Chapter 78: Send a Deputy Prime Minister
If this plow is really practical, it will benefit all the people. Those guys in the Political Affairs Hall will also have to praise you. This brat is also considered a whitewash.
Not only did it beautified, but this kid seemed to be praised and encouraged for his "selflessness, benefiting the country and the people".
His Majesty Li Er let out a long sigh and put down the report with a smile. These two inventions are enough. In His Majesty Li Er's opinion, the bamboo tube noodles pressing machine behind is simply a mess.
When he found work for me again, His Majesty Li Er couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw it. Last time he was rewarded with sugar, but this time he was going to distribute the "Tea Classic" to the officials in the tea producing area!
Well, make money for the royal family, I will listen to your arrangements again.
His Majesty Li Er pondered, picked up his pen and began to write an edict to the leaders of the Zhengshi Hall. He was not very clear about the teachings of tea in the Tang Dynasty, and he could only hand them over to the Zhengshi Hall for them to investigate, list them, and distribute the "Tea Classic".
The decree was not long, and His Majesty Li Er finished writing it quickly. He had finished using the seal and handed it over to the palace servant.
At this time, another palace servant entered the hall and sent a report from the capital, and the Crown Prince Li Chengqian was there.
His Majesty Li Er reached out to take it and opened it casually, thinking it was just a routine such as treating you and greetings. But after looking at it for a while, he couldn't help but frown and looked unhappy.
Li Chengqian first greeted his father, then talked about government affairs and asked his father to decide. Then he filed a lawsuit, saying that Xu Qilin and Feng Zhidai had a close relationship recently and had received a lot of money, which may be related to the method of making sugar.
If Xu Qilin had the money and leaked the sugar-making method to the Feng family, with the Feng family's power in Lingnan, the profits of the sugar will be fully borne. Li Chengqian expressed great concern about this.
Therefore, Li Chengqian suggested sending someone to investigate and establish a deputy chief in Dayingku to be responsible for daily supervision.
If he hadn't known Xu Qilin's development plan for a long time, His Majesty Li Er might have really suspected that Xu Qilin colluded with outsiders and harmed the public and private.
But now, His Majesty Li Er was displeased and disgusted with this random guessing false accusation. He picked up his pen and wrote a letter to scold him. You are the crown prince, so you don’t know what you should do. Is it your duty to do something fictitious?
After writing for a while in anger, His Majesty Li Er stopped writing again, thought for a while, and crumpled the paper into a ball.
Li Chengqian felt suspicious because he didn't know Xu Qilin's operations and plans, and listened to others' comments. This was understandable.
After all, Dayingku is the royal treasury, and Li Chengqian is definitely a royal family member, and there is no need to pay attention to it.
His Majesty Li Er thought about it and wrote the letter again. His tone was eased so that Li Chengqian would not have to worry. Xu Qilin would definitely not harm the public and private, and making a relationship with Feng Zhidai was also an established plan.
After explaining it, His Majesty Li Er felt that he should appease Li Chengqian again. He didn't understand the final analysis, but he was considerate.
Well, he was allowed to send an official from the East Palace as deputy chief of Dayingku. After writing, His Majesty Li Er emphasized that the deputy chief was only to cooperate and share Xu Qilin's work, not to supervise, nor to restrain him.
After dealing with this, His Majesty Li Er felt that nothing was wrong. As for Xu Qilin's side, he felt that he would not be dissatisfied, and even felt that he valued it.
Li Chengqian is the crown prince, crown prince, and the future emperor! Give Xu Qilin a chance to get close to him. Can Xu Qilin be unhappy and not perceive his intention?
A sound of footsteps came, and the New City Gong Ke carried a doll bag, ran in with a smile, shouting crisply: "Father, Father, eat beef noodles for lunch today!"
The laws of the Tang Dynasty stipulated that plowing oxes were not allowed to be slaughtered, but the powerful really couldn't eat them in one bite? Death from falling, hitting, fighting, or even dying from illness. You can't let the meat rot, you can't eat it before you can't waste it.
When the emperor wanted to eat, there were naturally some people who came up with various names to satisfy him. There were also elephant tail-stolen banquets, major banquets attended by foreign envoys ordered by the emperor, and beef dishes.
But that cannot be called beef, let alone a slaughtered ox, but a calf. Because there are no clear regulations on calves, it can be considered as playing the edge ball!
His Majesty Li Er smiled and hugged his little daughter, wiped the sweat beads from the young man holding his forehead with a silk trouser, and said, "Is it the prescription sent by Qi Lin again?"
Xincheng happily lit his little head, stretched out his little hand and gestured, "There is also a noodle press, a round tube, put the noodles in. Press hard here, and the noodles will come out from the bottom, which is so fun!"
"It's fun! Then I have to go and see it." His Majesty Li Er laughed, and was infected by the innocence and childishness of his beloved daughter.
Xincheng chuckled and said, "The noodles my father ate were made by me and my sister. Then you can try them, will they taste them? "
"It's delicious, it must be delicious." His Majesty Li Er touched his beloved daughter's face, and his eyes were filled with a crack.
Xincheng reached out and took out a small thing with a wooden stick from the doll bag, peeled off the oil paper on it, and sent it to his father's mouth, "Father, you eat it, the lollipops I brought from my uncle are so delicious."
His Majesty Li Er put it in his mouth and tasted it, nodded and said, "Well, it tastes good, it's good."
Xincheng smiled with a smile, greeted his father, and ran out to play again.
My uncle, my uncle's call, the two daughters can't change it! His Majesty Li Er fiddled with the lollipop and rolled his eyes helplessly.
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When His Majesty Li Er's decree arrived in Chang'an and sent it to Dayingku, Xu Qilin had already sent away the officials who had gone to Luoyang to establish a branch and was leading Li Wuzhong to visit the workshop.
Li Wuzhong was extremely curious about wool textiles, sugar production, and even inconspicuous machinery.
How can thick and dirty wool be woven into thick and beautiful fabric? How can dark brown syrup turn into snow-white sugar? And the rock sugar with only a small amount, in Li Wuzhong's eyes, it is like a magic trick.
"You Han people are so powerful. No wonder they lack food and clothing, and they all live well." Li Wuzhong sighed a little, probably thinking of the difficulties of nomadic life.
Xu Qilin laughed and corrected: "Don't call it that way, it feels very strange. You and I are both Tang people, you understand, Tang people."
Li Wuzhong blinked his eyes and nodded with a chuckle.
The estrangement between nations cannot be solved in just one sentence. Even if he was given the surname Li, he still thought he was a Turkic person in his heart!
Xu Qilin patted Li Wuzhong's arm and led him into the candy workshop.
A sweet smell filled the air, and the female workers were either boiling candy, ingredient, or cutting into pieces to package. The dazzling array of candies immediately attracted Li Wuzhong's attention.
"Eat?" Li Wuzhong stared wide, "Does various colors mean different flavors?"
Xu Qilin smiled and said, "Although it's not very accurate, it's almost the same." As he said that, he pointed to the orange-yellow fruit hard candies, "It should be orange-flavored, and the shape is also made of orange petals."
Li Wuzhong nodded and swallowed gently.
Xu Qilin laughed in his heart, led him to visit for a while, then took two boxes of candies that had been packaged and gave them to Li Wuzhong, and said, "Take it back and eat it. Now there are fewer such candies, and you can only buy them in Chang'an."
Li Wu was loyal and very greedy, so he didn't give in and hugged him happily in his arms.
Xu Qilin was right. Since the launch of various candies that are both beautiful and delicious, coupled with the title of "Officially supplied by Royal Princess", it has immediately become the favorite of children and ladies. Especially the supply of sugar-wrapped candies is in short supply and will be sold short when they are on the shelves.
Not only do you eat it yourself, but candy has gradually become a must-have for entertaining guests. When guests come to sit there, you will feel embarrassed not to put a plate on it.
Of course, due to the price, candy is still a luxury for the powerful and wealthy.
It is necessary to expand the output, and more than 200 servants from the Yeting Palace were transferred to enrich the weaving and sugar making workshops.
For these servants, working here is relatively relaxed, and eating, drinking and living are good. Until now, there have been no slaves who have been beaten to death or broken.
Of course they didn't know that Xu Qilin was working hard to get rid of their family. Although His Majesty Li Er had no choice but to do so because of his feudal thoughts.
But this is just a matter of time, and Xu Qilin believes in this. As long as Da Yingku creates results that satisfy His Majesty Li Er, more and more slaves will work here, and he will always realize the importance of work enthusiasm.
Not long after leaving the sugar-making workshop, a woman waiting on the side of the road put on her clothes and bowed, "Xu Cheng, I have something to report."
Xu Qilin nodded, raised his hand, and said, "Why don't you go to a certain office when you are waiting here?"
The woman hurriedly said, "I deserve to die. I just don't want others to know about the matter. Please forgive me." As she said that, a pair of beautiful eyes shone brightly and almost burst into tears.
Xu Qilin pondered for a moment and said, "Tell me, I'm listening!"
The woman's name is Zhou Qi. She was a slave after committing an official position. Because she knew the words and spoke appropriately, she quickly became a manager among female workers and also served at night school teachers. She was considered a good figure in the workshop.
Xu Qilin also attaches great importance to her. After all, there are too few women with talent and management skills, and he doesn't want to use eunuchs to manage female workers.
Zhou Qi knelt on the ground and begged for grief and resentment. Only then did Xu Qilin know the truth.
It turned out that Zhou Qi's family was unregistered and had a daughter at the beginning of this year.
After Zhou Qi was transferred to the Dayingku Workshop, she did a good job during this period and her treatment was different from other female workers. Thinking about her mother who was still in the wing and her baby girl, she thought to ask Xu Qilin to transfer them to the workshop so that the whole family could be together forever.
Xu Qilin frowned and felt that Zhou Qi was a little too much. This is a workshop, not a place to rest. What kind of work can you do with a baby who is a few months old?
If it is just pity, it is okay to do a good deed. But let others know that the impact is not very good. The Yeting Palace is not hell, so Shangguan Wan'er grew up there and became a talented woman!
Zhou Qi may also know that Xu Qilin would be angry. After saying the matter, he bowed deeply, held something with both hands, and added: "My mother is familiar with "Mozi", she is good at thinking and is good at mechanical skills, and may be used by Xu Cheng."
Mechanism?! Xu Qilin was the first to think of various traps in tomb robbery movies, but instead thought that in ancient times, it was called Mechanism, which was called mechanical manufacturing in later generations, was not just a harm to people.
This is interesting. Although you can make it yourself, you are just lazy. It is tiring to draw drawings, guide craftsmen, and explain principles.
I took the thing in Zhou Qi's hand and fiddled with it for a few times. A small box that seemed very delicate was not opened.
Xu Qilin's face cleared a little and asked, "As you said, it's true, I'll think of a solution; but if you're cheating, hum."
"I dare not." Zhou Qi kowtowed again and said tremblingly: "Thank you for your kindness, I will repay you as a cow and a horse."
"Well, let's wait a few days!" Xu Qilin waved his hand and turned around and walked away.
When he returned to the office, an official reported that His Majesty had an order to send someone to Dayingku to serve as deputy chief of the work of Xu Qilin.
The Eastern Palace sent someone?! Xu Qilin frowned at the time and felt intuition disgusted.
Sitting in the chair, Xu Qilin thought hard and wondered what was said. Is it because His Majesty Li Er suddenly had an idea or whether the Prince of the Eastern Palace Li Chengqian was going to cause trouble.
Speaking of which, although he has not broken up with Du He, Xu Qilin has been worried. Li Chengqian may not take it seriously, after all, he doesn't need to make money, but those guys under him have few good things.
I am not afraid of no good things, but I am afraid of no good people. Who knows if someone will fan the flames, strife and let Li Chengqian deal with him?
Of course, Xu Qilin was not afraid. Li Chengqian could do it, but he didn't dare to be too public. He mostly hid in the East Palace to do messy things.
You know, not only His Majesty Li Er stared at him, but the ministers in the court and the teachers sent by His Majesty Li Er did not allow him to be too presumptuous.
Li Chengqian came out to hunt, and Zhang Xuansu, Yu Zhining and others advised each other, one more positive and one more harsh.
The key is that His Majesty Li Er is used to being cowarded and thinks that his son should be like him, and there are upright ministers waiting to go up and slap in the face. Whoever gave more advice, Li Chengqian wanted to kill him, but His Majesty Li Er was rewarded constantly.
Thinking of this, Xu Qilin didn't care much about His Majesty Li Er's arrangements this time.
So what about the Eastern Palace Sect? When I come to Dayingku, I am my subordinate. I want to cooperate with me, not to let you go. I dare to make trouble for me, and I will deal with you with legitimate reasons.
His Majesty Li Er probably took care of Li Chengqian and expressed his reliance on himself. He is so young and capable, not only does His Majesty Li Er want to use it, but also will not treat him badly with the next successor emperor.
Humph, I have to use money-wrapped rakes for you two generations of emperors? Xu Qilin curled his lips and put this aside.
The soldiers come to block the enemy, and the water comes to cover the earth. I still don’t know who was sent, whether they really cooperate or come to monitor and make trouble. It’s useless to think too much.
Well, it’s time to get off work, and I agreed to invite Li Wuzhong to dinner!
Chapter completed!