I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

Now that "Difficult to Journey" has been hung in his bedroom, it is better not to put such things in the important part of the study.

But when you think about this matter, you can find that this brother Zhang is really indifferent to fame and wealth!

Otherwise, depending on his status as a master in the literary world, and his talent for poetry, he would be able to hang out with an idle official position and make friends with a group of officials.

It is precisely because of Zhang Nuo's operations that are different from ordinary people that Li Shimin trusts him even more. He doesn't want anything in front of him. Are you still worried that he will plan to snatch it?

Now that Fang Xuanling knew Zhang Nuo's identity, he had some thoughts, and naturally there was no need to hide them from this important minister who had followed him for many years.

Especially with such a close person around him, he must also talk about his arrangements and ideas.

But when he told Fang Xuanling about his thoughts, Fang Xuanling was silent instead, and only after a while did he say in a low voice,

"Your Majesty, although I have never met him, we have been friends with him for a long time through poetry and prose. Looking at his prose, there are those who are magnificent, and those who see through the world of mortals. Then, judging by the actions His Majesty just described, this is A strange man with a gully in his chest!"

"But His Majesty is really assured of putting [-] troops into the hands of this strange man? Military matters are not child's play, and it is not just military matters that affect the whole body!"

Li Shimin smiled and nodded when he heard Fang Xuanling's evaluation,

"Of course I understand the key points, but what I value most is not how many achievements these 1 soldiers can build and how many territories they can conquer, but what I value is how much money these [-] soldiers can earn and how many people they can support!"

"You have never met my brother before, so you can't imagine those magical methods, as if everything is already in his heart, and there is no problem that cannot be solved. This is what I value. These ten thousand soldiers are not so much soldiers. , it is better to say that it is just a craftsman I gave him!"

Chapter 160 Fang Xuanling's Scheme

In fact, it is very rare for Li Shimin to meet such a calm person, to talk to him about Zhang Nuo and some thoughts about this person.

By Li Shimin's side, even though grandson Wuji and Du Ruhui were unborn great talents, when it came to planning, Fang Xuanling had to be number one.

"Fang Mou Du Juan" is not just a good name, it is a name that is really earned by one big event.

It was also a rare opportunity for Li Shimin to come across such an opportunity today, so he really wanted to have a good chat with Fang Xuanling about Zhang Nuo, and by the way, asked Fang Xuanling to come up with an idea to see if there was anything missing.

"Fang Qing, although I have been honored as a great treasure with your help, this seat that is admired by thousands of people is not so easy to sit on. I don't want to become a foolish king, and I don't even want the foundation created by my father to be lost in my hands!"

"Qin II died, and the Tang Dynasty will last for thousands of years! But I have more heart but not enough power, insufficient money and food, insufficient treasury, wolves around, staring at each other. When I think of the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, I toss and turn, and I can't sleep at night. sleep soundly!"

"My original plan was to spend ten or 20 years, slowly boil, wait slowly, step by step, enrich the people, strengthen the army, and accumulate enough strength, and then punch them out!"

"But this righteous brother of mine was born out of nowhere, which made me see hope. Maybe it won't take so many years for me to see the magnificent scene where the flag of the Tang Dynasty is planted all over Kyushu, and the army of the Tang Dynasty is rampant all over the world!"

Although Fang Xuanling was a little excited by the scene depicted by Li Shimin, he still analyzed calmly after all,

"To achieve all that His Majesty said, the three kinds of immortal food alone are not enough. The Turks cut their borders every year, Goryeo is about to move, and even some other small countries have different ideas now. The Tang Dynasty can't wait forever!"

"Especially when the fairy food is planted on a large scale, the news will definitely spread, and the surrounding small countries will definitely be even crazier. Time is waiting!"

Li Shimin nodded with emotion. The current situation is like this. On the one hand, the small countries around him are worried that the Tang Dynasty will attack them, and they are worried every day. majestic?

As long as Datang shows a hint of weakness, these hungry wolves will immediately pounce on a piece of meat.

Now the news that Datang is about to have fairy food is only spread among the top few ministers in a small range, but as soon as next year's autumn harvest, it will immediately show its original shape.

Will the surrounding small countries be worried when they see such a fetish?

After all, no matter which country knows these days, as long as there is food in the warehouse, there is no need to panic!

Therefore, these three kinds of fairy food are not only a gift from heaven brought by Zhang Nuo, but also a potential crisis for Datang. It depends on how to deal with it next year!

Fang Xuanling is still very satisfied with Li Shimin, the hero. He has the means, the mind, the ambition, and the ability to work hard. As long as he assists well, he might be able to leave his name in history.

Therefore, he expressed his thoughts without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, since the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang has such abilities, then we can't let him sit idle. Isn't he powerful? Then Your Majesty can find him to do more business with him!"

Li Shimin was taken aback, and looked at Fang Xuanling blinking his eyes for a long time before he could react, what do you mean?

Aren't the ministers around here a little disgusted with making money from their internal funds? Why did this Fang Qing encourage him to do business?

Seeing that Li Shimin didn't understand, Fang Xuanling hurriedly explained,

"Your Majesty, I don't know how many unpredictable and astonishing craftsmanship are still in the hands of the shopkeeper. If you wait for him to come up with it, you don't know when it will be, but if your majesty cooperates with him What about business?"

"There are three advantages to this matter. First, we can find the things Datang needs most to cooperate with them. After the description of His Majesty just now, I found a rule, that is, no matter what business the little shopkeeper does, he can increase the output of things. The cost has dropped, whether it is the existing wine, books or the salt that is about to cooperate with His Majesty, this is the case!"

"Secondly, the biggest advantage of cooperating with His Majesty is that you don't have to worry about these talents being discovered by other forces, and you don't have to worry about making things difficult for small officials. Shopkeeper Zhang doesn’t need to worry about trivial matters anymore!”

"Finally, if His Majesty continues to cooperate with Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang, even if the money goes into the internal coffers, His Majesty will still generously donate the money if the country is in trouble in the future. Therefore, it doesn't really matter whether the money is earned by His Majesty or the treasury." !"

Li Shimin's face was like a dyeing workshop opened by Fang Xuanling's words, turning blue and white at times, this damn is blatantly saying that you are working for the imperial treasury!

Then he was tactful on the surface, but the meaning was very clear and he told him that he should hurry up to help shopkeeper Xiaozhang and take care of shopkeeper Xiaozhang. Don't let shopkeeper Xiaozhang worry about those trivial things!

This old man is simply not a son of man, he is too disrespectful to me, his mother!

Although Li Shimin also knew that on the road of Kewu, he might not be able to keep up with his brother Zhang even if he flattered him.

However, is it okay to keep some things in mind?In this way, His Majesty the Great Tang Emperor doesn't want to lose face?

At this moment, Li Shimin suddenly felt that it was not unreasonable for Keming and the auxiliary machine to pick Fang Xuanling to trick them. Sometimes this kind of person just owes their mouths!

However, it is the emperor, no matter how much he complains, he still has to do what he should do. Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling seriously and asked,

"Then what kind of business does Fang Qing think I should do? This is not only about making money, but also enhancing the country's power. It's not a good choice!"

Fang Xuanling clapped his hands and smiled, and answered directly without thinking,

"Don't bother Your Majesty, I've already made up my mind, the thing that needs to change and earn money the most is iron making!"

"Thinking that Xiao Zhang's shopkeeper has a big business, and he has a total of [-] sergeants under his name. If he wants to go abroad in the future, he will naturally have to have a strong army. Swords, armor, which one doesn't need iron?"

"So, all you need is for His Majesty to allocate an iron mine, and then issue an imperial decree to make armor, and if you think about it, this shopkeeper Zhang can do it himself!

As for if the output is really astonishing, if the quality is up to the standard and it is cheap, then the imperial court will buy it, anyway, whoever buys it will buy it! "

Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling's complacent look, and sighed silently in his heart, Fang Qiao was really not wronged for being tricked!

You just found out about Shopkeeper Xiaozhang's reputation, and you suddenly thought of a way to deceive people. After that, when Shopkeeper Xiaozhang found out, did you think of a way to cheat him back?

You know, he had already thought about it at the beginning. If these 1 people were to go there with swords, guns and armor, Fang Xuanling's move could be regarded as a deadly move!

Chapter 161

Fang Xuanling was not at all embarrassed about cheating Xiao Zhang's shopkeeper!

In his opinion, one has to show one's ability, and it is not so simple to strive for fame. Since His Majesty has given such a good opportunity, the rest can only depend on the good fortune of the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang.

Li Shimin stroked the mustache on his chin, thinking about it slowly.

An iron ore and an imperial decree are nothing more than an iron ore. This is not difficult for Li Shimin. The whole world belongs to him. It is only a matter of allocating an iron ore. This is not what he hesitated and pondered about.

"Fang Qing, you said that the matter of making iron and armor is the most important thing in the country. Ordinary people have never touched it in their daily life. What do you think this brother Zhang is going to do?"

Fang Xuanling was a little worried at first that Li Shimin would blame him for cheating on the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang, but he didn't expect that His Majesty was thinking about whether the other party could do it?

"Your Majesty, although there are many iron ores in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it is quite difficult to mine them. At present, the ore is mainly broken by water and fire methods, and then slowly smelted. But now the iron mine next to the shopkeeper Zhang , it’s just a small iron mine, I’m afraid the ore produced is only enough for general use!”

Li Shimin frowned immediately after hearing this. In fact, ironmaking is not difficult at present. Although the ironware produced by ordinary workshops is not very good, at least it can be used, whether it is used to make armor or other things. .

After all, the so-called ironmaking is nothing more than crushing and putting it into a furnace for calcination. As long as there are enough raw materials, it is almost possible to produce pig iron continuously.

But one is that the steelmaking technology is not good. Pig iron is too brittle to be used as a weapon at all. It must be slowly made into steel in the workshop of the iron smelting family. The output is extremely low and it is very labor-intensive.

Iron ore mining is also a difficult problem. The water-fire method mentioned by Fang Xuanling just now is the most primitive mining method. Splash it on, and through a very short time temperature change, the ore will be split into small pieces by the principle of thermal expansion and cold contraction.

For the current Tang Dynasty, mining iron ore is undoubtedly very, very slow. Even if the large ore is turned into small ore by the water and fire method, it must be smashed into smaller pieces with hammers and iron brazing afterwards. .

Therefore, as long as Zhang Nuo can come up with a new iron ore mining method, it will inevitably greatly increase the production of pig iron, and as long as the production of pig iron increases, the production of steel will definitely increase one after another, and the overall level of armaments of Datang will inevitably increase. raised.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin said seriously,

"I believe in Xiao Zhang's miraculous method. Even if it is a small iron mine, as long as there is iron mine, he will naturally come up with some new ways to expand production! He has never disappointed me!"

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin's serious expression, and didn't know how to speak.

In fact, he urged Li Shimin to open an iron smelting workshop with this little shopkeeper, in fact, he just wanted to use this little shopkeeper's financial resources.

With so many soldiers in hand and no shortage of money, as long as one gets an iron ore, they will naturally be able to produce raw iron vigorously.

After all, the scale is large, and the output will naturally increase, but he really didn't expect that Li Shimin actually believed that the shopkeeper Zhang could come up with some new mining methods. If the ore is so easy to mine, can other merchants not use it?At least the Ministry of War does not have to worry about pig iron every year.

Besides, the water and fire method has been used for hundreds of years, and I really haven't heard of anyone who can come up with another method. Could it be that other people are idiots?

Whether it is the Mohists who are proficient in the art of mechanism, or those aristocratic families who have been smelting iron and forging swords for hundreds of years, they can only dig the mine hole honestly, and slowly chisel out pieces of ore with a hammer.

Even if Li Shimin bragged about Xiao Zhang's treasurer to the sky, and he is a star king who descends to earth and is unparalleled in wisdom, but in Fang Xuanling's view, even if you have the skills of a fairy, the people who do the work in the end are still ordinary people, isn't it? After you come down to earth, Xingjun, you don’t do anything, just go to mine ore?

As the prime minister of a country, what he needs is a method that can really improve the overall mining level of Datang!

If there is any good steel-making method in the hands of the shopkeeper Xiao Zhang, Fang Xuanling believes that, after all, many hermit families have such methods in their hands.

But mining ore is not so simple, the ore is there, and there are only so many tools. Could it be that his shopkeeper Xiao Zhang can teach ordinary people to learn the magic of immortality, and a divine thunder splits the ore?

Fang Xuanling directly raised these questions in front of Li Shimin, but Li Shimin laughed in return.

"Fang Qing, what you are worried about is completely different from what I am worried about. I am only worried that things like swords and armor have always been done by the imperial court. Shopkeeper Xiao Zhang is willing to do it, but he has never worried that he can't get it out!"

"Although I have never asked or mentioned the matter of mining in front of him, I believe that he definitely has a way, and it is an unexpected way!"

Fang Xuanling obviously didn't believe it, but Li Shimin said it so convincingly, how could he still slap him in the face?So I just smiled and didn't answer.

Li Shimin thought for a while, and said directly,

"Well, it's still early today. Follow me out of the city to meet the shopkeeper Zhang you've always wanted to see. Besides, I'll make a bet with you on whether the shopkeeper Zhang can come up with a new method of mining. Well, bet, here I am betting on the full set of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!"

Fang Xuanling's eyes lit up when he heard the words, how good it is, to meet this strange man who wrote "Zhang Nuo's Poetry Collection" and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and to discuss the next government, even if he didn't find any good ideas in the end, but in the end You can also get back a set of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", right?

You must know that Changsun Laohu and Du Heizi have only read it, and they don't have a complete set of books at hand. If they really get them by then, why don't they show off as much as they want?

Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling said seriously,

"Since Your Majesty has such an elegant taste, I should serve you as a companion. How about this? If I lose this round, I will not only offer my beloved exquisite lion ball with both hands, but also prepare a hundred craftsmen from the mansion to send it to you." How about giving it to the little shopkeeper?"

Li Shimin raised his hand with a smile, and Fang Xuanling slapped it bluntly, it was a deal.

Of course, this was Fang Xuanling, how could anyone else have the qualifications to make a private bet with the emperor and swear by high five!

After the crisp applause sounded, Li Shimin laughed loudly,

"Fang Qing, let me inform you that the mansion is ready, the artisans can't delay, this mansion is short of artisans, and I'm going to send some to him, I didn't expect you to prepare it!"

Chapter 162

Fang Xuanling knew that the identities of the people in front of him were different, so he couldn't open his mouth to decide the winner as usual, instead he said with a smile,

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the craftsman and the glazed lion ball are at the mansion, and I can send them out of the city with a single order. This bet is a game between you and Your Majesty. I am happy to win or lose!"

"If I win by chance, I will be happy if I can get a good set of works, but if I lose, it is also the luck of Tang Dynasty. Not only can I get the secret method of mining, but I don't have to worry about swords, guns and armor in the future. Even if I lose Happy to lose!"

Li Shimin nodded with a smile, even if your old house can talk, I give you a thumbs up!

After the two monarchs and ministers had a good discussion, naturally someone rushed to arrange the carriage. After all, it is not like before. When Zhang Nuo lived in this Chang'an city, it didn't matter if he had dinner and then went back to the palace, but now it doesn't work. If you don't arrange it in advance, the gates of the city will be closed when you come back!

Fortunately, the monarch and his ministers are young and strong. If it were Li Yuan, he might not be able to bear such a fast horse running out of the city.

However, when the two staggered in the carriage all the way to Heifeng Village, they were still a little dizzy. Unfortunately, it is winter now. If it is spring and summer, it may be more convenient to come here on horseback.

It was a coincidence that the two came, Zhang Nuo didn't go out for a walk, and was half paralyzed on the sofa reading a book!

Recently, he discovered a trick of the system, that is, it is very cheap to buy books from it. After all, as long as it is not a hardcover edition, a book can only cost tens of hundreds of dollars.

However, if the item is exchanged directly, the fee is high.

And many things, in fact, rely on local skilled craftsmen, it is completely possible to do, what they lack is knowledge and creativity limited by the times.

Once this knowledge is spread, Zhang Nuo will be able to build the entire Zhuangzi into his own industrial base, commercial base, and military base.

It’s no wonder that he still does this even though he already has a system. In fact, there are a lot of things in it and the price is really high. He has the final say. If all of them are exchanged from the system, even if it’s an island country, digging up Shijian Yinshan. Basically, they work for the system.

Therefore, it is still necessary to vigorously develop Datang.Otherwise, relying entirely on the system to exchange, I am afraid it will not last long!

What Zhang Nuo was reading at the moment was the basic textbooks of the chemistry department at the university. He didn't need to worry about the middle school and high school, he already had it in his mind, and his perverted talent endowed by the system made him have already mastered the basic knowledge of middle school.

But for many jobs to come, middle school knowledge is not enough, so he has to recharge in advance.

I was looking fascinated, and heard a noise, looked up and saw that it was Lao Li, I didn't expect this guy to come here just after the Chinese New Year, but why is it empty-handed, who came to the house empty-handed for the Chinese New Year?

"Hey, isn't this the head of the Li family? Happy Chinese New Year. Your majesty has just changed his year name, and you come to the door empty-handed. This is a bit too unreasonable!"

Li Shimin didn't know how to answer the sarcasm given by Zhang Nuo, so he cupped his hands and said,

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Happy Chinese New Year, brother, I came here in a hurry, I really forgot to bring a gift, don't blame me, don't blame me!"