Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

No matter what the two of them said, Li Shimin just faltered and vaguely said, anyway, he just disagreed.

Seeing Li Shimin like this, they had no choice but to give up and settle for the next best thing, saying that they wanted to take Luo Cheng's daughter Luo Kexin as their adopted daughter, shouldn't that work?

This time, Li Shimin finally nodded in agreement.

That night, Li Shimin told Empress Changsun about it.

After hearing it, even Empress Changsun was happy.

"Erlang, not to mention letting Qiu'er be a foster son for my sister and the others, it's pretty good."

When Li Shimin heard this, he quickly waved his hands, "How can I do that?!"

"I didn't have time to recognize my sons, so I let them recognize them first and run away."

Having said this, Li Shimin couldn't help but sighed, and then said something about the court.

"Hey, this prince is still far from the requirements of a real crown prince!"

Empress Changsun gently comforted her and said, "Gan'er is still young after all."

"Under the guidance of Li Gang, he has worked very hard to achieve this level at the age of 15."

"In the future, he still has a long way to go to become the crown prince. I believe there will always be a day when he can meet your requirements, Erlang."

"Now you compare him with Qiu'er, there is no way to compare him, the gap is too big."

Li Shimin also shook his head, "Guanyin maidservant, let's talk about it, as parents, we are ashamed of Qiu'er."

"But children like Qiu'er who grew up in such a difficult environment are much better than the few we dote on."

"I think that cultivating a prince is like leading an army."

"If you don't practice, you can't achieve great things."

Speaking of this, Empress Changsun couldn't help feeling a little sad.

"If I could do it all over again, I would rather Qiu'er not become like this."

"I just hope we didn't lose him back then."

……

The next day, Li Qiu, Luo Kexin, and A Ke were all invited to Chai Shao's residence.

At this time, Princess Pingyang proposed to adopt Luo Kexin as her daughter.

And said that from now on, she will be her dear mother's family.

As for Chai Shao, he also said with a smile that he was like brothers with Luo Cheng back then.

Now that he's gone, it's only natural for him to take Kexin as his daughter and take care of her.

Luo Kexin didn't hold back, and immediately paid homage, recognizing Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao as foster parents.

As for Princess Pingyang, she immediately took out a big gift that she had already prepared and presented it to her daughter.

At this time, Chai Shao's two sons, Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu, also came to greet Luo Kexin and Li Qiu one after another.

Respectful address met sister, brother-in-law.

Upon hearing this address, Li Qiu smiled extremely happily, but Luo Kexin couldn't help but blushed, feeling very embarrassed.

Seeing her like this, Princess Pingyang took her hand and said with a smile: "Silly girl, you and Li Qiu have already been engaged."

"Now that His Majesty has promised to witness your marriage in person, why are you embarrassed?"

"However, when I was chatting with His Majesty yesterday, I happened to mention your marriage."

"Your Majesty means that the New Year's Eve is not far away."

"Your marriage will probably not be held until after the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival."

Upon hearing Princess Pingyang's words, Li Qiu and Luo Kexin wailed in unison, annoyed and disappointed, "Ah?!"

This move also made everyone laugh.

When the two of them returned to the Furong Garden after visiting Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao, Wu Jue was leading people to count the ingredients distributed by the royal family for this month.

(Each minister and relatives of the emperor have them, but they are different according to the difference in title.)

Li Qiu and Luo Kexin looked at the list curiously, and saw that it read:

Two liters of fine white rice per day, one bucket of japonica rice and five liters of beam rice each, one liter of flour, five liters of oil, one and a half liters of salt, two liters of vinegar, three combinations of honey, seven pears, one combination of sorghum, and one liter of dried dates , ten wooden sticks, ten catties of carbon, onions, leeks, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, etc. have their own differences.

Twenty mouthfuls of sheep; sixty catties of pork; twenty pieces of fish...

After reading this list, Li Qiu nodded in satisfaction.

"There are quite a lot of these things!"

"There are less than a hundred people in our house, so we definitely can't eat so much."

"If there is any left over, give some more to the three hundred guards of Furong Garden."

The ingredients that Li Qiu got were eaten by the whole family every month.

However, compared with those big nobles in Chang'an City, the population of their mansion is much smaller.

I can't eat these things at all.

And the [-] guards in Furong Garden were staffed with staff, and they were still under the management of the relevant yamen.

Therefore, their salaries and benefits do not go to Li Qiu's account.

However, just after he finished speaking, Luo Kexin frowned a little.

"This rice is enough."

"However, this sheep and pork, I'm afraid it can be enough for half a month."

Wu Jue, who was on the side, also turned over the accounts, with a sad face.

"Since taking over the Furong Garden, the short period of time does not include the daily miscellaneous furniture we bought."

"It's just the money used for daily maintenance. We have already lost nearly a hundred taels of silver?"

Hearing this, Li Qiu stared wide-eyed, "Could it be that there are some shameless people who put the establishment on our account?"

Luo Kexin and Wu Jue shook their heads, and then brought Li Qiu to the northwest corner of Furong Garden.

Because the Furong Garden is too big, since Li Qiu took over the Furong Garden, there are still many places in it that he has not been to.

In his mind, it was nothing more than landscapes, courtyards and pavilions.

Li Qiu, who has seen the prosperity of later generations, is really not very interested in these things.

But when he was brought here by Luo Kexin and Wu Jue, he was also taken aback.

Dare to love this Furong Garden, there is actually a zoo?

Like rockery, sika deer, pheasants, white rabbits on the island, etc., Li Qiu can bear it.

But in the iron cages inside, there are still tigers, grizzly bears, wild boars, jackals, leopards and other wild beasts.

At this time, Luo Kexin told Li Qiu with the same interest: "The twenty sheep and sixty catties of pork we distribute every month are only enough for them to eat for half a month."

"The monthly expenses, if calculated, they are more than us..."

Chapter 152 What a little sow

Looking at the ferocious beasts in front of him, Li Qiu couldn't help frowning.

"It's an eventful time right now, and the entire Tang Dynasty and Chang'an are in a state of waiting to be rebuilt."

"In Shandong and Guanzhong, there are still countless people who are hungry and displaced."

"In the north and Youzhou, there are countless civilians suffering from the war. It's snowing all over the sky, and they don't even have a place to live."

"How can we feed these beasts with our family's grain and meat?"

"Just look at this wild boar, fat and strong, with three layers of flowers..."

When Li Qiu said these righteous words, Wu Jue who was at the side asked weakly: "Brother Li Qiu, why are you drooling at this wild boar?"

Li Qiu thought for a while, and told her more subtly: "This is a sow."

After hearing his words, Luo Kexin and Wu Sui were even more puzzled.

It's a sow, there's nothing wrong with that, then what?

Next, Li Qiu's words almost dropped the jaws of both of them.

"The meat of the sow is better..."

(To popularize science, in the Tang Dynasty, the most important meat was mutton.

At that time, pigs had not yet been bred and castrated, so the taste of male pork was quite bad.

In addition, the Shandong mentioned in the article is not the Shandong of later generations, but refers to the east of Xiaoshan, including the central China area. )

Then, in the astonishment of Luo Kexin and Wu Jue, Li Qiu directly ordered the guards in the mansion to kill the wild boar.

Ready to eat pork.

At this time, Luo Kexin and Wu Jue hurriedly stopped him.

It is said that the ferocious beast in the Furong Garden has always been there.

Moreover, many children of the royal family and nobles, those highnesses and princesses, always like to come here to play and watch these rare beasts.

If it is killed to eat meat, is it inappropriate?

Li Qiu waved his hand after hearing this, saying that His Majesty has said several times that the entire Furong Garden will always belong to our family, let alone these ferocious beasts?

At Li Qiu's insistence, several guards around slaughtered the poor black wild boar.

Then, Li Qiu personally led a few cooks and began to cook the pigs.

First, the pig's head, pig's tail, pig's trotters, and pig's knuckles are separated out one by one.

Then there are the ribs, tenderloin, back mound, streaky three layers and internal organs.

He didn't even waste the pig's blood. After collecting it in a basin, he poured it into blood sausage.

Seeing Li Qiu's tricks, even the cooks and servants in the mansion couldn't help but stare dumbfounded.

"My lord, your body is precious, so you should leave these rough and dirty jobs to us?"

Li Qiu waved his hand, "Where did you get such precious money?"

"Think about all the hardships, injuries, and crimes you suffered on the battlefield, isn't it much more severe than it is now?"

"Besides, there are too many ways to make and eat this pig, as well as the ways inside it."

"Look good this time, I really don't care about it in the future."

As he spoke, Li Qiu carefully put the blood sausages into the boiling water pot to boil.

At the same time, he looked at Luo Kexin and Wu Jue and said, "This blood sausage is still very delicious. It will be cooked for you to try."

Before he finished speaking, Luo Kexin and Wu Sui shook their heads like rattles, "No!"

"It looks disgusting."

"It must be hard to eat..."

Next, Li Qiu led the people to do a series of more complicated preparations.

Fire roasted pork and more.

Like pig ears, pig head meat, pig tail, etc., used to smoke the sauce.

As for the pork ribs, they are used to make braised or sweet and sour later...

When it was almost curfew, their work was not done.

Luo Kexin and Wu Jue also rejected the suggestion to take a few blood sausages home, and ran away in a hurry.

Early the next morning, Li Qiu sent people to distribute invitations to the residences of the officials he knew well.

Ask them to bring Sirius and come to the Furong Garden for dinner.

Among these people, they are also those who usually have a good relationship with Li Qiu, or those who take good care of Li Qiu.

Among them are the old county king, Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao, Changsun Wuji, warrior Xun, Wang Gui, Wei Zheng, Feng Li, Wei Ting, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Qin Qiong, Zhang Yungu and so on.