Li Shimin

Chapter 247 Stick to the rules!

"price goes up?"

Li Shimin was stunned, "How much has it increased?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, in the past, a catty of bitter salt cost five Wen. Now, a catty of bitter salt has risen to seven Wen!" Fang Xuanling said hastily.

"You know, why did those salt merchants raise their prices?" Li Shimin asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, those salt merchants say that no one buys Qinghai salt, so in order not to lose money, they can only increase bitter salt!"

As he spoke, Fang Xuanling glanced at Li Shimin cautiously.

He also knew what those salt merchants were thinking, but he knew all the inside information, so he couldn't say much.

"Humph!"

Sure enough, Li Shimin's expression darkened immediately.

"It's really ridiculous. Those salt merchants think that I sell the snow grain salt at a low price. No one will buy their Qinghai salt. Come and put pressure on me!"

"Your Majesty, originally five cents a catty of bitter salt was a huge burden for many people. Now, a catty of bitter salt has directly increased to seven cents, and many people can't even afford salt!"

Fang Xuanling pretended not to hear what Li Shimin said, and continued.

Salt is as important as food to all people in the world.

Once a person lacks salt, he will be weak and weak, and he will have little strength.

Now, within a few days of the end of spring plowing, it is time for the common people to work and earn money. If there is a sudden lack of salt to eat, the people around the entire Chang'an City will suffer.

But now, those aristocratic families are only raising the price of salt for Chang'an City.

If the prices of the entire Tang Dynasty increase, it will be the greatest disaster for the people of the world.

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh heavily.

"Li Wei, the Hedong Salt Factory, how much refined salt has it accumulated now?"

Li Wei on the side quickly took a few steps forward, bowed his hands to Li Shimin and saluted: "His Majesty, the Hedong Salt Pond has accumulated five thousand stones of refined salt so far!"

"Five thousand stones!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help frowning slightly.

One person needs one catty of salt per month, and the million people in Chang'an City need at least one million catty of salt per month, which is more than 1 stones of refined salt.

Five thousand stones of refined salt is not even enough for Chang'an City to supply a month's worth of table salt.

"Can the salt man cook a large amount of sub-salt? It doesn't need snow grains to make it white and flawless, as long as it is not bitter!"

Li Shimin asked slowly.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I don't know about it, so I'll send someone to let the Yan people hurry up to test it!"

Li Wei hurriedly cupped his hands in salute.

"Ok!"

Li Shimin nodded slightly.

Li Wei cupped his hands in salute, and stepped back quickly.

Afterwards, Li Shimin turned his head again and looked at Fang Xuanling.

"I need to trouble Xuanling again to talk to those aristocratic families about this matter!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Fang Xuanling bowed his hands lightly and understood Li Shimin's intention, that is to let him, the Shangshu left servant, go find those family members and delay the time.

"Thank you Xuanling!"

Seeing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Fang Xuanling had just become Shang Shu Zuo Pushe, so he had to go to those aristocratic families to take the blame for him.

"It is a blessing for me to be able to do my best for the well-being of all people in the world!"

Fang Xuanling hastily cupped his hands in salute.

Immediately, he bid farewell to Li Shimin and left in a hurry.

"Hey, Fang Xiang, you are in a hurry, what are you doing?"

At the gate of the palace, the anxious Cheng Zhijie almost bumped into Fang Xuanling who was walking out quickly.

"Let's go!"

Fang Xuanling slowly cupped his hands towards Cheng Zhijie, and left in a hurry.

"Tsk tsk, when the new official takes office, his demeanor is different!"

Seeing this, Cheng Zhijie raised his eyebrows and slammed his mouth for a long time, then thought of his purpose, stared back at the crowd around him, turned around, and hurriedly walked towards the Hall of Liangyi.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, a big deal!"

Before entering the hall, Cheng Zhijie's loud voice had already reached Li Shimin's ears.

Then, with big strides, he rushed into the hall.

"What a big event that makes Duke Su so anxious?"

Li Shimin looked helpless.

"Your Majesty, the Mohist has appeared!"

Cheng Zhijie looked around and said cautiously.

Seeing Cheng Zhijie's posture, Li Shimin couldn't help but stare, and then his expression changed drastically after he came back to his senses.

"Are you sure you are an ink curer?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Lao Cheng is definitely a Mohist, and there are not only one person, but a large group!"

Cheng Zhijie was full of excitement.

"Where are those people?"

Li Shimin asked quickly.

"Return to Your Majesty, those Mohists are currently in Lijiazhuang!" Cheng Zhijie replied.

"Don't bring people here quickly..."

As he spoke, Li Shimin couldn't help but shut his mouth.

He gave Cheng Zhijie a hard look.

Regarding this, Cheng Zhijie just looked at Li Shimin expectantly.

Seeing this, Li Shimin's face was full of helplessness, and after a moment of change in expression, he stood up directly.

"Let's go, follow me to take a look at those Mohists!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Cheng Zhijie's face was full of joy.

Afterwards, a group of people changed into casual clothes and hurried to Lijiazhuang.

For a person like Li Xuan who likes to make things from time to time, ink masters are a group of treasures and the most powerful assistants.

Similarly, for battlefield killers like Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie, they are a bunch of baby bumps.

……

In Li Family Manor, Li Xuan, Li Chengqian and others were sitting on the sofa, each holding a cup of hot tea.

"You can see that Mozi is known as the number one weapon master and the king of persuasion!"

"Master, when did Mo Zi get such a title?"

Cheng Chusi asked curiously.

Agreed, Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and others also had doubts on their faces.

"Do you know the story of Mozi's persuasion?"

Li Xuan took a sip of tea lightly and asked slowly.

"Master is talking about Mo Di saving Song?"

On the side, Li Chengqian's eyes lit up, and he quickly replied.

"Exactly!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly.

"At that time Mozi was giving lectures in the state of Song, and the king of Chu wanted to send troops to attack the state of Song, and asked Lu Ban to make many siege machines to help him.

Hearing the news, Mozi was very anxious, and ran to persuade the king of Chu, but the king of Chu was confident that with Lu Ban's help, he would definitely destroy the state of Song.

Seeing that the king of Chu refused to listen to his advice, Mozi demonstrated the weapon he made in front of the king of Chu.

A reconnaissance wooden kite that can carry soldiers to scout the enemy in the air; a ballista that can instantly fire sixty arrows, stand on the city wall, and kill as many enemy troops as they come;

There is also a six-foot-long shooting machine, placed on the city wall, operated by two people, can rotate and attack, and can directly attack the enemy's vital points; wearing iron armor, it can project carbon fire, and no one can break it;

There are also military training puppets, which can imitate the Chu army's attack style, and after the Song army has practiced with them, they can see their moves!

Lu Ban showed nine siege weapons in a row, but Mozi deciphered them one by one.

This time, it directly caused great psychological trauma to King Chu, and hastily gave up his plan to attack Song! "

"That amazing?"

Hearing this, Cheng Chusi's eyes widened, his face full of yearning.

"Of course there are!"

Li Xuan laughed lightly, "At that time, Mozi also invented the walking stack, the long axe, the long vertebra, the stone throwing machine, the large wooden bow that shoots arrows mechanically, the large square shield, and the wooden box that contains the pawns that can be raised and lowered." , rolling fire barrels, small crash cars that collide with the enemy's siege ladders, barbed wire throwing cars, and other weapons for defending the city."

"Moreover, Mozi also has a lot of secret methods for defending the city, such as "Preparing the Gate of the City", "Preparing the High Landing", "Preparing the Ladder", "Preparing the Water", "Preparing the Caves", "Preparing the Burst", "Preparing the Moth", "Welcome to the Enemy Temple", "Flag", "Order", "Miscellaneous Guard" and so on.

Whether the enemy wants to attack by climbing, crashing into the city with a car, attacking with a car, climbing the city with a ladder, attacking with soil, flooding the city with water, digging tunnels, or destroying the city wall, there are secret methods for defense and preparation. "

"No wonder Master, you value those Mohists so much. It turns out that those people actually control such a precious secret method of defending the city!"

After listening, Cheng Chusi, Li Chengqian and others looked at Li Xuan with admiration.

"It's just, why don't Master let those Mohists go to the forge, but let them hang around in the whole Lijiazhuang?"

"My master just wants these Mohists to forge more farming tools, and to protect the fields of Li Family Village by the way!"

Li Xuan said calmly!

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　Looking for a house these two days, moving!

　　The first two updates in these two days! ! !

　　People move to live, trees move to immortals!
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