bdsm-fiction Chapter 418
Chapter 418
More than an hour later, everyone had eaten and drunk enough.
Li Yuan, Cheng Yaojin, and Li Jing and his wife left one after another.
"Your Majesty, I will go back to the palace first." Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang came to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin nodded and said, "Okay, I will go back to the palace in an hour."
Then, Empress Changsun looked at Changsun Wuji, "Brother, my sister-in-law will go to the palace with me, and I will send her back later."
Empress Changsun invited her to Lizheng Hall because Mrs. Changsun was very interested in knitting sweaters.
Finally, Princess Changle smiled and greeted Su Chen, "Su Chen, we will go back to the palace first."
"Okay, I will find you when I go back!" Su Chen stood up and nodded.
Fang Xuanling and others said in unison: "We respectfully send the queen off!"
Immediately, Empress Changsun bowed slightly and turned to leave.
"Su kid, what do you think about sending a few cooks to the manor to learn cooking skills?" Changsun Wuji had this idea for a long time, but because he always went to the manor on impulse, he had put it aside.
"Of course!"
Suddenly, Su Chen remembered that he forgot to make the boiled beef dish today. He made boiled pork slices because he didn't have beef before.
He also remembered that there were no glass cups in Changsun Wuji's mansion at lunch, not even glass wine glasses.
But Su Chen remembered that he had sent glass cups to these dukes.
"Well, when you ask for beef later, mention it and send some glassware. Take some of those beef bones back, it's great for making soup.
Alas! It's a pity that the beef ribs were cut so damn cleanly that there was no minced meat left!"
Su Chen sighed inwardly.
The beef consumed for the barbecue at noon was less than 60 kilograms. In addition, Cheng Yaojin and Li Jing each cut 10 kilograms of beef and took it away, so there are more than 200 kilograms of beef left.
Changsun Wuji looked at Su Chen who was lost in thought and felt confused.
He couldn't help but look at Li Shimin and others.
"Boy, what are you thinking about?" Li Shimin looked at Su Chen with his eyes wide open and asked.
"Oh, I'm thinking about the beef bone soup. I tell you..." Su Chen blurted out before he could think about it!
Su Chen looked up suddenly and felt embarrassed. How could he say what was in his heart? He wanted to take it home right after he finished eating.
"Uh~ Excuse me, excuse me!
You should know that there are still several people in the manor who did not return to Chang'an together today, so I thought about bringing some beef back for them to taste."
Su Chen immediately explained that he did think so.
"Hahaha..." Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others laughed unscrupulously.
Li Shimin opened his mouth and didn't know how to blame Su Chen for a while.
Because he also wanted to bring more beef back to the palace.
After everyone finished laughing, Su Chen remembered something and said, "Your Majesty, the road from Chang'an to Shanxi has crossed the Yellow River. Are you interested in going there to inspect it?"
"Has the arch bridge been built over the Yellow River at the junction of Tongguan and Fenglingdu?" Li Shimin immediately became interested after hearing this.
"Yes, that's right. Now the construction team has entered Rui County, Shanxi, 30 miles away from Fenglingdu." Su Chen nodded and added.
"Okay! When will we leave?" Li Shimin asked immediately.
Su Chen thought for a while, but Li Shimin sat down slowly and waved his hand:
"It's not the right time yet. I haven't seen the sweet potatoes and the Zhenguan harvest with my own eyes, and I feel uneasy!"
"This matter needs to be discussed again."
After Li Shimin calmed down, he thought carefully. It is nearly 300 miles from Chang'an City to Tongguan. There must be many accompanying personnel and guards to go out of the palace, which requires extra money and food.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"Your Majesty cares about the people's livelihood and is truly a model of a wise ruler!"
Wei Zheng was very satisfied with Li Shimin's performance this time and bowed to him sincerely.
Li Shimin did not respond to this. Although he was very happy with the compliments from ministers on weekdays, he had to distinguish between events.
"Your Majesty is wise, you are right. I originally planned to wait until the school was on vacation before going, when the sweet potatoes would be harvested."
Su Chen thought for a while and continued:
"It is impossible to continue road construction in this weather now. The temperature is too low to pour cement. So I plan to notify Chang Sunchong and others to stop construction next month, and publish the news of resumption of work in the newspaper after the New Year."
Hearing this, Li Shimin smiled again, "That's great, when will the school be on vacation?"
Li Shimin had long known that Su Chen was a henpecked man. It would take four or five days to go back and forth for a distance of 300 miles. If Su Chen left Chang'an, Princess Changle would definitely go with him.
So Su Chen can only travel far after Princess Changle takes a holiday.
"Li Tai said that the holiday is on the 20th of the twelfth lunar month."
"Oh, I forgot to ask Uncle Changsun and Uncle Wei. Changsun Chong and Shuyu returned to the manor a few days ago. How many days did they stay at home?"
Su ChenAlthough he knew that the two guys didn't go home, he asked deliberately.
"Humph! If you didn't tell me, I would have known that the bastard had returned to Chang'an!" Changsun Wuji snorted coldly, and decided to learn from the generals how to teach the younger generation in the future.
Changsun Wuji didn't care about Changsun Chong, but his wife occasionally asked about Changsun Chong's recent situation.
Su Chen looked at Wei Zheng again, and the latter shook his head.
Then, Su Chen pretended to think, "It shouldn't be! Why don't you go home after returning to Chang'an?"
"A long time ago, I told them to go home once a month!"
Hearing Su Chen's words, Changsun Wuji was more certain of his thoughts. He nodded secretly, and he would have a good talk with Changsun Chong when he returned home.
Li Shimin saw through Su Chen's little thoughts at a glance, but didn't point it out. Just like his own children, the manor is now unwilling to return to the palace.
"Tell me, everyone, what should we do with the thousands of cattle and sheep sent from the Western Regions?" Li Shimin smiled faintly and asked everyone.
Su Chen did not consider this question. He did not know whether the people of the Tang Dynasty had the habit of raising cattle.
Moreover, natural disasters continued when the Tang Dynasty was first established, and it was common for people to starve to death. Who could still keep the sheep? They would have been slaughtered to fill their stomachs long ago.
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, half of the cattle and sheep should be handed over to the Imperial Household Department.
The rest..."
Changsun Wuji spoke the first half of the words very seriously, and before he finished the rest, he looked at Li Shimin with a flattering expression.
Li Shimin nodded slightly. From Changsun Wuji's expression, it can be seen that he suggested that the other cattle and sheep be divided and eaten.
"Uncle Changsun, what does the Imperial Household Department do?" It was the first time Su Chen heard of this department.
Li Shimin and others looked at Su Chen sideways.
"Why? Isn't it normal that you don't know the Imperial Household Department?" Su Chen asked confidently without any shame.
"I am a foreigner, it's strange that I don't know the Imperial Household Department? Then do you know the Public Security Bureau and the police station?"
Su Chen kept these words in his heart and dared not say them out loud.
"Assistant, tell this kid about the Nine Temples and Five Prisons of the Tang Dynasty. So as not to be laughed at in the future." Li Shimin shook his head helplessly.
Then, Changsun Wuji spent more than 20 minutes.
He popularized the jurisdiction and responsibilities of the Nine Temples and Five Prisons of the Tang Dynasty to Lord Su, and Su Chen would occasionally raise some puzzled points.
Changsun Wuji answered patiently.
Su Chen understood that the Imperial Household Department had more responsibilities than the Horse-Warming Officer, and cattle, sheep, horses and other animal husbandry were all under the control of the Imperial Household Department.
Even the carriage frames for cattle and horses had to be made according to the size specified by the Imperial Household Department.
The Tang Dynasty had official pastures, and the people also raised sheep.
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