Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin's eyes widened, his face full of anger, but there was no blame at all.

He was just angry that Li Shen was dishonest and always wanted to hide it. He was also his father after all.

I have been protecting him all the time, if you don't take into account the protection fees collected.

"That... that... Aye, listen to me make it up for you, I mean."

Li Shen was a little confused. What he did was so hidden, how could his father still know about it?

Li Shen was not surprised to learn that he had occupied the iron mines on Liaodong Road to build workshops. He recruited many people for each workshop.

The local county magistrate and governor must report it.

Otherwise, if one day people sent down from above discover that the original mineral deposits are gone, they will not be able to bear the burden of questioning.

Li Shen himself had already thought about it. If the court asked for it, he would not give it to him. Anyway, he had a salt and iron license.

The eldest grandson family and the aristocratic family can occupy it, why can't I?

What he fears most is that his father loves to take advantage. If he finds an excuse to force himself, then he can only give his father some shares.

But neither the court nor Li Shimin had caused trouble to Li Shen for such a long time, which gave him the illusion that they didn't know.

He also secretly transported the steel to the farthest seaside city of Bisha and built a large warehouse there close to the sea.

Be ready to ship steel back to Datang at any time.

Beishacheng takes the sea route directly to Dengzhou, which is very close. From Dengzhou, you can take the water route to the Weishui Wharf in Chang'an.

Li Shen thought that he was doing it without anyone noticing, but he never thought that Li Shimin knew everything about what he did.

Li Shimin also knew that he had ordered people to go to Liaodong Road to mobilize steel not long ago.

He had known for a long time that there was Li Shimin's spy around him, but he was sure that there was no one close to him.

He did many things behind the backs of those around him. Wang Xuance and Wang Hongfu were both recruited by himself later.

He is loyal to himself and will not betray himself, and the information delivery network established by Wang Xuance is also composed of idle people from society.

Now he can't figure out what went wrong? Could it be that the Liaodong Road side has been under surveillance?

Just when Li Shen's thoughts were changing rapidly, Li Shimin looked at the bewildered Li Shen and said:

"I don't care what you are transporting steel for. I only have one thing. The Changsun family cannot fail."

"Don't worry, Aye, my son's transportation of steel this time is not for the eldest son's family. Zhao Guogong is already old, so I should respect him." Li Shen nodded and saluted.

"That's good. However, I am indeed a little curious. As far as I know, you hold a large amount of salt and iron in your hands.

Not to mention the amount of steel, your salt factory alone should be enough to feed the people of the Tang Dynasty for several years.

Why didn't you sell the license you got from me with great difficulty? "

Li Shimin asked later.

Li Shimin's greatest pleasure in these years is to see what his son is doing, which is as legendary as it is.

"This...this, of course there is a reason for this." Li Shen's mind was racing, trying to find a reasonable reason.

"Aye, the Tang Dynasty is currently stable, all forces have stabilized, and the eldest brother has just taken control of the government.

If I start selling salt and iron, it will definitely destabilize the domestic situation, which is not conducive to the stability of Datang. "

Li Shen finally thought of an excuse.

Li Shimin nodded happily after hearing this.

In fact, how did he know that Li Shen disliked making less money.

Nowadays, the cost of steel is limited, and most of it is in the hands of the Changsun family. 30% of the army’s equipment is handled by the Changsun family.

The remaining half is distributed by the major forces, and has no use among the people except for agricultural tools.

So the market is saturated.

Let’s talk about salt. Ten years ago, when Li Shen first traveled through time, he thought, like everyone else, that the salt in the Tang Dynasty was the same as what was said on TV. It was coarse salt, smelly, and even poisonous.

Even when he saw the fine salt in the palace, he thought it was because this was the palace and he could afford to eat fine salt.

But when he was about to show off his skills in making fine salt like the TV novel, he realized that he was wrong.

Salt technology has been greatly improved in the pre-Sui period. The five-step salt production method in the early Tang Dynasty was a major breakthrough.

Except that it is not as fine as fine salt and has slightly larger particles, the bitterness in its taste is negligible.

This also shattered Li Shen's dream of getting rich, because the price of salt was so low that Li Shen collapsed.

It's not as expensive as in TV novels, and most of them don't even have salt.

During the Zhenguan period, the price of salt was about 20 cents per bucket.

How long does it take to eat this measure of salt?

So Li Shen gave up this plan at first.

But since Li Shimin asked, of course he couldn't say that he was so philistine. He started the salt and iron business in the first place just to prepare for emergencies.

Beware of the aristocratic family using this as a threat. When the time comes, he will come up with a surprise and pretend to slap him in the face.

It's a pity that he has not been given this opportunity for so many years.

But depending on the situation, Li Shimin was quite satisfied with Li Shen's answer.

"Well, you did a good job this time. This country belongs to my Li family. I hope he can continue to pass it on.

Therefore, the stability of the country is the most important. As the son of the Li family, he must always maintain the status of the Li family. "

"Yes, I will follow Aye's teachings."

Li Shen nodded.

"Aye, it's getting late. Let them prepare meals. Today, Aye, just have dinner at home."

"Hey! Since Prince Ji invites you so kindly, of course I can't refuse, otherwise I won't give Prince Ji face.

I heard from the people that no one in Chang'an City dares not to give face to Prince Ji.

Whether there will be chaos in Chang'an or not, King Ji has the final say. "

Li Shimin looked at Li Shen with a smile, but Li Shen could see the whip and ruler in his smile.

Damn it, who is talking so nonsense in Chang'an City? Don't you want him to die?

"Aye, who is talking nonsense? After I find out, I will send him to Kunlun.

In Chang'an, my son has always been law-abiding and has never been competitive with others.

He also often advised those dandies to abide by the law and not to bully the people.

My son is one of the five good men in Chang'an City. "

Li Shen scolded the person who spread the rumor a hundred and eighty times in his heart. When he caught the person, he would tie up the place where the person peed with a rope and suffocate him to death.

In order to change the subject, Li Shen immediately opened the study room and shouted to the people outside:

"Come here, tell the kitchen to prepare a banquet. It needs to be of the highest standard, with twenty-eight dishes."

Li Shimin also told Wang De:

"Go and inform the queen and concubine that King Ji is hosting a banquet today, and we will eat here."

(A girl has really searched enough. The search results turned out to be content from other novels, and she was placed among the first accurate answers.

It’s really harmful and misleading. Luckily I took a look at the source.

The information about salt mentioned in the article took me a long time to find. It is said that the five-step method is still an intangible cultural heritage. I don’t know whether it is true or not.

Zhenguan salt was extremely cheap, weighing more than 10 kilograms per dou, and costing only 20 cents. During the Wu Dynasty, the price increased to 125 cents per dou. )