Chapter 10 Wang Six
Li Feiyu was lying on the bed, and simply opened his eyes and just rested for a while. He could not close his eyes. The book "Imperial Avenue" ran out again to disturb his rest.
About an hour later!
Dongdong...
A knock on the door!
"Who?" Li Feiyu was thinking about something and shouted angrily.
A man's voice came from outside: "The third manager, the youngest one is Wang Liu. The things purchased today are ready. Should I put them in the kitchen?"
Wang Liu's message came from Li Feiyu's mind. This person was the head of the house, responsible for the food in the backyard of the East Palace!
"Come in!" Li Feiyu lay on the bed and said lazyly.
Wang Liuyi was dressed in a man's clothing, a little over six feet tall, and was thin, about forty years old. He had a pair of small eyes into the room and looked around. When he saw Li Feiyu lying on the bed, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Please treat me to the third general manager!" After that, he pretended to bow to Li Feiyu.
Li Feiyu learned from his predecessor that although this person was the head of the house, there were many silver items per month. This person was responsible for every purchase of the house. Then he came back to report the account to Li Feiyu, and recorded the specific amount of food, price and other trivial matters.
This person relied on the name of the Eastern Palace and would always intimidate the seller when purchasing things outside. He had to buy something that should have been worth one tael of silver. The sellers were unwilling to offend the Eastern Palace. Moreover, the East Palace purchased a large number of things, and they did not suffer much loss after being shared evenly. Therefore, the vendors and some bosses were used to Wang Liu's evil deeds. Some bosses gave away all the things for free in order to flatter the Eastern Palace, and they would also give Wang Liu an extra copy of them after they came back.
The vegetables, rice and meat needed by the East Palace are all freshest, so they are basically purchased one day. After Wang Liu got the money from it, he would respect Li Feiyu every day when he came back, and asked Li Feiyu to register the things he bought for him.
Today is no exception. Looking at Wang Liu's expression, Li Feiyu guessed that his investment must be good today and said with a smile: "Wang Liu, how much money did you get today?"
"It's not much, it's only about twenty or thirty taels!" Wang Liu smiled, took out two ingots of silver from his arms, placed it on the edge of Li Feiyu's bed, and said, "San General Manager, this is ten twelve taels of silver, it's yours!"
Li Feiyu is not stupid. From his memory, he learned that Wang Liu is sometimes lucky and earning 180 taels a day is very common. Even if he is not lucky, he can get 50 or 60 taels a day.
However, there are many people who want to be filial to Wang Liu. The four supervisors in the backyard, the eunuchs around the master, and some patrol generals of the East Palace, almost everyone needs to be filial to him. In the end, the remaining ones are sometimes only three or four taels of silver!
Li Feiyu didn't point it out and said with a smile: "You will report the number later and register it for you!" He asked by the way: "What did you buy today?"
"I bought 500 kilograms of fresh meat today, including green onions, leeks, garlic, ginger, spinach, bamboo shoots, lettuce, knife beans, and some wild game, twenty rabbits, three half-year-old deer, chickens, ducks, fish, and some seasonings!" Wang Liu nodded and bowed.
The only meat foods in the Tang Dynasty were pigs, sheep, cows, etc., such as rabbits, chickens, ducks, and fish, which could only be considered wild game and were not meat foods.
The soldiers of the two guards on the left and right sides of the East Palace, the servants, servants, palace maids and others in the backyard were a few thousand. They needed too much food, such as some of the prince's favorite concubines and singers. Their food was much better than that of the servants. Each meal had to have at least three dishes of meat and a delicious soup.
Therefore, there are a huge number of foods required. In addition, the prince’s life is luxurious, and each meal must have at least ten dishes, and there cannot be repeated ones!
Li Feiyu closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and asked, "Are rabbits alive?"
"They are all living rabbits, very plump. Do you want the kitchen to stew one for you?" Wang Liu asked with a smile as he patted Li Feiyu's flattery.
"No, you go find three sacks, put three live rabbits in each, and take two of them with you, and go to Yichun Palace with me later!" Li Feiyu ordered.
Yichun Palace is the residence of the Crown Princess, and it is difficult for servants to enter. Only a few backyard managers can go in when they have any questions.
Wang Liu didn't need to guess, and he knew that the rabbit was given to the Crown Princess, so he hurriedly said, "San General Manager, don't worry, if you have a small matter, you will definitely do it for you!"
"Well, go get it quickly. I'll send the rabbit later. I'll go home!" Li Feiyu urged.
"That little one is going here!" Wang Liu bent over and retreated.
Li Feiyu turned over and got out of bed, put the silver given by Wang Liu into his arms, smiled faintly, and walked out of the room quickly.
The sky is dim, the sun sets, and night falls into this magnificent palace.
Standing in the courtyard, you can see the lights rising in the attic in the distance and lanterns hanging in many places!
There was a very noisy outside, and heavy footsteps passed by from time to time. Li Feiyu knew very well that this was the time for the East Palace soldiers to change their defenses.
Perhaps Wang Liu wanted to curry favor with the Crown Princess and received Li Feiyu's instructions. Not long after, he came with two servants and three sacks.
Li Feiyu didn't want to go so early. He wanted to scare the Crown Princess. After all, there was a dead person lying in a woman's dormitory, and it was dark in the night. It would be strange if this woman was not worried and scared.
Li Feiyu took the sack from Wang Liu's hand and ordered his servant to lift the lantern closer. Looking at the rabbit inside, he saw a ball of stuff, without any breath, and asked, "Is it alive?"
"The Third General Manager is definitely alive. How dare the young one lie to you!" Wang Liu replied affirmatively.
Li Feiyu was a little disbelief and touched his hand in the sack. As soon as his hand touched the furry thing, the furry thing immediately jumped around and ran back and forth in the bag.
Next, Li Feiyu tested three live rabbits for various reasons, and then said that the third rabbit was not smooth and smooth when touched, but it was obvious that it was not cute, so he asked the servant to take it back and change it to another one.
As we went back and forth, we were delayed a lot of time. When the sky fell silent, the stars were shining everywhere, and the moon slowly rose from the west with a soft light.
Li Feiyu knew that he could no longer delay time, otherwise, he would have no excuse to enter Yichun Palace, just a servant!
Taking Wang Liu and two servants with him, Li Feiyu stopped and walked leisurely under the moonlight, as if he was playing, walking slowly!
When he arrived at Yichun Palace, the armored soldiers who had guarded earlier had already left. The newly changed armored soldiers shouted: "What are you doing?"
"The villain brought the kitchen servants to deliver rabbits to the crown princess!" Li Feiyu replied honestly.
"Send the rabbit? It's so late, come again tomorrow!" The soldier waved and shouted.
"This is not possible. This is what the Crown Princess gave special instructions today, saying that no matter what the villain wants to send it in tonight!" Li Feiyu took out a ingot of silver from his arms, stepped forward and held the hand of the armored soldier, and stuffed the silver into the armored soldier's hand!
As the saying goes, take money from others and eliminate disasters with others!
The soldier asked Li Feiyu's name clearly, looked at the waist tags of their group, and then went in to report!
Chapter completed!