I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

There are more things to consider in Zhang Nuo's mind, not only about marching and fighting, but also logistics, food, routes, and the production and sales of workshops. These big and small things actually need to be considered by him.

But everything is difficult at the beginning, and he has to work hard for the rewards in the system!

Next, Zhang Nuo and the three generals had a serious discussion on the training of sergeants. Although some things in later generations were advanced, they were used in conjunction with the guns, cannons, and tanks of later generations.

Now it is still fighting with cold weapons, so the requirements for soldiers are naturally completely different from those of later generations, so he still plans to ask these old officers for advice, so as not to come up with something completely different.

While the four were seriously discussing, in the distant city of Chang'an, Li Shimin was walking around in Zhang's Bookstore with his hands behind his back.

Old Zhao followed behind with a smile, and introduced the situation in the store softly.

This is Li Shimin's latest hobby, which is to walk and sit in Zhang's Bookstore.

There is a small private room inside, the space is not big, there are only two soft tables and one table, which Zhang Nuo reserved for himself at the time, he sometimes likes to rest here for a while and listen to the opinions of customers.

Li Shimin also came here twice, and after Zhang Nuo lived outside the city, he came less often, and this place almost became a must-see for Li Shimin's private visits.

There is no delicious food and wine like Zhang Mansion, nor all kinds of rare treasures like Zhang Mansion outside the city, but here is a rare and secluded place in the busy city.

Smelling the scent of ink, listening to the vigorous scholars flipping through books, discussing and reading in low voices, and occasionally one or two scholars would argue for certain points of view.

This pile of piles is simply the beauty he likes to see the most!

You have to know that ten years in the cold window are all for the sake of becoming famous all over the world. The students who buy and read books here may become his courtiers in a few years.

At this time, Li Shimin enjoyed the feeling of dozing off while listening to the soft reading in the fragrance of books.

No, he just finished his busy work today, and he came here for a little free time. He planned to study here and take a rest for a while before going to Dongshi to visit. He heard that the business of the wine shop has been getting better recently, so he wanted to join in the fun .

But he had just opened a copy of "Zhang Nuo's Poetry Collection", and was about to sit on the soft bed and appreciate the eternally beautiful lines of brother Zhang, when he suddenly heard a very familiar voice outside cursing,

"You old bastard is a picky bastard with a dark heart, hurry up and get us the follow-up manuscript, your money is absolutely indispensable!"

Then Li Shimin vaguely heard what Old Zhao was explaining, but before he could figure out who the familiar voice was just now, the voice rang out again, seeming angrier than before.

"Bitch! Pickled stuff! Zhang Nuo's poetry anthology has been rummaged through, and the poetry anthology is a collection of poems, but now I want the follow-up manuscript of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, don't say I don't have it, if you say I don't have it, I will rush in and look it up myself!"

Li Shimin finally heard it clearly, and also remembered who the owner of the voice was, but he didn't expect that this character who was full of cleverness and never changed his color before the mountain collapsed in front of him, would still scold his mother now.

Before he could arrange for his servants to go out to call for someone, there was already rushing in.

"It's okay if the second boss is not here. The boss can always be the master, and your money is indispensable for a certain one. Anyway, it's going to be sold. Why don't you get it out together? Isn't it a disgusting person!"

As soon as the voice fell, the fiery master rushed to the inner room, and then looked up to see a person he absolutely did not expect.

Li Shimin nodded with a smile to the apologetic Lao Zhao who hurriedly followed in and said,

"Old Zhao, you are busy with your work. This person is an old friend, and he has a certain reception, so you don't have to worry about it!"

Seeing the foolish look of the person who came in at this time, Lao Zhao knew that nothing would happen, and he also knew that the second owner was afraid that he wanted to talk to someone, so he nodded and bowed out with great insight.

When Lao Zhao was completely gone, the tough man who had been dazed by the side smiled wryly and said,

"Fang Qiao has met His Majesty, why did His Majesty come to this small shop!"

Li Shimin laughed loudly,

"I didn't expect, I didn't expect, Fang Qing is also a man who can scold his mother, hahaha!"

Fang Xuanling was ridiculed by Li Shimin so much, she wished she could find a hole in the ground to get in, she had never been so humiliated in her life, she was finally presumptuous once, how could she run into His Majesty even if she was so desperate.

In fact, he is also to blame for his bad luck. He bought the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" years ago. Since the opening of Zhang's Bookstore, when he was not on duty, he would come to visit it from time to time. "Zhang Nuo's Poetry Collection", he really bought a lot.

When "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" came out, he bought it for Zhang Nuo's name, and then the new year was approaching and he had a lot of business, so he put it on the Chinese New Year.

After finally being free, I could finally read the book, and then I was fascinated by it all at once.

On the title page of the opening chapter, there is a poem about Linjiang Xian. The opening sentence of "The Yangtze River rolls away in the east, and the waves wipe out the heroes" made him close the book and sigh. Already weeping.

And the plot in the book afterwards did not disappoint him. It was completely different from the official history, but it made him feel a different kind of charm.

It seems that what is recorded in this book is the real story, the characters are so vivid, the story is so moving, as if the scenes are unfolded in front of the readers.

Chapter 158 Fang Xuanling felt that she was cheated

Mr. Fang Xuanling Fang was so inexplicably fascinated by Zhang Nuo's copy of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!

The interesting thing about this book is that the more mature people are, the more they can see some charm from it, especially today's high-ranking officials, almost everyone has a copy.

Originally, this book is not short, and if you read it carefully, you can find some flavors that you didn't discover before. Mrs. Fang Qiao is also happy to read it every day before going to bed.

But this thing is afraid of comparison. Ever since Du Laohei and Changsun Huhu told him that the next few episodes have actually come out and they have watched a little bit, Fang Xuanling couldn't stand it anymore.

Especially when the two of them swear that the latter one has really come out, but after the boss withheld it and didn't sell it, Fang Xuanling almost plucked out his own beard.

This damn thing just looks down on him, why can't Changsun Laohu and Du Laohei get it, but he can't?

Could it be that the money from his old Fang's family is fake, or that his official position is not enough, the more he thinks about it, the more angry Fang Xuanling is, after being ridiculed by Du Laohei's shameless person again today, he can't take it anymore. He ran directly to Zhang Nuo Bookstore and cursed.

Then, he never expected that the first time he came out to scold the street, he would scold in front of His Majesty, and according to what the shopkeeper just said, the second owner of this shop was actually bought by His Majesty who concealed his identity?

Now he understood why the Ministry of Industry did not purchase paper from this bookstore years ago, and was almost blocked by His Majesty in the hall and slapped his mouth.

You don't take care of His Majesty's business for the same business, you are still reasonable?What's more, His Majesty's is still cheap!

However, now is not the time to talk about the messy things of the Ministry of Industry. Right now, His Majesty is smiling happily.

However, he also understands why Du Laohei and Changsun Fox, two veterans, can see the follow-up, and it is most likely from His Majesty.

Fortunately, he is still a colleague for many years, so he can't say anything about such important news, what a mother!

Li Shimin laughed so hard that his stomach ached from laughing, he finally had enough of laughing, Fang Xuanling was usually too upright, almost on the same level as Wei Zheng.

Running errands, talking, and playing right are all very methodical, rigid and never overstepping the rules, but now such a person is forced to scold his mother on the street by a storybook novel.

Hahaha, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing again when he thought of the scene just now.

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin with resentment, alas, the image of many years has been ruined in one go, and this incident may become a stain on his life in the future.

But, it's all over, why don't you take out the follow-up manuscript, Your Majesty?

Anyway, it has already been shamed and thrown in front of His Majesty, but such a shame can't be done in vain, you have to get something back.

Li Shimin finally had enough of laughing, or more accurately, he was really embarrassed by Fang Xuanling's resentful eyes, coughed twice before saying with a smile that hadn't dissipated,

"Who did Fang Qing know that there is a follow-up manuscript? Auxiliary machine or Keming?"

Fang Xuanling raised his eyebrows, and couldn't hold back the words of his mother's love. Could it be these two scumbags? In the end, he swallowed the swear words with great effort, and then said in a low voice,

"It's these two people who just use the follow-up plot to whet the appetite, and don't let the book read!"

Li Shimin smiled and shook his head,

"They can't show it to you. There are only three sets of this book. One is with me, the other is with the Supreme Emperor, and the other is with Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang. The two of them just read it in my study. Once or twice!"

Fang Xuanling suddenly realized that he was his mother!

It’s okay not to mention it. His Majesty’s words made him understand better. These two scammers obviously cheated him. It was because they couldn’t see the follow-up manuscript that they dragged him into the trap and let him jump out to make trouble.

In all likelihood, these two swindlers knew about His Majesty's involvement in the bookstore beforehand, and then they didn't go up by themselves, so they focused on getting themselves in.

And Fang Xuanling was always proud of being good at planning, but now he didn't know anything, if he hadn't met His Majesty today, there would have been some commotion.

Not to mention, the biggest stain in this life was made out by the two swindlers like this, and it can't be washed away. As long as he passes today's test, he will find those two scumbags and go desperately, and the love of his mother !

Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling's distraught look and knew that today's farce might not be a small blow to Fang Xuanling, and it was his left arm and right arm. The joke has just been finished, but what should be comforted still needs to be comforted.

"Fang Qing, don't think too much. Fuji and Keming have known Brother Xiao Zhang for a long time, so I made an exception to let them read the follow-up manuscript. Otherwise, I and the Supreme Emperor would have hidden the manuscript tightly. I dare not show it at all!"

Fang Xuanling nodded thoughtfully on the surface, but actually his heart was already raging.

Because he heard Li Shimin unintentionally called the mysterious Zhang Nuo Xiao Zhang's brother, and what he said meant that not only the old grandson, the old fox and Du Laohei, knew the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang, but also the emperor. .

Then the knowledge here is great, who can make His Majesty call him brother?

The emperor has a golden eloquence, and if he says his younger brother is not Li, then he is not a relative of the emperor!

And younger than His Majesty, he knew the Supreme Emperor, and he was able to make friends with such important ministers as Changsun Huhu and Du Laohei, and wrote such eternal chapters as "Zhang Nuo's Poetry Collection" and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

What kind of fairy character is this!

Moreover, Fang Xuanling suddenly remembered something that he hadn't paid much attention to before!

When he saw "Zhang Nuo's Poetry Collection" for the first time, he felt that the name was familiar, but he couldn't remember where he saw it, and then he let it go.

But now, when he thought of the close relationship between the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang and His Majesty, he immediately remembered that there was a picture hanging in His Majesty's study, a long poem called "The Journey Is Difficult".

At that time, he was amazed by one of the sentences "When the wind and waves break, hang the clouds and sails to help the sea", and asked His Majesty for a few words, wondering who Zhang Nuo was who wrote such a beautiful sentence through the ages. It was prevaricated by His Majesty.

Now that I think about it, this Zhang Nuo and that Zhang Nuo are probably the same person!

And it seems that the masterpiece "Being a centurion is better than being a scholar" on the wall of Du Laohei's study seems to be signed by Zhang Nuo!

Now I understand everything, dare to love the top talents in the court, he just buried his head like an idiot and didn't know anything, and these people have already cheated poems, words and books from that master many times!

He is his mother!

Fang Xuanling felt that she was at a loss!

Chapter 159 Li Shimin's Evaluation

But now that there is fire, you can't point it at His Majesty. After silently adding a certain way of death to the eldest grandson, the old fox and Du Heizi, Fang Xuanling asked cautiously,

"I wonder if Your Majesty can introduce this expert to meet you? I have been reading "Zhang Nuo's Poetry Collection" and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" for a long time, and I have read it over and over ten times. The more I read, the more I admire this great talent. I really want to meet him !"

Li Shimin smiled and nodded,

"Not for the time being, he has a lot of things at hand, and we don't have any free time recently. After a while, I will bring you, the auxiliary machine, and Keming to his house as guests, and you will know this person. It's really interesting! "

Anyway, the conversation has reached this point, Li Shimin talked about the things between Zhang Nuo and him directly, like a storytelling.

Speaking of the highlights, Li Shimin was almost dancing. Obviously, this experience was still fresh in the memory of His Majesty Li Shimin, Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that Fang Xuanling's complexion changed when he heard it, and then his complexion became darker and darker!

Ganqing, behind the turmoil in the court these few months, is all the tossing by the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang, and it is not a person who takes the initiative to toss, but is instigated by His Majesty, the eldest grandson, the old fox, and Du Heizi.

Well, it's no wonder that the elder grandson, the old fox, and Du Heizi have frequently come up with clever schemes in the past few months, with various actions one after another. At that time, he was still wondering whether these two guys suddenly had an epiphany. Everything is different from before.

Fang Xuanling was still a little ashamed at the time, feeling that he had slackened in his studies and failed to keep up with the footsteps of the two bad friends, so he worked hard to buy books to read everywhere.

But looking at it now, the truth is clear. It's not because I don't have enough knowledge, but because I didn't invite foreign aid!

He is his mother!

The two old bastards are simply not human!

Fang Xuanling is really sad right now, why can't these two veterans just say it directly, they have to wait until they make a fool of themselves in front of His Majesty before they know the news?

Maybe it's because they have been together for a long time, Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling's grief-stricken expression, and said a little embarrassedly,

"Fang Qing, I didn't tell Ai Qing Xiao Zhang's brother before, because it involved a lot and had a lot of influence. I have issued a seal order for the officials who have not been involved yet, and I will never let you know! So, I hope Fang Qing Forgive me, I apologize to you!"

Fang Xuanling saw that His Majesty apologized, what else could he do, quickly refused, did he really have the guts to accept His Majesty's apology?Do you still want to hang out in Datang in the future?

However, His Majesty has a big plan here, but he has no intention of letting go of those two old bastards who teased him, tricked him, and kept it from him.

Seeing that the matter had been discussed, Li Shimin simply talked about his thoughts and plans seriously.

"Fang Qing, from what I just said, you can see that my adopted brother is actually a lazy man. If I, the auxiliary machine and others hadn't come to the door, I'm afraid he would hug his little tavern and put him in peace." live in peace forever.”

"Perhaps this is the reason why the days of idleness in the sky have passed for a long time, and everything is indifferent to everything!"

Speaking of this, Li Shimin also sighed quite a lot. As his adopted brother, his ability, talent, learning, and character are all first-class, but his lazy temper is really beyond words.

In fact, in recent months, Li Shimin has been really worried, because as long as Zhang Nuo makes friends with a few more officials and attends a few more poetry meetings, he will gradually discover some clues, and then his identity may not be able to be hidden.

But in the end, everything was nothing to worry about!

Brother Zhang clearly sold a copy of "Zhang Nuo's Poetry Collection" all over Chang'an, as long as he was a scholar, almost everyone had a copy and couldn't put it down.

But they still couldn't see the real owner, so many people went to the bookstore to block the door just like Fang Xuanling.

But as time went by, more and more people believed what Lao Zhao said about the patriarch's prevarications that he devoted himself to his studies and didn't see outsiders.

In fact, this little brother Zhang is hiding in his own village, secretly thinking about how to continue to make money.

What Li Shimin was most worried about at that time was that he didn't know Fang Xuanling, and many people had seen the "Difficult Journey" written by his younger brother Zhang in his study, and afterward they all guessed that this Zhang Nuo was that Zhang Nuo.

The ministers who can enter the study room are definitely not ordinary people. At most, when they are chatting with their colleagues, they will sigh that this piece of everyone's holy family is thick.

But at that time, Li Shimin was almost scared to death. If Brother Xiao Zhang went out to make friends with officials and heard these words, would he be able to guess his identity after careful consideration?

That's why he was in a hurry to send Zhang Nuo to the Zhuangzi outside. One was to work on the fairy food, and the other was to prevent his identity from being leaked as much as possible.