Datang Hotel: The Leisurely Life of a Chef Dad

For Liu Xuan, it was just that after becoming the Marquis of Lantian, he had a big family and a big business, so he had to make the first pot of gold. The idea was extremely simple.

But for those craftsmen struggling on the edge of starvation, this was a life-saving straw.

Let alone asking them to work hard, Liu Xuan would be willing to work all day and night without sleep.

In this simple era, this era of handicrafts, apart from the nobles, it was the world of scholars. Farmers still had land, and craftsmen were not much different from tenant farmers to a certain extent, except that tenant farmers were not treated as human beings, while craftsmen were barely considered human beings.

They were all brothers in distress.

"By the way, Lord Marquis, the craftsmen have made the engraving you asked them to make. I wonder if it is the one you want."

"Where is it?"

"It's in the mansion. I just sent it to your study."

Movable type printing, after handing over the mold and method to Liu Renyuan last time, the results came out soon.

The craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty were all smart and intelligent. In some aspects, they could be said to be experts, but some were good at clay sculpture, some were good at ironwork, some were good at bricklaying, and some were good at mixing mud.

Liu Xuan brought together the things they were good at with a blueprint, like a natural adhesive. In an instant, the craftsmen found that they seemed to be able to do some extraordinary things.

Liu Xuan saw Goudan as soon as he got home.

Goudan was lying at the door with a serious face. The moment he saw Liu Xuan, his eyes became resentful and angry.

Goudan, who was lying quietly on the blue brick like a quiet handsome man, suddenly stood up, raised his head, pricked up his ears, and began to howl.

"Aoaoao... Aowuaowu..."

Listening to this posture, it was as if the young wife at home saw her husband who came back early in the morning after staying out all night, and cursed: damn ghost, where the hell did you go to fool around again, and why didn't you take me with you!

Liu Xuan ignored the stubborn Goudan, which instantly angered Goudan.

He ran to the front of Liu Xuan quickly, stared at Liu Xuan with angry eyes, stuck out his butt, hunched his body, pretended to be angry and autistic.

Yaya was dumbfounded, her eyes flickered, as if she had discovered a new world.

In the study, Liu Xuan saw the movable type made by the craftsman, which seemed to be more exquisite than the one made by Liu Xuan himself.

He took out a character and carefully examined it, rolled it on the ink pad beside him, and printed it on the rice paper in front of him.

The word "Tang" was steady and square, and it was a very standard Tang Dynasty book engraving font.

The rest was only about paper.

It was almost time, and Liu Xuan prepared four dishes and a soup for Yaya and Dazhuang.

At the dinner table, Yaya asked curiously, "Aye, how many godfathers do I have?"

Liu Xuan laughed at this question: "Yaya, do you think it's too many or too few?"

Yaya looked up, her big eyes flickered, she was clever and quirky, her little mouth pouted, as if she was thinking about something.

It's not that Yaya is materialistic, but such a young child suddenly had two godfathers, which made her a little uncomfortable.

In the eyes of a four-year-old child, a godfather is someone who plays with her and brings her delicious food.

The Tang Dynasty was a simple Tang Dynasty, and godfather was a true godfather and goddaughter relationship.

There was no complicated relationship in later generations, from adults to children, the moral standards in their hearts were relatively simple.

After all, this was the time before the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, and the Chinese nation had to be proud.

"It seems to be less."

Yaya's answer was finally predicted by Liu Xuan. Yaya leaned close to Liu Xuan's ear and said, "Aye, one godfather brings one kind of pastry, ten godfathers mean ten kinds of pastries, and we can open a pastry shop!"

"Yaya also wants to make money for Aye."

Da Zhuang seemed to have heard what Yaya said, and smiled mysteriously, with a look of relief on his face.

So, what are you two discussing?

You are so mysterious all day long, just to make money?

"Okay, okay, if Yaya has ten godfathers, Aye will open a candy shop for Yaya."

Hearing Liu Xuan's response and promise, Yaya jumped up excitedly in an instant, and her small tiger-head shoes flew out directly. Fortunately, Da Zhuang was quick-witted, otherwise Zheng Liwan, who was serving on the side, would definitely have a mark on her face.

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In the palace, in the imperial study, Li Shimin rarely gathered so many civil officials and generals at once.

Looking at his former confidants, Li Shimin put his hands behind his back and said nothing.

Fang Xuanling, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, Niu Jinda, Li Jing, and Xu Shiji.

What was more surprising was that Changsun Wuji was not called today.

"I think Liu Xuan's method is feasible. You are all my confidants. What do you think?"

"Such a big thing, if it succeeds, the Tang Dynasty will no longer have to worry about foreign invasions. If it fails, I don't worry about those barbarians. It's nothing more than leading troops to fight. I haven't been to the battlefield in person for a long time."

When Fang Xuanling heard about going to the battlefield in person, he shuddered: "Your Majesty, it is naturally unnecessary to lead the army in person. The Tang Dynasty is rich and the people are strong. The scattered barbarian soldiers have long been driven into the grassland by the Tang soldiers and dare not come out. Now it's just some small banditry, just strengthen vigilance."

Fang Xuanling's idea is more stable, and it is not suitable to start a war now.

After giving a warning and sending out messengers, they directly reprimanded those in charge of the grassland, slapped them in the face, and then gave them a sweet reward, and everything went smoothly.

When Cheng Yaojin wanted to speak, he was stopped by Niu Jinda and Yuchi Gong.

In the Tang Dynasty, everything related to military affairs had a sequence.

"Ahem..."

Li Jing blushed, seeing the little movements of several people. He didn't want to say it at first. They were all brothers and not outsiders. It didn't matter who came first or who came later.

"Your Majesty, there is one thing I can't figure out."

"How to deal with this wool? I think Liu Xuan's method, taking wool as an example, must have been seen by him, or seen such a thing happen."

"But I can't figure out how to make money from wool."

Li Jing still put forward the key point.

Xu Shiji touched his beard, his face glowing. He liked to be called Li𪟝, but he couldn't stand these old friends always calling him Xu Shiji.

After hearing His Majesty talk about this method today, Xu Shiji had another understanding of Lantian Hou Liu Xuan for the first time.

Just now, when Li Shimin casually said that doing business can settle small conflicts and even permanently solve border troubles, Xu Shiji was stunned.

It seems that this Lantian Hou Liu Xuan was either deliberately used by His Majesty to mock the kings and princes of the world, or he is a hidden talent.

The last time he pretended to visit Xinghuafang by accident, he was rejected by Liu Renyuan. Since then, Xu Shiji has been waiting.

Today, the opportunity has come.