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Chapter 5 I have a relative

Ten days ago, Zhang Qian and Zhou Jianliang successfully led the crazy giraffe away from the Zichen Hall, and half of the credit was attributed to Li Qi, with a group of guards and grooms, who demolished the gatehouse for the giraffe in front of him.

Therefore, both Zhang Qian and Zhou Jianliang had a very good impression of Li Fengyu. They asked each other for their attitudes with their eyes, and quickly walked towards the door.

"Li Fengyu is invited quickly. If you can come, Zhang is not allowed to ask for it. But recently, the military weapon supervisor was ordered to relocate. I have become a little confused here. Please don't be surprised by Li Fengyu!" Although he is about the same age as Li Qi and his official rank is exactly the same, based on the paper experience learned from later generations in the Internet, Zhang Qian still tried hard to give enough respect to Li Qi, the "leader's driver". After opening the door, he immediately bowed with a smile.

"Young Master Zhang, don't be polite. Li's side is usually even more chaotic." Li Qi was very good at being a human being, and immediately turned his head and bowed with a peer-like manner. At the same time, he smiled and explained the purpose of finding Zhang Qian. "Today, Li also came here specifically for the relocation of the military weapon supervisor! The superior said that the military weapon supervisor moved into the forbidden garden this time, and the task was heavy, so the Shangdian Bureau tried its best to provide support. Li's side had no other choice, but there were many cars, many horses, and many people. When should I use a car, horses, and people, Zhang Shaojian just sent his brothers to inform me!"

"For this reason, thank you Brother Li!" Zhang Qian was worried that there were too many things and there were not enough people. He was so happy that he heard that Li Qi was ordered to come to help. He quickly bowed to the other party again, then opened his body sideways, and invited the other party in. "Brother Li is here, it just so happens that there is wine and meat today, so I can eat it happily."

"In this way, Li is not polite!" Li Qi smiled and returned another gust to Zhang Qian, and then stepped inside. Zhou Jianliang, Guo Nu and Ren Cong were both lower in the level than this person, so they had to come forward to meet him one by one. But Li Qi didn't act like a "leader's driver" and smiled and returned with a peer courtesy, and then sat down steadily at the position that Guo Nu temporarily gave up.

Although he had no airs, Guo Nu and Ren Cong dared not be as indulgent as they did when facing Zhou Jianliang before. One moved his own copper pot and quickly got up to help arrange the dishes and chopsticks. The other one quickly took two copper cups, one and one small, and helped the man fill the copper cup with white chrysanthemums.

"Good wine!" Li Qi said you're welcome, but you're really rude. Before Zhang Qian could prepare the new copper pot for himself, he picked up the large copper cup and took a big sip like revenge. Then, he half spread his body on the chair and exhaled, "What a good wine, this is what is for men to drink. What kind of drunkenness and pulp in the capital is like a slurry for feeding dogs!"

"Brother Li must not say this outside, otherwise there will be too many people offend!" Zhang Qian reminded with a smile while quickly assembling the fifth red copper hotpot.

"Of course, do you think I'm like that unstable person?" Li Qi took another big sip of white wine and continued to exhale. "It is in front of your white master who dares to tell the truth. By the way, I will talk about the ugly things first. The relocation is included in my brothers in Shangdian Bureau. But if you look back, you have to prepare a few big buckets for me. Li said the big talk to the brothers and told them that the military weapon guards the stove for refining gunpowder, and it will leak a little out, which will make everyone have a good drink!"

"Okay, sure. Everyone should take care of it that day! You can drink it with your belly open. After drinking it, you can take a gourd away!" After hearing Li Qi's words, Zhang Qian simply agreed to have a happy ending.

For a person like him who lacks official experience, things are so simple. Even if the other party was ordered to lead his brothers to help the military weapon supervisor, he would not owe him Zhang Qian. Therefore, he should express something, and he must express something.

Li Qihuan took the initiative to raise the conditions himself, which saved him the effort and thought about what to repay the kindness of all the brothers in the Shangdian Bureau.

The latter are all like him, and have never tasted the taste of high-quality liquor such as Maotai and Wuliangye. They can easily extract the alcohol from the refining pot and dilute it to about 60 degrees, and then add some plant essential oils to deal with it.

By the way, he could also report more expenses to the superiors and secretly ask Zhou Jianliang to take the saved alcohol to the Shuofang Army. This not only satisfies the needs of some of the Shuofang Army, but also does not make Li Xian in the palace worried.

"Then Li will thank Young Master Zhang for his brothers!" Li Qi was immediately satisfied, sat upright, and bowed gently to Zhang Qian. Then he turned his eyes to the stove behind Zhou Jianliang, "Is this thing also a sharp weapon passed down by Brother Zhang's sect? How to call it? Although it looks a little ugly, it is very practical!"

Without waiting for Zhang Qian to respond, he had already stood up and watched repeatedly around the stove, "Putting this thing in the house in winter can reduce the smoke. Putting a pot of soup on it can not only quench thirst at any time, but also add some moisture to the house, so as not to dry your face all day long. I just don't know how much it costs? Can ordinary people afford it?"

"I didn't expect that the little things passed down from the Master's sect to survive the winter can also be seen by Brother Li." Zhang Qian's fingers were extremely flexible. As he spoke, he had already assembled the red copper hot pot. While rinsing it with the hot water from the teapot nest, he responded with a smile, "The Master's sect calls this stove, which is more refined than this. However, at present, the military weapon supervisor cannot make thin iron sheets, so he can only make a simple matter. As for the purpose, it is indeed similar to Brother Li. Come on, wash the pot, please use it slowly, Brother Li."

After the words came, the copper pot was placed on the table in front of the seat. Then, the wick was lit, the flame height was adjusted, and the pot was filled with chicken soup. A series of movements were like flowing water. "The simple way to eat in the master's sect is not elegant. Brother Li just needs to eat a little!"

"Is this called simplicity?" Although Li Qi had a wide range of knowledge, it was the first time he had eaten hot pot in his life. It was also the first time in his life. When he saw an alcohol stove that was neither smoked nor could it be adjusted at any time, he forgot to observe the stove carefully and quickly returned to his seat. His eyes glared round, "The so-called food is never tired of fine meat, probably it is just that."

"That's the delicacy you have never seen in Cao Xueqin's works!" Zhang Qian did not dare to accept the other party's compliment and whispered quietly in his stomach. Then he smiled and began to demonstrate how to eat shabu.

As a liberal arts student, he has read "Dream of Red Mansions" more than once. Almost every time, he is fascinated by the carefulness and luxury of making food in the Jia family. Therefore, he has long equated the saying "I never get tired of eating fine meat and fine meat" with the delicious food of the Jia family. I dare not admit that I just simmer a copper pot, but I never get tired of eating fine food.

However, Li Fengyu, who was in Shangdian Bureau, was a bit inconsistent with his identity as a "full-level driver of the leader". After eating a few bites of mutton like Zhang Qian, he was like a military man and shouted loudly. Then, while chopsticks were flying, he raised his cups frequently. No one was required to persuade him, and he ate the wind and clouds.

Seeing that his appetite was so good, Zhang Qian, Zhou Jianliang and others were immediately attracted by greed. They picked up chopsticks and started drinking with meat. One by one, and soon they ate again, and their foreheads were sweating.

"I came here without invitation today, I am really ashamed of disturbing Brother Zhang." After two pounds of mutton, I drank a large cup of white wine. Li Qi picked up the small cup and took the initiative to invite Zhang Qian, "Come on, I will get this wine first, and I wish Brother Zhang and Brother Zhou a high success!"

"It's a bad thing, what's the right thing to do? I dare to let Li Fengyu to toast!" Zhou Jianliang was low-level and quickly stood up, holding the wine cup in his hands and bowed to the other party.

"Don't talk so much nonsense. Brother Zhang treats you, why didn't you be humble? Since you are having a drink together, don't ask about the level of your official position. Otherwise, if you are not happy, I will not be happy. If you are not happy, why should you join us together?!" Li Qi rolled his eyes at him very dissatisfiedly, and then drank the wine in the copper cup.

Zhou Jianliang had no choice but to drink with him. Seeing that Li Qi was so happy, Zhang Qian wanted to make friends with him, and also swallowed the wine in the copper cup in one gulp.

The two were about to fill the wine cups and return to Li Fengyu. But they saw that the man had already snatched the wine gourd from Guo Nu, and poured the big and small cups in front of him first. Then they raised the small cup for the second time and added with a smile: "This second cup is dedicated to Brother Zhang. Li came here today. In addition to official business, there was actually a ruthless request. After saying it later, I hope Brother Zhang will not think that Li is reckless!"

"Brother Li said that, as long as he can, Zhang would definitely not refuse!" I wonder what medicine he was going to sell in the other party's gourd, Zhang Qian thought about it, raised his wine cup, signaled Guo Nu to fill him with his eyes, and smiled and expressed his attitude.

"It's nothing big!" Li Qi himself killed the white wine in the cup first, and then added with a smile, "It's definitely not going to make Brother Zhang too embarrassed. Of course, if Brother Zhang feels embarrassed, you can refuse."

"Brother Li, please speak in person!" Seeing that this person was speaking seriously, Zhang Qian quickly drank the wine in the cup, straightened his body, and took a look at the ears.

"Then Li is not polite!" Li Qi pondered the words and bowed with a smile, "Li has a relative with his surname Gao, who is not so competitive. He cannot study or farm, so he had to open a shop to sell Taozhu! At the entrance of Dongshi, the old Gao family store is his business. Did Brother Zhang use Taozhu before? I guess you will definitely not look down on the things that ordinary people use. It is to put together the broken straw sandals and hemp clothes that the people in Chang'an City wear, and add peat, sawdust, yellow mud and other things to make dry firewood. The taste is not good when burned, but the price is cheap and the firepower is sufficient!" (Note: The Taozhu is a historical fact, not a fabrication.)

"Ah?" Zhang Qian's eyes were wide and round, and his mouth could not be closed for a long time.

Coal balls actually had coal balls in the Tang Dynasty, which were green and environmentally friendly, making full use of recyclable materials! I just don’t know that there was no breathable honeycomb pressed on it!

‘Will the person who invented this thing also come from the 21st century?’ In an instant, a flash of lightning struck through his mind, making him look forward to it very much.

I was about to ask if the person who invented the Dharma Zhu was still alive in the world and where he lived. But I heard Guo's voice sounding from his side, "The old Gao family store in Dongcheng City? I wonder, is the relative of Li Fengyu Gao Shouyi? A few years ago, he saved the Dou family's family and took over the Dou family's Dharma Zhu industry?"

"That's right! Unexpectedly, Master Guo also knew the name of my relative!" Li Qi smiled and took over the conversation, turned his gaze to Guo Nu, "It's okay to save people. He also fell in love with the Dou family's industry at that time, so he gave the Dou family a good price. One is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell, and the other is willing to save."

"Li Fengyu doesn't have to be too Qian for Boss Gao. The Dou family's legal candle industry has been in three generations. The descendants have long lost the arduous spirit of their predecessors. Especially after Gong Dou went west, it was a foregone conclusion that he let go. He only supported it for more than ten years with the help of a group of old friends." As a former little bully in Chang'an, Guo Nu knew a lot about the matter on the market. Taking advantage of the opportunity to talk to Li Qi, he hinted clearly about the relative in this person's mouth to Zhang Qian. "If Boss Gao hadn't taken action, the Dou family's industry would have sold at half the price at that time, it would have burned a lot of incense!"

Zhang Qian, who heard about the business of Dharma Candles, was already a third generation of people, and felt a little disappointed. After hearing about the inventors of the first generation of Dharma Candles, he had been in the past for many years, and he was unable to get up for a while.

But Li Qi did not notice that his expression was different. After laying the groundwork with Guo Nu, he turned the topic again, "Brother Zhang, my unscrupulous relative, I don't know where to find out that Liushen Hualu's business was run by Brother Zhang's family, and he has raised two shares in Chang'an City in a row. He is not well-informed and has not had enough strength, so he didn't catch up with the first two times. So, I specially asked me to ask when the third time will be raised? Next time, can he also take a ride with him?" The second update is here. Good night everyone.
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