Fu Tang

Shi Xueting put down the paperwork with a puzzled expression on his face: "Is this thing important?"

Li Congjia thought about it seriously, thinking about the days with and without toilets, and then nodded heavily: "It's very important!"

Without a toilet, the quality of life has deteriorated too much. Li Congjia couldn’t help being depressed when he thought about the toilet he had used for so many years. This is still him. Except when he was fleeing for his life, the general living standard is good. If it is changed, the living standard will not be so good. People, you let them use the toilet and try to use the old squatting pit again?

But who would have thought that they could fight for the toilet?

Yes, the internal strife in Southern Zhou started from the toilet, and it was Yang Xin who did it. Since Li Hongji took Yang Ye away, Yang Xin directly asked all the people who run the business in Southern Zhou to withdraw.

Li Congjia's firm has always sold everything, as long as it can be sold for money, there is nothing to be found. Simply put, it is a large department store.

It’s just that the market economy has not yet emerged these days, and many small farmers are self-sufficient, so those who come to the business to buy things are generally above the middle class. However, in this era, the middle class is always a minority, so the business does make money, but not particularly. .

However, since the invention of the toilet, because it was researched by Li Congjia and Pang Qian, there is no mention of the matter handed over to the country. Li Congjia has the desire to make Datang better and better, but He will not give everything to the country, leaving no leeway, after all, even the emperor needs to leave some private money.

For this private money, Li Congjia even came up with the patent law!

Of course, the appearance of this thing has surprised many people. How can there be any patents these days, and others are not allowed to use it?

There is no way to change someone, but Li Congjia is the emperor...he is the biggest in the world, he said that if he wants to do this, as long as it is not particularly disregarding human relations, everyone will nod, let alone such a trivial matter.

However, what they didn't expect was that Li Congjia had prepared so well that he even wrote out all kinds of clauses. When the Ministry of Rites got this patent law, everyone was in a daze. It seems different.

In fact, what Li Congjia gave them was the result after streamlining—it would not work without streamlining, and Li Congjia didn’t specialize in studying law, so how could he remember so much?He only remembered having such a thing, and it was discussed with Shi Xueting that he could have this booklet!

The people in the Ministry of Rituals were not used to it at first, but after they read these terms, they felt an occupational disease. In their opinion, these things were written too unprofessionally, and there were many loopholes.

Li Congjia was happy to leave the work to these people after seeing someone submitting a book. He has a specialization in technology, so it is more at ease to leave it to professionals. Moreover, these people can come up with the most suitable things according to the national conditions, which is better than Li Congjia. When the brain cells think of a line, they must first think about whether this thing is suitable for strong or not.

In any case, after having this thing, if there is any imitation in Datang, Li Congjia must be given money to make it.

This time Li Congjia suddenly felt the benefits of being an emperor. After all, no one would dare to compete with him for business. Of course, the factory he and Pang Qian jointly established could not supply the entire Tang Dynasty, even if many people could not afford it. The same is true for the toilet, so the fee Li Congjia charges is not very high. He just wants to instill in the people nowadays that there is money to be made inventing science and technology.

Li Congjia thought about increasing the rewards for various inventions and creations before, but after thinking about it, he felt that if the increase was too much, the cabinet would definitely not agree, and how much was it?I feel that no matter how much it is, it is not as hopeful as studying and being an official, but a country cannot be without talents.

I must tell everyone that getting rich these days is not just about being an official and doing business, it is also possible to develop science and technology, and the state will protect these talents.

First, solve the problem of feeding high-tech talents, and then slowly improve their social status. Anyway, these people are also intellectuals and should not be looked down upon as alternatives.

But this is also a pain for the Ministry of Rites. This thing is very troublesome. After all, it is not easy to judge inventions and creations. What kind of inventions and creations are considered?What can be patented?What if someone applies for something made by the predecessors?This requires the state to have a large database capable of reviewing.

However, it is not easy, after all, after the war, many books were damaged.

Regarding this, Li Congjia thought for a while and said: "Didn't you collect a lot of books from all over the world before? Find someone to sort them into categories, copy all the books related to Gewu, and then divide them in detail and put them away. If someone comes to apply, go to the corresponding place to find them. , and some others are known to everyone, but the books have not been handed down, and someone will compile them into a book, and when someone comes to apply for a patent in the corresponding catalog, they will search for them, and if there are no ones, they will be entered."

As for whether the predecessors have discovered it, if you can't find it in the national database, then don't dig into the horns. After all, there is no data to prove it, so just directly determine that the patent can be applied for.

This time, Li Congjia did not object to the cabinet mess. After all, these bigwigs are not narrow-minded. The rewards given are indeed not too much, but the court can't afford that much money.

Well now, the person who applied for the patent has to pay the imperial court, and then others use his patent to pay him a patent fee, which not only encourages everyone to develop Gewu, but also the imperial court can make money, killing two birds with one stone!

Of course, criticism is still needed. How can the dignified emperor get into the eyes of money?The whole world is yours!

In this regard, Li Congjia had no choice but to complain to Shi Xueting: "What nonsense, the whole world is mine? If I use the money from the treasury to build a palace, do you think they agree? These days, it is better to make money by ourselves. For example, we can produce Toilet, now that there is no toilet, people in the Southern Zhou Dynasty resented those ministers who refused to surrender, and then revolted, which shows how important science and technology are."

Li Congjia regretted that after being advised by the minister, he would not be able to register other patents. After all, if he wanted to register, he could register a bunch of patents, and he would have to pay him as long as someone used them.

But Li Congjia thought about it and decided to forget it, give others a way to survive, don't do simple things, but gravity or something... Li Congjia doesn't plan to do it himself, he plans to let others do it, such as his two younger brothers Li Congqian and Li Congxin.

Yes, in order to prevent these two children from being used by others in the future, Li Congjia sent them to the academy, and provided them with comprehensive education. He also asked people to observe what the two children like, in order to cultivate their interests and reduce the number of children. The feasibility of them competing with Li Zhongyu for the throne.

Not to mention that they are still young, it is impossible, the impermanence of the world means the royal family, think about it, the original partner of Emperor Han Jing probably never thought that he would take his sons to die and live together to become the Queen Mother Dou, and this is still the birth of four sons It's all like this, Li Congjia is such a son, he can't be too careful.

After all, these two children are still young, so Li Congjia has the final say on how to teach them.Fortunately, God is partial to Li Congjia. Neither of these two children is born rebellious. Among them, Li Congqian inherited Li Jing's literary talent and is very interested in poetry, while Li Congxin is more interested in studying things.

Li Congjia decided to train Li Congxin more in the future, and then guided Li Congxin to discover some things he knew. This not only saved him, but also left him with the ability to eat.

As for Li Congqian...he should be looking for a great Confucian in the academy, not Li Congjia. Li Congjia hasn't written poetry in recent years. Others think that he is busy with government affairs and has no time. In fact, he has no way to write. !

Those words of the real Emperor of Ci were either written by him before he became the emperor, or he wrote them after the country was subjugated, neither of which is suitable, so just don't write it!

Anyway, what Li Congjia is most concerned about now is Nan Zhou. Before that, Li Hongji was almost ready, and then... Nan Zhou started fighting on his own. Li Hongji was a little confused on the spot, so should they fight or withdraw?

If it was Zhao Kuangyin, he probably would have directly typed it regardless of 21, but the older the Jianghu, the less courageous he became. Li Hongji didn't dare to do this, so he wrote the notes honestly.

Li Congjia didn't let Li Hongji withdraw, so they fought in Nanzhou. If they fought too hard, maybe Li Congjia could find a better excuse to fight Nanzhou.

When Li Congjia handled this matter, he brought Li Zhongyu by his side. He did this to gradually cultivate Li Zhongyu, and secondly...to prevent Shi Xueting from suddenly becoming wild.

After all, before Shi Xueting didn’t know if it was because he ate too much meat during the Chinese New Year and got angry, he always molested Li Congjia. Feeling weak, the most important thing is that Shi Xueting has recently fallen in love with playing various tricks in the study.

Li Congjia couldn't take it anymore, the place was not comfortable enough, so he tried every means to resist Shi Xueting's harassment, bringing Li Zhongyu by his side was the best way, and it could calm the sensitive heart of the young man.

Li Congjia's papers will be shown to Li Zhongyu, and will also be shown to Li Zhongyu after approval, so that he can learn from it.

Li Zhongyu couldn't help but asked: "Those people from Nanzhou... did they really fight over the toilet?"

It's so unbelievable dear, even if you say that for a beauty, it's more reliable to become a beauty in anger, right?For the toilet?Are you serious?

Li Congjia put down his pen and said seriously: "Maybe or maybe not."

Li Zhongyu looked blank, what kind of answer is this?

Li Congjia said: "In fact, just like us, those people may just need an excuse, and they didn't raise their troops for Datang, and they didn't say they would surrender to Datang. It was just a conflict between two interest groups."

Li Zhongyu was thoughtful: "So this is just an excuse?"

Li Congjia nodded: "That's right, if the strengths of Datang and Nanzhou were switched, these people might not be fighting a civil war but would come to fight Datang."

Li Zhongyu asked again: "Then why didn't uncle come back?"

Li Congjia didn't make it very clear in the excerpt, but just told Li Hongji not to worry and wait for a while. After all, everyone has a tacit understanding. As long as Li Congjia said so, Li Hongji should understand.

Li Congjia was a bit hesitant to explain to Li Zhongyu, but it seemed that he was a bit too shameless. Although the confrontation between countries sometimes had to be shameless, Li Congjia didn't want to affect his great image in Li Zhongyu's heart!

Shi Xueting put down the book in his hand and said: "The reason why His Majesty didn't let His Royal Highness the King of Shu come back is just because he was worried that these people would invade the Tang Dynasty in the name of chasing each other. At that time, there would be no defense along the coast of the Long Sword, fearing that they would be attacked by surprise. "

Li Congjia silently praised Shi Xueting in his heart, he had once again seen what is black and white.

Li Zhongyu has a high tolerance for Shi Xueting's illustrations. After all, Li Congjia has started his own brainwashing career since the death of Zhou Ehuang. He didn't want Li Zhongyu to become Shi Xueting's fan, but at least let him accept Shi Xueting's ideas. Detached position, it is good not to feel repulsive.

However, when Li Zhongyu was around, Shi Xueting was generally able to maintain a sense of proportion, and would not speak easily unless he was helping Li Congjia.

After Li Zhongyu listened to it, he suddenly realized that Li Congjia kept him for a while and then let him rest. Even the prince should play when he should.

After Li Zhongyu left, Li Congjia turned to look at Shi Xueting and asked, "You said... Do I want to conscript myself?"

Shi Xueting looked puzzled: "Personal conquest? Why do you have this idea?"

Li Congjia rubbed his hands and said: "After all, it is the foundation created by my father and grandfather back then. It is unfilial to not get it back for many years. Now I have the opportunity to go and get it back in person. And this is also considered... a homecoming?"

You're a little too good at Homecoming, right?Shi Xueting looked at him and asked, "Do you think everyone can agree?"

Li Congjia sighed: "I don't agree? If I don't agree, I can only go on a tour after the battle. Hmph, what's wrong with my own conquest? Have I ever lost a battle?"

It's nothing, it's just that your personal conquest is too scary. Every time you do something, you have never fought a serious battle!

Li Congjia was bitter, how could he win if he didn't take the lead?He doesn't know anything about marching formations, he can only rely on this!

Seeing him looking at him pitifully, Shi Xueting knew that this guy must be counting on him to give him advice, so he couldn't help saying: "Don't think about conquering yourself, isn't the King of Shu gone? It's the same with him around .”

In fact, Li Hongji is the serious eldest son and grandson, and it is also in line with the etiquette for him to go.

Li Congjia continued to look at him without speaking, and Shi Xueting then asked: "You want to go out to play again?"

Li Congjia scratched his head: "Oh, I can't hide anything from your eyes, I just... want to go out for a walk."

I think that although I was busy in the later generations, I still had the opportunity to travel every year. As a result, I have become the leader of the world and become rich in the world, but I find that the places I can go are limited, and I need the cabinet to approve where I want to go. .

In fact, Li Congjia didn't want to travel that much, but people are like this, the more they are not allowed to do something, the more they want to do something. As long as it is lukewarm, Li Congjia wants to go out and have fun.

After thinking for a long time, Shi Xueting said: "It's not difficult, won't envoys come to pay tribute in autumn? Then go hunting directly."

Li Congjia said angrily, "What's the point of hunting?"

He doesn't know this stuff, so he can only sit in the stands and watch others hunt, even if he wants to go for a ride, after all, to maintain the emperor's majesty, at least the envoys can't let the envoys find out that the emperor's horsemanship is like a thief, right?

And he wants to travel, that is, he wants to skip work and not work. Isn't it still work if he takes the envoys to hunt?What's the difference?

Shi Xueting couldn't stand being messed with by him, and there was nothing good to do, even if he was beaten to death, he didn't dare to sneak out with Li Congjia, thinking that the two of them sneaked out once back then, but in the blink of an eye, they almost confessed to the outside, Shi Xue The court does not want Li Congjia to be in danger again.

Shi Xueting simply said: "You should think about how to deal with Khitan Dali."

Li Congjia looked at him speechlessly, what else could he do?Neither of these two places can be taken in a short time, unless Yeluxian dies, and even if Yeluxian dies, Xiao Chuo is still there. In fact, Xiao Chuo is more suitable to be an emperor than Yeluxian, and Khitan is also It was only in her hands that he continued his life, otherwise, Ye Luxian's health was not good, and Khitan would probably die sooner or later according to what the previous generations of monarchs did.

Huh?

Li Congjia began to bow his head in thought. Xiao Chuo is different from Ye Luxian. She is not the queen mother yet, and she has not even given birth to a son. It ruined the Khitan's future national fortune.

Just sitting in the imperial city planning the empress of another country, Li Congjia always felt that something was wrong, he struggled for a while, then turned to look at Shi Xueting and said: "If I say...the Empress of Khitan is a great threat to Datang, you Do you believe it?"

Shi Xueting's expression remained unchanged: "Believe it, why don't you believe it?"

Li Congjia never plots people for no reason. If you think this person is not a threat, but Li Congjia is about to attack, it means that Li Congjia knows something. Shi Xueting has always pretended not to know about Li Congjia's special ability. He wasn't curious either. After all, there were too many strange people in this world, and Li Congjia was nothing.

Li Congjia struggled again: "But don't say that Xiao Chuo is the queen, even if it's an ordinary little lady, it's not so easy to live in another country."

Shi Xueting hesitated for a moment and said: "This matter is not impossible. Since ancient times, the simplest thing is a beauty trap."

Li Congjia shook his head: "This is the most difficult thing. How do you know that the little lady you sent over is exactly what Ye Luxian likes? And who knows how long it will take?"

Shi Xueting laughed: "Why are you in a hurry? This kind of thing takes a long time, so can you go to fight Khitan immediately? If you can't, then make two preparations."

Li Congjia asked: "What if the identity of the little lady sent over is exposed?"

Shi Xueting asked back: "Are you saying that you want to send an ordinary little lady?"

Li Congjia looked at him thoughtfully: "Do you have someone on hand?"

Shi Xueting lowered his eyes and said, "Yes."

Li Congjia asked strangely: "When did you start training these people?"

But Shi Xueting asked: "Do you still remember those little ladies you rescued back in Yunnei Prefecture and other places?"

Li Congjia's eyebrows moved slightly: "You mean..."

Shi Xueting closed his eyes slightly and nodded: "It's them, some of those little ladies are still young, although you have asked them to find a new place for them to stay, and the people around them don't know their past, but these little ladies have already passed away. There is no way to live a normal life anymore, and the hatred for the Khitan people tortures them all the time, they want to take revenge, but they have no way out, I sent someone to check again and again, and then began to train them."

Li Congjia sighed, although people feel that since they have the opportunity, they should live a good life, and trying to get revenge has no benefit other than risking their own lives, but it is difficult to understand the feelings of those people if they are not in it.

Li Congjia suddenly asked: "Is it true that even if I don't say I want to deal with Xiao Chuo, you will do it?"

Shi Xueting said: "Indeed, but the purpose may be different."

If the previous purpose was to deal with Ye Luxian, now the purpose has become Xiao Chuo. There is a difference. Anyway, according to Li Congjia's opinion, Ye Luxian probably won't live long, and it's okay to change the target.

Li Congjia said: "Try to save their lives, even if the task is not completed, it doesn't matter, just work hard."

Shi Xueting said coldly: "If the task cannot be completed, it cannot be solved by simply trying hard."

Li Congjia frowned: "They are different after all..."

"They are no different." Shi Xueting interrupted Li Congjia: "They don't want anyone to think that they are different from others!"

Li Congjia shut up for a moment, and finally had no choice but to say: "You can figure it out yourself."

Shi Xueting just wanted to comfort him with a chuckle, when he heard the sound of a pigeon whistle, he couldn't help saying: "There's news, I'll go get it."

Li Congjia watched Shi Xueting go out, and sighed in his heart. He really would rather study the grain yield per mu and the toilet biogas digester every day than think about the contests between countries, which is tiring.

In the end, God didn't want to let him go, Shi Xueting walked in from the outside and said quickly: "I just received the news that there are Japanese people in the Southern Zhou uprising army."