Chapter 247: You Let the Ink Curators Play with the Fields?
Everyone couldn't help but look shocked.
After a long while, Cheng Chusi opened his mouth wide and asked in disbelief.
"Master, you actually let these ink masters farm for you?"
"Not farming!"
Li Xuandan glanced at Cheng Chusi.
"I just want their help to improve farming equipment!"
"But that's also farming..."
Cheng Chusi still couldn't understand something.
"Why, what else do you want that kind of ink master to do?"
Li Xuan couldn't help but glare at Cheng Chusi.
Seeing this, Cheng Chusi opened his mouth but did not dare to continue speaking.
He didn't want those ink masters to do anything, but he just thought that last night he, Aye, looked so shocked when he heard about the ink masters. So, he wanted Li Xuan to dedicate all the ink masters to His Majesty. .
"Please remember, food is the greatest wealth. Only with more food can you be worry-free..."
at the same time.
Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others also came to Lijiazhuang in a hurry.
"I am here to see Your Majesty!"
When they saw Li Shimin and others, the general prisoner Gong Sunnian, Chu Suiliang and others hurriedly came forward to salute.
"Get up!"
Li Shimin nodded slightly and quickly asked Chu Suiliang: "Dengshan, where are those group of ink masters?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. We have never heard of a Mohist coming to Zhuangzi!"
Chu Suiliang looked puzzled.
On the side, Gongsun Nian was also confused.
Didn’t the ruler of Mohism live for hundreds of years and have not appeared in the world? How is it possible that he suddenly appeared in Lijiazhuang?
"It's the group of craftsmen who went to visit His Royal Highness Prince Jin yesterday!"
Cheng Zhijie said quickly.
"Artisan?"
Chu Suiliang thought about it carefully and said with some uncertainty.
"Your Majesty, yesterday there were indeed a group of men who looked like farmers, who came to the village to ask to see the king. However, those people should not be the rulers that your Majesty is looking for."
"Where are the people?"
Li Shimin asked directly.
"Back to Your Majesty, those people should be in the paddy field!"
"Paddy field?"
"Exactly! Your Majesty, please look, those people should be the group of craftsmen who came yesterday!"
Chu Suiliang pointed to a few small black spots in the field in the distance and said slowly.
"Why did these people end up in the fields?"
Li Shimin muttered in confusion and walked towards the fields.
"I'll take a look!"
Behind him, Cheng Zhijie and Chu Suiliang quickly followed.
Soon, several people followed the cement road and arrived at the field.
After taking a closer look, everyone's faces were full of surprise.
Cheng Zhijie couldn't help but rub his eyes subconsciously, and opened his eyes again for a long time before he was sure that he had seen it correctly.
A group of painters, each holding some strange-shaped tools in their hands, were either bending down and standing in the field, or kneeling on the ridge of the field, concentrating on digging holes and mud in the field!
After a while, some boards and sticks were installed inside.
"What are they doing?"
Li Shimin took a breath, turned to look at Chu Suiliang and asked.
"Your Majesty, these people should be building waterways for farmland!"
Chu Suiliang replied somewhat uncertainly.
"Xuanba actually let these rulers manipulate the fields!"
Hearing this, Li Shimin looked depressed.
Immediately, without waiting for Chu Suiliang and others to speak, he turned around and walked into the village.
No matter what Li Shimin thought, he couldn't understand that a dignified Mohist was actually being used to cultivate the fields.
He rushed all the way and walked into Li Xuan's house.
Before he could speak, he saw Li Yuan sitting in front of him and immediately put on a smile.
"I've seen Aye!" "I've seen the Supreme Emperor!"
Behind him, Cheng Zhijie quickly followed suit and saluted.
"Aye?" "I've met Your Majesty!"
Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others also quickly stood up and saluted Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie.
Then, he quickly and obediently moved away from the sofa.
"Aye, please have tea!"
Then, after Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others sat down, Li Chengqian and Cheng Chusi quickly took two glasses and brewed tea.
"When did you start enjoying tea?"
Seeing this, Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others couldn't help but look curious.
"Your Majesty, Aye, drinking tea will refresh your mind, clear your eyesight, and make you last longer!"
Cheng Chusi said with a smile on his face.
"Um?"
Hearing this, neither Li Shimin nor Cheng Zhijie looked surprised.
"Is this true?"
"Reply to Your Majesty, this is what Master said, and it must be true!"
Cheng Chusi said quickly.
"Xuan Ba?"
Li Shimin quickly turned his head and looked at Li Xuan.
"Your Majesty, if you believe it, there will be something! If you don't believe it, there will be nothing!"
Li Xuandan's voice returned.
"Xuanba, how much tea do you still have at home? Bring some for me!" Li Shimin said quickly.
When people reach middle age, their biggest dream is to last.
Even if he takes a lot of nourishment from mountain and sea food every day, Li Shimin still doesn’t want to miss the benefits of drinking tea.
Similarly, Cheng Zhijie also looked at Li Xuan expectantly.
"Your Highness, Prince Jin, I would also like to taste the taste of tea!"
Cheng Zhijie said.
"How much more tea is left?"
Li Xuan turned his head and looked at Li Baoding standing aside.
"Back to Master, I still have a pound of tea!" Li Baoding replied.
"Take out half a catty and let His Majesty and Duke Su take it away!" Li Xuan said.
"Thank you Xuanba!"
"Thank you, His Highness King Jin!"
Li Shimin and Cheng Chusi quickly thanked them.
"Your Majesty, there is no need for this!"
Li Xuan waved his hands calmly, "I have given the recipe for fried tea to Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde. I believe that in less than two months, tea will be sold in Chang'an City!"
"Xuan Ba wants to make a living by running a tea business?"
A trace of surprise flashed in Li Shimin's eyes.
"Those two wanted to sell tea, so I gave them the formula!"
Li Xuan looked casual.
Hearing this, Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie couldn't help but feel speechless.
"I wonder what the purpose of your Majesty's visit today is?"
Li Xuancai didn't care what Li Shimin was thinking and asked directly.
"Xuan Ba, I heard that there is a Mohist in your village?"
Li Shimin was startled and asked quickly.
"A few are here!"
Li Xuan glanced at Li Shimin and said calmly.
"When I just came in, I saw several farmers pretending to be craftsmen in the fields, dredging water channels in the fields. I wonder if those are the painters who came yesterday?"
Li Shimin felt happy and asked quickly.
“Dredging water channels in the fields?”
After hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but frown slightly, thought for a moment, and nodded slowly.
"So, then it should be those ink masters!"
"Xuanba, do you know what skills those ink masters have in forging weapons?"
Li Shimin asked directly.
"I only know that Mozi invented the reconnaissance kite, the transmitter, the military training puppet, the chariot, the crossbow chariot, the traveling stack, the long axe, the long vertebrae, the trebuchet, the large wooden bow, the large square shield, etc. to defend the city.
arms!"
Li Xuan listed them one by one.
Li Shimin was stunned, this was more than he knew. "Then you still let those who govern the ink to play with the fields?"
"What if?"
Li Xuan glanced at Li Shimin quietly and said, "It was Mozi who invented those weapons, not these Mozi rulers who have been passed down for countless generations?"
"Moreover, there have been no ink masters in the world for so many years. Maybe these ink masters' inheritance of weapons has been lost long ago."
"Of course, it would be better if it is not lost. We can let them deploy more defensive equipment around Lijiazhuang to prevent thieves and ordinary beasts who covet Lijiazhuang."
"But, I just saw them dredging the waterway!"
Li Shimin said.
"Your Majesty, there is only one explanation for that!"
Li Xuan chuckled lightly, "After so many years of inheritance, these ink masters are only proficient in farming, but they have not learned anything about the art of defending the city, let alone forging weapons!"