Back in the mansion, there were already people in the reception hall of the Wei Palace, who were already nervously waiting for Li Tai.

At noon, An Shi came with Shi Lushan, waited in the main hall until dark, and did not dare to go to the Zezhi Institute if he was urgent.

Li Tai hadn't seen them yet, which made them quite apprehensive.

As soon as Li Tai came back, he heard An Shi come to the door and hurried over to meet him.

In any way, An Shi is also Ayiguli's father.

Seeing Li Tai walking into the main hall, An Shi and the others couldn't help but stand up.

Greeting Li Tai, he said in unison: "Meet His Royal Highness King Wei!" ”

"No need to be polite." Li Tai smiled slightly and said, "The old father-in-law is not more polite, you and I are both our own family, and we are not more polite." "Today's government affairs are busy, and I have just returned, I heard that my father-in-law came to my Wei Wangfu at noon, and I don't know why my father-in-law came this time?" Li Tai asked.

An Shi is the great god of wealth in the Wei Palace, and he has helped the Wei Mansion collect a lot of wealth.

"Your Highness, please see, what is this?" An Shi smiled slightly, and then handed a steel ingot to Li Tai, Li Tai took it and looked at it, and then the whole person couldn't help but stare at it.

"Uzi steel? Did you find Uzi Steel? Li Tai asked in surprise.

Could it be that in ancient times, Uzi steel flowed into the Tang Dynasty?

This is very possible, you must know that the ancient Silk Road passed through rest and other places, even if this thing flowed into the Tang Dynasty, it is not a strange thing, right?

"Your Highness, this thing belongs to Shilu Mountain, who is a merchant from Persia." An Shi said.

"It turned out to be a visitor from Persia, and I Datang welcome businessmen from all over the world." Li Tai smiled slightly, looked at Shi Lushan, and said, "I don't know how many such things you have?" ”

"There are thousands of catties in my hands, if Your Highness wants more, I can bring more to Your Highness!" Shi Lushan said excitedly.

With Li Tai's thigh, won't he walk sideways in Datang in the future?

Thinking about it, Shi Lushan is very happy.

In these years, if you want to mix well, you must have a backer.

With a backer and a backstage, your business can get bigger and bigger!

"And what do you want to trade it for?" Li Tai smiled slightly and said, "Is it gold jewelry, copper coins, or jade?" ”

"Leaves!"

"Leaves?"

"Your Highness, what do you think of ten catties of leaves for one catty of steel ingots?" Shi Lushan asked weakly.

"Forehead ......"

Li Tai was a little surprised, when did tea become so valuable?

"You're really not kidding?" Li Tai asked.

"Your Highness, you are a golden branch and jade leaf, even if you lend me ten guts, I don't dare to joke with you!" Shi Lushan said flatteringly: "Why don't you exchange a pound of leaves for a pound of steel?" ”

Li Tai didn't know that ancient tea was on a par with silk and porcelain in the Western Regions and Europe.

Even in later generations, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, a large amount of tea was transported to the West, and a large amount of silver from the West poured into the Central Plains.

And now, the people on the steppe, Persia, and people in the West like to eat meat, and if they eat too much meat, they can't digest it, so they have to drink some tea, so basically most of the Western nobles have the habit of drinking tea and eating tea.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, except for the nobles, the common people did not drink tea, and when Lu Yu's "Book of Tea" came out, tea began to enter the ordinary people.

And the tea of this era, that is made of mutton fat, ginger, green onions, garlic plus some spices and tea leaves to make a pot of soup, it is said that some nobles now even add chili peppers, making the whole soup red, I don't know how they can drink it.

So where is the tea soup? It's clearly a hot pot base!

Moreover, many people think that tea is a medicine and is only drunk when they are sick.

"Okay, I'll give you twenty catties of leaves in exchange for one pound of steel ingots." Li Tai said loudly: "How many ingots do you have, how many ingots I will give you!" ”

Speaking of which, Li Tai has been in Datang for so long, and he rarely drinks tea.

Although there are a lot of tea cakes in the house, Li Tai basically did not touch them.

"In this case, then thank Your Highness, tomorrow I will have people send all the steel ingots to His Highness's mansion." Shi Lushan said very happily.

"Li Zhong, let someone send them to the old father-in-law." Li Tai said with a smile.

"Whoa!"

Li Zhong walked in, and then said respectfully: "Lord Anhou, please come with me, I will let the people in the mansion take you back now." ”

An Shi got a knighthood because the woman entered the Wei Palace.

However, this title is an honorary title, which has no real power and cannot be passed on.

It was already dark, Chang'an City was forbidden at night, if there were no noble people to lead the way, they would definitely be killed as bandits when they walked on the street.

"Then thank you, Your Highness, and thank you to Steward Li." An Shi hurriedly said, although he is Li Tai's father-in-law, this Li Zhong is the person next to Li Tai.

Prime Minister's Concierge Six-Rank Officer!

Li Zhong walked out with the two of them, and Li Tai took the steel ingot and rubbed it, as if he wanted to rub the steel ingot out of the pulp.

"Good things, good things, Damascus, I think it will have to be called the Tang Divine Sword in the future." Li Tai smiled slightly and said, "This Uzi steel must be my Datang's!" ”

He didn't worry about someone deceiving him, after all, he was Li Tai, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and a Hu Shang deceived the prince of the Tang Dynasty, wasn't that looking for death?

Li Zhong walked out, and came back after a while.

"Go and call the craftsmen in my house and make this ingot into a knife." Li Tai smiled slightly and said, "I'm getting some tubu." ”

"Whoa!"

Li Zhong answered, and hurriedly walked out of the hall with the steel ingot.

……

The night is dark.

In an inn.

A scholar lit an oil lamp, held a newspaper, and read it carefully.

This is the newspaper he picked up today from a newsboy.

The newspaper is on all sides, and each side is large.

On the one hand, it introduces the laws of the Tang Dynasty and the "Biography of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi", on the other hand, it writes about the new things that have happened in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty these days, and on the other hand, it writes some poems and songs, including the poems of the current emperor and the poems of the first talented woman of the Tang Dynasty.

There is also a small corner on one side, where there is an essay poster.

He read the poster over and over again, and then sighed deeply.

"It's really an endless road, if my poems can be published here, then I will be able to get the cost of polishing the pen, and with the cost of polishing the pen, I will be able to survive until next year's scientific examination." A faint smile appeared on his face.

"This time, I will definitely become the leader of Datang, and I will definitely return home!"

……

In a small mountain village, a group of teenagers came to a house in the village after dinner.

At this moment, a scholar-like person is holding a newspaper and reading it to them.

(End of chapter)