Fu'an also knew that Wang Haoran was ordered to leave Beijing immediately, so in order to catch up, he picked a young eunuch with sharp legs and feet to summon Wang Haoran into the palace. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info But he still couldn't catch up, and the young eunuch heard from the Wang family's doorman that the little young master had just left, and hurriedly rushed to the city gate. By the time he caught up with Wang Haoran and his party, they were already outside the city.

After Wang Haoran listened to the young eunuch's explanation, he was a little emotional, and asked him to leave Beijing immediately, now that he has to go back to the capital, he is really too lazy to move, but His Majesty's will cannot be disobeyed, and after thinking about it, he said to the young eunuch: "I don't know if my father-in-law has His Majesty's special order?" I was ordered by His Majesty not to return to Beijing without a recall, and I dare not go back without His Majesty's special order! ”

"The slave and maid have His Majesty's message, and the king and the horse can rest assured."

"Look, I haven't seen you before, this is the first time, go back so easily, I'm afraid something is wrong, you better go back and ask for a special order, I'm waiting for you here."

The young eunuch had no choice but to comply.

Seeing the young eunuch leaving, Zeng Chengyong wondered: "Little young master, this is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, who dares to falsely pass on the holy decree?" You're too careful, aren't you? ”

"Then if we go back now, and when Your Majesty finds out that it is still early after you settle things with me, do you think Your Majesty will drive us out of Beijing again?" Wang Haoran asked rhetorically.

When the young eunuch came over with the holy decree, Wang Haoran followed the young eunuch back to the capital and entered the palace.

"You're here, let's talk about the stone paint." Li Shimin didn't care about Wang Haoran's petty temperament, he was concerned about the matter of stone paint, he didn't think Wang Haoran's arguments about stone paint were alarmist, so he didn't beat around the bush.

"What's the matter with stone paint?" Wang Haoran could vaguely guess that the Liu family had a connection with the royal family.

"Don't be confused with me, you can prevaricate Liu Shunde, but you can't hide it from me." Li Shimin said that the source.

"Your Majesty, in fact, it's too early to say this, and it's not too late to say it a few years later."

"Prepare for a rainy day, I don't have a good memory now, what if I forget about it in a few years?" Li Shimin felt a little guilty about Wang Haoran, so he seemed a lot closer when he spoke.

"Your Majesty should be old and strong, so why worry about this." Wang Haoran replied absent-mindedly, thinking about how to tell Li Shimin about stone paint.

"Hmph." Fu'an, who was on the side, suddenly coughed dryly a few times.

"Brother Chen's words are lost, please forgive your majesty!" Wang Haoran realized that he had said the wrong thing, Li Shimin is only in his thirties now, and it is a bit too much to say that he is old.

"Then it depends on how clearly you explain the matter of stone paint." Li Shimin said slyly.

"......" Wang Haoran knew that the emperor's joke was not necessarily a joke, so he also organized the language and said: "The younger brother had a record of stone paint in ancient books before, and he sent someone to retrieve some and study it, and found that this stone paint can be decomposed into two things. One is easily volatile into gas, which the younger brother calls gasoline, and gasoline is very easy to ignite. The steam-powered car made by the younger brother because of the slow collection of steam and the low utilization rate, resulting in the speed can not be improved, the start is also very difficult, and the response is slow, but if you change to gasoline as power, not only can solve these problems, but also the power head can be much smaller, and can even be installed on a bicycle. There is also a kind of water that is also like water, but the smell is lighter when burned, and the courtiers call it kerosene, and if it is combined with cotton strips to make kerosene lamps, a little kerosene can be used for a long time. ”

Of course, there are more than these things that can be decomposed from oil, but Wang Haoran doesn't need to say them all, it is shocking to have these two oils.

"Then why not mine it now?" Although Li Shimin was surprised, he knew that Wang Haoran was not in a hurry to mine, and there must be his reasons.

"At present, although Datang is strong, the people are not very rich, and there are not many people who have spare money to light lamps at night, so they are asked to spend money to buy kerosene lamps, and they prefer to go to bed early. Gasoline, on the other hand, is useless if there is nothing that needs to consume it. So if you mine it now, it's not cost-effective at all. ”

"In the end, it's just because you look at the problem from the perspective of a businessman, since you are a businessman, why don't you give full play to your expertise and find a way to turn this loss-making thing into a profitable thing? The common people didn't have much money, but the landlords, merchants, and officials were very rich. Now develop first, as long as you can protect the capital, and when the people get rich in the future, then don't you just wait to make money? ”

"......" Wang Haoran was a little speechless, it seems that Li Shimin has not realized the importance of oil, and even wants Wang Haoran to develop it himself. This is good, but for Wang Haoran, it is not difficult to extract gasoline and kerosene from oil, it is similar to making distilled spirits, but as a businessman, this oil can't run anyway, and he is not willing to do this loss-making thing now.

"By the way, what you said, how can it be related to war?" Only then did Li Shimin wake up from his surprise and ask him what he was most concerned about.

"Your Majesty, the world knows that gold is precious, but there has never been a war ever waged over gold in history. Because gold will not disappear no matter who owns it, and everyone can earn it back in other ways. However, stone paint is different, the total amount of stone paint is limited, and how much is used up, how much less is in this world. If the world is accustomed to the convenience brought by stone paint in the future, then the less stone paint remains, the more fierce the competition between various forces for stone paint, and it is very likely that it will eventually lead to war. ”

"That's all?" Li Shimin disagreed with these logics, thinking that Wang Haoran had not finished speaking.

"That's all." Wang Haoran confirmed.

"I thought you were talking about something! It turns out that you're just worrying about it! Li Shimin said with a smile, it was rare to see Wang Haoran confused once, it was very interesting, "You see that now, the people don't use stone paint, they don't all live well, and there are no disputes." ”

"A few years ago, ordinary people didn't use harvesters and threshing machines, and they could still get by. If Your Majesty forbids them to use these things now, what does Your Majesty think will happen? Wang Haoran asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Li Shimin said in a word, indeed, taking away the convenience that the people are accustomed to will inevitably cause a commotion, and this commotion can be big or small, and it is not known whether it will cause turmoil.

Li Shimin thought for a long time and asked, "Could it be that this stone paint can be compared with grain?" ”

"This can't be, but in the future, stone paint can bring huge benefits, and in the face of this huge benefit, there may be any disputes." Wang Haoran can't say too much about the competition for oil by all parties in the future, and he can't say too sure, according to common sense, he can predict that the stone paint will be able to flourish in the world, and if he can also predict the competition for the stone paint, then in the eyes of the world, he will really become a god.