Things that only existed in the Ming Dynasty, I don't know if they existed in the Tang Dynasty, and it is inappropriate to rashly report them to the imperial court, so it is better to wait until the things are brought back.

Feng Ang originally planned to take his two sons to graduate with the first batch of students in Chang'an, but the movements of the wingmen made him have to go back to lead the troops to beware, and it was even possible to quell the chaos.

The two sons still stayed in Chang'an, and he was the only one who went back.

When he came from Lingnan, he also brought a lot of things, most of which were given to the emperor as tribute, and the rest were exchanged for materials that Lingnan lacked, the most important of which were several carts of books.

After meeting the emperor, Feng Ang came to the East Palace.

"The production method of high-grade wine, in fact, can tell you directly, you can use it for your own use, as long as you don't use it for profit, you still don't care."

"Hahaha, then the old man thanks His Highness for his kindness."

The two of them talked, passed the Mingde Hall, and came to the Chongjiao Hall.

The Chongjiao Hall is now the dining room of the East Palace and also serves as a venue for banquets. The decoration of the entire Chongjiao Hall is very simple, but the internal utensils are extraordinarily exquisite. After washing hands and changing clothes with Li Chengqian, and seeing those white tablecloths, Feng Ang knew that the prince had put a lot of thought into this send-off banquet.

Already waiting at the table are Li Tai and Li Ke, as well as Si Nong Temple Qing Yu Yue.

Seeing Feng Ang coming, Li Tai and Li Ke got up and bowed their hands casually. Yu Yue saluted seriously, he still didn't understand Geng Guogong's send-off banquet, why the prince called him.

After the host and guest were seated, Li Chengqian picked up a glass of wine and said, "Gong Feng is about to travel away, so Gu has prepared today's banquet for practice." Gu is still young, and he can't drink too much wine, so he can only use wine to toast Feng Gong. ”

Feng Ang laughed, picked up his wine glass, and drank it after saluting. During the time he lived in Chang'an, he was also accustomed to a high degree of alcohol, and although he still had a headache after waking up drunk, he was not so drunk that he yelled and screamed.

After drinking a glass of wine, Li Taicai asked anxiously: "Brother Huang, I'm here to eat steak today, don't say so many polite words, hurry up and serve the food!" ”

Li Chengqian and Feng Ang glanced at each other, and then laughed.

Clapping his hands, a eunuch immediately brought a plate of prepared steaks.

Cows, in the families of the Tang Dynasty, were as important as their fathers and mothers, and like people, ploughing cattle even had their own books. In this case, don't talk about beef, killing cattle is a crime.

However, Donggong has its own caravans, which have always traveled back and forth between the grassland and Chang'an, exchanging spirits with the grassland people for cattle and sheep. Therefore, there is no shortage of beef to eat in the East Palace. The lame and blind cattle could not be used to cultivate the land at all, and the caravans took great pains to bring them back and sell them as beef cattle.

Looking at the huge piece of beef on the plate, everyone couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. Everyone knows that beef is delicious, but there are still a few who dare to eat it.

There is no knife and fork, just a knife and chopsticks. The tools of eating are to save trouble, and blind imitation in order to pursue a sense of ritual is just putting the cart before the horse.

After eating a piece of beef, Feng Ang chewed for a while before he breathed a sigh of relief, and Yu Yue even groaned.

It's just a piece of beef, as for it!

Li Tai and Li Ke are much quieter, although they eat very well, but they are not like Feng Ang and Yu Yue.

After a large piece of steak was swallowed, Li Chengqian took a sip of wine and began to say his thoughts.

"Gong Feng, in fact, I invited you to a banquet today, in addition to seeing you off, there are some things to discuss with you."

Putting down the knife and chopsticks, Feng Ang said with a straight face: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may wish to come and listen, if you can do it, the old man will try his best." ”

took out his plan and sent it to Feng An, and after Feng Ang read it, he was silent for a long time.

"Your Highness wants to open a shipyard in Lingnan? It's just that the road between Lingnan and the Central Plains is impassable, and the transportation of materials will be very difficult. ”

"It's okay, I'm going to hire some merchant ships and transport them by sea first."

Feng Ang nodded, although this was the imperial court's hand reaching out to Lingnan, but he could only accept it. Moreover, Lingnan has very good seaport conditions, and it has always been only used as a mooring place, and it is really unreasonable to not go to the sea by itself.

Then looking down, when he saw the second thing, Feng Ang couldn't help but exclaim: "Three crops of rice? Can you clock three seasons a year? Champa rice? Drought-resistant and high-yielding, does Linyi have this kind of thing? ”

Hearing the name of the rice, Yu Yue, who was still immersed in the delicious taste of beef, also widened his eyes and asked in surprise: "Your Highness, is there really such a thing?" If there is, we must get our Datang back! ”

"There should be, three crops of rice can be planted in the place of origin for three seasons, but not necessarily in our Datang, even in the Lingnan region, it is estimated that only two crops can be planted. But even if it's two seasons, the yield is much higher. There is also Champa rice, which is definitely suitable for cultivation in the north. ”

Hearing the prince's words, Yu Yue's eyes immediately turned red, looked at Feng Ang and said, "Gong Feng, even if it is possible, we have to get this thing to Datang!" As long as planting is promoted, I don't know how many people will be able to eat because of this, which is a great merit! ”

Feng Ang arched his hand and said: "Yu Siqing, rest assured, the old man personally led the team to look there, and he will definitely be able to find it!" Whoever dares to stop him along the way, the old man will destroy him! ”

Li Chengqian looked at Yu Yue and said, "I called Yu Siqing over today, in fact, because of this. On the cultivation of good seeds, or the master of Sinong Temple, if this seed is really like the record that the lonely sees, then I hope that the Sinong Temple will show its talents! But until then, let's keep it a secret, after all, once it's an empty joy, it's much better for us to be hurt than everyone else. ”

Yu Yue is also an official who has been mixed up for a long time, how can he not know these things.

Meimei took another bite of meat steak, and Yu Yuecai said: "Sinong Temple is not short of breeding masters, since His Royal Highness is willing to believe in the existence of this thing, then the lower official will send someone to follow Feng Gong south." If it is empty, His Highness will give him more money to compensate him at that time. ”

Li Chengqian naturally agreed, as long as it can be settled with money, it will not matter, and if the money is uneven, it will be troublesome. It is much better to say it directly like Yu Yue than to play scheming behind the scenes.

"His Royal Highness King Wei, I heard that you are making a cocoon car, I don't know how it is going?"

Thinking about the columbus that could no longer fit in the warehouse of the College of Engineering, Li Tai sighed and said, "Although there are records that can be traced, how easy it is to completely restore and even improve them." This king is working hard, but it is estimated that it will not take long to make it, and Sinong Temple may wish to slow down the promotion of Quyuan plow. ”

"It's so easy to say, I have seen the magic of the Quyuan plow, and the people are now looking forward to it. You also know that our Datang is short of cattle, and even if the Quyuan plough does not use oxen, it can be cultivated with a donkey, and I don't know how much effort is saved. ”

"But the new car made by this king is.... To be based on the Quyuan plow, since Sinong Temple is in a hurry to promote, it is better to let the king make a change to the basic Quyuan plow, so that when the car parts are installed in the future, it can save trouble. ”

"That's great!"

The vice of chatting and eating while is contrary to the words of the sage, but after one or two habits do this, just like the spread of the virus, at least now at the wine table of Datang, everyone has become accustomed to chatting while eating.

Unconsciously, Yu Yue found that his plate was empty, and the taste of the steak was superb, but he ate it all before he knew it, what a waste!

But before he could finish his sigh, a palace maid sent another piece, and as for Feng An, the three pieces were stacked on the plate.

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva and looking at the tempting steak in front of him, Yu Yue couldn't bear to say anything like "packing".

There is no other dish, just a piece of steak, and it is great to add one or two cabbage leaves to relieve the greasy. It's very simple, but Feng Ang feels that he has received the greatest courtesy, so much so that the wine is dry. The person entered the East Palace vertically, but when he went out, he was carried out by others, and he was sobered up for two days before embarking on the return journey.

Feng An's departure did not cause much of a sensation in Chang'an. As the leader of Lingnan, Feng Ang is naturally the target of many people. After all, many of the people who failed in the struggle were sent to Lingnan and could not return to their hometowns for the rest of their lives. For the future, it is necessary to win over Feng An.

But in order to avoid suspicion, Feng Ang refused all invitations. Even the gifts received at the banquet were added to the New Year and returned as New Year's gifts.

He can accept the court's wooing, and even the crown prince's wooing, but the minister's absolutely can't accept it. Although he is in Lingnan, Feng Ang still has a thorough understanding of officialdom.

After Feng Ang left, Li Chengqian also began to let go of all the industries under the East Palace. The expansion of the academy is imminent, and from now on it will have to hoard money for the establishment of the fleet.

As a successful entrepreneur said, set a small goal, for example, save 500,000 yuan first!

"Brother Huang, what are you hoarding so much money for?"

Seeing the markings on the ledger, Li Tai almost jumped up. Since he ate steak that day, he used the excuse that he had lost his health when he was studying the cocoon and needed to make up for it, so every day after entering the palace at noon, he would come to the East Palace to eat and drink. It's rare to come to the study after eating like this.

Knowing Li Tai's thoughts, Li Chengqian sat down on the chair and said, "You don't care what your brother is going to do, what are you going to do this year?" The cocoon has been made, and the spring ploughing ceremony is the time for you to show your skills. ”

Li Tai scratched his head and said depressedly: "Actually, I also thought about it for a long time and didn't think about what to do, so I thought of coming over and asking you." My father said that I just need to enjoy the glory and wealth in peace, but I always want to do something. Brother Huang, you have a lot of ideas, hurry up and give your brother a trick. ”

Now Li Taicai is like a qualified scientific research worker, when the work is piled up, he will be irritable, and when he really has no work, he will be restless. It's a good thing to want to do things, and Li Chengqian doesn't care that the Li family has a figure like the originator of science.

"I really have something to leave to you, Qingque, I plan to build a bridge across Weishui in front of our academy, and the whole thing will be poured with cement, so as to truly be immortal for a hundred years. Nowadays, there are a lot of horse-drawn carriages going back and forth in the academy, always passing the wooden bridge one by one, how ugly. How to make it, what kind of production it will be, it's all up to you. You can go to Li Dahai to ask for the money and food you need for the money and food you need, and you can also go to the Ministry of Supervision and Works, how about it? ”

"Build a bridge? Cement bridge? ”

Li Tai took two steps back and forth, and immediately became interested in this matter.

"Okay, I'll do it for a while in the future. But Brother Royal...."

Li Tai hesitated for a moment before saying, "What are you going to do, if the East Palace is really short of money, why don't you hand over the bridge to me to pay for it?" ”

"It's not a big deal, do you remember what I said to Feng An? Donggong planned to set up a fleet in Lingnan and go to the sea to do business. Don't look at our shipbuilding industry in the Central Plains, it is remarkable in the world, but in the long voyage, I don't know how much it is missing.

Nowadays, the so-called sea trade is actually the local clan distribution of goods sent by big food merchants. Let's take the sea route ourselves, and more often we transfer goods from the south to the north along the coastline, doing the same thing. You don't know the bad master, but you should know the truth that things are expensive when you leave your hometown. ”

Li Tai nodded, he felt that jadeite was a good jewelry, when he first opened the mansion, he bought a lot of pain, but after contacting Feng An, he knew that in Lingnan, jadeite is not even comparable to the price of white jade.

"The gap between imports and exports is here, big food merchants dare to go by sea, send their things to our Datang, even if they sell them directly by the sea, they can make a lot of money, and then transport our things away and transport them back to big food, and they can make a lot of money. In this way, the big food merchants will always earn more than we do. If we also have the courage to go to the sea, we can always open up a maritime Silk Road. ”

Speaking of this, Li Tai was suddenly surprised, he found that he thought he was smart, but when he thought about things, he always didn't think so deeply.

"Brother Huang is right, we can't let Hu Ziguang earn our money, we also have to earn their money. Does your fleet need to be staked? I want to intervene too. ”

The front is still righteous and strict, but the back becomes obscene.

Getting rich with a brother? Bagatelle!

"Yes! You are the most fiefdom among our brothers, and you are also the richest, and with you joining, it will be easier to form a fleet. I heard that Li Ke's fief income was also handed over to him, count him as well, and let the three of us brothers form a fleet together! ”

Li Tai nodded, turned around and walked out of the East Palace, preparing to go to Li Ke to tell him the news.

In addition, he is also ready to pay for the construction of the bridge out of his own pocket, he still likes the academy very much, the construction of the bridge not only helps his brother save money, but also improves his prestige, he thinks it is a good thing.

As for the completion of the bridge, this bridge will simply be called "King Wei Bridge"!

The formation of the fleet does not require a day or two of preparation, and Li Chengqian, who is blind to maritime affairs, can only pin his hopes on Qiu Haiqing. There are some things that are most suitable to find a professional to do.

Walking to the door, he made a mark on the door frame with a dagger, and saw that he had grown a lot taller before Li Chengqian nodded.

"Your Highness, what are you doing here?"

Zhang Yun, who pushed the door in, held a stack of folds in his hand.

Seeing these twists and turns, Li Chengqian suddenly felt that his head was as big as a fight: "Why are there so many?" Although there is a backlog during the Chinese New Year, the lonely prince is an auxiliary government, and he judges one or two at most, why did they all move over in stacks? ”

Zhang Yun said helplessly: "These are all the twists and turns of the Criminal Department, and there is too much backlog, so that the Criminal Department can't deal with it together." That's all, the Criminal Department has already completed the preliminary screening, and the room really can't be handled, so it can only be diverted to you. ”

It's hard to imagine that there are so many of them here, and how many Fang Xuanling will have there. It's cool for a while on annual leave, but it's always cool after work!

I had no choice but to return to the desk and begin to study and judge.

The local officials of the Tang Dynasty were not as idle as the officials of the Qing Dynasty, and they would go to the next place to ask for an excerpt if they had nothing to do. As long as it is played, it must be something to say.

Just like these twists and turns in the Punishment Department today, each of them involves the death penalty.

It's just that....

Turning his head to look at Zhang Yun, Li Chengqian said in confusion: "Old Zhang, how many prisoners did our Datang execute last year?" Not counting bandits and thieves, only ordinary people. ”

Zhang Yun thought for a while before saying, "It's about forty, and the slave doesn't remember it very clearly." But why are you asking, Your Highness? ”

Pointing to the folds on the table, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Last year, it only added up to more than forty, but look at how many there are now?" There are more than fifty people here alone, not to mention the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department and Fang Xiang. What's going on? How is it possible that so many people involved in the death penalty can appear overnight? Look at this again, there are peasants in Fengzhou who curse the emperor on the side of the field, damn it, so he will be sentenced to death? What is the law of Datang? ”

Seeing that the prince had unfolded the fold, Zhang Yun hurriedly turned his head and asked him to move the fold, but the information in the fold would not be glanced at even if he was killed.

Close the folds, and then flip them again and again, sure enough, many of them are like this, why do the common people need to be sentenced to death when they speak ill of the emperor? I don't know how many people have said such things as "thief God", and I haven't seen God kill anyone!

This is wrong, although he hasn't turned many pages in Datang Law, he can guess that such a crime is too much to even flogging, how can it be involved in the death penalty?

"Pick up these folds, let's go to Zhongshu Province to meet the prime minister."

After instructing Zhang Yun to move the fold and look at the casual clothes on his body, Li Chengqian hurriedly returned to the bedroom and put on his formal suit. Since it is a formal visit, etiquette is indispensable.

When people arrived in the imperial city, they found that the six departments of the three provinces were busy, and the officials of the criminal department were all trotting all the way out to relieve them. As for the recital pushed out by Zhongshu Province, it can already be loaded with a small cart, and the recital incinerator is even more full of smoke.

This is not in line with common sense, and then there is a backlog during the Chinese New Year, can there be so many twists and turns?