Chapter 142 The Ambitious Songtsan Gampo
The food in the foodie's house is not covered, it is so exquisite.
In the dining room, there is a large round table, and there is a rotating turntable on the round table.
It was the first time Kong Yingda and others saw this way of eating. Everyone sat together and talked while eating, which made them feel very good.
Looking at the inquiring gazes from the old men, Li You promised each of them to give them a set, which made them smile.
The dishes were served, but there were not many on the table, six cold dishes and hot dishes were served one after another.
Li You can be careless, but he is absolutely particular about eating it. First of all, the tableware is expensive and exquisite, beautiful and generous. The dishes are more important to have both color, fragrance and taste.
Even the knife skills of cutting vegetables, in addition to the vegetable leaves, are required to be uniform in size and consistent in thickness.
There are also the patterns of artworks like watermelons, carvings, etc., which are breathtaking.
Not only that, the dining room is decorated very elegantly, with the color of the curtains, the color of the wooden floors, and the paintings on the screens all pay attention to matching. There are also many flowers in the corners and windowsills in the room.
One word: particular.
No matter how the two old men commented, the two beauties liked this atmosphere very much.
The quality of the dish is impeccable, and I won't go into details here. There are two things that are absolutely shocking. One is wine and the other is high-end wine.
At this time, wine was already available in Gaochang Country. Because the journey was long, Chang'an was extremely rare, and the processing technology could not keep up with that made by Li You.
There was no distilled liquor in the Tang Dynasty, and the highest degree was only in the early 20 degrees. The so-called three-steamed three-brewed Sanle and Green Ant wine were also low-alcohol wines. Li You brewed high-alcohol wine, which was absolutely shocking.
After everyone tasted it, they praised it endlessly.
Xiao Wanyu asked, "Why not brew such a good wine in large quantities?"
Li You said: "It will happen in the future, but it won't work now. The raw material for brewing is grain. The grain output is not high now, and it is not the time. When the grain is surplus, I will brew in large quantities. This is also a business that makes money.
Another reason is that Datang winemaking workshops are everywhere and the profits are extremely low. With my winemaking technology, I don’t know how many winemaking workshops will go bankrupt. I still disdain to do something about stealing other people’s jobs.”
This is not how enlightened Li You is. Doing things like MSG and soap that no one competes for is not just a technology monopoly, but also will not impact the business of ordinary people. There is no need to compete with others for business. As a time traveler, you should be shameless.
The two old men looked at Li You's level with a higher look, and there were some shiny things in the eyes of the two beauties.
The Tang Dynasty people used to write poems when drinking. Everyone was drinking, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
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In the midsummer, the clear sky is deep and distant.
Logis (Lhasa) city.
On the tower of the royal city, a tall and handsome young man stared at the southeast with deep eyes. He was Songtsen Gampo, the hero of the Tubo generation.
In the third year of Zhenguan (629), Songtsen Gampo's father Langri Lunzan was murdered and domestic rebellions broke out.
At this critical moment, Songtsen Gampo succeeded to the throne, who was only twelve years old. In just a few years, he unified a fragmented Tubo, quelled civil strife, reformed the political system, and developed the economy, making Tubo a powerful country.
He is only 18 years old this year, the same age as Murongbo, the Tuyuhun Khan.
Songzan Gampo asked, "Uncle, Lu Dongzan is coming to Chang'an, right?"
"Yes, Zamp." said a middle-aged man with long beards. He was Songtsen Gampo's uncle, Marshal Bingmadu Lunkoer.
Songtsen Gampo asked, “How is the progress in Tuyuhun?”
Lunkoer said: "Murong Gan is willing to join me in Tubo. Some people around him want to establish a country alone and are currently hesitating. I am stepping up their work and striving to make them join Tubo as soon as possible."
Murong Gan, the cousin of Murong Fuyun, the former Tuyuhun old Khan Murong Fuyun, colluded with Murong Zun to launch a rebellion and killed Murong Shun. After being named the left general by Murong Zun, he was stationed in Longde City. With the help of the Tubo people, he defeated the Tang army led by Gao Yong.
After Murong Zun's death, he occupied the southwest of Longde City and proclaimed himself a general. The Tubo people were mobilizing him to join Tubo.
Songtsen Gampo had always wanted to annex Tuyuhun, so he supported Murong Zun to launch a rebellion. After Murong Zun's death, Murong Bo was crowned as Tuyuhun Xin Khan, which caused his plan to suffer setbacks.
Songtsen Gampo wanted to take advantage of Murong Bo's power and not gaining a firm foothold, support Murong Gan to launch a war, eliminate Murong Bo, and then comprehensively and to smuggle Tuyuhun.
But he was worried about the attitude of the Tang Dynasty, so he sent Lu Dongzan (foreign minister, equivalent to the Minister of the Honglu Temple) to Chang'an to investigate the truth and reality.
Yongzhou Yuji County (now Zhouzhi County, Xi'an City).
Located on the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, it has lush vegetation and beautiful scenery.
However, the weather this year is abnormal, with severe drought in the first half of the year and cloudy in the second half of the year
The rain continued, although it was not heavy, it was very annoying.
Yuchi Baoqi led a prospecting team to trek in the mud with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
An official sent by the Ministry of Works said to Gao Yong's nephew Qualcomm while walking: "Is Your Highness reliable? I have been searching for so long, but I haven't found any copper ore."
Qualcomm also looked depressed and said, "Yes, there are 18 gullies here, with 52 gullies of all sizes. We have almost walked through all of them, but we have not found any copper mines. I think we can't go to this last gully, so let's go back."
Yuchi Baoqi said, "That's not possible. Your Highness said that there must be." He admired Li You very much, obeyed Li You's words, and believed in Li You's words without doubt.
He said, "Not found, that's our problem. Your Highness said there is something here, so there must be something."
Yuchi Baoqi was the captain, so everyone had to listen to him and continued to trek through the mud.
Soon, a "swinging" sound of flowing water came from the front, and a stream appeared in front of everyone.
Yuchi Baoqi and others' pants had been wet for a long time, and they were too lazy to roll up their legs when they went into the water. Everyone went down and waded across the river.
The stream was not deep, and it was just reaching its thigh, but the water flow was very turbulent, and everyone moved forward with difficulty.
With a "Ouch", Qualcomm fell down. Yuchi Baoqi hurriedly pulled him up.
After Qualcomm stood up, he felt heavy on his waist. He looked down and saw that it was a stone rolled into his clothes. He took out the stone, cursed, and threw it into the water.
Just the moment before he threw it into the water, Yuchi Baoqi seemed to see some blue color, and he shouted: "Pick up that stone quickly!"
Qualcomm asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Yuchi Baoqi ignored him and rushed into the water. After a while, he grabbed the stone in his hand, wiped the water droplets in front of him, and carefully looked at the stone.
"Hahahahahaha" Yuchi Baoqi held the stone and grinned and smiled.
Everyone gathered around and saw that the stone was colored like the spots on the peacock's feathers, and the blue glowed.
Chapter completed!