Li Er said that the weather was nice today and he wanted to relax in the imperial garden. His grandson would naturally follow him.

When leaving the Li Zheng Palace, Toad did not forget to follow behind him holding a map of the Tang Dynasty. Behind Toad were Wei Jiu and Qing'er.

The two of them don't have many opportunities to meet each other, and they rarely have the opportunity to chat after meeting. But fortunately, they are used to getting along like this. Compared with being sticky and tired of being together every day, this feeling is quite good.

Qing'er couldn't explain how she felt about Wei Jiu, but she was certain that she didn't dislike or reject him.

Wei Jiu, on the other hand, has always adhered to the four principles of not taking the initiative, not refusing, not resisting, and not being responsible. Of course, he must be responsible.

The Locust matter was completely resolved. Locust's losses were exchanged for the rewards of studying in the palace and Lu Mi waiting for the rank of ninth-grade Wu Sanguan. No one suffered a loss from either party, but neither party could say what they gained.

Li Er stood by the lake, looking at the lake with his hands behind his back. The person next to him was replaced by Wei Jiu, who also had his hands behind his back.

From the back, the two people look very similar.

Li Er spoke softly. He could issue an order to be sent to Duke Yi's mansion at any time, but Wei Jiu must teach him the method of making salt now, otherwise it would be difficult to believe that this was true. Wei Jiu smiled and took a piece of salt under his feet.

He kicked the pebbles into the lake water and shook his head slightly.

"No, I can't give it to you now. You are a man of truth among the people of the world, the officials in the court, and the royal family. But your credibility with me is not very high. If you regret it, what can I do?

Can I go to Dali Temple to sue you?"

Wei Jiu gave Li Er too many unexpected surprises time and time again. Looking back, he had indeed fooled this evil boy many times. Instead of getting angry at his disrespectful words, he grinned.

"Seeing how cautious you are, I have never treated you badly. It was my impulse to reward you as a marquis, but if you agree, you have agreed. Are you not willing to be my marquis?"

"It doesn't matter if you are willing or not. I only know that the higher the status, the greater the responsibility. I am an evil person with no ambitions. Don't you often call me that? Earning some money can honor my mother-in-law and have the ability to help those around me.

I try my best to do it, and I don’t feel guilty if I can’t do it. After all, I am a commoner.”

What Wei Jiu said this time was not a joke. Li Er also smiled and did not dwell on the topic. He stretched out his hand and landed on Wei Jiu's head. Wei Jiu was so scared that he quickly shrank his neck, but found that Li Er did not

Hit him.

Li Er raised his head in surprise. Li Er smiled and scolded him for having no ambition. Wei Jiu chuckled.

After a moment of silence, Wei Jiu recounted Li Tai's performance at Yan's house today. At first, Li Er's face had a bit of a smile. When he heard that Yan Wan and Qing Que had been standing by the lake for half an hour, Qing Que

But when he was worried about whether the fish was full, Li Er's face turned dark instantly.

He turned around and waved to Dai Changqing, calling him in front of him. He touched the map in his hand and snorted coldly.

"Caught the King of Wei in front of me before dark. He is really useless. Do you think I should teach him these things step by step?"

After saying that, he threw the map to Wei Jiu. Toad left the palace with a confused look. At this time, Li Er became angry. Wei Jiu didn't want to touch his bad luck. He squatted down and spread out the map. He saw a confused look on his face.

Wow, this is a bit incomprehensible.

The map in the previous life looked very simple. What caught the eye was the huge China and several small surrounding countries, but the map in front of me was very messy.

What about Tubo, Goguryeo, Weishi, Silla, Baekje, etc., there are more than a dozen countries large and small. Finally, Wei Jiu set his sights on the location of the Turks. After looking at it for a long time, he said:

If Li Er couldn't help but take action.

"Your Majesty, why are we still dividing the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks? The two brothers divided the Turkic country? His father is really good, how many more sons will he have, and each family will not be divided into dozens of small tribes?

"

As soon as he finished speaking, he received a finger on the forehead. Li Er didn't know where his interest came from, he knelt down and glared at Wei Jiu and cursed.

"You, you evildoer, know a lot about messy things, but why don't you understand anything about the real thing? I am in a good mood today, so I said to you, evildoer, what you said is too childish, but the East and West Turks are indeed grasslands.

The two countries formed after the division of the Turkic Empire, but there is no theory that one person passed on to the other, and they were already divided as early as the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and now they can't even talk about those who once belonged to the same country."

"Your Majesty, I know the reason why you sent troops to the Eastern Turks. That Jieli Khan embarrassed you in the first place, and the Xiao family took Yuxi and ran to the Turks to be your monkey's wife. It is indeed necessary to fight, but the Western Turks will not come.

Help? After all, we have the same ancestor even eight generations back."

"The Western Turks will indeed send troops, but they are just sending troops to help me. They have long wanted to surrender, and my attack on the Eastern Turks will also give them an opportunity to show their loyalty. Don't say that we are the same ancestors eight generations ago. Yang Guang will not return the favor

He's my father-in-law? Otherwise, why do you think that traitor would do such nonsense to harm himself? Isn't it just because of the blood in his body? But I don't care."

"Are you going too far? We are talking about business. Please tell me who the coach is this time. I will go find him and ask him to take care of Huaiyu. After all, Huaiyu has been scolded in Chang'an for several years.

, don’t hide it, I’ll let you know everything.”

Wei Jiu was worried that Li Er mentioned that he wanted Li Ke to fight for the throne. In history, Li Ke had no such intention, but it was Li Er who mentioned it again and again that this talented son was unjustly executed. At this time, it was said that Li Ke would die.

Wei Jiuhao is really reluctant to part with him.

Li Er waved his hand and gave Wei Jiu a slap in the face.

"Why don't you have any rules and etiquette like you? How dare you ask about the war? Tell me if you can make that salt, or let me see your dry sky thunder. If you accept the title of Marquis of Zhiming, I will also

I can consider letting you know."

"Yes! You can keep it as a treasure for yourself. At worst, I will start sending money tonight and go to the Duke's mansion. If the empress opens her mouth, I might really say something, but you! Forget it.

, the empress treats me better than you treat me, you can study it yourself."

When he said this, Wei Jiu had already stood up and left without any hesitation. This scene made Li Er feel angry and itched his teeth. He grabbed Wei Jiu's collar and dragged him back, holding down his head and forcing him to squat down.

He would rather die than obey, struggling to no avail, but squatting down without looking at the map or speaking, which left Li Er, who wanted to show off, with nothing to say.

Li Er is unhappy, and Wei Jiu is the one who suffers.

Slaps fell on his shoulders one after another, but Wei Jiu was a bastard and was determined not to speak.

The eldest grandson looked at Wei Jiu whose hair was messed up and couldn't bear it. He thought about how he had deceived this child with His Majesty just now. He felt even more guilty when he thought about it. He stood up and sighed, walked forward and gently patted away Li Er's dragon claws, saying with some dissatisfaction.

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"Your Majesty, please be gentle. When Jiu'er doesn't enter the palace, you always complain that you don't like him. After entering the palace, you can't leave him. Be careful that one day Jiu'er will be scared by you and won't enter the palace.

Already."

Wei Jiu took the opportunity to hide behind his eldest grandson and stuck out his tongue at Li Er. Li Er tried to beat him up, but for the sake of his eldest grandson, he still let this evil obstacle go and gave him a cold voice.

"Don't think that you can escape if you don't accept my title. I'm very busy every day. Do you want to take some time off? When you get married to Qing'er, I will give her the title, and then you will be mine.

The Prince Consort, Commander-in-Chief, want to run away?"

The four dandies who were preparing to escape from the city failed to escape in the end. After they left Chang'an, they waited for Wei Jiu and Qin Huaiyu at the inn along the road. After waiting for a long time, Qin Huaiyu came. The five of them continued to wait, but they could not wait anymore.

When I came to Weijiu, I waited until I came to Dai Da Diao Temple.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, the five people split up and fled, leaving Li Ke behind.

As a result, they underestimated the enemy. Within half an hour, the five of them were captured by Dai Changqing alone. Liu Wanzhi actually tried to struggle for a while, but the result was quite miserable. He was beaten to the ground and unable to get up.

It was already dark by the time the five of them returned to the palace garden.

Wei Jiu and Li Cheng were squatting next to a fire. On the fire was a cleaned sheep. Wei Jiu was spreading seasonings, and Li Chengqian was holding a knife and constantly cutting small openings in the mutton to make the taste stronger.

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They also saw an exquisite fruit plate, some pastries and various delicacies placed in front of the Queen.

Seeing this, the five people couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

They were hungry after running all day.

At first, Li Er and Zhang Sun disagreed with the matter of roasting the whole lamb. The people outside the city were suffering and they couldn't bear to let them enjoy themselves again. But Li Er readily agreed after hearing that Wei Jiu had paid for it.

Wei Jiu and Li Chengqian were preparing the entire dinner. At first Qing'er wanted to help, but Wei Jiu said that men cook and women join in the fun, so just wait quietly and eat.

This sentence made Qing'er feel sweet.

Li Chengqian, who was so busy that he had a headache, saw the five people being brought to the Imperial Garden and spoke quickly.

"Huaiyu, Chongyi, you two come and help me take out the beggar's chicken from the charcoal fire. I'm too busy. There's still Wanzhi. Go and help Wei Jiu. As for Xiaoke Qingque, father.

I'm waiting to clean up the two of you, especially Qingque. Don't say that my elder brother didn't remind you that my father is very dissatisfied with you."

Li Tai suddenly felt that his hands and feet were cold, and when he looked at his mother asking for help, he received a pair of angry eyes in return.

At this time, Wei Jiu brought a plate of roasted purple melon to his eldest grandson. He sincerely hoped that his eldest grandson would appreciate it and take a bite. Qing'er, as a taster, ate a little and found that the taste was very good, but the eldest grandson looked at Zi

Gua has no interest at all.

I was very interested in some dried meat that I brought in Wenrou Township.

Seeing this, Wei Jiu patted his head and realized that Changsun and Li Er were both Xianbei people, descendants of Xiongnu herdsmen. How could people of such a nationality like vegetarian food?

Changsun picked up a piece of air-dried beef jerky and put it in his mouth. He seemed to think it tasted pretty good. He took a second piece and handed it to Qing'er, then turned to look at Wei Jiu.

"This dried meat is good. Tell me how to make it, and let the people in the imperial kitchen learn from it. I can make it for your majesty as a snack."

When asked, Wei Jiu would never say anything, but Changsun was different. Jianxiao stepped forward and pointed at several plates of dried meat and whispered softly.

"This is beef jerky. Choose the best beef. Add some more spices and cook until it is about half cooked. Then dry the water and place it in a cool place. This white one is dried squid. Squid is not common in Chang'an.

It was brought here by someone in Liaodong. You know the dried fish? This shrimp is frozen and tastes very good. Madam, please don't hit me. This beef was left over from Hu Xingwang's experiment. It would be a pity to throw it away.

"Don't worry, after three or five years, I will let you eat beef every day."

The eldest grandson pinched Wei Jiu's ears and scolded him in a low voice, but then he stopped touching the beef jerky on the plate. This made Wei Jiu anxious and repeatedly comforted and persuaded the eldest grandson to eat some.

To be honest, Wei Jiu didn't know why he had such filial piety towards his eldest grandson, and in front of his eldest grandson, he naturally regarded himself as a fourteen-year-old boy, and didn't feel anything wrong at all about acting coquettishly and acting like a rogue.

But no matter what, the eldest grandson just wouldn’t eat it.

Wei Jiu was so anxious that he told the truth.

"Okay, okay, let me tell you the truth. I am now preparing to do business with the herdsmen on the grassland, exchanging the daily necessities they need for cattle and sheep, and then I am planning to rent a piece of grassland or a hilltop from Your Majesty to build a place to raise beef cattle.

In short, even if you eat these things every day, our Tang Dynasty will inevitably have a cow. If you don’t eat it, I will send it to Changle. This girl has been staring at this for a long time."

As soon as Wei Jiu finished speaking, he took away the plate.

Changsun immediately grabbed Wei Jiu's cheek and pulled hard.

"Your Majesty hasn't eaten yet. Leave it to me and go roast your sheep. I won't look down on you if you take this purple melon away. Your Majesty will prepare a banquet when he comes back."

"Mom, it's just an ordinary dinner, where's the banquet?"
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