Li Shimin faked his death? Then I will be powerful enough to conquer the world!

The delicious dishes are placed on the table like exquisite paintings, and the steaming hot air, carrying the tempting aroma, fills the air.

Each dish is like a carefully crafted work of art, and the aroma is like magic, penetrating into everyone's nose and making people salivate.

When they saw the table full of delicious food, excitement suddenly flashed in their eyes and they couldn't help but whet their appetite.

Li Shimin slowly swept his eyes over the crowd and said solemnly, "We will soon go together to conquer the Xueyantuo. This meal can be regarded as a farewell drink for us brothers!"

He paused and raised his voice.

"Have a banquet!"

As soon as Li Shimin spoke, Cheng Yaojin couldn't wait to pick up the pot of Xiaobai Gan. He first put it under his nose and took a deep sniff. His intoxicated expression seemed as if he was immersed in the world of fine wine.

"Your Majesty! This wine smells so good!"

Cheng Yaojin said with a smile on his face.

After saying this, he first carefully poured a small cup for Li Shimin, his movements as gentle as if he were treating a rare treasure. Then, he filled the cups of others in turn, and finally took his own turn.

Cheng Yaojin picked up the small and exquisite wine glass, staring at the wine in it, and murmured unconsciously: "It's a good wine, but the amount is really too little."

Before he finished speaking, he raised his head and drank the white liquor in the glass in one gulp.

Li Shimin, Yuchi Jingde and Li Ji were originally waiting for Cheng Yaojin to comment on the wine.

But Cheng Yaojin suddenly took a breath of cold air and kept making a hissing sound from his mouth, which sounded like a frightened snake.

Looking at his face again, it instantly turned red from the base of his neck to his forehead, like a cooked shrimp, and the red color seemed to be dripping with blood.

Only after the effects of the alcohol wore off did Cheng Yaojin breathe a sigh of relief.

He exclaimed in admiration, "What a good wine! This is the first time I've ever had such good wine! It's really strong! After drinking this Lao Baigan, I realized that what we drank before was horse urine!"

He wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth and looked at everyone.

"Remember, drink this slowly. It's too strong! You won't be able to handle it!"

After hearing this comment from this devil, they were even more curious in their hearts.

They are all brave generals on the battlefield. What kind of liquor have they not drunk?

They expressed disdain for Cheng Yaojin's last words.

In their opinion, drinking should be done boldly. What does it mean to drink slowly?

We brothers are all the type to just drink straight from the jar! There is absolutely no reason to drink slowly!

The three of them moved in unison, as if they had rehearsed it beforehand. They picked up the wine glasses at the same time and drank them all without hesitation.

In an instant, "hissing" sounds rang out one after another.

Everyone's face quickly turned red, just like Cheng Yaojin's. The alcohol was like a fire burning in their bodies.

"What a good wine! Really strong!"

Yuchi Jingde grinned and spoke loudly, his eyes slightly narrowed, as if he was still savoring the taste of the wine.

Seeing the expressions of the three people, Cheng Yaojin laughed heartily. He said while laughing, "I told you all, why don't you believe me? This wine is meant to be drunk slowly!"

As he spoke, Cheng Yaojin picked up the wine jug again and refilled the four people's glasses. Half of the wine was gone in the blink of an eye.

"When I leave later, I must buy more wine and take it back to drink slowly!"

Cheng Yaojin's words made the same idea come to the minds of others. They all secretly planned in their hearts that they must bring some such good wine back and let others taste it.

"Eat vegetables, eat vegetables!"

Li Shimin said with a smile.

In the Tang Dynasty, although there were many types of meat, mutton was the main meat. This was because pork at that time had an unremovable pungent smell and was very difficult to process. In comparison, the strong smell of mutton was easier to accept.

With a try-it attitude, Li Shimin stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of bright red braised pork. The braised pork was trembling, as if waving to him.

He slowly put the braised pork into his mouth. As soon as it entered, the sweet and salty taste burst out in his mouth, like fireworks blooming in the night sky.

The taste is endless, the braised pork melts instantly in your mouth, just like snowflakes meeting the warm sun, leaving only the fresh fragrance in your mouth.

Li Shimin had just finished a piece of braised pork when he immediately picked up another piece. He ate while praising it, "Delicious!"

After hearing Li Shimin's comments, the generals couldn't wait to start eating.

For a moment, chopsticks were flying on the table, and everyone was reaching for the plate of braised pork.

Soon, the four of them devoured the whole plate of braised pork.

"Is this really pork? How can it be so delicious?"

Li Ji was full of disbelief. He stared at the empty plate and felt that such delicious meat should not be pork. The taste had completely overturned his perception of pork.

What made Li Shimin most curious was the thing called hot pot.

According to the waiter, the red soup base is called spicy hot pot.

Li Shimin looked at the boiling soup in the hot pot, his eyes full of curiosity.

He picked up a piece of mutton roll as thin as a cicada's wing and, imitating the people around him, put the mutton into the boiling pot.

He counted to ten silently in his mind, then quickly took out the mutton roll, dipped it lightly in the seasoning bowl next to it, and put it into his mouth.

In an instant, the spicy and fragrant taste was like a surging tide, attacking his taste buds that had never been stimulated like this before.

The spicy taste was like a ball of fire burning in his mouth, and the numbness was like countless little ants dancing on the tip of his tongue.

He couldn't help but open his mouth and breathe out loudly, trying to relieve the burning feeling.

He just picked up the wine glass to quench his thirst, but suddenly remembered that this was strong liquor and drinking it would probably make him feel even worse.

In desperation, he could only eat the vegetables fried with lard in big mouthfuls to relieve the spicy taste in his mouth.

Seeing Li Shimin eating hot pot like this, the other three looked at each other with surprise and curiosity in their eyes.

They were all waiting for Li Shimin to comment on the taste of the hot pot.

Li Shimin finally recovered and said, "It's delicious. This is the feeling. It's hard to describe!"

After saying that, he asked someone to bring up a pot of cold water. He picked up the cup and drank a large glass of cold water in gulps. Only then did he feel better.

He looked at the still boiling hot pot, and the desire to eat it grew wildly in his heart like weeds.

Yuchi Jingde was also eating hot pot. For some reason, he had a strong resistance to spicy food.

He was sweating while eating, and sweat was running down his cheeks like beads that had broken off the string, but he still kept eating the spicy hot pot and pickled fish.

The spicy hot pot base and the sour pickled fish seemed to him the most delicious food in the world. He enjoyed the strong taste so much that every bite seemed to dance on the tip of his tongue.

A few of them enjoyed this rare time with delicious food and fine wine.

After a while, they were full and satisfied, and everyone wiped the sweat from their foreheads with a towel.

They couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: "This life is worth it!" This meal allowed them to experience a delicious taste they had never experienced before, like a carnival for their taste buds.

Li Shimin stood up and walked to the girl with a generous and open attitude to pay the bill.

Not only did he pay for the meal, he also said he wanted to buy some more Xiaobai Gan and take it to Chang'an to drink.

But he didn't expect to be rejected directly by the girl.

Li Shimin asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Why can't I buy some dried white beans to take out?"

In his opinion, customers are willing to buy and the store can make a profit. It is a win-win situation and there is no reason not to sell.

The girl said helplessly to Li Shimin: "Sir, it's not that we don't want to sell it to you, but even if we sell it to you, you can't take these things out of Xianyang City!"

Her eyes were full of seriousness. "If you secretly take things out of Xianyang City, it's illegal!"

Li Shimin widened his eyes. He had never heard of such a law in the Tang Dynasty.

He frowned and asked, "Why have I never heard of such a law in the Tang Dynasty?"

The girl patiently explained, "It's not the laws of the Tang Dynasty. It's the Xianyang Law specially formulated by Your Majesty."

She looked at Li Shimin and continued, "If you take things from Xianyang outside, it's called smuggling. You have to wait until His Majesty says it's okay to sell them. Only then can you sell them."

"Our Xianyang City is in a special period now. The only merchants in Xianyang City are the Qianyu Chamber of Commerce, and we can only come in and not leave Xianyang City."

"We were taught in school that if we sell the goods from Xianyang City to the outside world, it will disrupt your majesty's plans and disrupt people's livelihood."

"Take our colored glass, for example. It's worthless here, but outside, it's a priceless treasure. Anyone who tries to smuggle it will be sentenced to death!"

The little girl was like a little teacher, patiently explaining Xianyang law to these four "legally illiterate" people.

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately understood what Li Chengqian meant. Although he felt a little regretful.

He asked still unwillingly.

"Is it not okay even though I'm an official?"

When the little girl heard Li Shimin's words, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

"You're from Chang'an, so I don't blame you if I don't know."

"Back then, Prince Ye killed people for three whole days and three nights at Caishikou in Xianyang. The heads of corrupt officials and children of wealthy families were all over the ground!"

"If you don't want to die, you'd better obey the rules!"

After hearing this, Li Shimin could only take a step back helplessly.

He said, "Then pack ten pots for us. We will drink them all in Xianyang City and definitely not take any out!"

The girl looked at Li Shimin doubtfully and said, "Can the four of you drink that much in one night? Aren't we leaving for Chang'an tomorrow?"

There was worry in her eyes.

"I've told you all! Don't try to break the law! That's an even worse crime! If you can't finish it, you can throw it away or give it to someone else, but you must not take it out!"

"I reminded you because you're a nice person!"

Li Shimin took the little girl's repeated instructions to heart.

"Thank you so much, little girl. When Xianyang opens to the outside world, I will definitely come and repay you!"

"I haven't asked for your name yet!"

"Just call me Xiao Jiang!"

Li Shimin looked at Xiao Jiang with satisfaction

"Thank you very much, Miss Jiang!"

No one knew better than Li Shimin that the law could not be violated, especially since these were the rules set by his son.

In a short while, ten bottles of Xiaobai Gan were packed.

Li Shimin was surprised to find that even the bottle containing the wine was made of glass.

He secretly calculated in his mind that if this bottle was put outside, it could buy at least ten stores like Songhelou.

It is amazing that such a precious item is used to store wine in Xianyang.

Li Shimin picked up ten bottles of packaged Xiaobai Gan, kept four for himself, and then gave the remaining six bottles to them, two bottles each.

He repeated to them what the little girl had just said with a serious face. Several big men patted their chests to show that they had remembered it in their hearts. The sound was so loud that it seemed to blow the roof off, attracting the attention of the diners around.

When they received the packaged bottled wine, everyone's heart trembled. They held the glass bottle carefully, their eyes full of amazement. This glass bottle was really too exquisite...