"Old general, the miniature carving you said, that, it's indeed not easy to find"

Liu Yuan said a little embarrassedly: "That, I learned it when I was an apprentice before, and I also worked as a businessman, but I left the business very early to become a soldier, if the old general wants to order good jewelry, you can go to Yangzhou Jinyu family to order, and the small one can't serve the old general." ”

Where can I hide this bit of my old bottom from someone who has a heart? As long as you check it a little, you can find out immediately, Liu Yuan simply said it himself, but he seemed to be frank.

The adults present smiled at each other and did not put it on their bodies.

Although there are a lot of officials and servants, it is not difficult for a person to have brocade clothes and jade food, but to maintain a large family of brocade clothes and food, usually give gifts, banquets, maintain the dignity of their official family, raise slaves and maids, take care of relatives and friends of their own clan, etc., a year's expenses, that little money is not enough at all, who is present, who does not have a few money-making properties in their hands, and provides themselves with a large amount of income every month, but everyone must be decent, hand it over to the confidants, and do not show up for themselves.

These are the unspoken rules of officialdom, and no one has broken them.

Li Jing said solemnly: "No, no, Xiao Langjun, what Brother Qin means is not that he wants to order any jewelry, but that he wants to use this unique skill for intelligence purposes." ”

"What? Used as intelligence? ”

"Yes" Li Jing explained: "Even if there is no war, the surrounding borders can not stop sending fine work to collect intelligence, when the war comes, the transmission of information will be more frequent, and the danger of the exposure of fine work is also increased, there are many fine work is to be found out of secret letters and arrested, less than a year, the military department in Tufan has lost nearly ten fine work, think about it, the main reason is that we lack a practical and effective method, I heard that Xiao Langjun can engrave the word on the jewelry. Oh, by the way, at the 70th birthday banquet of Mrs. Yipin, you carved a full copy of the "Diamond Sutra" on a small piece of jewelry, and many people witnessed it with their own eyes, which is simply amazing. ”

Li Jing continued: "If Xiao Langjun is willing to teach this method and use it to convey the news, then it will be exposed to the enemy's nose, and they will not be able to find out. In this way, not only will people be safe, but the message will be ready to be delivered. ”

Liu Yuanleng paused, isn't it, using miniature carvings to convey information?

At this time, everyone in the imperial study was staring at Liu Yuan. Li Er, in particular, is well aware of the importance of intelligence to warfare. Hearing this, he also said straight to the point: "Liu Yuan." This matter is related to the fortune of the country, as long as you dedicate this law, I will be rewarded. ”

In the Tang Dynasty, there were no telephones, no transmitters, and no spy satellites, so they had to explore intelligence. Most of them send fine workers to go, and after finding out the news, they try to send it back, and the most common thing is to use carrier pigeons and fine work. Because carrier pigeons often appear unexpected, the enemy army will also pay attention to the carrier pigeons flying in the sky, and a large number of sharpshooters are placed at the border, and if they see that it is wrong, they will shoot it immediately, so the most used is still carried by people.

The development of science and technology is still very low, look at the history to know the Tao, the ancient method of transmitting the message is still rudimentary, there is a story can be told very clearly, when the ancient Roman meticulous work to transmit important information back to the country, there is an extremely laborious way, that is, to find a person, shave his hair, engrave words on the hair, and wait for the head to grow back out, and then to transmit, this back and forth for several months, extremely time-consuming.

This is not an exaggeration, mainly because it is different from the current convenient transportation, the ancient side mirror is usually a retreat, and the special hostile force is very strictly guarded, there are few contacts, there are not many intersections, and there are many checkpoints on the road, and there are not many people who pass the customs all year round, so the search is very detailed, and the place that can be searched will never be let go, there is a piece of wood, and something will be knocked on, check if there is a secret grid inside, it is a fluke to pass a level, but what about the later levels? So lucky every time?

In less than a year, nearly ten fine workers were lost in the Tufan area, which is also quite a loss.

"This technique is beneficial to Datang, and the grass people are willing to sacrifice it." Liu Yuan said firmly.

Now even Li Er has spoken, that is, Liu Yuan wants to keep it, but now he can't do it, now he is good at talking, but it really angers him, he definitely doesn't have his own good fruit to eat, Li Er fought in the south and the north, and countless enemies died under him, even his closest brother hindered him, and he was killed by him in Xuanwumen, Liu Yuan was just a grass man, and he didn't have the power to fight back at all.

There are many ideas to make money, this micro carving, not everyone can do it, secrecy can't be done, it's better to take the opportunity to ask for a little more benefits, fortunately, this Li Er is very tolerant, meritocracy, and doesn't care about his background, otherwise, Cheng Biting Jin, who is jumping the most happily now, is still a thief, of course, this imperial study, there is no place for Liu Yuan.

"Okay, good, good, if there are more loyal and brave people like you in the world, why worry about my Tang Dynasty." Li Er touched his beard and smiled brightly.

Seeing that Li Er was in a good mood, Liu Yuan took the opportunity to say, "Your Majesty, it's just that there is something wrong with this matter." ”

"Oh, what's wrong?"

Liu Yuan said carefully: "That miniature carving, is a skill, not a formula, that is, the grass people are willing to offer, the craftsmen are not easy to master, but also have to be passed on by small people, slowly practice, it takes some days, how long is not easy to say, it depends on the personal understanding, fast is three or five months, slow two or three years can not master also, the second is the problem of funding, training a qualified micro carving talent, the cost is huge, the last point is that the grass people have just left the business for a scholar, suddenly turned to become a craftsman, where is the future father-in-law, also, it is not easy to explain. ”

After speaking, Liu Yuan glanced at Li Er carefully, and immediately lowered his head again, and secretly shouted in his heart: Li Er, Li Er, saying this much, what you want is two things, one is silver and the other is identity, I came all the way here to give advice, and even the skill of miniature carving was also dedicated.

Li Er really didn't disappoint Liu Yuan, and said loudly at the head of the case: "As long as it is beneficial to Datang, it is worth it no matter how much money you have, I have always been meritocratic, and I never care about my background, I have to say, you are very frank, I like this very much." ”

After speaking, Li Er felt a little inappropriate, and added: "You have not gone through the scientific examination, and the arrangement of civilian officials is estimated to have caused a lot of controversy, your strategy for breaking the enemy and the secret technique of miniature carving are all related to war, which can be counted as an army, so I will arrange a military position for you, you first offered the strategy of breaking the enemy, and now you offer the secret technique of miniature carving, both of which are great merits, I have always been rewarded for meritorious service, and now I will reward you for both merits, and only reward you for one military position, it seems that it is a little less, let's say, I will fulfill one of your wishes." ”

When he was picking, Li Er was very picky, but for the meritorious ministers, Li Er was definitely very generous, thinking that when he was the king of Qin, he led the battle everywhere, and every time he broke the city, he let his subordinates pick first, and the most stubborn was his own, charging ahead, and being able to salute his subordinates, so he was very loved by the soldiers, which was also the confidence for him to launch the "Xuanwu Gate" change.

When a high-ranking emperor asks you something, this is definitely a big pie, as long as you don't mention it too much, he will satisfy you, no, as soon as Li Er's words came out, people like Changsun Wuji, Qin Qiong and others were jealous, and the straightforward Cheng bit Jin, looking at Liu Yuan, his saliva was about to flow.

Li Er doesn't promise easily, but he does what he says, and now he says such things to Liu Yuan, it is definitely not simple, Hou Junji on the side is already thinking, the emperor is suddenly so generous, will it have anything to do with the sycophant that Liu Yuan just shot?

Liu Yuan also froze, Li Er said that he would give himself a military position, but he didn't say anything in person, it is estimated that he is a white body, he has no good waist, he has never fought, the so-called martial arts are even more sparse and ordinary, and he has to find a small vacant position for himself, so he didn't say it on the spot, but he was real, and let himself say what he wanted, in addition to rewarding, it is estimated that he also has an explanation to himself and Qinghe Cui's family: there are two days to go to the church to get married, and he was pulled away by him with a summons, to be honest, it was very slapping Cui's face.

It can be regarded as a trap for Liu Yuan, and it is also a show of goodwill to Qinghe Cui's family.

In an instant, Liu Yuan had in his mind the things that most people dream of, gold, beauties, fame, profit, mansions, fields, etc., like these are not too demanding, as long as he speaks, Li Er is in front of so many important ministers, as soon as Chrysostom opens, he will definitely do what he says, it is difficult to choose, it is better for you to reward me directly.

Seeing Liu Yuan's hesitant and dilemma, Li Er twisted his beard and smiled proudly, this is a very proud and conceited smile, in the whole world, only he has the courage and confidence to say this kind of thing, for a small person like Liu Yuan, he is their god.

Liu Yuan hesitated, stretched out his two little fingers, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I, can I make two small wishes?" ”

"Oh, let's hear it." Li Er's brows furrowed, for him, it was very generous to give him a wish, but now he was not satisfied, and he opened his mouth to ask for two, it was simply greedy, but Li Er's gas was large, he wanted to hear what the two requests Liu Yuan wanted to make, what kind of requests were they.

"The first request, there is a red face next to me who is a slave, and the grass people want to ask the emperor to give her a decree to take off the slave status for her; The second request was to ask the emperor to give a shop to the grass people in Chang'an, and the grass people thought that if the emperor gave them a military position, the white-collar workers would have a guilty conscience, so it would be better to have a shop, while teaching them to learn miniature carving, and at the same time selling the things they made in the process of practice, so that the silver earned would be enough to subsidize the expenses of training them, one could reduce the expenses of the treasury, and the other would be hidden in the city, which would be more hidden, and it would be difficult to detect the details of the enemy country. ”

Li Erleng paused for a moment and asked in surprise, "Are these two wishes?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, if there is, if there are too many, then only the first one will be fine."

What do you think you want? That's it? Li Er's heart was happy: This is also called a request?

To give a person a free slave status, just a piece of holy decree, there is no difficulty at all, and it doesn't cost money, which is in line with Li Er's personality of being able to make a name for himself; As for the second one, that's better, firstly, this matter is hidden enough, and secondly, even the expenses are saved, it turns out that in order to compensate for making a big joke about Qinghe Cui's family, mend the relationship, after all, Liu Yuan is also the son-in-law of Qinghe Cui's family, and half of the son of Cui Shangshu of the Ministry of Works, he is ready to bleed heavily, but he didn't expect it to be so easy to deal with.

The loyal people of the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued.) )