The strongest emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Chapter 56
Recently, Li Tai has indeed often gone to the sixteenth guard to rob people.Why do you say it is robbing people, because as long as he is fancy, no matter whether the general of the Sixteenth Guards agrees or not.He will try his best to pull people away.

The reason why the General of the Sixteenth Guards dared not speak out was that when Li Yuan was in power, he had issued an imperial edict.Li Tai can supplement his own soldiers in the Sixteen Guards.The premise is that the number of regular troops in the imperial army of the king of Wei shall not exceed five thousand.

And Li Tai took advantage of this, constantly competing with the sixteen guards for outstanding soldiers.And he transferred all the surplus soldiers to the logistics and supply units.And his regular army has never exceeded 5000 people.

Now among the sixteen guards, there is also a training boom.They are training themselves desperately, hoping to be able to do so next time when Wei Wang Li Tai comes to select candidates.Being able to choose yourself gives you the opportunity to serve in the imperial army of the king of Wei.After all, they are also soldiers, but the treatment they get is very different.May I ask which soldier doesn't want to go to Wei Wang's forbidden army with higher salary and better treatment?

However, because of this relationship, the overall combat effectiveness of the sixteen guards marching has also been improved.Because if you want to enter the imperial army of the king of Wei, you have to train yourself desperately.Because Li Tai's selection requirements are not generally high.

"It doesn't matter if it's in the Sixteenth Guards, or it doesn't matter if you go to Qingque's Imperial Army. Aren't they all soldiers of the Tang Dynasty? I don't think there's anything wrong with it." Changsun Wugou said to Li Shimin with an indifferent expression.

"Do you know that he not only made the General of the Sixteenth Guards suffer unspeakably, but now it is even more embarrassing for me. Datang has a strict system for wine making. After all, cooking wine needs to consume a lot of food. But this kid unexpectedly opened He opened a winemaking workshop. Now he has started to promote his wine everywhere, and it is estimated that it will be released in a few days." Li Shimin continued.

"Isn't the monosodium glutamate he made very profitable? Why do you want to make wine again. Not everyone can afford to drink wine. I'm afraid the sales volume will not be very good." Changsun Wugou said puzzled.

In the early Tang Dynasty, wine was also divided into famous brands and ordinary brands as it is now.Ordinary wine also costs 1000 Wen a bucket, which is equivalent to about six kilograms in today's money.Three hundred Wen is equivalent to the current currency, which is more than 100 and two hundred yuan.In other words, the price of a catty of wine has reached about [-] yuan.

If it is a well-known brand of wine, the price will be higher.The highest can reach ten taels of silver a bucket.That's not something the average family can afford.Even the officials in the DPRK and China, most of them only take it out during festivals or when entertaining distinguished guests.

"Do you know how much that kid's wine is going to sell for? His wine is divided into four grades. The low-grade wine is priced at 100 cents a bucket, the middle-grade wine is priced at one or two silver a bucket, and the high-end wine is priced at [-] yuan. Two silvers a bucket, and the top grade is called the supreme grade, it is said that he actually offered a price of [-] taels a bucket. Do you think he is crazy." Li Shimin said helplessly.

"How can this kid set the price indiscriminately? If everyone buys his low-grade wine, he will lose everything. And the highest-grade wine is actually asking for 100 taels of silver per bucket. It is estimated that there are not many people in the entire Tang Dynasty who can do it." Affordable." Changsun Wugou also felt that Li Tai was unreliable, so he said with a sigh.

Li Shimin and his wife were discussing the pricing of Li Tai's wine.A eunuch came in and reported that Wei Wang Li Tai brought Li Lizhi to see him.It is now outside the palace.

"When did this kid learn to be polite and didn't just barge in like before. He actually knew to ask someone to inform him." Li Shimin said curiously.However, he still ordered the deacon and eunuch to let Li Tai and Li Lizhi have an audience.

"The child will grow up, don't you think it's not good for him to understand etiquette like this." The eldest grandson Wugou said after giving Li Shimin a white look.

"It's good, but I always feel that I'm not used to it. I even feel that there is absolutely nothing good for this kid to come to see us this time." Li Shimin shook his head and said.

At this time, Li Tai and Li Lizhi had already walked in and put the things in their hands on the ground.Then he saluted Li Shimin and his eldest grandson Wugou respectfully, and said: "I see my father, queen and queen."

"Qingque, what are you holding?" Seeing Li Tai and Li Lizhi, she put the things in her hands on the ground.Grandson Wugou asked curiously.

"Mother, now that the new year is approaching, Qingque specially prepared a few bottles of good wine for the father. I brought them here today to honor the father and the mother." Li Tai said with a smile, and at the same time got up and picked up the wine bottle on the ground , walked towards Li Shimin and Changsun Wugou.

"This is the wine you made. I heard that it is divided into four grades. I don't know which grade you brought to me." Li Shimin looked at Li Tai, handed over the wine jar, and asked Li Tai .

"Qing Que didn't know which grade Father would like, so first, he brought a bottle of each grade to Father. Let Father taste it, which one he thinks is good, and then Qingque will prepare it for Father. With that said, Li Tai handed the wine jar in his hand to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin saw the four jars of wine in front of him, each with a label.It says Immortal Drunk, Senior Immortal Drunk, Jade Emperor Drunk, and Supreme Jade Emperor Drunk respectively.It can also be distinguished from this, the level of this wine.

Li Shimin ignored Li Tai, reached out to pick it up, and opened the seal.A scent of wine wafted out, even Li Shimin had never smelled such a fragrant wine.He poured the wine into the glass and tasted it carefully.Then he said happily: "Good wine, I have never had such a good wine. It really deserves the reputation of being drunk."

Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin took a sip of the other three wines respectively.Every time Li Shimin tasted it, he would show different expressions.Compliments followed.

"Guanyin maidservant, come and taste the wine brewed by Qingque. This is definitely a fine nectar." After speaking, Li Shimin poured a small cup of each wine for his eldest grandson Wugou.

In fact, whether it is the so-called Immortal Drunk or Jade Emperor Drunk, it is even the top supreme Jade Emperor Drunk.In fact, they are all distilled liquors made from sorghum. To put it bluntly, they are called big sorghum in later generations.It can be said to be a simple ordinary liquor.

It's just that the distinction between grades is measured in degrees.The degree of immortal drunkenness is only about [-] degrees, which is made by Li Tai and a large amount of mountain spring water.The degree of high-level immortal drunk has reached about [-] degrees, and the degree of Jade Emperor's drunk is about [-] degrees.The Supreme Jade Emperor Drunk is the pure sixty-degree sorghum wine of later generations.

The eldest grandson Wugou tasted the four kinds of wine respectively, and couldn't help but nod his head.Then he asked: "Qing Que, I don't know how you plan to set the price. This rare wine should be expensive."

(End of this chapter)