Great Tang princess

Chapter 233 The Busy Princess

Li Yuechen didn't tell anyone about the fact that he could almost fly into the sky. After all, it's hard to say when the fabric will be improved.

She doesn't know much about this, so it's not easy to discuss with the professionals from the Shangyi Bureau. She can only explain her requirements and let them do it.

As for when it will be done, it's hard to say.

The next day, Li Yuechen went to the ceramics workshop after practicing.

Because the scale of canning is getting bigger and bigger, Li Yuechen has considered buying a ceramic workshop to produce canning bottles before.

Later, when I went to the expedition, I didn't have time to make a big deal of it. In the end, it was my sister-in-law Pei Qingwan who made it happen.

The person in charge of the ceramic workshop is an old man who is over sixty years old. His hair and beard are completely white, but his eyes are still bright and there is no cloudiness at all.

Seeing Li Yuechen coming, the old man and other staff around him all saluted.

"Exemption."

Li Yuechen raised his hand to help, straight to the point, and directly explained the purpose of his visit: "I am here this time to ask if I can make other porcelain."

Speaking of this, the old man on the opposite side smiled confidently: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I have been exposed to this way since I was a child. No matter what shape, as long as Your Highness proposes, Xiao Lao is sure to make it."

However, Li Yuechen shook his head slightly: "What I want is not a porcelain vase, but a porcelain plate! The thickness is not more than one inch, and it needs to be shot with a bow and arrow or chopped with a sword without breaking..."

Hearing her words, the smile on the face of the old man opposite froze instantly, and then subconsciously picked out his ears, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

"You heard me right, this is my request!" Li Yuechen smiled slightly.

"This……"

The old man still had a confused expression on his face: "Your Highness, porcelain is already fragile, how can it withstand the attacks of arrows or other weapons?"

Li Yuechen spread his hands: "I don't know! But this is the task you are waiting for. Apart from the porcelain vases that need to be made every day, you should spend some time researching it! It doesn't matter if it can't be done, if it is done one day..."

Speaking of this, Li Yuechen grinned: "I will add officials and ranks to you!"

What she was talking about was not a big reward, but a promotion, which was much more attractive than ordinary rewards!
Rewards are nothing more than giving money, but if you want to be promoted to a noble, it is to cross the class and completely realize the counterattack of life!

As soon as these words came out, the workers in the opposite ceramic workshop all opened their eyes wide, looking expectant.

At the same time, I also thought in my heart, if this thing can really be made, can I also be an official?
As for Li Yuechen, if someone can really make this thing, it doesn't matter if he is given a title.

The old man's expression was a bit complicated: "Yes, Your Highness ordered, I will try my best to complete it, but I can't guarantee..."

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if you can't do it, the key is to try!" Li Yuechen said.

Having said all this, the old man didn't say anything, and nodded in agreement.

……

After returning to Anfu Hall, it was almost dusk in the middle of the afternoon.

Xiao He came over: "Your Highness, Shang Shi Bureau said that the meat has been processed according to His Highness's instructions."

"Well, it's pretty fast!" Li Yuechen nodded, and then ran to the imperial kitchen with Fulai.

Seeing the large piece of pork belly that had been cut according to her request, Li Yuechen immediately directed the imperial chefs next to him to start.

The first step is to put this large piece of meat into the pot and cook it. It is reasonable to add some green onion, ginger and cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, but I don't understand it in this era, so Li Yuechen prepared some medicinal materials instead.

After cooking, let it cool down, cut into rectangular strips, and then fry it in a pan to turn yellow, and the oil will come out...

After taking out most of the lard, put in sugar, onion, ginger and various other ingredients to make the sugar color, boil it over high heat and then simmer slowly.

After a while, a strange fragrance instantly permeated the royal kitchen.

Smelling this familiar smell, Li Yuechen couldn't help but nodded, and had a rough estimate of the final product in his heart.

The imperial chef next to him was studying hard and asking some questions from time to time.

Li Yuechen was not stingy, and basically answered them as long as she knew. After all, she also hoped that they could develop more delicacies.

In addition to steaming and frying, today they learned to stew.

Fulai, who was watching from behind, sucked his nose, then licked his tongue, and silently swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

This smell... so delicious!

When the soup gradually became viscous enough to completely wrap the meat, Li Yuechen ordered the imperial chef to start the pot and transfer the prepared braised pork into the porcelain jar that had been prepared.

The sugar-colored braised pork was mixed with various medicinal materials, exuding a fragrance that they had never smelled before.

Then Li Yuechen grabbed the chopped green onion and sprinkled it, and the dish was completely completed.

She couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and put a piece into her mouth. The familiar taste melted in her mouth, and it even made her feel like she was back in the future.

And I don't know if it's an illusion, but I always feel that the meat of this black pig is better than the white pork of the future.

After eating a piece, Li Yuechen licked his lips, and then called the imperial cooks over: "Come, let's eat a piece each."

Anyway, I made quite a lot this time, so that none of them tasted a piece, and there were still a lot for my parents to eat.

Fulai also got a piece, and after eating it slowly, his eyes were a little moist: "Your Highness, this... This servant has never thought that this pork tastes so good."

"Whether it tastes good or not depends on how it's made!" Li Yuechen smiled, and then went straight to the Hall of Renshou with the porcelain jar in his arms, to give his parents a taste.

……

When we came to the Hall of Renshou, we heard that our daughter had researched a new food, and the couple also looked forward to trying it out.

But after hearing that it was pork, he frowned again.

Li Yuechen explained with a smile: "Don't worry, mom and dad, this pig is raised with feed, it's not dirty!"

After listening to their daughter's explanation, the two still felt a little awkward.But it's not as contradictory as before.

With the long-standing trust in their daughter, the couple took a piece and tasted it.

Although my mother believes in Buddhism, she has no resistance to meat and often eats it.

After the rich smell of meat exploded in their mouths, the two of them remained calm on the surface, but they both picked up the second piece at the same time...

After eating three or four yuan, Wu Zetian stopped chopsticks and nodded calmly: "Well, the taste is really good."

Li Zhi was different. After eating, he laughed heartily: "Hahaha... I can't imagine that this pork is so delicious! I didn't know it before... As expected of Chen'er, this pork can actually be cooked Such a taste..."

"Hey, grandpa should eat more lean meat in the future. This food is fatty, so eat less." Li Yuechen said with a smile.

"How is this possible?" Li Zhi opened his eyes wide.

"Chen'er is right," Wu Zetian on the side looked serious, "Your Majesty's dragon body is the most important thing, so it's better to eat less of this thing!"

"..." Li Zhi stopped talking immediately, if he hadn't tasted it today, he wouldn't even have thought about eating pork.

But now after tasting it, he suddenly told him to eat less in the future, and instantly became unhappy.

Li Yuechen comforted him, and played with him for a while before getting rid of his unhappy mood.

Seeing the father and daughter fighting, Wu Zetian couldn't help shaking his head, feeling that his husband is getting older, but his various behaviors are becoming more and more like children.

This is especially true when you are with your daughter.

……

After fighting with his father for a while, Li Yuechen got up and left without disturbing their work.

After returning to Anfu Hall, I chatted with my sister-in-law Pei Qingwan about business issues for a while.

"Sister-in-law, I'm sure I'll be in the army most of the time in the future, and I don't have time to take care of my own business, so I still have to trouble my sister-in-law a lot."

"What did His Highness say?" Pei Qingwan smiled gracefully, "If I can help His Highness, it's nothing more than finding something for myself."

Li Yuechen asked Xiaohe to make tea, and then sat down cross-legged: "If sister-in-law has novel ideas in the future, you can also bring them up. It is always good to expand the business."

Pei Qingwan thought for a while: "In terms of business... I don't understand one thing. Your Highness will grow the business in the future, how do you plan to manage it?"

"Managed by the royal family." Li Yuechen replied.

At present, Li Yuechen has discovered some problems. There is actually a problem with the survival mode of the royal family members.

Father Li Zhi is actually pretty good, and he doesn't have too many children.But both Emperor Gaozu and Taizong had quite a few children, and only one of these children could become a prince, and the rest, regardless of whether they were legitimate sons or concubine sons, were all princes.

These princes were sealed off and continued to spread their branches and leaves, finding a lot of women to have a lot of children.

The number is indeed increasing crazily, but these people, doing nothing, are supported by taxes as royal families.

They don't take the imperial examination, don't join the army, and don't do business... If this goes on for a long time, it will cause huge social problems in less than a hundred years at most.

Among Li Yuechen's reform plans, the most important one is to change the structure of the royal family. Members of the royal family must have something to do, and they cannot be idlers supported by taxes.

In today's society, to put it bluntly, the royal family is the biggest landlord!

So the thing to do in the future is to turn the royal family from a landlord into a real royal family!He is a leader who can create various benefits for this award and truly promote the development of the country!
In Li Yuechen's view, since the royal family enjoys privileges that ordinary people cannot enjoy, it should also fulfill some responsibilities that ordinary people cannot do!

Of course, this goal still seems too big now, and it needs to be gradually reformed in the future.

So some time ago, I was thinking about whether or not to lift the emperor up in the future.

Anyway, she didn't plan to get married and have children in this life, and she didn't have to worry about her offspring being liquidated after she died in the future, because the old lady didn't plan to have any offspring at all!

……

Hearing Li Yuechen's words, Pei Qingwan froze for a moment, as if thinking about the meaning behind these words.

However, Li Yuechen obviously didn't want to talk more, so he changed the subject with a smile and started talking about other things.

After a while, Princess Yiyang and others also came back from get off work, and a group of people sat around and chatted.

Princess Xuancheng picked up the teacup: "Speaking of which, the first batch of students don't have anything to teach, how does Chen'er plan to arrange it?"

"Let's go to the newspaper office." Li Yuechen thought for a while, "Now Gao Yanfu has other things to do, let's arrange for them to do the printing work, and pay some wages every month. In addition, the army will also need two Personally teach them how to read and count..."

"Army?" Princess Xuancheng was puzzled.

Li Yuechen nodded: "In the elite army, everyone must be able to write and count. In the future, a staff department will also be established... At the same time, I will take care of ideological education..."

"The rest..."

"Sister, choose some people and continue to study arithmetic." Li Yuechen said, "In the future, you still need to study slowly by yourself."

"Okay!" Princess Xuancheng nodded in agreement.

Li Yuechen turned his head and said: "The newspaper office, Wan'er, you have to work harder. In the future, Gao Yanfu's affairs will also need to be handled by you."

"Don't worry, Your Highness!" Shangguan Wan'er nodded, "Wan'er will do her best to help His Highness..."

"It's not me, it's a saint!" Li Yuechen reminded with a smile.

"Yes!" Shangguan Wan'er smiled slightly.

Now that Gao Yanfu is in charge of man-marking, it is conceivable that it will inevitably develop into an organization like Dongchang in the future.

But in order to avoid too much power, Li Yuechen decided to take some restrictive measures.

What I think of now is to only allow him to investigate and collect evidence, but he cannot arrest people for interrogation and conviction.

The matter of arrest and interrogation will still be handled by regular intelligence forces in the future.

But now there is not so much money to support such an army, so the eunuchs can only do it for the time being.

Not to mention other places, at least in the future, there must be absolutely nothing that can be hidden from the emperor in the palace, and one must be clear about it in one's own home.

Mom and Dad will definitely support such an idea, Li Yuechen doesn't have to worry about anything, just do it at ease.

……

After talking about these serious things, the topic immediately became lighter. Shangguan Wan'er propped her chin with her hands, with a sweet smile on her face: "Your Highness, let's talk more about the things on the battlefield."

"What can I say about the battlefield? It's disgusting..." Li Yuechen half-jokingly said.

These words are not entirely false, the battlefield in this era is extremely tragic, Li Yuechen has only been on the battlefield twice, but every time her hammer hits, blood and brains are scattered everywhere.

"Don't listen to this..." Shangguan Wan'er shook her head, "Your Highness hasn't finished talking last time, what happened after being roped by the Tibetans?"

"This..." Li Yuechen took a sip of tea, "Cough, that person used a rope to trap me and tried to drag me away. But I grabbed the rope with my backhand and flipped it over..."

"Even people and horses can overturn, how strong is Chen'er?" Princess Yiyang asked.

Li Yuechen really didn't think about this question. After thinking about it for a while, he looked at his hands and said with some uncertainty: "The combined arms should have the strength of two horses...but overall, I don't know too much about it." Sure."

(End of this chapter)