Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

It is the product that Li Yuan personally summoned craftsmen to improve according to the Liu family's secret recipe.

Even Wang Ji, who calls himself the Immortal of Jiu, once said that this wine is much stronger than the strong wine from the Liu family!

There is nothing else for sale except Tianxianglou!

It made the green ants around Wang Ji go from the academy to the Tianxiang Tower every day to drink.

Although the wine was his own, it was rare for Li Yuan to drink it once.

At home, as long as you open a jar of wine by yourself, a group of shameless old people will run over to rub it.

Today's banquet was hosted by grandchildren, so there was nothing to worry about. Li Yuan slapped open the wine seal, and Li Yuan pushed away Li Chengqian, who was about to pour the wine, and drank directly into his mouth.

Chai Lingwu and Li Chengqian smashed their mouths.

They also love this kind of pot wine, but they don't have the guts to compete with Li Yuan.

Here Li Yuan drank his own, but in the private room opposite, there was a lively scene.

As the only junior, Feng Zhidai was already too busy to touch the ground.

After eating for nearly half an hour, the food has been changed to the third table.

There is not enough wine to drink. Just as I want to rest my feet, someone will always shout 'pour wine'.

Feng Ang had just been banned from drinking by Li Shizhen, and seeing everyone pouring it into his mouth, he was only envious.

As long as Liu Bai is at the table, Fang Xuanling and the others have no scruples at all.

They knew that they came here just as a companion, to listen to Liu Bai's future development plan by the way.

In addition to their elder brothers, there are also military generals such as Qu Tutong.

Feng An had seen them before, and had dealt with them a lot since he came to Chang'an.

There was only one person, and he was seeing him for the first time.

Zhengqing of Zongzheng Temple, concurrently the captain of the son-in-law, Dou Dan!

Li Yuan's eldest princess is Princess Changsha.

It's a pity that Princess Changsha's son-in-law Feng Shaoshi died early, and Princess Xiangyang's son-in-law Dou Dan became the eldest son-in-law.

This is a person who has both ways, and he is also the natal family of Empress Taimu, so he has won the trust of Li Yuan and Li Er.

Zongzheng Temple is in charge of all the royal family, and he handles the usual conferring of princes and princesses by himself.

From this position, we can see his status in Li Er's eyes.

Because the former Zhengqing of Zongzheng Temple is the new and old county king, Li Deliang!

It is very unusual for the Dou family to be in charge of royal affairs.

But Dou Dan has another identity.

The right leader general!

Among the imperial court, one of the twelve most powerful generals!

Judging from the power at hand, Dou Dan's status is no worse than those of the three provinces present.

It's just that Feng An didn't understand why Liu Bai called this person over because he had nothing to do with him at all.

Dou Dan is 47 years old this year, just at the age when he is making great achievements in court and China.

It can be seen that he has a very good relationship with Fang Xuanling and others, and an even better relationship with generals such as Qu Tutong!

Most importantly, he gets along well with Liu Bai!

The appearance of this person made Feng An's stomach full of words, and he didn't know what to say.

He knew very well that the real purpose of this dinner was to get to know Liu Bai.

Some things, it's okay to tell Liu Bai, but they can't be heard by the royal family!

Seeing Feng An's thoughts, Liu Bai smiled and clinked a glass with Dou Dan. After drinking, he said, "Both of you are the mainstay of the imperial court, and cooperation will be indispensable in the future. Why don't you have a drink?"

Dou Dan's alcohol capacity is very good, he drank at least two and a half catties, without the slightest hint of drunkenness.

He picked up the wine glass again and said, "Brother Feng, I respect you!"

Thinking of Feng An's physical condition, he said very thoughtfully, "Brother Feng just replaces wine with tea!"

Feng An developed a good impression of him, "Brother Dou, Yin Sheng!"

While drinking, he was still pondering what Liu Bai said just now.

Cooperation?

What is the good cooperation with Dou Dan?

He always felt that he should be more on guard against the royal family.

Those little ones like Li Chengqian almost grew up in Liu's family, so don't worry about it.

The older generation is another matter.

Liu Bai put down his chopsticks and looked around at everyone, "Everyone has eaten?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone put down their chopsticks.

Zhang Gongjin, who just picked up the wine glass and wanted to take a sip, even put down the wine glass!

Seeing the reaction of this group of people, Feng An was very surprised.

"I still underestimated Liu Bai's weight"

In an informal setting, I'm afraid even Li Er couldn't make this group of people so obedient.

Feng An cleared his throat, "Zhi Dai, go outside."

When his father spoke, Feng Zhidai was always reluctant, so he had no choice but to go out.

Liu Bai said: "Zhi Dai, call a buddy to come in!"

The people in Tianxianglou seem to have figured out the habits of Liu Bai and his group long ago.

Soon, a group of boys came in with trays, and quickly cleaned up all the leftovers on the table.

Wipe down the table and replace the tea set.

In a blink of an eye, he backed out again.

Liu Bai did it himself, and after a set of procedures, everyone had an extra cup of hot tea in front of them.

Fang Xuanling and the others drank tea, and they had learned a lot.

Once you put it in front of your nose and smell it, you will know what kind it is and how long it has been left.

Du Ruhui smiled and said, "This year's new teas are all out, it looks like I'm going to go to Liuyexuan again tomorrow."

The crowd laughed heartily.

After finishing speaking, everyone looked at Feng An with inexplicable eyes.

Feng An didn't know what they were talking about, not to mention new tea and old tea, he didn't even know the variety.

It's just a little uncomfortable to be stared at by everyone.

Liu Bai smiled and said, "Duke Geng doesn't know yet, but this kind of tea is a new variety brought back from Lingnan."

Feng Ang was taken aback.

"Lingnan also produces tea?"

He knows too well that the profit from selling tea is too high.

When the Liu family entered Lingnan, it opened a market with tea!

In the end, the Feng family suffered heavy losses.

"That's natural. Not only does Lingnan produce tea, but the quality of the tea is much better than that in Guanzhong. Liu named this tea 'Phoenix Dancong'. It was developed by Chai Lingwu, a master of tea ceremony. Craftsmanship, this small drink we drink, if sold in Liu Yexuan, it will be worth hundreds of guan!"

If Feng An didn't understand what Liu Bai meant, then his life would be in vain.

He clearly wants to do tea business with himself!

Liu Bai's next words made him startled again.

"Mr. Geng, do you know how many people are there in Annan, Chenla, and even Pyu?"

After Feng An was stunned for a moment, his face was full of bewilderment.

population?

Not to mention the population, except for Annan, it was the first time he had heard of the other two names!

Liu Bai smiled again, and said, "Mr. Dou, come and introduce Mr. Geng!"

No one knows more about things in Lingnan and further south than Dou Dan.

He is the current head of the Dou family. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Dou family took over all the five-tooth warships from Yang Su.

Dou Dan himself even sailed around the South China Sea in the five-toothed warship!

Chapter 647 This Is Absolutely An Unprecedented Big Deal

The five-tooth ship represents the strongest shipbuilding technology of this era.

It is said that Yang Su lived in Sichuan for three years in order to supervise the construction of the five-tooth warship!

With all the efforts of the whole country, only more than ten ships have been built.

Yang Su relied on these five-toothed warships to establish the ending of the battle of Chen Guo's destruction in one fell swoop!

Later, the five-tooth warship fell into the hands of the Dou family.

The Dou family is the mother clan of His Majesty at the time, and there is no resentment, and Li Er is also happy to let the mother clan keep the five-tooth warship.

You know, the maintenance cost of a five-toothed ship alone is as high as thousands of guns every year!

For Li Er in the early years of Zhenguan, it was definitely not a small burden.

In the eyes of the world, the five-tooth warship is the representative of invincibility!

But in Liu Bai's view, the five-tooth warship is nothing more than a chicken rib

The reason is that the size of the five-tooth warship is too embarrassing.

Say big, not too big, say small, not small at all.

Rivers such as the Jing River and the Wei River are just small rivers and ditches for the big ship Wuya, not to mention that they can't bear the draft, and there is not even a port suitable for the big ship Wuya to berth.

The terrain of the Yellow River is dangerous, and the place with the highest drop is seven or eight feet, which is even more unsuitable!

Looking at the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the five-yad warship can only play prestige on the Yangtze River.

And the Yangtze River is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains. After the Tang Dynasty stabilized, it was basically useless.

You can only use warships as cargo ships like the Dou family.

If it enters the sea, a five-story boat can turn over with just a gust of wind.

Dou Dan is famously courageous and not afraid of death, even he only dared to drive the five-toothed ship and wander around the coast.

Go a little deeper, and you will definitely die!

Datang's only maritime force is the East Sea Division under Zhang Liang's command.

As for the South China Sea adjacent to Lingnan

Lingnan people are in awe of the sea.

Most people dare not ask for life from the sea, for fear of offending the Dragon King.

It is not that Lingnan does not have special products related to the sea.

The pearls produced in Hepu are necessary for paying tribute to the emperor every year.

But in comparison, the pearl-digging girl who appeared in Hepu seems to be more famous

Obviously, Feng An had never seen the legendary five-toothed warship.

Hearing from Dou Dan's story that he rode the five-tooth warship along the coast to the so-called "Pyu country", he couldn't help but be fascinated.

"It turns out that there are so many people in Lingnan and further south, and I don't know anything about it."