Exile is exile, is half of the capital enough as compensation?

"There should be, what's wrong?"

"So, after you've eaten the food here, do you always have a few days where you crave the food?"

Li Tianze nodded without hiding anything. "Well, maybe it's because I don't eat much, so the reaction isn't that big. Tianming used to come here often to eat, and he said that he always craved the food here. Oh, and there's also the food in the village. I had the same feeling after eating there."

"Have you seen anything like this in other restaurants in the capital?"

Li Tianze recalled almost all the restaurants he had eaten at, even those that were not in the capital, and filtered them over and over in his mind.

Then he said affirmatively: "No, it seems that some places don't even have these ingredients." After saying that, he pointed to other things like bay leaves in the chicken nuggets.

Leng Youran glanced at the things he pointed at and said, "These things are fine, they are medicinal herbs."

Li Tianze was surprised to hear that it was medicinal herbs. "Are they really medicinal herbs? Someone said before that the shopkeepers of Wangjiang Tower and Qingyu Villa were generous and willing to use medicinal herbs in their dishes. I thought it was just a gimmick, but it turns out to be true."

"Yes, but this doesn't count." Leng Youran pointed at the things she picked out.

"So what is this thing?"

"Opium, if you eat a little, it may not cause any harm, but if you eat too much, you can easily become addicted."

When she was still in modern times, there was a period of time when many restaurant owners used this thing in their dishes. Only after a national investigation did such things stop.

She didn't expect that the Eastern Jin Dynasty also had these things.

I never thought that someone would think of using this in cooking.

This inevitably increased her suspicion.

"Addiction? You mean if you eat too much of these things, people will become dependent on them?"

"Hmm, so I guess this is why Wangjiang Tower and Qingyu Villa have been able to stand in the capital for many years without being surpassed by other restaurants."

Even if those restaurants could use those familiar medicinal herbs in their dishes, they could not imitate the taste here. If poppies were really flying all over the sky, the capital would have been in chaos long ago.

"No."

Li Tianze suddenly stood up, exuding a murderous aura.

"What are you going to do?" Leng Youran grabbed the somewhat excited Li Tianze.

"How can such a harmful thing appear in the food? I now..." Before he could finish the rest of his words, Li Tianze seemed to have thought of something and sat back dejectedly.

Yes!

Even though he knows these things are harmful, he can't do anything about it.

Now he is just an exile and has no ability to do anything.

Leng Youran noticed the disappointment in his eyes and placed her hand on his clenched fist, gently squeezing it. "Don't be like this. Even if you were still in the capital, you wouldn't be able to do anything about something so groundless. Besides, there's no law in the Eastern Jin Dynasty prohibiting the consumption of opium."

Li Tianze slammed the table in anger, "Are we just going to watch them harm the people?"

He didn't know the extent of the opium addiction, but he knew that anything that made people dependent...

"Youyou, do you know anything about opium?"

"Opium?" Leng Youran's voice unconsciously rose a little.

"Yes, you know?"

"Well, how did you know about opium?"

Li Tianze seemed to recall something from the past, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes, but when facing Leng Youran, he quickly restrained his breath and said with some regret in his voice, "It's like this. I once investigated a place where they had opium. It's similar to the poppy you mentioned and can also be addictive. I've seen people who took opium, and they were all skinny, weak, and looked listless."

Leng Youran never thought that there would be such a thing here.

Are the people here so smart?

Do you all know how to refine it?

She was already surprised to see poppies, but there was something else that surprised her even more.

Opium shouldn't be...

Forget it, the Eastern Jin Dynasty here is not the Eastern Jin Dynasty she has read in modern history books.

In such a magical place, it is normal for some incredible things to happen.

"In fact, opium contains something called poppy."

"What?" Li Tianze exclaimed again.

"Youyou, you mean this thing can be made into opium? Then the capital..."

Leng Youran pulled him back to his seat helplessly, "What does the situation in the capital have to do with you? If Zhao Mingyao is not anxious, why are you anxious? Besides, the capital doesn't seem to have been harmed yet. I think the person who made this thing would not dare to attack the capital." Or maybe he "she" was reluctant to attack the capital.

She always felt that all the things connected together made her feel as if there was an invisible big hand pushing everything.

Wangjiang Tower, Qingyu Villa.

The consumption here is very high. Could it be that the people behind them only want to control the powerful people in Beijing?

What is his purpose?

rebel?

不 ...

If this is true, then when Zhao Mingyao seizes the throne will be their best opportunity.

why?

Don't want the throne, or the throne has already...

"Youyou, Youyou?" Li Tianze saw that she suddenly stopped talking again, and waved his big hands in front of her eyes a few times.

"What's wrong, Tianze?" Leng Youran slowly came back to her senses and met Li Tianze's anxious eyes.

"What's wrong with you? Why have you been absent-minded all day? What did you think of?"

Leng Youran nodded first, then shook his head. "No, I'm not sure yet. By the way, where is that place you said you found?"

"Nanlingzhou, the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty near the southern land..."

His father died in the battle between the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the South. Even though he was only a teenager at the time, he knew a lot of things. His father was definitely not the kind of person who would take risks for merit.

He then quietly took Li Yi and others to Nanling.

When he went there, half a year had passed since the war between the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the South. Nanling Island was peaceful and there was no sign of a post-war scene at all.

He took Li Yi and others to search around the battlefield casually.

As a result, he found a paradise-like wonderland.

There, flowers bloomed all over the mountain and the whole village was surrounded by flowers.

They originally wanted to enter the village to rest, but they were driven out by the village guards before they even set foot in the village.

He knew at that time that there was something strange about this village, so he took Li Yi and sneaked into the village late at night.

There he saw a group of people who were different from the other people.

They were skinny, listless, and puffing smoke.

"You shouldn't just be investigating secretly, right?" Leng Youran thought of his murderous look just now, and knew that there was something he didn't say.