and smiled, "The Marquis may not know anything. Hao invented a new way of drinking tea, breaking the ancient tea ceremony, and creating his own family. I wonder if the Marquis is interested in trying it?"

Wu Yuanqing wanted to curry favor with Li Hao, so he naturally would not refuse. He nodded happily: "Yuanqing is so honorable."

Li Hao asked his servants to get new tea cups and boiling water, put a little tea in each tea cup, pour in boiling water, and then said, "Okay, the job is done!"

Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang were stunned at the same time when they saw this. They thought Li Hao had created such a great new tea, but they never expected that from beginning to end, they could only take two steps, putting tea leaves and pouring boiling water. It was so sloppy, and the two of them had disappointed faces.

Li Hao had long expected that they would react like this and said with a smile: "Two, my tea is called making tea. It seems simple, but it is not simple at all."

Wu Yuanshuang sneered when she heard this: "Oh? How isn't it simple?"

Li Hao smiled and felt like spring breeze, and explained with his palm: "It is of course very simple to brew tea, but not all tea can be brewed, at least your tea can't."

Wu Yuanqing nodded after hearing this: "I can see that your tea seems to be different from ours."

"My Duke has good eyesight." Li Hao smiled and continued to explain, "My tea is also called stir-fried tea. Naturally, it is fried in the pot. When stir-frying, you don't need any spatula. You must stir-fry it in the pot with your hands."

Wu Yuanshuang glared at him and exclaimed: "Isn't that hot?"

"It's naturally hot." Li Hao raised his eyebrows, "So I said my tea is not simple. The process of stir-frying tea is quite complicated. If it weren't for someone with superb skills, it would be difficult to complete the process of stir-frying tea. Now you should know that my tea is not simple."

Wu Yuanshuang rolled her eyes and snorted coldly: "So what's not simple, the most important thing about tea is the taste."

Li Hao laughed and said, "When it comes to this taste, my tea is very different from the tea you drink. The taste of my tea is simple. Drinking tea, the taste of tea is the taste of tea. Anything else will affect the taste of tea. This is the principle that the most simple way is to be single-minded."

Wu Yuanqing heard his words amazingly and couldn't help asking: "Can you let me taste your tea?"

Li Hao spread his hands: "Please."

Wu Yuanqing picked up a cup of tea and looked at it. He found that more than a dozen pointed and long tea leaves were erected in the tea water. Only small sharp corners were exposed on the water surface. The tea water was light green and looked very pleasing to the eye. And the moment he picked up the tea cup, he smelled a fragrance that came to his nose. The feeling was indescribable, and it seemed that his head was a little clear-headed.

"It smells so good!" He couldn't help but praise, and took a sip. He felt that the taste was slightly bitter. After swallowing it, the fragrance lingered between his mouth and tongue and nose for a long time. Wu Yuanqing's eyes lit up and said, "This tea... is very interesting."

Li Hao laughed and said, "The Duke of County, Duke of Lu, Duke of Zhao and Duke of Britain for the first time, said this."

Wu Yuanqing was shocked when he heard this: "These three dukes have also drunk this tea?"

Li Hao nodded with a smile: "I am always stingy and I don't want to share good tea with others. Only friends or distinguished guests can drink a cup of tea when they come to me. The three Dukes are distinguished guests, so I can't neglect them. You are my friend, so I can't be stingy."

Lu Yun, who was standing beside him, held his smile and thought to himself: "Oh, Li Hao doesn't know what kind of reincarnation is. He is full of bad water. If you lie, you will be friends? Is this the idea of ​​beating your sister."

Wu Yuanqing was honored to hear Li Hao's words, so he hurriedly said happily: "Okay, I've made this friend Yuan Hao."

Seeing that he had already fallen into the trap, Li Hao followed the flow and said, "Actually, I have always wanted to promote this tea so that all the people of the Tang Dynasty can drink my tea, and at the same time I can make money. This is really a good thing. It's a pity that I have never found a suitable partner."

Wu Yuanqing said happily when he heard this, "Why do Yuanhao need to find someone else? I am willing to cooperate with you."

"Oh?" Li Hao pretended to be surprised, "Mr. Yingjun is really interested in this tea business? But I can say that it is the first one. No business can be profitable and you know the way we Tang people drink tea. They are used to the previous tea, so it is hard to say whether they can accept my fried tea."

Wu Yuanqing laughed and said, "When did Yuanhao lose money after doing so much business in Chang'an?"

"I love to hear this." Li Hao smiled and said, "I have never lost money in business. Since you believe me so much, I will talk about the details of this tea business cooperation. I supply fried tea and you are responsible for selling it. However, the selling price must be determined by me. If you want to set the price, I must nod it."

Wu Yuanshuang suddenly screamed angrily when she heard this: "Fuck, since we are responsible for selling, why do you set the price? If you set a low price randomly, then we will drink the Northwest Wind!"

"Yuanshuang! Stop it!" Wu Yuanqing shouted angrily when he heard this, stopping Wu Yuanshuang. Wu Yuanshuang was very unhappy, but the eldest brother was the head of the family, so he did not dare to resist, so he could only roll his eyes at Li Hao.

Wu Yuanqing bowed to Li Hao and apologized: "Don't blame Yuan Hao. My second brother is straightforward and reckless. He always likes to offend people. I believe you will never set an outrageous price for us."

Li Hao said: "Of course not. Since it is cooperation, I must guarantee that you can make money first. Only when you make money can you make money for me, right?"

"That's right, that's exactly that." Wu Yuanqing laughed cheerfully, "If you want to make a fortune, everyone will make a fortune together, this is cooperation."

Li Hao said: "We are just a verbal agreement. I will send a detailed contract contract tomorrow. Then we can sign it if you confirm that the contract is correct."

"Okay, that's it." Wu Yuanqing nodded happily.

Li Hao stood up and looked around, saying, "Duke Yingjun, your yard is so beautifully decorated. After all, it was the mansion of the Duke, which is hundreds of times stronger than my doghouse."

"Where is it?" Wu Yuanqing smiled and said modestly, "If you are a doghouse, then I am a pig's nest, hahaha."

Li Hao also laughed dryly and said, "Don't mind if I'm shopping at your house. I want to see the layout of your garden. When I go back, I will change it as your mansion."

Wu Yuanqing hurriedly spread his hands and said, "Please feel free, please!"

Wu Yuanqing said that, and wanted to take Li Hao around. Li Hao smiled faintly and said, "Your duty in Yingjun, you are busy, so you don't have to be with me personally. Just have a housekeeper to lead the way."

Li Hao said this, and Wu Yuanqing was not able to insist, so he said to the butler: "Butler Liang, this is my master's friend. Take him around our house, don't neglect it, do you know!"

He spoke loudly, as if he was afraid that Li Hao would not hear it, his acting skills were exaggerated and he would not be careless and had bad reviews.

Butler Liang quickly agreed and led Li Hao around.

The Wu family’s mansion is really big. After all, it was the former Duke’s mansion. How big is it? It’s just that many gardens are abandoned. It seems that the Wu family’s economic situation is not very good now, and they can’t even spend money on repairing the garden.

Li Hao liked to circle around the gate of the inner courtyard because his purpose was not to stroll, but Wu Zhao. He wanted to see what the only female emperor in Chinese history looked like. To be honest, in terms of rarity, Wu Zetian was even more rare than Li Shimin. After all, there was only such a female emperor in history, and the giant panda was weaker than her.

Hard work pays off. When Li Hao passed by the entrance of the inner courtyard for the fifth time, he happened to see a girl in a goose yellow dress coming out of the inner courtyard. Although Li Hao had never seen Wu Zhao, he knew at a glance that this must be Wu Zhao, the future female emperor Wu Zetian, because... it was very beautiful and charming. Although she was only thirteen years old, she had already grown up with grace, skin as cream, cheeks as red, eyebrows as willow leaves, and eyes as apricot blossoms. She glanced at Li Hao casually, and Li Hao felt her hair standing up all over her body, and her little brother began to move in a bad mood.
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