Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

After Yuchi Baoqi comforted Li Zhi for a few words, he sent Li Zhi back to the Royal Academy and handed Li Zhi five thousand taels of banknotes.

Li Zhi reached out to take it, and Yuchi Baoqi took the banknote to him: "Hey, this money is not given to you for free. Have you figured out how to pay it back?"

Li Zhi's eyes widened: "Brother-in-law, I admire you so much, you..."

Yuchi Baoqi put his arm around Li Zhi's shoulders: "Brother-in-law, have you ever heard the saying that brothers settle accounts clearly?"

Li Zhi pursed his lips and spoke after a long while: "Brother-in-law, just tell me what you want me to do."

As soon as Yuchi Baoqi heard this, Li Zhi relented and put the money in Li Zhi's hands: "When the time comes when you become the king, the fiefdom will not be within the current Tang Dynasty. I will find another place for you. "

What did Li Zhi think it was, that's it? I heard from the master who taught geography at the college that the North and South America discovered by the Tang Dynasty are very good locations with rich products and vast territory. It is also very exciting to be a fief.

"There's nothing wrong with it, brother-in-law, what do you think it's about?"

After seeing off Li Zhi, Yuchi Baoqi returned to the secret of Datang to pick up Li Lizhi. When he learned that Li Lizhi was doing a full-body essential oil spa, which would not be completed within two or three hours, Yuchi Baoqi simply prepared to return home first.

Walking on the streets of Chang'an City, Yuchi Baoqi looked at the various snacks and vendors' stalls. Except for the clothes worn by the people, they were still of ancient styles, and the rest were not much different from modern ones.

Due to the sales of Baoli Commercial Bank, many bicycles have appeared in Chang'an City. The 28-inch large-bar shape and very low price have made many ordinary people and vendors choose to use such a bicycle for transportation.

Even many low-level officials working in Chang'an City chose to use bicycles to travel between the government and their rented homes because they could not afford carriages and drivers.

Yuchi Baoqi saw a vendor making something similar to Malatang, but the soup ingredients used were all clear soup, and it looked more like Oden without a skewer.

"Man, how did you sell this?"

"Hey, sir. The vegetarian ones are five cents each, the pork is five cents, the mutton is ten cents, and the beef is twelve cents. I use fresh chicken soup made by old hens. Can you order some, sir?"

Yuchi Baoqi chose a vegetarian dish that cost about ten cents, and ordered two poached eggs, but not the staple food. He said he would have to eat with his mother when he returned home.

The vendor quickly put the ingredients into the bamboo basket, and then put the bamboo basket into the earthenware steamer where the chicken soup was boiling and fixed it.

"Sir, let me get you a maza. You sit at the table and wait for a while."

Yuchi Baoqi didn't ask for it: "I see that the cotton-padded coat you are wearing is from Baoli Trading Company. What is the price of cotton-padded clothes this year?"

The vendor did not expect that Yuchi Baoqi would ask this: "Cotton coat? It's cheap, even cheaper than in previous years. I heard from the waiter that the weather in Anxi Protectorate is very good this year, and the cotton harvest is good, and the quality is good. Such a cotton coat Last year it was six denarii, but this year it’s only three denarii.”

The vendor was a man with a cold face and a warm heart. Seeing that Yuchi Baoqi was willing to listen to what he had to say, he simply continued talking.

"I'm not bragging, guest. These old hens are all reed hens specially bred in the breeding base. They are not laying hens. This chicken stew is the most delicious. And these pigs, beef and mutton are also imported from the breeding base. We have receipts for all the goods. In the words of Baoli Restaurant, food safety is the most important thing in catering.”

"As for my vegetarian dishes, they are all delicious vegetables shipped overnight from Qizhou Fucheng. I heard that the vegetables there can be stored in greenhouses. How can the vegetables in greenhouses not be delicious? Just these radishes in the cold weather , there is no chaff at all and not much gluten inside.”

Yuchi Baoqi probably understood after hearing this: "Are you talking about the vegetable basket project in Qizhou Fucheng?"

"Yes, yes, you know better than us idiots. It's the vegetable basket project. There are so many green leafy vegetables in winter, which I couldn't even imagine in previous years."

"I didn't dare to ask the price when I saw it that day. Who knew these vegetables were sold so cheaply? I thought they were all rotten leaves, but when I saw them, I realized that they were all fresh and juicy."

Yuchi Baoqi's hotpot is ready. There is a layer of yellow old hen oil floating in the large white porcelain bowl. Just by smelling it, you know that having such a bowl in winter must be extremely refreshing.

I was about to pick up a piece of radish with my chopsticks and taste it, but I didn't expect that the chopsticks fell directly into the radish: "Man, has this radish been cooked in advance?"

The vendor was wiping his hands with a coarse cloth when he heard Yuchi Baoqi ask himself: "Your Majesty, this radish needs to be cooked in advance, otherwise it will be crispy and have the green smell of radish."

Yuchi Baoqi put the radish into his mouth, and with just a flick of his tongue, the radish in his mouth turned into a pool of soup almost instantly. The radish filled with chicken soup exploded in his mouth like a water ball that could be blown. .

"Well, you are so high and low that I can't judge you as a Carrot Fairy?"

"Oh, by the way, do you live in the city?"

The vendor smiled awkwardly: "The cheapest house in the city only costs one or two taels per month to rent, so I can't afford to live in it. I live in the eastern suburbs, close to the breeding base. After I finish my farm work, I usually push a trolley into the city to sell some food. ”

Yuchi Baoqi nodded: "Sorry to trouble you, go ahead and do your work. I'll just eat here."

"People's livelihood issues of food, clothing, housing and transportation have been solved. After down jackets are launched on a large scale in the future, the situation will further improve."

"In terms of food, the breeding farms and vegetable basket projects have greatly increased the richness of the people's diet in the Tang Dynasty. When the crops brought back from the other side of the ocean mature, there should be no shortage of food on the national dining table."

"In terms of industry, only bicycles are currently released for civilian use, and cars for civilian use are not even for sale. Consider deploying the first civilian automobile manufacturing plant in Northeast China to solve the problem."

"In terms of housing, the overall reconstruction and renovation of Chang'an City is imminent. The resistance and circumstances that may be encountered in demolition will be greater than imagined. It may be a better choice to follow suit."

After finishing the boiled vegetables in front of him, Yuchi Baoqi also drank the chicken soup. The seasoning was only salt and pepper, but it was many times more delicious than those technological products of later generations.

Yuchi Baoqi loosened his belt and strolled on the street. When he saw something interesting, he would go there and join in the fun.

"Master, why are you here? I have been looking for you for a long time. Go back with me quickly."

Yuchi Baoqi turned around and looked at the person who came. Isn't this Wang De: "No, what's going on? My father is back?"

Wang pulled Yuchi Baoqi and left the crowd: "The person above is looking for you. It's probably because the official returned to Beijing to report on his work. Please follow me quickly."