Tai Chi Palace.
Li Shimin was wearing a thin shirt, watching the performance on the table seriously, and on his right hand, there was a cup of iced sour plum soup steaming cold.
Li Shimin watched the performance for a while and took a sip of iced sour plum soup.
Comfortable and cozy. has lived for most of his life, wearing a single shirt and drinking chilled sour plum soup in the middle of winter, such a seemingly deadly sao bag operation, Li Shimin would never have dreamed that one day, he would really do it, and he did it so comfortably.
At this time, there is no need to worry about drinking sour plum soup without ice cubes.
Now Your Highness is icy and snowy, how many ice cubes can't be found?
Unlike in summer, in order to drink a sip of cold sour plum soup, it is not only necessary to stock up on ice cubes from last winter, but also to prepare black plums from the south of the Yangtze River and hawthorn from the north.
It can be said that a bowl of chilled sour plum soup in the summer costs nearly ten times alone, and Rao is Li Shimin is the emperor, and it is also a little unaffordable.
Ume and hawthorn are mostly dry goods, but they are easy to find, and there are usually reserves in the palace, which is not unusual.
Only the ice cubes in this summer are the most difficult to find, and those who are not the families of the wealthy cannot afford to build underground ice cellars for ice storage, which is also the most critical factor in the difficulty of finding a bowl of iced sour plum soup.
Therefore, even if Li Shimin is good at this, he has to be discouraged because of its high cost.
It's not that he can't really afford to drink, but it's too extravagant, it's okay to drink a bowl once in a while, if he dares to drink it every day to relieve the heat, Wei Zheng's old boy has to participate in endlessly, and it's not impossible to block the palace door in the middle of the night.
Therefore, over the years, Li Shimin has been restrained, not storing ice in winter, and not drinking plum in the next day, even if he likes the taste of sour plum soup since he was a child.
But now, it's completely different.
Even in winter, the temperature in the hall can be as hot as spring and summer, and drinking sour plum soup with some ice in it is the most appropriate, and you won't feel cold at all.
I can't afford to drink it in the summer because the cost of ice storage is too high, but in the winter, I'm okay with a few sips, right?
A bowl of sour plum soup, not counting the cost of ice cubes, is only a few pennies, even if Wei Zheng's old boy is still alive, he has nothing to say, maybe he will ask me for a bowl with a face.
Li Shimin's heart was happy.
Before I knew it, a bowl of sour plum soup on the table had bottomed out, and Li Shimin put the empty bowl on the table and commanded casually: "Yang Zhen, go and bring me another bowl!"
” When Yang Zhen heard this, he bowed slightly, standing without moving, but there was a wry smile on his face.
"Huh?"
Looking away from the fold, Li Shimin looked at Yang Zhen unhappily: "Why don't you go yet?"
” Yang Zhen hurriedly bowed down and pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, this is already the third bowl, you really can't drink it anymore." ” No matter how good the iced sour plum soup is, it is also a cold drink, even in summer, you can't drink it so much, not to mention that it is still a cold winter.
Moreover, Li Shimin has an old disease, and he has been taking medicinal diet to nourish his body for a long time, and it is not easy to have some effects, and he must not give up his previous achievements because of greed.
"Have you already drunk three bowls?"
Li Shimin was stunned and nodded lightly: "That's it, that's it." ” No matter how good things are, you must know moderation, Li Shimin is not the kind of willful king.
"This sour plum soup tastes good, and it tastes very different, and it is very different from the ones I usually drink.
Well, it should be said that it tastes better, and I remember to send some to the young slaves and sons when I look back. ” "The floor is hot and hot, so let them all replenish more water."
In other words, Li Shimin is not only full of praise for the sour plum soup, but also extremely satisfied with the floor heating.
In the cold winter, it is already a silent compliment to be able to get a word of irritability.
Yang Zhen bowed down, and then whispered to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, in fact, this sour plum soup was just sent to the emperor by Her Royal Highness Princess Jinyang."
I heard that it was a meal given by Anping, in order to make the little highnesses in the Lizheng Hall appetizing and hydrating. ” "Oh?"
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, "So, I took advantage of the light of my son-in-law and those four little granddaughters?"
” "That rebel knows how to care about his children!"
The last sentence, with a little sourness, Yang Zhen shrank his neck and didn't dare to speak, but he could feel that the emperor was closer to An Pinghou, the waste prince, than before.
Perhaps in his heart, the emperor has completely forgiven the absurd behavior of the abolished prince back then.
He put down the fold in his hand, stretched his waist, moved his arms, stood up and walked back and forth in the hall twice, ready to take the opportunity to rest.
Yang Zhen saw the opportunity, and hurriedly opened the window next to him slightly to ventilate and breathe.
"I heard that since the last time he spent a lot of money to build floor heating in the palace, Anping Houfu has not only lost money, but has also made a good profit in Chang'an City, is there such a thing?"
Standing in front of the window, Li Shimin suddenly asked Yang Zhen in a loud voice.
Yang Zhen said: "Back to the emperor, there is indeed such a thing. ” After the courtiers experienced the wonders of floor heating in the palace, they found Anpinghou's mansion one after another, and wanted Anpinghou to build several floor heating in their mansions to avoid the cold winter.
Anping Houfu also took over a lot of business because of this, and as for how much money was earned, the slave maid did not know. ” "But ......"
Yang Zhen hesitated for a moment, and said: "I heard that when the Anping Houfu laid floor heating for these courtiers, the fees were extremely high, and according to the size of the room, the installation fee for one square meter would be as high as 100 yuan. ” Li Shimin raised his eyebrows: "One square meter?
How big is it?
” "It's about three feet square."
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Yang Zhen said a rough figure, and then stretched out his hand and gestured slightly.
After Li Shimin saw it, the corners of his mouth twitched and twitched, and finally two words couldn't help but pop out of his mouth: "Profiteer!"
” "The smell of copper all over his body, this rebel is really getting more and more unpleasant now."
Yang Zhen didn't answer, he knew that the emperor was not really angry, on the contrary, the emperor's heart was still very happy.
Not only because An Pinghou has a good way to make money, but also because An Pinghou did not take the opportunity to sell favors to those courtiers, and even slaughtered those courtiers once, completely expressing his attitude.
"Go, get me another bowl of sour plum soup, I'm thirsty."
Yang Zhen hesitated, this time he didn't persuade again, but answered, and walked out of the inner hall, and after a while, he walked back with a bowl of cold drinks and sour plums in his hand.
"Isn't it ridiculous?"
Li Shimin looked at the sour plum soup handed over by Yang Zhen, and suddenly felt a little tasteless, "A small bowl of sour plum soup, just because it is rare in summer, I have to drink it now, I drink it again and again, and I am still not satisfied after drinking three bowls, it turns out that I am so unproductive." ” "Although I am the king of a country, in the end, I feel that I am not as good as a businessman to live freely."
Yang Zhen knelt on the ground and said in fear: "The emperor is a famous monarch in the world, and his martial arts are comparable to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, who dares to say that the emperor is unproductive?"
” "The emperor does not drink this soup in summer, it is thrifty and self-disciplined, it is sympathetic to the people, and it is an example of benevolence, and there are no subjects in the world who are not convinced."
"As for the matter of merchants, the slaves and maids said something disrespectful, if the emperor did not vigorously advocate and promulgate many business-friendly policies, those businessmen would still be as humble as dogs until now, and they would not be able to thank the emperor in their hearts."
"You can talk, all right, get up."
After all, Li Shimin is not the kind of person who is vain, and after sighing softly, he quickly changed his mentality and broke free from the sadness just now.
"I won't drink this bowl of sour plum soup, so I'll give it to you!"
Yang Zhen knelt down and kowtowed and thanked: "Slave and maid, thank the emperor for his holy grace!"
” When it was over, Yang Zhen held the sour plum soup, regardless of the cold inside, he drank it for a while, and drank the whole bowl of sour plum soup in one go.
I have to say that in a somewhat hot floor heating room, it is really refreshing to drink such a bowl of sour plum soup that is heart-warming.
No wonder the emperor drank three bowls in a row.
"Your Majesty."
Seeing that Li Shimin had returned to normal, Yang Zhen said: "Speaking of Anping Hou, Anping Houfu has recently done another strange thing outside the West City Gate. ” Sure enough, Li Shimin's attention was immediately attracted, and Yang Zhen knew that he was not mistaken, and the emperor was now very concerned about An Pinghou's affairs.
"Anping Hou has opened a chicken farm outside Xicheng, covering an area of about 100 acres, and they are now collecting chickens raised by nearby residents."
Li Shimin frowned, although Anping waited for the chicken to be a little correct, but this didn't seem to be strange, right?
"Does the emperor know how the price of each chicken is calculated when they collect chickens?"
Yang Zhen said: "A rooster is fifty wen a piece, and a hen is one hundred wen, which is twice as high as the price of chickens on the market!"
Nearby villagers flocked to it, and even some residents of the city couldn't resist selling their live chickens to them. ” "Hoarding?"
Li Shimin naturally thought of Li Fengman's purpose in doing this, and the nature of profiteers was undoubtedly exposed.
Yang Zhen hurriedly shook his head: "This slave doesn't know, but the slave and maid heard that the main business of this chicken farm is to sell chicken and eggs, and An Pinghou has also said to the servants in the chicken farm more than once that he wants to let the people of Chang'an City eat the best chicken and eggs at the cheapest price within a year." ” Hearing this, Li Shimin's face softened slightly, and he said lightly: "If you say this, this rebel is still a little responsible. ” After speaking, Li Shimin pondered for a moment and instructed Yang Zhen: "In the future, don't deliberately send people to monitor again, just let people pay attention to his surroundings and protect his safety." ” Yang Zhen's body was shocked, and he hurriedly bowed his head and responded: "Yes, Your Majesty." ” It seems that his previous guess was right, and the emperor had indeed forgiven An Pinghou for his rebellion back then, otherwise, the emperor would never have given up the surveillance of the abolished prince so easily.