Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 616;

Chapter 580: The children are their own good
The mansion of General Qin in Chang'an City!
Today's General Qin's Mansion is very lively, while in the past, the important civil and military personnel of the Qin King's Mansion gathered in the west courtyard of General Qin's Mansion.

Li Shimin led civil and military ministers into the three large tile-roofed houses and inspected them. In addition to some fine sieves and a few iron pots on the stove, there are a pile of ceramic pots and large pots filled with water. crock, and others that do not hide any edible salt.

After the inspection, Li Shimin and a group of civil and military officials left the room in satisfaction, and came out to stand in the yard. Li Yu still approached with a playful smile on his face;
"Your Majesty, you and your uncles can rest assured this time. There is no salt or two in the house. I will soon put this big cart of poisonous salt in, and then turn it into white and clean refined salt."

Li Shimin nodded;
"Be serious. It's about the survival of the people in the world. You can't be careless about eating and drinking with the sixteen guards of the imperial court. Don't talk about turning it into white and clean refined salt. As long as you turn poisonous salt into edible coarse salt, it will be a great achievement." pieces."

Fang Xuanling stroked his three-inch beard;

"Yes, Dalang, what your Majesty said is right, as long as it can be turned into usable coarse salt, the people of the world will no longer have to eat salt. If there is not enough salt, people and animals will be powerless, but the salt mines in the world come and go in only a few places. , it's really tight."

Du Ruhui looked at Li Yu with a serious expression, and opened his mouth slowly;
"That's right! If you can turn the poisonous salt into coarse salt, this old man, No. 1 in the Ministry of War, will be able to breathe a sigh of relief. Now that the imperial court has three more golden nests and two large copper nests, the pressure on His Majesty will be less.
His Majesty's wisdom and martial arts allocated a huge amount of money to the sixteen guards to replace their weapons and armor. In addition, more than 2000 war horses have returned from the Silk Road at this moment. I really want wind and rain, and there is nothing missing. !
Only this small matter of eating salt caused a group of old guys in our military department to have a headache and frown. The soldiers can also eat less salt and use vinegar cloth to make up the number.
But the animals don't have enough salt to eat, so they don't have the energy to pull food, and the horses can't lack even a mouthful. Otherwise, let alone charge and fight, even walking will be a problem. If Dalang, you can solve this little trouble , That is really the power of heaven and earth to protect His Majesty. "

Li Yu put away his smiling face and promised seriously;

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, and uncles and uncles, I will work hard, and I will definitely live up to everyone's expectations. Please wait patiently for half a day, Your Majesty, and all uncles, including making and drying. I will make a whole set today. To supply sixteen guards and horses, or the Imperial Army of the North and South, or the people of the world, the refined salt I make will be sold at a price that is [-]% lower than the current salt price in the east and west cities. What profitable business?"

Li Yu's serious face, coupled with his high-spirited and generous speech, immediately won the applause of many ministers, even His Majesty the Emperor gave a big shout out!

Qin Qiong looked at Li Yu who was about to turn around, and ordered in a pleasant manner;

"Don't worry, half a day is not enough for one day. The kitchen has been arranged for lunch, and I will entertain your majesty and colleagues. Just work carefully and be meticulous in everything, and don't cut corners."

Qin Qiong's words were exactly what Li Shimin wanted to say, and Li Shimin nodded heavily after hearing these words.

Li Yu clasped his hands and agreed;

"Yes. I have remembered my uncle's lesson."

After agreeing, Li Yu turned around and arranged for the clansmen of Li's second wife;

"People!"

"people at!"

More than 30 men from the Lin family's Forbidden Army who had followed Li Yu out to help boil and filter poisonous salt, agreed neatly, and then two of them carried the baskets, and the person sent by Mrs. Qin was said to be a cartload. It was two large carts of poisonous salt, which were transported into three large tile-roofed houses.

Li Yu followed dozens of strong men into the house, and ordered the clansmen to open fire and boil water in an orderly manner. These more than 30 clansmen had worked for seven or eight days when Li Yu was traveling.
He is relatively familiar with the whole process, and he no longer needs to be directed by Li Yu. They are all veterans who are familiar with the road.Li Yu was just sitting in the chair prepared by the teacher, eating melon seeds with peace of mind, watching the clansman work!Every once in a while, I come here to say a few words on purpose...

In the yard outside the house, a group of civil and military officials were whispering, Li Shimin was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, Qin Qiong watched Li Shimin approaching again, and spoke with a smile;
"Your Majesty! Why don't you sit in the front hall and have tea, and the minister and the third younger brother will stay here. As soon as they come out, how about you go and invite Your Majesty over?"

"Thank you, Shubao, for your kindness. I can't sit down, and I can't eat. Such a big event is related to the national economy and the people's livelihood. I have to guard it personally to be at ease."

As soon as Li Shimin's voice fell to the ground, he heard Li Yu's voice from inside;
"Lin Qi, you can make the fire bigger, yes, yes, add more hard firewood into it, it won't do if the fire is too small, add two scoops of water, it's enough."

Li Shimin smiled and said;
"Everyone, Li Dalang's steady voice seems to be very familiar with the road!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, listening to the voice is an old hand."

"Your Majesty, seeing all directions with his eyes and listening to all directions, is truly amazing. You can guess many reasons without entering the room and just listening to a few words. I admire you."

Qin Qiong also spoke with a smile;

"Your Majesty is lucky. Dalang has indeed done it several times. In summer, he went out to watch His Majesty's great rivers and mountains. When he passed the fief of Changsun Shangshu, he took it without warning and refined several thousand catties of refined salt, so The production method is not unfamiliar, the dozens of people from Li’s Second Household who went in just now are all the people who participated in that time, Dalang sent someone to tell them to come to Chang’an to stay and wait four days ago.”

As soon as they heard that Li Yu had gone out to get a few thousand catties of refined salt, a group of civil and military ministers began to sigh in a hurry, and a general opened his mouth in shock;

"How many kilograms of refined salt?"

Another military commander also marveled;

"My God!"

A civil servant smacked his lips;

"This Li Dalang is really a good trick. He went out to travel and found three golden nests and two big copper nests, and even made a few thousand catties of refined salt, tsk tsk tsk..."

Another civil servant also came to make do;
"Who says it's not? My three sons know how to drink and fight all day long. Look at Li Dalang? He has a lot of credit at a young age, and he has a lot of skills. He can even play tricks when he goes out to play. Sigh... I dare not compare, my three cubs are not even as good as a piece of shit..."

"Hi! Brother, do you think your family is like this? The third and fourth children in my family go to Pingkangfang to eat, drink and have fun. A while ago, the old guards from several brothels brought their signatures and paintings to my house to ask for the bill. I lay down angrily for three days, don't mention it, don't mention it...It almost killed me from anger!"

A fourth-rank civil servant from the Prince Qin's Mansion shook his head and sighed, helplessly confided his difficulties, and a close friend next to him interjected in a low voice;
"No wonder you haven't seen anyone for three days, my dear brother. So something happened?"

Another Sipin wenguan also joined in the fun by the side;

"Hey, dear brother, I haven't heard you mention this. Didn't you say that your sons and daughters have been living in peace recently?"

The civil servant who sighed and complained before gritted his teeth and spoke in a low voice;

"An Sheng? It is true that An Sheng was born! In a fit of rage, I practiced the family law and whipped each of them thirty lashes. Only then did they survive. Why do you think you haven't seen those two bastards lately?
They are all recuperating on their stomachs in the house!Of course Ansheng did.snort!I'm really going to piss this old man off! "

Listening to the whispers of a group of civil and military ministers in the courtyard, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin were relaxed. Compared with other men's lords, this Li Dalang is really outstanding.
Although he got into trouble after getting drunk, and did some dirty and embarrassing things, but after all, he didn't go to Pingkang Fang to owe a debt and make trouble for those low-level people like the son of my dear friend just now The house is collecting debts, and these bastards who want to come from home are not bad!

His Majesty the emperor in the yard didn't care on the surface, looking around at the birds on the tree, but secretly Li Shimin could hear everyone's words clearly.

The civil and military people who can come to the General Qin's mansion today are all confidant ministers from the Qin Wang's mansion, and they are all old subordinates who have been with him for more than ten years, so they can know who they are without turning their heads just by listening to the voice.

Listening to several civil servants and military generals telling each other that their sons are like a pile of shit, Li Shimin was very satisfied with Li Dalang's conduct, and silently counted the good and bad things about his eldest son.

In order to vent his anger on his brother, he smashed the gate of Qinghe Cui's eldest son, Di Qin's eldest son, at the gate of the house in Chang'an. On the head of his eldest son, Li Shimin felt that there was nothing wrong with it in his heart, and it was a good thing to show loyalty. Back then, when others wanted to take care of his capable subordinates and wanted to take the opportunity to break his own arm, didn't he come forward to deal with it and protect his subordinates with all his strength? ?Wouldn't it be human if he didn't take action to vent his anger on his brothers?That's too chilling!
Thinking about eating his mouth and peeing on the street, it was easier for Li Shimin to persuade himself. Children who are only fifteen or sixteen years old, don’t people be frivolous and useless to young people? Which one didn’t come from frivolity?

As for the matter of climbing over the wall and entering the Kong family to find someone else's wife, it can be explained more clearly. A fair lady, a gentleman is so good, if you don't like a lady, why do you have a habit of breaking your sleeves?That's what kills people.

The matter of raising the four ladies in the other courtyard is not a big deal, more than half of this group of civil and military people are raising other courtyards outside, so who doesn't know about it?

Not to mention being the emperor himself, even the main wives and mistresses of various families probably understand it clearly, and they pretended to be confused and didn't know that's all!

Li Shimin checked the identities of those four ladies five years ago, and it was clear that the descendants of the four generals of the previous dynasty, to be honest, at the time when his father and son rebelled, even if they killed the people in their camp, they were loyal to the country. Where does the theory of rebellious officials and thieves come from?You can't randomly buckle the shit bowl.

Besides, those four ladies have been trying their best to maintain the peaceful life of the clansmen. They have never behaved abnormally, and they always order to appease the family members and clansmen of the military lords, bow their heads to the new court, and obey the law...

Although someone made small reports several times in private, saying that Li Dalang deliberately kept captive officials and thieves, Li Shimin never took it seriously, and ignored it for a while!In Li Shimin's heart, the eldest son is nothing more than greedy, raising a few more women, what kind of bullshit is it?
At least this villain didn't do anything like wandering around in Pingkangfang, and he didn't have the scandal of having to pay debts and mortgages when playing with women, and was chased by the door for skin and flesh debts. , whose cub can compare with my eldest son Li Shimin?
Li Shimin was looking at the bird's nest on the tree and appreciating the elder son's contribution in his heart, while Qin Qiong ordered the servants and maids to bring over seven or eight Eight Immortals tables, and a pile of Taishi chairs into the yard and placed them neatly.

"Your Majesty, if you don't want to go to the main hall to rest, then sit here and eat. Your Majesty, please sit on the head seat."

Li Shimin, who came back to his senses, looked at the tables and chairs placed in the yard, and then looked up at the sky;
"Oh good! Uncle Lao made arrangements. I didn't expect it to be in the middle of noon before I knew it. Has anyone come out yet?"

While agreeing, Li Shimin walked to the main seat and sat down, waving his hands to arrange the civil and military officials in the yard;
"My dear friends, please sit down and talk quickly. Li Dalang's cook is a very good cook. Today we can all eat and drink enough."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking care of me."

Qin Qiong listened attentively to the commotion in the room over there, still busy not listening, turned around to respond to the emperor;
"Listen, Your Majesty, it's busier than in the morning. There are all kinds of sounds, including the sound of millstones!"

"Well, not bad, it seems that the salt is about to come out."

Just after Li Shimin said a few words, the servants in the kitchen of Li's second room came in from the courtyard, and brought all kinds of delicacies over and began to put them on display.

Li Shimin smiled and talked to the officials;
"Seeing these foods, I am also greedy. Now this rascal is buying cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens everywhere at high prices. There is no mutton or pork in the noisy city of Chang'an. I haven't eaten meat for a long time. I guess the love is the same, right?"

"Isn't that right, Your Majesty, just last month, the big devil Cheng...a cow died of illness in the big devil Cheng's house, and I just ate the beef to satisfy my cravings. I haven't touched meat for several months. Every day All kinds of vegetable leaves are served with rice..."

"I said, Old Hei, I don't want to hear what you say. In the past ten days, a cow in your family couldn't help but hit the wall and died. Why are you still saying that you haven't eaten meat for a long time? Come on, you really talk nonsense without blinking your eyes."

Yu Chigong's already dark face turned darker now;
"What kind of idle fart are you talking about? It's nothing at all. Don't frame good people!"

Niu Jinda over there moved his nose dismissively;
"Hurry up and pull it down, is you, old black boy, one of the good guys?"

Li Shimin couldn't help but laugh when he heard the arguing and bickering of several generals under his command. Ever since Li Dalang started to raise cattle in captivity, the cattle in the important minister's family have been killed in turn. Five or six cattle have died, and more than half of them were given away Li Shimin also knew that those who entered the palace to honor themselves, after seeing the food neatly arranged, Li Shimin cheerfully stretched out his hand to signal;

"Come, come, dear friends, we, the monarchs and ministers, will also have an open-air banquet today, and let's start enjoying the food."

A group of civil and military officials all lowered their heads and responded neatly;
"It's Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)