"Chengdao? Why are you here? Li Shimin was also very surprised when he saw Li Chengdao and asked, he didn't expect Li Chengdao to appear in front of Li Xiu's door anyway. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Hehe, second uncle, you don't know, I am also half of Mr.'s student, and I usually come to listen to Mr.'s lectures when I have time." Li Chengdao seemed to have a lot of respect for Li Shimin, and he spoke with a little intimacy, but unfortunately he would never have dreamed that it would be his second uncle who ordered him to kill him a few years later.

"Oh? I didn't expect Li Xijiu to start accepting students? Li Shimin looked at Li Xiudao with a smile when he heard this, but there was a little more indescribable meaning in his eyes.

didn't wait for Li Xiu to speak, but Li Chengdao took the lead again: "Second uncle, you don't know, at the beginning, I also saw Mr.'s knowledge by chance, and then begged my father to ask Mr. for advice often, but my father didn't agree, and then I begged the emperor's grandfather for a long time, so he agreed to come here." ”

"Okay, Chengdao, you didn't come yesterday, go and make up for yesterday's homework, His Royal Highness King Qin still has something to do, so I won't keep it in the future!" Li Xiu directly opened his mouth to send off the guest at this time, and Li Shimin's gaze at him just now made him feel very unhappy, as if he was in the way of him by accepting Li Chengdao as a student, so he directly opened his mouth to drive people away.

"Haha, don't blame Li for sacrificing wine, this king will leave!" Li Shimin also saw Li Xiu's dissatisfaction, and he didn't explain too much when he laughed, and only then turned around and left after apologizing very freely, but he already had another plan in his heart.

In the next few days, Princess Pingyang presented Li Yuan with the method of making saltpeter ice, and then the imperial court came forward to promote it, in this hot weather, it naturally caused a huge sensation, and the curiosity of eating ice is the magic of this ice-making method, and the nature of eating ice is scrambling to buy some saltpeter to go home.

The original use of saltpeter is not large, and the saltpeter in Chang'an City was bought by Princess Pingyang first, and the rest was quickly snapped up, which also led to the price of saltpeter not only soaring, but also learned to have a price without a market, originally many businessmen seized this business opportunity, wanted to go to the field to enter saltpeter back, a change of hands is several times the profit, but a piece of paper from the imperial court made many businessmen lament, because the army of the Tang Dynasty, especially the army in the south, also needs saltpeter to cool down, so saltpeter from all over the country must be given priority to supply the army, Now it's really impossible to buy it with money.

However, this situation will not last long, after all, saltpeter can be reused, and when the army purchases enough saltpeter, the order to give priority to the supply of saltpeter will be lifted, and the cities will be replenished with saltpeter, and the price will naturally drop, and only then will ordinary people really use ice made of saltpeter.

There has always been no shortage of nimble businessmen in Chang'an City, some of them had hoarded a group of saltpeter merchants in their hands, and after seeing the situation that saltpeter has no price, they immediately thought of a good way to make money from saltpeter, that is, to open an ice food shop, using saltpeter to make ice into ice food and sell it, because saltpeter can be reused, so the cost of the ice food shop is not high, but the profit is very amazing, for a time Chang'an City in just a few days there are more than a dozen ice food shops.

"It's a pity, it's a pity, how could you miss such a good opportunity?" In the living room of Li Xiu's house, Ma Ye yelled with a painful face, while Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang obediently lowered their heads and did not speak, like a child who had done something wrong.

Ma Ye came back a few days later than Li Shimin, and just returned to Chang'an the day before yesterday, and then he knew about saltpeter ice making, and also knew that the merchants in Chang'an City used this to open ice food restaurants, and made a lot of profits, which also made Ma Ye very annoyed, because he felt that the money should have been earned by the princess's mansion and Li Xiu, but now it was given to others for nothing.

"Hehe, Uncle Ma, don't be angry, isn't it just a few ice food restaurants, at most they will make some money in the summer, and I'm afraid they will have to lose money when the season is over." Li Xiu hurriedly smiled at this time, he is now a little rich and safe, and he doesn't have much pursuit of money, so he didn't think about making money by saltpeter ice at all, as for Princess Pingyang, she doesn't lose to anyone in the war, but she is a little confused in running a family, and she also didn't think of using saltpeter to make ice to make money.

"You two!" Looking at Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang's innocent expressions, Ma Ye didn't know what to say, Li Xiu was a lazy person, he wouldn't move if he didn't push, Princess Pingyang didn't care about money, she spent more if she had it, and spent less if she didn't have it, but only he, the chief manager of the princess's mansion, was left to worry about the most.

"Uncle Ma, there shouldn't be a shortage of money at home, right?" At this time, Princess Pingyang asked in a low voice, her voice was also a little weak, although she was called a master and servant, she had always regarded Ma Ye as a father.

"Missing! Why is there no shortage, originally I also planned to buy a few gardens on the Nanshan side, and buy more land, you see those nobles in the city, which one is not desperately buying land, these are all family properties left to future generations! Ma Ye's answer fully expresses the thinking of the ancient landlord class, with money, there is only one thought, that is, to buy a house and buy land, a very simple concept, but at the same time, it is also the main reason for land annexation.

"Uncle Ma, our courtyard is big enough, and we don't need so many gardens and land." Princess Pingyang whispered again, this is also her true thoughts.

"That's not good, princess, you are Your Majesty's favorite daughter, you must not lose to others in pomp, everyone is buying gardens and land in Nanshan, we can't lag behind, especially as far as I know, Princess Changguang and others are also buying land everywhere, and our Princess Pingyang Mansion can't lag behind!" Ma Ye's concept of land is very heavy, and even Princess Pingyang's persuasion is useless.

When Li Xiu saw this, he couldn't help but smile helplessly, but older people are generally more stubborn, so he also gave up his plan to persuade Ma Ye, and immediately changed his words: "Uncle Ma, if you want to buy land, you can buy it, as for money, you don't have to worry, I will come up with a good way to make money!" ”

"Just waiting for your words!" Ma Ye immediately slapped his thigh when he heard this, but then his face changed again, "But you can't fool me again this time, since the beginning of spring this year, you said that you want to find a way to make money, but I haven't seen you come up with any way until now." ”

"Why not, can't distilled spirits make money?" Li Xiu retorted in a reluctant whisper when he heard this, but it was a pity that the distilled liquor was too restricted by Yimu, and later it was dedicated to the imperial court for medicine.

"You can't think of some reliable way to make money, either by consuming food, or by the season, is there a way to make money all year round?" Ma Ye glared at him, he would not be polite to Li Xiu, especially since he was not blind, he could see the ambiguity between Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang, which made him always feel that his cabbage was arched by pigs.

"Uncle Ma, don't worry, I've been taking care of it for the past few days, and I will definitely be able to help you think of a good way to make money in all seasons!" Li Xiu patted his chest and promised, as for the first time this was the first guarantee, even he couldn't remember it clearly.

"Brother, do we still want to listen to Uncle Ma talk about his war in Tuyuhun?" At this moment, Qi Niang said with some dissatisfaction, and Li Chengdao next to him also showed a bored expression, the reason why he invited Ma Ye over today was to let him tell the two children about the battle in Tuyuhun, and by the way, let them know about the situation on the battlefield.

"Haha, the two little guys can't wait, then I'll talk about this battle of Tuyuhun!" Without waiting for Li Xiu to speak, Ma Ye laughed and said, he likes children very much, but unfortunately he has no children, Li Xiu is also very curious about this, but he doesn't dare to ask more, after all, this involves personal privacy.

At that moment, Ma Ye began to talk about the war in Tuyuhun, in fact, the process of fighting was very boring, especially when Li Shimin had already prepared, as soon as Tuyuhun sent troops, he was attacked head-on by the Tang army, and the main force suffered heavy losses, followed by Li Shimin led the army into Tuyuhun, burning and looting all the way, and the seized materials were piled up.

Of course, Ma Ye couldn't say this to the two children, in addition to introducing the strategy of the Tang army's advancement, he focused on some things he saw during the march, for example, he talked about seeing a tribe of Tubo people during the march, where men like to paste mud on their faces, and their bodies stink so badly that they can smell them in the wind.

But Ma Ye didn't say anything, and then the Tang army wiped out this tribe, and grabbed countless horses, cattle and sheep, including a lot of unique yaks in Tubo, these cattle can not be cultivated, can only be killed and eaten meat, and Ma Ye also brought a lot of yak jerky, and yesterday he also gave Li Xiu a big bag, he only left a little grinding teeth, and the rest were all let Qi Niang and Yuechan take away.

Ma Ye is very good at telling stories, interspersed with local customs and customs, and deliberately reduces some of the bloodshed and cruelty in the war, so Qi Niang and Li Chengdao also listened to it with relish, and from time to time put forward some of their own ideas, although some ideas are too naïve, but Ma Ye is still very patient to help them explain.

talked until noon, Ma Ye finished talking about his experience in Tuyuhun, Li Xiu asked people to prepare wine and food, and then personally accompanied him to drink and chat, Princess Pingyang is a woman after all, and she doesn't like to drink, so she took Qi Niang and Li Chengdao to the inner house to eat and rest, and by the way, supervise them to review their studies during this time

Looking at the back of Princess Pingyang leaving with Li Chengdao, Ma Ye suddenly turned his head to Li Xiu and said: "Boy, you are really bold enough, even the prince's son dares to accept him as a student, aren't you afraid that you will be involved in the battle of the court in the future and will not be able to get out?" (To be continued.) )