"Taste it." Li Yuan moved his chopsticks first.

脍, that is, raw fish, first had this word in the Han Dynasty. The Tang people prefer it.

Thinly sliced fish or meat is used.

Among them, fish is the favorite of the Tang aristocracy.

Li Yuan and Li Shimin tasted fish and low-alcohol rice wine, and looked at the bustle of Suzaku Street with a smile on their faces.

There is a long queue at the makeshift pick-up point on Suzaku Street.

Li Shimin put down the binoculars: "Wood, there don't seem to be many people under the shed over there." ”

Liu Mu didn't turn his head at all, he knew the situation over there, and explained at the moment: "That's the only shed where you can receive money, and the people don't want to take it." Not to mention that many of the materials distributed here are not available on the market in Chang'an, and even if they do, they are a little cheaper than those on the market. After all, this is the welfare that the company gives to the people. ”

"Will there be people who will resell it?"

"Very rarely, there have been inquiries in the crowd. In the past year, the people have been rich, and the benefits of a little money are far less tangible in the hearts of the people than letting their families taste the delicious food. According to the statistics of this half hour, the longest team to exchange candy, and the one that exchanged the most is lemon juice hard candy. ”

People are queuing, and big families are no exception.

In Wutongfang, all the businesswomen, even if they invested tens of thousands, crowded into the sample area by themselves, carefully calculating how many good things their dividends could be exchanged for.

Datang was still an era of scarcity of materials at this time.

Few of the large households with a profit distribution of about 1,000 yuan went to ask for coins, but chose materials.

On a first-come, first-served basis, there are some things that are not available after the split.

Only some particularly rare things that Chang'an does not sell at all will be limited, ensuring that large households have at least one copy each.

For example, the Liaodong salmon that Liu Mu invited Li Yuan and Li Shimin to eat.

Upstairs in the VIP, Liu Mu said to Li Shimin: "Second brother, if it weren't for winter, I'm afraid these things wouldn't be able to be transported." I need saltpeter, an infinite number of saltpeter. ”

"Saltpeter mines have been found in Qingzhou and Bingzhou, but it is inconvenient to transport them in the mountains. The second brother will arrange for the local state government to increase investment to ensure that the output of saltpeter can be increased by five times next year. ”

"Second brother, fifty times more."

Li Shimin was a little surprised, and asked at the moment: "So many?" ”

"Second brother doesn't know, the first raw material of gunpowder is saltpeter, and high-grade porcelain also needs saltpeter, my canned food needs saltpeter for quality protection, glass needs saltpeter......" Liu Mu said many uses in one breath, and Li Shimin couldn't help nodding. Moreover, Li Shimin already knows that the double-layer iron box can have saltpeter ice, and the cold transportation can allow Chang'an to eat fresh fruits from Lingnan.

Especially the lychee, the eldest grandson queen loves it very much.

The ordinary road of land transportation and iron boxes cannot be taken at all, but the sea and canal can.

Raw material.

Li Shimin nodded slightly, he now also knows some knowledge of willow workshop operation, first raw materials, then technology, and then another focus, transportation.

The road from Huayuan to Chang'an is very amazing, and Liumu has a heavy carriage with four horses and eight wheels, which can run on that road.

This kind of carriage is used to pull heavy things that are larger, such as a workshop machine.

"I'm going to tell the Ministry of Industry to tell the state capitals that have saltpeter mines to step up their exploitation."

Liu Mu said at this time: "Second brother, have you ever thought about purchasing it from other places, or grabbing it?" ”

"Rob?"

Li Shimin is no stranger to the word procurement, but the robbery surprised him.

Liu Mule laughed twice: "The largest saltpeter mining area in the world is in the Tuha Basin, and the Tang Dynasty can't dig it out for thousands of years, and it's easier to dig it, and those saltpeters are on the surface." ”

"Then, in the spring, we will start using troops."

"My emperor is wise."

Li Shimin laughed heartily a few times: "Are the annual rewards in the palace ready this year?" ”

"Of course, even if the younger brother is not in Chang'an, this matter will definitely be arranged." Yanagi stopped when he was talking and picked up the telescope that was on the windowsill.

"Oh." Yanagi's tone was full of surprise.

Li Shimin also came to the windowsill to look down, but saw a man with blond hair who was wearing a Tang Dynasty costume and brought his own small maza, sitting next to the sheds of the red goods.

The position he was sitting in didn't affect anyone else's walk in the slightest, nor did it affect the way things were sent here.

"Oscarbadi, according to the Eastern Roman side, they have an emperor, and the emperor must be the greatest. Then they have a one called the Great Patriarch, which can be understood as a national teacher, but this national teacher is still a little different from the Tang Dynasty. He was the tallest figure in their Nestorianism. ”

Li Shimin doesn't understand it very well, but he can probably understand the relationship.

There is no one top figure in Taoism and Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, which is not allowed by the royal family, and it is not wanted to see it at all.

"This Oskar Badi is an important person in the Patriarch's near future."

Listening to Liu Mu's words, Li Shimin understood: "They are like Tibet? ”

"No, it's a little different from Tibet. They are still the emperor and the supreme power, but the power of the sect is quite huge, and this kind of thing is good or bad, and it is up to the benevolent to see the benevolent. At least they like it themselves, and I believe in the little things that sparkle. ”

Li Shimin asked, "What do you mean by a shiny little thing?" ”

Liu Mu's face turned red, and he replied in a low voice: "Such as steel knives, artillery, jewelry, and gold coins." ”

Li Yuan on the side said loudly: "What's so unsightly about this, I also like it." This sparkly little thing, it's really good. ”

The Tang people are pragmatists, and they believe in such things as gods.

But more often than not, believe only if it is useful, and believe it if it is useless.

Li Shimin asked again: "Then, if there are a bunch of monks in this court who are involved in government affairs, this is ......" Li Shimin shook his head: "The crazy Emperor Wu of Liang believed in Buddhism and did not do such an outrageous thing." ”

"This question is too complex to answer with my wisdom. But what do they care about us, if there is a benefit, they will cooperate, if there is no benefit, they will not care, and if there is a conflict of interest, they will start a posture to kill him. If you can beat it, you can clean it up fiercely, and if you can't beat it, you can bear it first, you can play some conspiracy, and in the end you still have to overthrow him. ”

Liu Mu's theory made the two emperors of the Tang Dynasty stunned.

For a long time, Li Yuan suddenly stretched out his hand and patted it a few times: "Wonderful, this is wonderful." ”

Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "If this is heard by the Ministry of Rites, it is estimated that it will not be stable for a whole year." The definition of the Ministry of Rites is a good thing to say is that it is mercenary, materialistic, and powerful. To put it mildly, this is shamelessness. ”

Liu Mu just laughed dryly, who said this kind of thing is reasonable.

The Ministry of Rites is not wrong, but Yanagi has never considered politics to be pure.