"After four or five breaths, it will be almost ready!"
Li Xuan said.
"Thank you, Master!"
Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others quickly thanked them.
"Um!"
Li Xuan nodded slightly and began to chatter again: "Nowadays, our Tang Dynasty is more powerful than any other dynasty except for the small number of people. The imperial granary is full, and even if there is a natural disaster, the people will not suffer from famine.
As for the strength of the army, I, the King of the Tang Dynasty, are invincible in the world!
Therefore, as Gao Ming said, encouraging people to have children is also the most important thing.
But, isn’t it a bit too monotonous to just encourage people to have children?”
"Recuperation and recuperation are not only for the people to have children, but the court also needs to help these people make money and restore people's livelihood. As long as the people have money in their hands, they can marry their mothers-in-law and dare to have children. Only in this way can our Tang Dynasty be truly strong.
"
"Master, what you want is for the imperial court to lead the people of the Tang Dynasty to make money?"
Hearing this, Li Chengqian was startled, and then his face was full of disbelief.
"But Master, doesn't this mean that the imperial court takes the lead in doing business for merchants?"
On the side, Fang Yizhi, Li Chongyi and others also had surprised faces.
"I didn't expect you to be so pedantic..."
Li Xuan couldn't help but snorted coldly.
"Master, Cheng Qian is just..."
Li Chengqian quickly wanted to explain.
"You don't have to be so serious. Today I just had a casual chat on a whim while eating!" Li Xuan said with a smile on his face.
"The meat is cooked, eat it quickly, eat it quickly!"
As he spoke, Li Xuan used his kuai to pick out a piece of meat from the pot, put it into the bowl in front of him, dipped it in some sesame sauce, then put it directly into his mouth and started eating.
Seeing this, Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi and others' throats twitched, and they quickly took out a piece of meat from the pot, quickly put it into their own bowls, dipped it in a circle of sesame sauce, and put it in their mouths.
"hiss……"
However, before chewing a few mouthfuls, Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi and others subconsciously opened their mouths wide and their faces were distorted.
"Master, why is it so spicy?"
"call……"
As he said that, he picked up the ale on the table and drank it all in one gulp.
"There are so many chili peppers in the pot, can you see them?"
Li Xuan glanced at Cheng Chusi, then picked up a piece of meat from the pot, stirred it in the sesame sauce, put it into his mouth again, and enjoyed it with relish.
Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi and others looked at it with strange faces. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they might have suspected that they and Li Xuan were not eating meat cooked in the same pot.
On the side, Li Chengqian didn't have so many thoughts. His mind was still filled with what Li Xuan had just said.
After drinking a glass of ale and feeling better, he hurriedly asked Li Xuan.
"I dare to ask Master, how did the imperial court lead the people of the Tang Dynasty to make money? Moreover, if the people all started to become merchants, who would grow crops in the Tang Dynasty? Who would study?
If this is the case, wouldn’t there be chaos in the court and chaos in the world?”
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but glance at Li Chengqian, but he still didn't stop eating.
"Gao Ming, who told you that leading people to make money is what you do as a merchant?"
"this……"
Li Chengqian was startled, and quickly raised his hands and said, "Master, it has been said in ancient books that those who make money by selling things are all merchants, and they are shameless people!"
"Tsk!"
Li Xuan chuckled lightly and continued to ask: "So, the farmers in my village sell vegetables and meat to the powerful families in Chang'an City and surrounding areas every day, so everyone in the Li family village is a merchant?"
"And your village, Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi, Fang Yizhi... there are so many of you in the village, selling vegetables and crops to people every day, are you all merchants too?"
"Master, forgive me, this is definitely not the case!"
"Exactly, Master's Lijiazhuang and our Zhuangzi, how can it be the behavior of merchants?"
Li Chengqian also quickly raised his hands and said, "Master, it's Chengqian who's in charge!"
"Gaoming, there are thousands of ways to make money in the world. But there is only one way for merchants to make money.
Of course, I don't look down on merchants. You and I have been coming to Lijiazhuang for several years. You should all know that I don't look down on merchants as much as you do. On the contrary, I often encourage people to sell some goods to their families in their spare time.
make money."
"Farmers grow food, which can be sold for money or used for food. They have also put in corresponding labor and deserve respect. Merchants, on the other hand, sell several large carts of goods from one city and go to another city to sell them at a high price and earn a lot of money.
They have also put in a certain amount of money and work, and they deserve respect."
"Besides, who among you doesn't have a few caravans?"
"Merchant is not just a lowly profession as Confucianism says!"
"You can think about it carefully. Today's Confucian civil servants are in power. In their eyes, except for bachelors who read Confucian books, any other school or profession is despicable!..."
"Hehe, Master is right. In the eyes of those bitter scholars, except for them, everyone is lower than them!"
"That's right, if those mean people weren't so hard to mess with, I'd want to beat them up one by one!"
Li Chongyi, Cheng Chusi and others all nodded with approval on their faces.
As for Fang Yizhi, Du Gou, Chang Sun Chong and Wang Xuance, they all looked embarrassed.
"Okay, okay, you don't need to look like this. I just want to tell Gao Ming, don't always listen to the words of those sarcastic Confucians, and don't always believe the words of those Confucian books. You know, many times, those
In order to improve their status, sour scholars dare to distort even the words of saints!"
Li Xuan smiled helplessly and said: "Eat quickly, once the hot pot is started, you can't stop!"
"Yes, Master!"
Cheng Chusi responded obediently and hurriedly started eating.
Li Chengqian also picked up the kuaizi, took a bite, and couldn't help but asked again: "Master, how can we make money with those people?"
"Gao Ming, you can think about it, how does Lijiazhuang make money? How do the dealers in your village make money?" Li Xuan said slowly.
Li Chengqian had a look of understanding on his face, "Thank you so much, Master!"
"Also, how does the farm next door make money? You all should know!" Li Xuan said again.
"Master, we will know later!"
Speaking of this, Cheng Chusi's eyes immediately lit up again.
"I heard that the old soldiers on the farms now have a meat meal and a good drink of wine every ten days or so. In addition, each of the old soldiers also saves dozens of dollars.
Money!"
"Most of them have no children, and they don't know what's the use of saving so much money?"
Li Xuantan laughed and said again: "Also, Gao Ming, do you know what the Housing Construction Department is doing now? How many houses can they build every day? And the Road Construction Department, how many roads can each of them pave?"
Now, how many powerful and aristocratic families don’t have concrete houses to live in?”