Chapter 382 Opening

Chang'an, the center of the world.

It is as prosperous as ever.

It is already morning now. Ripples are appearing on the big canal in the middle of Chang'an. Boats are constantly coming and going. The sound of rudders hitting the water is endless. The oars smash the light and shadow of the rising sun reflected on the Bian River.

On the various tributaries of the river, there are all kinds of boats for passengers, goods, water transport, and ferries.

Looking at the streets again, there are noisy city sounds, people are crowded, cars are wandering, thousands of feet long rainbows fly over the high buildings, willow branches brush the water, towering pavilions, surrounded by trees, colorful tents and people gather, thousands of cars go away like the wind, thousands of drums pass by like thunder.

The business of the Tang Dynasty has formed a huge network and is fully supervised by the cardinals of all realms. However, it is seen that the wells are noisy, and countless people have already got up and started to complete their work, entertainment, and life for the day.

Various markets have also been opened. Hundreds of industries, especially vegetable markets, have opened their doors to welcome the crowds every morning as citizens rush to the morning market.

The Liu family is naturally the same, and generally speaking, they get up very early.

When Li Qi and Liu Canzhi woke up, Liu Junyi had already prepared breakfast, and even knocked on the door to call Liu Canzhi and Li Qi to get up and eat.

Li Qi and Liu Canzhi are accustomed to this, after all, Li Qi has rested here more than once or twice.

Li Qi knows very well that the Liu family has no servants, and Liu Donghe doesn't like to order others around. There are only three people living in this house, namely the Liu family father and son, and Liu Junyi who lives here.

Anyway, there are magic spells, so dust removal does not require action by oneself, just cast a few dust-free talismans, and the housework that needs to be done frequently is actually only washing and cooking.

As for washing clothes, none of the three people are very good at it, so it is outsourced to the laundry maid, who will come to the house regularly to collect clothes and send them back after washing.

As for cooking...

Liu Donghe is obviously the type who can't cook, and Liu Canzhi is a lazy guy, so naturally only Liu Junyi can do it.

Fortunately, Liu Junyi has good cooking skills.

This elegant and modest gentleman is not the kind of person who doesn't do housework. In fact, there is no such person in the Liu family. Liu Donghe's family tradition is still very good. Even Liu Donghe himself often does some work such as repairing furniture and taking care of the garden.

It's just that the cooking level of this celebrity... It's hard to describe.

Li Qi sat at the dining table of the Liu family as usual.

The breakfast on the table in front of him was the red fermented bean curd mixed vegetables that the Liu family liked to eat.

After the tofu is fermented, it is soaked in red oil for preservation. When eating, it is served, steamed several times to make it crispy inside, and then peeled to make it more flavorful.

Then prepare vegetables such as lotus root, bamboo shoots, ferns, and rong, steam them until soft, and then put red fermented bean curd on them.

The staple food is cake bait, which is just ordinary white flour cooked.

However, there is also a dish of meat sauce for the meal. Take pork, stew it until it is tender, use peeled walnuts, put them in a pot and mash them, wait for the walnut oil to seep in, add spices, aged wine, soy sauce, a little brown sugar and other ingredients, put them in the original juice and store them. Heat it when eating, then scoop it out and spread it on the cake to eat, it tastes very delicious.

The raw materials are all common ingredients, and no spiritual beasts, dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder are used, which does not conform to the simple style of the Liu family, but the taste is definitely not bad.

Sitting at the dining table, Li Qi praised Liu Junyi: "Brother Liu's cooking skills are really amazing, the taste is comparable to the cafeteria."

Compared to the cafeteria, this is the highest praise.

You know, the chef of the cafeteria of the Imperial College is Guo Penghai, who is a chef who has practiced cooking skills and reached the fourth grade.

Liu Junyi smiled: "The sage said, 'You never tire of fine food, and you never tire of fine meat. Although there are no delicacies from the mountains and the sea, home-cooked meals are just like studying, and you need to pay attention to them.'"

"If you don't pay attention to your daily life and diet, how can you pay attention to your studies?"

Liu Junyi said so, and glanced at Liu Canzhi who was eating.

Liu Canzhi rolled his eyes.

Li Qi just thought it was funny, but he still controlled his expression very well, and he couldn't laugh at him in person.

Liu Canzhi was used to being lazy, just like most people who didn't do housework. The family always wanted to find an opportunity to teach him a lesson, after all, Liu Canzhi was sometimes too lazy to even clean his room.

Obviously, he only needed a dust removal talisman, but he felt it was unnecessary, so he often forgot and left it somewhere, which made his father and brother think he was very bad.

At this time, Liu Donghe, who was sitting on the main seat, said: "Your elder brother is right. If you can't clean up your own house, how can you clean up the world? If you don't care about the things around you, what else is worth caring about?"

Liu Canzhi sighed silently and began to play dead, not arguing.

In the past, he should have said nothing. Anyway, a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. You can talk about it. I will do what I should do.

However, he suddenly thought of what he was going to say later, so he straightened his back, picked up the bowl, and said respectfully: "Father is right, I also want to correct it. After the bowl is cleared today, I will wash it."

When these words came out, Li Qi, Liu Junyi, and Liu Donghe were all shocked. They all stopped what they were doing and looked at Liu Canzhi with surprise on their faces.

Liu Canzhi said without changing his expression, "Li Qi advised me yesterday, and with the advice of my father and elder brother, I feel ashamed, so I want to change my lazy nature from today."

Liu Donghe was relieved when he heard this. Even the strictest father would be so relieved when he saw his son suddenly realize his mistake.

He looked Liu Canzhi up and down: "That's very good, very good."

As he said this, he looked at Li Qi again.

Then, Liu Donghe said to Li Qi: "Although a person has a beautiful nature and a discerning mind, he must seek a wise teacher and serve him, and choose good friends to befriend him. Then he will see the conduct of loyalty, trustworthiness, respect and humility, and his body will improve in benevolence and righteousness, and his mind will improve in self-discipline."

"A good friend can supervise him to read widely, show him success and failure, make him understand the future by observing the past, and know this by observing others, drive him on the straight path, restrain him in the middle of inspection, and make him feel as if he is hanging on a thousand feet, and as if he is riding a horse and walking on ice. Therefore, he can avoid regrets and make him loyal and auspicious."

"It is a great blessing to have such a good friend."

To be honest, Li Qi found it difficult to listen to such a flowery speech.

And these words are allusions, and there is an ancient story behind each sentence. Even Li Qi's reading volume is a bit overwhelming.

But he could probably still understand it. It was probably praising him for being a good friend and bringing up the lazy Liu Canzhi. He also hinted that Liu Canzhi was also a "good friend" and hoped that Li Qi would continue to maintain a good relationship with him.

After listening to it, Li Qi immediately said: "That's natural. I heard that a gentleman must read thousands of books, and he must also go to the temple, see the mountains and rivers, and make friends with celebrities at home and abroad. Then his temperament and insights will naturally be broad, and good friends will naturally improve. Otherwise, birds chirp and insects sing, and you will be complacent. Although there are good things, your horizons are narrow."

"Now Brother Liu and I are just like flowers and butterflies. We carve and learn from each other every day, and we have gained a lot."

Li Qi also said so.

Although the two did not communicate privately, after all, they have worked together for so long, and there is still a tacit understanding. He understood what Liu Canzhi meant.

Obviously, Liu Canzhi was going to be a good baby and make old man Liu Donghe happy, so that he could write poems and articles, and speak when blowing trumpet creepers.

And Liu Donghe glanced at the two people.

To be honest, although Liu Donghe praised Li Qi, if there is any impact, rationally speaking, Liu Donghe does not believe a word.

"Reading thousands of books, ascending the temple, viewing mountains and rivers, making friends with celebrities at home and abroad, the temperament and insights are naturally broad, and good friends ponder and naturally improve", this kind of words sound good, but Liu Donghe knows that Li Qi is a typical person who does not like socializing.

Although he looks polite, this person has been in Chang'an for more than half a year. Except for Liu Canzhi, he has no friends, and he has never gone out to play. What he does every day is study and practice.

What are you talking about playing? Have you gone out to play?

But...

Liu Donghe glanced at the two again.

Indeed, Liu Canzhi's cultivation has made great progress recently. In the past six months, he no longer went to Shangyuan and other places of fireworks, and concentrated on doing research at home.

Although he studied small skills such as insect poison, it is still a skill after all, and it is not impossible to pursue the great way.

There are still changes.

So, Liu Donghe nodded: "That's right, so, do you two have anything to say?"

Li Qi showed an awkward smile.

Liu Canzhi shook, looked at Li Qi, and showed a helpless expression.

Sure enough, Liu Donghe saw everything clearly, and the two of them could not hide it from him.

But Liu Canzhi seemed to want to struggle. He put down his bowl, stood up and said: "I have something to report to my father. Father, after dinner, can you go to my yard with us to see our results?"

"Since we started to be busy, my father only said that what we did were some small tricks of insect poison, and never saw what we did with his own eyes. Now that we have finally achieved some results, I still hope that my father can move and see his son's...seventh-grade Dao foundation with his own eyes."

Liu Canzhi said solemnly, even saying the seventh-grade Dao foundation.

In the world, for a person, nothing is more important than the Dao.

And in the Dao, the Dao foundation is the lifeline of the lifeline. If the Dao foundation is damaged, it is not impossible to lose the grade at the least, or even die directly at the worst.

A very important part of following the foot is the foundation of Taoism.

Saying this is basically equivalent to showing Liu Donghe his cards.

As a father, he can't refuse such a request.

So, Liu Donghe nodded: "Okay, then, I'll go take a look. Sit down and eat first."

Liu Canzhi sat down, and Li Qi also breathed a sigh of relief.

After that, no one spoke, everyone silently ate rice, and a breakfast was over soon.

Then, as just said, Liu Canzhi took the initiative to clean up the dishes and wash the dishes.

It was very convenient to wash them, just use magic.

However, Liu Canzhi practiced the Tao of Reason, so he was not very good at these. He still took out a magic weapon directly, manipulated the water flow, created a whirlpool, and then threw the bowl into it to wash it quickly.

The speed of the whirlpool is at least 100 kilometers per hour.

After paying the price of a few broken bowls, he got rid of these, and then quickly took Liu Donghe to his own courtyard.

Li Qi naturally followed, but he didn't say anything.

Soon, Liu Donghe followed Liu Canzhi to the courtyard.

As soon as he arrived, he frowned.

Just as he thought, a bunch of bugs gathered together, gnawing on some fragments of magic weapons.

Full of... the smell of witchcraft.

It was really unpleasant.

In the eyes of traditional humanity, witchcraft is a typical evil way. Many years ago, the emperor of the human world, when it was not yet the Tang Dynasty, was already a "hateful witchcraft like an enemy", and caused many "witchcraft disasters".

Of course, that was in the past. Today's world is much more open and there are not so many prejudices. There are also many popular sciences about witchcraft on the network of the cardinals of all realms.

However, the overall image of witchcraft is still insidious and cunning.

To be honest, Li Qi felt that it was not others' fault. Even Li Qi himself felt that the methods of witchcraft were too weird. Many of the techniques could not be described as weird, but simply weird.

Compared with the magnificence and splendor of the Taoist sect next door, the methods of witchcraft are really... not easy to put on the stage, not to mention the historical origins of humanity and witchcraft.

But Liu Donghe is not a corrupt scholar. Although he does not like the methods of witchcraft, he also knows the pursuit of the path of witchcraft itself.

Although he does not approve, he will not belittle it.

In addition, this is the foundation of Taoism recognized by his own son, so he still patiently read it and used some Confucian methods.

Confucianism is good at using rules, but there are also some auxiliary techniques.

He clapped his hands lightly and chanted in a low voice: "Open your collar to drive away the miasma, and clear your eyes to sweep away the clouds and smoke."

This is a special rhythm, plus poetry.

A wise man said: "Poetry, ritual, and music, music can stir people's blood and make people not have any small bad intentions, which is pure natural law. This is what is called 'accomplishment through music'. For example, when people take medicine, they take it all the time at the beginning, and after taking it for a long time, their ears and eyes will be sharp and they will be effective. This is the rise of poetry, the establishment of rituals, and the completion of music."

Through such poetry, people can be 'smart', that is, their ears are sensitive and their eyes are bright.

As he spoke, his eyes were a little bright, and he glanced at the witch silkworm in front of him.

Every detail was visible, and no secrets could be hidden.

So he didn't even need any 'explanation', he saw all the designs of Li Qi and others at a glance.

"Is this... your achievement?" Liu Donghe was a little surprised, and turned his head to look at Li Qi and Liu Canzhi standing next to him.

This thing is really exquisite, and it is indeed qualified to be Liu Canzhi's foundation.

With the seventh and eighth grades, they have achieved such results. They are not fooling around.

"Yes, this is the result of my brother Li and I for more than half a year. Of course, it was still far from enough. But this time, Brother Li went back to Wushen Mountain and found the solution to our long-standing problem. Just yesterday, we finally made this thing have practical value." Liu Canzhi said immediately.

"Well... well done." Liu Donghe nodded.

Li Qi also took the opportunity to come out: "Uncle, we want to sell this thing to the outside world. Can you help us... promote it?"