Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 645 An Expensive Meal
Wang Ping'an welcomed the four governors into the mansion, and started talking nonsense.The governors are all people on the scene, so naturally they won't ask endlessly when they just arrive at the ground, and when they see Wang Pingan spouting clichés, they immediately spit back!
After exchanging nonsense, Wang Pingan asked them to take a bath and change their clothes. The four governors ran like desperately. They were already covered in oil and sweat, and their faces were covered with dust. Naturally, he would do his best to ask the governors to take a bath first, and then eat and drink.

Seeing that Wang Pingan could hold back, the governors had no choice but to hold back, and no one would talk about things first. They took a bath and changed their clothes, and first got rid of their fatigue, regained their strength, and were ready to spray each other with Wang Pingan.They knew in their hearts that when the situation became clear, there would inevitably be a big quarrel. Who knows what kind of medicine Wang Ping'an sold in the gourd. If it was poison, they would of course have to defend themselves. .

When the four governors were ready to pack up, Wang Ping'an hosted a banquet for them.He did not entertain the four governors in the lobby, but held a banquet in the gazebo in the garden. Instead of setting up a table with big fish and meat, he had a few dishes of green vegetables, a small pot of rice, and enough tea to entertain the four great men. !
After the guests and hosts were seated, the governors immediately understood what was going on when they saw the dishes on the table. Wang Ping'an was very likely to cry for poverty. Cry rich?

Those who can be assassins are all good people, and no one is more stupid than the other. Since Wang Ping'an can take it easy and invite them to eat green vegetable leaves, why don't they take it easy and eat it as a cleansing of the intestines and stomach , Anyway, just don't give Wang Pingan a chance to cry poor!

There was no wine, only rice in the soup, and the leaves of the vegetables were quite salty. It seemed that Wang Ping'an had a strong taste. The governors ate and drank tea in silence, waiting for Wang Ping'an to speak first.

The meal was so stuffy that they really didn't speak. The five people didn't speak, they just finished the meal and then rinsed their mouths with tea.

After eating, it's time to talk about business, but Wang Ping'an said first: "My lords, are you still satisfied with this meal? This is a dish made by the chef I brought from Chang'an. It took me a lot to arrange the menu." You put a lot of thought into it and spent a lot of money, so you're afraid that you won't be satisfied?"

The four governors almost sprayed tea on his face, just this rotten vegetable leaf, you have the nerve to brag, you are not ashamed, you, we have worked so hard and rushed all the way, you just invite us to eat this , and asked us if we are satisfied?How thick-skinned you are to ask such a question!

The governors of the three prefectures of Huizhou, Jingzhou, and Yuanzhou were all in their sixtieth years, and they were old and smart. They all lowered their heads to drink tea without saying anything, pretending that they didn't hear Wang Ping'an's words.

But the governor of Lanzhou is not good, his temper is a bit fiery, and he is angry in his heart, so he can't help but sarcasm, he said: "I have heard for a long time that the prince is rich and luxurious, and I saw him today, and he really deserves his reputation. You invited us to dinner, and what we ate was This kind of delicacy really makes me wait... dumbfounded!"

Wang Pingan nodded and said: "That's right, what Master Lan said is very true. It is the parents who gave birth to me, and Master Lan who knows me. Usually I don't eat these, it costs too much. Today is because I want to invite you adults. It's a luxury once, but I can't bear to change it to the usual, how can I afford to eat this all day long!"

As soon as he said this, the other three governors couldn't help it anymore. They have seen shameless people before, but they have never seen such shameless people. It is not enough to pretend to be poor. You are a duke after all. Zhou Mu!

The governor of Yuanzhou pointed to Ding Danruo and Ke Lianwu who were standing beside him, and said, "Your Majesty, you are joking. Look at the people around you. The clothes and jewelry of these two girls alone may cost hundreds of guan. Even the old man's wife can't afford to wear such luxurious clothes, how poor are you?"

The governor of Huizhou said: "My lord, don't make such a joke. If you can't afford these things, what should we eat? Bran?"

The governor of Jingzhou sighed, and said, "Your Majesty, you are the richest man in the world, and everyone knows that you don't have to pretend to be poor, right? Everyone understands, why do you have to pretend like this?"

The governor of Lanzhou couldn't hold back the anger in his stomach anymore, he had to come out from the bottom or from the top, he decided to come out from the top, and said coldly: "The prince doesn't need to be so stingy, just spend the money if you have money, you save it No matter how much you have, you won’t be able to bring it into the coffin!”

Wang Pingan snorted, with a look of surprise on his face, and said, "Pretend to be poor? No, I never pretend to be poor!"

Still pretending to be poor?So how do you pretend to be poor?The governor of Lanzhou said angrily: "It's not that we are picky about your bad food, no one would do that. But how much does this meal cost? Is it fifty coins? Could it be that five of us are worth ten coins each?"

Wang Pingan yelled again, this sound was quite loud, and his face became more surprised, and said: "Fifty Wen? How could this meal be worth fifty Wen?" He looked at the leftovers on the table, And the unfinished tea, surprised, actually showed a distressed expression!
Not worth fifty cents?Could it be forty wen, or thirty wen?The governor of Lanzhou was even more angry, he said: "My lord, you shouldn't do this, but it doesn't match your identity!"

Wang Pingan sighed and said: "Yes, it is inconsistent. According to the usual practice, as the governor of our country, ten pennies for this meal is already the sky, no matter how expensive it is, it is extravagant, and we will be impeached by some poor civil servants. But I thought of everyone coming from afar, so I made an exception and would rather be impeached by them."

Pointing to the leftovers, he said, "I spent ten thousand guan for this meal, which is enough to buy a big house in Chang'an, just to let the adults try something new. Unexpectedly, you are still not satisfied. It really embarrasses me!"

The governors were shocked and shouted in unison: "How much is it? Ten thousand guan!"

The governor of Lanzhou shouted: "Aren't these just a few leaves of rotten vegetables? Why are they worth ten thousand guan? Do you think we have never seen green vegetables?"

Wang Pingan stared at them dumbfounded, his face full of grievances!After a while, he sighed heavily, and said, "Lianwu, tell the adults what is going on with these so-called rotten vegetable leaves!"

Ke Lianwu agreed, took a small step forward, pointed to the leftovers, and said, "This dish is called cabbage, this dish is called small cabbage, this dish is called bracken, and it's a kind of wild vegetable..."

The faces of the governors all turned green, as if we didn’t know each other, let alone the Chinese cabbage and the small cabbage, even the wild vegetables came up!

But Ke Lianwu said again: "These vegetables were transported from Chang'an. When they were planted, they were soaked in the top-quality snow lotus water from the Ten Thousand Years of Tianshan Xuanbing. They were irrigated with this water..."

"What, what are you talking about!" The four governors were shocked. Isn't it just a pile of vegetable leaves, such as Wannian Xuanbing, top-quality snow lotus, what nonsense!

Ke Lianwu paused for a moment, then repeated what she had just said, and continued, "The snow lotus water is used for watering vegetables. As for the fertilizer, I used ginseng seeds from wild ginseng from Guanwai, mashed into a paste..."

The four governors opened their mouths wide, Wang Ping'an is enough to fool people, and his little maid is not bad, he uses ginseng seeds as fertilizer, you can say it, we have to believe it!
Ke Lianwu gave an introduction, finished talking about the preciousness of the vegetable leaves, and said: "This rice is corn from Lingnan. Wherever this rice grows, there must be beautiful jade underground. It absorbs the essence of heaven and earth, and takes the jade character of beautiful jade to become Rice name..."

The governor of Lanzhou shouted: "Stop, don't talk about it. This vegetable and this rice are unheard of, and there is absolutely no such method of planting in the world. You are too joking, my lord! Okay, now we are laughing..."

Wang Pingan also called out: "Stop, let her finish talking first."

Ke Lianwu glanced at the four wooden chickens, seeing their dumbfounded looks, she must have been shocked!She continued: "This tea is taken from Penglai Xiandao. The tea tree is planted with a whole piece of dipterocarp, so the tea tastes sweet. Drinking this tea for a long time can prolong your life and keep your teeth from falling out even after you are old. Walk like flying!"

The governors were still in a state of distress, they all looked down at the tea in their cups, and thought: "It doesn't taste any special!"

Wang Pingan waved his hand to let Ke Lianwu back down. He said: "If you say that this tea flower blooms every 3000 years, and bears fruit every 3000 years..." The governors looked at him together, he paused, and then said: "Then It’s an exaggeration, but it’s extremely precious, and it’s true!”

The governors had nothing to say, they stared at Wang Ping'an together!Convinced, really convinced, everyone can brag, maybe in a serious way, blowing cowhide to the sky, I have never seen it in this life, this is the first time I saw it today, it is not someone else, but the governor Wang Pingan in front of me grown ups!

Ding Danruo and Ke Lianwu looked at each other with smiles on their faces.The governor just guessed about the same, but he didn’t guess right. This meal is not 45 cash, but [-] cash. The price of rice and vegetables in Gyeongju is not that expensive. As for [-] gold... How much is it worth, isn't it just a mouthful?
The governor of Huizhou is the oldest and the most stable person. Wang Ping'an must have a plan for his pretentiousness, so let's make it clear!He said: "Your Majesty, you invited us to a banquet and eat such expensive dishes. What's the matter? Why don't you just say it!"

The governor of Lanzhou also said: "Just say it and forget it, why bother to keep it up, everyone is a busy person!"

Wang Pingan sat up straight, looked at the four people, and spoke slowly and clearly: "What am I doing this for? It's not for anything else. I just want to tell you adults that I, Wang Pingan, am rich in the world, and I didn't blow it out. , I am indeed rich, so it doesn't matter if I spend eight thousand yuan for a meal!"

As soon as these words came out, the table was silent for a long while, and the faces of the four governors were as ugly as they were.After a while, the governor of Lanzhou stood up and said, "My lord, are you trying to amuse us? We have never offended you!"

Wang Pingan smiled at him and said, "I didn't intend to amuse you adults. On the contrary, I want to promote you for the ministers in the court!"

The four governors froze together, thinking to themselves: "What do you mean, the prime ministers of the court...there are more than one, promote us? Why, because we are willing to eat your rotten leaves?"

The governor of Lanzhou was puzzled, sat down slowly, and said, "My lord, what's going on here?"

(End of this chapter)