Three days later, Li Hao returned to the scientific research temple, He Jie presented his salt drying plan as promised, Li Hao read it again, there is no literary brilliance at all, but it is very pragmatic and complete, and he doesn't even need to revise it, he is very satisfied, wrote a letter requesting the opening of the experimental salt field, and hurried to Chang'an Taiji Palace.

Li Shimin was discussing political affairs with several ministers in the Ganlu Palace, and heard that Li Hao had something important to do, so he hurriedly met Li Hao.

After Li Hao entered the temple to worship, Li Shimin asked: "Poetry madness, what is the important thing to ask to see me?" ”

Li Hao raised the Yantian plan and the song above his head, and said in a loud voice: "Back to Your Majesty, the Scientific Research Temple has created a new technique for the benefit of the country and the people, I hope Your Majesty will see it." ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard this, he only told Li Hao about innovation a few days ago, but he didn't expect the result to be so soon, Li Shimin hurriedly spread his hands and said, "Submit it!" ”

Xu Lian forwarded the recital and the plan in Li Hao's hand to Li Shimin, Li Shimin first read Li Hao's recital, but there was no reaction, and then read the plan, and the plan was only read for a while, his face suddenly appeared with surprise, and gradually, I saw that his face was getting redder and redder, as if he had drunk too much wine, and it could be seen that he was very excited.

The plan is a bit long, Li Shimin finally finished reading it, shook the plan with excitement, looked at Li Hao, and asked: "Poetry madness, this method of drying salt...... Is it really possible? ”

Li Hao thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, what the scientific research temple does is to innovate in scientific research and break through all the old methods, this method of drying salt is deduced by Weichen and a craftsman according to the method of boiling salt, but due to the huge project and the geographical location, our scientific research temple has not been able to actually verify it, so Weichen does not dare to say that it is absolutely feasible." ”

"Hmm." Li Shimin also calmed down, nodded and said, "What you said is also to the point, if you are confident and say that it is absolutely feasible, I will not be able to believe you." ”

He pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The cost of opening a salt pan is not small, and the stakes are very high, and it cannot be judged by me...... How sure are you about this? ”

Li Hao arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is ninety percent sure." ”

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, his expression became very exciting, if Li Hao said that he was fifty percent sure, he would not say anything, but now Li Hao is ninety percent sure as soon as he speaks, pretending to be too suspicious.

"You, you ......" Li Shimin suddenly laughed, pointed at Li Hao with his fingers, and said, "You might as well say that you are absolutely sure." ”

Li Hao said seriously: "Your Majesty, Weichen is very confident in the method of drying salt, but there are no absolutes in everything, and there are many things in this world that cannot be fought against by manpower, such as ...... Act of God. ”

Li Hao is right, natural disasters are force majeure, even Li Shimin is helpless, Yantian is located by the sea, naturally there is a threat of natural disasters, such as tsunamis.

Li Shimin was shocked when he heard this, and secretly sighed that Li Hao's tone was not small, look at what he meant, if there is no natural disaster, this method will definitely be feasible, since this is the case, Li Shimin handed over the plan to Xu Lian, and said: "Pass it on, let Zhuqing see it." ”

Xu Lian hurriedly came to Fang Xuanling with the salt drying plan, Fang Xuanling took it with both hands, and watched carefully, his expression changed exactly like Li Shimin, surprised, happy, worried, very complicated.

When the others saw Fang Xuanling's expression change, they became more and more curious about this plan, how magical this salt drying method was, and how could the emperor and Fang Xuanling have such a big reaction after reading it.

The ministers circulated it one by one, and when they all finished reading, Li Shimin spread his hands and said: "Zhuqing has read it, and must have a general understanding of this method of drying salt. ”

Seven or eight ministers were silent for a while, Fang Xuanling thought for a moment, and saluted: "Your Majesty, Weichen feels that although this method is too bold, it is indeed feasible, if it succeeds, within two years of my Datang, the price of salt will definitely fall, and the people will no longer worry about eating salt. ”

When Cen Wenwen heard this, he said: "What the servant said is very true, but it takes a lot of money to open a thousand acres of salt fields, and such a huge project should be carried out cautiously, otherwise it will only cost the people and money, but it will not bear fruit." ”

At this time, Li Hao suddenly arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen said in the song, this method has not yet been experimented, and it is not suitable to be put into production immediately, as long as Your Majesty allocates some funds from Weichen, and authorizes the scientific research temple to go to the coastal area to conduct salt field experiments, if it is successful, it is not too late to do it again." ”

"Well, that's the safest way to do it." Li Shimin stroked his beard and asked, "How much does the poet need to pay for it?" ”

Li Hao said: "Back to Your Majesty, fifteen thousand is enough." ”

"So much!" Li Shimin couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, it would cost so much money just to open an experimental field, and if it was officially put into production, he really didn't know how much it would cost.

Li Hao explained: "Your Majesty, the seaside is mostly sandy, and it is not easy to put an impervious salt pan on the sandy land, and you can only make an experimental salt pan of fifty acres in 15,000 guan, and it can't be bigger." ”

"Yes, I see." Li Shimin nodded and said, "I will discuss this matter with the ministers at the court meeting tomorrow, and regardless of success or failure, the result will be notified to the Scientific Research Temple." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Hao bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the method of drying salt this time was proposed by a craftsman named He Jie in the scientific research temple, and Weichen is only responsible for guidance and rectification, and this detailed plan is also written by him." ”

"Okay." Li Shimin said, "The scientific research temple is fully responsible for you, if there is a position transfer, you can make your own decisions, if this method of drying salt is feasible, I will be rewarded again." Li Shimin wanted Li Hao to directly promote He Jie.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Haodao thanked him again, bowed and said, "If Your Majesty has no other instructions, Weichen will retire." ”

"Stand down." Li Shimin waved his hand.

Li Hao withdrew from the Manna Palace.

Coming out of the Taiji Palace, Lu Yun and Jin Li were waiting outside the door, Li Hao waved his hand and said happily: "Let's go, celebrate today, go to Taibai Building to rub it first, and then go to drink flower wine, hehe, you two should not have touched a woman for a long time." After speaking, he walked towards Taibai Building with a cheap smile.

Just left the Taiji Palace not far away, suddenly saw a rider coming in front of him, Li Hao suddenly shook his tiger body, and exclaimed: "Oops! Run! ”

"Quack! Wu Na boy, why did you run away when you saw so-and-so! Wait for the old man to capture you! "The person who shouted was the demon king of the mixed world, Cheng Biting Jin, I didn't expect to meet him on this street.

Cheng Biting Jin came on horseback, Li Hao ran away with his legs, but he was not Lu Yun and couldn't outrun the horse, Cheng Biting Jin quickly caught up with him, grabbed him by the collar, and held him in his hand.

"Hey, the kid is getting heavier." Cheng Yanjin felt that Li Hao was much heavier than before.

"Hehe, hehe......" Li Hao was lifted in his hand, put on a stiff smile, and said, "Uncle Cheng, can we not be like this, I am also a marquis now, if you treat me like this in broad daylight, I will be very shameless." ”

"Oh? Hou Ye? Cheng Biting Jin stared at the big eyes, bared his teeth and grinned, "What kind of bird is Hou Ye, it is worth a few dollars, Lao Tzu has never been a Hou Ye in his life." "He is a prince of the country, and he has indeed never been a marquis, what is said...... Too pretending.

"Uncle Cheng, it's boring for you to chat like this." Li Hao didn't retort, "Although my title is not as high as yours, it is also earned by real military merits, and it is a bit insulting for you to say this." ”

"The stinky boy is still hard-mouthed!" Cheng Biting Jin said and put him on the back of the horse, still in the familiar posture before, and then slapped him on the buttocks, and said loudly, "When you are a broken marquis, you dare to talk back, you are not going to heaven to be the prince of the country, you have been back to Chang'an for so long, and you will not come to give gifts to the old man, and return the marquis!" Master Hou! Hou Ye ......"

He shouted Hou Ye, and slapped Li Hao's ass, making Li Hao scream, this old killer is really ruthless, Li Hao's tears are about to hurt out, and he shouted loudly: "Help, Lu Guogong is killing, help, Lu Yun, Jin Li, come and save Lao Tzu, if you don't come to save Lao Tzu, you will deduct all your wages......"

Jin Li had already pressed the handle of the knife with his hand and was about to move, but was stopped by Lu Yun reaching out, Jin Li looked at Lu Yun with a puzzled face, and said, "Master Hou was beaten, why did he stop me?" ”

"You don't know what's going on." Lu Yun smiled, and said lightly, "Their uncle and nephew are catching up, let's not bother, it is estimated that Lu Guogong will reach out to the young master to ask for money later." ”

"Reminiscing?" Jin Li looked at Cheng Biting Jin and Li Hao with a confused expression, and it was difficult to accept such a sharp way of reminiscing for a while.

There are a lot of people on the streets of Chang'an, naturally attracted by the movement here, they have stopped to watch, laughter continues, Li Hao quickly covered his face, and shouted repeatedly: "Don't fight, don't fight, give gifts, I'll give you gifts when I go back!" ”

"How much?" Cheng Yanjin stopped and asked.

"A thousand times."

"Smack!" Cheng Yanjin slapped Li Hao's buttocks again, glaring and shouting, "A thousand? What do you send to beg for food? ”

Li Hao screamed and hurriedly changed his words: "Two thousand, two thousand!" ”

"What about you send two beggars?"

Li Hao wanted to cry without tears, so he could only shout: "Five thousand, five thousand is always good!" ”

"What about you send five people who ask for food?"

Li Hao collapsed and shouted angrily: "How much do you want!" You're an old killer! ”

"How do you talk to your uncle?" Cheng Biting Jin didn't get angry because he scolded himself, on the contrary, he was a little happy when he heard Li Hao scolding him for being an old killer, even he was surprised, he felt like a cheap, but he wouldn't say it, raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly, "At least 10,000!" ”

"You're cutting the path and robbing you!"

"How do you speak!" Cheng Biting Jin slapped his ass again, and said viciously, "This is what you should honor your uncle as a junior." ”

"You're a robbery!"

"Smack!" Cheng Biting Jin slapped his ass again, glared and said, "Say it again!" ”

"Good! 10,000 is 10,000! Li Hao felt that his buttocks were already swollen, and he was afraid that he would not be able to sleep at night if he continued to pump it, so he could only choose to give in to the obscenity.

"That's what it looks like." Cheng Yanjin was finally complacent, and said, "Let's go, go to my house for a drink and talk to my uncle about the past two years." ”

"Wait, you let me down first, this posture is too ugly......" Li Hao called out loudly, but Cheng Biting Jin and Ben ignored him, just put him on horseback, and rode towards the Lu Guogong Mansion, Lu Yun and Jin Li followed not far behind.