Ning Huaijie said and looked at Liu Xiaoen: "This is Young Master Liu. Young Master Liu, this is my wife-in-law."
Liu Xiaoen hurriedly bowed to Wen Wen and said, "I have met the Second Young Madam."
Wenwen returned the gift and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Liu."
"Second Young Madam, you're too polite. I don't mean it with respect," Liu Xiaoen quickly avoided.
Liu Xiaoen then said to Ning Huaijie, the Seventh Prince and others: "Several nobles have something to do, so I will take my leave first."
Ning Huaijie pulled him and said, "We have nothing to do. We are just going to my father-in-law's house to play. Mr. Liu, please go too! You gave me rice noodles, and I haven't thanked you properly yet!"
"This rice noodle isn't worth much money... I really can't bother you."
Wen Wen agreed from the side: "That's right! I'm just going to have fun. I'm afraid the cook at home doesn't know how to cook these rice noodles. I thought I'd ask Mr. Liu for advice."
The Seventh Prince waved his hand: "What are you doing? Mother-in-law and mother-in-law are like sissies. Master Liu, let's go together! Didn't you just lose a lot of money playing horse-drawing? Don't you want to win it back? Let's go! Go win it back, we can just pay it back. One of the three is missing!"
Liu Xiaoen's heart moved, thinking about what he told Ning Huaijie last time about opening the Beijing-South Channel. Ning Huaijie must have told Princess Hui'an or King Jin that they were interested!
In this way, he did not delay and said with a smile: "In that case, I would be disrespectful to refuse!"
Liu Xiaoen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Today he saw several young men from aristocratic families, including the son of the Minister of Industry, but they all felt that they were not people who could have close friendship and cooperation.
That matter was related to the fortune and life of the entire Liu family, and he was responsible for the honor and disgrace of the entire Liu family for decades to come. He really didn't dare to find anyone to cooperate with him.
After coming to Beijing for such a long time and having spent so much money, the most suitable person is only King Jin. If King Jin is not interested, then he might as well not mention the great ambition in his heart.
So as not to incur losses to the Liu family.
So a group of people got on the carriage and drove to Anguo Duke's Mansion.
The front yard of Anguo Gongfu
As a half-master, Ning Huaijie greeted the Seventh Prince and others and played in the martial arts training ground for a while, and then they played horse-drawn games together, waiting for Nalan Jinnian's arrival.
But in the afternoon, Nalan Jinnian sent someone to tell Nuan Nuan that he was going into the palace, but he didn't know when he would leave the palace.
Nuan Nuan was slightly surprised. He promised to come back in the afternoon, but suddenly he had to go to the palace. What happened
Nuan Nuan had some bad premonitions in her heart.
Did something happen to the money in the previous treasury
But Nalan Jinnian's words proved that he might not be able to leave the palace until dark.
But Liu Xiaoen could not stay in Anguo Duke's mansion forever.
So I can only speak to him myself.
Nuan Nuan called Zi Yuan and asked her to arrange the barbecue items in the garden.
After Ziyuan arranged for people to arrange the decorations, Wen Nuan sent someone to invite Wen Qian and others, as well as Ning Huaijie and others, to come over for barbecue.
On the lakeside, two long barbecue pits were placed, and the black charcoal inside burned red.
There is also a row of long tables placed opposite the barbecue pit, with many fresh health ingredients placed on them for everyone to use for barbecue.
There are also two long dining tables arranged.
Then there was a chessboard placed on the stone table of the lakeside pavilion, and two horse hanging tables were placed outside the pavilion.
Wen Nuan smiled and said: "We are all our own people, so there is no need to be polite. Everyone can do it by yourself, have enough food and clothing, and bake whatever you like!"
They are all people who are used to playing together. Besides, the protection between men and women in Nalan Kingdom is not as strict as in previous dynasties. Therefore, men and women can have two separate ovens and two separate tables, so they can have barbecue in the same yard.
Even if you sit together in front of everyone, no one will say anything to you if you don't behave out of the ordinary.
The Seventh Prince ran over unceremoniously: "I love coming to Aunt Seventeenth's barbeque! It's been more than half a year since I've had a barbecue!"
As he spoke, he picked out a plate full of ingredients, roasted them for a while, and then asked his servant to bake them.
It was said that they had enough food and clothing by themselves, but almost everyone picked out the ingredients, and after roasting the first round of ingredients, they asked the servants to bake them and ate them themselves.
Although it was evening, the temperature was not that high, and there were many ice basins placed around, everyone was still sweating profusely from eating, and they couldn't stop, and kept ordering the servants to continue roasting.
In fact, with healthy ingredients and warm seasonings, the baked food is really delicious. Even if you are sweating profusely from eating, everyone is happy with it, and it feels more enjoyable!
Wen Wen was full for a long time, but she didn't dare to let go. After eating half full, Wen Wen stopped eating. He also sat there drinking herbal tea, waiting for Wen Wen to come and ask questions.
Sure enough, Nuan Nuan quickly spoke to him.
"Master Liu, are you full?"
Liu Xiaoen smiled sheepishly: "I am a very impatient person. I can't help but eat delicious food. I keep eating and I am full in no time! This is the best barbecue I have ever had!" Health-preserving ingredients are indeed the most delicious food in the world! A small leek is not as good as any delicacy from the mountains and seas! Thanks to Princess Hui'an's mansion, today the common people can eat health-preserving vegetables to their fullest."
Wen Nuan smiled: "I feel relieved if I can satisfy Mr. Liu. I heard that the rice noodles in Liuzhou are very delicious. I also want to secretly learn from Mr. Liu, but I don't know if this barbecue meal is enough to change the secret recipe of rice noodles. ?My grandmother likes to eat food like rice and noodles.”
"What kind of secret recipe is that? Everyone in Liuzhou can make it. I will teach it to Princess Hui'an!"
Wen Nuan said happily: "That's good! It's a bit noisy here, Mr. Liu, let's go to the pavilion and play chess, and you can tell me the secret recipe!"
"good!"
So the two of them went over to the pavilion and played chess.
While playing chess, Nuan Nuan took the opportunity to ask Liu Xiaoen how to make Liuzhou rice noodles, and then he talked about the opening of the Beijing-South Channel.
"The other day I heard from my eldest brother-in-law that Mr. Liu wants to open a Beijing-South Channel. I wonder if this is true or not?"
"The grassroots people do have this idea. Princess Hui'an also knows that our Liu family made a fortune in shipbuilding, and later got involved in the river transportation business, so she thought that the capital is too far away from our Liuzhou Prefecture. If we can go all the way by water, it will save money. It took a lot of time. So I thought of opening a Beijing-South Channel, which would make our Liu family’s business much more convenient. But this matter is not something I, a small businessman, can decide. Although I have money to open it, but the river channel They all belong to the imperial court and cannot be bought or sold, so there is really no other way."
Wen Nuan smiled: "Young Master Liu, this idea is very good, it benefits the country and the people. It can even be said to be a pioneering work that will benefit the future. The imperial court has had this intention for a long time, but it is a pity that the imperial court is in troubled times at the moment and really dare not come up with it. More silver to do this.”
Nuan Nuan spoke directly, and Liu Xiaoen did not mince words and said directly: "If the court has this intention, then it's just right, the common people can provide the money."