Where can Li Ke not be surprised?

The white sugar used by the clan today is made by the workshops under the Ministry of Industry, but unlike the previous brown sugar, the supply of white sugar for the prince is only three catties per month. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info is even less than the amount of caramel that is served to him.

It can be seen that the rarity of its things. And the sentence that rare things are expensive, can be used here.

At this time, this Japanese slave was ashamed to ask Luo Yan for advice on how to make sugar. No wonder he came with a large number of gifts, Luo Yan was right, and people must ask for something. This slave not only asks for something, but also asks for a great deal.

Immediately, he was a little eager to hear Luo Yan's answer, so he turned to look at Luo Yan and waited for him to speak.

"Who are you, Sister Ono?" Contrary to Li Ke's expectations, Luo Yan did not say yes or no, but asked for such a name.

As if mentioning the itch, this Ono Chengwu smiled and said: "Chengguo Gong is really knowledgeable, Sister Ono is the ancestor of the family." After speaking, he bowed to Luo Yan and expressed his admiration.

Originally, I thought that this negotiation would go smoothly at this point. However, disappointed Ono Chengwu, instead of agreeing, Luo Yan asked: "Why, during the Great Cause period, your ancestors took away dozens of technologies such as pottery, iron smelting, and paper making Sinan from the previous dynasty, and now, you are still not satisfied, and you want to take away the things I have worked so hard to research?" ”

Just as he opened his mouth to explain, Luo Yan spoke again: "Take it out, and tell Menzi by the way, these people will come in the future, and they don't need to be reported, and call the family to beat them away." ”

Ono Chengwu was dragged away in surprise, but Luo Yan's voice explaining to Li Ke echoed in his ears: "You don't want to look at this land of the Japanese country, but it is a greedy and insufficient. They were rich in sugar cane, and the people were slaves of the so-called emperor. At the same time, I secretly made friends with Baekje, if this technology is passed on, I am afraid that in the future, I will have more sugar in the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Ke nodded a little confused, and stopped asking.

Looking at the demented look on the child's face in front of him, Luo Yan shook his head and ordered the guards behind him, "Okay, that's all for today." Send your prince back to his house. ”

Seeing Li Ke being taken away, Luo Yan's heart was not calm.

Making sugar by yourself was originally a very confidential matter, and all the affairs were strictly guarded by Li Shimin. But now it seems that this matter is still leaking rumors.

Not to mention that these Japanese slaves are simply cutting into the seams to do things, but some people in Datang itself are absolutely unreliable.

It's just that I live in seclusion at home, and I can't interfere in this matter, I can only do what I can do.

However, he still underestimated the power of the little devil. Just after Ono Chengwu went back, he was a little unwilling, thinking about the rules of the Central Plains officialdom that his grandfather taught him, and couldn't help but think of a ruthless move.

He visited the Chengguo Mansion twice, both of which were well known. Although he didn't say anything about the deflated twice, some people still saw the scene where he was disgraced and set up by King Wu's guards.

Taking advantage of this, Ono Chengwu successively visited many ministers who had some festivals with Luo Yan. Every time I get an interview, when I talk about the difficulties of this mission, I always cry about what happened to me in the Chengguo Mansion, and there is a lot of slander from Luo Yan in the eyes of the bullying people.

A lie is repeated a thousand times and it becomes true. Not to mention that these people are more willing to believe these so-called lies. And in people's hearts, they always subconsciously sympathize with those with low status, and Luo Yan has always had a hostile attitude towards the Japanese slaves, and for a while, regardless of whether the matter is true or not, many people in Chang'an City also sympathize with the Japanese slaves.

"Isn't it just to make white sugar, if the Japanese slaves can make a large amount of white sugar and transport it to my Datang. So with this drop in sugar prices, wouldn't everyone in Datang be able to benefit? Some broad-minded and far-sighted people say this, but it has aroused the approval of many people.

White sugar is still sold at a high price in the bazaar, and it is obviously not something that ordinary people can afford. But the people who are clamoring don't know that even if the price of sugar falls, can they afford it for a family of five who spend less than the usual amount of money a year?

Things are getting more and more intense, and even some people in the court have begun to talk about it.

Because sugar production is a technology controlled by the royal family, some ministers covet the huge profits, and even use the slogan of the royal family and the people to compete for profits, openly suggesting to Li Shimin to liberalize the production method of white sugar and turn it into a private enterprise.

Li Shimin was embarrassed.

Don't look at the low output of white sugar, but the profit in recent years is not low. How could he be willing to throw out such a piece of fat. There are two completely different topics of discussion in the government and the opposition, the folk mainly talk about Luo Yan's affairs, and the court mainly talks about white sugar.

Li Ke has been inquiring about the news for Luo Yan these days, and every morning after practicing kung fu, he would lie there and tell Luo Yan what the people said about him.

Some scolded him for being stingy, some scolded him for being narrow-minded, and some said that he took revenge for personal gain.

For these rumors, Luo Yan finally couldn't help it, and in the early morning of one day, he handed Li Ke a piece of paper and said: "Order someone to copy some of these things and paste them on various notices on Suzaku Street." ”

After speaking, he ignored Li Ke's surprised expression, and waved his hand back to the study.

Slightly tired, I opened the paper and saw that it was written:

Zhuyu brocade said with a smile, a gift list is more than 10,000.

Laughing at my narrow-mindedness and coldness, I am a servile and a servile.

I don't know the secret of hard work and half-money selling.

But everyone has three desires, and Rong Luo Lang loves his family and country. ”

After reading it, Li Ke couldn't help licking his lips. Luo Yan scolded hard enough now, and directly opened the matter of some people accepting the benefits of Japanese slaves, and even pointed at his nose and scolded these people for being greedy for profit, and they had no sense of patriotism at all.

Thinking about this limerick poem posted on Zhuque Street, and I don't know how many dignitaries and nobles will hear the people singing when they come and go, Li Ke suddenly felt that Chang'an, which was originally a little quiet, was afraid that it would be lively for a long time.

Li Ke didn't delay in doing things, but in one afternoon, according to Luo Yan's instructions, he not only pasted all the signs on Suzaku Street, but also did not let go of places with particularly dense crowds such as East and West City.

Originally, the scholars who were still being taken by some people to join in the fun had nothing to say.

It's just forcing people to take sides. Do you want to say that Luo Yan did something wrong in this matter? Not really. They simply rejected the gifts of the Japanese and rejected their somewhat rude offers.

And another thing that Li Ke helped Luo Yan do was to add the words that Luo Yan said to him that day at the end of this poem. Although it is brief, it thoroughly analyzes the situation between the Wa Kingdom and Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla.

Now it makes people even more speechless.

Baekje has always disobeyed the Tang Dynasty, while Silla is friendly with the Tang Dynasty. The Wa Kingdom was pro-Baekje and hated Silla, isn't it indirectly against the Tang Dynasty?

The clamor of the people first subsided. The next thing was to go to the court, and Li Shimin also took advantage of this to question the ministers who had previously forced to hand over the sugar making technology. Originally, they were visited by the Japanese slaves with great fanfare, but now they were caught by Li Shimin and cleaned up.

When Li Ke entered the palace again to meet Concubine Yang, he found that Li Shimin was in his mother's palace that day.

When Li Ke walked into the hall, Li Shimin looked at his good life with a smile.

"I heard that Luo Yan didn't teach you scriptures these days, but let you learn what boxing techniques?" Li Shimin was a little skeptical. Because he saw that Li Ke was not much stronger because of this, on the contrary, his body was thinner than before. If it weren't for Li Ke's good spirits, Li Shimin would almost think that his son was abused.

Li Ke looked at Concubine Yang, saw her nodding, and knew that Concubine Yang had told Li Shimin about this. Since Li Shimin is not angry, he is thinking about himself. So he also put his mind at ease and told Li Shimin very bluntly: "Chengguo Gong told his sons that before learning the scriptures, they must first hone their temperament, otherwise even if he teaches it, I can't learn it well, and it will be useless." ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin smiled: "Then tell me, how is your temperament honed now?" ”

"Let my father disappointed, Cheng Guogong asked his son to finish this set of boxing techniques within an hour, and the child has just learned the whole set of moves now, if you say half an hour, it's okay, but if you want to grind for an hour, it's not good." Although he was saying that he had disappointed Li Shimin, Li Ke was a little proud.

Because the four guards who followed him had watched it for so many days, and they only knew how to make a dozen moves.

I think that Concubine Yang had already informed Li Shimin of part of the content of this fist scripture, and he didn't feel much surprise that Li Ke could play fast but not slow. On the contrary, he told Li Ke very cautiously: "Luo Yan is a ghost genius who has passed through the heavens and latitudes, and if he doesn't talk about it, he will talk about this white sugar matter, and solve it like this, which my father did not expect." And you follow him to learn from him, not only the scriptures, but also some of the things that his words only reveal to him. ”

Seeing that Li Ke happily accepted the order, Li Shimin said with a smile: "However, Luo Yan's temper is a little too stubborn and bad, and it is too easy to offend people. Ke'er, although you are a prince, you must never learn to be like that. ”

After speaking, he seemed to feel that he was slandering Luo Yan, so he hurriedly changed his words: "However, he is very good to Changle, and when his filial piety period expires, I will let him get married immediately." When the time comes, he will be able to be more stable, and I will be relieved to use him. ”

After speaking, Li Ke was called to his side and talked to Concubine Yang about his two children. (To be continued.) )