The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Changsun Wuji immediately wrote a letter and sent it to the manor in Jingyang County, asking how to refine lard.

He was different from Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu thought that as long as it was cooked, it should be fine. His Majesty would be fine. He also made up his mind to try it himself.

Therefore, Xiao Yu roasted it and ate it.

If Changsun Wuji wanted to eat it, he had to strictly follow the recipe written by his eldest nephew.

After all, it was the prince's nephew who gave him the idea. Even if he didn't want to eat it, he couldn't refuse the prince's nephew's face.

Moreover, the reason was clearly stated in the letter. Changsun Wuji was also a smart man, and naturally knew that there must be benefits in it.

The letter was sent out overnight. Although it was a bit difficult to travel at night, the letter was still delivered to the gatekeeper of the mansion before dawn, and it could be delivered to Li Fu when he woke up at dawn.

The next morning, Li Fu washed in the yard.

Xiao Tao fetched some clean water and placed it on the copper basin rack under the corridor. Li Fu, wearing his inner clothes, bent over and stood in front of the copper basin. He scooped up a handful of clean water and directly covered his face with it, rubbing it up and down for a few times.

After washing, he took the cloth towel from Xiao Tao's hand and wiped the water stains on his face.

"Is Cheng Qian awake?" Li Fu asked.

"He's awake. He's exercising outside with Guard Wu." Xiao Tao responded.

"This kid is really hardworking." Li Fu smiled and sighed.

Taking the water cup from Xiao Tao's hand, Li Fu took his special one, dipped it in a mixture of charcoal and salt, and started brushing his teeth.

Before, Li Fu didn't have a toothbrush. He told Lao Zhao that he wanted to brush his teeth. Lao Zhao found him a willow branch and asked him to chew it in his mouth...

Li Fu saw that this was impossible, so he simply thought about making a toothbrush himself.

Li Fu's toothbrush is made of bamboo and goat hair. Although the wool is soft, it can be used.

The charcoal covered Li Fu's mouth and stained his teeth black.

After using it, Li Fu suspected that the habit of the neighbors to paint their teeth black was because their envoys came here and saw the host brushing their teeth, thinking it was something extraordinary.

The reason why this custom only existed among the nobles on their island was because they did not see ordinary people brushing their teeth with charcoal and salt...

After all, for ordinary people, it would be a waste to use these two things to brush their teeth...

At this time, Lao Zhou came in with a letter in his hand.

"My dear, this is a letter from Changsun Pushe to you from Chang'an." Lao Zhou said.

"Changsun Wuji? For me? Are you sure it's not for Cheng Qian?" Li Fu was puzzled.

"It's for you." Lao Zhou confirmed.

Xiao Tao quickly handed Li Fu a glass of water.

Li Fu rinsed his mouth, cleaned it, and wiped the area around his mouth with a cloth.

"Let me see." Li Fu took the letter.

After reading it, Li Fu exhaled.

"What big thing are you thinking about? He sent the letter overnight. He is really good." Li Fu smiled helplessly: "Old Zhou, go and prepare four jars of lard, give one jar to Changsun Pushe, Xiao Xianggong, Fang Xianggong and Du Xianggong, and tell them how lard is made."

"Yes." Old Zhou replied.

Li Fu handed the letter to Old Zhou.

"Take a look, it's a letter for this matter." Li Fu had a helpless smile on his face.

Yesterday, Li Chengqian sent letters to these people. This morning, only Changsun Wuji sent a letter, first expressing his gratitude, and finally asking for a recipe for making lard.

I don't know what Fang Xuanling and others will choose to do after receiving Li Chengqian's letter.

Old Zhou took the letter and saw that it was really written specifically for lard.

Yes, except for the people in the village who eat pork and make lard from fat, other places don’t even cook as well as in the house.

"Then I will arrange it right away." Old Zhou bowed and responded.

Li Fu turned back to the house. Xiao Tao handed the things to others, told them to clean up the place, and followed Li Fu into the house.

The clothes to be worn today were prepared yesterday. Xiao Tao helped Li Fu change clothes.

In the front hall, Li Fu sat at the dining table, waiting for Li Chengqian to come to eat.

Not long after, Li Chengqian also packed up and came to the front hall.

He ate breakfast in a hurry.

As for why he had to eat in a hurry, Yan Lide and others came back very late last night, so they didn’t get together to talk about what happened during the day.

After breakfast, they had to meet briefly in the study yard and talk about what happened yesterday.

There was no time to delay, because they had to continue to lead people to kill locusts after that.

After eating and drinking, Li Fu asked someone to go to the kitchen and tell them to fry theSome locusts, prepare food boxes.

After the meeting, let Li Chengqian and Tiezhu take the food boxes to the school.

As we said yesterday, let Li Chengqian open up the circle of children.

In the study courtyard, Yan Lide, Jiang Que, Ma Zhou and others were already waiting here.

Seeing Li Fu and Li Chengqian coming, they all stood up and saluted.

Li Fu raised his hands and pressed them down, motioning them to sit down.

"No need to be polite, just talk about serious things, how is the situation?" Li Fu said as he sat down on the stool.

"The situation is better than expected, because Your Highness had said it before, so the people are still cooperating. Even if there are stubborn people, the head of the village went to talk to them personally, even if they were reluctant, they did it."

"What about the locusts?" Li Fu asked again.

"As for locusts, with the concerted efforts of the people, the number has been reduced, but the locust extermination work has only been done for one day, and it is hard to say what will happen next. After all, the locust plague has just begun, and the worst is yet to come. If the number of locusts can be curbed like this, the crops in the fields can still be saved, but..."

"Just say it." Li Fu said.

"Some can be saved, but not much." Yan Lide took over the conversation: "But everyone has done their best."

"After doing our best, we can save as much as we can. Now we can only say that man proposes, God disposes." Li Fu nodded slightly: "But we still have to do our best. The locust extermination work is now only done within the fiefdom. We must also be prepared for locusts from other places to fly here, so the locust extermination work cannot be slackened. Today I will inspect one by one within the fiefdom. We still have a lot of work to do."

"Yes."

Everyone bowed their hands in agreement.

"As long as we achieve results, other places will follow suit. This is the effect we want." Li Fu said, "So, from now on, everyone, I still have to rely on you."