The gap between people's diet at this time and that of later generations is still quite big. In the eyes of later generations, the big fat meat is too greasy, plus the sweet syrup, it is simply an explosion of calories and the main culprit of the out-of-shape figure, which is unhealthy.

Standard pronoun.

But in this era when most people have trouble eating enough, fat meat and extreme sweetness represent the highest level of enjoyment.

Shi Jingtang finally understood why Pei Yuan said that this dish was very rich? Because people who are not rich and wealthy cannot eat and cannot afford such a dish.

The room suddenly became quiet. Although Pei Yuan had eaten a few times in Hexi, he didn't get to eat this dish often.

Not to mention Shi Jingtang and Sang Weihan. Although they had seen a lot of the world, they were still shocked and speechless when faced with this kind of culinary essence that exceeded hundreds of years.

After a long while, Sang Weihan finished eating a large jar of braised pork with rock sugar, then he stopped and let out a long sigh.

"Hexi has such good syrup and such good pork meat. Zhang Sikongdang will be very rich!"

On the contrary, China today is in dire straits waiting for new developments, money and food are in short supply, and governing the country is more difficult than in Hexi. I wonder when will a saint be as wealthy as Zhang Sikong?"

Pei Yuan despised Sang Weihan in his heart. This Sang Guoqiao was not sighing, nor was it a compliment. It was actually arousing Shi Jingtang's covetousness for Hexi white sugar and rock sugar.

Perhaps it didn't take this person to be very seductive. Shi Jingtang also obviously noticed this. He looked at Pei Yuan with burning eyes. Although he didn't say anything, his meaning was obvious.

Pei Yuan could only leave the table and saluted Shi Jingtang, "When I came from Hexi, Sikong had given instructions that although the art of making white sugar and rock sugar in Hexi is a secret recipe passed down from ancestors, it should not be revealed to others easily.

But China is Sikong's homeland, and all the Tang children in Longyou, Hexi Province, are proud to serve their motherland.

Now that the country was newly established and everyone in the court was looking for money, Zhang Sikong understood his righteousness and was willing to hand over the exclusive rights to sell Hexi white sugar and rock sugar in China to the court.

In the future, white sugar and rock sugar will never appear in the hands of other merchants east of Tokyo."

At this time, China in the narrow sense refers to the Central Plains. Pei Yuan was granted the official position of Minister of Household Affairs and Inspection by Shi Jingtang, so he could call Shi Jingtang a minister.

Shi Jingtang and Sang Weihan looked at each other. Zhang Zhao was obviously using the exclusive sales rights of Hexi white sugar and rock sugar east of Tokyo in exchange for Hexi rock sugar, so that the sugar could be sold smoothly in other places.

Sang Weihan thought about it for a moment, then nodded indifferently. Although this person is shameless, his talent in governing the country is actually very good.

Before Shi Jingtang entered Kaifeng, he silenced Shi Jingtang.

He said that he wanted to farm and grow mulberry trees to fill his warehouses, open trade routes to increase wealth, train farmers and raise soldiers, accumulate a lot of money, and serve the Khitan in a humble way to secure the country.

In fact, although Shi Jingtang and Sang Weihan were quite shameless, their shamelessness was more out of helplessness.

The two of them were not born lowly and were willing to surrender to the Khitan, but they were forced by the fear of death and the current situation.

Both of them knew very well that if they wanted to save their heads and secure their seats, the biggest threat was not the Khitans, but the unruly generals and tooth soldiers.

Although the Khitans wanted to be Shi Jingtang's father and extorted a large amount of money, they would not rush to take Shi Jingtang's life or take away his throne.

But around Shi Jingtang, the warriors who had been accustomed to making troubles and rebellions for decades or hundreds of years, besieging and killing Shangguan and even plundering the emperor, were the demons who could take Shi Jingtang's life at any time.

For example, currently, although Shi Jingtang entered Kaifeng and became the emperor, the status of the emperor is not even as good as when she was the military governor in Hedong.

Only a few months after entering Kaifeng, Fan Yanguang raised a flag to rebel in Yecheng, north of the Yellow River.

And within the city of Kaifeng, Yang Guangyuan, the rebel general who had killed Zhang Jingda, the Northern Recruiting Envoy of the Later Tang Dynasty, and supported Shi Jingtang, had actually taken control of Kaifeng's city defense.

Shi Jingtang's Hedong tooth soldiers were too exhausted in the war and were unable to fight against Yang Guangyuan. Yang Guangyuan even openly went to Bianjing City to find fortune tellers and asked them to see if he had the appearance of an emperor?

It was so blatant that Shi Jingtang could not punish him even if he just told me that I wanted to rebel.

In the vassal towns outside, in addition to Fan Yanguang directly raising the flag to rebel, An Chongrong, who was dissatisfied with his humble service to the Khitan, had also long ago rebelled. Fu Yanrao, the elder brother of Fu Yanqing, the military governor of Tongzhou, was also kidnapped by the rebels.

Wrapped in rebellion.

Even Liu Zhiyuan, whom Shi Jingtang himself stayed in Jinyang, Hedong, had second thoughts. In order to weaken Yang Guangyuan's power, Shi Jingtang secretly sent angels to Jinyang and asked Liu Zhiyuan to dispatch 4,000 Hedong Ya soldiers to Kaifeng to balance Yang Guangyuan's power.

However, it has been more than five months since the order was issued. Shi Jingtang has not seen a single Hedong yamen soldier and said nothing, and Liu Zhiyuan has not even given an explanation.

There are domineering warriors inside and vassal rebellion outside. As long as the confidants are exposed outside, they will immediately become unreliable.

Under such circumstances, Shi Jingtang, who had already had the miserable experience of being forced to hang himself by Li Congke, naturally would not care about his face.

He would not consider how much harm it would bring to future generations. What he and Sang Weihan were thinking about now was how to save their lives.

Only after stabilizing the Khitans and embracing the Khitans, Shi Jingtang had time to slowly accumulate strength.

This is called holding the Khitan's thigh to command the princes.

"Zhang Sikong understands the righteousness so well, and he is really setting an example for foreign ministers. Years ago, the Tang Dynasty consecrated Zhang Sikong's great-grandfather Zhang Taibao as the founding Duke of Nanyang. A saint should follow the example and canonize Zhang Sikong as the Duke of Nanyang."

Everyone’s ancestral secret recipe had been brought out, so of course it was impossible to ask others to share it, but Zhang Zhao gave the exclusive rights to operate it, and he still had to show it, so Sang Weihan thought of the title of Nanyang Founding County Duke that Zhang Yichao had once received.

Pei Yuan was almost speechless. The exclusive sales rights of white sugar and rock sugar were exchanged for the Nanyang County Duke who was painless and could only earn dozens of shilumi a year and was deducted.

What's the use of a county official who can't even be passed down from generation to generation, let alone hereditary replacement?

"My lord, I would like to thank Your Majesty Zhang Sikong. Zhang Sikong often said that his lifelong ambition is to imitate his great-grandfather Zhang Taibao and surrender the six counties of Hexi to the country.

I never thought that now that the six counties have not surrendered, we have to generously grant the title of Duke of Nanyang. I really deserve it! After I return to the post office, I should send someone to report back to Zhang Sikong in Liangzhou as soon as possible.

However, judging from my understanding of Zhang Sikong, Sikong has always believed in the saying that no reward will be received without merit, so it is unlikely that he would even express his gratitude."

Yin and yang are weird, avoid the important and take the easy, right? Who can't do it? You're a bullshit talent!

Shi Jingtang's childlike expression shrank slightly. Pei Yuan's words were hidden in their words. On the surface, they were saying that Zhang Zhao had a noble character and was not rewarded for his merits.

In fact, he was telling Shi Jingtang that Hexi white sugar and rock sugar are produced in Hexi, and not just anyone can make them.

Zhang Zhao could give the court the exclusive right to operate the business, but he could also veto it at any time or refuse to implement it.

The so-called surrender of the six counties of Hexi to the country was on the surface to tell Shi Jingtang about Zhang Zhao's life aspirations, but in fact it was to say that Zhang Zhao's request, that is, if the Hexi Jiedu envoy was envoyed, he would not be able to gain control of Longwang Shu.

Zhang Zhao, who had thousands of elite soldiers and ruled millions of people, only wanted to be a Hexi military envoy like his ancestor Zhang Yichao Taibao.

If the court could not meet such a small request, then why did he surrender the six counties to the country and give Shi Jingtang so many benefits?

"Ah! By the way, I have something that I have yet to report to Your Majesty!"

Pei Yuan seemed to have just remembered something and pretended to be scared.

Shi Jingtang took a deep breath and waved his hand, "Yuying, please speak!"

Pei Yuan looked a little presumptuously this time and looked directly into Shi Jingtang's eyes and said: "When I left, His Royal Highness Li Shengtian, the Great Sage and the Great King of the Great Sage and the Great Ming Dynasty of the Anxi Dynasty and the Great Jin Kingdom, had sent envoys to Liangzhou.

His Royal Highness the King of the Jin Kingdom is Zhang Sikong's uncle. The Jin Kingdom was able to encompass the Western Regions and overwhelm Persia, Tianzhu and other countries, thanks to Zhang Sikong's power.

It is a pity that Sikong has not yet been able to clear the way back to his motherland, and the envoys from the Kingdom of Jin cannot come to Tokyo to congratulate His Majesty.

This is really deplorable! If Hexi can be connected to the country, and Anxi, a prosperous country with a population of four million people like the Jin Kingdom, comes to visit, His Majesty's majesty will definitely be displayed!"

‘Gudong!’ Shi Jingtang couldn’t help but swallowed. Historically, when he was unable to secure his seat this year, he impatiently sent envoys Gao Jujie, Zhang Kuangye and others to Khotan.

What is the purpose? Isn't it just to use the opportunity of canonizing Li Shengtian to show that Shi Jingtang is a righteous king?

Since Tubo fell into the four towns of Anxi, Anxi, which the Late Tang, the Later Liang, and the Later Tang were unable to control for two hundred years, has returned to the national territory. Doesn’t it mean that he is Shi Jingtang’s destiny?

You see, the emperors of the late Tang Dynasty, Zhu Quanzhong and Li Cunxu, were inferior. Only I, Shi Jingtang, could regain Anxi!

Thinking of this, Shi Jingtang really couldn't calm down. He looked at Pei Yuan and asked: "Is what Yuying said true? Is Sikong's ambition really to surrender the six counties of Hexi to the country?"

"I will never dare to speak falsely. This sentence is true. If there is any untruth, please behead me!"

Pei Yuan said with excitement, but in fact he had no emotion at all.

Not to mention the shameless Sha Tuoer who deceived Shi Jingtang, he was a kind gentleman. In order to get Zhang Zhao the post of Hexi Jiedushi, he could deceive without blushing or heartbeat.

Shi Jingtang was silent for a moment, constantly fighting between heaven and man in his heart. He really did not want to confer the official position of Hexi Jiedushi to Zhang Zhao.

Because Hexi and Hedong have always been the places where the country has produced elite soldiers and generals, but now Longyou is occupied by everyone in the Momo, and the court is unable to control it.

If a Hexi Jiedu envoy with strong troops and horses appears in Liangzhou, the annexation of Longyou will definitely be a matter of time.

In this world, there is a Hedong Jiedu Envoy, which is enough to give the Central Plains court a headache. If there is another large Hexi Longyou Jiedushi Envoy, how will the life be passed?

Just when Shi Jingtang was hesitating, shrill screams were heard in the distance, and a tall and strong man burst into the Daning Hall with a cry, startling the three people who were eating.

Shi Jingtang shouted and jumped three feet high. He looked towards the entrance of the hall in horror, thinking that there was a military riot.

Sang Weihan even dodged behind the screen at an extremely fast speed.

Pei Yuan: "......"

In an instant, the three people who had been eating and chatting just now left him, who was not so sensitive, sitting alone behind the crocodile in a mess.

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Chapter completed!