Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

Chapter 250 My maid Wu Zetian?

In this way, it is only a matter of time before the cooking method is leaked.

So not long after Fumanlou opened, many restaurants started selling stir-fried dishes.

It's just that their stir-fried dishes don't taste as good as Fumanlou's.

Not only because Fumanlou has Qin Tian's secret recipe, but the main reason is that the seasonings used in Fumanlou's cooking are all prepared according to the secret recipe.

There are countless condiments similar to MSG. They can learn how to make them, but they cannot steal the secret recipes of those condiments.

But some people really want to eat it, so the cooking seasonings have become a major source of income for Fumanlou.

As stir-fry becomes more and more popular, many ordinary people want to try it themselves.

As a result, the demand for iron pots among the people has skyrocketed, and the prices of various ironware have also increased along with it.

If there is demand, there will be a market. Moreover, Li Shimin also encouraged invention and creation. So in just a few years, Datang's steel production increased by leaps and bounds.

In fact, there is not much technological progress, but there are more factories and places to smelt steel, so the price of iron will naturally become cheaper.

The more people who invest in the smelting industry, the easier it will be to make breakthroughs in smelting technology, and the greater the possibility of breakthroughs.

But these have nothing to do with Qin Tian. He has been very interested in his neighbors recently.

This is of course not because his new neighbor is a widow with a little lolita, but because this little lolita is not only beautiful, but also very smart.

The most important thing is that this little girl's surname is Wu.

This reminded Qin Tian of a famous person, but Qin Tian was not sure whether this person was the empress he thought he was.

The reason is also very simple. Qin Tian does not know the name of the empress.

To be precise, most women in history were not able to leave their own names. Most of them could only leave one surname, such as Li, Zhang, and Wang.

Only a very small number of women have made great contributions and are lucky enough to leave their names in the history books.

Wu Zhao also had his own similar experience.

Looking through all the history books, you can't find any record of Wu Zhao's early name in any relevant historical records.

Wu Zetian's Zetian is the title of Zetian Great Sage Emperor given to her by her son after she abdicated in the first year of Shenlong.

When Wu Zetian died, she left a legacy: "Remove the title of emperor."

Of course, it is still unclear whether this so-called emperor-killing title was issued by her herself.

In short, after this she was posthumously titled "Queen of the Great Sage Zetian".

So she later had the title of Empress Zetian, and later generations often called her by the name of Wu Zetian.

Before that, Wu Zetian had personally changed her name to Wu Zhao, which means the sun and the moon volley in the sky, and the light covers the sky and the earth!

I have to say that Wu Zetian was really crazy for daring to give herself this name, and she did have the capital to be crazy.

By the way, after her death, many of Wu Zhao's own characters, including Wu Zhao's Zhao character, were abolished.

However, there are still people in later generations who refer to Wu Zhao as Wu Zhao, so the character Zhao of Wu Zhao has been retained.

As for the name further forward, no one knows.

No one knows what Wu Zetian's name was before she became emperor or ascended the throne, and no one cares about her name.

There are so many women in history books, how many of them can leave their names?

Wu Zhao is no exception.

So thousands of years have passed, and even though Qin Tian is from later generations, he actually doesn't know what Wu Zhao's real name is.

Not sure yet, Qin Tian still has a good impression of this little girl named Wu Mei.

The little girl is smart enough, sensible enough, very well-behaved, and never does anything annoying.

Qin Tian and Wu Mei's family met because of Wu Mei's serious illness.

In fact, it was just a slight cold. It was just that the child's physical condition was relatively poor, his resistance was relatively weak, and he failed to receive timely medical treatment, so he almost died.

Fortunately, they were Qin Tian's neighbors. Qin Tian took action in time, and Wu Mei was able to save her life.

Since then, Wu Mei often visited her home, and Wu Zetian's mother Yang would often give Qin Tian's family some food and other things.

After the two families gradually became familiar with each other, Wu Zhao often came to play with Muchun and Lingxia.

Wu Mei especially likes to drink Mu Chun and sit and read together.

The books Muchun read were all rare books in the world. Some of them were written down by Qin Tian when he had nothing to do, and some were copied by her herself.

In short, many contents in the book greatly shocked Wu Mei's young mind.

Wu Mei also learned a lot from the time she spent with Muchun, and her already unreliable outlook on life was invisibly changed and reshaped at this time.

Qin Tian didn't care. In his opinion, a little girl couldn't do much if she studied.

He just really likes this little girl's attitude towards learning.

After getting to know each other slowly, Qin Tian also understood why Wu Mei came to settle in Chang'an City with her mother Yang.

It's easy to say.

Wu Mei's father is actually a businessman, engaged in timber trading, and his family is well off.

In the last years of Emperor Yang's career in the Sui Dynasty, when Li Yuan was in Hedong, he stayed at the Wu family many times, and the two became acquainted.

Later, after Li Yuan rebelled against the Sui Dynasty in Taiyuan, Wu Mei's father was in charge of the Wu family and provided money, food and clothing.

In the Tang Dynasty, Wu Mei's father became the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the Governor of Jingzhou, and was granted the title of Duke of the State.

This status is not too high. He has completely bought into the status of a high-level nobleman and belongs to the high-level nobility.

It's a pity that the family fell into decline and Wu Mei's father fell ill and died.

After that, Wu Mei's two younger brothers began to have evil thoughts. At first they just wanted to occupy the family property, and later they even wanted to occupy Wu Mei's mother Yang too.

Yang had no choice but to take Wu Mei and leave the house. As for the other children, they were left to others to take care of. Every time she talked about this, Yang would cry bitterly and feel sad for her misfortune.

There is no other way.

Even if there was a slight chance of surviving, Yang would not bring Wu Mei to join her relatives alone.

Things are getting better now. After meeting a kind-hearted person like Qin Tian, ​​life for the two of them suddenly became much easier.

For Qin Tian, ​​this was just a simple task, but he didn't expect Yang to have other thoughts.

Although Yang is a widow with a child, her background is not low after all. In Yang's view, Qin Tian is just a doctor in a small medical clinic, so she is naturally worthy of him!

Yang didn't ask for any status, she just wanted to be Qin Tian's concubine and raise Wu Mei safely.

After raising Wu Mei and finding a good family for her to marry, Yang felt that she would be satisfied in this life.

So Yang hired a matchmaker to help her.

When Qin Tian learned the news, he was completely confused. He never imagined that I regard you as a good neighbor, but you actually want to have sex with me?

Qin Tian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

But it has to be said that in this era, no, no matter which era it is placed in, a widow with a tow bottle will not have an easy life.

In this case, it is quite normal for Yang to want to find someone to rely on.

Understanding is understanding, but this does not mean that Qin Tianhui agrees.

What a joke, he doesn’t need a wife, let alone a concubine!

It's no problem to take care of these two girls, it's just a little effort, so they don't require the other party to pay anything!

When Li Shimin learned the news, he was so happy that he couldn't stand upright.

However, this also raised another question from Li Shimin: "Brother Qin, are you really never married?"

After all, Li Shimin has never seen Qin Tian's wife in all these years.

Qin Tian nodded: "Don't ask why, I'll kick you out if you ask again!"

Li Shimin nodded immediately and swore that he would never tell anyone!

"But since these girls have nowhere to go, and I do have some connections in the palace, why not send them to the palace, so that their life will be easier."

Qin Tian glanced at Li Shimin helplessly: "I really don't know if you are kind or if you are really a fool."

"Is the palace accessible to ordinary women? I'm afraid that not long after entering, these two women will die!"

"It's not that serious..." Li Shimin said with some uncertainty.

"It's not that serious?" Qin Tian snorted disdainfully: "You'll know if you go back and ask people to inquire privately. Ordinary women who go to the palace don't live a good life, they go to endure hardship!"

"Of course, for those who don't even have enough to eat, going to the palace is indeed a good way out."

Qin Tian glanced at Li Shimin: "How many people do you think there are in the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Shimin asked with some uncertainty: "There shouldn't be many saints who are so wise today, right?"

Qin Tian didn't care either: "You just stayed in the palace for too long and don't know the sufferings of the people at all!"

"The life of the people in Chang'an City is indeed good, but if you go to that remote place and take a look, no, it doesn't need to be a remote place. You only need to walk a few hundred miles outside and you will see the people with sallow faces and skinny muscles!"

"How can it be!"

Li Shimin obviously didn't want to believe what Qin Tian said.

Qin Tian sneered: "What does the prosperous Tang Dynasty have to do with ordinary people?"

“We still don’t have enough to eat. Exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are enough to drive some ordinary people to death in disaster years.”

Qin Tian sighed: "You should be grateful for those sweet potatoes, corns and potatoes, otherwise the current population of Datang would be reduced by at least 40%!"

At this time, according to rough statistics, the population of Datang was approaching the 10 million mark.

If it weren't for sweet potatoes and corn, I'm afraid 60 million would already be a lot.

Li Shimin frowned. Of course he knew what the people's staple food was now. He couldn't imagine how those people would live without sweet potatoes and corn.

“Sweet potatoes and potatoes can fill you up, but they don’t nourish you!”

Qin Tian sighed helplessly.

He didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing that he had brought these crops to the world in advance.

The advantage is that it can make more people full and can feed more people, but the disadvantage is that many people have yellow muscles and cannot effectively supplement protein at all.

"If you have the opportunity, try to go out and see for yourself. Don't be limited to this small city of Chang'an and think that the whole world is like Chang'an City!"

Li Shimin left worriedly.

But neither of them knew that Yang had noticed the scene where Li Shimin and Qin Tian were happily chatting.

Mrs. Yang had met Li Yuan when Li Yuan lived in the Wu family in the early years.

Later, when the Wu family became prosperous, Yang was even lucky enough to meet Li Yuan's family, which naturally included Li Shimin.

Of course, Li Shimin would definitely not remember this woman whom he might not even have noticed.

But Yang knew Li Shimin's identity.

Seeing that the two were so familiar with each other, Yang never dared to say anything about taking concubines from now on.

A person like her is not qualified to be a maid, let alone a concubine!

Although she didn't know why such a person would only live in this small house, Yang quickly seized the opportunity and tried to establish a good relationship between her daughter and Qin Tian.

Maybe their family's chance of prosperity lies in their daughter's hands.

Qin Tian noticed the 180-degree change in Yang's attitude, but he just thought it was because of his rejection and didn't pay too much attention to it.

However, the two little guys have always had a good relationship with Wu Mei, and they often play together.

No matter how smart Wu Mei is, she is just a child. In fact, she doesn't understand the stakes at all.

However, Li Shimin once mentioned the matter of entering the palace to Yang.

Regarding this matter, Yang is a widow, so naturally she is not suitable for entering the palace, but her daughter Wu Mei has this intention.

It means that at the age of fourteen, Wu Mei will be brought into the palace by Li Shimin, where she will have no worries about food and drink.

With Li Shimin's guarantee, Yang felt relieved and no longer worried.

How could it be possible that today’s promise could be false!

In the following years, as Wu Mei grew up, her attitude towards Qin Tian became more and more subtle.

The relationship between Muchun, Lingxia and Wu Mei is no longer as close as it was when she was a child.

Anyone would find it strange to see a person who has not changed for more than ten years, let alone your neighbor.

Qin Tian and Li Shimin have known each other for about seventy or eighty years. Ten years ago, Muchun and Lingxia looked like children. Ten years later, the two of them have not changed at all!

Qin Tian has not changed and can still be said to have a good appearance, but his two apprentices are not only not taller, but also look like they were when they were young.

Knowing that these people were extraordinary, Wu Mei became less carefree and more utilitarian when getting along with them.

But this is what several people dislike the most.

But this situation is unavoidable. In the end, the distance between the two parties can only become farther and farther and become more and more alienated.

This situation lasted until Wu Mei was brought into the palace by Li Shimin.

Over the years, Li Shimin also noticed the extraordinary qualities of Qin Tian and his disciples, and their relationship gradually became a little strange.

Many times Li Shimin would come and sit for a long time, only to be speechless for a long time.

Since then, Li Shimin's visits have become less and less frequent, and the exchanges between the two parties have gradually become almost non-existent.

(End of this chapter)