Chapter 389 Never seen such a brazen person! (For the League
Chapter 389 I have never seen such a shameless person! (For the leader? Yu Yu added more)
Author: The best is like no water
Chapter 389 I have never seen such a shameless person! (For the leader? Yu Yu added more)
This episode did not affect everyone's mood on the surface. When Li Er came to the oil area, at least he had regained his composure on the surface.
I have already lost all my face. It is useless to say anything at this time. I will fix these bastards when I get back.
"Is this soybean oil squeezed from soybeans?"
Li Er looked at the glass bottle full of light yellow oil, and then looked at the price wooden sign next to it, "It's so cheap?"
Compared with the prices of meat oil and sesame oil at this time, the soybean oil and rapeseed oil sold by Li Yunze were quite cheap, so cheap that ordinary people could grit their teeth and buy a bottle to take home.
“Things with a large supply will naturally be cheap.”
Li Yunze came over and explained, "The oil yield of soybeans and rapeseed is very high. Under the five-wheel continuous pressing of twelve heavy sticks, the oil yield can be close to 15%."
After saying this, he signaled to the many nobles who had followed him, "I have rented your fields this year and produced a large amount of soybeans. After processing, there is a sufficient supply of oil. It is nonsense to supply the whole world. There are also difficulties in supplying all Guanzhong, but it can meet the needs of Chang'an City."
It’s still no problem.”
Hearing this, Li Er immediately turned around and looked at Li Yunze with a very serious expression, "How about I rent all the fields in Guanzhong to you?"
Before Li Yunze could say anything, Wei Zheng stood out and said, "Absolutely not!"
"Although oil is good, it is not as good as food." Wei Zheng said sincerely, "If all the fields in Guanzhong are used to grow oil, where will the people's rations come from? Oil cannot be used as food!"
What he said was very reasonable, and the nobles around him nodded repeatedly when they heard this.
But they have already made up their mind to find a way to get seeds from Li Yunze to plant soybeans and rapeseed flowers during next spring plowing.
After all, how can the price of grain be compared with that of oil? You can make much more money selling oil than selling grain.
As for renting land, the rent collected from Li Yunze this year seems to be quite a lot, but compared to what he earns from selling things, it is nothing worth mentioning.
In fact, without Li Er's suppression, the red-eyed nobles would have wanted to surround Li's Manor and rob all the good things inside.
After all, the Guanlong military aristocratic group is the main group, and their essence will not change.
In the era of Li Er and Li Zhi, they could only suppress them, and they had to wait until Emperor Zetian slaughtered them with a knife before they could truly disintegrate the Guanlong nobles.
Thinking of this, a question came to Li Yunze's mind: "How old is Wu Meiniang now?"
The matter of handing over all the land in Guanzhong to Li Yunze for planting was temporarily suspended due to Wei Zheng's opposition.
But this matter still fell into Li Er's mind.
Not only did Li Yunze come up with many new crops, but most importantly, the yields of the crops produced in Li Yunze's fields were simply astonishing.
It's hard to believe that so many crops can be produced in the fields.
After passing the oil area, the next step is the daily necessities area.
The most eye-catching thing here is the various iron pots that line the counter.
Originally, the iron pot only appeared in the Song Dynasty, and because of the appearance of the iron pot, China's food culture developed on a large scale.
In the world of Zhenguan, iron pots appeared early. Li Yunze had previously presented a large number of iron pots to the Tang army. The nobles here naturally knew about them and purchased them all.
Not to mention that Li Yunze also used this thing in the restaurant in 108th Street.
"Some Turks visited Lijiazhuang a few days ago." Li Yunze said with a smile, "They asked for a sheep in exchange for an iron pot, as much as they wanted."
Li Er knew about this matter and Bai Qisi had reported it to him, so he didn't say anything.
But Wei Zheng asked nervously, "Did you sell the iron pot to the Turks?"
"How is that possible?" Li Yunze waved his hand dismissively, "They can't afford it."
Wei Zheng‘(ー`′ー)’
What does it mean to not be able to afford it?!
The Turks have more than a million cattle and sheep. Is it possible that you also have a million iron pots?
In addition to the main iron pots, the daily necessities area also has many other products.
Such as wooden furniture, glass cups and bottles, porcelain tableware, etc.
Everyone looked strange. The prices of glass products and porcelain here were very different from those in Baibaozhai in Dongshi.
"I'm really not trying to trick you." Faced with everyone's questioning looks, Li Yunze explained seriously, "These are all ordinary mass products, and the ones in Baibaozhai are all high-quality products. You are all nobles and big shots. How can you use them?"
What about the mass goods that are the same as ordinary people?”
Li Er smiled and said nothing, stepped forward, picked up a snow-white towel and looked through it.
"Cotton products are very useful. The price is cheap and the supply is large." Li Yunze came over and explained, "There is no problem with textile technology. The only problem is that the supply of raw material cotton is insufficient."
"cotton?"
"The Silk Road brought it from India, that is, Tianzhu, and it seems to be called kapok?" Li Yunze responded uncertainly, "It was brought over as an ornamental crop, but the Tianzhu cotton fiber is thick, short and difficult to use. I
The edges are made of fine-staple cotton, which has wide adaptability, high yield, long fiber and good quality.”
He didn’t understand many words, but it didn’t prevent Li Er from understanding their uses and effects. “You gave me cotton-padded clothes to the army before.”
"That's right." Li Yunze nodded immediately, "It is a military uniform filled with cotton, which can effectively resist the wind and cold. This time when we go to fight against the Turks, wearing cotton clothing will definitely have a significant effect."
Li Er looked around and saw all kinds of cotton clothes and even pieces of cotton cloth at the counter not far away.
I picked up the cotton cloth and stretched it. It felt very thick.
He turned to ask "this cotton"
"Cotton is a light-loving plant. To increase the yield, you need sufficient sunlight." Li Yunze pointedly reminded, "In my opinion, the Western Region is the most suitable for growing this thing. And if it can be turned into a large-scale industry, for
It plays a very good role in controlling and stabilizing the Western Region."
"Western Region." Li Er narrowed his eyes, his eyes full of desire.
During the period of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, he personally visited Ganzhou for inspection and established counties in the West Sea, Heyuan, Shanshan and Qiemo. He completely controlled the southern route to the Western Regions and officially incorporated this large area into the
Chinese original version.
Then there was the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, when all the countries in the Western Regions rebelled and took refuge with the Western Turks, and the power of the Tang Dynasty stopped in Liangzhou.
One more thing, it was Li Er who took the post of general manager of Liangzhou at that time.
Before becoming emperor, Li Er was outstanding in both literary and military skills. He really had too many part-time jobs.
As an emperor who wanted to make a difference, Li Er would naturally not let go of the Western Regions. He also wanted to expand the territory like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and return the Western Regions to the embrace of the Central Plains.
"This is good stuff."
In terms of clothing, food, housing, and transportation, clothes even come before food. How important it is to keep out the cold. Li Er is very clear about this: "When I go to the Western Regions, I will promote this thing locally."
When he was young, Li Er didn't like to brag much when he didn't drink, especially before he killed the Turks and took revenge.
But now, in front of Li Yunze, he still expressed his ambitions and ambitions.
The distant Western Region must be brought back!
After gathering his thoughts, Li Erxiao asked, "Why aren't your briquettes sold here?"
"Didn't you see His Majesty when you were having dinner before?" Li Yunze responded with a smile, "Each restaurant sells briquettes on behalf of others, and people in the neighborhood can buy them directly from the restaurants."
After walking through the daily necessities area, what appears in front of you is the largest non-staple food area.
Looking around, rows of counters are filled with all kinds of fruits, vegetables, and even spices, salt, and drinks.
Everyone looked at Wei Zheng in unison because alcohol was banned in the Tang Dynasty.
Wei Zheng did not disappoint everyone. He immediately came out with a sullen face, "The imperial court ordered a ban on alcohol, but you are actually selling it openly here? Where do you put the imperial court in such a disregard of the imperial laws?"
"Wei Gong misunderstood."
Li Yunze explained with a smile, "The imperial court banned alcohol in order to reduce food consumption, so the ban should be on food and wine."
He reached out and gestured to the many glass bottles of wine in the wine cabinet, "The wines here are all fruit wine. Using fruit to make wine does not require food, so it won't be banned, right?"
Wei Zheng is a sincere person, but he is not a stubborn person.
It makes sense to use fruits to make wine without using grain.
But he was not easy to fool. He stepped forward and pointed at the long row of glass bottles placed on the counter and said, "This must be grain wine, right?"
"What Mr. Wei said is wrong." Li Yunze, whose expression remained unchanged, smiled and explained, "This is not wine, but alcohol."
"Alcohol?"
Wei Zheng looked suspicious and asked, "What's the difference?"
"Food wine is for drinking, but alcohol is used to heal wounds, and it belongs to the category of medicine." Li Yunze, with a serious look on his face, said to Fang Xuanling, "The prime minister knows this, and I have donated a lot of alcohol to the military.
Treat sores and ulcers.”
Fang Xuanling greeted secretly in her heart, squeezed out a smile and nodded, "That's true. Master Li said that alcohol can be used to disinfect and reduce the chance of ulcers."
"That's nonsense!" Wei Zheng was so angry that his beard was trembling. He pointed at the wooden sign that said "Alcohol" and yelled, "If it is for medicinal purposes, why is it placed here with alcohol?"
Li Yunze, whose expression remained unchanged, nodded calmly, "It's the wrong one."
Wei Zheng ‘(￣_,￣)’
Do you think I'm a fool?!
Over there, Cheng Yaojin had already opened the bottle cap, took a deep breath of alcohol, and said with a satisfied look, "What a good thing. I have many wounds from battles all year round, and I just need this thing to heal my wounds. Let me give you twenty first."
altar!"
The nobles sniffed the fragrant smell of wine, and pounced on it like wolves and tigers, shouting that they were injured and needed this elixir to treat it.
Wei Zheng was trembling with anger. He had never seen such a shameless person!
Li Er was noncommittal about this.
He knew that everything grown in Li Yunze's fields had extremely high yields. If the yield was high enough, it would not be a big deal to use it to make wine.
After all, even if there is a prohibition on alcohol, these nobles will continue to eat and drink in secret.
He was actually interested in the dazzling variety of drinks.
"What kind of wine is this?"
"This is cider made from apples."
"what about this?"
“It’s made from grapes, so it’s naturally wine.”
"What is this again?"
"This is sugar wine brewed from sugar. It can also be called rum."
Hearing this, Li Er stopped and turned around to look over, "Tang?"