"That's natural. The Crown Prince and Grand Master Li Gang brought it personally. How can it be fake?"
Li Chang said speechlessly.
"Thank you butler, I'll go and kiss you soon!"
Chu Suiliang and Qin Heng hurriedly ran to the lobby.
Behind him, a group of envoys from the Jin Palace looked at Chu Suiliang and Qin Heng who ran out, and they couldn't help but look envious.
The scholar that His Royal Highness the King of Jin invited for the boys in the village has arrived.
All the chefs and people in the house were also very excited.
The movements in his hands were a few percent faster than usual.
Therefore, when Qin Heng and Chu Suiliang had just finished meeting Wang Ji, Zuo Gong, and Li Gang.
The dishes are almost ready.
Afterwards, Li Xuan led a group of people to the dining hall nearby.
There are three large round tables, enough to seat thirty people.
Now, in front of each chair, there is a set of fast food dishes and two bottles of crystal clear white wine.
Seeing this, Wang Ji, Zuo Gong and others' eyes immediately lit up.
One person held a bottle of liquor and looked up and down without any pretense.
"I didn't expect that the liquor at King Jin's Mansion would be so exquisite. It's true that the reputation is so great!"
After a while, Wang Ji said with emotion on his face.
"Mr. Dong Gaozi is so complimentary!"
Li Xuan chuckled lightly, picked up the liquor in front of him, and unscrewed the cap of the liquor bottle in front of everyone.
"Come, gentlemen, you have come all the way. I would like to offer you a drink first!"
Seeing this, Wang Ji and others, who had some doubts at first, imitated Li Xuan's actions and opened the liquor.
Suddenly, a strong aroma of wine filled the room.
Wang Ji, Zuo Gong and others' eyes lit up.
After seeing Li Xuan raise the wine glass in his hand, they couldn't wait any longer and raised their glasses one after another.
Raising a glass to drink, drinking wine and delicious food are the second things these great Confucians are good at.
Therefore, Li Xuan, Li Chengqian and others all took a sip.
This is the recognized way of drinking Jinwang Baijiu.
However, Wang Ji, Zuo Gong and others did not know this and just drank a lot of it.
Suddenly, there was a wave of violent coughing in the entire dining hall.
After a long while, Wang Ji, Zuo Gong and others stopped.
It was just a burst of picking up vegetables and devouring them hungrily.
"Mr. Dong Gaozi and Mr. Yangshi have good drinkers!"
Looking at Wang Ji and Zuo Gong, whose faces were already red, Li Xuan quickly raised his hands and saluted, with a look of praise on his face.
"The liquor I brew is extremely hot. When I drink this liquor, I only dare to take a small sip every time. I didn't expect that even Mr. Wen Ji would drink half a cup.
It’s just that this wine is too hot, so please drink it slowly, Mr. Wenji, otherwise it may harm your health!”
Li Xuan spoke seriously and looked very sincere, which made Wang Ji, Zuo Gong and others angry.
Who made them underestimate other people's liquor?
As for Li Xuan, after the two of them finished a drink, Li Xuan already had an idea in his mind.
Although this old man Wang Ji claims to be able to stay drunk for five buckets, if he drank his own liquor, he probably wouldn't be able to survive a bottle and a half.
"I have been wronged for not reminding you enough. Please forgive me, gentlemen!"
With that said, Li Xuan raised his liquor again to apologize.
It's just a drinking party. He's a young guy who has been around for two generations. He really doesn't fear anyone, as long as you don't come to fight.
"Prince Jin is really happy!"
Li Xuan's move was in line with Wang Ji's wishes. He smiled heartily, raised his glass, and followed.
But this time, Wang Ji was much more cautious. He imitated Li Xuan's actions and took a sip.
However, for an old drunkard who has been drinking heavily for decades, even a small sip is still a big sip.
So, he hurriedly followed and ate the food.
Around them, Li Xuan and Wang Ji also raised their glasses, and no one in the group was embarrassed to leave behind.
After going back and forth, half of the food on the table was gone.
And the bottle of white wine in front of everyone was half empty.
After half a kilogram of white wine, everyone was in a state of drowsiness.
Even old man Li Gang had consciously re-screwed the bottle of white wine in front of him, and then put the bottle and a half of white wine into his arms.
Li Chang, who had been waiting on the side for a long time, quickly changed the juice for Li Gang.
Then he went out and ordered the chef to quickly serve a few more hard dishes.
"I heard that King Jin wants to invite some great scholars to open an academy in Lijiazhuang?"
At this moment, Wang Ji had already recognized Li Xuan's wine in his heart.
So, we started talking about serious things.
"Academy?"
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but be startled, and then shook his head repeatedly.
Just kidding, even though he is the king of Jin, he can lead the troops to destroy the Prince of Tang Dynasty who is the king of Jinyang.
However, faced with the dispute between schools, he still refused to participate.
School is the fundamental interest of all the Tang Dynasty families.
If he really participated, he would have really offended all the aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty, which would be several times more serious than the destruction of the Wang family in Jinyang.
"Mr. Dong Gaozi is joking. I still know myself! I just want to invite a few great scholars to teach the little boys in the village some more advanced knowledge.
In this way, no matter whether they go out to do business, become officials, or join the army, they will not be fooled into being tricked and deceived again and again!"
"But His Highness the King of Jin doesn't know that we, the great Confucians, represent the school of thought!"
Wang Ji nodded, but still did not let Li Xuan go, and continued to ask.
"Dong Gaozi still overthinks it. The boys in Li Family Village are all boys from his own village and never participate in any school disputes. In fact, I prefer them to learn from the Mohist School, especially the various skills of the Mohist School.
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As for inviting some old gentlemen to come, it’s because you are the best at using your brain to defend yourself!” Li Xuan said with a smile.
Wang Ji and Zuo Gong couldn't help but glance at each other subconsciously, and then they became a little angry.
"It seems that in the eyes of the King of Jin, all the knowledge in the belly of the great scholars like us is of no great use. Apart from some calculations, even those big guys from the Mohist family who only know how to play with wooden sticks and iron blocks are of use?"
"Hahaha, these two gentlemen have misunderstood the boy!"
Li Xuan chuckled, quickly picked up the wine glass, and toasted to the two of them again.
Then, he said: "Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Confucianism has been the mainstream of all knowledge in the world. I don't refute this!"
"But, I believe that both gentlemen have also seen the little boy's Lijiazhuang. I wonder how the boy's village is?"
Wang Ji and Zuo Gong were very satisfied with Li Xuan's Lijiazhuang.
"Lijiazhuang should be the Zhuangzi that all farmers in the world envy!"
"However, Lijiazhuang has transformed from a dilapidated small village that could not even afford the rent to what it is without borrowing any Confucian knowledge.
From the land in Lizhuang to the delicacies you eat and the wine you drink now, they are all the result of the hard work of the ink masters and craftsmen in the village, as well as the farmers!"
"..."
After listening, Wang Ji, Zuo Gong, and even Li Gang couldn't help but remain silent.
"Even the banker's security guards are patrolled day and night by my own personal guards!"
"Of course, a few gentlemen may argue that Confucianism teaches people to be kind and knowledgeable, and even helped the Tang Dynasty, and even all the imperial courts, to establish order and manage the world!
Make people in the world know the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Constant Rules, respect elders and young ones, know civilization, and know the rule of law..."
"However, you have seen that the entire Confucian school has now become various schools. As long as they argue together, blood will flow into a river and countless people will be implicated!
In fact, the big families formed based on Confucianism are like an evil beast, occupying a state or a city, talking all day long, or saying the words of a sage.
It seems that they follow the words of the saint all the time, but do nothing all day long, and live by sucking the blood of the people. This is a hypocritical home..."