back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 160 Empiricism Kills People

Tang Xun said subconsciously: "Your Majesty, no!"

Lu Chengqi was very surprised and wondered, "Why not?"

Tang Xun murmured for a long time before Lu Chengqi understood the reason.It turned out that dignitaries at this time did not eat pork.They think pigs are too dirty and disdain to eat this "inferior" meat. They regard mutton as the best meat, so that the price of a sheep is almost ten times that of a pig in the market.Not to mention other places, with the economic level of Jingzhao Mansion, even ordinary people can afford pork, which costs about one hundred and twenty renminbi a catty.It's just that poor people, except for the holidays, no one is willing to eat it.More than [-] Wen, enough food for poor people for several days.

In the Royal University, there are so many students, it is impossible to eat chicken, duck, goose and mutton every day, so the cheap and large amount of pork has become a regular customer in the Royal University cafeteria.Most of the students who came to the Royal University were from poor families, and usually they could only eat half full, but now they had three meals a day, so they didn’t care what kind of meat it was!

The reason why pork is not accepted by people and horses at this time is that they don’t know that pigs need to be castrated so that the meat will not have an unpleasant smell. People don't want to eat pork.

What Tang Xun meant was that Lu Chengqi is the king of a country, how can he eat such inferior food?After Lu Chengqi understood, he laughed loudly and said: "The Son of Heaven cannot eat pork. Where did the fallacy come from? Let me lead the way. I want to see with my own eyes how the students are eating. If the food is not good, I will ask the Ministry of Household Affairs later! "

Helpless, Tang Xun tried to persuade while leading the way: "Your Majesty, there is another cafeteria, sir, why don't you go to eat?"

Of course Lu Chengqi knew what this small stove meant, maybe it was the old guy Yang Daoqi who made it.This old guy, who used to be the prime minister with great reputation, had a good standard of living. After Lu Chengqi pulled him down, he might be "easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but hard to go from extravagant to frugal".This old guy has never eaten anything, and can he still eat the food of the poor?Naturally, he had to take advantage of the power of the vice-principal and start a small matter.And the excuse used is also very good. It is to take care of some teachers so that they will not be respected.In ancient times, teachers were very respected. It is understandable for Yang Daoqi to do so.

But if Lu Chengqi wanted to truly understand the food of the Royal University, he naturally couldn't start from that small stove.Unannounced inspections are always the only magic weapon for investigating the truth.

After rejecting Tang Xun's kindness, Lu Chengqi changed the topic and said, "Tang Qing, just now you said that the Jurchen is also a potential enemy of my Dashun, and I have won my heart. I only know you in the way of nature, utensils One has profound attainments, unexpectedly, you can see the general trend of the world so clearly!"

Tang Xun said modestly: "It's just some scholars talking wildly, it can't be true!"

"If all the students in the world were like Tang Qing, who were down-to-earth and serious about their studies, I would feel much more at ease. There are many crazy students in the world, but Tang Qing is not! After all, I would like to hear your understanding of the general trend of the world. "Lu Chengqi half sighed, half ordered.

It was not the first time that Tang Xun felt that Lu Chengqi was so talkative.But being with you is like being with a tiger, no matter how thick the family is, they will fall out of favor one day.Tang Xun knows the importance very well, and has never been arrogant about his talents. This is the most rare disposition.

He only listened to him think about it carefully, and said: "I think that the discussion between Dashun and Daliao not long ago is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. The things the Khitan people made are nothing more than tea leaves, and they don't care about the rest. disregard……"

Lu Chengqi was very surprised. Originally, he thought that the Khitan people lacked everything, so why did Tang Xun only lack tea?It turned out that this empiricism would really kill people. Lu Chengqi believed that the prosperity of the Central Plains naturally had the things needed by the grassland people.As for the goods of the grassland people, the Central Plains area needs very little, so they agreed to carry out the discussion.If the ancient grassland people lacked vitamins, they would invade the border and plunder some grains.This is the biggest difference between the grassland people and the Central Plains people.And tea happens to be the best commodity to solve this contradiction.

The rest of the salt, iron, cloth, etc. are actually not lacking for the grassland peoples.With a leather jacket, would you care about the cloth of the Central Plains people?For salt, even if Dashun blocked the export of salt, the Uyghurs would still transport the salt to Liao.Lu Chengqi still didn't expect that the salt in Liao Kingdom is actually cheaper than that in Dashun!Fortunately, the salt trade has been opened, otherwise, once the salt from the Liao Kingdom is dumped on Dashun after the mutual market, it may have a certain impact on Dashun's economy.

Now that the salt field is open and the official salt is canceled, we only need to wait for the transportation problem to be resolved and the price of salt to rise. Will the salt still be unavailable?
Tang Xun didn't notice Lu Chengqi's strange face, and continued, "...there are many things in Liao. The tribes in the northwest often rebel, and the Jurchens in Changbai Mountain are also restless. These places contain a large number of Liao troops. If my big If Shun wants to break the stalemate, it is better to send people to these tribes to support them and fight against the Liao State, so as to weaken the strength of the Liao State."

Lu Chengqi thought: "Is this the different time and space version of Lianjin destroying Liao? The strategy is really good, but it needs to be grasped to a certain degree. If it is obvious that Liao is not as good as the rising Jurchens, it is necessary to change the support object."

Tang Xun still said to himself: "Your Majesty's new law has indeed abolished many bad policies, but there are also some quick successes and quick benefits. If Your Majesty can slow down a little longer, the effect may be better..."

Lu Chengqi listened to him quietly, then sighed: "Tang Qing is indeed a great talent, I have been taught."

Tang Xun said in fear: "I am talking too fast for a while, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

Lu Chengqi sighed: "What's wrong with Tang Qing? I'm afraid it's not your thoughts, Tang Qing, but also the thoughts of many courtiers, right? I did ignore the feelings of my courtiers, and I didn't think carefully. Tang Qing reminded me well, I Will pay attention to it in the future."

While talking, the student cafeteria of the Royal University arrived.get out of class is not over yet, but the meals in the cafeteria have been prepared.Lu Chengqi and Tang Xun each ordered a meal and started to eat.Tang Xun was trying to drive ducks to the shelves, so he had to do it.Lu Chengqi felt a little bit self-inflicted, when he ate pork from a different time and space for the first time, the smell would never be forgotten.Fortunately, he deliberately cultivated his self-cultivation, finished the meal without changing his expression, and finally said: "Yes, it would be better if ginger was used to remove the smell..."

Tang Xun had already tried these meals, so he beat less.Hearing what Lu Chengqi said, he quickly echoed, "I will let those cooks pay attention..."

Lu Chengqi pretended to be nonchalant and left the cafeteria. In fact, he was suppressing the disgusting feeling and almost vomited it several times.The reborn him, what kind of pork has he never eaten?It's just that it's the first time I've seen such a big smell of pork!

(End of this chapter)