Give the seat, serve the tea.
Li Shimin asked Fang Xuanling directly: "Xuanling is here late at night, but what happened to the disaster in the northwest?"
” In the past few days, Li Shimin has been so worried about the drought in the northwest that he has been unable to sleep for many days, and during the day, Fang Xuanling, the eldest grandson Wuji, and Chu Suiliang have just reported to him the severity of the drought, and the affected prefectures and counties have a tendency to spread outward.
From the land of the three counties, it has directly spread to the land of the seven counties, and in many places from the beginning of spring to the middle of summer, almost all of them have not fallen, and the crops in the field are even more dry and dead, and there is no harvest.
Millions of people, nearly a year's worth of rations, such a big shortage, Rao is now in the prime of life, but also a big burden.
"The local government has opened warehouses to release grain, and the grain for disaster relief by the imperial court has also been shipped out one after another, and there is no change in the delay.
The victims of the disaster in the three counties of Shan, He, and Min are all grateful to the saint. ” Fang Xuanling said: "As for the four counties of Gan, Lan, Xi and Kuo, the drought has just begun, and it is not serious.
However, the crops in the field have not even grown ears, and if there is no rain to irrigate them within two months, the grain will also be lost. ” In ancient times, most of the crops were harvested once a year, and they were generally ploughed in spring, harvested in autumn, and stored in winter.
In the north, the weather is hot and dry, and rice is cultivated, mostly wheat, barley, millet, sorghum or soybeans.
Sowing seeds in the spring and harvesting in the fall, but now it is only the height of summer, and the harvest time is still more than three months away.
"I already know all this, haven't I already ordered Zhongshu Province to draw up a decree to step up the transfer of grain reserves from all over the south of the Yangtze River to deal with the catastrophe?"
Li Shimin said: "What's the matter, things are not going well?
” Fang Xuanling said softly: "Holy Lord, the household department has no money. ” Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, why is there no money again?
Lao Tzu's family foundation that he has saved for so many years has been lost so quickly?
I haven't had any big expenses in the past two years!
Lao Li is very angry, the world has been peaceful for so long, the government in the territory is harmonious, and the grains have been abundant year after year, and now the household department can't even get the money for disaster relief, which is a bit unreasonable, right?
Who was greedy for Lao Tzu's money?!
Li Shimin's eyes showed a fierce light, and he wanted to choose someone to devour.
"Twelve years, the rebellion of the wingmen, the rebellion of the Bazhou mountain bureaucrats, and the battle of Songzhou."
"Fourteen years, the Battle of Gaochang."
"Fifteen years, the battle of Xue Yantuo."
"Last year, the battle of the Western Turkic Izhou."
Fang Xuanling listed the wars in various places of the Tang Dynasty in recent years one by one, and reminded youyou: "In every battle, the money and food consumed are not decimals, and the money and grain saved by the household department are constantly consumed every year, so ......"
Li Shimin was completely speechless.
He was originally the emperor of the horse, a well-known maniac for conquest, never afraid of war, where there is a rebellion, fight!
Where someone provokes, hit!
Where someone offends the border, hit!
If you feel that something is not pleasing to the eye, you will be threatened by looking at it, and you will fight!
Although most of the Tang Dynasty has been very stable in recent years, the war campaigns outside the border have never really stopped.
And fighting, it will cost money and food, this is also a thing that has no way, if you want not to be bullied, if you want to make the barbarians around you honest and awe-inspiring, from time to time to show off your muscles, show off your sword soldiers, it is necessary.
The reputation of the Tang Tian Khan is not bragged.
"Ahem, ahem!"
Li Shimin coughed a little embarrassed twice, and said: "I know all this, and the top priority is to think of raising some money first and take precautions." ” "That's why the old minister is here."
"What, Qing already has an idea?"
Fang Xuanling took a sip of the tea on the table, and then praised softly: "The tea is fragrant, the tea taste is sweet, and the taste of this new tea is indeed much better than the current popular tea foam tea cakes." ” "If the Qing family likes it, I will send you two taels when I go back."
Li Shimin generously sent it off.
Fang Xuanling coughed lightly, but was disrespectful, and then continued: "Actually, the saint is mistaken, the minister does not want to ask the saint for new tea, but the fundraising method that the minister wants to say is in the stir-fry of this new tea." ” Glancing up at Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling asked Li Shimin: "I heard that the method of frying this new tea was first developed by the King of Zhongshan County, and the name of this new tea is also based on the new character of the King of Zhongshan County, called 'Chengde Tea'. ” In front of Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling was not good at calling Li Chengqian or the name of the abolished prince, and finally called Li Chengqian the title of the county king before becoming the prince, Li Shimin nodded lightly, disapproving, what he cared about was why Fang Xuanling deliberately mentioned this Chengde tea at this time.
"Weichen also knew the origin of this Chengde tea when he went to visit the Lu Guogong Mansion, and he was fortunate to taste a cup, which is indeed worthy of its new tea.
For this reason, the minister also specially sent someone to find out, and then he learned that the Chengde tea was actually from the hands of the king of Zhongshan County. ” The corners of Li Shimin's mouth twitched, Cheng bit the old scoundrel, I knew that he would not be so honest, and sure enough, he still let him secretly intercept a little Chengde tea, this old man does not cultivate, and even cut off my things, it is really bold.
Li Shimin now seriously suspects that in addition to tea, toothbrushes, sandals and those recipes are estimated to have not been left behind, and he will go back to settle accounts with him!
His daughter's filial piety was partially taken away by others, and Li Shimin's current mood is not beautiful.
"Shengshang, do you know how much it costs to buy these two of the best Chengde tea?"
Fang Xuanling threw such a question at Li Shimin.
Li Shimin came back to his senses and continued: "The best tea cake in the palace before should be ten yuan a catty, even if his new tea tastes novel, it is just a drink, it shouldn't exceed ten yuan too much, right?"
” "It's really ten dollars."
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Fang Xuanling said: "But it's not ten yuan a catty, but ten yuan a tael, just like this, there is still a price, and many people can't buy it if they want to." ” "Ten dollars a tael?!"
Li Shimin said at a glance: "Qing is not joking, it's just some tea, and it can be sold at such a sky-high price?"
” Even gold is not so expensive, Li Shimin is a little unimaginable, just to satisfy a trace of appetite, there are really people who are willing to spend ten yuan to buy a mere tea tael!
Li Shimin is the emperor, and his family has been counted up for three generations, all of whom are royal relatives and nobles, and he has seen a lot of extravagant and valuable things, there are many antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and a small piece can be sold for a sky-high price of 10,000 taels of gold.
But being able to sell such expensive tea, Li Shimin is really the first time to see it, and it can be regarded as an eye-opener.
"The first time I heard the news, I couldn't believe it."
Fang Xuanling said: "To put it bluntly, tea is just a kind of leaf used to drink water, in the place where the tea tree is planted, these tea leaves can be grabbed a lot, and a copper coin can even come back in half a basket."
Even if it is made into tea cakes, it can be bought for a few cents or even a dozen cents, and this Chengde tea, why can it be sold at such a sky-high price?
” Fang Xuanling reached into his sleeve, took out a thin book and presented it with both hands, and said loudly at the same time: "After that, Weichen found this "Book of Tea", before Chengde tea was officially sold to the outside world, there were also people in Qianzhou in the name of Li Feng and Li Chengde, printed and distributed tens of thousands of copies of this "Book of Tea" to promote the tea ceremony, so that many people who like tea and love tea are crazy, and everyone is proud to have such a "Book of Tea". ” "Oh, that's it?"
Li Shimin curiously flipped through the contents of the "Book of Tea": The source of one: the tea man, the Jiamu of the south, one foot two feet, or even dozens of feet.
There are two people hugging the Bashan Gorge River, cutting it down and picking it up, its tree is like a melon reed, the leaves are like a gardenia, the flower is like a white rose, it is like a palmetto, the pedicle is like a lilac, and the root is like a walnut.
Its words are either from the grass, or from the wood, or from the grass and wood.
Its name is one tea, two is called Yao, three is called Xuan, four is called tea, and five is called Xuan. …… Just looking at the beginning, Li Shimin's eyes were firmly attracted, after drinking tea for so many years, this is the first time he knows the source of this tea so clearly.
This book is not bad, is it really written by Li Chengqian's stinky boy?
Seeing that Li Shimin was fascinated and seemed to be very high, Fang Xuanling reminded in a low voice: "Holy Lord, please look at the last three pages of the book, when he mentioned new tea, he focused on the wonderful use of Chengde tea, what refreshes the mind, prolongs life, what calms qi and blood, and dispels illness from the outside, and directly touted Chengde tea to the like of fairy tea." ” "Oh?"
Li Shimin's spirit shook again: "What I said above is true, does this Chengde tea really have such a miraculous effect?"
” After getting older, Li Shimin became more and more partial to Huang Lao's learning, and highly respected the natural way of immortality mentioned in it, to put it bluntly, the older he was, the more afraid of death, and he wanted to pursue immortality and get rid of the shackles of life and death.
So, he was extremely interested in anything about longevity.
"Huh?"
Fang Xuanling sighed in his heart, Your Majesty, isn't this the point?
However, since Li Shimin asked so, Fang Xuanling couldn't help answering, so he had to reply softly: "Regarding this question, Weichen also went to the Imperial Medical Department to ask several imperial doctors for verification, tea can be used in medicine, and it is also told in the "Book of Tea" that tea is used for use, and the taste is cold, and it is the most suitable person to drink thrifty.
If you are hot and thirsty, depressed, have a headache, have astringent eyes, lack of limbs, and feel uncomfortable, talk about four or five sips, and compete with Daigo and nectar. ” "To put it simply, drinking tea regularly does have the effect of refreshing the mind and clearing the brain, dispelling illness and strengthening the body, but it is far less exaggerated than described in the final praise of Chengde tea in the "Book of Tea".
When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but pick up the teacup again and poured it violently.
Well, it tastes good and feels great!
No wonder he didn't have so much sleep in the past two days, but he could still have such a good spirit during the day, and he made trouble for a long time, it turned out that it was all the effect of this Chengde tea.
If you think about it this way, it doesn't seem that the tea leaves that cost ten yuan a tael are not so expensive.
"So Weichen thought, since Chengde tea is so touted now, and it is a 100,000-profit deal, can we take over a part of it in the name of the imperial court, and then promote and sell it to the entire Tang Dynasty and even abroad, so that the imperial court has one more good input, and the funds for disaster relief in the northwest can also be easily solved."
Li Shimin's eyes flashed, and he moved instantly.
In Li Shimin's concept, there is no cheap industry that is not cheap, the whole country belongs to their old Li family, merchants, farmers, and scholars, they are not different in nature.
As long as it is beneficial to the country, even if he is allowed to take the lead in business, Li Shimin will not frown.
"It's a good way, but if you do this, will that stinky boy ...... in his heart" Li Shimin was a little entangled in his heart, but in the end, he waved his hand and said directly: "That's it!"
That's it!
Immediately send someone to explore the production process of Chengde tea, and let the Ministry of Industry cooperate with the household department to make Chengde tea as soon as possible!
” "As for that stinky boy, if he holds a grudge, let him hold a grudge, compared with the millions of victims in the northwest, his personal gains and losses are nothing, as the heir of my royal family, he was born with such an awareness!
I suffered a loss this time, and it's a big deal that I will compensate him from other places in the future!
” It just so happened that Liu Ying was going to leave for Fuchuan tomorrow, and asked him to bring some words with him by the way, so as not to have any more radical reactions from that rebel.
When Fang Xuanling heard Li Shimin's words, his brows couldn't help jumping, what the saint just said was the royal heir?
If he remembers it well, as early as half a year ago, when Li Chengqian was demoted to a commoner, the name Li Chengqian seemed to be no longer on the Li family tree, what does the saint mean by saying this now, could it be that he wants to take this opportunity to return the abolished prince to the family tree?
It seems that the assassination of the abolished prince in Fuchuan this time has indeed had a great impact on the saint, and in order to save the life of the abolished prince, the saint is even preparing for the whitewashing of the past of the abolished prince.
The loss of a wealthy tea business, but the supreme glory of returning to the royal bloodline, should be regarded as a relatively cost-effective deal for a former prince who has been abolished.
Fang Xuanling bowed down, and at the same time suggested loudly: "Since this Chengde tea is from the hands of the king of Zhongshan County, then these disaster relief funds raised by Chengde tea may as well be spread out in the current name of the king of Zhongshan County, so that the victims of the seven counties will not forget the merits of Li Feng and Li Chengde while thanking the saint and thanking the court." ” When Li Shimin heard this, he nodded lightly in agreement.
At the same time, he also glanced at Fang Xuanling meaningfully, and sighed in his heart, it is worthy of Fang Mou in Fang Mou's decision, and he actually saw through my mind at once, this Fang Qiao is really getting older and spicier.