Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

The ancient glass making process can be traced back to lead-barium glass in the late Spring and Autumn Period. The first glass products were used instead of jade. Glass ornaments were unearthed from the tomb of the Nanyue king in the Western Han Dynasty.

The term Liuli was proposed by Huan Kuan in the Western Han Dynasty in "On Salt and Iron", and it was used until the Ming Dynasty.

Liuli was extremely precious in the Tang Dynasty, and ordinary people couldn't afford it at all, and it was rare even among aristocratic families.

The local glass production technology in the Central Plains is immature. After the emergence of the Silk Road, although it can be imported from foreign countries, it is a long way from the Western Regions to the Central Plains. Expensive, rare, and mostly impurities.

Li Shimin has never seen such a clear and transparent colored glaze, which would cost sky-high prices to take out a piece casually, yet it was actually used by Li Yi'an like this.

How rich is that?

"Is this Liuli made by me, it's worthless." Li Yi'an said casually.

"This is what you did, sir?"

Li Shimin asked in surprise: "You can also make colored glaze?"

In this era, possessing the technology of making colored glaze is equivalent to possessing infinite wealth.

Li Shimin looked at Li Yi'an's yard again. Although it was very large, most of it was used to grow vegetables, without too many decorations, it was plain, except for the necessary daily necessities, there was nothing else.

Li Shimin is well-known in history for being thrifty and simple. The early Tang Dynasty was indeed poor and had to be simple.

He thought that his palace was simple enough, but when he thought of Li Yi'an, it was even simpler. The most important thing was that Li Yi'an was not short of money at all.

This is the residence of the superior, detached from the outside world, not bound by the common world, and can do whatever he wants.

The more Li Shimin brainstormed, the more he felt that Li Yi'an was noble.

Li Yi'an was used to their surprise, and said calmly: "I understand a little bit, you sit down first, and I'll go and deal with the meat just now."

He went to the vegetable field, picked some shallots, dug a piece of ginger, and then walked to the back kitchen to toss.

This toss, time has passed for a long time.

Li Shimin and the others sat in the living room on those high tables and chairs, looking curiously at everything in the room.

"Erlang, this gentleman is more secretive than I thought!" Changsun Wugou said.

"Just relying on the glass in the backyard is enough for him to live comfortably. He didn't do that, but set up a fortune-telling stall in the West Market. Perhaps this is the fun he wants."

Li Shimin said approvingly: "He is full of abilities, and he is ordinary. He is like a hidden world expert. He has experienced the world of mortals in Chang'an, but he is not touched by the world of mortals. He is amazing!"

Changsun Wugou smiled and said, "Erlang admires you so much, do you intend to bring him back to Chang'an and reward him as an official?"

Li Shimin laughed: "That's exactly what I mean. I'll think about him later. If I can continue to satisfy me, I can consider making him the official of the Winter Palace of Qin Tianjian and the servant on duty in the province."

Li Junxian behind him couldn't help but gasp when he heard this.

Although he is a small official who is on duty in Menxia Province, in a place like Chang'an where high-ranking officials and nobles walk everywhere, he is only a mere eighth or ninth rank.

But the provincial government is the center of the world, and they are all in contact with important military affairs, and they can even go to the palace to meet the emperor. If they are done well, it will not be a dream to rise to the top.

Dong Gongzheng, this is the official position of the Qin Tianjian. It is in charge of pushing the calendar, setting the four o'clock, and the official position of the sixth rank.

Li Shimin gave Li Yi'an two official positions at the same time, and even gave him a chance to get close to him, which shows how much he appreciates Li Yi'an.

For such a great talent, Li Shimin had to bind him to himself so that he could sleep peacefully.

"What are you talking about?"

Li Yi'an happened to come back with a big clay pot.

"It's nothing, sir, you are..."

Li Shimin was attracted by the things in the pot.

I saw that it was full of snow-white and crystal-clear things, which seemed to be their common salt, but the salt of this era was definitely not so fine, white, and clean.

“Salt Baked Chicken!”

Li Yi'an smiled and pushed the salt away, took out a chicken wrapped in lotus leaves, and placed it on the table.

He didn't have coarse salt, so he had to use refined salt to make it.

"Is this really salt?"

Li Shimin ignored the chicken, pointed at the snow-white grains of salt, and couldn't help but exclaim.

The salt-making technology in the Tang Dynasty was quite backward. The salt they could mine was sea salt, except well salt.

Salt is extremely expensive. Now the price of salt is [-] cents a bucket, and the quality is still extremely poor, with a bitter taste.

Salt is an essential condiment in life, and ordinary people can't afford it, so they can only season it with vinegar cloth.

Li Shimin looked at the big pot of salt in front of him, it was still so white and fine, if it was sold outside, no matter how expensive it was, people would rush to buy it.

He used so much good salt to make a dish, it was a waste of money!

However, the salt in the pot seems to be reusable.

With his fingers, he picked up a little salt and tasted it. It was very salty, and it only had a salty taste. It didn't have the bitterness of those inferior salts, and the quality was excellent!

"Sir, where do you get so much good salt?"

Li Shimin asked expectantly, salt is a strategic material of the country, and it is related to tax issues, so of course he must pay attention to it.

"I made it too."

Li Yi'an found a saline-alkali land outside Wannian County, and refined refined salt by hand, but he didn't sell it.

In this era, there is no backstage, and you can sell salt casually, or this kind of good salt, and those monopolistic families will kill you at any time.

Especially the salt-making technology, they will definitely do everything possible to get it.

"You made it?"

Divination and divination, military strategy, literary talent and learning, agriculture... now there is one more salt making, sir, there are too many things, right?

At the same time, he has glass and salt-making technology, if it is someone else, he will already be very rich.

Only a gentleman who is poor and ordinary, hides in the market, does not seek fame and fortune, sets up a fortune-telling stall when he has time, and writes and writes poems in his free time, this is the way to enjoy life.

Li Shimin admired him more and more. If he had these two skills at the same time, he might not be able to be so indifferent.

Li Shimin calmed down his excitement, and asked again: "Sir, what is there that you don't know?"

Li Yi'an thought about it seriously for a while, and said with a smile, "I don't know how to have children."

Li Shimin and Changsun Wugou were startled, then covered their mouths and laughed.

In other words, he can do everything?

"Wait a minute, I have another dish."

As Li Yi'an said, he went back to the back kitchen and brought out the pork just now.

As soon as he entered the hall, a strong fragrance spread out.

"smell good!"

Grandson Wugou exclaimed.

It is said that a gentleman is far away from the kitchen, and the master's ability to cook is also so powerful and unique.

"what is this?"

Li Shimin asked impatiently.

"It's called Dongpo...no! It's braised pork."

Li Yi'an cooks Dongpo meat, but thinking that Su Dongpo is still far away from the Tang Dynasty, he changed his mind.

He lifted the lid of the casserole, and a more intense fragrance wafted away in an instant, filling the whole room.

Fragrant, so fragrant!

The attractive pieces of meat whet one's appetite just by looking at them.

"Sir, what kind of meat is this?"

The eldest grandson Wugou swallowed his saliva, and asked curiously: "It doesn't look like mutton, but it looks better than mutton and is more fragrant."

"It's pork!"

Li Yi'an said.

"pork?"

Li Shimin's eyes flickered, and his mind suddenly calmed down. He said, "Isn't this cheap meat? How can you eat it!"

Of course he has experienced the taste of pork. It is so hard to swallow that even a beggar would dislike it.

Mr. treats himself with cheap meat, is this looking down on him?

He doesn't deserve better hospitality?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin was a little unhappy.

If the king of a country eats such cheap meat here, if it is spread, where will his face be put?

He wouldn't eat this cheap meat even if he was beaten to death.