"Your Majesty, Wei Chen thinks that dried sea fish dried with salt can be used for military rations!"
"Exactly, Your Majesty, the dried fish not only contains meat, but also salt. It is rich in nutrients, is light and easy to carry, and is an excellent military ration!"
With that said, Li Xiaogong couldn't bear it any longer and quickly raised his hand to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, I request to go to Qingzhou and check it out personally!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others' eyes lit up, and they all said quickly.
"Your Majesty, I also want to go to Qingzhou to find out what's going on!"
"Let me think about this for a while!"
Li Shimin took a breath and said slowly.
In response, Li Xiaogong, Changsun Wuji and others could only look at Li Shimin expectantly and did not continue to urge him.
"His Majesty!"
At this time, Li Wei walked in again.
"What else?"
Li Shimin said doubtfully.
"Your Majesty, His Majesty the King of Jin has also sent a cart of frozen fish. I wonder if Your Majesty would like to take a look?"
Li Wei quickly reported the incident.
"Frozen fish? But sea fish frozen all the way from Qingzhou?"
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then thought of something and asked quickly.
"Your Majesty, it's the big fish brought from Qingzhou!"
Li Wei said.
"Bring him up quickly!"
Li Shimin looked happy and said quickly.
"this?"
Hearing this, a hint of embarrassment flashed in Li Wei's eyes, "Your Majesty, what His Royal Highness the King of Jin sent is a cart of frozen fish. The carriage cannot enter the palace!"
"Where is the carriage?"
Li Shimin understood and asked directly.
"Back to Your Majesty, the carriage is outside the palace!" Li Wei said.
"Let's go outside the palace!"
Li Shimin stood up directly and walked out.
The carriage Li Xuan used to move was a carriage specially made to transport this kind of aquatic products. It had two layers of iron sheets inside and outside. Therefore, saltpeter and water could be added directly to the outer iron sheet to let the water in the innermost iron sheet
Cool down and freeze.
The only inconvenience is that you need to step on a stool at the same height as the carriage to see the fish inside the carriage.
However, because they were inside the palace, Li Wei parked the carriage directly under the palace. Li Shimin and others only had to walk out of the palace gate and stand on the verandah to look down. They could just see the big fish frozen inside the carriage.
"hiss!"
Seeing the big fish weighing at least ten kilograms through the white ice, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others couldn't help but take a breath.
"Why are these sea fish so big?"
"Your Majesty, the king said that the fish in the sea are all very big. The fish the king catches are all so big!"
Next to the carriage, Xue Rengui, who had all his weapons taken away, clasped his hands in his fists and respectfully reported to Li Shimin.
"Um?"
At this moment, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others noticed Xue Rengui.
Li Shimin and others also had some impressions of this Xue family member who was valued by Li Xuan and personally accepted as his bodyguard.
"You are Xue Rengui, Xuanba's personal guard!"
"Your Majesty, you are just a villain!"
Unexpectedly, His Majesty actually recognized him, and Xue Rengui felt excited in his heart.
"When Xuanba goes out to sea to fish, can you go with him?"
Li Shimin asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, when the king went out to sea to fish, the villain was guarding the king!" Xue Rengui quickly replied.
"Very good, tell me in detail what happened when Xuanba was fishing!" Li Shimin said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After hearing this, Xue Rengui did not dare to neglect and hurriedly told the story of Li Xuan's fishing.
"It's really that simple?"
"There are so many fish in the sea?"
"If all these sea fish were transported to Chang'an City, or dried into dried fish and used as military rations, wouldn't it be..."
After returning to the palace, Li Shimin, Du Ruhui and others still looked shocked.
Suddenly, Li Shimin remembered something and shouted.
"Li Wei!"
"What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
"How much kosher salt have you saved now?"
"Back to Your Majesty, in addition to supplying two months of coarse salt to salt merchants from various places, there is also an extra twenty thousand shi of coarse salt!"
Li Wei quickly reported the incident.
"enough!"
Li Shimin murmured to himself in a low voice, and then said: "Hurry and prepare a thousand stones of coarse salt!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Li Wei responded and walked out.
"His Majesty!"
Li Xiaogong, Fang Xuanling and others all stared at Li Shimin expectantly.
"It's a long way to Qingzhou, and we won't be able to come back for a while. It happens that Xiaogong is good at water warfare and is familiar with large ships, so I'll trouble Xiaogong to go on this trip."
Hearing this, Li Xiaogong was overjoyed. He had long been tired of staying in Chang'an City in the past few years.
Although Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others were a little disappointed.
However, from the current point of view, it is the best choice to let Li Xiaogong, the prince of Hejian County, who has nothing important to do all day, go.
That night, Li Shimin gave each of Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others a few big fish.
After eating, everyone, including Li Shimin, looked satisfied.
…
Fifteen days later, Li Xiaogong appeared directly outside Qingzhou City with fifty four-wheeled carts.
Li Chongyi, Cheng Chusi and others, as well as officials from all over Qingzhou, were all waiting at the city gate early.
Regarding all the officials in Qingzhou, except for a few words with Cheng Duanbo, the captain of Qingzhou Zhechong, Li Xiaogong didn't pay much attention to anyone.
He took the thousand stones of coarse salt directly to the outside of Li Xuan Courtyard.
"I have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" "I have met His Royal Highness Prince Jin!"
"The prince does not need to be polite!"
After greeting each other, Li Xiaogong began to express his feelings to Li Xuan.
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Your Majesty is very interested in what the King said about drying fish, so he sent me to deliver a thousand stones of coarse salt to the King. I wonder when Your Highness is going to start drying?"
"The prince has been running all the way, why don't you talk about this without taking a day's rest?"
Li Xuan was stunned. Why does this Hejian County Prince who values enjoyment love his work so much?
"Thank you, Prince Jin, for your concern. I am not tired. The matter of drying dried sea fish is related to the food of the soldiers on the front line, so I dare not neglect it!"
Li Xiaogong said quickly.
Hearing this, Li Xuan nodded slowly and said: "In this case, I can set off now!"
"Thank you, King Jin!"
Li Xiaogong looked happy and prepared to walk out.
However, before he could walk out of the door, Li Xiaogong froze in place, his eyes widening subconsciously, his face full of disbelief.
"Too...to the Supreme Emperor?"
"Why, you haven't seen me for a month, so you don't recognize me?"
Li Yuan walked in in a hurry with a look on his face, glared at Li Xiaogong who was stunned, and then looked directly at Li Xuan.
"Xuanba, I heard that Erlang sent this boy Li Xiaogong to bring a thousand dan of coarse salt? When are you going to dry the dried sea fish?"
"I'll go right away!"
Li Xuan said.
Hearing this, Li Yuan looked happy and walked out first.
"Let's go, I'll go with you!"
Soon, a group of people and fifty carriages left the east gate of Qingzhou and headed towards the sea.
On the way, while Li Xuan and others were not paying attention, Li Xiaogong deliberately fell a few steps behind and glared at Li Chongyi fiercely.
"Aye, the kid hasn't caused any trouble these days!"
"You evildoer, how come the Supreme Emperor is in Qingzhou?"
Li Xiaogong asked nervously.
"Back to Aye, when I was coming out of Chang'an City, the Supreme Emperor got into the car. When we got to the inn, we discovered that the Supreme Emperor was in the motorcade..."
Li Chongyi quickly reported the incident.
"I see!"
After listening, Li Xiaogong finally breathed a sigh of relief.