A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

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"But if this bank is opened, the account of the Maritime Trade Department will definitely be involved." Li Zhi said stubbornly, "I am the owner of the Maritime Trade Department, so I can at least have my own opinions."

Wang Qin unexpectedly discovered that Li Zhi was no longer as resigned as before, but very assertive. Li Zhi didn't feel this way when he was a child, but he just felt naughty. It's the same, there are some things that are not different, like being more assertive and having their own ideas, no matter in the way of thinking or the appearance and tone of speaking, there is Gu Qing's shadow in the shadow, and even This is also the case with the little one.

Thinking about it carefully, Wang Qin thought of a very interesting thing. Li Zhi has this characteristic. The students of the academy also have these characteristics. Compared with the students who come out of the academy today, they are more thinking about things themselves , instead of obeying what he said all the time, students will refute and ask for proof.

"Prince Wang." Gu Qing called Wang Qin in a trance.

Taking his mind back, Wang Qin continued, "In that case, His Royal Highness King Jin can go, but what if he can only listen and not join the conversation?"

"Okay, I promise not to interrupt." Li Zhi promised.

Little Gu Xiao followed Xiao Sizi across the yard and hurriedly said, "Father, I'm going to release paper kites with Princess Jinyang."

The little guy ran past cheerfully like a gust of wind, followed by Zhang Yugong unhurriedly.

Watching the child leave happily, Gu Qing murmured again with a smile in his eyes, "Why put a paper kite when it's so cold."

"It's always good for children to look alive." Wang Qin said.

After drinking tea for a while, Wang Qin put down his teacup, "It's almost time, Master Gu will go with this old slave."

"Okay." Gu Qing stood up.

Li Zhi followed suit.

Back outside Li Er's residence again, Gu Qing saw both Chu Suiliang and Shangguanyi were there.

"Master Gu." Shangguanyi hurried forward, "Why are you here?"

"Oh, His Majesty summoned you." Gu Qing replied, "Why don't you go in."

"The Supreme Emperor asked me to wait here." Shangguanyi explained.

Chu Suiliang, on the other hand, had a sad expression on his face, and kept silent all the time. Gu Qing noticed his expression, and knew in his heart that Li Shimin had abdicated now, and it was not a good thing for a Supreme Emperor to interfere in the government like this.

When Wang Qin entered the residence, Gu Qing waited for boredom and took out a piece of beef jerky and came to Li Junxian's side, "Eat some, Tubo's beef jerky."

Li Junxian was not too polite, took Gu Qing's beef jerky and ate it, "This Tibetan beef is not as delicious as the beef jerky from the Central Plains, but it has a certain flavor."

"Indeed, it takes a lot of effort to bite." Gu Qing also ate.

Li Zhi also sat with Gu Qing.

"His Royal Highness, would you like some?" Gu Qing took out another portion.

"I don't like to eat this." Li Zhi refused.

The two squatted in the leeward mouth eating jerky, Shangguanyi and Chu Suiliang still stood, enduring the cold wind, not as convenient as Gu Qing.

Half an hour later, Li Ercai summoned them, and they entered the warm house.

Wang Qin was busy up and down, it turned out he was preparing a banquet, Gu Qing looked at the scene, Li Er said, "I called you here today to have a drink with me, please sit down."

"Yes."

Shangguanyi and Chu Suiliang sat down, Gu Qing and Li Zhi also sat on the side, seeing Li Chengqian's complexion was not very good, it seemed that he had been scolded again.

"Many things have happened in the ups and downs of the court in the past year. Everyone has worked hard. I respect you with this glass." Li Er raised his glass and said.

Chu Suiliang and Shangguanyi stood up and drank in one gulp.

Li Er looked at Gu Qing who was not picking up his chopsticks and said leisurely, "The food here must not be as good as the delicacies of mountains and seas at Xiangguo's."

"No, no." Gu Qing waved his hands repeatedly.

"Really?" Li Er asked, "Gu Qing, don't be so secretive between us."

"Now that you've said that, I'm here to evaluate and evaluate." Gu Qing picked up a piece of braised pork with chopsticks and said, "Let's talk about this piece of braised pork. Braised pork is pork. The best thing is to use pork belly. But this piece of pork has too much lean meat and too little fat, and the taste is bad and tasteless."

After finishing speaking, Gu Qing picked up another fried chicken leg, "Your Majesty is looking at this fried chicken leg. The flour on the outside of the fried chicken leg is too thick, and there are blood streaks inside the chicken leg. It is obvious that the oil is not warm enough, so it will be cooked. Poor review."

"There's also this Jiuniang Yuanzi." Gu Qing took a sip and said, "It's too sour. All in all, His Majesty's cook wants to learn how to cook like my cook, but he just learned some superficial things. He looked at it and thought he could cook it himself. , it’s not as good as the cooks in the academy, Your Majesty, you cooks are not good at learning.”

"Pfft!"

The little eunuch standing beside him knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, forgive me."

The corners of Li Zhi's mouth twitched, this Gu Qing was really outspoken, he was not polite at all in front of his father, and seeing his father's face livid, he whispered, "Can't you say something nice?"

Gu Qing said again, "The cooks under His Majesty have learned new cooking skills, congratulations!"

Li Er's complexion became even worse. He thought that this time the dishes could be shown off. These are home-cooked dishes in Gu Qing's family, and most people can't eat them, but Gu Qingyi said that who can afford chopsticks? The cook in his own family just learned a four-way difference.

It's embarrassing, extremely embarrassing when the dinner is here.

Chu Suiliang said, "Your Majesty, I have recently studied a new situation in the bank."

As soon as the words came out, the scene was quiet, and Li Chengqian sat on top of it silently. This time, Li Er kept saying that it was a meal, but everyone knew that this meal was for this time about the bank, and Chu Suiliang first pierced the window paper.

Chu Suiliang went on to say, "Your Majesty, this move is for the well-being of the Tang Dynasty, and I plan to carry it out after Hugh Mu."

"Is there such a thing?" Li Er looked at Li Chengqian.

Gu Qing knew that Li Er was asking the question knowingly, so he drank the wine by himself.

When the main point was mentioned, Li Zhi also became nervous.

Li Chengqian stood up and replied, "Returning to my father, the strategy of the bank this time is still being planned. It is indeed as Chu Suiliang said. Although this move is a bit risky and stressful, it is indeed very important to Datang if it is done well." Said the benefits are great."

"It sounds like Gu Qing came up with this idea." Li Er said meaningfully.

Gu Qing quickly explained, "My father-in-law, absolutely I have nothing to do with me."

"Cough, cough, cough..." Hearing the words old man, Shangguanyi choked his throat with a sip of wine and coughed vigorously.

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"Brother Shangguan, drink slowly." Gu Qing said hastily.

This guy Gu Qing started talking nonsense without blinking his eyelids. Li Er wouldn’t believe that this idea had nothing to do with Gu Qing. It’s very likely that Gu Qing came up with this idea. It’s just that after Gu Qing came up with the idea, he handed it over to him later. It's just Shangguanyi and Chu Suiliang, the reason is not important.

"It really has nothing to do with you?" Li Er asked again.

After looking around, Gu Qing had no choice but to say: "Actually, it was His Royal Highness Jin's idea."

"Cough, cough, cough!" Li Zhi also coughed worse, until the cough turned liver-colored.

Li Er: "..."