"Sixth brother, you can also try this dish, although it doesn't look good, it tastes very good." Li Zhi chewed the so-called whale meat in his mouth and said vaguely. It can be seen that this dish should be very suitable for his appetite, not only to eat it himself, but also to desperately invite Li Su to taste it.

"No, you can eat it yourself, I still like to eat fish." Li Su lowered his head and picked up the carp, pretending to like it very much.

"Hey, Sixth Brother, haven't you always disliked eating fish, and aren't whales and carp both fish?" Li Zhi asked casually while eating, he was tired of eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas, but now he suddenly ate the home-cooked food made by Zhang Liu, and naturally felt very fresh and delicious, so he ate it himself, but he didn't find Li Su's abnormality.

"Whales are not fish, they are ......" Li Yugang wanted to explain whales and mammals, but after thinking about this problem, it was a bit complicated, so he simply changed his words: "Whales are in the sea, there is a smell of sea, I don't like it very much, but this carp is very tender, Sister-in-law Zhang is really good craftsmanship!" ”

Hearing Li Su's praise, Zhang Liu was also very happy, and after beckoning the two brothers to eat well, he and his mother-in-law took their children into the kitchen, but the two children kept staring at the food on Li Su's table and swallowed saliva, and finally pulled them into the kitchen, and then the family of four set up a small table to eat.

Li Su took advantage of their inattention to take a look, and found that the two adults were gnawing on a kind of black nest head, and the two children ate a white steamed bun and drank millet porridge, but it was obviously much thinner than theirs, and the bright bowl could be used as a mirror, and on the table, there was also a plate of green vegetables, but there was no oil in the dish, which made people feel a little sad when they looked at it.

Squeezed Li Zhi, who was eating, with his shoulder, and let him look at the situation in the kitchen. As a result, Li Zhi felt that the fragrant meal he had just eaten suddenly lost its taste. I looked at the steamed bun that had been half gnawed in my hand, and I couldn't eat it, and I felt a little inappropriate to put it down. Looking at Li Su for a while, he was a little overwhelmed.

"How to eat and how to eat, this is a piece of people's hearts, the more you eat. People will only feel happier! Li Su knows the psychology of the low-level people like Zhang Liu very well, so he said to Li Zhi.

But having said that, Li Zhi lowered his head and barely finished eating the steamed bun in his hand, but he couldn't eat it anymore. Li Su didn't have Li Zhi's feeling, and lowered his head to eat most of the dishes on the table, although the ingredients of these dishes were ordinary, but the taste was not bad, which made him feel like eating home-cooked food, and he drank two bowls of millet porridge in a row.

After eating and saying goodbye. Li Su took Li Zhi and walked back slowly. The days are long now, the sun is still hanging in the western sky, and the pedestrians on the streets are not in a hurry to go home. Groups of three or five call friends. Drink and have fun at the next wine shop.

"Ninth brother, after today's interview. What do you think? Li Su looked at the passers-by and asked with a smile.

"Sixth brother, seeing the situation in Zhang Liu's family, you are still laughing now?" Li Zhi glanced at him and asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Ninth brother, don't just look at the surface, the days in Zhang Liu's family are indeed very hard in the eyes of you and me, but you have to think about it the other way, their family is only supported by a weak woman in Zhang Liu's family, with their monthly salary, but they can still support a family of four, which is much stronger than her previous days of lack of food, which is enough to show that with the development of industry and commerce, it has brought a lot of benefits to these poor people." Li Su put on the appearance of a brother and said in a serious tone.

Although Li Zhi is smart, but after all, he is a child, and he sees the problem relatively simply, after hearing the explanation of the sixth brother, he thinks about it carefully, and says with great admiration: "The words of the sixth brother are really reasonable, I think I have thousands of factories in Datang, and there are countless workers in the factory, although not every worker can get a salary like Zhang Liu's, but the difference must be limited. ”

"Well, yes, industry and commerce can not only allow a few people to gather a lot of wealth, but also have an extremely important impact on the vast number of poor people, the most direct change is to give them an extra way to survive, just by working can get a salary to support themselves and their families, and even this kind of remuneration is more generous than the most traditional farming, and it is precisely because of this that the farmers in my Datang are gradually decreasing, while the population of industry and commerce is increasing rapidly." Li Su nodded and said, and the topic unconsciously turned to the population struggle between industry and commerce and agriculture.

"Sixth brother, I heard that the land replacement and promotion of rough seeds is to deal with the problem of reducing grain production in my Datang, and it seems that some people are already dissatisfied with the development of industry and commerce?" Although Li Zhi is young, as a prince, there will be someone in the palace to explain the policies of these imperial courts to him, but he didn't care about it before, but now after personal experience and conversation with Li Su, he finally remembered this matter.

Li Su also hoped that Li Zhi could see the importance of industry and commerce, and when he heard him ask this question, he patiently talked about the suppression of industry and commerce by the five surnames and seven hopes, and also analyzed in detail the antagonism between industry and commerce and agriculture and complementing each other.

At a young age, Li Zhi never thought that there would be such a complex secret behind the superficial land replacement and the promotion of rough seeds. At the same time, I didn't expect that in my impression, this giggling sixth brother already had the strength to influence the general trend of the world.

"Sixth brother, is it really so terrible to have five surnames and seven hopes, as the Son of Heaven, my father can decide life and death with one word, why don't you use tough measures to destroy these disobedient families with five surnames and seven hopes?" After hearing this, Li Zhi said with some indignation, through today's interview with Zhang Liu's family, let Li Zhi see the changes that industry and commerce have brought to poor families, so he is full of good feelings about industry and commerce in his heart.

"Hehe, ninth brother, it would be good if things were really as you said." Li Su touched Li Zhi's head, and said with a wry smile, "Five surnames and seven wangs, these big families, have been entrenched in the Central Plains for hundreds of years or even thousands, their relationships and human feelings are intertwined in the entire society, and the influence is almost unimaginable. But when dealing with domestic affairs, he also has to be cautious, as for tough methods, it is even more impossible, unless the father dares to shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty! ”

After listening to Li Su's explanation, Li Zhi fell silent thoughtfully, although there were some joints he still couldn't understand, but finally from the words of the sixth brother, he realized the terrible nature of these big families with five surnames and seven hopes, and at the same time understood why his father spared no effort to crack down on these big families.

Seeing Li Zhi pondering like a little adult, Li Zhi also sighed lightly, letting a ten-year-old child understand that these may be a little cruel, but as a prince, these things will have to be faced sooner or later, whether he is an emperor or not, he will inevitably deal with the family in the future, and because of their background, they are born on opposite sides, and it is not a bad thing to know more about the strength of the opponent.

"By the way, Ninth Brother, is the whale meat you ate delicious today?" Li Su knew that Li Zhi couldn't fully understand the meaning of his words in a short period of time, so it was better to wait for him to go back and think slowly, so he began to change the topic.

"Huh? Whale meat? Li Zhi didn't react for a while, and was stunned for a moment before thinking of the dish made by Zhang Liu, and replied with some puzzlement and aftertaste: "It's delicious!" ”

"Really delicious?" A playful smile flashed across Li Su's face. The big bowl of whale meat just now was all eaten by Li Zhi, but it saved the two children who were left to harm Zhang Liu's family.

After all, Li Zhi is a child's heart, and his attention was easily diverted by Li Su, and he said with an affirmative face: "Of course it's delicious!" By the way, Sixth Brother, I still want to ask you, how is Zhang Liu's whale meat different from what you brought last time? Although the appearance is a little worse, but the taste is not bad, and the fishy smell is much less, is it a new canned whale meat in Dengzhou, where can I buy it? ”

Looking at Li Zhi's greedy face, Li Zhi shook his head sympathetically, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Ninth brother, do you remember what I said to you when I performed saltpeter ice making to you?" ”

"Saltpeter ice?" Li Zhi showed a look of recollection, but soon remembered that he didn't know that the ice was made of saltpeter, and then ate it in his stomach, and it ended up being pulled for several days. At that time, the sixth brother said cool things and told himself not to eat things indiscriminately, otherwise there would definitely be big problems.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi's face turned pale, and he immediately had a bad premonition, and stammered: "Six...... Sixth brother, don't you want to tell me that there is a problem with Zhang Liu's whale meat, right? ”

"Ahem~, what's the ......, it's not to blame Zhang Liu, people are also kind, but she doesn't know that it can't be considered real whale meat." Li Su also said a little embarrassed. He is also responsible for this matter, because the whale meat made by Zhang Liu is actually a kind of canned food from Dengzhou, of course, although this kind of canned food is marked as whale meat, but in essence, it can only be regarded as a mixed meat at most.

"Sixth brother, what do you mean, what do you mean by not real whale meat?" Seeing Li Su's face, Li Zhi felt even more bad in his heart.