"Duke Lu, please wait…!"
Zhangsun Wuji called out to Hou Junji outside the Hall of Political Decrees.
"So it's the Duke of Qi…!"
Hou Junji stopped in his tracks. Although he and Zhangsun Wuji weren't very close, they were both in the Crown Prince's camp.
Therefore, when he saw him, the old hooligan greeted him very politely!
"Just now in the Imperial Court, I saw that the Duke of Lu was still not satisfied. Could it be that he was not satisfied with that sweet potato?”
Zhangsun Wuji did not go straight to the point. Instead, he pretended to chat with him.
"Isn't that so? One for each of us? It's not even enough to fill the gaps between my teeth…!”
Hou Junji shook his head disappointedly. This soft and sweet delicacy had been eaten up before he could even taste it.
Unfortunately, the emperor only gave them one each. This made him salivate, but he didn't know where to buy it.
"Duke Lu, if you want to eat, come to my residence and I'll cook a few for you!”
Zhangsun Wuji said generously.
"Could it be that there is such a rare treasure in the Qi Public House?”
Hou Junji's eyes lit up with interest.
"That's right! That day, when he accompanied His Majesty to visit in disguise, he happened to see someone growing this kind of thing outside Chang 'an City, so he bought some back!”
Zhangsun Wuji nodded.
However, he didn't dare to say that he had bought a thousand. He was afraid that Hou Junji would ask him for them, so he only said that he had bought a few.
"Someone outside Chang 'an City grows this kind of thing?”
Hou Junji rejoiced. If he knew where to buy it, then things would be much easier. Even if he had to rob, he had to get some back.
"Yes! Duke Lu, please…!"
Zhangsun Wuji nodded his head and then quickly changed the topic. Playing hard to get, he led Hou Junji back to his residence.
"Where else outside Chang 'an? Duke Qi, please tell me…"
Hou Junji was an impatient person. He only wanted to immediately get a large batch of sweet potatoes, so he had no time to go to his residence.
"Duke Lu, don't worry, come to my residence and we can chat while eating…!”
Seeing that he was anxious, Zhangsun Wuji deliberately whetted his appetite.
"This…Alright!"
Hou Junji had thought that eating sweet potatoes was just a pretense and that Zhangsun Wuji had something else to discuss with him, so he had temporarily dismissed the idea of buying sweet potatoes.
……
"Brother Li, we meet again, haha…!”
Li Xuan, who was instructing the long-term workers to soak the sorghums and prepare the wine, heard a familiar voice from outside the door.
He didn't need to turn around to know that Cheng Chumo was here!
Ever since he had eaten his hotpot and drank his wine here yesterday, the two Cheng brothers had been very enthusiastic about him and had tried every means to get close to him.
He didn't need to guess to know that she was definitely here to give him money today and also to freeload for lunch!
Otherwise, it wouldn't have been sent over so late in the afternoon!
One had to know that Zhangsun Chong had sent over more than 10,000 strings of Guan and the land deed early in the morning!
Although that guy had a sour face the entire time, it was obvious that he was not here to freeload.
"Hmm? So many people?"
However, when he turned around, he found that other than the Cheng brothers, there were two other young men.
"These two brats, not only did they freeload, they actually brought people over!”
Li Xuan cursed inwardly, but he didn't show any dissatisfaction since he had already made up his mind.
"Brother Li, this is the money for the wine that my Cheng Clan sent over. This is the money for the wine that Uncle Yuchi's clan sent over…Oh right, one thousand strings of money is the money that Uncle Yuchi lost to you!”
Cheng Chumo pointed at the three money bags on the carriage and said to him,"Brother Li, do you want to check?"
"No need…!"
Li Xuan waved his hand.
He still trusted the Duke of Lu and the Duke of E Residence. As the Duke, he would not be short of this bit of money.
In the Tang Dynasty, prices were actually very low. Five coins could buy a bucket of rice, and a bucket was more than ten catties!
One thousand wen was equivalent to one tael of silver!
However, most of the Yi Guan in the Tang Dynasty did not really wear a thousand copper coins. It was just called that.
But even so, five thousand strings were still very heavy and needed to be transported by horse carriage.
Yesterday, Yuchi Gong had ordered 100 catties of fine wine, which was 1,000 strings of coins per catty. Adding on the 1,000 strings of coins that Yuchi Old Hei had lost, it was 2,000 strings of coins.
Cheng Yaojin had reserved 300 catties, and the total price was 3,000 strings!
Zhangsun Wuji also ordered 300 catties. Adding on the 10,000 strings he lost and the 1,000 strings he had to compensate, Zhangsun Chong had delivered a total of 14,000 strings in the morning.
In other words, in just one day, he had earned 19,000 strings!
This money was enough for him to buy the restaurant and renovate it!
"These two are…?"
Li Xuan sized up the two unfamiliar youths and asked curiously.
These two people looked younger than Cheng Chumo, only fifteen or sixteen years old.
Actually, he didn't look very old. He was just mentally old.
"This is my younger brother, Cheng Chuliang. My father said that the three of us should spend more time with the Prince Consort in the future so that we can broaden our horizons…!”
Cheng Chumo scratched his head in embarrassment and pointed at the dark-faced youth." This is Yuchi Baolin, the eldest young master of the Duke of E Residence!”
"Bao Lin greets Prince Consort Li!"
The black-skinned youth seemed to have received guidance from the old black fellow before coming. He spoke rather politely as he cupped his hands and bowed to Li Xuan.
"So we're all brothers…!”
Li Xuan smiled and continued,""You came at the right time. I happen to need your help with something today!”
"Brother Li, if you need anything, just tell me…?”
Hearing that he needed his help, Cheng Chumo was naturally very happy.
He had always wanted to get closer to Li Xuan, but he had never had the chance!
Now, the opportunity had finally come!
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