Tang Dynasty: Nine-year-old County Grandpa

026

At this time, by the river of the Yellow River, several women were busy working around the stone slab on a coal stove.

One after another, the freshly killed fish were slowly heated by them on the stone slab, turning back and forth, and soon a sizzling fragrance came out, and then began to tighten and dry.

When Li Shimin followed Chu Jie with the guards to their side, the women were all trembling.

"You are busy with your business, and you need not care about me.

Li Shimin smiled gently, which made them quickly calm down.

"Your Majesty, this is the coal stove and briquettes invented by Weichen for the Chang'an County Ya.

"We can't use the coal mine to make a fire directly, because the temperature is too high, and the pot can be burned directly, and the people and those businessmen don't dare to buy coal if they have nothing to do, for fear of being considered a rebellion."

"But Wechen has changed these briquettes to make them cooler and more resistant to burning.

"In addition, the briquettes can be smoldered, and after cooking a meal, you only need to cover the vent at the bottom, and it can be stuffy for most of the day.

"Swapping out the bottom briquettes in the middle of the night can smolder all day, and you can use fire at any time, and it's cheaper."

Chu Jie was introducing these briquettes and coal stoves to Li Shimin.

"Isn't it possible to buy this, so that you are not afraid of being misunderstood and rebelled?" Li

Shimin looked at the burning of those briquettes and smiled coldly.

"Your Majesty, the fire of this briquette is only enough to cook rice, although the temperature is slightly higher than that of firewood, but it is impossible to use it to make steel.

"If you want to make steel, you still need coal.

Chu Jie explained with a smile.

"What did you add to lower the temperature of the coal?" Li

Shimin asked suddenly.

"Forehead ......"

Chu Jie was stunned for a moment, and then stayed in place with some embarrassment.

"Look at your little bit of talent, I don't covet your things, I'm just curious.

"If you keep this thing and sell it yourself, you won't be able to run away for at least tens of thousands of taels a year." "

You...... Haven't you ever thought about

yourself?" "Haven't you ever profited for yourself

?" "Do you really regard money as dung?"

Li Shimin looked at Chu Jie with a look of scrutiny, and continued to send out soul torture.

"Your Majesty, the minister does not regard money as dung.

"On the contrary, the minister likes money, too much.

"However, the minister prefers the common wealth of the world, the wealth of the country and the strength of the people, rather than the fact that the world is all beggars, but the minister is a rich man.

"The minister doesn't want the people around him to murder the minister and kill him for money, so the minister can only take them to get rich together." "

This coal technology is given to the Chang'an County Ya by the minister, in exchange for the prosperity of Chang'an, and the minister can retire in the future, and he can also enjoy the wealth and nobility, isn't it beautiful?"

"After all, the minister's life is more than these tens of thousands of taels."

Chu Jie said with a smile.

"Your words are exactly the same as when Xue Shui encouraged the courtiers to support them. "

They said that Datang is too rich and powerful, surrounded by poor countries, and if they don't help those poor countries, they will deal with Datang together sooner or later. "

Isn't it inexplicable that you turned Xue Shui and Dou Lukuan over, and now you say such things again?"

Li Shimin didn't appreciate Chu Jie's language art much, but asked a little unhappily.

Anyway, there are only the two of them here, and of course Li Shimin will say whatever comes to mind.

"Your Majesty, this is their secret change of concept, the biggest difference between people and countries is that the country can have countless citizens who can go to the national disaster together, but an individual, even if a rich person has more bodyguards, those bodyguards are still poor after all.

"There are too many poor people, and helping the poor around you to win them over can indeed make the poor no longer embarrassed Weichen, and even protect Weichen."

"But the country is different, Xue Shu's set, the biggest loophole is that those countries are rich and strong, there is no local expansion, and they don't covet the Central Plains, can it be that they can still escape the desert for no reason?"

Chu Jie's words made Li Shimin suddenly realize.

"You kid can see it through, I am also at fault in this matter, I am famous, and I was fooled by that bastard.

Li Shimin said with some gritted teeth.

"Even if there is no Weichen, Your Majesty will quickly notice the problem, how can Your Majesty be blamed for this matter

?" "Didn't the Manchu Dynasty Ministers dare to speak when they deceived their superiors and subordinates?"

Chu Jie replied painlessly.

What didn't he understand, Li Shimin made up his mind to kill Xue Shu and the others this time, and there was some annoyance and anger in it?

However, it was better not to show this kind of cleverness.

"What's next?" asked

Li Shimin again.

"I went to Shandong, built ships, fished for fish, distributed them to various places, and at the same time caught the fish in the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.

"For thousands of years, people have had all kinds of natural and man-made disasters on the earth, but these fish have been recuperating for thousands of years, and it is time for them to pay taxes. Chu

Jie welcomes Li Shimin's divergence from the topic.

If we continue to talk about that topic just now, there will be no reward if we talk about it, and it won't be fun if we talk about it.

"Okay, this time, your cost will be reported to the court, and I will give you an appropriation, especially the money for those briquettes. "

However, I have a request!" Li

Shimin suddenly threw the topic back to the briquettes, obviously he also knew that the topic just now, Chu Jie, a little boy like a monkey, would not take it well, so he said.

"Your Majesty has asked for coal to be sent to the barracks?

"And when the surplus dried fish is sold around, there is still a large amount of interest in it, and Your Majesty still thinks about how to use it."

Chu Jie threw the topic to the economic aspect.

In the next second, Li Shimin's eyes were full of curiosity.

"Those are the space I left for your kid, and they should be yours, this is the rule, you mentioned it. "

What, you don't want the money for dried fish?" asked

Li Shimin with a look of scrutiny.

"Your Majesty, take it back, with all due respect, at this stage, your money is really worthless.

Chu Jie said with a wry smile.

"You stinky boy, what kind of nonsense are you talking about, what do you mean that money is not worth anything

?" "Can you still make money worthwhile?"

Li Shimin asked with some tears and laughter.

"Your Majesty, this money was still worthless before, but I can still talk to you about it.

"Let's also talk about why our Tang Dynasty, like other dynasties, is getting poorer and poorer. "

I just don't know if Your Majesty wants to hear it, whether you want to listen to it, or in other words, can you listen to Weichen?"

Chu Jie's childish face, full of old-fashioned appearance, said tongue-twisted.

"Say, I forgive you for your innocence!"

Li Shimin was suddenly full of curiosity about the medicine sold in Chu Jie's gourd.