According to Li Shimin's temper, he should have waved his hands with a stern look and said, "All the cows in the world belong to me."
As an emperor, it is not wrong for him to say this.
Except for the rebels, basically everyone in the world has to listen to him, at least on the surface.
But at this moment, Li Shimin didn't speak, he just stood there with his hands behind his back, quietly looking at the groups of cattle in the distance.
Hundreds of cows gathered together, a scene he would never tire of.
If every Zhuangzi in the Tang Dynasty had hundreds of cows, he would be able to wake up from his dreams with a smile.
The reason why he didn't get angry was that he didn't understand what Li Yunze was capable of doing overnight.
On the other hand, I hope that this strange man can produce more cows.
Fang Xuanling could roughly guess the emperor's thoughts, so he no longer dwelled on the ownership of the cow, and instead accused Li Yunze of immoral killing of the cow.
Because cattle are strategic materials, and in farmers’ homes, they are big animals that must be served better than humans. How can we kill them?
Li Yunze's reply left Fang Xuanling and Li Shimin speechless, because he said, "I have many cows."
If there are too many cows, of course they have to be used for food.
"Besides, the nobles of the Tang Dynasty often killed cows by throwing them to death at home, so I think they can kill them by throwing them here."
Fang Xuanling couldn't answer these words. He was not Wei Zheng, so he couldn't offend so many colleagues.
After all, beef is delicious.
At this time, Li Shimin turned around and looked at Li Yunze, "Since he fell to death, let's kill him. Let's make a whole cow feast at noon."
He said this as if being able to eat at Li Yunze's place was a huge honor.
Li Yunze curled his lips, not interested in doing anything, and handed over the work to the guards brought by Li Shimin.
Li Shimin, who stood with his hands behind his back, stepped forward and walked into the field, gesturing for Li Yunze to follow him.
The two walked on the deeply plowed land, ignoring the ankle-deep floating soil.
Li Shimin was the first to ask, "Fairy? Monster?"
Li Yunze rolled his eyes, "He is a good man with all four limbs."
"Where did it come from?"
"It's hard to say, just treat me as returning from overseas."
"What do you want to do when you come to Chang'an City?"
"Seeing that the Tang Dynasty's national power is insufficient, we came here to help."
Li Shimin paused and turned to look at Li Yunze, "Is this really true?"
"Realer than real gold."
After staring at Li Yunze for a while, Li Shimin smiled: "You have a unique demeanor. If you are in troubled times, you will be a hero."
With so many parallel worlds running rampant, he certainly has the aura of being superior to others.
Both Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling could see this. At least when Li Shimin's identity was almost clear, Li Yunze's behavior was extremely calm.
"In that case, I won't ask about your origins." Li Shimin showed off his cards, stopped pretending, and directly stated his identity, "I accepted these hundreds of cows with great satisfaction."
"etc."
This rhythm was wrong, so Li Yunze quickly shouted, "Your Majesty, did you misunderstand something? I wanted to help Datang, but I never thought of giving it to me for free. Qu Yuuli also received money before."
Hearing this, Li Shimin's face was full of disbelief, "You want more money?"
"That's what I said."
Li Yunze was also amused, "There is no free lunch in the world. I only provide sufficient supplies, but if Datang wants to get it, it has to pay for it."
"I understand how to contribute money." Li Shimin, whose face darkened again, asked, "What does it mean to contribute?"
"Providing human resources for work, and using land to grow crops, feed livestock, etc. all count."
Li Shimin, with a look of astonishment on his face, raised his leg and kicked the ground under his feet, "What are you growing here? Millet?"
"What you plant is grass."
"What?"
"Grass."
Li Shimin ‘(⊙﹏⊙)’
"Are you sick? Such a good land can't grow food to grow grass?"
"This is not ordinary grass." Li Yunze explained, "The best grass grown here is the best forage, and it is an excellent feed for animal husbandry."
He pointed to the huge herd of cattle not far away, "Most of them are cows over there. Once the calves are raised and fed with feed, they will soon grow up and provide meat. When people eat meat, it is better than eating carbohydrates."
Rice and noodles are more nutritious.”
Li Shimin's expression became increasingly weird. He asked with some uncertainty, "Do you raise so many cows just for food?"
"certainly."
Li Yunze leaned over and grabbed a handful of soil in his hand. "When the bull is old enough to be sold, it can be sold to the court at a cheap price."
"Is this what you call helping the Tang Dynasty?" Li Shimin was so angry that he laughed. This is bullshit assistance! Isn't it just business? Who can't do that?
Sure enough, Li Shimin still didn't understand the importance of local investment promotion. At least he was temporarily angry, and he didn't understand how important it was to first resolve the difference between yes and no.
Before Li Shimin could get angry, Li Yunze had already rubbed away the soil in his hands and found a brown locust egg.
"Your Majesty, in a few days, these locusts will hatch out and fly all over the sky."
When locusts were mentioned, Li Shimin, who was about to get angry, became even more ugly.
For other natural disasters, it is easier to say that fires can be extinguished, floods can be intercepted and directed, and water conservancy projects can be found to build water conservancy projects during severe droughts.
But locusts, not to mention the number that cover the sky and the sun, can still fly!
Even though Li Shimin was a talented person, he couldn't think of any way to put an end to the locust plague.
Thinking of this, he looked at Li Yunze with confusion, "Do you have any way to deal with the locust plague?"
"Um."
Li Yunze, who looked indifferent, nodded, "You can kill locusts, but you have to spend money to buy things."
Now it was Li Shimin's turn to not be calm. He frowned and said, "These words are not nonsense. Once the locusts spread everywhere and you are unable to quell the locust plague, you will be punished!"
This method is of course useless to Li Yunze.
He simply showed his hands, "I can only guarantee that it will be effective. As for whether it is used or not, that is His Majesty's business. Besides, if I don't do anything, the Tang Dynasty will have a way to eliminate the locust plague. There is nothing you can do."
At that time, I gave a solution, you should be grateful to me
That’s right.”
Li Shimin couldn't wait to say this.
"snort."
The emperor's trick did not work, and Li Shimin, who looked unhappy, turned around and went to Zhuangzi's threshing floor.
At this time, the slaughter of the cattle had been completed on the threshing floor, and Li Shimin's guards were still happily lighting a fire and setting up pots to prepare for the meal.
"I just know how to cook!"
When Li Yunze came back and saw this scene, he immediately stepped forward and pushed everyone away, "The only meat that is cooked is the soup, and all the delicious food is wasted. Spread out and look at me."
He brought a baking pan, took a carving knife and cut off the best part of the meat from the bull, cleaned it briefly and dropped the pieces into the baking pan.
Amidst the sound of "sizzling~~~", the aroma of beef begins to spread.
Li Shimin, who was standing aside, curled his lips and said, "It's just frying."
Stir-fried vegetables did not exist in the Tang Dynasty, and it was not until the Northern Song Dynasty that it gradually became popular.
When eating, it is usually steamed, boiled or fried.
Li Shimin heard Li Yunze talk about how powerful he was, but when he actually started doing it, it was just frying meat.
Li Yunze smiled when he heard this and didn't argue with the country bumpkin.
Then he took out various seasonings and started sprinkling them to add flavor.
When the first plate was ready, Fang Xuanling took it over directly, but was snatched away by Li Shimin before he could test the poison.
Li Shimin, who had a look of satisfaction on his face after eating a piece of beef, said, "It's just more spices."
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, merchants on the Silk Road sent a lot of spices to the Tang Dynasty for sale, but they were expensive and could not be afforded by wealthy families.
Too lazy to pay attention to him, Li Yunze fried himself a plate of beef, took it away and ignored it.
"Go and call some of the workers back for dinner." Li Yunze did not forget the refugees who were planting grass in the fields and knocking on the fence.
As for the guards who were busy cutting beef, Li Yunze didn't bother to say anything.
A carnivorous bull weighs less than two thousand pounds, and even Li Shimin's more than a hundred people can't eat much to support them to death. Unless the hiding guards outside are called in.
Everyone who was working in the fields was quickly called back. After washing their hands and feet, they all waited on the threshing floor, waiting for the knights to eat before they came forward to feast.
For ordinary people, it is extremely rare to be able to eat meat every day. Under normal circumstances, they can only taste a few bites during festivals and during busy farming periods.
Not only is it open to eating now, but what’s even more exaggerated is that this is beef!
Li Shimin, who was already full, first asked the knights to collect cowhide, beef tendons and other items and take them away. These were all strategic materials.
Then he saw the tools in the hands of the refugees, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
The various tools used by these people are all made of iron!
In an era of low productivity, iron was a precious commodity, and it was even used to cast money.
At this time in the Tang Dynasty, there were still many places using wooden and stone agricultural tools. For example, the entire Zhuangzi in front of us used iron tools, which was extremely rare.
The emperor walked up to Li Yunze and said, "We will wait until the locust plague breaks out to eliminate the locusts. There is no way this year's locust plague will be serious. Since you are willing to provide materials to Datang, how about you first provide some iron tools."
"How much?"
Li Shimin was slightly taken aback by this question, and then he held his breath and asked, "How many do you have?"
"You can have as much as you want."
Li Shimin ‘(￣_,￣)’
"Okay, let's first get a thousand sets of bent-shaft plows, sickles, rakes, hoes, shovels, guillotines, and axes. Ten thousand sets of each, all made of iron."
"No problem." Li Yunze said, "We will send someone to pick up the goods at noon tomorrow. The price will be 20% off the market price. Please pay a deposit first."
"I don't care about money." Li Shimin waved his hand and motioned to Fang Xuanling, who was about to escape, "ask him for money."
Fang Xuanling over there was really depressed.
I had known this to be the case, but there was nothing I could do.
What he regrets most now is that he took Li Yunze's ten thousand taels of gold and sold this village to him.
Judging from the current situation, the emperor will never spend any money from the treasury unless he spends all the 10,000 taels of gold.
But as a minister, he could only donate generously at this time, and also thank the emperor for giving him the opportunity to contribute to the court.
This feeling
At this time, Fang Xuanling just wanted to go to the temple of Confucius and ask the saint if he could say anything degrading to others!