Traveling across the heavens starting from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 69 Honey Fairy Square

Datang World.

Shouchanghou Mansion.

study.

"Teleportation across worlds."

As soon as Li Huaian came back, he saw his maid Taohua cleaning in the study, so he said: "Taohua, where is your young lady."

Three days in the main world.

It should be almost 21 days in the Tang Dynasty world.

"Lang Jun?"

"Lang Jun."

Taohua, the maid, heard the sound and was overjoyed to see that it was Lang Jun who had returned. She quickly put down her work, came to Li Huaian, and told what happened during this period.

"During this period, my husband is away, and the princess often comes to the house. The young lady has begun to plan to open a pastry shop with the princess in Chang'an City."

"No, the shop has been almost ready a few days ago."

"Today is the day when the pastry shop opens. The young lady and the princess are both presiding over the opening of the shop in the East Market of Chang'an City."

Li Huaian didn't expect that during his absence, Li Lizhi and Li Ruoqiu would open a pastry shop so quickly.

There were some surprises.

However, it is also understandable that Chang'an City is Li Shimin's territory and base camp. If Li Lizhi wants to open a pastry shop, it is not a matter of words.

Again.

It seems that Li Lizhi should have more than just the Princess Mansion as an asset in Chang'an City. As Li Shimin's favorite daughter, in addition to Princess Changle's food fief, she should also have other properties in Chang'an City.

"Now that the pastry shop is open, why didn't you follow it?"

Li Huaian looked at the maid Taohua. As Li Ruoqiu's personal maid, she shouldn't be with her young lady at this time. Why would she be left alone in the study.

"Ever since the husband passed by, the slave and the lady have taken turns to guard the study every day, fearing that no one will be found when the husband comes back."

"The pastry shop is open today, and the lady can't live without it, so she will be a slave waiting for her husband in the study."

The maid Taohua looked at Li Huaian and explained why she was in the study.

"That's it."

Li Huaian hugged his maid Taohua into his arms.

"Taohua, go and prepare some toiletries for me now. I'll change clothes and take you to see the pastry shop owned by Miss You and the princess to see how the business is going."

"Okay, the servant will go now."

The maid Taohua happily accepted the order and went to prepare.

Li Huaian walked out of the study, went to the warehouse in the yard, and took out the glass and daily necessities from the [Zhutian Private Warehouse], leaving only the fireworks in the [Zhutian Private Warehouse].

After all, these fireworks are gunpowder products and are flammable and explosive items. It is safer to store them in the [Zhutian Private Warehouse].

After it's done.

Li Huaian began to bathe and change clothes under the service of his maid Taohua.

Until he asked his maid Taohua to tie his hair with a golden rope.

Ready.

The two of them got on a carriage and left the mansion, heading to Dongshi.

East City.

Under the leadership of the maid Taohua, Li Huaian parked the carriage not far from the pastry shop opened by Li Lizhi and Li Ruoqiu.

It's not that he doesn't want to get closer, it's actually that the shop in front is open and crowded with a group of onlookers who are joining in the fun. The carriage can't move forward at all, and can only accommodate the servants who squeeze in on foot.

"Mi Xianfang."

Li Huaian stood beside the carriage and looked at the name on the pastry shop's plaque.

"not bad."

"The location chosen by Changle and Ruoqiu is also good. It is located opposite Liuli Pavilion. This is considered to be within the scope of their own business, and the two families can take care of each other."

"Yes, when Mr. Lang was away, the slave, the princess and the lady spent a long time choosing in the east and west cities. Finally, they chose this shop opposite Liuli Pavilion in the east city and decided to open the Mi Xianfang pastry shop. , so that the two families can take care of each other, and it will be easier for the female clerks in the house to come and go to work."

"By the way, while Mr. Lang was away, the young lady added some maids to the house."

The maid Taohua stood on the spot and patrolled the 'Mixianfang'. While explaining to Li Huaian, she wanted to find the princess or young lady among the spectators surrounding the 'Mixianfang' and wanted to tell them that the husband was back.

Li Huaian nodded in agreement.

Regarding the location of the 'Mixianfang' pastry shop, Li Lizhi and Li Ruoqiu made a good choice. The patrons of 'Liu Li Pavilion' must also be the potential customers of the 'Mixianfang' pastry shop.

Similarly, in Chang'an City, patrons who can afford to buy pastries at 'Mixianfang' are also likely to be patrons of 'Liu Li Pavilion'.

After all, the pastries used in 'Mixianfang' are all full of ingredients that are beyond the reach of ordinary people in Chang'an City.

This era of the Tang Dynasty.

A single piece of white sugar is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Even the noble families in Chang'an City may not always be able to keep sugar seasonings in their houses.

Unless Li Huaian plans to produce sugar on a large scale.

Of course.

These are all later stories.

At this time, Li Huai quietly watched the opening of 'Mixianfang'. Seeing that everyone around him was watching the excitement of 'Mixianfang', few people paid attention to him, so he put a hand into the carriage of the carriage. Here, I made a cover up, took out a plate of [-]-ring firecrackers from the [Zhutian Private Warehouse], and handed it to the maidservant Peach Blossom.

"Taohua, send this plate of firecrackers to Changle and Ruoqiu. I always feel a bit awkward and uncelebrated if we don't set off firecrackers at the opening."

'Mixianfang' was opened, and no one made firecrackers in his absence.

There is no need to set off firecrackers.

When 'Mixianfang' opened, it only used lions to roll hydrangeas and beat gongs and drums to enliven the opening atmosphere.

Although it is also very lively.

But for him, he still felt that a firecracker should be put up, otherwise it would not be a business at all.

The maid Taohua was very surprised when she saw a large plate of firecrackers made of red paper. She quickly reached out and took the firecrackers from Li Huaian's hand.

"Mr. Lang will wait here for a moment. I will send it to the princess and the young lady right now, and tell the princess and the young lady that Lang Jun is back. I just happened to see the maid Yue'er beside the princess."

"Okay, let's go."

Li Huaian waved his hand to the maid Tao Hua to hurry up.

The maid Taohua didn't stop, she pushed away the crowd with a hundred thousand red firecrackers in her arms and walked towards the 'Mixianfang'.

In a burst of 'cracking' firecrackers.

Li Huaian stood in the room on the second floor of 'Mixianfang', looking at Li Shimin and the eldest grandson of the Empress of the Tang Dynasty Wugao with some embarrassment.

"Saint, Queen."

"I didn't expect that a pastry shop could alarm the saint and the queen."

Miscalculated.

He should have expected that the pastry shop opened by Li Lizhi would definitely alarm the two people in front of him, but what he didn't expect was that these two people would come to the scene in person. "Why, looking at your surprised look, do you really don't want me to come over?"

Li Shimin was drinking tea and eating pastries from 'Mixianfang', and looked up at Li Huaian with a look of displeasure on his face.

"No way."

Li Huaian smiled and said he didn't dare.

"I heard that you went to sea some time ago. What did you bring back from overseas this time?"

"Well, it's nothing, just some worthless things that are needed in the house."

"What you need in your house may be worthless."

Li Shimin curled his lips in disbelief.

"Okay, Erlang, Shouchang Hou has just come back, so don't interrogate him like this. It's just like interrogating a prisoner. No matter what, we are all a family from now on. If you have anything, it's not too late to ask in private. Today is Changle On the day when my shop opens, say some happy things.”

Queen Changsun interrupted Li Shimin's cross-examination and said to Li Huaian at the same time.

"Marquis Shouchang, during your absence, the saint and I did not know that you were not in Chang'an City, so we sent the imperial edict of marriage from Changle to the Marquis Shouchang Mansion. Since you are back today, I can inform you again."

"The pastries that Changle brought back that day were very good. Erlang and I liked them very much. Even Changle's younger brothers and sisters liked them very much after they tasted them. I didn't expect that Hou Changle would have such great pastry skills. It surprised me."

Who would have thought that Shouchang Hou of the Tang Dynasty could make good pastries.

If you tell it, no one will believe it.

Empress Changsun looked at Li Huaian with a smile, her eyes beginning to look like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law.

There is also some recognition of the marriage of Changle to Li Huaian, and they no longer think that the marriage to Changle is a choice between Datang and his daughter, a sacrifice of his daughter for Datang.

"As long as the queen likes it."

Li Huaian didn't care much either.

His attitude towards the eldest grandson Queen in front of him, his future mother-in-law, was much better than towards Li Shimin.

Seeing that Empress Changsun likes pastries, he took a few steps forward and came to Empress Changsun. He introduced some pastry recipes to the empress who was a mother-in-law, and he also admired the beauty of the Empress of Tang Dynasty nearby.

"It's just a pastry, what's so good about it? A good man should make contributions and focus on his achievements, not on these greedy food."

Li Shimin has some taste.

In this regard, Li Huaian was too lazy to talk to Li Shimin and continued to spread the knowledge of pastries to Queen Changsun.

Upon seeing this, Empress Changsun just pursed her lips and chuckled, ignoring Li Shimin's dilemma, and continued to lower her head and listen to Li Huaian's introduction to the various pastries placed in front of her.

Fortunately for Li Shimin's predicament, Changle came over to offer him tea, thus avoiding the downfall of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

"Are you Zhinu's future brother-in-law?"

The young slave Li Zhi, who was eating a cream cake on the side, looked at Li Huaian with his mouth full of cream.

"Ah."

When Li Huaian heard the words and heard the word "child slave", he realized that this little kid sitting next to Empress Changsun eating a cream cake and having his face painted with cream was Li Zhi, the future Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, he is still a little one now.

I don’t know whether the prince Li Chengqian is still there, whether his legs are lame, whether his sexual orientation has begun to distort, whether he has begun to like men, and whether he is favored and satisfied.

Look around.

Apart from him and Li Shimin, there were no extra men in this room.

Ok.

Li Zhi does not count.

Li Chengqian is not here, and it seems that he will have to wait until later for a chance to get to know this somewhat tragic Tang prince in history.

"I heard from Chang Le that you want to establish a coal chamber of commerce with the Five Surnames, Qi Wang, and the Royal Family?"

Seeing that everyone was chatting, Li Shimin told the story about the Coal Chamber of Commerce and wanted to ask Li Huaian about the specific content of the Coal Chamber of Commerce.

Even before this, I had already learned about it from Chang Le.

Li Huaian said truthfully: "Well, there is indeed this matter. I didn't expect the saint to know about it so early. I also want to wait until the Coal Industry Chamber of Commerce is established before telling the saint."

Li Shimin chuckled.

"You asked Changle to stop the construction of the Princess's Palace, and also asked Changle to take [-] yuan from the cost of building the Princess's Palace. Would I not notice it?"

Immediately afterwards, Queen Changsun also asked.

"Marquis Shouchang, how will this coal trade association be run? Is there anything wrong with it? As you know, the royal family has always been unable to make ends meet. As the Empress of the Tang Dynasty, I have to be responsible for the entire royal family."

Concerns about Queen Changsun.

Li Huaian interrupted: "The Queen can rest assured that after the establishment of the Coal Chamber of Commerce, coal mines will be one of the main necessities of life for the people of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and its status can be comparable to that of salt and iron."

"In that case, why does my royal family only have a [-]% share?"

Li Shimin has always been bitter about the fact that the Coal Chamber of Commerce only accounts for [-]% of his share, and is not very satisfied. Especially after hearing Li Huaian personally confirm the future status of the coal mine, he became even more dissatisfied with the Coal Chamber of Commerce's share.

"Sage, I only account for [-]%, which is half a percent less than the royal family."

"If the saint feels that the royal family's share is small, I can take [-]% of my [-]% share and give it to the royal family for Changle's sake."

Li Huaian made the decision he had already thought about.

At the same time, he did not forget to provoke the relationship between the Tang royal family and Wu Xing Qi Wang in front of Li Shimin.

"If the saint still wants more shares of the Coal Chamber of Commerce, he can only go to Wu Xing Qi Wang to negotiate. I can't help with the rest."

"Hmph, I will go and talk. You don't need to remind me here."

Li Shimin stood up and waved his sleeves.

"It's almost time, Maid Guanyin, please go back to the palace."

"it is good."

Queen Changsun pulled up Li Zhi, who was still eating cake, and acknowledged Li Huaian.

"You can let Changle open such a shop. He knows how to care for others. It seems that the saint and I have not wronged Changle too much."

When leaving.

Li Shimin said something inexplicable to Li Huaian.

"I lost a knife in Taiji Palace. I wonder if Marquis Shouchang knows about it. If you find it, please remember to return it to me."

"This jade ring made by the saint for ornamental purposes is quite good."

Li Huaian looked around and spoke to him. He hesitated and did not answer a word of Li Shimin's words about throwing the knife. Instead, he stared at the jade ring in Li Shimin's hand.

After Li Shimin and Empress Changsun walked away, Changle came to Li Huaian and asked happily: "Brother Huai'an, do you like your father's jade ring very much?"

"A little bit. Look at the jade material of the finger ring. It's very good and smooth."

Li Huaian didn't hide it, because he saw that Li Lizhi was eager to give it a try.

That's why he said so.

Anyway, children stealing from their parents does not count as stealing.

Besides, Li Shimin was rich in the entire Tang Dynasty. If he came to the palace, he would have countless rare treasures, so he should be able to find a jade ring like this.

(End of this chapter)