"Most of the paper on the market is as thin as a cicada's wings, and those papers will be inky, and the price of better rice paper is too high to buy such an expensive one." Li Yue said with a tangled face.

Zhang Yang pondered, "I also have to adjust the pulp formula again last time, the paper is too soft, and it is too rough." ”

Looking at Li Yue's expression again, Zhang Yang closed his eyes, "First ask for some bamboo and soak it in water for some time." ”

Aunt Wang nodded and said, "Let's arrange it." ”

Li Yue took the few remaining papers at home and put them in the sun, her eyes looked at the papers, "Can I take out the paper in our toilet and use it?" ”

"I can't."

Zhang Yang decisively refused.

Some are not convinced, and there is nothing to do with the extravagant behavior of the husband, who will use paper when going to the toilet.

The couple had dinner, and Zhang Yang told the story of the Red Mansion.

Accustomed to using paper, Li Yue had a little difficulty writing on bamboo slips with a pen.

Most of the summer passed, and Xu Jingzong spent a month solving the matter of the envoys of the Turkic two sides.

Ashnadur is still a Turkic Tieler, and at the same time can also participate in the milk powder business.

And the tax was changed from 40% to 30% 7, which was also the result of Xu Jingzong's hard negotiations.

Zhang Yang looked at the golden fields in the village and was in a good mood.

This is the color of the harvest, and in my ears is Xu Jingzong's report on this negotiation.

"Ashinadur is still a Turkic Tieler, if Ashina Luohu is temporarily appointed khan, if he is not a temporary khan, if he is not doing well, Ashinadul can let He Luohu abdicate."

Zhang Yang looked at the two aunts who were experimenting, "What if Ashinadur usurped the throne?" ”

Xu Jingzong bowed down and replied: "If Ashina Dur wants to usurp the throne, the Tang Dynasty will rush to the aid of He Luohu, and on the other hand, He Luohu will not be able to attack Dur. ”

Zhang Yang said helplessly, "Then have you ever thought that Dur and He Luohu would join forces?" ”

Holding his hands, Xu Jingzong stood in place and frowned and pondered: "Xiaguan really didn't think of this possibility. ”

"Let the people sent to the Turks by His Royal Highness King Wei keep an eye on it, and they are ready to tell our eyes that they are going to keep an eye on it."

"Xia Guan understands."

Zhang Gongjin watched the conversation between the two from a distance and shook his head helplessly.

Aunt Wang asked the villagers to soak a large pile of bamboo in the river and let the river wash away.

This is one of the secret recipes for making paper, and Aunt Wang will never let people know what these bamboos are used for.

Li Tai came with a whole convoy, and one after another horse-drawn carriages lined up into the village.

"Sucrose has arrived! It's here! ”

The little fat man shouted at the top of his voice.

The children of the village immediately gathered around.

Li Tai gave some cane sugar to the children, and the children were even happier this time, so they almost put three animals and six animals to worship the eldest brother.

The process of boiling brown sugar is not so fast.

Sucrose was poured into a large cauldron, and the sucrose was yellowed, "but it was well preserved." ”

Li Tai looked forward to watching the sucrose in the pot gradually melt, "In order to catch up with the time, the people under this king began to squeeze out the sucrose on the way to transport, and then simply boiled and solidified, I don't know how much these guys secretly ate on the way." ”

Zhang Yang added some more firewood, "It takes about three hours, and it is simmered on low heat until the water inside evaporates, leaving only sugar." ”

For the sake of food, Li Tai is very open-minded, he has been sitting on the edge of a few cauldrons, waiting for the brown sugar to be boiled successfully.

Among them, it is necessary to constantly fish out the foam, which is the impurity from boiling.

Niu Chuang's son took a piece of brown sugar and licked it.

"His Royal Highness King Wei, tell them to brush their teeth every day in the future, otherwise they will get tooth decay sooner or later."

"Is that little brush in your house?"

"Exactly."

Li Tai looked at the group of boys on the side and shouted, "Listen up, you have to brush your teeth after eating sugar every day in the future." ”

Being shouted like this, the children were stunned and didn't know why His Royal Highness King Wei suddenly yelled, so they had to disperse in a hurry.

Maybe your child doesn't know the concept of brushing their teeth or even what a toothbrush is.

The concept of hygiene should also be popularized.

Li Tai fished out some more foam, and he even tasted it.

Seeing this kid, he couldn't help it, and Zhang Yang poured him a bowl.

The little fat man took a bowl of hot brown sugar and took a sip hard, and then he looked intoxicated, "Wow, it's so sweet." ”

After saying that, he took another sip.

Boiling brown sugar into wooden molds is the best brown sugar cube, not yet in powder form.

Take a bite and there is still some caramel flavor.

When Niu Chuang saw a large pile of sugar, he immediately asked people to guard it strictly and lock it.

"Sugar is very expensive, and this thing should be kept well." Niu Chuang said with a serious expression.

"And the method of refining brown sugar."

Niu Chuang glared wide-eyed, "Don't worry, who dares to say that if you don't go to half a word, Niu will break their legs!" ”

The people in the village can still be trusted.

On the way home, Li Yue sat in the carriage and recorded the results of the experiment.

Zhang Yang took out a jar and handed it to her.

Li Yue put down the pen in his hand, opened the jar, and looked at the white things in the jar very curiously.

"You taste it."

Li Yue poured out some and put it in his mouth to taste, "This is so sweet." ”

"This is granulated sugar, although the color is a little worse, and it is a little yellowish."

"Isn't it brown sugar that you refine?"

Zhang Yang looked at the rear, Li Tai's carriage didn't catch up, maybe he was still drinking brown sugar in the village.

After confirming that there was no one catching up behind, Zhang Yang whispered, "This is sugar, so we don't need to take it out for our own cooking." ”

Li Yue looked at the sugar in the jar.

"To refine granulated sugar, you need to use several times as much brown sugar, and I don't want to waste too much, so I just made this jar."

"The husband used the brown sugar made by His Royal Highness the King of Wei's hands, and then used the brown sugar to refine the sugar?"

Zhang Yang nodded.

has become accustomed to her husband using other people's resources to make what he wants, Li Yue is not very surprised, and even a little accustomed to it.

Li Yue was also a little worried that her husband would become more and more excessive.

even dared to use the power of the government to buy Gaochang.

The plan is still ongoing, and the husband's goal is getting bigger and bigger.

It's almost the harvest season, and Shangguan Yi is in a good mood when he looks at the golden yellow in the field.

In September of the fifth year of Zhenguan, it was the harvest season, and Li Shimin finally came back from the summer.

This time Li Shimin came back, Xu Jingzong had already finished the matter.

In the Ganlu Palace, he listened to Li Chengqian's report.

A colt who has been concentrating on business originally thought that he would only manage his own territory, but Li Shimin was still very surprised when he saw this piece in his hand.

This impeachment note was written by Wei Zheng.

There have always been many people impeached by Wei Zheng, and this time Wei Zheng impeached Zhang Shilang of the Ministry of Rites for profit in the impeachment of the Turks.

All the details of the negotiations are written on it.

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian and said, "Is there really such a thing?" ”

Li Chengqian hurriedly saluted, "Father and Emperor do have such a thing, but Erchen thought that if he imposed heavy taxes on the Turks, he could also give the court a good tax. ”

The eunuch on the side carefully poured a bowl of tea.

Li Shimin picked up the tea bowl and wanted to take a sip, but when he thought of this annoyance, he put down the tea bowl again, "How much income can he get from it?" ”

Li Chengqian replied, "Among them, there are also Qingque involved, as well as the king of Hejian County, and even the queen mother, and uncle. ”

With blue tendons on his forehead, Li Shimin took the case, "So many people?!" ”

Li Chengqian stopped talking, and then fell silent.

"I asked you to supervise the government well, and you showed me these things?"

"Erchen ......"

Li Shimin put down this impeachment recital, "Call Fang Xuanling, the eldest grandson Wuji, and Wei Zheng to me." ”

Late at night, he summoned three important ministers of the DPRK and China.

Wei Zheng is iron-faced and selfless, and he should be impeached.

The eldest grandson Wuji can be regarded as unaware.

In the past two days, Zhang Yang ran to the village at dawn every day.

As for the handling of this matter by the Ministry of Rites, news soon came from the DPRK and China.

The matter involved Zhang Shilang and the entire Ministry of Rites, Shangguan Yi hurriedly left Chang'an, and galloped all the way to the village, but now he is living in poverty, and he has to save money, so he is reluctant to buy a horse.

In the government of the Ministry of Rites, Li Xiaogong asked Zhang Daxiang to take out some important files of the Ministry of Rites, which were all files prepared before and after the negotiations.

Zhang Dasu hurriedly came, "The king of Hejian County, the Ministry of Officials and Zhongshu Province sent someone here, saying that they wanted to inquire about us. ”

Li Xiaogong threw a torch into the pile of files and burned them all.

The fire was very big, and Li Baiyao, who came in a hurry, wanted to take back the files in these fires, but it was too late, and the flames were so hot that he couldn't reach out.

Soon the fire spread to the pillars of the government office, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger.

Waiting for the people from the Ministry of Officials, Cen Wencheng took the people from Zhongshu Province to the Ministry of Rites, and what he saw was a fire burning in the government.

"Who did it!" Gao Cheng shouted.

"Hahaha! The wind blew the candlestick down, and the old man didn't have time to put out the fire. Li Xiaogong laughed wildly.

This kind of laughter at first glance makes people think that this fire is definitely man-made, and it was put by the king of Hejian County.

The fire burned very quickly, and in less than a moment, the entire Ministry of Rites and the government was on fire.

Let the crowd of officials watch at a loss.

I have to say that this king of Hejian County is really bold, and the Ministry of Rites in the imperial city will burn it when he says it.

Li Xiaogong looked back at Li Baiyao on the side, "You said that the matter of the Ministry of Rites, how did Your Majesty know so carefully?" ”

Li Baiyao knelt on the ground, looking at Li Xiaogongsen's cold smile, he couldn't argue, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

Jin Wuwei came quickly and escorted the king of Hejian away on the spot.

In the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin was so angry that the three corpses jumped violently, "You burned the Ministry of Rites?" ”

Li Xiaogong took out an attitude that a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, "Your Majesty, this Ministry of Rites is in disrepair, and it burned because the candle flame fell, and the minister was derelict in his duty and asked His Majesty to atone for his sins." ”

"Do you think I'll believe your nonsense?"

"The minister was asleep at the time, and he was almost burned."

Li Xiaogong has no evidence anyway, and he can't prove that he set the fire, anyway, Zhang Daxiang and Zhang Dasu of the Ministry of Rites have already colluded.

Li Shimin breathed heavily, "Zhang Yang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, uses the power of the Ministry of Rites to make profits, do you know?" ”

Li Xiaogong sighed, "The minister really doesn't know about this matter, and I ask Your Majesty to find out." ”

Li Shimin bowed his head and said: "Zhang Yang, the squire of the Ministry of Rites, recaptured the Hexi Corridor, and took the Tuyuhun royal family, solved the difficulties of Xue Yantuo, removed an official position, and the merits and demerits were commensurate, and Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, was removed from the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Li Xiao bowed and saluted, "The minister apologizes." ”

The monarch and the minister know the best interests in their hearts.

In the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong chatted for more than an hour.

"Get out!"

Li Shimin waved his sleeves angrily.

Li Xiaogong saluted again, "The minister retired." ”

Some things are tacit, the law does not blame the public, the affairs of the Ministry of Rites are too involved, and there is also the queen's participation in the sale.

Only now did Li Shimin realize that such a big thunder was buried in his backyard.

When Li Tai heard the news, he hurriedly got into the carriage and asked the horses to drive the horses to the fiefdom.

The carriage was moving very fast, and Li Tai met Shangguan Yi, who was also running all the way towards the village, "Brother Shangguan, get in the carriage, let's go together." ”

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness King Wei."

Zhang Yang sat leisurely in the village, studying the mold for movable type printing.

Zhang Gongjin stood in the sun with a fan swinging.

Li Tai rushed to the village, got out of the carriage and ran to the badminton court, he panted and said, "Something's wrong, something big." ”

Zhang Yang glanced at Xu Jingzong on the side, "Xu Shilang has already told me." ”

Li Tai stood against the wall, because he was in too much of a hurry, he calmed his breathing, and felt a little sweet in his throat, as if a mouthful of blood was about to spurt out.

Shangguan Yi also came, "The court has come to the decree to thoroughly investigate the government of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Seeing Zhang Yang with a calm expression, Li Tai was puzzled for a while, "Why are you in a hurry." ”

Zhang Yang touched his nose stupidly, "His Royal Highness King Wei has such a big thing, the shares left in the hands of Zhao Guogong and the queen can be bought back, now is a good time for them to get rid of the elements, presumably the queen and Zhao Guogong also want to get out as soon as possible." ”

"You're still thinking about buying and selling?"

Li Tai's tone was a few points higher.

As he spoke, several fast horses came here, and the person who came was Li Xiaogong.

There was also a eunuch who gave the message.

The dismissal was expected.

helped Li Shimin solve the trouble in Liangzhou, and the emperor didn't think about the merits, and he had some meaning of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

Listening to the edict of the eunuch after reading the decree, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Tell Your Majesty that the criminal minister understands." ”

"The horse is good for himself, and the old slave retires."

Li Xiaogong walked closer, "The old man already knew that this Li Baiyao was not a good thing, if he hadn't betrayed us, Your Majesty would have known so carefully." ”

Zhang Yang smiled bitterly, "The King of Hejian County misunderstood, this matter was not done by Li Baiyao, and the person who betrayed us was not him." ”

Thinking of Li Baiyao's appearance of kneeling on the ground and speechless, Li Xiaogong was puzzled, "It's not him?" Who's that? ”

Zhang Yang pointed to Zhang Gongjin on the side, "Actually, these are the teacher's actions." ”

Zhang Gongjin said in a low voice, "Except for the old man, won't Wei Zheng take you people in his eyes?" ”

(End of chapter)