Chapter 175
"Thank you, Changshi Yan, for your advice." Li Xiao was a little moved. Yan Liben's words were the advice of the elders to the younger generation, which was a kind intention.
Next, in order to hurry up, Yan Liben did not care about the bumps and dust on the road and rushed all the way. Even so, he still encountered three waves of envoys from Chang'an on the way.
The emperor and the prime minister were already a little impatient and wanted to see corn immediately.
Flash and whip again.
Eighty miles away, it only took an hour to run. When he entered Chang'an City, Li Xiao felt sore and numb all over and felt that his body was about to fall apart.
But seeing that the old man Yan Liben, who was covered in dust, was still able to jump off the horse vigorously. He really admired him very much.
"You need to practice more in the future." Yan Liben handed over the mount to his subordinates, smiled and reached out to lift Li Xiao off his horse.
This hand is really powerful, much bigger than the young man he is.
Di Renjie also jumped off the horse and reached out to help Li Xiao pat the dust on his body. "If Sanlang wants to improve his riding skills, I can let my cousin teach you."
"Li Yuanfang?" Li Xiao was surprised. "Okay, okay, I'm afraid Brother Li will not."
"What's the matter? My cousin has happened to be fine recently." Di Renjie and Li Xiao have not been together for a long time, but he thinks he is a friend. Moreover, he knows very well that once this corn is presented, Li Xiao will definitely no longer be an ordinary villager. In addition, Li Xiao is still closely related to several military bosses. With those who are helping behind the scenes, Li Xiao will sooner or later make a comeback.
His cousin came to Beijing and never found anything suitable. It is not a serious matter to follow him to help him. If he gave Li Xiao a guide, he might be able to take this opportunity to make friends with Li Xiao and have another way.
Some people from the palace came to lead Yan Liben and others in. Di Renjie personally picked up the box and followed carefully and carefully.
Li Xiao and a commoner are not qualified to go in directly.
He was taken to one side by a palace servant.
The eunuch, who was about twenty years old, had a pale face and no kind face. He seemed to have known some news before, and it was not easy to know that this young man who looked dusty.
"Our family has prepared clothes for Saburo, and asked Saburo to take a shower and change clothes there."
It is a rare thing for a common man to meet the emperor. Before he meets the emperor, he naturally needs to take a bath. Before he meets the emperor, he has to change into the white common manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly manly man
"Thank you, my father-in-law."
Li Xiao had time and didn't bring any money or anything, so he had to give in and thank him.
The eunuch had no intention of asking for bribes, and he carefully explained some rules in the palace to him.
There are many rules in the palace, so there is no mistake.
He was taken into a small hut, and the eunuch retreated and brought him the door. There was a bucket of hot water prepared inside and a brand new white cloth robes.
He took off his dusty clothes and jumped into the bucket and took a shower happily.
There is no shower gel, even if you are in the imperial city and under the office of the prime ministers under the Secretariat, you are equipped with only some bath beans.
The so-called bath beans are already high-end toiletries that ordinary people cannot afford.
Bath beans are made of bean powder and medicines, used to wash hands and faces, or even bathe. In ancient times, bath beans were all-round toiletries, and they were used to wash hands, faces, hair, and even clothes. All stains and oil stains can be solved.
Sun Simmy, a genius doctor, wrote in his medical book that bath beans are the most important thing for the people. The meaning is that from the peddlers to the royal relatives, bath beans are essential supplies at home.
Unlike the toiletries in later generations, all the ingredients of bath beans at this time are edible and can dissolve fat even after eating them.
But to be more specific, Tangren’s bath beans are actually classified and classified.
There are roughly soaps, used to wash clothes and hands, as well as facial cleansers, used to wash facials and bathe, etc.
In terms of production, bean powder is the main one, and then it is processed with various Chinese medicinal materials. The more expensive the bath beans, the more medicinal materials you use, it will be.
For example, the bath beans that Li Xiao uses to take a bath are obviously more advanced than those bought by the Li family during the normal period. They smell unusual and refreshing. He estimated that this is the most famous tribute bath beans in the state made in the Tang Dynasty. This kind of bath beans that even contains dozens of medicinal materials, such as lilac, agarwood, musk, pearl powder, etc.
There is another joke about bath bean history.
A man named Wang Dun married the princess. When he first got married, after going to the bathroom, the princess's servant took a golden plate with water, and a glass cup containing bath beans to him.
He thought it was something he had eaten, so he poured the bath beans into the water and drank them. He also said that the dry rice was delicious, which made the princess' servants laugh and make a big joke.
Li Xiao wouldn't make such jokes.
After using the tribute version of the bath beans, the ability to remove dirt and oil is indeed strong, and there is a refreshing fragrance left on the body.
But he felt that the fragrance was far from comparable to the newly developed perfume of his family. Moreover, the cost of making this kind of bath bean is extremely high at first glance. It can be processed with dozens of spices and medicinal materials at any time. How can it be compared with his perfume made of only floral dew and alcohol, which is low in cost and good effect.
It seems that you can take the palace route and create a brand of royal tributes to promote it when you pour it out. Wouldn't his perfume be popular?
When I put on the clothes prepared for him by the eunuch, it was quite fit. Although it was a white linen robe, it could be cut properly, sewn well, and evenly stitched.
Paired with cowhide belt, black boots, and black soft-footed toe, it also has a bit of chic flavor.
Turning around and walking out of the house, the little eunuch had been waiting there long ago.
I also brought a tray with a few snacks inside.
Smell the osmanthus pastries with osmanthus and fragrance, dye them into green green dumplings, etc.
He was indeed hungry and didn't be polite to others. He picked up the chopsticks and picked them up and ate them. After a while, he ate all the small plates of pastries.
The little eunuch stood aside, looking at Li Xiao with interest. Li Xiao was not the first person to face the saint, but who came from the saint? When waiting for the saint here, he was not nervous and excited, and even trembled with nervous hands and feet. Who could be as natural as Li Xiao?
Even many low-level officials were so excited that they were at a loss when they received the emperor's special order to summon him.
"Aren't Li Sanlang nervous?" the little eunuch couldn't help asking.
"Not nervous."
"I'm not nervous when I see the emperor?"
"What's there to be nervous? I didn't do anything. The emperor summoned me to come because I found corn. It's a good thing. Maybe I'll be awarded an official position, a title, and a land of money. I'm not too happy yet, so why should I be nervous?" Li Xiao said with a smile.
Just after he finished speaking, a eunuch came in.
"Where is Li Xiao, a native of Lantian?"
"I am Li Xiao."
Chapter completed!