Chapter 111: The Prince's Arrows, the Great Damage to Dry Salt

Dark clouds filled the sky, lightning and thunder, and the scene was very loud. Then the strong wind started to whimper, and the raindrops like broad beans fell to the ground. It was always a good thing to rain. Now from Henan to Guanzhong, even if it rained for ten days and ten nights, no one would say that there was too much rain.

However...

In less than five minutes, the broad beans turned into millet beads. In less than five minutes, the millet beads turned into sesame seeds. After another five minutes, nothing was gone. After another five minutes, the clouds appeared and the sun showed that unlovely blushing face.

In fact, it has rained since summer, but it has been like this every time.

This reminded Li Wei of a very bad word, premature ejaculation...

"Let's go," Li Wei said to Bier. He led his group out of the East Palace and walked up to the Tianjin Bridge. Although it rained, no one was happy. Well, the drought is now like a resentful woman who has been incarcerated for 30 years. Viagra definitely doesn't love her, and Brother Xue will not be satisfied. However, the ground was a little wet, and there was thin water accumulation in some low-lying areas. It was better to have rain than not. The sky was getting closer to dusk, and I saw Di Renjie standing on the Tianjin Bridge, waiting for me.

This is also a helpless thing. When he served as the Minister of Dali Temple, he always had to be on duty. It was inconvenient to visit the prince at night. Although Luoyang was not as big as Chang'an, a Luoshui and the Yicheng Canal isolated the palace, making it even less difficult to meet. He had to leave a reply to the East Palace before he was on duty in the morning and asked the prince to discuss something when he was on duty.

If you don’t like disturbing the people, you’re just an ordinary car driver. Li Wei asked the eunuch to lead Di Renjie’s horse and said, “Di Qing, get in the car.”

Di Renjie hesitated for a moment, and finally got on the carriage. Li Wei said again: "Go to Di's Mansion."

It was a bit far away, but Li Wei didn't care. He was about to discuss with Di Renjie for many things, and the carriage began to drive. Li Wei said, "Di Qing, how about it in Dali Temple?"

"Haha," Di Renjie smiled heartily. This was his best job and said, "It's okay." Of course, Li Wei didn't know about Di Renjie's deeds in some types of myths in Dali Temple, otherwise he would also be shocked.

"Di Qing, let you guess correctly. My father and mother finally surrender to the two orphans."

"Oh, this is inevitable," Di Renjie sighed. The emperor and the queen are good to the people, of course there is a sequence of good things. Compared with their positions, even if thousands of people starve to death, they must keep their position safe. So at the beginning, they focused on bamboo paper. When the righteousness comes, the people will also care. Don't say it's not bad, it's already good for the emperor to do this. Since all the bamboo paper is regarded as a life-saving straw, even if that idea is inappropriate, it is also inevitable to put it on the agenda. Some solutions are better than none.

"Di Qing, but it's not impossible," Li Wei said the passage, not so direct, and used the method of covering the ears and stealing the bell. In this way, even if there is criticism, it will be much smaller. The main method is what he thought of, and he was a little satisfied.

But after hearing this, Di Renjie immediately shook his head and said, "Your Highness, you shouldn't interfere."

"Why, my mother is right? If you don't solve it for a day, some people will die."

"Your Highness, you are kind-hearted, but have you ever thought about it? Your wisdom is really stronger than Your Majesty, the Queen, or the two husbands?"

Li Wei was ashamed, don’t think it was bamboo paper and salt. The life of the past and next two lives was more than a thousand different. If he had enough luck, if anyone came from his era, as long as he was a normal adult, he would always have some knowledge that had not been in this era and very advanced knowledge. Even if he didn’t remember it very clearly, he would have countless financial and manpower for him to mobilize it. Then, like bamboo paper, repeated debugging, and new things will come out!

This is not his real ability, including those poems. His real ability, not to mention his great parents, Hao Chujun is not as good as even the good man Yan Liben, he will not.

Di Renjie said: "When talking about official evaluation, Xianggong Hao is considered good, and the folk praise is very good. Otherwise, he would not have proposed it. But why can't he think of a truly safe solution?"

"Why?"

"It's related to the merchants, and he is afraid that others will blame him in the future. Therefore, he said half of it and left half of it, and left this half to His Majesty and the Queen."

"You mean that Hao Chujun can't bear the infatuation. In fact, he had already had a lot of conspiracy in his heart, so he asked his father and mother to make a decision. But the father and mother were not easy to say it. So he asked the Lord to face the saint and let the Ork tell it out. In the future, the people would talk about this matter, and the Ork would become a shackle?"

"That's right. Not only that, once the banquet begins, your Majesty and the Queen will definitely not come forward, but will leave it to you and your two ministers to do it. Your Majesty is now famous, and the two ministers are enough to make the merchants believe it. Your Majesty and the Queen can stay out of the matter."

"It's extreme," he turned out that he had let his parents be a monkey and was very disappointed. He said self-deprecatingly: "There are countless people who can live, and they are terrible. No one is willing to speak, so he speaks alone and then speaks. At worst, the reputation is stained, after all, life is at stake."

"Your Highness, don't be depressed. This matter is not entirely harmful to You," Di Renjie comforted: "Although your reputation will be tainted, your Highness is to save the people. This is also a great thing and may not be tainted much. Besides, this time you automatically enter the net of Your Majesty and the Queen. Your Majesty and the Queen think that Your Highness can still control it, but you will be secretly happy in your heart."

Li Wei was amused and crying after hearing Di Renjie say this.

"And if you automatically get in, they are accused of setting up an ambush and a little guilty towards you, plus bamboo paper. This kind of shame and guilt will inevitably be very strong. At least during this period, Your Highness can ensure safety. Your Highness's reputation is just the past, and things will disappear after the matter is over. How can you survive this century of waiting..."

Li Wei was shocked and said seriously: "That's right."

He should not think about it now, first of all, he should survive. Don’t think that it is easy to survive. For his identity, it is more difficult than those fleeing thieves!

Thinking of this, he asked, "Di Qing, you are so urgent, please give me a reply, what's the matter with finding an orphan?"

"Salt dry."

"Di Qing, it's okay to dry salt, you don't have to worry."

"I know that salt can be used, but this is what makes me worry."

"I will not show up."

"I am not referring to this. Your Highness, can you dry salt as long as it is on the beach and the terrain is right?"

Li Wei didn't know much about this, but he remembered the salt drying in later generations. There were large salt fields on all coasts of the Liaodong Peninsula to the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "It should be like this."

"In fact, the salt price in China is slightly higher, but there is no big lack of salt. The ones that lack salt are not our Tang Dynasty, but the Khitan, Turks, Xi tribes, and the bones and bones that are far away, and there are also various foreign countries and major tribes such as the Marine in Liaodong."

"yes."

"If the salt price is very low, you can exchange it with them for a large number of war horses and livestock, which will be beneficial to our Tang Dynasty. Also, if the people eat cheaper salt, the court can also appropriately impose taxes."

"Yes." Li Wei hasn't thought about some of the benefits, but he doesn't understand why there are so many benefits, and he is still worried.

Di Renjie changed the subject and asked, "Who did Liang Jinzhu you chose, and what else did Lu?"

"Lu horse, a horse dealer."

"They should be coming to Dongdu soon?"

"Calculate the time, I'm afraid it's possible to arrive in Dongdu in just two or three days."

"Luckily, I thought it out at home yesterday, and it's still time."

"Di Qing, you mean..."

"The northernmost territory of the Tang Dynasty reached Xiaohai, which is an unprecedented territory. However, you know that in fact, the imperial court is just a slutty grassland in the northern desert and cannot be completely controlled. The nomadic peoples surrender and rebel. The only ones that belong to the imperial court are the coastal areas. The East China Sea (including the Yellow Sea) and the rising sea (South China Sea) will not have much crisis. But the Bohai Sea is just a thin link. The technology of salt drying is very simple. Your Highness, can you guarantee that it will not spread?"

Li Wei shook his head blankly. It was not like a milk candy workshop, which was placed in the workshop and could not be seen by outsiders. That's it, Li Wei even doubted how long this technology could last.

"That's it. The technology is so simple, and the nomadic peoples in the north are very short of salt, so they must have coveted the seaside boundaries. They are usually afraid that our Tang Dynasty will be powerful and helpless. However, our Tang Dynasty was recently defeated last year, with financial difficulties in the country and displaced people. What actions would they do? Or can our Tang Dynasty launch a few more powerful wars to defeat them?"

Li Wei has been in the Tang Dynasty for so long, and he has not known nothing like before.

Why are there so many ministers opposing the border? It is not that easy. A war requires a large number of soldiers, and logistics supply is also an astonishing number. For example, in history, some people said that the Tang Dynasty had lost 100,000 soldiers in the Battle of Dafeichuan, and some people said that there were only 50,000 soldiers. Both of these statements are correct. The additional 50,000 people are the civilians who provide logistics. The number of logistics supply one to one can be imagined how much materials are needed!

After studying it, Li Wei discovered many helpless things. The Tang Dynasty had a farming lifestyle and the people were rich. This was a good thing. However, there was a place to live, and once the nomadic people invaded, there would be a chance to win. However, the Tang Dynasty fought with them, and before the army arrived, the people drove cattle and sheep, put the tent on the trolley and left.

This is not counted, because of the great horse of heaven, many Confucian scholars, the goal of the war is to make these barbarians surrender. If they are defeated, they will be immediately released, the generals will be returned, the livestock will be returned, the people will be returned, the soldiers will be returned, and even rewarded and granted officials. If they kill like Xue Rengui, they will know that they will make these barbarians frightened, but they will be defeated, so they will desperately advise and impeach.

In fact, sometimes Li Wei thought about it and felt very depressed.

"Di Qing, then you say..."

"I don't know about salt drying. I just heard what Your Highness said, time will be effective soon, and the area you choose is on the beach and the land is easy to find. This matter is also recommended to the court to collect taxes, which will inevitably be a sensation. Those tribes in the north will also hear about it. At this time, they salivate the salt from the sea and start a war. What will happen to the court?"
Chapter completed!