Chapter 29 The Tibetan Ambassador
Although the Five Kings Banquet is over, as the people who participated in the banquet spread the word, more and more people heard the name of the Five Kings Banquet. The free form of the new banquet made many people talk about it, and those extremely delicious
The dishes are one of the focuses of discussion, such as roast duck, hot pot and beggar's chicken. Many restaurants in Chang'an City have launched copycat dishes, all of which are the signature of the Five Kings Banquet. Of course, no matter the taste,
The taste is incomparable to the original product.
There is nothing special about the roasted mutton, except that cumin was added when roasting it. Li Min did not keep it secret during the banquet, so now the dignitaries in Chang'an City are looking for cumin everywhere, but there are few merchants selling cumin seasoning.
, the previous inventory in Chang'an City had been wiped out by Li Min, so even if he had money, he couldn't buy it. The price had soared to the point where one pound of gold was exchanged for one pound of cumin. This sky-high price immediately irritated the eyes of the merchants.
Blood red, they formed caravans like crazy, and then rushed to the west, because cumin is only produced there. The competition now is speed. The first batch of cumin to arrive in Chang'an was not cumin at all, but grains of cumin.
Gold!
Compared with the craziness of cumin, the sales of Wu Wang Zui are also very hot. The two largest restaurants under the names of Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong began to display the sales signs of Wu Wang Zui on the day after the Five Kings Banquet.
It attracted countless drunkards to rob, and even the door of one of the restaurants was collapsed by the gang. Fortunately, only a few people were slightly injured and no major accidents occurred. Otherwise, it would have really changed from a comedy to a restaurant.
It's become a tragedy.
Li Xiaojie didn't have a restaurant under his name, but that didn't matter. Countless restaurants were eyeing the Five Kings in his hands. In the end, Li Xiaojie's share was given to the restaurant under his eldest brother Li Daoyan's name. Li Ke did have a restaurant under his name, but later
Unable to withstand Princess Shu's soft words, she chose Yang's family's restaurant to sell the wine on her behalf. Anyway, the Five Kings Drunk from their hands was sold at the same price. For them, it was the same for everyone.
Although there are four restaurants selling Wu Wang Zui at once, due to the limited production in Li Min's house, the Wu Wang Zui in each restaurant is sold in limited quantities, and the price is ridiculously expensive, but it still cannot resist wine lovers.
He was so enthusiastic that every morning there was a large group of people waiting to buy drinks in front of the restaurant.
Today is the opening day of Wang's Restaurant. Li Min has promised Wang Zihao and his daughter to invite a group of friends to come and support them. Yesterday, he had already made an appointment with Li Yong and others. Not only did he invite his former gang of friends, but also
Even Cheng Hualiang, Qin Huaiyu and others whom I met at the Five Kings Banquet were also called together. After all, we are all young people, so it is always a good thing to get together more.
Li Min has always been a lazy person who gets up late, so before he could get up, Li Yong came with all his old friends. Li Xiaojie, Li Jingheng, Yan Bei and others were all there. These people had participated in the five-day festival a few days ago.
At the Wang Banquet, Li Xiaojie had to greet the guests, and Li Min spent the whole night hanging out with Cheng Hualiang and the others. They had not dealt with people like Cheng Hualiang before, so except for the younger Li Yong who followed Li Min, everyone else found someone
Eating and drinking in the corner.
Li Min was dragged out of bed by Li Yong. Wen'er and Hua'er hurriedly helped Li Min change clothes and wash up. After Li Min finished cleaning up and entered the living room, Cheng Huailiang, Qin Huaiyu and others also came. The two groups sat in the hall.
It is clear that Li Xiaojie, Li Jingheng and others are mainly relatives of the emperor, with noble status but no real power. However, Cheng Hualiang, Qin Huaiyu, Li Jingye and others are all meritorious, and their grandfathers or fathers either hold real power, or they are
They have outstanding military exploits, and even have both. People like Cheng Huailiang generally have their own positions. Although their rank is not high, their power is not small.
These two groups usually dislike each other, and fights often occur. However, most of the people like Cheng Huailiang come from a family of military commanders, and all of them have extraordinary martial arts skills, so Li Xiaojie and the others are often the one who gets beaten. Now Li Min
The two gangs called together, and it was a sign of respect for Li Min if they didn't start fighting on the spot.
"Hey, brothers, you are here so early!" At this moment, Li Ke also came in from outside. His house was closest to Li Min, but he was the last one to come. He probably likes to get up late like Li Min, and he is worthy of it.
Yes, two brothers.
As soon as Li Ke and Li Min came in, people from the two groups came up to say hello. The two brothers had good relations with both groups, and they acted as a lubricant to introduce them to everyone, which was a good relief.
Tensions between the two gangs.
Now that everyone has gathered, Li Min and Li Ke took the lead, and they all got on their horses and rushed to the Wang family's newly opened restaurant. Today Li Min is the host, not only to connect with these friends, but also to help Wang's restaurant build momentum.
Although it is just a newly opened restaurant, it is already overcrowded. After all, this is the fifth restaurant in Chang'an City that sells Wuwang Zui. In addition, it has launched a top-notch Five Kings Banquet. Everyone who is well-informed knows that the Wang family and Li Min
Because of their relationship, they knew that the Five Kings Banquet here was spread from Li Min, so many people who had no chance to attend the banquet rushed here eagerly to taste the real Five Kings Banquet.
"Your Highness, the largest room has been prepared for you upstairs, and the wine and food have been prepared. Just wait for Your Highness and all the gentlemen to join the banquet!" Wang Zihao saw Li Min arriving with thirty or forty people, and immediately shouted
Wang Xijun stepped forward to greet him with surprise and said, he was the only one here today. Wang Xijun probably couldn't appear on such an occasion because he was a girl.
"Haha, the business here in Zihao is really booming. Even the people sitting outside the restaurant are full of people!" Li Min looked at the people sitting outside the restaurant and said with a smile. The restaurant was full, but the customers still couldn't sit down, so the restaurant
There are also many tables and chairs in the open space outside, and many people sit outside and order food and drinks.
"This is all thanks to His Highness's Five Kings Drunk, which opened today, so the restaurant supplies unlimited quantities of Five Kings Drunk. Most of these people come here because of the name of Five Kings Drunk." Wang Zihao also said with a smile, a restaurant can attract customers,
The most important thing is of course good wine and good food. And his restaurant is not lacking in these two things, which is why it was so popular on the first day.
Li Min exchanged a few words with Wang Zihao. Seeing that everyone behind him was a little impatient, he hurriedly asked Wang Zihao to lead them upstairs. This restaurant was not small, even bigger than the Junzi Building that Li Min had been to.
However, the decoration is far from Junzilou, it's just better than ordinary restaurants.
As soon as they went upstairs, Li Yong and a group of boys shouted loudly to serve the food quickly. These boys heard that Li Min was treating guests, and the dishes were the same as the Five Kings Banquet. Many people did not even eat breakfast.
I rushed over. I was attracted by the smell of the food downstairs just now, and now everyone's eyes are green with hunger.
Li Min didn't eat breakfast either. As soon as the food and wine came, everyone immersed themselves in eating. After they were almost done eating, some people started to get more interested and began to brag, punch, and fight over the wine. Although there were not many people,
The scene was extremely lively. People who were originally divided into two groups slowly merged together. After all, young people are naturally restless, and they would just talk when they talked too much. You punch me, I will punch you, and then laugh.
After a few drinks, all grudges will be forgotten.
When they were drinking happily, they suddenly heard the sound of someone arguing outside the room. At first, Li Min and others didn't pay attention. After all, with so many guests, it was inevitable that some would get drunk and go crazy.
"Pah~" Then there was a clear slap in the face. It was obvious that someone had been beaten, and the people who were quarreling actually walked towards their room.
Li Min frowned and stood up. Just as he was about to go out and take a look, he saw the door to the room being kicked open with a bang, and then a group of strangely dressed people broke in. There were probably dozens of people in this group.
, the leader was a middle-aged man in his thirties who was richly dressed, and the others seemed to be his subordinates and samurai guards.
"Asshole, I'm drinking here, and you Tubo people dare to barge in. I think you're getting impatient!" Cheng Huailiang got up and shouted at the group of people.
Hearing that the other party turned out to be a Tubo, Li Ming was shocked. Although the Tang Dynasty is known as one of the most powerful dynasties in Chinese history, it also had its own foreign troubles. Other small countries such as Baekje, Goguryeo, and Nanmo
Needless to say, the biggest threats are the Turks on the northern grasslands and the Tubo in the southwest. Now that the Tang Dynasty has been crippled by the Tang Dynasty, the Western Turks are still in civil strife and are not a threat at all. However, Tubo, an emerging power, is getting stronger day by day.
"Huh! We are the Tubo ambassadors. You cowardly Tang people should leave quickly. We have taken over this place today!" A warrior on the other side said disdainfully in blunt Chinese with a very arrogant look. Now that Tubo has defeated the surrounding Tuyuhun, Dangxiang
, Bailan and the Qiang, the national power is at its peak, and there is a kind of arrogance in the country. Even the Tang Dynasty does not look down on it. These people, as Tubo ambassadors, are tyrannical in the Tang Dynasty, and those in charge of diplomacy
Honglu Temple was afraid of causing disputes between the two countries, so it turned a blind eye to the Tibetan people's affairs, which further encouraged the arrogance of these Tubo people.
"Damn it, my Highness the King of Shu of the Tang Dynasty and His Highness the Prince of Liang are having a banquet here. You, the little Tubo envoys, see that I, the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, do not even kneel down. Do you really think that I, the Tang Dynasty, are easy to bully?" Qin Huaiyu is relatively stable.
, although he was angry, he spoke in a very orderly manner.
The Tubo people on the opposite side were also stunned. They did not expect that there were two princes here. They looked at each other in confusion and looked at the middle-aged man with a long beard at the head.
"Haha, I didn't expect that it was the famous His Highness the King of Shu and His Highness the King of Liang. The young minister of Tubo, Lu Dongzan, came to see these two princes." The middle-aged man's eyes flickered for a few times, but he saluted all his subordinates.
Although he was reluctant on his face, he still saluted Li Ke and Li Min, but his expression was very disrespectful.
"Humph, I didn't expect that it was Tubo Da Lun who came in person, no wonder he was so arrogant!" Li Ke had obviously heard of this Lu Dongzan and said with a cold snort. Li Min didn't know what kind of official Da Lun was, so he asked softly around him
Only then did Yan Bei realize that the so-called Da Lun was the Prime Minister of Tubo. This made Li Min very surprised. Seeing that this guy looked ordinary and dressed like a nouveau riche, he didn't expect his identity to be so amazing.
Li Ke's very rude words made the Tibetan people who knew Chinese very angry. They all turned red, clenched their fists tightly, and talked to each other. It seemed that they were not interested in Li Ke, the prince. However,
However, Lu Dongzan seemed very steady and scolded him a few words in Tubo dialect, and then said to Li Ke: "Your Highness misunderstood. I just arrived in Chang'an yesterday and heard that the best wine of the Tang Dynasty was sold here, so I wanted to taste it."
After a while, I didn’t expect that the store tried to stop me in every possible way, so I had no choice but to break in.”
This guy was worthy of being an important official of Tubo. He was so thick-skinned that he could be bulletproof, so he put all the blame on the restaurant. At this time, Wang Zihao also squeezed in from the outside, but half of his face was swollen. It was obvious that he was the one who had been beaten just now.
Li Min was furious. Wang Zihao was his, and hitting him was equivalent to hitting himself. He immediately wanted to rush down and find out the place, but Yan Bei beside him held him tightly and whispered in Li Min's ear.
Said: "Your Highness, don't be impulsive. I just heard them speaking in Tubo language. It seems that they are here to ask for marriage again this time. It seems that their Zanpu is impatient to wait and has the idea of using force. We must not be too angry.
them."
"Do you know Tubo dialect?" Li Min did not expect that Yanbei could actually speak Tubo dialect. Although he was furious, he had not lost his mind. It was his fault to go to Li Shimin to fight against the Tibetan ambassador because of a businessman.
"My little brother has some business dealings with Tubo. He often has to deal with Tibetan people, so he learned some Tubo dialect." Yan Bei said with some pride.
At this moment, Lu Dongzan smiled again and said: "Haha, since His Royal Highnesses King Shu and King Liang are hosting a banquet here today, I will go somewhere else. Farewell!" After saying that, he handed over his hands and was about to leave. Li
Ke snorted and said nothing, apparently disgusted with these arrogant Tubo people.
Just as Lu Dongzan turned around to leave, he heard a subordinate beside him say something loudly in Tubo dialect. The other Tubo people laughed loudly. Lu Dongzan thought that Li Min and the others could not understand, so he did not
Concerned, he glanced at Li Min and the others with a smile, and was about to leave.
However, Li Min noticed that the face of Yan Bei next to him changed drastically. His pretty face turned red, and his whole body was trembling slightly with anger. He clenched his fists several times but then unclenched them. It was obvious that he was extremely angry in his heart.
Chapter completed!