After Li Jiancheng listened to Li Yuan's words, he knew what his father wanted to say to him. So he conceived the information he knew in his mind, and then said to his father: "I don't know exactly why the child, but I vaguely heard rumors among the markets that those people in the Western Regions seem to have invented a new iron-making process, which can smelt iron ingots in the same time than the iron-making method we use now. And I have to admit that the iron ingots made in their way are indeed better than our traditional craftsmanship in terms of quality. So in the same amount of time, they produce far more iron ingots than we do, so if they really want to bid with our local merchants, then they are more than capable of bringing down the price of iron. The people of Li are always greedy for small gains, and they don't care who makes the money in their pockets, nor do they care what the people who make their money do with it. They are satisfied knowing that they are getting something of better quality for the same amount of money. That's why the various iron tools made by the Western Regions Iron have become the propaganda words in the mouths of those traders, and..."

Seeing that Li Jiancheng wanted to speak and stopped, Li Yuan closed his eyes and said faintly: "And almost all the craftsmen under our rule have fled to the Western Regions, and they are now working for him under Li Wenyuan." Therefore, even if we can train those high-quality and high-yield iron ingots like Li Wenyuan, we don't have enough craftsmen to convert these iron ingots into commodities in batches, and then put them on the market to compete with Li Wenyuan's goods, right? ”

Li Jiancheng said the words that his father wanted to say and stopped, and he didn't know how to say it, so he nodded silently and waited for his father's next words.

Li Yuan saw that Li Jiancheng nodded silently, so he rubbed his eyebrows and said: "No one is born to be a craftsman, they are all inherited from generation to generation. It's not too late to make amends. I don't believe that all the craftsmen in our territory have run into Li Wenyuan's hands? I ordered the local government to find me, and to find me from house to house. Invite me to Chang'an City all the remaining craftsmen in our territory now. Remember yes please! Be sure to tell them to behave and not be too rude. Offending these craftsmen, we don't even have a chance to turn the tables in the end. After all, all the tools and equipment in our territory rely on external forces, so what does this mean I need to say? Go ahead. ”

After Li Jiancheng listened to Li Yuan's words, he realized the seriousness of the matter. Immediately, cold sweat flowed down his sideburns. Just as his father said, all the tools and instruments used by the common people are provided by Li Wenyuan, but these things are consumables, if one day he falls out with Li Wenyuan, once Li Wenyuan stops the supply of these tools, then it will directly lead to the efficiency of various production activities in the territory become extremely low. No matter how serious it is, it may end up with a dead body and a ruined country. It's not that he didn't notice the tool aspect before, but he didn't take the time to think about it, so after being woken up by his father at this time, Li Jiancheng realized how serious the matter was. So he didn't dare to leave his father's office at all, and quickly found relevant personnel to convey his father's order.

These officials were mostly taken care of by Li Jiancheng on weekdays, so at this time, Li Jiancheng's orders were not delayed in the slightest, and they were quickly assigned to his subordinates. As a result, as orders were issued layer by layer, the officials of various official offices in Li Yuan's territory were frequently attacking everywhere, interrogating and searching from house to house. In the end, he found more than 2,000 craftsmen of all colors, and then after giving some money to the families of these craftsmen, he ordered these craftsmen to bring their own tools and gather at the official mansion, where they had their own special person to send them to Chang'an City.

When the family members of these craftsmen saw this posture, they all thought that something big was about to happen, and their relatives who were craftsmen might have committed something and couldn't even save their lives. The reason why the government gave itself money before was to buy their lives! So he cried and stopped the actions of the government officials, and did not let them take their craftsmen with them. Once this person becomes stubborn, he will no longer listen to what anyone says. Therefore, after repeated persuasion to no avail, those officials couldn't help but be a little annoyed. So the first violent confrontation between the people and the government because of a misunderstanding occurred, but how could a single ordinary person compete with the power of the government? This in itself is a trivial matter, or a complete misunderstanding. The local government also wants to make this matter a big thing a small matter, after all, the order from above is not to offend these craftsmen.

But one is because there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the other is because of the provocation of some well-intentioned people. Anyway, this matter spread quickly in Li Yuan's territory, and finally even appeared in the newspapers published by the newspaper office set up by Li Wenyuan in Chang'an City. So some craftsmen who had not yet arrived in Chang'an City also tried their best to escape from the escort team of the government, and instead hurried all the way to pick up their families before the escort team came back, but with nowhere to go, these craftsmen thought of Li Wenyuan in the Western Regions, and it seemed that he had been recruiting all kinds of craftsmen and people. And the colleagues who went to the Western Regions before seemed to be living more and more prosperous. So in desperation, these craftsmen used all the money given by the government on the way to the Western Regions.

Because of this incident, there were less than 1,000 craftsmen who finally arrived in Chang'an City. Li Yuan called Li Jiancheng to himself for this matter and scolded him fiercely for an afternoon. At the same time, Li Jiancheng was ordered to find out the source of this matter, which official did it? After finding out this servant, his family property was confiscated, and the official and his family were all filled into the place of origin of the official slave.

Li Jiancheng naturally knew that his father was angry at this time, so he said these angry words. But he knew his father's temper very well, and he would never contradict his father at this time. So he nodded his head and took the opportunity to escape from his father's scolding.

After Li Jiancheng returned to his mansion, he saw that the living room was full of officials of all kinds who had come to inquire about the matter. After Li Jiancheng met with them, he shook his head and said: "Now my father is in anger, after all, this matter is a major event related to the fortunes of the country, and now in addition to this matter, my father will definitely clean up a group of people." Let's go back first, we all act carefully for a while, and if my father's anger disappears after a while, this matter will be considered over. ”