Li Shimin

"You don't have to be so serious, today I'm just taking advantage of the meal to chat casually on a whim!" Li Xuan said with a faint smile.

"The meat is cooked, eat quickly, eat quickly!"

As he said that, Li Xuan took a piece of meat out of the pot with a fast stick, put it into the bowl in front of him, dipped it in some sesame sauce, then put it directly into his mouth, and started to eat.

Seeing this, Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi and the others moved their throats, and quickly fished out a piece of meat from the pot, quickly put it into their own bowl, dipped it in the sesame sauce, and put it in their mouths.

"hiss……"

However, before taking a few bites, Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi and the others subconsciously opened their mouths wide and twisted their faces.

"Master, why is it so spicy?"

"call……"

As he spoke, he picked up the ale on the table and drank it in one gulp.

"There are so many peppers in the pot, you can't see them?"

Li Xuan cast a glance at Cheng Chusi, then picked up a piece of meat from the pot again, stirred it in the sesame sauce, put it in his mouth again, and started eating with relish.

Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi and the others who watched had weird faces. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they might have suspected that what they and Li Xuan ate were not meat cooked in the same pot.

On the other hand, Li Chengqian didn't have so many thoughts, his mind was still full of Li Xuan's words just now.

After drinking a glass of ale, he felt more comfortable, so he hurriedly asked Li Xuan.

"Dare to ask Master, how does the imperial court lead the people of the Tang Dynasty to make money? Moreover, if the common people start to be merchants, who will plant the crops in the Tang Dynasty? Who will study?

In this way, wouldn't the court be in chaos, wouldn't the world be in chaos? "

Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but glanced at Li Chengqian, but he still didn't stop eating.

"Gao Ming, who told you that making money from the common people is business?"

"This……"

Li Chengqian was stunned, and quickly cupped his hands and said: "Master, it has been said in ancient books that those who sell things to make money are all merchants, and they are not ashamed!"

"Tsk!"

Li Xuan chuckled, and continued to ask: "Then, those farm households in this Wangzhuang sell vegetables and meat to Chang'an City and the surrounding dignitaries every day. Everyone in Lijiazhuang is a merchant?"

"As for your Zhuangzi, there are Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi, Fang Yizhi... Your Zhuangzi sells vegetables and crops to people every day. Are you all merchants?"

"Forgive me, master, this is definitely not!"

"Exactly, Master's Lijiazhuang and our Zhuangzi, how could it be the behavior of merchants?"

Li Chengqian also hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Master, it's Chengqian's photoshoot!"

"Gao Ming, there are thousands of ways to make money in the world. But there is only one way for merchants to make money.

Of course, I don't look down on merchants. You have been in Lijiazhuang for several years, and you should all know that this king doesn't look down on merchants like you do. On the contrary, he often encourages people to sell some goods to their homes in their spare time. make money. "

"Handlers grow food, which can be sold for money or used for food. They have also paid corresponding labor, which is worthy of respect. And merchants, who sell a few carts of goods from one city, go to another city to sell at a high price, and earn a lot of money. For money, they have also paid a certain amount of labor, which is also worthy of respect."

"Besides, how many caravans do you wait for?"

"Merchants are not all lowly business as Confucianism says!"

"You can think about it carefully. Today's Confucian civil servants are in power. In their eyes, except for bachelors who read Confucian books, any other school or profession is a lowly thing!..."

"Hey, Master is right. In the eyes of those sour scholars, except for them, everyone is a head lower than them!"

"That's right, if it weren't for those sour scholars who are hard to provoke, I would like to beat them up one by one!"

Li Chongyi, Cheng Chusi and the others all nodded their heads in agreement.

As for Fang Yizhi, Du Gou, Changsun Chong, and Wang Xuance, they were all embarrassed.

"Okay, okay, you don't need to look like this. This king is just telling Gao Ming, don't always listen to those sour Confucian words in everything, and don't always believe in those Confucian books. You know, many times, those In order to improve their status, acid scholars even dare to distort the words of saints!"

Li Xuan smiled helplessly, and said, "Eat quickly, once the hot pot is opened, you can't stop!"

"Yes, Master!"

Cheng Chusi responded obediently, and quickly started to eat.

Li Chengqian also picked up the kuaizi, took a bite, couldn't help it, and asked again: "Master, how do you lead those common people to make money?"

"Gao Ming, you can think about it, how does the Li Family Village make money? How do the farmers in your Zhuangzi make money?" Li Xuan said slowly.

Li Chengqian looked enlightened, "Thank you, Master!"

"In addition, how does the farm next door make money? You should also know!" Li Xuan said again.

"Master, I'll find out later!"

Speaking of this, Cheng Chusi's eyes lit up again.

"I heard that now, the old soldiers in those farms can eat meat every ten days or so, and drink a lot of wine. In addition, those old soldiers can also save dozens of dollars. Spend money!"

"Most of them have no children, and they don't know what is the use of saving so much money?"

Li Xuan laughed lightly, and said again: "Also, Gao Ming, do you know what the housing construction department is doing now? How many houses can they build every day? And the road construction department, how many roads can each of them pave?

Now, how many rich and powerful families do not have concrete houses to live in? "

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Chapter 791

"Master's intention?"

Hearing this, Li Chengqian's eyes lit up.

"Wait for yourself to understand!"

Li Xuan smiled lightly, "How much money does it cost to build a house? How much cement and sand are needed, and how many craftsmen are needed? And how much money can those nobles from aristocratic families pay?"

"Or, cultivate a few fields in Datang, and then sell vegetables to Goguryeo? Sell vegetables to Tubo and Tuyuhun? How much money can one trip make, and how much money can one mu of land make?"

"Or, in some places in Datang, how much money can you earn by building a farm and raising more chickens, ducks and hogs?

Moreover, as long as the number of chickens, ducks and hogfish increases, the cost of feeding will naturally decrease.

Correspondingly, the price of chicken, duck and hogfish will also drop, so how many people in my Tang Dynasty will be able to eat these meats? "

"In addition, there are so many defenders in my Tang Dynasty. In addition to patrolling and defending the city every day, they are training. If these soldiers are made to be like those old soldiers in the farm..."

"My master is brilliant!"

After Li Xuan finished speaking, Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and the others couldn't help bowing their hands in admiration.

"Do you think there is something wrong with what this king said?"

Li Xuan nodded slightly.

Then he drank a glass of ale and started eating on his own.

On the side, Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and others said excitedly.

"You can do all the things the master said!"

"Very good!"

Li Xuan nodded slowly, and swallowed the mutton in his mouth.

Afterwards, looking at Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and others, he said, "It just so happens that this king didn't give you any homework this year. Taking this opportunity today, this king will give you a lesson!"

"what?"

Hearing this, Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and the others immediately lost their expressions, and the mutton in their mouths was no longer tasty!

"I didn't expect you to be so excited when I heard about the homework, so I can rest assured!"

Li Xuan nodded with a look of relief, and said: "After you go back, write a plan on how to drive the people of Tang Dynasty to get rich!"

"As for bringing a group of people to raise chickens, ducks, pigs and fish; or bringing a group of people in the Tang Dynasty to grow crops and vegetables; or you want to bring a group of people in the Tang Dynasty to build concrete houses wantonly, paving cement roads;

Even, you feel that taking the people of the Tang Dynasty to burn, kill and loot the small countries around the Tang Dynasty, anyway, as long as it can make the people of the Tang Dynasty rich! "

"..."

After listening, Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and the others couldn't help but widen their eyes and their faces were dull.

It's the first time they hear the plan to bring the common people to get rich, and they really can't write it!

"Master..."

Thinking about it, Li Chongyi and Li Chengqian immediately glanced at it and wanted to refuse.

Li Xuan didn't plan to tell a few people, and said again directly.

"In addition, this proposal must be at least [-] words long!"

"what?"

Now, the corners of Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and the others could not help but twitch slightly.

"You can read a lot of ancient books and learn from the wisdom of the predecessors!"

Li Xuan still had a faint smile on his face, looked at Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and the others, and said, "Well, this king is tolerant enough to you. I will give you a month to wait for this plan.

After Gao Ming gets married, you must give this book to the king.

When that time comes, the king will invite His Majesty and you, Aye, to check each of them one by one.

If you want to embarrass yourself in front of His Majesty, or Cheng Zhijie and Fang Xuanling, you can write scribbles..."

"No, if you write in a mess, not as good as shit, not only will you lose face, but your Aye will lose face in front of His Majesty and the others!"

Now, Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and the others couldn't help opening their mouths wide again, their faces full of sorrow.

Especially Cheng Chusi and Yuchi Baolin, the rough guys, can't wait to twist their brows to their mouths, and let them, who can only lead troops to fight, write a plan, and it is a plan on how to drive the people of the Tang Dynasty to get rich ?

It's better to let them take the people of Tang Dynasty to conquer a few small countries and loot them!

Among them, only Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui were somewhat happy.

However, after seeing the sad faces of Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others beside him, he had to put on a look of sadness.

"Okay, it's just a [-]D plan, why are you so sad?"

Li Xuan smiled lightly again.

"Eat hot pot, eat hot pot, come and try this dish of pig belly and pig brain! These pigs are delicious, and you have never eaten them before, so let's try them today."

"The same is true for the plan. It is also the first time for you to write, so it will be of great benefit to you!"

"I would rather not have those benefits!"

Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and others were full of reluctance.

However, facing Li Xuan's expression, he could only show a happy expression, and bowed his hands to Li Xuan to salute.

Next, Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and others were all staring at the meat and vegetables on the table, and no one took the initiative to talk to Li Xuan about other topics.

After eating, the slightly drunk people hurriedly bid farewell to Li Xuan.

Then, with the support of their respective guards, they got into the carriage and headed for Chang'an City as if fleeing.

So far, until the New Year's Eve, Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and others all attended, and then sat at the desk thinking hard.

Regarding this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others who heard the news couldn't help being comforted by Lao Huai.

These little brats are finally sensible!

As for Xue Rengui, Li Baoding, and Wang Xuance, they came to Lijiazhuang every two days.

This year's New Year's Eve, the entire Tang Dynasty, lived very comfortably.

On the fifth day after the New Year's Eve.

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others once again held an auction meeting in the tea house on Zhuque Avenue.

This time, a total of hundreds of big families participated in the auction.

Each family won three Tubo cities, or three Tubo tribes!

The money in the Datang treasury is visible to the naked eye.

And there are countless more ironware, mines, and acres of land in Datang.

What makes Li Xuan happy is that his fleet of steel giant ships has now accumulated enough steel to manufacture fifty giant ships.