Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

Li Junxian understood, showed the stone to everyone, and verified its hardness.

Many people present have heard that the Ministry of War has recently been building a batch of magical weapons. They don't know exactly how sharp they are, because Du Ruhui and others are still hiding them and have not used them on a large scale.

Seeing this Mo Dao, which cut stones with one blow, without any pause in the middle, they couldn't help but be amazed.

"Zhang Qing, what do you think of this knife?"

Li Shimin raised his knife and asked.

"Sharp, too sharp!"

The old censor had forgotten that this knife might be used to kill himself, and he was surprised: "If it can be used in the army, our Tang army will be as sharp and hard as this knife, and invincible."

Li Shimin nodded in agreement, and said again: "However, it is not easy to build this knife, and it costs a lot of money. The road to a strong army is difficult, everyone should know. Recently, the state treasury has been filled a lot with the government-run business model, but The territory of the Tang Dynasty is vast, and there are many places that need money, and the income from government-run businesses is far from enough."

"Some time ago, I went to Ganye Temple, and accidentally found a village nearby, full of poor people who were yellow and thin, poorly clothed, and hungry. Under my management, it was still next to Chang'an City. , People's livelihood is so poor."

"There is also Jinyang, the land of dragon prosperity in the Tang Dynasty. It has just experienced the transformation of the earth dragon, and it needs to be rebuilt, and all it needs is money."

"The natives in the Southwest rebelled, and they needed a large army to appease them, and their pay was also money."

"The official also wants to run a school to educate the people and change the state of illiteracy among the good people."

"All of these costs money. Only relying on tax revenue and government-run business income, so much can be done, and the national treasury still can't support it."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin said with a look of embarrassment: "The reason why I want to hold the auction and toss these things that cost money to make money is also for the sake of the Tang Dynasty and the people's livelihood, and it is definitely not for pleasure."

The old censor was stunned, he didn't expect His Majesty's gaze to be so far-reaching, and then tears filled his eyes, he was wrong!

"Dai Shangshu, come and tell Zhang Qing, what's the current state treasury?"

Li Shimin said again.

Dai Zhou stood up quickly, of course he knew what Li Shimin said, but he couldn't tell the truth about the real situation of the national treasury. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's just enough to meet the expenditure, but if another disaster occurs in the Tang Dynasty, it will definitely be overwhelmed and even collapsed."

"Your Majesty, the minister is wrong. With a narrow mind, he speculates on what His Majesty is doing for the people's livelihood in the world. The minister deserves to die!"

The old censor hurriedly bent over and said, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"Zhang Qing is not guilty. It's my fault. I didn't explain these things clearly in advance."

Li Shimin sighed, and finally managed to deal with it, these old censors are really troublesome.

He continued: "Actually, I invite you to come here. There is one more thing. I have prepared [-] tickets for the auction, all of which are VIP seats. Compared with the ones sold by Cheng Yizhen in the morning, the grade is higher. It is also more noble, which symbolizes that your identities are different."

As he said that, he clapped his hands, and Guo Dong asked people to prepare the tickets and distribute them to everyone.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, they only bought a ticket in the morning, and His Majesty gave them one in the afternoon, why didn't they say it earlier, let Cheng Yaojin earn all the money.

Today, there are exactly 200 ministers of rank five or above who were invited here, which is quite well arranged.

"Okay, that's all for today."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he left here first, and the rest of the ministers dispersed.

Walking outside the imperial city, Yuchi Jingde grabbed Cheng Yaojin and said, "Fatty Cheng, I want to return the product, I don't want the admission ticket, return the money to me quickly."

"Return the product now? There is no door! I didn't force you to buy it back then, who knew that His Majesty would suddenly give away the VIP coupon given by Mr.?"

Of course Cheng Yaojin disagreed. There was no reason to take out the money in his pocket. He rolled his eyes and said, "But because we have known each other for many years, let me mention you! Many people outside want to enter the venue." Coupon, you have two copies, you can take one and sell it, as for which one you want to sell, you decide for yourself!"

Yuchi Jingde's eyes lit up, he didn't expect to be able to play like this, this time Fatty has been hanging out with Mr. for a long time, and those ghost ideas have increased.

After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, he left with a smile on his face.

"Jingde, what did Yizhen tell you just now?"

Changsun Wuji happened to pass by, and when he saw that scene, he asked curiously.

"It's nothing. Since our relationship is so good, I'm not afraid to tell you, but you must not say it."

Yuchi Jingde repeated those words.

Changsun Wuji opened his mouth in surprise, and immediately promised not to talk nonsense, his mouth was the strictest.

It's just that Yuchi Jingde had just left, so he went directly to Gao Shilian and said, "Uncle, I have a good method..."

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Chapter 199 Bite the Golden Beef

"Sir, I have done everything you asked me to do."

Cheng Yaojin left the palace, and immediately came to Ma Zhou's residence, because Li Yi'an was staying here again, and quickly said, "What shall we do next?"

"Then we have to wait for the auction to start, and I will arrange everything later."

Li Yi'an said: "I'll write another article and have it sent to be printed into a newspaper. I'll hype it up for another day tomorrow. The auction will basically be stable, and then wait to collect the money."

Hearing the word "receive money", Cheng Yaojin's eyes sparkled, but he asked again: "Should we continue firing those Tianmu lamps?"

"Of course, if you don't burn it, what do we sell?"

Li Yi'an said: "On the second day after the auction ends, General Cheng, you will take out those Tianmu lamps and sell them. The price should be a little cheaper than the auctioned ones. If they can't buy them at the auction, they will definitely come again. I bought it from you."

Cheng Yaojin smiled and said: "Sir, you are really a profiteer, oh... no, you are a great businessman."

Li Yi'an thought it was funny to describe himself as a profiteer, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I have another thing to play, which can also make money, so send someone to Changnan Town immediately, and first get a thousand catties of porcelain stone and When the kaolin comes back, we will try our best to buy the mountains where these ores are located, including the place we dug in Jizhou."

Changnan Town is the later Jingdezhen, which is the porcelain capital of the world. This time Li Yi'an is going to toss blue and white porcelain.

Thinking of this, Li Yi'an took paper and a pen, and wrote down the specific firing process of blue and white porcelain, and then drew sketches one by one, which were very detailed.

"Take these back and hand them over to our kiln craftsmen. After the kaolin is brought back, you will immediately fire it according to this method. If you can't make it out, or if you don't understand anything, come to me right away." Li Yi'an instructed Said.

"I'll take care of things, sir, don't worry."

Without thinking about it, Cheng Yaojin picked up the papers and left.

Soon, it was evening.

Cheng Chumo suddenly asked someone to bring a large box of meat over, and said with a smile: "Sir, our Cheng family has a cow, which crashed into the wall and died for some reason. Aye asked me to bring you some beef."

beef?

Of course Li Yi'an knew that farming cattle in ancient times could not be slaughtered, and anyone who dared to do so would be imprisoned.

It was still Cheng Yaojin's Lu Ziye. For some reason, the cattle hit the wall and died. It was said that Cheng Yaojin's cattle often died inexplicably. It turned out that this was true.