Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

"Okay." Xiaoer wiped his hands on his clothes, and took it carefully.

"Be careful, don't break it, or it will break your leg."

"Yes, yes, yes." Xiaoer murmured as he quickly left the house.

"What kind of paper is a newspaper? It's so expensive at five cents? Will anyone buy it?"

"Your Highness, do you think this is a good arrangement?" The shopkeeper said to Li Tai with a smile.

"That's right." Li Tai nodded: "Since the matter has been settled, the king will go back."

"Respectfully, Your Highness." After the shopkeeper hurriedly saluted, he sent Li Tai and his party all the way out.

Wei Zheng frowned and said, "Such a flattering face can be seen as a profiteer."

"No business, no rape." Li Tai said casually, "Each has his own way of life, and each earns money based on his ability."

He led the three of them into a restaurant not far away, went up to the second floor and picked a place with a good view.

As soon as he sat down, Xiao Er leaned over and asked, "What does the guest officer need?"

"Give me a portion of all your special dishes." Li Tai said casually.

"Okay." Xiao Er immediately greeted him with a smile, and Xin Dao met the son of a rich family.

"Teacher, Uncle, you've worked hard on the newspaper!" Li Tai saluted the two of them.

The two looked at each other with smiles on their faces.

Wei Zheng stroked his beard and said, "We're all a family, so why not be polite."

Duan Lun said even more boldly: "This little thing is nothing~.

Your Highness is really too polite, we are all a family, so polite. "

"Yes, yes, I don't mind being polite." Li Tai said with a smile.

Before the food was served, the three of them talked and laughed, looking down.

Soon, Li Tai saw the little boy standing among the crowd at the Wu family bookstore and began to sell.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers~ five cents a piece, five cents a piece~"

This is not only the sense of sight, but if you add the sound of bicycle bells and put on a brown and black clothes, the sense of age will come at once.

"Will anyone buy this?" Wei Zheng frowned and said to the peddler.

"There will be." Li Tai said very spontaneously without taking his eyes off.

Not long after, a Confucian scholar stepped forward and asked, "What kind of paper is this newspaper?"

Xiaoer replied with a smile on his face: "My shopkeeper asked me to sell it, but the little one is illiterate and doesn't know what is written on it.

If the customers are curious, they can buy it for [-]% to have a look, it is not expensive anyway. "

"I'd like to see what you wrote on it."

Speaking of which, the Confucian scholar simply took out the money and handed it to Xiao Er.

"Here." Xiao Er took out a newspaper and handed it to the Confucian scholar.

The Confucian scholar directly held it and looked at it, muttering in his mouth while looking at it.

"Datang Guobao,... Datang is famous,... Quartet comes to court..."

As the Confucian scholar read the above article, he quickly attracted the attention of passers-by.

A Confucian student was puzzled, leaned closer to his head and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Some people frowned: "Who is so bold that he dares to talk about the affairs of the court?"

The Confucian scholar with the newspaper in his hand replied subconsciously.

"Can this be called talking about the affairs of the court? This is clearly showing our country's prestige!!"

When several people were arguing endlessly, Xiao Er came over and said.

"Everyone, this is a newspaper. It only costs five cents. If you can't buy it for five cents, you will be fooled."

Several people looked at each other, and Hao took out the money without hesitation.

"I'd like to see who dares to talk about court affairs at the feet of the emperor!"

"And me, and me, give me a copy too, my neck is sore after looking at it for a long time."

"Give me a copy too, let me see who wrote the article."

Several people simply paid the money and took the newspaper.

When I saw that it was a piece of paper, I felt very subtle and felt like I was being cheated.

But soon, several people were attracted by the content of the newspaper.

The indignant Confucian scholar rummaged through it.

Soon I found Wei Zheng's official seal at the end of the article, and exclaimed immediately.

"There's also Lord Wei's official seal on it!"

"This is actually an article written by Wei Xiang!!"

The Confucian scholars on the side were attracted one after another and rummaged together.

Soon, when they found the official seals of Wei Zheng and Duan Lun and the signature of Li Tai, they all exclaimed.

"This is really an article written by Mr. Wei!"

"More than that, there is also the official seal of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry on it!!"

"Look at the last signature on the back, it still says King Wei's signature!"

"Could it be that this matter was ordered by His Majesty?"

The exclamation and speculation of several people attracted more people to be curious about the newspaper.

"Master Wei's article? Let me read it!!"

"What's written on it?"

"Wei Wang is also up there??"

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They squeezed their heads over one after another, but quickly moved behind a few people with newspapers and read them.

Those who bought newspapers naturally refused.

I spent money on myself, how could I let them be in vain (harmony)!

Thinking of this, he closed and folded the newspaper and said.

"No, it's up to you to buy it yourself, but it's a matter of five cents!!"

"Hi, Xiaodujichang."

"A dimeless iron cock."

The person behind who wanted to vote in vain was suddenly speechless.

On the other hand, Xiaoer at the side breathed a sigh of relief, approached with a smile and said.

"I'm selling the newspaper, five cents a piece, it's cheap and it's cheap."

Five cents?Not expensive, not expensive at all.

So the attracted people stepped forward to buy one after another, selling dozens of copies at once.

After opening the newspaper, everyone's curiosity was satisfied, and they started discussing contentedly.

"Today, the Holy One is kind and merciful, so we can have today."

"It's just that I heard that His Royal Highness King Wei seems to have paid [-] Silla maids and bodhisattvas as tribute!?"

"Gaozi said: 'Food and sex, sex also~'"

"Confucius said: 'I am a lustful person for seeing good things~'"

Although many people were attracted by this scene, there were not many people selling newspapers, but they never stopped.

On the other side, Li Tai, Wei Zheng and Duan Lun looked at the lively scene below.

Everyone felt relieved.

"This matter should be done, but I don't know if the newspaper can be sold out today."

Wei Zheng said with a look of relief.

"One thousand copies, if you can't sell them all, it's not too late to sell them tomorrow."

Li Tai replied indifferently.

Although it was the first time, people were only at the stage of curiosity about newspapers.

However, it is issued once every fifteen days, with such a long gap in the middle, it is impossible to sell out a thousand cents.

"Indeed." Wei Zheng nodded.

"Come on, I will replace the wine with tea, toast the teacher and uncle, and celebrate the successful publication of this newspaper!"

Li Tai picked up the teacup and saluted the two of them.

"Do it." Liang Ran heroically drank two cups of tea.

Duan Lun smacked his lips: "It's not fun to replace wine with tea, why don't you go to my house and drink in a big bowl?"

Li Tai and Wei Zheng were speechless for a moment, they could not openly violate the prohibition on alcohol, they had to go home and drink if they wanted to go back.

The corner of Li Tai's mouth twitched and said: "Let's wait another day. If you get drunk today, how can you go back and report to your father?"

"Well, that's right, let's change another day over there, eat vegetables and eat vegetables!!" Duan Lun hurriedly greeted.

"Hmm~ This dish is good, scrambled eggs with leeks!"

Li Tai looked at the scrambled eggs with leeks made with sesame oil, and nodded.

The technology of cooking appeared very early, and iron pots for cooking were unearthed in the Western Han Dynasty.

In the Western Han Dynasty's Theory of Salt and Iron, it is recorded that guests eat scrambled eggs with leeks in the inn.

Later, the "Qi Min Yao Shu" in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties recorded the process of cooking in detail, and later foodies carried forward the cooking.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was already a "raw five dishes" eaten in early spring, which were fried sheep, beef, rabbit, bear, and venison slices.

Chapter 78 Intellectual Monopoly

Hearing Wei Zheng say that the food is good, Li Tai frowned.

He clearly felt the bitter taste, especially when eating egg flower.

I didn't notice it when I ate it in the mansion before, but I felt it when I ate it in this restaurant. Obviously the salt is not pure.

Salt is a necessity for humans.

In the late Tang Dynasty, the salt industry tax accounted for two-fifths of the total tax revenue.

The importance cannot be overstated.

From the earliest method of cooking salt with Susha to smelt salt, to the later method of sun-dried salt.

The color of the salt changes from blue, white, black, yellow, purple, five colors to gradually white and delicate.

The method of drying salt can be handed over to Li Shimin, and it can only be handed over to Li Shimin.

Because Li Shimin is the biggest salt dealer, controlling the salt business, there are pond salt, well salt, and rock salt in Longxi.

Li Tai silently wrote it down in his heart, and handed it to Li Shimin when he went back.

"Look, people from the Kong family have come out!" Wei Zheng reminded.

"It seems that I will be sued by Kong Yingda again?"

Li Tai saw that Kong Yingda appeared in front of the Wu family's door, and he expected it.

Confucianism controls public opinion and uses public opinion to exert pressure on the emperor.

For example, the Edict of Guilt, which is similar to a self-criticism.