The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 194 At the end of the auction, the money is huge!
"Well, what we are going to auction now is Wuliangye!"

Liu Zhizhi said that a total of twenty bottles of Wuliangye were brought up and lined up. The bottles were made of transparent glass, and the wine inside was crystal clear, like pure water. After Wuliangye appeared, the atmosphere of the whole place was changed again. Pushed higher.

"Ouch. Wuliangye is here. It's finally here. My dad said that if there is Wuliangye today, I must take a bottle back and try it." Yuchi Baolin was the first to get up and rejoice.

"Haha. The same goes for my dad. Uncle Cheng gave me a small cup. Although my dad drank it, it was better not to drink it because he couldn't enjoy it to the fullest. So what should I drink? Today I finally have it. Everyone, show your support. Hejian Prince's Palace must have it. One bottle." Li Chongyi became excited again.

"Haha!" Prince Li Chengqian actually laughed at this time: "Your Majesty also likes a drink, but Uncle Cheng is not kind. He only gave His Majesty a bottle and drank half of it together!"

Once these words were said, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang were speechless.

I heard Cheng Chumo helplessly say: "I didn't get a sip, but my brother gave it to me. My father is like this. I see, no one in this family except his little granddaughter can take anything from him." I can get his favorite wine here, but her little granddaughter doesn’t like drinking.”

"Haha.!" Everyone laughed. Everyone also knew Cheng Yaojin's character. In terms of official career, Cheng Yaojin was flat. Being an official was the best. It can be said that he was inferior to one person and among ten thousand people. As for family life, a reckless man who didn’t know a single word married a well-known beauty who was well-educated and sensible. Later, he gave birth to a son. Although he didn’t have much ability, he was an official but he did a good job. He could be said to be a virtuous wife, a beautiful son, a benevolent and filial son; In terms of brotherhood, although Cheng Yaojin has the largest official position, he is not hated by his brothers. He is also the most popular, and everyone loves to listen to his ideas when it comes to matters big or small.

Some people say that Cheng Yaojin has a good life, while others say that Cheng Yaojin is courageous.

In fact, after all is said and done, Cheng Yaojin knows how to advance, retreat, and make choices. First of all, Cheng Yaojin's character: a bold personality, a broad mind, and does not care about personal gains and losses.

He has a carefree personality and is loyal to others. Finally, he is thick-skinned. He dares to say things that others dare not say and dare to do things that others are embarrassed to do. Therefore, he is often able to open up situations and turn defeat into victory.

In fact, there are many people who are thick-skinned, but people who are thick-skinned for everyone's sake and for the benefit of others are rare. Every time Cheng Yaojin is "thick-skinned", it is really not for himself, so his Being thick-skinned does not make people annoying, but makes you appear to see things thoroughly and handle things satisfactorily.In fact, being thick-skinned is not a shortcoming. In modern terms, it can be regarded as a sign of high emotional intelligence.

Cheng Yaojin, who came from a humble background, had a low IQ, and had little ability, fought his way through troubled times, and finally won a high-ranking official with generous salary, support from everyone, and enjoyed a happy life. His personal character, peaceful mentality, and remarkable emotional intelligence, All are important aids, or indispensable talismans.

After everyone finished laughing, the auction started again. A bottle of Wuliangye had a low base price of [-] guan, and the bidding price was [-] guan.

As soon as Liu Zhizhi started talking, the sign below started to flip. The price of Wuliangye increased from one hundred guan to [-] guan. Li An did not expect that the powerful people of the Tang Dynasty respected liquor so much. This scene also strengthened Li An's determination to get the distilled liquor out as soon as possible.

Twenty bottles of Wuliangye sold for nearly [-] yuan in total. This was due to Ang Lee's intervention. He did not allow the price of Wuliangye to be too high, fearing that the market would collapse. After Wuliangye, there will be exquisite glass products. Of course, in Da Tang should be called crystal products.

After the crystal products were carried to the stage, even the Chang'an dignitaries below who were used to seeing the world all said "Wow" in unison, as if they had never seen the world at all.

Why do these people behave like this? The main reason is ancient colored glaze. Their texture is similar to glass, but these colored glazes cannot be transparent.
First of all, the material for making colored glaze is a mineral material. It is caused by immature technology, low purification degree, low firing temperature, etc. Secondly, transparent colored glaze beads were also made in ancient times, and there are many transparent colored glaze beads in unearthed cultural relics, but Because of the manufacturing process, the beads contain a large number of bubbles, which makes the appearance very different from the current transparent glass.

Some people say that there were no transparent ones in ancient times because of the ancient aesthetics. There are many names for glass beads: Miao Lin, Lang Xuan, Liu Lin, Bo Li, glass, pot jade, medicinal jade, etc. It can be seen that there are many names. The ancients preferred jade-like colors!

Judging from the unearthed cultural relics, because colorless and transparent crystals can be obtained naturally, but mineral gemstones of multiple colors are relatively rare, so the ancients were more keen to add various metals as colorants in the manufacturing process of colored glaze to create more Colored glass beads make up for the lack of gem-like colors in nature!
That is self-deception. Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty had a pure crystal disk, which was his most precious treasure. He showed it off all the time. The Tang Dynasty preached purity. The relics of monks after their death were put in crystal bottles. The purer the better. , how could you not love crystals and prefer colored colored glaze?That's because the ancient technology couldn't produce it at all, so we settled for the second best. Now that so many pure and top-quality crystal products are in front of us, no one in power says that this is not good. I prefer colored colored glaze.

Soon, a batch of twenty glass products began to be auctioned, and the competition was even more fierce than in Wuliangye. Li An originally thought that 1 yuan for a glass product was enough, but Li An still underestimated the crystal of Chang'an's rich and powerful people. Like the product.

The first glass product sold for nearly 5 yuan. The crystal apple tree, with red, green and blue apples hanging inside, actually competed for [-] yuan. Prince Li Chengqian and Yue Wang Li Tai, The two of them fought madly, and no one wanted to let go. They even gave up their watches for this crystal apple tree. Why... because they wanted to give it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin likes crystal products very much, but what the two of them don't know is that Li An has already prepared glass products for Li Shimin. Even if they spend all their money, they will only get an advantage from Li An.

In the end, Li Tai got the crystal apple tree for 13 yuan. Although Li Chengqian immediately smiled and congratulated Li Tai, everyone also knew that Li Chengqian was unhappy.

Li Shimin was too kind to Li Tai, otherwise, which prince could defeat the crown prince?

Li Chengqian hasn't given up on himself yet, but he will soon, because Li Chengqian's leg will soon have problems, and there are many versions of Li Chengqian's leg. Some say it was caused by stealing cattle and sheep, while others say it was caused by illness. , some people say it was caused by Li Tai. Anyway, there are many versions.

Li An didn't want to take care of it, he just wanted to be a passerby, but Li An wouldn't have thought that at that time, he wouldn't be able to control it.

Twenty pieces of glass products were directly sold for nearly 120 million guan, which is a huge figure. The annual tax during the Zhenguan period was only more than 200 million guan. Some people would say that this was the prosperous age of Zhenguan, and the annual tax was so small?
There is no way, the main reason is that there are no people. As early as the period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, the population of the whole country was as many as 890 million. So what about the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty?
"Zi Zhi Tong Jian" records that Ding Chou asked Gao Jiuxing, the Minister of Household Affairs: "How many households were settled last year?" "The total number of households entered last year was 15." After asking about the Sui Dynasty and today's households, the execution memorial said: "In the Sui Dynasty, there were 870 million households in the imperial palace, which is now 380 million households."

This happened in the third year of Yonghui (652), which was during the term of Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty.At that time, the Minister of Household Affairs said that 15 households were added last year, which was very good. The total population at that time was 380 million households.

However, in the first year of Wude (618), Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, the country's population was already 290 million households.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty was first established, and the territory was small. It was only later that Hebei, Henan, and Jiangnan were gradually pacified.However, after adding so much land, absorbing so many people, and experiencing more than 30 years of development, the population of the Tang Dynasty only increased by 90 households.

In this regard, we can draw a conclusion, that is, during the Zhenguan years of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the national population basically did not grow.

As for income, it’s even less clear.

At that time, the national income of the entire Tang Dynasty was relatively low. When Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was at his peak, the annual monetary income was only more than 200 million guan. However, during the Tianxi reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, commercial tax revenue alone reached 2600 million guan a year. The reason why the "Reign of Zhenguan" came about was mainly related to the large amount of wealth accumulated by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, which was the clothes he used to marry Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

In the 11th year of Zhenguan, the state relied on the grain and cloth hoarded during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty to pay wages.

But the imperial court is poor, and those aristocratic families are not poor. These 120 strings are very hot in Li An's hands. So what should Li An do?

(End of this chapter)