Prosperous Tang special forces

Chapter 292 Negotiation
In the palace, because of Li Daozong's arrival, Li Shimin temporarily decided to hold a banquet in the harem.There are not many people, only a few close courtiers and favored concubines.

Looking at Li Daozong Li Shimin, he smiled and said, "Daozong, you came to Beijing with Long Feiyu, right?"

"Yes, Long Feiyu brought Xueyan home first, maybe he will come to see His Majesty soon."

"Then maybe, your old friend Long Liang has taken on a big job for Long Feiyu this time. I reckon that Long Feiyu is trying to find a way to prevent their Long family from going bankrupt this time."

"Bankrupt? What bad idea did Long Liang come up with?"

"Hehe, Long Liang has made a big fuss this time. He is going to entertain the whole of Chang'an." Cheng Zhijie muttered while eating the delicious food in his hand.

Looking at Cheng Zhijie's appearance, Yu Chigong sneered: "I said Zhijie, why do you act like you haven't eaten in a few lifetimes, and eat so much nonsense."

"What do you know, Heitantou, if you don't eat this, you will eat it when you go home. It's better to be full now, and you don't need to eat any more when you go back."

"I think it's your wife who brought her maid back to her mother's house again, and no one cooks for you. That's why you are like this."

"Nonsense, so many people in my house can randomly pull out a good dish that can be cooked. How could it make me hungry."

"Your Majesty, Long Feiyu is asking to see you outside the hall." Sanbao came from the side and saluted Li Shimin.

"Long Feiyu, let him in."

As soon as he entered the hall, a group of acquaintances greeted him. Long Feiyu saluted Li Shimin while responding: "Your Majesty, I have returned from ordering the river."

"Long Feiyu, we worked so hard here to hold your funeral, why did you come back alive?" Li Shimin joked with a smile on his face.

Long Feiyu responded with a smile: "There are nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in life, and how can you please your Majesty. There are so many friends sitting here, and it would be boring for me to go without them."

"It's okay, it's okay. Long Feiyu, you can leave first and leave us alone, and unblock it for us first, it will be more convenient when we go, isn't it?" Cheng Zhijie said with a smile while drinking.

Long Feiyu also laughed and said: "These words are level, but I went to the old Han and said that it is useless for me to be a martial artist who only knows how to fight. Send me back and replace you with Lao Cheng. From a salt-smuggling hooligan to a generation of famous generals, he can enjoy both black and white, and is easy to be convinced. Why don't you let me send you a message, asking when you will go down?"

"Old Han? That old Han?"

"Han Qinhu, don't you know that he has been promoted to King Yama now? He also said that Cheng Guogong dressed up like him last time, and it happened that he was going out for a trip. Let me tell you to go down as soon as possible and take care of him for two days. .”

Listening to Long Feiyu's words, the group felt a little panicked.Even Li Shimin laughed and said, "Did you really go or did you fake it? Are you talking so evil?" Apparently Li Shimin was frightened by the dream he had on the night of Long Feiyu's accident, so he asked this question.

"Haha, I really want to go. But I was pulled back by a great god halfway. But I think Cheng Guogong, you should be careful, maybe someone will come and take you away one day."

"Tch, whoever dares to take me away will drag you along when I leave."

"Don't you know that we enshrine a great Taoist god at home? The following said that he can live nearly 100 years, and he gave me 130 years, which means that I can live more than [-] years. You don't even want to take me away, I advise you to get closer to Qin Guogong and Yuchi Guogong. The two have already reserved positions below, maybe they can keep you."

"Nonsense, the great Taoist god from your family, besides this black charcoal head, why should I believe him?"

"You don't have to believe it. Your Majesty Jinkou prophesied that the two of them were named door gods. Now the people of the entire Tang Dynasty know about it. It has become a fashion to post portraits of the two of them during festivals. If you don't Tie might be taken away by the little devil who seduces his soul someday."

"Tch, if you want to post me, you are also posting your own portrait. I am the True Immortal of Fortune. You see, when you were not here, Mr. Changsun's mansion was in the way of my house, so he made a fortune? Now that you are here, you live in In the middle, their family's fortune was cut off. You see, all the good things went to your house. Look at how pitiful our eldest grandson is. A few years ago, he was still fat and white like my old Cheng, but now he is pitifully thin " Cheng Zhijie said while dancing and pointing at Changsun Wuji to let him speak.

Hearing Chen Cheng Zhijie's rebuttal, Long Feiyu said with contempt on his face: "Come on, I admit that you want to say that the eldest grandson is fat, but why did you put the two of you together. These days of being fat in vain What does this word have to do with you, a black and unshaven bearded brat? Stretch out your head for everyone to see, where is your whiteness?"

"You..." Cheng Zhijie waited to say more, after thinking for a while, he suddenly smiled and said, "I won't be white with you now, I'll be darker instead, can you be with me?"

"I think you should change to fatter. There is no fatter than you here, but there are still people who are darker than you."

"Who, who dares to compete with me?"

Seeing Cheng Zhijie play a rogue, everyone subconsciously looked at Yu Chigong, the only one who was darker than him here was Yu Chigong.Hearing that Cheng Zhijie would continue to talk nonsense, Changsun Wuji persuaded him; "Zhijie, enough is enough, stop arguing, Long Feiyu just came back from the outside, how can you not let him rest, in a few days he will But there is something important to do."

"Hehe, that's right, Long Feiyu, why don't you hurry back and have a look, your father boasted that he will entertain the whole of Chang'an in Haikou. There are only five days left before your grandpa's birthday, I'll see what you do with the feast of tens of thousands of tables." Cheng Zhijie smiled gloatingly.

"You don't need to worry about it, just sit and eat your food."

"I was discussing this matter with all my lovers just now, Long Feiyu, what are you going to do? Such a situation is not easy to control. It would be bad if something goes wrong."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have already thought of a countermeasure, but I am so shy and empty-handed, what can I use to buy materials? After thinking about it, I suddenly remembered that I still have millions of taels of gold stored in the treasury." In the midst of this, the minister suddenly realized. But after thinking about it carefully, the last time he was shouldered the responsibility of being an envoy, all the property he got should belong to the imperial court. If it is convenient for His Majesty, let the minister take 20 taels first, and pawn the rest How about the interest?"

Long Feiyu brought back so much gold for Datang with his own ability. Although it was because of his duty as an envoy, Li Shimin never rewarded him. It is not too much for him to ask for 20. Li Shimin didn't intend to talk about those gold matters, but just smiled and said: "According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, all the property obtained from the mission should belong to the imperial court. But because your mission has opened up the sea lanes in the Western Regions for my Tang Dynasty, At the same time, we have successively established diplomatic relations with dozens of countries, so I decided to reward you with 30 taels of gold, and you can go to the treasury to get it later."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Long Feiyu wisely did not continue the discussion on this matter, otherwise others should have opinions.Li Shimin's handling made those who doubted the fairness of the judiciary speechless. It was a reward from the emperor, not a diplomatic gain.

"Long Feiyu, I heard that those generals have been making a fuss recently, and today they even met with a group of scholars to play some games in Xiaoxiang Pavilion, have you ever heard of it?"

"I heard about it. Just now, when I was passing by and was about to come to the imperial palace, a steamed bun flew out from the second floor of Xiaoxiang Pavilion and hit my head. They are holding a big steamed bun battle." Long Feiyu was a little depressed Said.

"Battle of steamed buns? What do you mean?"

"It is to use steamed buns to attack each other and attack each other. Steamed buns are relatively soft, and it won't have any big effect if they hit people. It is very practical for civil servants and generals, so there are many people participating."

"Is there such a fun thing? No, I have to go and play later." Cheng Zhijie said excitedly.

"Oh, there is such a thing, just watch them and don't let them go too far." Li Shimin said lightly.

"The minister has already informed them that Zhang Yuan and Le Jia, who are the leaders, will punish Shiyi for three years, the younger brother will be fined for two years, and the rest will be fined for one year, as a warning to others."

"Is this too heavy? They don't have any other ideas, do they?" Changsun Wuji said worriedly.

"I have asked my younger brother to pick up two bamboo baskets of steamed buns and take them back to eat. If any of you ministers is struggling at home, you might as well go and see if there are any leftovers."

"Ah, how can this be eaten, Long Feiyu, aren't you a spoiler?"

"At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, when I went to Yumen to take office, I killed many invading Turkic people on the way. After passing by, they blocked and intercepted them, and the army rations could not be transported to Yumen. The people there worked hard to feed the soldiers. Protect them. Take out the only food you have and give it to us. Dig wild vegetables and eat bark by yourself.

At that time, we threw a piece of cowhide into the pot to cook a pot of vegetable soup and swallowed it. We found a mouse hole and collectively dispatched to dig three feet to find the mouse. A team of 6000 people dug up all the wild vegetables of that generation.The bark is eaten with spiral patterns.

When encountering bones that have been eaten by wild animals in the wilderness, they have to take them back and smash them to get the bone marrow inside.Now, after only a few days of consolation, they start to waste food and start fighting with steamed buns.

How come there are so many disaster victims in Henan Province who don’t see them giving relief? This time they were punished and sent to Henan Province to support post-disaster reconstruction by the Ministry of War. "

"Be careful those generals rush into the Dragon Mansion in the middle of the night and wring your head off." Cheng Zhijie said slightly frightened.

"I see that they were taken as long-term workers by me when they had nothing to do. Now they are basking in the sun on the Weihe beach."

"Weihetan, where are they doing?"

"My grandpa's birthday will be in a few days, so we can't let them sit in the Dragon Mansion, right? Where can they sit? The Wei River beach was washed away by a flood. Now the air is fresh and the scenery is pleasant. Taking advantage of the moonlight, 10 people held a special bonfire party where they ate roast lamb and drank farmhouse wine. Talking about topics of interest in the past, relax and have a good rest. It is also a memory of a beautiful era .”

"People bring gifts one by one to congratulate you and let them blow the wind on the Weihe beach in the middle of the night?"

"What do you know? This is called romanticism. Otherwise, tell me how to set up the 3-table running table? Just like this, as long as people come that day, ten people will get a marinated whole sheep and a jug of wine. Prepare firewood, and find places for farm snacks. The local county magistrate, town head, and township head. The head of the village and the village head will lead the police to patrol.

"What kind of banquet is this? They all made it themselves, what do you want you to do?"

"I provide the whole sheep and wine. A pot of wine and a head of sheep cost five taels of silver. After a single banquet, I get at least 20 taels of snowflake silver. Cheng Guogong, you are just watching the fun, it's not too big of a deal."

"Aren't you still receiving gifts?"

"I don't even accept any congratulatory gifts for the big banquet. I want you to give it to me? Everyone will come empty-handed. Just give me Long Feiyu a face, and don't let me set up the big banquet. Then I will be alone I'm thankful I didn't come."

"It's good to be careful. It saves trouble. But how many sheep do you have to buy?"

"You just know that I have asked Wang Yan to find a way to go to Xiazhou to buy it. It should be delivered the day after tomorrow at the latest. Let those butchers work overtime overnight to slaughter it and marinate it."

(End of this chapter)