Datang Almighty Dad

Chapter 37

Li Yuanying rubbed his chin, trying his best to think about the solution, and muttered: "The food problem is a big problem, that is, the time is too tight, or I will plant a batch for you..."

What the hell?
The war is about to start, now planting food?
Li Er was a little confused, opened his eyes wide, and turned to look at his father. The meaning was obvious, he was asking, is this brother reliable?

Li Yuan pretended not to hear, and just fed his granddaughter,

Xiao Doudou stretched out his hand to push the other party, and complained: "Grandpa, if you want to chat, I can eat by myself. You see, the spoon is stuck on my nose."

cough cough...

After a while, Li Yuanying came back to his senses, spread his hands and said: "I don't have any good way to get food. I don't think it will be effective to send troops to collect food. The big households are basically misers. It is not easy to borrow food. The rest The only way to do this may be just one word—change!"

Originally, Li Er was already disappointed when he heard the first sentence, but when he heard a word change, hope was ignited again, and he quickly asked, not only was Datang short of food, but he was also short of money, so what could he exchange with others?

Li Yuanying stretched out three fingers, "If you do business, you must be interested in the other party. In terms of gold and silver, people are richer than the court, and there is no shortage of rare objects. Then you can conclude that they don't have it, and at the same time they have to want it." of.

One is the official hat. There are many vacancies in the imperial court. Although it is an evil policy to sell officials and nobles, it is not impossible to use them to meet emergencies. The nobility, just the addition of small and big families from all over the world can surprise us. "

"No! You can't open the door for selling officials and nobles. This is drinking poison to quench your thirst. Even if you stop the Turks, it will make this newly built Tang Dynasty rotten immediately. This must not be done!" Li Er and Li Yuan stopped at the same time.

The little Doudou next to him simply snatched the spoon from Grandpa's hand, and it was more reliable to feed himself.

Li Yuanying smiled to make the father and son on the opposite side calm down, and said the second, "Second, it is to sell state-owned resources, land, mines, labor, etc., and even some industries in the hands of the imperial court, such as salt and iron. "

Li Er's face was completely darkened, and he pointed at Li Yuanying and cursed: "Goro, the prodigal son, I thought you could have some good ideas, but I didn't expect that they were all crooked tricks that dig their own graves. It was destroyed by the Turks, and it will perish by itself in the future."

Li Yuan tried to smooth things over for his youngest son, and persuaded him, "Xu Shi Wulang, you don't know the importance of salt and iron, these are the lifeblood of a country, and they must be firmly in the hands of the court.

If a private owner has steel, it is hard to guarantee that he will not use it to benefit the enemy for profit. At that time, the surrounding barbarians will have sharp armor, which will not be good for Datang.

As for salt, the Tang Dynasty is in short supply, and the price of salt is so high that many ordinary people are discouraged and can only use bitter and astringent vinegar cloth for food. In hand, I am afraid that [-]% of the people in the Tang Dynasty would not be able to eat salt. "

Li Yuanying was a top student in his previous life. Although he didn't study history, he had dabbled a little bit. Of course he knew the importance of salt and iron, so when he mentioned salt and iron, it was not aimless.

"Listen to me, I have a wonderful method of making iron and steel, which can ensure that the steel we smelt is more sophisticated than others. The superiority of technology may allow us to keep ahead of others, so we are not afraid that the enemy will get ordinary steel.

Of course, if you want to be conservative, let’s not mention steel, but talk about salt. Now the source of salt in Datang is basically well salt or rock salt, and the output is too low to meet the demand.

I have the sun-salt method, which can produce endless high-quality table salt from seawater, which is as pure as snow, and the output is extremely high. As long as it starts to be put into production, Datang will no longer be short of salt.

I mean……"

Before he finished speaking, Li Yuanying was grabbed by Li Er's arm, "Really? Then you have to hold it even more firmly."

... Li Yuanying was speechless, so why should he still be the emperor?What about the pattern?It's nothing more than table salt, and it's not worth it for a small profit.

Li Yuanying smiled and said: "Now only the three of us know, the big family doesn't know, if we sell some of the existing salt wells and salt mines to them, they may feel that they have got a big deal.

But afterward, when we came out with the method of drying salt, we crushed them both in terms of output and quality. When the time came, they would spit out the salt wells and salt mines they ate. "

Well this...

Li Er pondered, if there is really a rolling-type salt-making method, it is not impossible to operate in this way.

Old Li Yuan looked at his youngest son's smile and cursed secretly, this boy is really a wimp, but I like it, he is simply a treasure, he even knows how to make iron and salt, amazing.

"Let me think about it, fifth brother, is there any other way?" Li Er asked.

Li Yuanying stretched out her thumb and praised: "As expected of the second brother, you can resist such a temptation? Admiration!
The third way is to sell technology. If the imperial court has some advanced technology, it is okay to sell it to those big families who are interested. "

"Technology? What technology? The imperial court's leading technology, could it be called ironmaking? It's useless if they come here." Li Er was puzzled, shaking his head and saying that he didn't have a leading edge in this area.

Li Yuanying smiled again, "I do. I thought about it just now. During this period, there are two things that can interest the other party. One is in the textile industry and the other is in agriculture."

Li Yuan was surprised: "You know even weaving and farming?"

Um... this, is it difficult?Li Yuanying scratched his head.

Li Yuan and his son rolled their eyes at the same time, listen, is there anyone talking?
Ignoring the other party's shock, Li Yuanying went on to say: "The current clothing in the Tang Dynasty, the nobles mainly use silk, and the common people mainly use mulberry and hemp. I have two new materials that can be spun into cloth and made into clothes. It is better than silk." And Sang Ma is more comfortable.

One is cotton, which is a plant produced in the Western Regions. It may not be called this name in Tang Dynasty.

The second is wool. After processing, wool can be spun into threads, and then woven into clothes. It feels soft and is the best way to keep warm and keep out the cold. "

What is cotton, Li Yuan and Li Er shook their heads and said that they had never heard of it, so let someone look it up later.

In this era, cotton was mostly grown in small countries in the Western Regions, and it was not called cotton, but Baidiezi. Small countries in the Western Regions also used it to make cloth, called Baidiebu, but the production was too troublesome, so it was not popularized.

But everyone knows that wool can be used to make clothes?The great thing is that it is only compacted and made into felt or blankets, and the physical feel will never be better. In the northern grasslands, the wool produced by the Turks cannot be used, and the people burn it.

Seeing that the other party didn't believe it, Li Yuanying had no choice but to spend a little point from the system mall and exchanged it for a set of woolen sweaters. The sweater, sweater, trousers, hat and socks were all children's clothes. Think about your daughter first.

He pretended to go to the back to get something, and after a while, the suit was placed in front of Li Yuan and his son.

(End of this chapter)