Tang's dining table

Li Hong has been very busy recently, because the emperor gave him the task of entertaining the food envoys. Therefore, it became Li Hong's task to accompany the two food envoys to inspect the customs, customs, and even the political system of the Tang Dynasty.

It happened that these two envoys were both extremely studious. They stayed with the prince from early in the morning every day, observing the Tang Dynasty until late at night.

When they observed the Tang Dynasty, they did not just take a quick look at it, but looked at it in depth. Messenger Abdul Hashim. Deputy envoy Aziz Said only visited the 108 cities and towns in Chang'an City for three days.

Not only do they look, there are painters who draw what interests them.

It is simply impossible to visit 108 markets in three days. Just one Western Market is enough to keep Hashem, who wants to understand the business of the Tang Dynasty, from leaving.

Aziz Said was more interested in the folk customs of the Tang Dynasty. When he heard a Tang Dynasty saying hello to another Tang Dynasty in Fangshi, he asked, "Have you eaten?" The other person replied that he had eaten, so you eat yours.

Just leave Aziz Said silent.

It was the time to eat the morning meal. As this kind of greeting kept appearing, Aziz Said didn't know what he thought of. He asked the white-bearded old scholar to hold the prince's hand and keep saying: "So kind, so kind." Be kind.”

And burst into tears.

Of course, Li Hong would not believe that such a simple thing could make a profound scholar feel so deeply.

Of course you have to ask if you don't know, and Aziz Said will certainly not hide it. He took the prince's hand and said: "Gifts and help can make a clan immortal, care about other people's food and clothing, care about other people's illness, and Those who feel the same way must be the saints among people.

Have you eaten?

This may seem like an insignificant greeting, but it is the fear of hunger that remains deepest in people’s memories.

Anyone who can ask this sentence must be a good person and the person closest to Allah. As long as you are hungry, come and eat whatever I have here... This is the greatest kindness.

I saw this kind of goodness in Chang'an, and it is universal goodness. Chang'an like this is really rare. So far, I have seen the shadow of heaven in Chang'an. "

Li Hong never expected that such an ordinary thing would actually make Said feel so emotional. Perhaps this is the difference between scholars of the Tang Dynasty and scholars of the Great Food.

Li Hong also had a discussion with Hashim's envoy about the political system of the Tang Dynasty. When the discussion went deep, Hashim became very interested in the county system of the Tang Dynasty.

He believed that a centralized empire could maintain longer peace than a decentralized empire.

The Kingdom of Dashi currently has a governor-general system. Hashem believes that although this system allows the governor to concentrate all the forces in the territory to resist the enemy and quell civil strife, once the governor is bewitched by heretics, it is easy for large-scale riots to occur. Rebellion…

Therefore, Hashim hoped to develop a new political management system after thoroughly understanding the county system of the Tang Dynasty and combining it with the governor-general system of the Great Food Kingdom.

At the same time, he was also very curious about the management of the giant city of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, because in a big food country, a city would often produce a lot of filth and garbage from people, which would eventually pollute the water source, so that it had to be They left the old city-state to build a new city. In order to slow down the city's abandonment, they also deliberately controlled the city's population...

Li Hong longed for the powerful ancient Roman Empire that Hashem told about. Although the Western Roman Empire had been destroyed by a group of barbaric Germans two hundred years ago, Li Hong still felt that it was a pity that a huge and powerful empire could compete with the Han Dynasty for a while. Among the dynasties with rival empires, only the Byzantine Empire is left to survive.

"Of course the Byzantine Empire is not dying, and it still has great vitality. That is just Hashem's personal opinion. He always feels that his emerging food country will replace the Byzantine Empire. Unfortunately, Byzantium is a little behind their food country. Far out of their reach.”

When Li Hong brought the envoy to Wannian County, Yunchu decisively exposed the lies of the Dashi envoy.

If his memory is correct, the Byzantine Empire still has eight hundred years of life, which can be said to be the longest-lived of all dynasties in the world.

Li Hong frowned and said, "I thought scholars like Hashim wouldn't lie to others."

Yun Chu said: "They are not lying. At least, from Hashim's subjective point of view, he is telling a possibility that he thinks is possible, and he does not feel that he is lying.

At the same time, you can also think that what I said is a lie, because what I said is also based on subjective inference. "

Li Hong shook his head and said, "If a person doesn't have his own opinion, will he be deceived so much that he can't even put on his pants?"

Yun Chu smiled and said: "So, you have to cultivate your own subjectivity and don't let other people's words replace your thoughts easily.

After all, most of the time, people tell lies with the most sincere attitude. "

Li Hong nodded, suddenly raised his head and looked at Yun Chu and said, "My mother will take Naha to visit my garden tomorrow. Will you go?"

Yun Chu said indifferently: "I won't go, and if possible, I don't want Naha to go either."

Li Hong's face twitched and he said with some difficulty: "Master, I like Naha. This is true."

Yunchu said: "It's true that you can't marry Naha. Compared with us, Naha is a little stupid. The important thing is that she is older than you. If you waste just a few years on Naha, what will you do to that child?" In other words, it would waste her life.

The most important thing is that this child Naha is a bit stubborn, which is very similar to her mother. I would rather she marry a relatively mediocre person than you to be with her. "

Li Hong rubbed his face vigorously with his hands, looked at Yun Chu and said: "I don't care, I am the prince of the Tang Dynasty and the future emperor. What I want most is Naha. I don't care what you think or what you want." Whatever my father and mother think, I just want Naha."

Yunchu looked at Li Hong who had fallen into some kind of madness and said, "You like her so much, why did you avoid seeing her after she returned to Chang'an? Don't tell me that you are so busy with official duties these days.

You dare to say these unreasonable things in front of me. How dare you say it in front of your father and mother?

You've been avoiding Naha these days because you've actually made it clear, haven't you? "

As Yun Chu spoke, he took off a horizontal sword from the wall and threw it to Li Hong and said, "Come here, in order to give you a step to go down, pick up the horizontal sword and defeat me so that you can marry Naha."

Li Hong picked up the horizontal knife, slowly pulled it out of its sheath, threw away the scabbard, held the knife in both hands, spread his legs slightly, pointed the blade at Yun Chu and said: "In the two years since you were away, I have never slacked off for a day. , I hear the chickens dance every day, and fight with the famous swordsmen and swordsmen in Chang'an City. People say that my martial arts skills have reached the peak of their lives."

Yun Chu smiled brightly and drew out the Hengdao. He held the Hengdao in one hand and the scabbard in the other, and said to Li Hong: "You know why, before I set off, can you take three moves from me?"

Li Hong said proudly as he moved his hands: "Of course it's the result of my hard training day and night."

Yun Chu shook his head and said: "No, I was leaving Chang'an at that time and couldn't stay by your side so that you could take my three moves. It was all to boost your morale.

In fact, when it comes to martial arts, you are still far behind. As for those swordsmen, the swordsmen said that you have entered the palace. It is just because of your status as the prince.

To be honest, your strengths lie in martial arts, not martial arts. "

The prince hugged Hengdao and said: "I know that your words are also part of your martial arts. Since I was a child, you have tempered my will into steel. Don't even think about destroying my fighting spirit with just a few words."

Yun Chu also pointed the horizontal knife at Li Hong and chuckled: "You are still a fourteen-year-old child. It is too early to talk about love at this time, and it is too early to talk about things like will. Come on, let me See what you call the skill of using a sword to break into a house."

"ah--"

Li Hong shouted and seemed to be about to attack, but he stepped forward and kicked away the scabbard thrown on the ground. The scabbard rushed towards Yun Chu with the firewood ash that the servant had just dumped.

Immediately afterwards, Li Hong kicked the ground hard with his legs, following behind the dust and the scabbard like a leopard. After taking three steps forward, he slashed out with a fatal blow.

The incident happened suddenly, and even the guards around the prince were still wondering why the two people who were clearly talking to each other were fighting with swords in the blink of an eye.

Now, seeing the sword struck by the prince, even the experienced guards couldn't help but scream.

As soon as the knife was struck, Li Hong knew something was wrong. There seemed to be nothing in front of him. He just rushed forward three small steps. These three steps plus the length of the horizontal knife, the length of the arm, and the length of the body twist, controlled The range was more than one foot, and the master was standing six feet in front of him, but this attack missed the target.

Considering that the master always liked to grab his neck when fighting him, he turned over without thinking. Not only did he not retract the knife, he also used the force of the knife to drive his body, causing the knife to form a large ring and strike behind him.

There was a clicking sound, and his horizontal knife was delayed by something. Then a big hand like a steel hook accurately landed on his neck. Just when Li Hong felt that his neck would be hit by his big hand. When he was turning over and breaking, the hand pushed on his neck, so his body flew out uncontrollably and he could no longer maintain his balance.

"Bah!" There was a crisp sound, and Li Hong's body didn't offer any resistance and was slapped flatly on the ground.

This kind of slap is all-round, from the forehead to the chest, to the stomach, to the knees, and finally to the feet.

Originally the teeth were not spared, but luckily a shoe appeared there...

"Yes, the weapon in your hand did not fall off after being hit hard. This is the only improvement you have made in the past two years."

Yun Chu's voice came from above his head.

Li Hong groaned in pain first, then slowly raised his head, and saw that the master only had a sock on one foot. Then he looked at the horizontal knife in his hand. His horizontal knife had been sheathed, and there was no cold light at all.

His internal organs were in overwhelming pain, so Li Hong first retracted one leg, then the other, curling up his body to relieve the pain in his belly and chest, and finally used his head to push away the chewed-up shoe. A wolf-like howl came from his mouth.

"ah--"

See you tomorrow