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Chapter 143

Chapter 143

"I think it's not bad, but there's one thing that's not good." Li Shimin said lightly.

Lin Xuan was taken aback, and Li Shimin could discover Qu Yuanli's flaw after trying for a while?

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Lin Xuan asked.

"I don't think the name of this thing is good!" Li Shimin said.

In his opinion, such a fetish would surely be passed down to the world and benefit the common people, so how could it be called Quyuanli.

Lin Xuan was very knowledgeable, cupped his hands and said, "I also think this name is not good, how about changing it to Zhenguanli?"

"Haha, I also think Zhenguanli sounds more pleasing to the ear!" Li Shimin said approvingly.

Hehe, as long as you are happy!

Lin Xuan really didn't think Zhenguanli sounded any better.

"Come here, send Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng... and others!" Li Shimin ordered.

He couldn't wait, wanted to show off and show off.

"I heard that you hired a man named Xue Rengui to help you train soldiers?" Li Shimin asked.

Lin Xuan nodded and said: "I only know a little bit about military training, and don't know much about military formations. After hearing that Xue Rengui is a famous general, he is proficient in military tactics, so I specially invited him here."

"Oh? What about Xue Rengui's military strategy?" Li Shimin asked.

Datang has no shortage of famous generals now, but most of these people are not young.

And the younger generation has few talents that make him worth using.

"Your Majesty, Xue Rengui's military strategy is extremely extraordinary. Although he is still far behind Dai Guogong, it is only because he lacks battlefield experience. He only needs to sharpen it and he can definitely become a famous general!" Lin Xuan said.

"I really want to meet this Xue Rengui." Li Shimin said.

Lin Xuan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you can't take away the minister's people, and the minister still relies on him to train soldiers now!"

Li Shimin said angrily: "I think you are just lazy. If you are asked to train soldiers, you will run home every three days."

When others have this opportunity, they will firmly hold the military power in their hands, but Lin Xuan is good and doesn't take it to heart at all.

But this also made him feel very relieved about Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you have wronged me. I have already taught Xue Rengui those methods. It doesn't matter if I am here or not. Didn't I come back to share your majesty's worries?"

He likes titles, not official positions.

How wonderful it is to have a knighthood, and enjoy it without having to work.

Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan and said, "I really have something to do now, and I need you to share my worries."

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

Lin Xuan wished he could slap him twice, he didn't even say anything, now he's fine, Li Shimin seized the opportunity.

"I have already sent people to the grassland to sell salt, but after thinking about it carefully, selling them salt alone will not hurt them. After all, salt is so expensive, and those tribal leaders can't let everyone in the tribe eat salt. !” Li Shimin said slowly.

"Your Majesty, selling salt is just a means of breaking into the grassland, and you can also sell other things. You can sell whatever the grassland lacks." Lin Xuan said.

"Of course I know this, but what the grassland lacks most is salt, iron and grain, and iron and grain cannot be sold to them," Li Shimin said.

It's not that the grasslands don't need anything other than salt, iron and food.

The nobles in the grasslands prefer things like the tea and silk of the Tang Dynasty.

But silk cloth is only liked by the rich and powerful, while ordinary people in the grasslands still like to wear animal skins.

It's not that animal skins are more comfortable to wear than silk, but that animal skins are stronger.

They need to herd horses and sheep every day, and the clothes they wear are very fragile.

And the cloth transported to the grassland by the merchants of the Tang Dynasty was very expensive, which was not cost-effective for them.

Moreover, there are many people doing these businesses, and the caravan he sent has no advantage at all.

Lin Xuan thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, iron and grain cannot be sold. I have been working on something recently, and the nobles in the grassland must like it."

What he was talking about was glass, which was not only popular in Tang Dynasty, but also those grassland nobles liked it very much.

"What are you talking about?" Li Shimin asked.

Lin Xuan said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what I'm talking about is Liuli."

"You said you could make colored glaze?" Li Shimin asked in surprise.

The colored glaze sold by merchants from the Western Regions to Datang was worth thousands of gold.

Li Shimin also sent someone to find out how Liuli was made.But nothing came out.

Those merchants from the Western Regions all said that colored glaze was bestowed by heaven, not manufactured.

Li Shimin didn't believe this at all. If this was the case, would those merchants from the Western Regions sell Liuli to Datang?

"Your Majesty, colored glaze is not something rare, it's just made of sand." Lin Xuan said.

"What! Is the glass made of sand? How is it possible!" Li Shimin couldn't believe it.

The treasure house of the imperial palace has collected a lot of exquisite glazes that were tributed by the Western Regions.He has been reluctant to use it.

Now Lin Xuan actually told him that the colored glaze was burnt out of sand.

He couldn't accept it.

"It is indeed burnt out of the sand. I have already asked someone to do it. It will be done in a short time. When your Majesty needs it, I will send you a few cars." Lin Xuan said with a smile.

"Damn it, those small countries in the Western Regions fooled me with something burnt out of sand. Do you think I'm a fool?" Li Shimin's face was livid.

It was in vain that he regarded those colored glazes as treasures, and if Lin Xuan found out, he would die of laughter.

"Your Majesty, don't be so angry. Although the glass itself is not precious, it is difficult to transport it. The cost of transporting it to the Tang Dynasty by merchants from the Western Regions is still very high!" Lin Xuan comforted.

Glass is very fragile. Under the transportation conditions at this time, it is understandable that those merchants from the Western Regions transported it to Chang'an, and it was a bit expensive.

After hearing Lin Xuan's explanation, Li Shimin calmed down a lot, and said, "Your Liuli earns [-]% of the money!"

"Your Majesty, this is what I worked so hard to do. Your mouth is about [-]% open. Isn't it a shame for me?" Lin Xuan said in pain.

It doesn't matter if Li Shimin wants [-]%, the problem is that he can't agree too happily, if he can get some benefits from Li Shimin, that would be even better.

"You don't come here anymore. You say that colored glaze is made of sand. How much does it cost? Give me Liucheng as your betrothal gift for marrying Lizhi. The queen told me yesterday that you and Lizhi will get married next year. I have already I agree." Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty, I've never heard of a dowry for marrying a princess." Lin Xuan didn't like him at all.

Is there a dowry for marrying a princess?It's not necessary at all.

In ancient times, marrying a princess was called Princess Shang.

Not only does Princess Shang not need a betrothal gift, but the royal family will also marry a large amount of dowry. How come he has to give a betrothal gift here.

Li Shimin said dissatisfiedly: "Li Zhi is my most beloved daughter, and you are not willing to give me a dowry?"

"Yes, why don't you want to, just do as His Majesty tells you." Lin Xuan said with a dark face.

Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction, and said: "That's about the same. In this way, I can rest assured that I will marry Lizhi to you. Don't worry, I will give you more dowry when the time comes."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Xuan was extremely depressed.

He wondered if he should hurry up and find a reason to leave, who knows if Li Shimin would continue to tease him if he stayed.

At this moment, Li Mu came over to report: "Your Majesty, all the princes have arrived."

"Let them come over!" Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty, I will see you!" Changsun Wuji and others saluted.

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Lin Xuan presented me with a new plow, and I named it Zhenguan plow. This time I called you here to try this Zhenguan plow, whether it works well or not."

Changsun Wuji and the others are a little speechless, you are already called Zhenguanli, why do you want us to try?

Even if it doesn't work, dare we say it?

Since Li Shimin said so, they had no way to refuse, so they had to say in unison: "Yes!"

"Lin Xuan, go and teach them how to use it!" Li Shimin ordered.

Lin Xuan said with a smile: "Masters, please follow me!"

Quyuanli is very simple to use, and they will understand when Lin Xuan simply explains it.

Lin Xuan set up the cow for them, and they tried it.

It didn't take long for each of them to try it out.

Everyone who tried it was amazed.

Although most of them have never held a plow in their life, it doesn't mean they don't know how hard it is to plow the land.

"What do you think of Zhenguanli?" Li Shimin asked with a smile on his face.

Duan Lun is the minister of the Ministry of Industry and has the most say on this matter. He was the first to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, I have estimated that this Zhenguan plow is at least three times faster on cultivated land than the Zhiyuan plow that is commonly used now. And it is very labor-saving, I feel that an adult can easily pull it. I think it should be promoted vigorously to solve the problem of insufficient cattle in my Tang Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty, I also think that we should vigorously promote it. With this plow, in the next year, the fertile land of our Great Tang will definitely increase a lot!" Fang Xuanling said excitedly.

The imperial court encouraged the people to open up wasteland, but it has not been effective.

Because it is very laborious to open up wasteland, and the output of the land that has just been opened up has been very low in the past few years.

Most of the people are willing to help others to farm, and they are not willing to open up wasteland.

And with this Zhenguan plow, it will be very labor-saving to open up wasteland. After the people's existing fields are planted, they will naturally be willing to open up wasteland.

"Okay! Duan Aiqing will bring back the blueprints later, let the Ministry of Industry produce a large number of them, and let the people of the world use them as soon as possible!" Li Shimin said.

"Yes!" Duan Lun answered with cupped hands.

"Your Majesty, I have a lot of land at home, but few cattle. After the Zhenguan plow is made, can you give me a few hundred first." Cheng Yaojin said with a straight face.

Li Shimin glared at him, and said angrily: "What are you eating, I think you have eaten them? There are still hundreds of them, don't even think about it, the people in other places are still waiting."

Cheng Yaojin smiled mischievously, and muttered: "The cow ran to death by itself, and I didn't kill it."

Li Shimin gave Cheng Yaojin a hard look.Although Cheng Yaojin was muttering, his voice was not low at all, and he could hear it clearly.

"Your Majesty, I feel that it would be too time-consuming for the Ministry of Industry to make it and transport it to various places. The Zhenguan plow is not complicated and can be made by ordinary craftsmen. Why don't you enlarge the blueprint and send it to the counties so that they can make it themselves? "Lin Xuan suggested.

Fang Xuanling's eyes lit up, and he agreed: "Your Majesty, I think Uncle Jingyang County's method is very feasible."

Li Shimin nodded, and said, "Duan Aiqing first asked the Ministry of Industry to enlarge and print the drawings, and sent them to the counties for their own production!"

"Yes!"

"Okay, you all go to work." Li Shimin saw that the arrangements had been made, and let them go back.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

Li Shimin looked at the speaker, his head was getting big, and said, "Wei Aiqing, what's the matter?"

Li Shimin wondered in his heart, he hadn't done anything recently, so why is Wei Zheng, a big troll, coming out at this time.

It has to be said that Li Shimin's shadow has been blown out by Wei Zheng.

"Your Majesty, the Zhenguan plow has benefited the people all over the world, but your majesty did not reward the uncle of Jingyang County who offered the plow. It is really not the Ming Lord's doing." Wei Zheng said righteously.

Li Shimin's face darkened instantly when he heard this.

Seeing Li Shimin's face, Lin Xuan smiled secretly, telling you not to reward me, someone will punish you now.

"Decree: Bo Xianzhen of Jingyang County has made great achievements in Guanli, and he can be granted the title of Marquis of Jingyang." Li Shimin said with a dark face, and left with a flick of his sleeve.

"I'm waiting to send you to Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

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(End of this chapter)