The charcoal fire burned the faces of Zhao Shi and Li Qi until they turned red, and the oil on the iron plate boiled over the charcoal fire.
The mutton mixed with coriander and shredded green onions was grilled on a red iron plate and rolled up quickly. The color changed visibly to the naked eye, and the tip of the nose was filled with the aroma of meat.
"I'm so greedy!" Zhao Shi opened his arms, put a chopstick of mutton in the dipping sauce, rolled it a few times, put it in his mouth, and then chewed it with his eyes closed, full of enjoyment.
"Slow down, who is going to fight with you!" Li Qi's forehead was shining, but he still maintained the demeanor of a noble man and his clothes were meticulous.
Seeing Zhao Shi pick up another chopstick, he hurriedly said, "Slow down, the meat slices are still red and not cooked yet!"
"It's done. The mutton is cooked when rolled into rolls!" Zhao Shi's mouth was filled with oil as he ate, "It's the most tender when it has a little blood. If it's not bloody, it's old!"
Hearing this, Li Qi looked at Zhao Shi carefully and said with some emotion, "I don't even recognize you when you go out now!" After saying that, he smiled and said, "You used to be the most disciplined, even when eating.
Chewing carefully and slowly, how can it be like now? It’s like starving to death!”
Zhao Shi paused with his chopsticks, then continued to eat, and said with a smile, "It will be the same when you come off the battlefield in the future!"
"I...?" Li Qi sighed, shook his head and took a sip of rice wine, "Going to the battlefield? My father would break my legs rather than let me go to the battlefield! Besides..." As he spoke, he expressed interest again.
He shook his head faintly.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Shi put down his chopsticks and asked.
"I'm married now!" Li Qi twirled the wine glass in her hand with some self-mockery, "I wanted to go with you to Burma this time. But the princess at home cried, made trouble, and hanged herself.
The brother-in-law of the King of Jin also wishes he could find a rope to tie me up... Hey!"
"Sometimes I really envy you!" Li Qi added, "Long Live Lord treats you just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty treated the champion..."
"Don't say this nonsense!" Zhao Shi said quickly.
"What are you afraid of? There are no outsiders! Besides, these words are said by outsiders! Who doesn't understand the deliberate cultivation of you by Lord Long Live?" Li Qi ate the mutton one bite at a time, very absent-mindedly, "What about you, you have a bright future.
....."
Zhao Shi looked around and whispered, "What are you talking about? Could it be that your future is not good? Who can compare with your background? Now you are still the commander of the guards of the East Palace, and you are still a relative of the emperor..."
Suddenly, Li Qi interrupted Zhao Shi, "Yes, at a young age, I have achieved fame, fortune and status that others have never had in their lifetime. However, my life can be seen at a glance!"
As he said that, he threw his head back and said, "I can now guess my future life trajectory. I will first train with the Crown Prince. In a few years, I will be like my father in the past. I will have a casual position as a soldier training in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
Plated gold!”
"Then the Beijing Camp or the Royal City Guards, and then the qualifications, which last ten or eight years..." At this point, he sighed again, "Maybe it will take twenty or thirty.
Year....."
Zhao Shi laughed and excused himself, "Stay until you are where your father is now!"
"I'm just dreaming!" Li Qi laughed, "I will never be able to reach my father's position!"
There is something in these words, and both of his wealthy sons know the various meanings hidden in these words.
"My father also knows that I can't reach his position!" Li Qi laughed again, "He doesn't have much expectations for me. He just hopes that I will be safe in this life. The title of my Li family will be passed down from generation to generation.
, follow the imperial... family and become close to each other from generation to generation..."
Zhao Shi lowered his head, "This is so good, so many people can't even hope for it!"
"And...deliberately using nice words to fool me?" Li Qi smiled, "Okay? If it's good, why don't you live like this?"
Zhao Shi said nothing, just lowered his head and smiled.
In fact, his life trajectory would be the same as Li Qi's if there were no twists and turns.
When he is a young master at home and is waiting to be promoted to a noble title, even if he goes out on errands, he still has a young master and a high status, and everyone has to respect him. In a few years, as the prince grows up, his title in the Zhao family will definitely rise.
Even if Zhao Shi does nothing in his life, the Zhao family will be rich for at least three generations.
But when a man is alive, can he do nothing?
Li Qi turned over the mutton on the iron plate, but his mind was not on eating. Instead, he continued slowly, "Actually, I'm not that interested in fighting!" He said with a smile, "I want to go to sea.
, set sail across thousands of miles of waves..."
"You won't let your family go on land, why go to the sea?" Zhao Shi said with a smile, "Just think about it!"
"This is not something a friend should say!" Li Qi rolled her eyes at him and whispered, "One time when Lord Long Live and the Crown Prince were talking, I listened a few times. Lord Long Live said, the world is big now.
Gone. In the world, we are not the only ones in the Ming Dynasty, but there are also Western people with lustful eyes and black people... We have inherited it for thousands of years, and others have also lived for thousands of years..."
"They don't believe in Saint Kong, and the gods they believe in are different from us..." Li Qi's face showed yearning, "They don't use chopsticks, bowls, or even iron pots..."
Zhao Shi was stunned, "How can you eat without chopsticks?"
"knife and fork....."
Hearing this, Zhao Shi glanced at the saber Li Qi placed on the shelf next to him.
"The knife..." Li Qi said with a smile, "It's not the same as the meat-eating knife used by the Mongols. Anyway, I heard from Long Live Master that the people over there are nothing like us..."
As he spoke, he sighed, "I really want to see what's the difference? Why can't they be like us!"
"If you want to make others like us..." Zhao Shi's mind suddenly reappeared with various images of the battlefield in Burma, and he whispered, "Then we can only destroy the country and destroy the species...
..”
"Then destroy it!" Li Qi raised her head, full of yearning.
But then he shook his head with a wry smile, drank a glass of wine, and said, "I wonder if I will ever be able to leave the capital in this life?"
"Actually...it's not...not possible, right?"
"Do you have any idea?" Li Qi's eyes lit up.
Zhao Shi said in a deep voice, "You are also a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and you can hand over notes to the emperor. If anything happens, just take the initiative to ask for help. The emperor likes us juniors to make progress..."
"Yes, yes!" Li Qi said with a smile, "When the time comes, I won't discuss it with my father and will directly give the discount to Lord Long Live!"
"Besides, the reason why you can't pull away now is because you just got married...and haven't...?"
"Is there nothing else? Tell me quickly!" Li Qi said anxiously.
"Too few babies!" Zhao Shi smirked, "If you give your father to your princess in one go, and get three or five big fat boys out of him, who can continue to look at you? You have the right to say so.
When you have a grandson, you forget about your son; when you have a son, you forget about your husband! Haha!"
"Then I have to work harder..." Li Qi thought thoughtfully, "One is definitely not enough! More lives!"
As he said that, he glanced at Zhao Shi and said, "Little Shitou, are you old enough to say goodbye? Do you believe me?"
Zhao Shi scratched his head and said with a bit of shyness, "I...don't be in a hurry!"
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Cao Guogong's mansion and back house.
Deng was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had obviously just come out of the palace. As soon as he entered the backyard, he saw Li Jinglong lying in the flower room with his eyes closed and concentrating, with two iron galls in his hands clattering.
"Master, what do you think I heard when I entered the palace today?" Deng sat down next to Li Jinglong and whispered.
Li Jinglong half-opened his eyes, "What did you hear?"
"The Queen is about to arrange a marriage for my uncle!" Deng said in a low voice, "I have privately inquired about the daughters of several families... The Chang family and the Fu family..." After saying this, she sighed, "
Why don’t we have a daughter of the right age in our family?”
Li Jinglong opened his eyes and pondered for a moment, "Even if there is, our family is not suitable!" He said with a smile, "Fu's family and Chang's family are even less suitable!"
"How come it's not appropriate to kiss one another?" Deng said.
Long hair means short knowledge!
Li Jinglong secretly thought to himself, if a wealthy military family marries a relative... is it that the daughter of a wealthy military family is not valuable, or is it that the Zhao family's relative is so great?
Although the Zhao family is now in full bloom, its roots are too weak!
Furthermore, there is one point involved here, which is to avoid suspicion!