Volume 2: The Wind Rises in Chang'an, Chapter 99: Come and Play Often
As the legitimate sons of the most powerful princess in the Tang Dynasty, even if Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu were honest and honest now, Lu Chen didn't know whether these two people were still the same in front of him in Chang'an City.
, Lu Chen would ask people to inquire, and their innate sense of superiority would make them consciously superior. Lu Chen let the two boys go to the school to attend classes with civilian children, just to let them understand the sufferings of the world.
I don't know if these two boys can understand this.
However, Lu Chen didn't care too much about this matter. After all, if these two boys couldn't persist, it meant that their character was not good enough. If he didn't accept them, Li Xiuning wouldn't be able to say anything.
However, Li Xiuning and Chai Shao somewhat understood the deep meaning of Lu Chen's words. After all, their children knew it themselves. Although Li Xiuning had not been around Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu in the past few years, Li Xiuning had news about these two children.
She knew very well that she and Chai Shao were fighting in the east and west, and these two guys caused a lot of trouble in Chang'an City, and they were not the only ones.
After all, Chai Shao was helping Li Shimin in Tiance Mansion, so these two boys were close to the brats from the Tiance Mansion family, and they seemed to have the tendency to become a scourge to Chang'an.
"Since the military advisor said so, I will send these two children to school after the Chinese New Year!" Li Xiuning glanced at Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu and said calmly.
As soon as these two boys heard that they really had to go to school, or even go to school with those kids with muddy legs, they suddenly became a little stunned.
"By the way, Your Highness, I want to get 500 kilograms of iron material. Is it possible?" After all, iron materials are strictly controlled, and most of the current iron materials are used to make new harnesses.
Therefore, Lu Chen's five hundred kilograms of iron material is not a small amount. If Lu Chen wants to get it, he must find Li Xiuning. However, Lu Chen has also thought about it. The entire iron ore mining, but without the nod of the old man Li Yuan, I am afraid that this
Things are not working out.
"With such a large quantity, I wonder what the military advisor is going to do with it?" Li Xiuning heard that Lu Chen actually asked for five hundred kilograms of iron. This is not a small amount, and with the current productivity, the early Tang Dynasty had just established the world, and now the iron mines are
The annual production is only about 10 million jins. Excluding the part that has been embezzled by the aristocratic families to line their own pockets, the actual amount that can be collected into the national treasury is estimated to be only about 6 to 7 million jins. On average over the whole year, it is 50,000 to 60,000 jins per month.
It also needs to supply the whole country, so the five hundred kilograms of iron material proposed by Lu Chen is not a small number, so he asked Lu Chen so cautiously.
"What? Are you afraid that I will rebel?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiuning's cautious eyes and couldn't help but laugh. "If I want to destroy this world, do you still need iron materials?" Lu Chen asked.
Li Xiuning blinked.
"How can I not know what kind of person a military advisor is? It's just that this person is a talkative person. I'm afraid that others will gossip, aren't I?" Li Xiuning knows Lu Chen's abilities and how Liu Heitai died.
Li Xiuning still remembers that the method Lu Chen used to kill Liu Heitai was more terrifying than the legendary flying sword that took away a person's head from thousands of miles away. You can still see a ray of light with the flying sword. Lu Chen's method of killing Liu Heitai was even more terrifying.
It was quiet at the time.
"Don't forget, Your Highness, I am from the Mohist family. It is not an exaggeration to ask for iron materials to carry out research that benefits the country and the people, right?" Lu Chen directly threw out his nonsense identity as a "heir of the Mohist family".
"I will accept this matter and send someone to notify the military advisor later to arrange for someone to collect the iron materials!" Li Xiuning knew that if Lu Chen didn't want to tell him, he would never tell Lu Chen the purpose of the iron materials no matter how much he asked him.
The days are long, if Lu Chen creates something good, will she be the princess? Thinking of this, Li Xiuning simply agreed.
"Then thank you very much, princess!" Lu Chen cupped his hands and thanked Li Xiuning.
"Then I'll take my leave!" Seeing that everything had been said, Li Xiuning stood up and said goodbye to Lu Chen. After all, the princess and the whole family had all come to Lu Chen, and the news in Chang'an City was probably already spreading.
Alright.
"It's noon. If Your Highness doesn't mind, how about having lunch before leaving?" Lu Chen was polite to Li Xiuning.
"Okay!" What Lu Chen didn't expect was that Lu Chen just wanted to be polite. Unexpectedly, Li Xiuning was not polite at all and agreed. This operation was indeed a bit beyond Lu Chen's expectations. Not only Lu Chen was
Li Xiuning's operation was a little caught off guard. Even Chai Shao, who got up with Li Xiuning, was a little confused. As for Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu, they were even more confused. They didn't know what their mothers were doing.
"Shouldn't you say that I still have something to do, so you'll stay soon?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiuning in a daze, and cursed in his heart, why don't you just follow the routine? I'm so fucking stupid
I'm not prepared. What are you going to eat at my place for lunch?
However, Lu Chen reacted very quickly, "Well, let's have hot pot at noon. I wonder what Your Highness and the Consort would like?" Lu Chen thought for a moment, and now it was too late to prepare anything else, so he just had hot pot that was quick and economical.
Come on.
"Okay! Let's have hot pot! I have really missed Mr.'s hot pot these days. I have tried it several times in my house, but I can't taste the taste of Mr.'s hot pot!" Li Xiuning heard Lu Chen mention hot pot.
, a pair of eyes suddenly became a little brighter.
"Nonsense! You don't have my base. Your pork is boiled in salt water, how delicious is it!" Lu Chen arrogantly slandered again in his heart. Of course, Lu Chen couldn't say this.
After all, if I say this, I will not give the princess face.
Lu Chen immediately ordered Liu Jing to prepare the hot pot. At this time, the greenhouse had not been covered yet, and there were no green vegetables to cook, so the hot pot at noon mainly consisted of mutton slices and pickles, but even so, Li Xiuning's family also ate it
The ditch was full and flat.
As for Chai Shao, Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu, the father and son who had hot pot for the first time, their food was so bold and unbridled that Lu Chen couldn't help but secretly praise it. It was indeed a good thing.
"Sir, why doesn't my mother's hot pot taste as good as my husband's?" Chai Lingwu stuffed his mouth with mutton slices, puffed out his cheeks and looked at Lu Chen vaguely and asked curiously.
"Well..." Lu Chen looked at Chai Lingwu. At this time, Chai Lingwu was just a young boy of thirteen or fourteen years old. However, when he thought about Chai Lingwu being instigated by Princess Gaoyang to rebel later, he couldn't help but feel a little pity.
You must know that Li Xiuning's two sons, although they are not famous coaches, are definitely fierce generals.
"What did you find?" Lu Chen did not answer Chai Lingwu's words, but turned to look at Chai Zhewei.
"There are no dipping sauces in the hot pot made by my mother at home!" Chai Zhewei discovered the difference between Lu Chen's hot pot and Li Xiuning's hot pot.
Chen Ke made the oil dish directly, so the taste was naturally different.
"Smart!" Lu Chen nodded approvingly. Chai Zhewei was followed by a general guarding the border of the Tang Dynasty. His observation skills were quite good.
"Auntie, can we ask for the recipe for making oil dishes from Mr. Otherwise, we won't have such delicious hot pot when we go back!" Although Chai Zhewei was speaking to Li Xiuning, his eyes were more focused on Lu Chen.
"You're a brat!" Lu Chen scolded Chai Zhewei with a smile, "I'll write you the recipe for this oil dish soon!"
"Thank you sir!" When Chai Zhewei saw that Lu Chen agreed, he quickly saluted Lu Chen. This time, Lu Chen did not avoid it.
The hot pot meal was very enjoyable. When Li Xiuning and his family left, they not only received the oil dish seasoning formula as a gift from Lu Chen, but also a bag of Tieguanyin that Lu Chen promised Chai Shao. In fact, it was a bag, only five taels at most.
, although Lu Chen had plenty of this stuff, Lu Chen naturally still wanted to "take the rarest thing for the most precious thing". Taking the tea leaves given by Lu Chen, Chai Shao greedily sniffed the fragrance of the tea leaves through the paper bag. Unfortunately,
Before Chai Shao could warm the tea, Li Xiuning snatched it away. Chai Shao's face suddenly turned bitter and he looked helplessly at Lu Chen.
Just after Li Xiuning boarded the carriage and Chai Shao was about to get on his horse, Lu Chen came close to Chai Shao and whispered: "Prince-in-law, come by yourself next time and I will get you some other tea!"
Chai Shao, who had been robbed of tea by Li Xiuning, still had a bitter look on his face. When he heard Lu Chen's words, he immediately beamed and grabbed Lu Chen's wrist: "We've agreed!"
After receiving Lu Chen's affirmative answer, Chai Shao happily got on his horse. Chai Shao, who was sitting on the horse, raised his hand to Lu Chen and said, "Master Marquis, within three days at the latest, I will send someone to deliver the iron materials to Zhuangzi!"
How could Chai Shao not reciprocate Lu Chen's show of kindness? What's more, Chai Shao is a chivalrous and righteous person.
"Then thank you so much, Prince Consort!" Lu Chen raised his hands to Chai Shao and thanked him.
"You're welcome, Lord Marquis! How do you and I compare to each other in the future? Brother Lu Xian?" Chai Shaohao said with an angry smile.
"Then I'm overstepping my bounds. I would like to wish Brother Xian a safe journey!" Lu Chen responded to Chai Shao with a smile.
"Brother Xian, stay here, brother Fool's family will say goodbye now!" Chai Shao sat on the horse and rushed to Lu Chen again, cupping his hands, then turned the horse's head and left with Li Xiuning's carriage towards the outside of the village.
Seeing Li Xiuning's family leaving, Lu Chen almost shouted: "Come here to play often!"
However, when the words came to his lips, Lu Chen still suppressed them. After all, it felt a bit inappropriate to say these words.
"Mother, is Mr. Lu really as capable as you say?" Sitting in the carriage, Chai Zhewei looked at the sauce recipe Lu Chen gave him and asked Li Xiuning with curiosity in his eyes.
As Chai Zhewei asked Li Xiuning, Chai Lingwu also turned his attention to his mother.