Don't fix it, this kiln is useless. ”

Next to a large kiln in Zhuangzi, Wang Xiao felt the temperature with his hands, and knew that this kiln was definitely burned again.

As the most powerful large-scale industrial production equipment before the advent of the machine age, the fire kiln is the pinnacle of the whole world's technology.

When the Huaxia kiln fired all kinds of things, the Europeans didn't know what the kiln was.

It wasn't until the 13th century that the first kilns appeared there.

Wang Xiao, who had experience in kilns in most of the worlds, recruited a large number of laborers from several nearby villages after getting the manor and built a large kiln factory here.

There are many minerals such as clay in many places near Chang'an City, which has the conditions for firing kilns.

For the experienced Wang Xiao, even if there is no thermometer, he can simply splice his hands to feel the temperature, right?

He was going to burn cement, he was going to burn glass. These are all industrial products with great practical value.

To fire these things, temperature is extremely important.

The temperature is either high or low.

There is no thermometer these days, and Wang Xiao can't stay here every day and watch. Then it can only be firing kiln after kiln and training skilled workers.

"The proprietor."

The servants in the manor hurriedly ran over, "Zhuangzi has come up, and the guests have arrived." ”

Wang Xiao washed the ashes on his hands, "Who." ”

"I didn't tell my name, I just said that it was the owner's old friend. brought a lot of people in, and all the fierce gods were turning around in the Zhuangzi. ”

Wang Xiao had a rough idea in his heart, and beckoned the people in the kiln factory, "This kiln will be cleaned up when it is opened, and then the big guy will go to eat and rest." The next kiln will be discussed in the afternoon. ”

The crowd cheered.

Spring ploughing has not yet begun, and it is distressing to stay at home all day and eat food.

Now when you come to work here, you can not only receive grain, cloth and copper coins, but also eat three meals a day in the kiln factory. This kind of good work is really rushing.

Wang Xiao washed his hands, changed out of dirty clothes and returned to Zhuangzi.

Before entering Zhuangzi, I saw a large number of men in strong clothes wandering around. The people in Zhuangzi all hid, and they didn't dare to come out.

Walking into the courtyard, I saw Li Shimin, who had changed into a black suit, looking at the vat full of soy sauce.

"You're a man with some skills."

Li Shimin looked at Wang Xiao with his hands behind his back: "You said that the eldest grandson is going to do something, and the matter will be over before anyone arrives." That's right. How about you say you'd meet and see with me? ”

Wang Xiao bowed his hand, "It's unspeakably expensive." ”

"Hahaha~~~" Li Shimin waved his hand, "This doesn't count, anyone with a little eyesight can see it." Can you tell us about something big happening lately? ”

Wang Xiao pinched his fingers and calculated: "In the next few days, there will be a tengu eclipse day." ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately changed color.

A tengu eclipse is a solar eclipse, which is a phenomenon in which the moon moves between the earth and the sun and blocks the light.

For modern people, this is an astronomical sight. But for the ancients who didn't understand the reason at all, this was a proper omen. will cause a huge panic.

When this happens, we must take action to save the day. The main thing is for the Son of Heaven to confess his sins to heaven. Even the prime minister has to follow the unlucky kind.

Li Shimin had just come to a Xuanwumen Revolution and forced Li Yuan to abdicate.

If such a solar eclipse were to occur suddenly, it would definitely be a heavy blow to his prestige and legitimacy to ascend the throne.

Li Shimin's momentum changed: "What did you say?" ”

The guards around him quickly gathered around, and when they saw that the posture did not agree, they would be slashed indiscriminately.

Wang Xiao was unconscious, and bowed his hand, "The sky is out, and the world is shocked." The heavenly dog eats the sun, and the heavens send a warning, and someone must be responsible for it in order to let the heavens calm their anger. ”

Li Shimin's face was swollen with anger, and he was about to give the order to do it when he saw the posture.

"When the prime minister of the dynasty Pei is silent, he does not cultivate his writing, and he is not virtuous." Wang Xiao's words changed, and he put the black pot on Pei Lian's back, "The character is tyrannical, and the virtue is not worthy." This is a warning from heaven to him. ”

Li Shimin's face was very exciting, and he was speechless for a while.

Pei Lin is Li Yuan's person, and he supported Li Jiancheng before, and in his early years, he once framed Li Shimin's henchman Liu Wenjing.

The Pei family is powerful, and Li Shimin has just ascended the throne and adopted a strategy of tolerance before gaining a firm foothold.

Now Wang Xiao has given him a chance, a chance to use astronomical phenomena to force Pei Lin to abdicate, and even force him to die.

This kind of thing has to be planned in advance, and there is no point in waiting until after the eclipse to act.

Wang Xiao said a few days in advance, if Li Shimin's operation goes well, he can indeed get Pei Lian.

After being silent for a moment, Li Shimin turned around, "The grass people in the countryside also dare to talk about the government." ”

In terms of the rules and laws of this era, Wang Xiao's identity at this time will basically not end well when discussing this kind of thing.

However, his words entered Li Shimin's heart.

If this opportunity is real, then Li Shimin can operate smoothly and successfully take down this damn Pei Lian.

This bastard relied on the Pei family's momentum and fought against himself everywhere. I've wanted to him for a long time.

"It's time for dinner, get me some lamb from last time."

Wang Xiao rubbed his hands and cooked by himself.

During the meal, Wang Xiao made a whole sheep banquet for Li Shimin.

Fried lamb with green onions, cumin mutton, hand-grabbed mutton, braised lamb shank, mutton soup and meat buns.

Many merchants from the Western Regions and the Middle East transported large quantities of spices to the Tang Dynasty along the Silk Road and sea routes.

Among them is benzoin fennel, which is cumin.

These stir-fried dishes are filled with soy sauce and a lot of fat, which is very much to Li Shimin's appetite.

"It tastes good, I really want you to go to the Shang Food Bureau."

Li Shimin, who was full of food and drink, threw away the sheep bones in his hand, took the linen cloth and wiped his hands clean, "If what you said is not successful, I will send you to the frontier to cook for the soldiers." ”

Wang Xiao smiled and beckoned someone to go and fetch a jar of soy sauce, "Brother Li, a little gift is not a respect." ”

Li Shimin glanced at it, "It is said that you sell a pound of soy sauce in the city for thirty yuan, and there are more than ten catties in this jar, right?" Three or four hundred dollars, you are quite willing to pay the capital. ”

He was really angry.

Last time, Wang Xiao gave the eldest grandson Wuji ten jars of soy sauce, although the eldest grandson Wuji gave the nine altars to Li Shimin after changing hands, but it was indeed Wang Xiao who gave out the ten altars.

Now Wang Xiao has guessed his identity, but he only gave one altar. Look down on me?

"The eldest grandson's family is in the iron smelting business, maybe there will be some business intersection in the future."

Wang Xiao means that I may use the business of the eldest grandson's family in the future. As for you, if it weren't for your identity, don't even think about having a pound.

In the face of Wang Xiao's realism, Li Shimin, who had just eaten a meal, sneered and said, "You, the Zhuangzi, have to pay more than other people's rents." ”

The so-called rent is the allocation of 100 acres of land by the state. Then each ding has to pay two stone of grain per year.

There are many people in Chang'an City, and there is not enough land to divide, so those whose identities are industrial and commercial are generally halved, or even not given points at all. In the past, Wang Xiao only needed to pay the city tax.

But now that Wang Xiao has this manor of 2,000 acres of land, then he has to bear 20 rents, that is, 40 stone of grain every year.

Yong is hard labor, and he brings his own dry food for free every year to work for the court for twenty days.

Compared with the thirty days of the Han Dynasty, this regulation in the Tang Dynasty is very good, reducing at least one-third of the time spent working in vain.

Labor or something, it's unimaginable for modern people. Where can there be people who work for nothing and don't pay for it, but for the ancients, this is the fate that no one can escape.

If you want to disobey the conscription, you can also use money, food, cloth and silk in exchange for ransom.

Similarly, Wang Xiao is also a twenty-share of conscription here. If you want to be exempted from military service, it is also 20 portions of money, food, and cloth.

The final tune is to pay the silk silk.

The regulations are two zhang of silk, three taels of cotton or two zhang and five feet of cloth, and three catties of hemp. No matter how it is matched, it is enough to meet this share every year.

Of course, for the current Wang Xiao, these silk silks are also twenty copies.

During the famine years, these rents will be reduced or even completely exempted.

If you increase it, it won't increase, and the top ones are the top ceilings.

But the so-called ceiling is in front of Li Shimin, who has already sat on the throne, and it has become a boundary that can be broken at any time.

"Niu Er."

Wang Xiao raised his hand and beckoned the servants, "Take twenty jars of soy sauce and give them to Li Daguan to take back and enjoy." ”

Li Shimin snorted twice in satisfaction.

Wang Xiao's soy sauce is not expensive, but the problem is that he sells less.

Although more than 100 cylinders have been opened in Zhuangzi, it will take several months for these to come in handy.

Now Wang Xiao is selling the more than 20 cylinders that were arranged in the backyard of the Xishi liquor store before. Because the quantity is small, I have to use a lot of it, and naturally there will not be many people who can sell it.

The reason why it was sold was, of course, to sell soy sauce on a large scale in the future.

Sell two jars of twenty catties a day, first come, first served.

The small number attracts curiosity, but instead attracts many liquor shops and servants of large families to queue up to buy them.

That formation, it looks like a fight with the elderly musicians when they compete for free goods in the supermarket.

Next month, Wang Xiao will brew another batch of soy sauce, more than 100 cylinders.

After that, if nothing else, he brews more than one batch a month. It can almost meet the needs of Chang'an City and the surrounding areas.

After all, although Chang'an City is the largest city in the world at this time, the approximate spending power of rich families who are willing to spend money on soy sauce is so much.

Unconsciously, Wang Xiao has led the dietary changes of Datang.

All the large and small liquor stores in Chang'an City have been replaced with iron pot stir-frying.

Soy sauce and large amounts of soybean oil have become the standard of the new diet. Oily, colourful dishes are more popular than ever.

Stir-fried food entered the stove of Chang'an City hundreds of years in advance, and passed in all directions.

However, this change in diet is of little significance to Wang Xiao.

His task is to make Datang strong in advance, and the changes in diet can only be regarded as embellishments.

No matter what the era, if you want to be strong, you must first have enough people.

And if you want to feed more people, you need more food.

After Li Shimin left, Wang Xiao turned around and threw himself into the crucial spring ploughing. chaptererror();

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