'Do you see that?' I told you before that everything has three states, and today I showed you that among the three states, there is a high possibility of change. Li Chen shook a small bottle in his hand and showed it to a few children, "Many substances are not pure, and there are many ways to purify them, this is one kind of distillation."

'Each substance has three changes in its state, and the temperature is different, so in the case of distilled spirits, the vaporization point of alcohol is lower than that of water, so we can use this to purify the liquor, and now we can refine the lacquer. The only thing you have to pay attention to, don't you know? Before understanding the characteristics of the purified items, you must not be careless, do not touch, and be careful of the candle. Today's class starts here and ends today. ’

Let the children get out of class, Li Chen carefully took the things in his hand and returned to his room, Wei Xuan was waiting for him, but Li Chen was so focused that he didn't have time to talk, so he was careful to put away the things, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

'Master. Wei Xuan made a forked hand salute, "Have you had breakfast?" ''Used it. ''I have two things for you to do today.'' These two things are more urgent, and other things can be put aside first. ''Command, please, master.'' ’

'First of all, you can help me find a few craftsmen. Li Chen instructed, "Craftsmen who can build kilns, if they want to burn bricks, they want to build a craftsman who can withstand high temperatures, and then find a few craftsmen who can burn bricks and watch the fire." After giving the first command, begin to command the second.

'The second thing, you go to the south and help me buy it as a tea mountain and come back.' Now should be a good time. ''Tea Mountain? Master, now is not the best time to buy a tea mountain. Wei Xuan was stunned for a moment and dissuaded.

In Li Chen's view, now is the time to buy tea mountain, but in Wei Xuan's opinion, buying now is a loser. I would say that, because the imperial court raised the tea tax again. The tea tax is too heavy to say.

Originally, there was no tea tax in the Tang Dynasty, that is, after the Anshi, the state used it day by day, so the tea tax was levied. It was originally 10 percent, but during the Muzon period, it increased by 50 percent, to 15 percent. When the new emperor took office, the imperial court increased by another 50%. Reach 20%.

In fact, these are all fine, but the imperial court will add 50%, and the local government will rush you to add more. The new emperor did not pay much attention to the rule of officials, or he was powerless, and the tea tax had to be levied by the local government.

Zhudao buys mansions to collect taxes, which is called lodging money. The money on the ground is similar to the transit tax, and the local festival envoys also regard the tea merchants as fat sheep. Tea tax in the Tang Dynasty, in the Muzong period, the tax collection method was directly levied by the car, and the tea was used to offset the tax. You can also take money, food, or cloth instead

In modern times, the local officials are corrupt, and many places have collected your tea tax deductions, and even the cars and boats that transport tea have been snatched away, and they have not taken good care of it, and the tea leaves have been piled up in the rain and dew in the open air, which has led to a big rise in the world's smugglers, and also caused many people to sell the tea mountains.

'Don't worry, it's not like you're buying those ready-made tea mountains. Li Chen said with a smile. In the Tang Dynasty, there were already many well-known teas, but some well-known teas have not yet risen, such as the famous Lu'an Gua Pian Tea.

Some of them were already produced in the Tang Dynasty, and there were also local famous teas. However, the development is not strong enough. Take West Lake as an example, no one has heard of the eighteen tea plants that were famous in later generations. In many places of West Lake, the development had to wait until after the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty, and now it is a white causeway that plays its role.

So now, go buy some tea and come back to ensure the quality and source. As for the heavy tax, it is not a problem at all, no matter how heavy the tax is, he will make a profit, anyway, the wool is out of the sheep. The taxes will pay for those consumers, and he must sell the new tea at a high price, so it is impossible to lose money.

Even, in his opinion, now is a good time to seize the market, if the new tax system really makes the people's livelihood miserable, after a few years of implementation, the imperial court will not be able to collect taxes, and it will naturally be changed. During this period, the collapse that could not hold on, he just took over the market. If the tea merchant can hold on, that's even better.

Even if it seems that all parts of the country are full of mourning, in fact, it is just crying twice and crying to the imperial court, in fact, the tea market can still hold on. So what is he afraid of when he enters the market now?

Moreover, there are countermeasures under the policy, and the high tax has also made the rise of private tea.

That's it, don't worry, as long as there are people drinking tea, there will still be a market. Li Chen asked Wei Xuan to do his business. Waiting for Wei Xuan to leave, Li Chen stood up and began to make a routine tour of Elysium, but as soon as he stepped out of the door, he looked at the scenery of Elysium, and his heart was full of reluctance. Peng Cheng couldn't stay any longer, what he said to Wang Tong that day is still vivid.

In this world, who doesn't know that the real masters are those soldiers and slaves. Chase the commander at every turn. Wang Tong said. Soldier slaves are not necessarily real slaves, they are just derogatory words. This is not the point, the point is that Li Chen remembered that after Anshi, the Tang Dynasty government was not in much trouble, and the biggest enemy was to compete with the Jiedu envoy for power.

The Tang Dynasty is now suffering from external troubles, the former enemy of the Tubo people, almost declined, Songtsen Gampo is just a flash in the pan, maintained for a period of time, in fact, he did not solve the problem of the large and small tribes in Tubo, and now it has relapsed, Tubo, not the Tang Dynasty has the enemy.

And now on the grassland, there are not many enemies in the Tang Dynasty. Since the defeat of the Eastern and Western Turks, various forces in the steppe have risen and fallen, but they are not as strong as the Turks. The three towns of Hebei, although they gave the court a headache, also blocked a lot of external troubles for Datang. Therefore, the biggest problem is still the internal problem, and it is often heard that many people often do not listen to orders and become self-reliant.

There are too many examples of this kind, Hebei Town opened the worst, and Pingding Anshi failed to recover Hebei in one fell swoop, leaving a mess as a result, and later all places followed suit. When the court was at its most imposing, it was still his father, Li Chen's memory of Xianzong.

At that time, there was another incident in Shuzhong, Liu Bi, the deputy envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, tried to stand on his own, but of course the imperial court did not allow it, and sent troops to crusade, and the war was successful, and the world was shaken. At the most beautiful time, even one of the three towns in Hebei Province, Wei Bojiedu, was attached to the central government. Unfortunately, his father died, and everything returned to its original state.

'Oh, that's a nice thing to say. Li Chen suddenly sneered twice and said something that people couldn't understand. Wang Tong told him that Shao Ze, the commander of the Silver Sword Army, also had the same idea, trying to appoint himself as the envoy of the festival. Now in Pengcheng, all the chaos comes from this.

Niu Si is Shao Ze's person, and he originally wanted to gain a source of wealth by controlling Pengcheng. It's a pity that Niu Si was suddenly killed, which shattered Shao Ze's plan, causing him to jump out directly and instruct some ruffians behind his back.

When Wang Tong said this, Li Chen understood. At the beginning, those people killed Wang Tong by surprise and those people, in fact, they were all soldiers, so they were well-equipped, and their martial arts were not very good, but when they formed a formation, they killed Wang Tong and couldn't parry.

Originally, Niu Si invited him to come, mainly to deal with Li Chen and avoid accidents, he wanted to clean up Li Chen at once, but he didn't expect to attract Wang Tong. At first, he refused to let them shoot, and finally he was forced to make the later one.

Shao Ze seems to be arrogant, but he is actually cautious. Controlling Peng Cheng is only the first step in his attempt to become an envoy of the festival, and without this step, everything is not to be discussed. As a result, the situation changed abruptly, and he had to make his debut.

If he wants to stand on his own, will the court agree? I think I don't know. Only by mastering Pengcheng can we face the crusade of the imperial court. In addition, if the merchants of Pengcheng supported him wholeheartedly, in order not to provoke a popular uprising, maybe the imperial court might tolerate it for a while, anyway, it was not the first time that the imperial court had backed down.

Of course, a certain family supports the imperial court. has been fighting against Shao Ze for a long time. Wang Tong said. Li Chen felt that he could only believe half of this.

Of course, they supported the imperial court, but now the imperial court is half-dead, and their control over the local area has been greatly reduced. The only thing to rely on is the local festival envoys. But what does the knots depend on? It's these local clans. Although the Jiedu envoy can appoint subordinate officials on his own, no matter what he wants to do, he can't bypass these local clans.

In order to maintain local tranquility, the imperial court needs these big clans, and the big clans are also good at holding the festival envoys. However, if Shao Ze established himself as a festival envoy, these big clans would not have a good life, they were all locals, and they knew the roots, and they would not be polite to them at all. In this case, they certainly supported the imperial court.

'Dressed in white and with long hair..., if you don't learn history well, you're at a loss. The above is not the reason why Wang Tongde can only believe half of what he said, the real reason is still the long hair in white clothes.

A few days ago, the housekeeper Wei Xuan risked death and told him that this was it. These days, he found that there were such people haunting Li Chen's side. He was very worried that Li Chen had something to do with these people, and these were all cults banned by the imperial court. Li Chen was kind to him, he couldn't watch Li Chen get too close to these people, that was to kill his head.

Therefore, he looked like he was guilty of a dead sentence, and he was deeply afraid that Li Chen would not come to his senses. In fact, he also observed for a few days, and found that Li Chen was indeed not a member of the white-clothed long-haired club, so he dared to say this, if Li Chen was too, he would have run away with his wife and daughter.

'Forget (not wrong) bastards, all of them are a bunch of bastards. Thinking of this, Li Chen jumped up, if you want to die, you should die, and they all come to force me one by one. kicked over a chair and broke a lot of things, Li Chen calmed down.

'Good, good...,. Shao Ze had to be persecuted, not to see Yang Er's beauty, on a whim. His purpose was to control the Pengcheng city, so that he could have the means to fight against the imperial court for a long time.

And Wang Tong and they didn't have any good intentions, and they began to trouble Lotte, maybe it wasn't his order, but later those rangers had nothing to do with him. And from the beginning of the search for ballast, to the later to win over, now it seems that it is nothing more than to tie themselves to their chariot. Although the purpose is unknown. The only thing that is certain is that neither side is a good bird.

'Give me death if you want to die.' Li Chen calmed down, and his eyes flashed with an inexplicable light.