Chapter 85: News
Can a time-traveler really change history?
To be honest, Li Yuanjia is not sure.
If it was before he crossed by himself, he could definitely say yes, because looking at the plots in those novels and TV series, it seems that many things are so simple; But when he really crossed over himself, Li Yuanjia didn't dare to say such things.
The power of one person seems so small in this world.
Even his father, Li Yuan, was once the founding king of the Tang Dynasty, but in the end, wasn't he under house arrest in the harem by his own son, relying on women to anesthetize himself every day? And the elder brother Li Shimin, who has become the lord of the world, has not been in front of the emperor every day, and to this day he is still afraid that someone will say that his throne is not coming from the right way?
Li Yuanjia is just a prince who doesn't have much real power, and what he is most afraid of every day is that the emperor's brother is suspicious of him, how much can he do?
Just like now, if you want to sell paper, you have to take a long time to make up your mind.
Fortunately, in Luzhou, Li Yuanjia can still walk sideways after all, so whether it is to build a sewer or to requisition a piece of land behind the government office to build a paper workshop, including forcing Chen Lin to make thousands of catties of iron tools for themselves, maybe some people are not happy, and some people secretly scold, but without exception, no one dares to violate Li Yuanjia's order!
And in the eyes of Chen Lin and others, in fact, although Li Yuanjia is messing around, at least the sewer is built for the entire Luzhou city, and the people themselves have made a lot of money. Unlike some princes who began to build pavilions and pavilions for themselves when they arrived in the locality, and the money had to be paid by the local government and the common people......
"In other words, he's not too much of a fool?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
owed a debt, Li Jian replied respectfully: "Although the behavior of the king is a little incomprehensible, it is quite measured. This excavation of that...... In the sewers, Luzhou only gave out manpower and half of the money and food, and the rest was paid by King Yu himself. Moreover, the king also asked people to buy hundreds of dolphins, and slaughtered one for them to eat every two days, so that many people also wanted to dig a ditch. ”
"Huh? Hundreds of dolphins? ”
After listening to Li Huan's words, the emperor was stunned at first, and then couldn't help but laugh.
The Tang royal family generally does not eat pork, but as the emperor immediately, Li Shimin did not talk about pork during the war, even horse meat was not less imported, so he was really not very resistant to that thing. And after he heard that Li Yuanjia paid for the grain himself, and even bought hundreds of pigs to comfort those people, and also built this so-called sewer, on the one hand, he was quite relieved, and on the other hand, he was even more curious.
Is this sewer really that important?
With such a big battle as the construction of sewers in Luzhou, Li Shimin has cared so much about his younger brother in the past two years, so naturally he will not fail to ask. But from Li Huan's words, he believes that he can make the city beautiful and reduce the smell, but he can reduce mosquitoes and flies, and even reduce epidemics, Li Shimin is a little skeptical.
In fact, if it weren't for King Yu saying that it was recorded in the book, Li Shimin would even sneer at it directly!
How could it be!
And after seeing the stir-fried vegetables, thirteen spices, and Quyuan ploughs and other objects, he didn't dare to beat Shi Lang's whimsy to death with a stick at will, at least he was willing to see the effect in the future. So after smiling, Li Shimin seemed to ask casually: "By the way, Li Huan, last time King Yu asked for 3,000 catties of iron material from Luzhou, but what interesting things were played?" ”
After hearing the emperor's words, Li Huan's heart suddenly tightened.
He knew that the emperor was asking the king what interesting things he had created, such as an iron pot or something, but if you really thought so, and neglected it, it would be a big mistake! Thousands of catties of iron, if you build a sword, it is hundreds, if you build a spear head can even be thousands, it is definitely not a small number!
Therefore, after his face was solemn, Li Jian immediately replied: "Back to Your Majesty, all those iron materials were made into tools for digging ditches and ditches by King Yu, and a small part of them were detained by King Yu and then sent to his newly built paper workshop. ”
After listening to Li Huan's words, Li Shimin was stunned again: "Papermaking workshop? He built a new paper workshop? ”
He found that as long as he talked about Eleven Lang who was far away in Luzhou, the chance of him being stunned would be very high, and the same was true this time. And what made Li Shimin wonder this time was that Li Yuanjia originally asked Yu Wenshi and asked for two papermakers, and he knew that even the kid had been ordering people to improve papermaking in Luzhou, Li Shimin was also clear, but didn't he already have a workshop, why did he want to build another one?
"This ......"
After hesitating for a moment, Li Jian lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, we haven't heard the internal reason from King Yu with our own ears, but according to the people around the king...... This expansion of a paper-making workshop seems to be the king's desire to make paper on a large scale and then transport it to Chang'an......"
When he said this, Li Jian closed his mouth.
He didn't finish speaking, but he believed that the shrewd emperor must have understood what he meant.
Sure enough, as soon as his last sentence fell, Li Shimin's expression immediately became extraordinarily exciting: "Shipped to Chang'an?" Shipped to Chang'an...... Hehe, it seems that the hundreds of catties of thirteen incense sold last year failed to satisfy Eleven Lang, and he actually started the idea of making paper again! ”
If you just honor your parents and brother, or your future father-in-law, you can build another paper workshop?
Don't think about it, that kid must be going to sell it again!
After thinking about this, Li Shimin was really a little ridiculous for a while - you said that he is a dignified prince of the Tang Dynasty, there is no shortage of food or clothing, there are tens of thousands of acres of land alone, and there is the highest first-class Yulu in the Tang Dynasty every year, why do you like business so much?
Last time, thirteen incense sold tens of thousands, is it not enough?
Looking at the emperor's strange eyes and smiling expression, Li Huan's heart sank, and he suddenly lowered his head slightly-in his heart, he didn't seem to be too surprised. He knew that if other princes did this, maybe it would be thunder and rage, but it was the one from Luzhou who did this, and the emperor's expression and eyes were intriguing.
Sure enough, after a while, the emperor waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go down...... By the way, if King Yu's paper is sent to Chang'an, show it to me immediately. ”
Don't think about it, Li Shimin knows that that kid must be an old routine.
However, Li Shimin is also very curious about Li Yuanjia's special construction of a papermaking workshop, after all, he has no real skills, and if the paper made is ordinary, he must not dare to send it to Chang'an, right?
"Hehe, it's just a little farther away."
After Li Jian left, Li Shimin thought that Luzhou was thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and it would take a long time to come and go, and his eyes flashed subconsciously......