Li Shimin asked, "How much was transported?" ”

"250,000 koku (quintals). Another 250,000 stones www.biquge.info have also been settled. Li Su said.

"What?" There was an uproar in the hall! Li Shimin leaned forward in surprise and said, "Where did you get the food?" What the hell is going on, let's hear about it? ”

"Father, do you remember those righteous businessmen who were praised by the imperial court last time? These grains were sold to the imperial court at a low price in gratitude to the imperial court for allowing their children to go to industrial schools and riding in four-wheeled carriages decorated from 7 to below, and the household department had already paid off the grain and the grain had been transported to the border gates. Li Su said.

"Haha, you kid, you really have you!" Li Shimin said very happily. He stood up, walked down the steps, came to Li Su's side, touched his head, and said, "Say, what reward do you want me to give you?" ”

Li Su said: "Father, this matter was arranged in advance by the prince's brother, and the son-in-law was just acting on orders, and if he wanted to reward him, he should also reward the prince's brother." ”

Li Shimin knew in his heart that his eldest son did not have this ability. He smiled and said: "Okay, the crown prince Li Chengqian wants to be rewarded, and you should also be rewarded for doing specific things." ”

"Wait a minute, Your Majesty. The minister has doubts. At this time, Wei Zheng said.

Li Shimin was slightly unhappy in his heart and said, "What do you have to say?" ”

Wei Zheng said: "The minister is very curious, I don't know what method His Royal Highness King Liang used, so that those businessmen who chase profits do not make large profits, but are willing to sell grain to the imperial court at a low price?" ”

With Wei Zheng's questioning, many people echoed it, ostensibly saying that they wanted to learn the skills of doing things from King Liang, but the subtext was that the merchants were forced to do so by King Li Su of Liang.

Li Shimin was angry, and this time he was really angry. He reprimanded loudly: "You people, what are you doing when the court is in crisis? One by one, they couldn't come up with an idea, forcing me to starve myself, my concubines, and the princes.

Now, my son, has solved the urgent needs of the imperial court, but you have come out to make irresponsible remarks, what is your intention?!

Do you really think that I am weak and deceitful, and dare not cure your sins? Ma Xuanliang. ”

"The minister is here." Ma Xuanliang flashed out and answered.

"Put Wei Zheng and those guys who say my son is not, and put them in prison!" Li Shimin shouted.

The eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others, when they saw it, the emperor was angry, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade them, and everyone in the hall knelt down. Only Wei Zheng stood there stubbornly!

Li Su knew that Wei Zheng was out of public intentions, so he stepped forward and said, "Father, it is normal for Lord Wei to have doubts, and this matter should be answered by the sons." ”

Li Shimin also wanted to know how his son did it. He sat down on the dragon chair and said, "Get up." ”

The ministers all stood up. Li Shimin said: "King Liang, just talk about it." ”

Li Su said: "Father, please pass on the minister's pawn army (captain of the guard) Yang Kang to the palace." ”

Li Shimin nodded.

The eunuch on duty in the palace announced loudly: "Yang Kang, the commander of the Liang Palace, went to the palace. ”

Soon, Yang Kang and the officials of the Ministry of Industry came up carrying a box, and the two officials of the Ministry of Industry also carried a large copper kettle.

Li Su called the crown prince Li Chengqian, took out a set of exquisite glass tea sets from the box, took out a bag of tea leaves, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry took out the large copper kettle that had been prepared, brewed tea in the glass teapot, and then poured a cup, which was served by Li Chengqian and presented to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin picked up a cup of tea, he smelled a fragrance, he took a sip, only to feel the mouth fragrant, fresh and sweet, can't help but look into the cup, only to see the tea silk is thin and flat, silver green reflecting green, soup color silver green reflecting green, never seen before. He asked, "What kind of tea is this, and how come I have never seen it before?" ”

Li Chengqian couldn't answer, so he motioned for Li Cheng to answer.

Li Su introduced this tea to Li Shimin. This kind of tea is produced in Hanzhong, Shaanxi, is a kind of Xianhao in Hanzhong, and is famous for its "uniform appearance, delicate and delicate like eyebrows, tender green color, tender fragrance lasting, fresh and mellow taste, yellow and green bright soup color, tender green at the bottom of the leaves, and complete tea leaves".

The tea-making process of the Tang Dynasty was still very backward, the tea leaves were all dried in the shade, and the tea needed to be boiled when drinking tea, and the tea leaves were boiled to a rotten and poor quality.

Li Su introduced the modern roasted tea process and chose two varieties, green and cuifeng. High-grade fried green and green peaks, picking delicate, fine workmanship. The first process of processing is finishing, and after the completion of finishing, blowing air to cool down to keep the leaf color bright and green. After moderate rolling, turn into fried two greens, and after leaving the pot, still cool with blowing. Then fry in a pan to dry. After the Cuifeng type green tea is two green, it is used on a special shaping roasting stove to "knead, rub, tie" and other techniques by hand to make the tea strips form a tight and straight shape, and then dry.

?? The quality characteristics of fried green are: the shape is tight and heavy, and the color is moist and green; The aroma is high and the flavor is thick, and the aftertaste is sweet. The green peak is straight in shape and green and green; The color of the soup is clear and bright, the aroma is high and long-lasting, and the taste is fresh and sweet.

Li Su briefly introduced Li Shimin. Li Shimin's first sentence was: "There is such a good thing, why don't you offer it earlier?" Then, when he saw the ministers staring at each of them, he commanded, "Pour a cup for each of you, and taste it." ”

The ministers finished their tea and were full of praise.

Li Su said: "Father, my lords. You are right. Businessmen are chasing profits, and grain is their own, and we have no right to force people to sell at low prices.

This method of making tea was developed by my master, and I exchanged it with the merchants using the method of cooperative tea making, and they were absolutely voluntary, because my cooperation with them could bring them higher profits than grain. It's as simple as that. ”

It turned out that before Li Su came to participate in the court meeting, he first went to Huo Yi, the largest grain merchant in Chang'an City, negotiated with him and settled 250,000 quintals of grain.

Now, the ministers have no objections.

Wei Zheng stepped forward and said, "Your Royal Highness King Liang, please forgive the ministers for being lonely and unheard. You used the mastery taught by your master to exchange food for the Tang Dynasty, and the minister also questioned you, and the minister was deeply ashamed. I would like to apologize to you. As he spoke, he bowed deeply to Li Su.

Li Su said: "Lord Wei doesn't have to be like this, at this time, I only blame me for not making it clear beforehand." Then, he said loudly: "The remaining 250,000 quintals of grain, if you are willing to sell it at a low price, you can contact me privately, and I promise that you will not suffer a loss." ”

Li Su could have obtained 500,000 quintals of grain directly from the merchants, but he specially set aside a gap of 250,000 quintals for the nobles to benefit from the tea business.

In this way, it not only solved the food problem of the imperial court, but also befriended these nobles.

The crisis of the imperial court was once again solved by this son of three evils. Li Shimin was in a very good mood, he looked at the box in front of Yang Kang and the others, and asked, "What's in there?" ”