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Chapter 196 Li Min's Bad Water

(Thanks songxyym, but, goodbye Ideal, pangliang, Lilizhizhi's monthly ticket, zzxx12, goodbye Ideal reward)

"Okay, since this is your decision, I will let Zhu Youzhi adjust the school for you, but don't complain about hardship and fatigue in front of me in the future." Li Yan said.

Li Hui said excitedly: "Liulang, don't worry, I will stick to it even if I lose a layer of skin." As he spoke, a piece of paper fell off Li Hui's cuff.

Li Hui was about to pick it up, but Li Yan took the lead and picked up the note. He opened it and looked at it. It was as he thought. Li Hui had been planning for a long time and had all drafted it. What he said just now was just a short paragraph. If Li Yan did not agree, he would probably continue to perform and recite it.

"Yes, there are improvements now!" Li Yan returned the note to Li Hui. When he stood up, he suddenly felt a little sore in his waist and couldn't help but rub it with his hands.

Li Hui took the speech awkwardly. Seeing Li Yan rubbing his waist and frowning slightly, he said, "Liulang, be more at night, don't be too tired!"

"Get out!" Li Yan kicked out.

Li Hui was so busy that he chuckled and bowed to Li Yan, and disappeared from the palace. Now for him, time is life, and he wished he could spend every minute and second on his study, so he would not chat with Li Yan.

Li Yan stretched out and thought to himself that it was not so strange that the ancient emperor died so early, but the peony flowers died under them, and being a ghost was also romantic.

"Jin Daqian!" Li Yan shouted.

Jin Daqian, who was commanding the servants to clean up, immediately appeared in front of Li Yan. Li Yan said a few words with his ears. Jin Daqian couldn't help but show a lewd smile when he heard this. At noon, a few things suddenly appeared in the ingredients purchased by the royal palace.

After returning from Songzhou, Li Yan did not intend to be busy with government affairs. This government affairs must be busy, and life must be enjoyed. The combination of work and rest is the perfect life. So in the past two days, Li Yan either accompanied Cui Yingying in the palace or stayed with Su Moer. He enjoyed all the blessings of the whole world...

"Your Highness, Mr. Wang is asking for a meeting!" On that day, Li Yan was playing Go-ji with Cui Yingying, and Jin Daqian came to report. At this time, Li Yan remembered him. He was just resting and threw Wang Gui completely outside his forehead.

Li Yan hurried to the front hall. At this time, Wang Gui was having a great time chatting with Shangguan Yi. In the past few days, he had transferred Yizhou all over the place with Shangguan Yi, which greatly improved his understanding of Yizhou. The prosperity of Yizhou gradually became more and more powerful than Chang'an, and the scene of the people living and working in peace and contentment here made him feel more touched.

"Mr. Wang!" Li Yan entered the main hall and bowed.

Wang Gui replied respectfully and called out, "Your Highness!"

|"The King of the King has been used to living in Yizhou these days." Li Yan said.

Wang Gui stroked his white beard and smiled, "Thank you for your hospitality. I am very satisfied. In the past, most literati in Chang'an had prejudice against Yizhou. Wang Gui saw him personally in the past few days and thought it was absurd. Yizhou seemed to be even more popular than Chang'an. Passenger ships traveled like a stream, the market was prosperous, and the people lived and worked in peace. After I returned to Chang'an, I must correct this idea among the literati."

Li Yan smiled and said, "Then I would like to thank Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang can go back and say that I welcome scholars to visit Yizhou." Ancient literati and poets liked to travel around, such as Li Bai, Du Fu and others who have visited Shu, which can attract some famous people to Yizhou and also benefit the cultural diversity of Yizhou.

"Your Highness, don't be polite." Wang Gui was still influential among the literary people, and then hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, the old minister has another unhappy request, and I hope your highness can fulfill it."

Li Yan said: "Please speak with Mr. Wang!"

Wang Gui felt a little embarrassed. He said, "I believe that your highness also knows that the old minister comes from the Wang family in Shanxi. Although he is not a direct descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan, he has an indescribable relationship with the Wang family. Two days ago, I met a son of the Wang family on the street, and I also knew this person. After talking, he understood the purpose of my return to Yizhou, so he begged me for something, but this incident made the old minister a little embarrassed. After all, this is the matter on the fief of Your Highness."

"Mr. Wang said it's okay. Those who can help will definitely help." Wang Gui spared a lot but still didn't say his purpose. These literati were indeed extremely sour. Li Yan sighed inwardly.

Wang Gui frowned and said, "Actually, it's the salt industry in Yizhou. Does Your Highness Wang Tao know this?"

Li Yan recalled for a moment and remembered, "Aren't he the one who opened a salt mine outside the city?"

"It was him. Speaking of which, the old minister and he were also relatives, and we had received his favors. We had a good relationship. He wanted to sell salt to the Chamber of Commerce of the Tang Dynasty, but he was afraid that his highness would not see him, so he asked me to tell me about this." Wang Gui said slowly.

Li Yan nodded and understood that since the target of the Chamber of Commerce of Shengtang was on the salt industry, these old salt merchants' sense of crisis has increased greatly. One thousand salt wells bloomed everywhere in Shu. Large-scale production of well salt will seriously hit their production. And by calculation, the profits they obtained showed that Li Yan's operating model would have greater profits, so they wanted to follow the path to join the well salt industry of Shengtang. However, Li Yan happened to go to Songzhou this month, and Tong Nian did not dare to make decisions without authorization and dragged them all. Later, Li Yan deliberately made things difficult for them, and they were all in panic.

In fact, Li Yan hoped that these salt merchants would sell all the salt to the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce, so that he would completely monopolize the salt industry. Wang Tao was the first to deliver it to the door. If he accepted him, he would also shake other merchants. This is a mutual benefit and win-win situation, and he could also sell personal favors to Wang Gui. In the future, in front of Li Shimin, he would not give him a few good words. This transaction is worth it, so he said: "Mr. Wang, what is a careless invitation? This matter is very simple. Just say it directly. No problem. Just ask Wang Tao to report to the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce."

Wang Gui's heart fell to the ground, and his affection for Li Yan increased a little further, saying, "Then I would like to thank Your Highness for this matter. In addition, the old minister should return to Chang'an. Although Yizhou is good, he cannot live forever. Otherwise, Your Majesty will blame him. If you have the chance in the future, the old minister will definitely come to Yizhou to drink and talk to Your Highness."

In the past few days, Taoyuan has prepared the armor for Li Shimin, totaling 3,500 sets. Li Yan also gave him an additional 3,000 horizontal knives. This kind of plate armor is OK to deal with cold weapons, but it is useless in the face of firearms, and Li Yan doesn't care about sending some out.

In addition to these armors, there were also Murong and his son. Li Yan learned from Wang Gui how Li Shimin handled Tuyuhun and agreed with this method. However, Li Yan also had his own little thoughts. Before Murong and his son entered Chang'an, he had a business to talk to Murong and his son.

Murong Shun returned to Tuyuhun to compete for the throne with the king, and fighting for the throne requires a large amount of troops, and recruiting soldiers and horses requires money and grain. Although Li Shimin could lend Murong Shun some troops, he would not lend him money and grain. Therefore, Li Yan had an idea on this link, and he wanted to use money and grain to buy Tuyuhun's slaves.

Slavery existed in the Tang Dynasty, and slavery was even more prevalent in the tribes of Tubo and Tuyuhun. Most of these slaves came from defeated tribes, especially Tubo. In foreign wars, slave soldiers were placed at the forefront. The real Tubo soldiers were very despicable and shameless at the end.

However, Li Yan did not intend to give him money and food, but was preparing to cheat Murong Shun seriously.

PS: Today, my classmate got married, got drunk and had a lot of trouble. I wanted to make a comeback, but the only manuscripts I saved were compensated, and I cried to death, hey...
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