Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 667
"Try it." Li Yuan moved his chopsticks first.

Kuai means raw fish, and this word first appeared in the Han Dynasty.People in Datang prefer to eat fried rice.

A kuai is thinly sliced ​​fish or meat.

Among them, fish is the favorite of Tang nobles.

Li Yuan and Li Shimin tasted fish sticks and low-alcohol rice wine, and watched the bustle of Zhuque Street with smiles on their faces.

There was already a long queue at the temporary pick-up point on Suzaku Street.

Li Shimin put down the binoculars: "Mu, there seem to be few people under the shed over there."

Liu Mu didn't turn his head at all. He knew the situation over there, and immediately explained: "That is the only shed that receives money, and the people are unwilling to receive money. Not to mention the many supplies distributed here, there are no such things in Chang'an market." You have to buy it, even if there are some, it is a little cheaper than the market. After all, this is the welfare of the shipping company to the people."

"Will people resell it?"

"It's very rare. Someone has asked among the crowd. The people have been rich this year, and the benefits of a little money are far less real in the hearts of the people than letting the family taste delicious food. According to the statistics of this half-hour, the line for candy exchange is the longest. The most common one is lemonade."

The common people are queuing up, and the big households are no exception.

In Wutongfang, every business woman, even those who invested tens of thousands of coins, crowded into the sample area by themselves, carefully calculating how much good things they could exchange for their dividends.

At this time, Datang was still an era of scarcity of supplies.

Few of the big households with a profit distribution of around a thousand guan are asking for coins, but choosing materials.

On a first-come, first-served basis, some things are gone after they are all used up.

Only some extremely rare items that Chang'an doesn't sell at all will be limited, and it is guaranteed that every big family will have at least one copy.

For example, the Liaodong salmon that Liu Mu invited Li Yuan and Li Shimin to eat.

On the VIP floor, Liu Mu said to Li Shimin: "Second brother, if it's not winter, I'm afraid these things won't be able to be transported. I need saltpeter, and there are countless quantities of saltpeter."

"Saltpeter mines have been found in Qingzhou and Bingzhou, but the transportation in the mountains is inconvenient. The second brother will arrange for the local state government to increase investment to ensure that the production of saltpeter will increase by five times next year."

"Second brother, start at fifty times."

Li Shimin was a little surprised, and immediately asked: "So many?"

"Second brother doesn't know that the first raw material of gunpowder is saltpeter, and high-grade porcelain also needs saltpeter, my cans need saltpeter to preserve their quality, and glass needs saltpeter..." Liu Mu said many uses in one breath, and Li Shimin couldn't help nodding.Moreover, Li Shimin already knew that the double-layer iron box could have an ice layer made of saltpeter, and the frozen transportation could allow Chang'an to eat fresh fruits from Lingnan.

Especially the lychees, which Empress Changsun loved very much.

The ordinary road of iron boxes for land transportation is impossible, but sea transportation and canals are possible.

raw material.

Li Shimin nodded slightly. He now also knows some knowledge about the operation of willow wood workshops, first of all, raw materials, then craftsmanship, and then another key point, transportation.

The road from Huayuan to Chang'an is amazing. Liumu has a heavy carriage with four horses and eight wheels, which can run on that road.

This kind of carriage is specially used to pull large and heavy things, such as a certain workshop machinery.

"I will tell the Ministry of Works that they will order the state capitals that have saltpeter mines to increase their mining efforts."

Liu Mu said at this time: "Second brother, have you thought about purchasing from other places, or snatching it?"

"grab?"

Li Shimin is no stranger to the word procurement, but he was a little surprised by the rush.

Liu Mu smiled cheerfully: "The largest saltpeter mining area in the world is in the Tuha Basin. Even after thousands of years of digging by Datang, it would not be able to dig out the empty space. Moreover, it is easier to dig. The saltpeter is on the surface."

"Then, start using troops in spring."

"My emperor is wise."

Li Shimin laughed heartily: "Are you ready for the annual reward in the palace this year?"

"Of course, even if this matter is not in Chang'an, this matter will definitely be properly arranged." Liu Muzheng stopped suddenly while speaking, and picked up the binoculars on the window sill.

"Oh." Liu Mu's tone was full of surprise.

Li Shimin also went to the window sill to look down, but he saw a blond man wearing a Tang suit, but he brought his own ponytail, sitting next to the sheds where the dividends were distributed.

The position where he sits does not affect other people's walking, nor does it affect the distribution of things here.

"Oscar Buddy, according to Eastern Rome, they have an emperor, and the emperor must be the biggest. Then they have a patriarch, who can be understood as a national teacher, but this national teacher is somewhat different from the Great Tang .is the tallest figure in their Nestorianism."

Li Shimin didn't quite understand it, but he could probably understand the relationship.

There is no one top figure in Taoism or Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty. This is not allowed by the royal family, and it is not at all wanted to see it.

"This Oscar Buddy is an important person near the Patriarch."

Hearing what Liu Mu said, Li Shimin understood: "Are they like Tubo?"

"No, it's a little different from Tubo. They are still the emperor and the highest authority, but the power of the sect is quite huge. This kind of thing is good or bad. Different people have different opinions. At least they themselves like this way. I believe those who Sparkly little things."

Li Shimin asked: "What is a sparkling little thing?"

Liu Mu blushed, and replied in a low voice, "Such as steel knives, cannons, jewelry, and gold coins."

Li Yuan on the side said loudly: "What's so shameful about this, I like it too. This shiny little thing is really good."

Datang people are pragmatists, and they believe in things like gods.

But more is that it is useful to believe, useless not to believe.

Li Shimin asked again: "Then, if there are a bunch of monks participating in government affairs in this court, this..." Li Shimin shook his head: "The mad Emperor Wu of Liang believed in Buddhism like an idiot, and he didn't do such outrageous things."

"This question is too complicated, and I can't answer it with my wisdom. But what they do is none of our business. If it is beneficial, we will cooperate. If it is not beneficial, we will ignore it. If there is a conflict of interest, we will fight him. If you can fight, you will deal with it severely." If you can't beat him, just bear with it, you can play some tricks, and in the end you still have to overthrow him."

Liu Mu's theory stunned the two emperors of Datang.

After a long time, Li Yuan suddenly stretched out his hand and patted it a few times: "Wonderful, this retelling is wonderful."

Li Shimin smiled wryly: "If the Ministry of Rites hears this, it may not be safe for a whole year. The definition of the Ministry of Rites is to put it nicely, only profit, materialism, and power. To put it bluntly, it is shameless."

Liu Mu just smiled dryly, whoever said this kind of thing was justified.

The Ministry of Rites is also right, but Liu Mu never thinks that things like politics are pure.

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