Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 634 Poor Goldstein

After Qin Tian left the palace, he returned directly to the residence.

Immediately afterwards, a few servants were recruited and asked them to go to Qinjia Village to open a briquette factory and make briquettes.

The servants were ordered to retreat. At the same time, rumors about Li Shimin using a stove and briquettes spread in Chang'an City.

This kind of thing is indeed not as warm as a heated kang, but it is much easier to use and much cheaper than a heated kang.

In addition, Li Shimin used them all, and what is good at the top will be followed by the bottom, so all the officials in the court also wanted to use the stove and briquettes one after another.

Firstly, I am curious, and secondly, I would also like to express to Li Shimin that in fact, these people are also of one mind with Li Shimin. For the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, they are also living frugally.

All the officials followed suit and couldn't help running to Qin Tian to buy it.

On this day, as soon as Qin Tian arrived at Shangshu Province, a group of colleagues rushed over.

"Master Hou, I heard that you made a kind of stove. What kind of briquettes are you burning? Is it useful?"

"Master Hou, it is said that the saints are using this thing, is it expensive?"

"Master Hou, do you sell this thing?"

Everyone chattered, Qin Tian smiled: "This thing is not expensive, but also easy to use, not only cooks quickly, but also saves coal. When cooking and boiling water, just open the hole at the bottom, so It will burn faster, and if it is not used, just plug the opening, so that there is no need to waste coal..."

Qin Tian mumbled an explanation to these people. After listening to it, everyone was very happy and quickly expressed their desire to buy it.

For this, Qin Tian naturally would not refuse, no matter what the reason for these people to buy, as long as they buy, they will make money.

In fact, the stove is not expensive, and the briquettes are not expensive, but no matter how expensive it is, you have to burn three or four yuan a day, so as time goes by, there will be more.

Hundreds of officials bought it, and after hearing about it, the common people also asked about the price. After hearing that it was not expensive, they didn't hesitate. As long as they had the conditions, they basically bought stoves and briquettes to go back.

Although people like Cheng Yaojin had heated kangs, they bought them out of curiosity.

And after they bought these and went back, they were somewhat relieved.

"It seems that Qin Tian has given up the recruitment system. This is a good thing. It is a good thing for us, and it is also a good thing for him."

"Not bad, not bad, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, what should we do in the future?"

"........."

There were reports of briquettes everywhere in Chang'an City, and the Qin Family Village was a bit busy.

On the third day after Qin Tian gave Li Shimin the stove and briquettes, Li Shimin called Gao Shilian into the palace.

In the past two days, Gao Shilian was in a bad mood and his complexion was very bad.

After entering the imperial study room, because of the cold, his face turned pale very much.

"Your Majesty, Xuan Chen entered the palace, why not?"

"Gao Aiqing, there is something that I may need your help tomorrow morning."

"I don't dare to say for help. If there is anything on the Holy Land, just order it directly."

Gao Shilian didn't realize the danger, and he just said what he just said along the way. After all, facing an emperor like Li Shimin, he could only say this. On Li Shimin's side, there was an imperceptible sneer at the corner of his mouth.

"It's like this. My army is not strong in the Tang Dynasty. I'm going to call all the soldiers together for some training. Gao Aiqing will mention it tomorrow."

At the first hearing, it seemed that there was no problem. Gao Shilian subconsciously responded, but just when he was about to open his mouth to answer, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

The government soldiers will conduct training during the slack season. This does not need to be mentioned separately, but why did Li Shimin ask him to mention it? Is there a fraud in it, or is it because of other reasons?

Gao Shilian raised his head slightly. He has been in a mess for the past two days, so his brain is a little swollen, and he is not thinking about things in an orderly manner.

"Your Majesty, do we need to mention this matter? Now, many government soldiers have already started training in the barracks, right?"

Seeing that Gao Shilian noticed something strange, Li Shimin's cheeks twitched, and he continued: "It's like this, maybe two years later, when I become a cavalry soldier in the Tang Dynasty, I will use troops against the Turks, so in the past two years, I will improve my strength." For the combat capability of the government soldiers, they have to receive two years of training in the barracks, so I need you to mention it."

Gao Shilian frowned when he heard that the government soldiers were going to receive two years of training in the barracks.

There are many soldiers in the government, some belong to the Duke, some don't, but no matter whether they belong or not, it's a bit unrealistic for them to stay in the barracks for two years, right?

If he really mentions it, no matter whether it is the government soldiers or those princes, they must hate him to death.

Fubing is sometimes the unpaid labor of the Duke of the state.

"My lord, I'm afraid I won't be able to mention this matter."

Faced with Li Shimin's unreasonable request, Gao Shilian could only refuse.

He is not a fool, how could he do something that offended so many people, and those who offended were all dignitaries and princes.

Seeing that Gao Shilian refused, Li Shimin couldn't help showing a sneer again.

"Master Ling, how have you been these two days?"

This was very polite. It stands to reason that Li Shimin could just say your son directly, but he still said Mr. Ling. When Gao Shilian heard this, his expression immediately became a little flustered.

Obviously, Mr. Ling in Li Shimin's mouth was referring to his eldest son, Gao Shixing, and recently, it was precisely because of his son's affairs that he was a little restless.

My own son, who is a bit of a dandy, went to the street two days ago, fell in love with a woman, and snatched it back to the mansion, but who would have thought that the woman was Zhenlie, who would rather die than follow, and committed suicide by biting her tongue.

His son got into a catastrophe because he used a lot of connections and spent a lot of money to finally press him down.

But as long as this matter is exposed, no one can protect his son.

Li Shimin suddenly mentioned Gao Xing at this time, probably because he knew something, Gao Shilian slightly raised his head and glanced at Li Shimin, and he saw cunning in Li Shimin's eyes.

That's a kind of cunning, everything is already under his control, or he, Gao Shilian, is just a chess piece now, and a chess piece has no right to choose where he is.

But he is not willing to be a pawn.

"Your Majesty, the dog is fine." Gao Shilian pretended not to understand what Li Shimin meant, but Li Shimin suddenly laughed, "Maybe it won't be all right soon."

"Holy..."

Li Shimin curled his lips: "What does Gao Aiqing think about the matter of tomorrow morning?"

Li Shimin was too lazy to talk, if he wanted his son to be fine, he had better learn to be smart, human beings always have to go through one kind of exchange or another.

Sometimes, people just keep making choices.

The imperial study room became quiet. After a long time, Gao Shilian finally made a decision: "The Holy Majesty is thinking about the prosperity of our Tang Dynasty. How dare I be slack in the slightest. I will accept the appointment tomorrow morning."

Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)