Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

After a day and a night, he quickly arrived at Wujun Railway Station. Li Shimin suggested that he wanted to see the dragon boat and asked Yuchi Baoqi if he could arrange it.

Yuchi Baoqi looked at Wu Jun's steward in charge of the dock: "Let's make arrangements. If you haven't seen the dragon boat, come and have a look. After that, we will set off for Jinling. You should prepare as soon as possible."

The steward nodded, handed the sign in his arms to Yuchi Baoqi, then took off his armband and put it on Yuchi Baoqi's sleeve.

Li Shimin walked into the pier and looked at it from a distance: "This dragon boat is not big. Are you trying to trick me?"

Yuchi Baoqi was confused and followed Li Shimin's gaze: "The one you're looking at is a tugboat. Of course it's not big. It helps the dragon boat park at the designated location. It is also used to tow it when leaving the port."

Li Lizhi led Su and Empress Changsun on the pier and pointed: "Queen Mother, mother, look over there. It seems that they are all spices that have just been shipped off the ship. Let's go over there and take a look."

After Yuchi Baoqi asked Li Lizhi to pay attention to safety, he took Li Shimin into the dock.

As soon as Li Shimin entered, he was speechless: "This, this, this, this is the dragon boat?"

Yuchi Baoqi patted Li Shimin on the shoulder: "The Chang'an under construction at Port Arthur in the North is more than twenty or thirty times larger than this. Don't be too surprised."

Li Shimin followed Yuchi Baoqi onto the boat: "I... really want to take this boat out to sea to see if there are really immortals on the sea."

Yuchi Baoqi didn't want to interrupt Lao Li's beautiful reverie, so he didn't say anything and asked the captain and first mate in charge of the ship to come over and explain to Li Shimin.

"Steward! The steward is very friendly, but you are new to the position?"

Yuchi Baoqi handed over the identification plate: "I'm just a temporary helper. I won't bring my father-in-law here to see how powerful this ship is."

The captain and the first mate knew the name and the name, but not the person. After checking the authenticity of the brand, they enthusiastically introduced it to Li Shimin. After all, when people praise their ship, they feel good.

"Our ship is transporting supplies to Ryukyu and Japan. We deliver supplies there and bring gold and silver back. We encountered some minor damage last month due to wind and waves. It has just been repaired and a series of tests are still needed before it can go out to sea. "

Li Shimin nodded slightly: "How much gold and silver can you bring back from a trip to Japan?"

The captain touched the edge of the boat: "There's not much gold to carry, it's too heavy. If it's silver, probably half of the boat would be able to hold up to the sky."

Yuchi Baoqi introduced to Li Shimin: "There should be two routes now, one to and from Japan and Ryukyu, and one to and from Siam and Khmer. On the Khmer side, we have currently explored several iron ore veins, and iron ore will also be opened there in the future. Ore Route.”

Li Shimin sighed: "Everyone in the Tang Dynasty now eats well. It can be said that meat is even lower than the price of food in some cases, but food is always a problem."

Yuchi Baoqi took Li Shimin's arm and said: "Qingque is improving. I will go to sea to find better seeds in a while. If I can find good seeds, the goal of food and clothing in the Tang Dynasty will be achieved."

Li Shimin looked at the dock in the distance and murmured to himself: "Can we really find it?"

After visiting the dragon boat, Yuchi Baoqi and Li Shimin watched the spices in the three carriages being packed and parked there. Li Lizhi and the maids of Queen Changsun were communicating about the details and how to hand over the spices after they were transported to Chang'an.

"Buy so much? It's not like Chang'an doesn't sell anything."

Li Lizhi stuck out her tongue playfully: "I bought it because it looked good, thinking it would be cheaper than Chang'an."

Yuchi Baoqi touched Li Lizhi's head: "They are all home-made things. They have always been priced at the same price, but now they have to pay shipping costs."

The group of people took separate carriages. Jinling was not equipped with vehicles such as cars or motorcycles yet, so they had to make do with it first.

It wasn't too far from Wu Jun to Jinling. Within two hours, the carriage stopped.

Yuchi Baoqi got off the carriage and stretched out to relieve the pain caused to him by the carriage.

"It's getting late, why don't you go eat first?"

Li Lizhi took Yuchi Baoqi's arm and said, "Okay, okay, what's delicious in Jinling?"

Yuchi Baoqi swallowed: "That's a lot, roast duck, soup dumplings, pot stickers, salted duck, duck blood vermicelli soup, red bean yuanxiao, duck fat sesame cakes, some of Baolilou's dishes are from Jinling. "

Li Shimin was also listening on the side: "How is the roast duck roasted? Is it the same as the one in Chang'an?"

Yuchi Baoqi shook his head: "It's not the same. Chang'an's roast duck is hung in a hanging oven with ingredients such as dough, shredded green onions, and cucumbers. Jinling roast duck pays more attention to the duck itself and adds a lot of spices during the marinating process. and marinade. This creates the characteristics of Jinling Roast Duck’s crispy duck skin and soft and delicious duck meat.”

"Freshly baked roast duck, add a spoonful of hot marinade, it will have a special flavor!"

Li Shimin couldn't wait to taste the delicacies of Jinling City at this time, so he directly asked the steward of Baoli Trading Company to make arrangements. The steward knew that anyone who could go with the young master would be able to make the arrangements, so he hurried to make arrangements.

In the private room, many dishes were quickly served. Behind the screen, there was a singer playing the pipa singing a Jiangnan tune called Eight Scenes of Qinhuai. Her singing voice was melodious and her voice was sweet and waxy.

Li Shimin held a duck leg in his hand and gnawed on it. The female family members all ate gracefully. Yuchi Baoqi picked up a chopstick of beauty liver.

Li Shimin pointed with his chin: "Boy, what's the name of the one you're eating?"

Yuchi Baoqi finished chewing the food in his mouth and swallowed: "Beauty liver is mainly the pancreatic white of duck intestines. There is only such a small piece for a duck. It is fried with chicken breast, mushrooms and winter bamboo shoots. It is extremely delicious. .”

Li Shimin also took a bite: "Tsk, after all, this is a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River. I know how to eat!"

After the meal, everyone was full. Li Lizhi went shopping with her two mothers, while Li Shimin took Yuchi Baoqi to the Yamen to see if there were any officials who were not doing anything or collecting money to do things. of.

Yuchi Baoqi arranged for people from Baoli Trading Company to accompany him as escorts and planned the route in advance. These three women could not afford to make mistakes.

Yuchi Baoqi took Li Shimin to the clothing store of Baoli Trading Company to buy clothes. Li Shimin shook his sleeves and said, "Do you still want to change clothes?"

Yuchi Baoqi helped Li Shimin put on a bunker outfit: "Are you crazy? Didn't you say you wanted to go to the Yamen to see it? You dress like a rich man, and everyone will be polite to you."

Li Shimin thought it right and quickly asked Wang De to change his clothes and act like an ordinary small-scale householder.

Li Shimin was a little excited: "I have always been in the White Dragon Fish Suit in Chang'an City, but now that I have arrived in Jinling, I feel a little eager to try it."