Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1536 Promoting Weaving
After the matter of Zhu Xiao and the others was resolved, the boat set off and continued to rush to Danjiang City.

Being bored on the boat, Li Shimin and the others can only come to fight crickets.

Each of them chose twenty crickets, and if they fight a few a day, they can fight for many days.

The crickets selected by each candidate are different, and their abilities are similar, so when fighting crickets, there are naturally winners and losers.

And the more so, the more excited they are.

Every day after getting up early in the morning, several people would lie down with Li Shimin, stick their buttocks out, and each of them shouted louder than the other.

"Bite him, bite him..."

"Bite him quickly..."

A group of people shouted that Li Shimin had completely disregarded his image.

Qin Tian seldom played with them, only occasionally.

Of course, the reason for this is that on the one hand, Qin Tian doesn't like to play, and on the other hand, Li Shimin doesn't want Qin Tian to play. Qin Tian's crickets are too good to play, and they basically have nothing to do with Qin Tian. Odds.

So in the end, they simply divided up all the crickets selected by Qin Tian.

Without the crickets, Qin Tian didn't feel bored, he just let him sit on the deck to rest every day, he thought it was pretty good.

After experiencing too many things, he was able to enjoy that kind of tranquility at this time.

However, Cheng Chumo and others couldn't learn his mentality.

As the boat was moving, Li Shimin was a bit obsessed with fighting crickets. Judging from this situation, when he returned to Chang'an City, Li Shimin had to get deeper and deeper into this matter.

After all, at that time, he can ask people to find many powerful crickets for him.

The imperial palace, Chang'an City, I'm afraid that fighting crickets will become popular.

This is not a good sign.

If you just want him to persuade, it may not be easy to persuade.

The days went on like this, after lunch that day, Li Shimin fought with Cheng Chumo and others again.

Now that Jia Wang is familiar with Qin Tian and the others, he is not too reserved. He also likes to cling to Qin Tian the most. When other people are fighting crickets, he pesters Qin Tian and asks Qin Tian to tell him stories.

Qin Tian likes Jia Wang, and when he sees him, he can't help but think of his son Qin Wuyou, so when Jia Wang clings to him like this, he likes it too, after thinking about it, he said: "Okay, Uncle, let me tell you a story about Zhizhi."

Jia Wang touched his head and asked, "What is Zhuzhi?"

"Jizhi is the cricket, the thing they are playing with now."

When Qin Tian said this, although Li Shimin and Cheng Chumo were fighting crickets, they were also interested in Qin Tian's story.

They really wanted to hear what kind of weaving story Qin Tian could tell.

At this time, Qin Tian had already started to speak:
During the reign of Xuande, the gambling of cricket fighting was popular in the royal family, and it was collected from the people every year.This thing was not originally produced in Shaanxi.A county magistrate in Huayin County wanted to curry favor with his superior, so he offered him a cricket. The superior tried to let it fight, showing his bravery and skill in fighting, so the superior ordered him to supply it frequently.The county magistrate then dispatched supply errands to Lizheng in each township.So those idle young people in the market catch good crickets and feed them in bamboo cages to raise their prices; store them up and wait for them to be sold at high prices as rare goods.The officials in the village are cunning and cunning, and they take this opportunity to apportion expenses to the common people. Every cricket apportioned often makes several families go bankrupt.

The reign title of Xuande did not exist before, so when Qin Tian said it here, it was obviously an empty story, at least Li Shimin and the others thought so, so, no matter how bad the officials or the emperor are in the story , Li Shimin would not think of himself.

And at the beginning, they were just listening to this story, when they heard that there was a child’s soul stored in the cricket, and when they were fighting with a rooster, they even forgot some inner things that this story wanted to express, and now they just find it interesting.

However, after the story was over, when Jia Wang was still immersed in the interesting story, Li Shimin's expression changed slightly, as if he understood why Qin Tian told this story.

But he didn't point it out, but when Cheng Chumo and the others were fighting crickets, he and Qin Tian came to the deck outside the ship.

A gust of wind brings coolness, and the river sparkles.

Li Shimin glanced at Qin Tian and said, "I'm afraid you have other deep meanings when you tell this story?"

Qin Tian smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't have any deep meaning, but after seeing the crickets, I thought of something."

Looking at the river in the distance, Li Shimin sighed suddenly, and on Qin Tian's side, he said to himself again: "The emperor occasionally uses something, and it may not be forgotten after using it; but the people who execute it below Take it as an unchanging practice. Coupled with the greed and tyranny of the officials, the common people mortgage their wives and sell their children all year round, and it is still endless. Therefore, every move of the emperor is related to the lives of the common people, so it cannot be ignored."

After Qin Tian finished speaking, Li Shimin sighed again: "Ai Qing is right, if I am addicted to weaving, the people below will probably follow suit. This thing can be played with, but it can't be too much. Shen Shen cares, I already understand what you said."

Although the story is just a story, some people let Li Shimin understand the things in the world because of promoting life and death. Most of them are like this.

One of his preferences can determine the life and death of the people, and even their glory and wealth.

But such a situation is definitely not the best for the entire Datang.

Qin Tian smiled and said: "Second Master is smart, so I don't need to explain some truths, but cricket fighting can be regarded as a pleasant thing, and it's nothing to play with it once in a while, so Second Master doesn't need to pay too much attention to it."

Hearing this, Li Shimin curled his lips and said, "I let you say everything, what do you want me to say about you?"

It was Qin Tian who didn't let him be addicted, and it was Qin Tian who made him play. Li Shimin didn't know where to start if he wanted to beat him up.

In the end, he could only wave his hands and said: "Forget it, forget it, get off the boat, give away all these crickets."

As he spoke, he quickly added: "Keep a few stronger ones to play."

Qin Tian smiled, nodded and agreed without saying anything.

There are some truths, as long as you understand it, you can't stop playing because it is not good for Datang. At least, this thing is also a means of relaxation for Li Shimin.

Sometimes, you can't be too stubborn, like Wei Zheng, isn't it too tight?
It's not good if people are too tense.

Li Shimin was in a particularly good mood.

(End of this chapter)