Li Shimin

A few days ago, Li Xuan, Li Chengqian and others went out to sea again to catch fish.

Therefore, when Li Xiaogong came to the boat port, he saw a net full of sea fish, which were propped up on the net, alive and kicking.

"The last general, Cheng Duanbo, see His Royal Highness King Jin, and His Royal Highness Prince Hejian!"

Cheng Duanbo was already at the ship port, waiting for Li Xuan, Li Xiaogong and others.

"Cheng Duwei, you send someone to catch all these sea fish and clean them up!"

Li Xuan ordered directly.

"Catch it?"

Cheng Duanbo was taken aback.

"Exactly, Hejian County King was ordered by His Majesty to bring a thousand stones of coarse salt to assist me in drying these big fish into dried fish!"

Li Xuan explained by the way.

Although he was the king of Jin and had a great reputation, he was much more comfortable commanding these officials in the name of Li Shimin.

"The fifty carriages?"

Hearing this, Cheng Duanbo couldn't help but subconsciously look at the neatly lined up carriages.

"A carriage contains twenty stones of coarse salt, does Captain Cheng want to inspect it?"

Seeing that Cheng Duanbo was still in a daze, Li Xiaogong's expression darkened, and he said in a cold voice.

"Forgive me, Your Highness. This is the first time I heard that so much coarse salt is used to dry dried fish. I was shocked for a moment. I will send someone to fish for the fish!"

After finishing speaking, Cheng Duanbo quickly gave orders to the soldiers.

Soldiers who grew up by the sea since they were young are very familiar with cleaning sea fish.

In addition, drying the fish in the sun is also very simple.

Therefore, hundreds of soldiers hoisted strings of sea fish on the harbor in one day.

On the second day, after the fishing net was empty, Li Xuan took Cheng Duanbo, Li Chengqian, Li Xiaogong and others out to sea again.

This time the fishing was still very smooth.

In less than an hour, under Li Xiaogong's still shocked expression, the fishnet was carrying thousands of stones of big fish, and returned to the voyage with overload.

Immediately afterwards, a group of soldiers were asked to catch fish, cleaned up a group of sea fish, marinated them with coarse salt, hung them in a string on the newly built ropes, and began to dry them.

One catty of coarse salt can marinate three or four catties of large fish.

And each of these sea fish is more than ten catties. To marinate a sea fish, three or four catties of coarse salt are needed.

It took a full four days to marinate the thousand stones of coarse salt.

And on the beach in the harbor, strings of big fish were already densely hung.

After drying for three or four days, these sea fish will completely become dried sea fish.

Li Xuan randomly took a few fish, and under the expectant expressions of Li Yuan, Li Xiaogong and the others, asked the cook to steam one of these dried fish, boil one, and stir-fry one...

Then, pour a small dish of old vinegar.

Pick up a small piece of steamed dried fish, dip it in some vinegar, and put it in your mouth. Immediately, a strong smell of fish overflows.

"It's so delicious?"

"Such delicious dried fish should be used as military rations, is it appropriate?"

Just after Li Baoding finished speaking, Li Xiaogong and Li Yuan glared at him.

"Why is it inappropriate?"

"The Supreme Emperor and the County King don't worry!"

Li Baoding sneered, and hurriedly explained: "Army rations are used by the soldiers to satisfy their hunger, but if such delicious dried fish is used to feed the soldiers, I am afraid that the appetite of the soldiers will be tripled.

In this way, soldiers who only need two catties of food to eat on weekdays need to eat four catties a day, so the military rations will be even more insufficient! "

After listening, both Li Xiaogong and Li Yuan couldn't help frowning slightly, this matter is a big problem.

"It's easy!"

Li Xuan chuckled lightly, and said: "Dried fish can be used as a dish, let the soldiers eat with steamed buns and flatbread.

Moreover, if such delicious dried fish is transported to Chang'an City, there will be countless rich people from aristocratic families wanting to eat it.

In this way, a catty of dried fish is sold for [-] yuan, but it is not directly sold for money, but for the rich to exchange for grain. Fifteen catties of grain can be exchanged for a catty of dried sea fish! "

"This is a great plan!"

After listening, Li Xiaogong couldn't help but look overjoyed.

"In this way, this thousand and five hundred shi of dried fish can be exchanged for more than 2 shi of grain!"

"Ok!"

Li Xuan nodded lightly, "Based on the number of rich merchants in Chang'an City, this thousand and five hundred shi dried fish is completely edible."

"Please rest assured, the Supreme Emperor and His Royal Highness King Jin. After I bring these dried fish back to Chang'an City and let Your Majesty see the benefits of dried fish, I will definitely ask His Majesty to send you [-] shi of coarse salt. Your Highness Jin Wang, please help me." Help, hang the dried fish!"

Li Xiaogong said quickly.

Hearing this, Li Xuan chuckled lightly, "The matter of drying dried fish has always been made by Cheng Duanbo and the soldiers of the Zhechong Mansion. As long as His Majesty issues an edict and Cheng Duanbo agrees, it doesn't matter whether there is this king or not!"

Li Xiaogong's expression froze.

"Your Highness is serious, Cheng Duanbo is just a mere captain of the Zhechong Mansion, how dare you not listen to your majesty's words!"

"Ha ha……"

Li Xuan chuckled lightly, "What if all the captains of the Zhechong Mansion in the Tang Dynasty listened to this king?"

"Forehead!"

Li Xiaogong sneered and remained silent.

Immediately after loading the [-] shi dried fish into the carriage, Li Xiaogong hurriedly took the fifty carriages to Chang'an City.

And in Qingzhou City, Li Xuan led Cheng Duanbo and the people who went to Chongfu to dry the dried fish on such a large scale, which had already been inquired by all the Qingzhou aristocratic families.

Therefore, within two days of Li Xiaogong's journey, there was an inexplicable trend of drying dried fish inside and outside Qingzhou City.

Cheng Chusi, Li Chengqian and others looked at it with displeasure.

"You don't need to do this. The most important thing for drying fish is coarse salt. However, in the hands of these aristocratic families, is there so much coarse salt?

Moreover, even if they have money in their family, they can use a lot of coarse salt to marinate dried fish, but they can't compete with us in the end. Those salt fields are all in the hands of the imperial court! "

Regarding this, Li Xuan still had a calm face. How could his skills be so easy to steal?

"Hey, Master is wise!"

After figuring it out, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and the others couldn't help but beam with joy.

For the next few days, Li Xuan and the others were all at leisure, doing nothing.

It wasn't until Li Xuan finally remembered that those who had already come all the way to Qingzhou from Lijiazhuang to wait for Mohists, so he took Li Chengqian, Li Yuan and others to the shipyard once a day.

Li Xuan had many solutions in his mind to solve the power problem of the giant steel ship.

However, it was all vague, and he only knew a general idea.

However, for Yue Tai and others, it was like an inspiration that opened up the world.

So, after many days of experimentation, the power direction of the giant ship was finally determined!

Steam turbine!

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at the same time.

Li Xiaogong returned to Chang'an City with the [-] stone dried fish.

Likewise, three dried fish.

One steamed, one boiled, one fried...

Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling each had a small plate of balsamic vinegar in front of them, eating a piece and dipping it in, it was fragrant and crispy.

"Absolutely delicious!"

When none of the three fish was left, Li Shimin sighed with satisfaction.

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Chapter 423 More This Time

Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others also nodded repeatedly.

This kind of dried fish is not only delicious, but also has a special flavor.

"Everyone, what do you think of Xiao Gong's talk about exchanging dried fish for food?"

Li Shimin asked slowly.

"Return to Your Majesty, I think this matter is feasible!" Fang Xuanling nodded directly.

After thinking for a while, Changsun Wuji suggested.

"Your Majesty, I think that while distributing salt, glass and other things to those family merchants, invite them to have a meal together, and then sell them publicly.

Maybe, a catty of dried fish can be exchanged for more food! "

At this moment, Du Ruhui also thought of something, and said with a happy face: "Your Majesty, in two days, it will be time to start distributing the salt and glass!"

"So, then follow the auxiliary machine's words!"

Li Shimin said.

"Yes!"

Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others all bowed their hands in agreement!

The most powerful emperor in the Tang Dynasty and several prime ministers wanted to plan something together, even if those merchants were standing behind the powerful families of the Tang Dynasty, they had to be at the mercy of them.

Moreover, the dried sea fish not only tastes great, but it is also the first time that it has appeared in front of the family of Datang.

Just trying something new, more than 1000 stones of dried sea fish can be sold.

After eating the three fish dishes in front of them, all the merchants couldn't help but shine their eyes, as if they had seen the golden prospect of these dried sea fish.

"Fang Xiang, the villain can exchange [-] shi for [-] shi of dried sea fish!"

Fan Yang Lu's steward cupped his hands and said hastily.

It's not that he doesn't want to exchange for more, but that there are at least 20 major families present, and there are more than 30 small families. One hundred shi of dried sea fish is already the limit that his Lu family can exchange.

However, even if it was a hundred stones, the crowd was full of dissatisfaction.

"Brother Lu really has a big appetite. I'm waiting for more than 50 people present, and your family wants a hundred shi?"

"Fang Xiang, I, Mr. Li from Zhao County, would like to exchange two thousand shi for a hundred shi of dried sea fish!"

"Fang Xiang, I, the Xue family in Hedong, are willing to exchange [-] shi of grain for [-] shi of dried sea fish!"

"Fang Xiang, I am Luoyang Yushi..."

As Steward Lu spoke, all the stewards of the aristocratic family couldn't bear it anymore and spoke one after another.

However, those who really want to exchange for dried sea fish are some northern families.

However, even so, Fang Xuanling's heart was full of joy when he heard it.

……

"How many?"

In the Hall of Liangyi, after listening to Fang Xuanling's report, Li Shimin had a look of disbelief.

"Return to Your Majesty, the [-] shi of dried sea fish was exchanged for a total of [-] shi of grain!"

Fang Xuanling suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said slowly.

"Good, very good!"

Li Shimin was overjoyed.