Li Yuanying went to Xiangzhou for a stroll, and finally returned to Chang'an obediently.
Because Sizi and the others were there, it was impossible to walk too fast on the road. When Li Yuanying and his party returned to Chang'an, the weather began to turn cold. He handed Sizi and the others back to His Majesty Li Er, expressing that he fulfilled his mission and brought them back properly!
Although His Majesty Li Er would receive letters from them from time to time, he was still very dissatisfied with Li Yuanying who crossed the border to play in Xiangzhou, and gave Li Yuanying a scolding. Both sides are his preference, and he will not be happy no matter who is hurt.
Li Yuanying was scolded obediently, and when His Majesty Li Er had scolded enough, he asked His Majesty Li Er whether the mine in Taiyuan was big, and if it was big, could he be given some points.
His Majesty Li Er glanced at him and said, "Are you still thinking about iron mining?" Iron has been a controlled substance since ancient times. After all, iron can be used to make soldiers, weapons, and farm tools. Can't live without it! Therefore, iron ore can only be controlled by the imperial court, and no one is allowed to touch it privately.
Li Yuanying didn't have any idea about armored weapons, and the people around him could use whatever the court gave them, there was no need to be special. He and His Majesty Li Er expressed a rather extravagant idea: "I want to make a batch of pots, and I need to use a lot of iron!"
His Majesty Li Er asked: "What pot?"
Li Yuanying gestured to His Majesty Li Er, the kind that is round and concave in the middle. He told His Majesty Li Er about the usefulness of this kind of pot: "This pot is thinner than a copper pan. If you put it on the stove, it can be stewed and stewed without any problem. The most important thing is that it can also be fried! Put the hot oil into the pan, brush and stir-fry a few times, and the dish is ready, which is very convenient! The cooked dish is very fragrant, and the smell makes people move their index fingers."
If the opportunity hadn't happened, Li Yuanying wouldn't have thought about it, but since it happened, Li Yuanying wanted to try his luck to see if His Majesty Li Er would agree.
He saw this cooking method in "Qi Min Yao Shu", after reading it he was greedy, so he asked Liu Baolin to try it for him. It turned out that the copper pan was inconvenient to use. Liu Baolin tried several times before making it. Li Yuanying asked the system if there was anything more convenient for cooking, and quickly asked someone to make a pot to try.
This time when Li Yuanying came back, he ate all kinds of stir-fried dishes made by Liu Baolin, they were delicious!
But if you want to use iron to make pots, you can hit as many as you want, and if there are too many, he can't let him.
Li Yuanying was afraid that His Majesty Li Er would not believe it, so he vowed that His Majesty Li Er could ask the people in the dining room to try the pot, and he could ask Liu Baolin to send two people to give instructions on the spot!
His Majesty Li Er was aroused by Li Yuanying, and he really asked people to fetch the pot, leaving Li Yuanying to eat a freshly fried lunch. Afterwards, the pot that Li Yuanying asked someone to make carefully for Liu Baolin was detained by His Majesty Li Er in the dining room and confiscated!
Li Yuanying went back and complained to Liu Baolin: "I ordered someone to make it for my mother, but the emperor thought it was delicious and snatched it. It's too much!"
Liu Baolin said: "It's rare that His Majesty likes it. What's the point? Others can't give His Majesty something if they want to."
Li Yuanying felt that he was not the one who wanted to give something to His Majesty Li Er, and he didn't have to please His Majesty Li Er like that. Fortunately, His Majesty Li Er agreed to him. If the iron mine is really big, he can build a batch of pots for him, which will be used exclusively by Fengtai Building's branches!
Of course, this is not because His Majesty Li Er prefers Li Yuanying, his younger brother, but because Li Yuanying said that this is related to their grand plan.
You must know that there are few such iron pots for sale outside, and naturally not many people can do cooking, so this cooking business is the only one, and now they are secretly making some spare pots, and wait for him to check which places can be divided along the way on the way to the fief. No, when the time comes to open, we will do the cooking business together and earn some fresh money!
With money, roads can be repaired. The Fengtai Building along the way has a firm foothold, the business is booming, and there are places to eat and live. In this way, the road to Mount Tai will be smooth in a short time!
Under Li Yuanying's hard lobbying, His Majesty Li Er reluctantly let go. However, there are many people staring at the new iron mine, and it is not easy to operate in a black box. His Majesty Li Er said that he would ask someone to pick another iron mine to distribute some iron to him.
After the two brothers conspired to make a big pot, they both felt a kind of secret happiness, and it felt good to do things secretly!
As for whether the Dong Chuang incident would be sprayed by Wei Zheng and the others, His Majesty Li Er and Li Yuanying both felt that it was not the first time they were sprayed, so it was completely fine, they could handle it!
Because of the conspiracy, Li Yuanying didn't even say anything about Liu Baolin, but only told Dong Xiaoyi to find a group of trustworthy blacksmiths to learn and practice pot-making skills, and strive to make all the iron pots used in the semicolons along the way at one time.
After Li Yuanying arranged everything, he waited anxiously for His Majesty Li Er to order him to fief the land, but there was no movement from His Majesty Li Er.
Li Yuanying went to inquire with Wei Zheng, only to find out that Wei Zhengzheng and other civil servants were tearing up with His Majesty Li Er and a group of generals. The reason for the tearing up was simple: whether to fight Goryeo or not.
Li Yuanying was speechless: "It's been so long, and there's no result yet?" He remembered that before he went to Taiyuan to see his nephew, the court had been discussing this topic for a long time.
Some time ago he also received a letter from Silla, not from Dai Ting, but from Jin Shengman.
Jin Shengman said that after Dai Ting sent her back to Silla, he did not go back immediately, nor did he stay in Silla. Dai Ting went to Korea.
Jin Shengman didn't know what Dai Ting was doing, but Dai Ting would send people to come to her from time to time and ask her to send someone to meet her somewhere. I heard from the people below that Dai Ting seems to be doing business in Korea, and he often gets back ship after ship of goods, doing it with great enthusiasm.
But although the news never stopped, Jin Shengman never saw Dai Ting again. She was a little worried, so she wrote a letter to report to Li Yuanying, so that Li Yuanying had an idea.
Li Yuanying didn't know how Dai Ting was playing freely, but he was a little excited when he heard that there were ship after ship of goods. When Dai Ting went to Gaochang, he also returned with such a full load. If he used ships to load them, wouldn't he be able to bring back more treasures
Thinking that he was going to Tengzhou soon, Li Yuanying asked someone to write back a letter to Jin Shengman, asking Jin Shengman to tell Dai Ting that the things don't need to be shipped back to Chang'an, but directly to Tengzhou. Henan Road, where Tengzhou is located, and Silla are across the sea, and it is very convenient to transport things back across the sea!
At this time, the fighting in Silla had ceased, and the three parties were temporarily in a state of truce. It was not a big problem to send a letter, so they sent someone to Silla to rush to Silla to deliver the news early.
Li Yuanying heard Wei Zheng talk about the disadvantages of conquering Goryeo at this time, and was persuaded. He volunteered to persuade His Majesty Li Er, and under Wei Zheng's suspicious eyes, he went back to the palace and begged to see His Majesty Li Er.
His Majesty Li Er was sulking. He wanted to go to kill its prestige and exercise his muscles and bones in person. He didn't expect so many people to stop him from going!
Hearing that Li Yuanying was here, His Majesty Li Er felt that he must be talking about going to the fiefdom, so he was even more unhappy, but he still asked people to let Li Yuanying in.
Li Yuanying ran to sit down next to His Majesty Li Er, and said straight to the point: "Brother Emperor, are you still arguing about whether to fight Gao Li?"
His Majesty Li Er glanced at him and replied, "Yes."
Li Yuanying said: "According to me, they must be beaten! They simply don't take Datang seriously, so shameless, how can we not teach them a lesson!"
His Majesty Li Er snorted, "Wei Zheng didn't think so." Wei Zheng had seen Tian'er blocking him in the past few months, and he said that it was wrong to conquer Korea, and it was even more unwise to conquer Liaodong himself! He is only in his forties, so he will never be able to show his glory on the battlefield again
Li Yuanying said: "If you want me to say, this year's spring should be over, but right now it's not suitable."
His Majesty Li Er looked at him.
Li Yuanying said: "We're just starting now. It's already winter in Liaodong. Soldiers don't have to be cold? If you want soldiers not to be cold, you have to prepare thicker winter clothes for them. That's not a small amount. I don't know how much it will cost! And I heard from Lao Li that it is very convenient to defend the city in winter in the north. If you pour water on the city wall, the water will freeze, which not only makes the city wall a lot higher, but also slippery, making it difficult for people to climb Crawl. It takes a lot of effort to attack the city! So, it’s too bad to beat them in winter.”
It was the first time His Majesty Li Er had heard someone analyze him from this angle, and he found it quite reasonable!
Li Yuanying didn't know what to tell His Majesty Li Er, so he brought a pen and paper to His Majesty Li Er on the spot to calculate the various costs, how much it cost to thicken the clothes, how much it cost to eat and drink in winter, how much the palace city cost in winter, The final result is a very huge number!
His Majesty Li Er took a look and felt that if the people in the household department saw the budget, he would definitely be more determined to oppose the conquest of Goryeo.
His Majesty Li Er said: "It seems that you also feel that you can't fight anymore." He even circled around and said that he could fight, this kid is really capable!
Li Yuanying said: "I don't think we can fight in winter, it's better to fight in summer." He analyzed to His Majesty Li Er, "Think about it, when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, everyone doesn't need to wear winter clothes. How light it is to march. Let's go Going to Korea, it’s summer, the weather is so hot, maybe they even save clothes, they don’t want to wear them at all!”
His Majesty Li Er scolded: "No matter how bad it is, armor clothes must be equipped!" How can people go to the battlefield shirtless? He has been in the army for so many years, but he can't do such a thing as harsh treatment of soldiers.
Li Yuanying muttered: "That's all I said." He analyzed it to His Majesty Li Er, "Leaving in spring, meat and vegetables are cheap, and for the same money, the soldiers can eat better and be more energetic. It’s definitely more exciting to come here! So I think it’s better to fight in the spring of next year. Anyway, Koryo is such a small place, and the summer will definitely be over, and it’s just before winter, so you don’t need to thicken your winter clothes!”
His Majesty Li Er felt that although Li Yuanying's starting point was all about money, it was also of reference value. He nodded: "OK, I understand what you said."
Means you can go.