Li Yi took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

"If you weren't the emperor, the master would definitely beat you up, it's too much of a bully." Li Yi vented in his heart, but his face became solemn.

"Your Majesty, what happened?"

When it came to business, Li Yi became serious when he spoke. In fact, he had already discovered that Li Er's state was not right, just now, Li Er has been avoiding the important and making excuses not to talk about business, Li Yi has always been a little puzzled. Now, it seems that Li Er has figured it out and wants to say it himself.

Li Er's expression was a little strange, as if he was annoyed, and he seemed to be a little ashamed, yes, he was ashamed, Li Yi felt that he was not mistaken.

This is strange, what can make Li Er ashamed in this world? couldn't help but look forward to it even more in Li Yi's heart.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Er gritted his teeth, and finally couldn't help but say that in addition to the reason.

"Yi boy, at noon today, the Yamen of the Ministry of Finance was robbed, and the secret recipe for making cement was lost!"

Speaking of this, Li Er looked at the piece of paper in front of him with a complicated expression, which was the rice paper with Chu Liuxiang written on it.

Li Yi's face twitched, he finally understood that Li Erwei was ashamed, no wonder, the Ministry of Finance and cement were born because of Li Yi, but it was not Li Yi who enjoyed the results, there were originally Ma Zhou and Li Yehei, which could be regarded as an excuse. Now, Ma Zhou has been transferred, and Li Yesi has also been transferred to Qingshui Yamen by Li Er, and the entire Ministry of Finance has nothing to do with Li Yi.

That's it, after all, Li Er is the emperor, and she is not wrong to do this. But the crux of the matter is that Li Yesi had just left the Ministry of Finance, and less than an hour before and after, the Yamen of the Ministry of Finance was actually stolen, and he also lost the heart of the Ministry of Finance - cement formula.

You know, the monthly profit generated by the cement workshop is an astronomical amount now, and once the formula is leaked, the loss is too great.

At such a critical time, Li Yehei drove away with the front foot, and the Yamen was robbed with the back foot, isn't this a slap in the face of Li Er? This is simply pointing at Li Er's nose and saying that he is not using people properly and is not ladylike.

No wonder Li Er looked ashamed, he swallowed Li Yi's achievements, cheated his younger brother, and what he did was not authentic. Now that the results are lost, he came to Li Er again, and he was embarrassed to leave anyone behind.

Li Yi thought of this, but he didn't think about it at all. In terms of power and wealth, Li Yi looks at it relatively lightly, otherwise, he would have been rich in the world by now, and he would be a very popular minister. Therefore, he didn't even think about Li Er's mustard.

"Your Majesty, this matter is good and bad for Datang, but overall, it is a good thing!"

After thinking for a long time, Li Yi suddenly raised his head and smiled.

Li Er would have complained about it, but he didn't expect Li Yi not only not to care, but also to comfort him. This made Li Er breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and at the same time, he also became more and more pleasing to the eye.

"It's worthy of a real son-in-law, just know how to do things."

Li Erzhen is a lot more relaxed personally, but he didn't believe that Li Yi said good things, he stubbornly believed that Li Yi was comforting him.

"Okay, you kid don't mind, don't worry about it, don't comfort me, this little thing, I don't care about it."

Li Yi shook his head.

"Your Majesty, what does the minister have to mind? At the beginning, we said that I was only responsible for making suggestions, power and official positions or something, I don't care, and I don't want it, it's voluntary, and it has nothing to do with you. In this is the matter of the second brother, the minister has nothing to say, His Majesty's painstaking ministers can fully understand that the foundation of the heir is indeed too thin, and it is a good thing for him to accumulate more, so the minister has nothing to complain about. ”

After listening to this, Li Er felt like he drank a cup of cold ice water on dog days, and the whole person was relaxed. In fact, even he is strange, as an emperor, he rarely takes into account the feelings of his courtiers, and in the heart of the emperor, there are only interests and the dynasty. Li Er is the same, but this kind of psychology seems to have an accident in Li Yi's appearance, Li Er seems to be particularly fond of Li Yi, and even has a different kind of feeling, or family affection.

This feeling is not clear even to Li Er himself, he only knows that he likes this feeling very much.

"Haha, that's good, okay, since you don't mind, I'll do it."

However, Li Yi shook his head, stood up, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the minister is not joking, this matter is a good thing for Datang, and it is also an opportunity." ”

Li Er saw Li Yi insisting, and then he understood that Li Yi was serious.

Therefore, his expression became solemn and began to become serious.

"Tell me about it."

"Yes!" Li Yi responded, and then began to elaborate. "First of all, the first point, the person behind this theft must not be a Tang person."

Li Er was taken aback.

"Why?"

"Because in Datang, the technology of cement has long been made public, and now, as long as they pay an interest on time like a cement workshop, they can easily get cement technology, although it will be monitored by our court, but it is also safer and more convenient. As long as he is a businessman, he will not take risks for such a little benefit and openly provoke the court, which is too worthless. ”

Li Er nodded and motioned for Li Yi to continue.

Therefore, the person who steals the secret recipe must be a foreign race, because if you want to get the secret recipe of cement, you must be able to have the slightest contact with the foreign race, this is the dead rule stipulated by the imperial court, no one dares to take risks, so it is difficult for the alien to get the secret recipe from the people, and it is not necessarily easier than from the Ministry of Finance. So, as long as they want the secret recipe, they have to steal. ”

"If you find the direction, things will be clear, if it is really a stranger who has stolen the secret recipe, then there are only a few objects. First, Xue Yantuo, this possibility is very small, most of Xue Yantuo's territory is grassland, and there are very few places where cement is used. Basically, it can be ruled out. The second is the three northeastern countries, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla, but these three countries are now fighting in full swing, and they don't seem to have the courage to do so, so they can also be excluded, so in the end, there are only three countries with the highest likelihood. Eastern Ying, Tibetan, Western Turkic. ”

"First of all, Dongying, Your Majesty, don't look at this country as a country of projectiles, a barbarian land, but their enterprising ambitions, desire for aggression, and despicability of their hearts are absolutely beyond your imagination, they have been thinking about progress from the beginning of their birth to the present, and they have been thinking about progress before they went to Datang, ostensibly to express their admiration and obedience to Datang, but in fact they are stealing Datang's advanced ideas and technologies to complete the evolution of their country. Therefore, if it was said that they stole the secret recipe, the minister was not surprised at all. ”

"The second is Tubo and the Western Turks, I won't talk about the relationship between these two countries and the Tang Dynasty, but to say one thing, if these two countries want to develop, they can't do without trade with the East and the West, that is, the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty, then, the key to trade is the road and the city. The road represents wealth, the city wall represents protection, both of which are indispensable, and cement is precisely the key to both. ”