I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

Xue Rengui loves war, or, in essence, he loves to study war.

If Xue Rengui is praised by foreign countries, he is a person who is obsessed with the art of war.

a strange country.

an uncharted territory.

It is the place where wars are most likely to occur.

Although... the vast majority of countries in the world, like Kucha and Silla, do not value sovereignty in order to survive.

It is to be a dog, eat delicious food and drink spicy food.

Or... do you want to be a person who can't even survive?
Those things whose bones have been corroded by rich clothes and fine food have long lost the blood and integrity of their ancestors when they expanded their territory.

Of course, this is only the case for most of them. There will always be a few countries that, when they have never had great strength, still have the strength of not bowing to others.

Maybe this country is called... the country of Kamaluva, is it such a country with integrity?

And Xue Rengui knew exactly what he was going to do in the past.

To put it bluntly, it is to persuade this country to plant this kind of tree in large quantities.

Speaking of the essence, it is to reshuffle the cards of this country, give them a new cake, and disrupt the order they have established.

Not a hospitable person, hard to feel welcome.

Xue Rengui still has a lot of ideas in his mind, and the mere Ningyuan Kingdom has only verified two of them, and there are many more waiting to be verified by himself.

He was looking forward to it.

Yin Xuan shook his head: "It's a good thing that you have this thought, but you can't just think about yourself."

"You don't have to celebrate the New Year, but what about the rest of you?"

"You can't drag them to celebrate the New Year with you."

Xue Rengui froze for a moment, nodded, and patted himself on the head lightly. Only then did he realize that he seemed a little too excited.

He couldn't leave right away, he wanted to stay in Chang'an City for the New Year, Xue Rengui was not idle either.

He scaled the battle he might fight.

And the New Year, in this burst of leisure time, is approaching.

Yin Xuan launched a special New Year's Eve dinner set as scheduled.

In terms of price... It is more expensive than the 880 eight guans mentioned before. In the end, Yin Xuan set the price at 99 guans, implying that it will last for a long time.

The main dish is of course a map of the mainland, served with a Wengfo jumping over the wall, plus 24 steamed buns with four gods and eight treasures, and twelve dragon roll shark fins.

In addition, there are some basic dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner, including hot and cold meat and vegetables.

The combined price of these premium dishes alone is more than [-] guan, not to mention the prices of other dishes in the set meal.

At least Li Shimin and the others are very satisfied with this.

Yin Xuan only prepared [-] special New Year's Eve set meals, and he actually wanted to make more, but it was too troublesome and labor-intensive to make.

From fifty copies at the beginning, to thirty copies, and then to twenty copies.

Yin Xuan only made fifteen copies.

Li Shimin started saving money after he came out of the mainland map. It wasn't until the Chinese New Year that he and Empress Changsun scraped together enough money to buy a copy of the three thousand coins.

It is said to be panic buying, but it is not.

It's not that there are only a few who can afford the money, but that there are only a few who have the status and qualifications to buy this special New Year's Eve set meal.

After Li Shimin bought it, it was Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and then the six ministers, followed by the servants of the various ministries.

But... too many servants and too little food.

So the servant is not eligible to buy it.

As a result, people like Wei Zheng and Li Jing who have retired from their old age and returned to their hometowns, but have made great contributions to the court, are also eligible to buy.

Li Yuan didn't buy it.

This does not mean that he will go to Li Shimin's New Year's Eve dinner.

Although the atmosphere between him and his son has improved a lot, it is not yet at the point of reconciliation. They can get along in harmony in public, but they feel uncomfortable in private.

He will not rub Li Shimin.

But with such a thick skin, if he doesn't rub off on his own son, how can he not rub off on others?
The special New Year's Eve dinner was sold out step by step without looting.

But the high-end New Year's Eve dinner and the ordinary New Year's Eve dinner are much more lively.

Limited items are better than non-limited items, and there is no identity requirement for this kind of New Year's Eve dinner, it all depends on hand speed.

On the day before the release, just after supper closed, Di Renjie and the others were just starting to clean up the mess, and there was a long queue at the entrance of Tongfu Restaurant.

Like that kind of untactful one, it's just wrapped in two layers of cotton clothes.

But the witty ones are very different. They didn't bring cotton-padded clothes, but a tent.

Not to mention being able to shelter from the wind and snow, but also bring a fire bag, a few pieces of charcoal, and a heater. The tent is warm and there is no pain of queuing.

If you're hungry, there's still something to bake yourself.

When I'm sleepy, I can sleep when I lie down. Although... the humidity is a bit high, it's always fine to get through the night.

It's just that there are not many people who do this kind of behavior, only two or three, and they are particularly eye-catching in the long crowd. Others look at these people with envy.

Shame on you?
There's no shame in that.

On the contrary, others can think so thoroughly, and come here with enthusiasm, but it seems that I am stupid.

The prelude to the new year kicked off amidst all this chaos.

The Tongfu restaurant is still the same, and it will be closed during the Chinese New Year.

The older Li Yuan is, the less he knows what a face is. Last year, Yin Xuan's family was well-behaved, looking like a grandpa.

This year, you have made great progress and pushed your nose on your face.

He brought his maid over and occupied a room—he was unable to move Yin Xuan's family members. Li Lizhi repeatedly told his maid not to listen to that little old man Li Yuan.

As a result, Li Yuan had to wash his face himself like Yin Xuan did last year.

When did Li Yuan suffer this kind of crime?

Even before he became emperor, Li Yuan never washed his face with his own hands.

But... within a few days of this extravagant life, Yin Xuan gave the order to die, either to wash his face by himself, or to go to other people's house to stay.

Li Yuan felt wronged, but he couldn't break Yin Xuan's thick arm.

I had to wash my face by myself—according to Yin Xuan, what is this called...preventing Alzheimer's disease in advance.

Li Yuan sneered, how could he be demented because he is so wise and powerful? If it wasn't for the sake of his old age and frailty, Gun Gun would have hugged him and fell to him.

Xue Rengui passed a year in peace.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, after the Lantern Festival lasted all night, I took the rangers who were still immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year, boarded the ship, and rushed to Tianzhu.

This time the destination is no longer Tianzhu.

It is the country called Kamaluva.