The emperor summoned more than a dozen master craftsmen from his ministry, and built a stone kang between two warm pavilions. Isn’t it easy?
Under Li Chengzhi's guidance, in less than an hour, two warm pavilions with a radius of three feet, and a stone pit with a width of two feet and a width of two feet were freshly baked.
The iron stove is even simpler. Just put one on the ground, hang the stove barrel with an iron chain, and the fire will be lit in less than two seconds.
The kang would have to be heated for three to five days, and the moisture could be exhausted before people could live in it. However, the stove had been burning for nearly an hour. The pavilion was already steaming with heat, and sweat was visible on the emperor's forehead. When he took off his thick fur, Yuan
Ke only felt that his whole body was light and uncomfortable.
With this stove and fire bed, I will no longer have to suffer from the severe cold and smoke when winter comes...
After walking back and forth twice between the two warm pavilions, he felt as warm as spring, but did not smell much smoke. The emperor marveled: "These two things don't look complicated, but why has no one thought of it? If so,
Rumor: What can you do that ordinary people can’t?"
Li Chengzhi bowed his hands and said humbly: "Your Majesty is flattering me. When I was in the north, I saw the suffering of the cold people. When winter came, countless people died of freezing. I felt pity, so I studied these two things."
I am also about to make a suggestion to Your Majesty: You can summon hundreds of officials and give them to the whole world..."
The words were ordinary, but the emperor seemed frozen.
Not to mention the north, just Luoyang, thousands of people freeze to death every winter. Further north, such as Guanzhong, Hebei, Shanxi, etc., it is even more severely cold. How should the cold people survive?
But with a fire kang, this worry should be solved.
Yuan Ke was not an emperor who only knew how to eat minced meat. He knew the people's livelihood very well. He knew that only middle-class families could afford to build earth dragons. Poor families could only live with it, and at most they smoked some charcoal to light a brazier. But if they were not careful, the whole family would be destroyed.
Death by poisoning. For example, thousands of poor people in Beijing die in vain every winter, and more than 70% of them are poisoned.
Therefore, poor families cannot afford charcoal, and firewood is only the next best thing. At the very least, they have to keep a few livestock, and their excrement can also be used as firewood. The key is that they don’t know how to detoxify smoke...
Yuan Ke looked at the chimney built in the corner of the house and the steaming fire, and secretly sighed in his heart: Who dares to say that this move will not benefit all people?
He suddenly remembered that people such as Cui Guang, Liu Fang, You Zhao, etc. all praised Li Chengzhi for having a mind for all people and knowing the sufferings of the world.
For example, tofu, which is as low as 30% of the market price, is melted in the bottom of the smoothie box after being sold out, and then specially transported to the houses where the poor people live, where they can be enjoyed by children with sugar water.
Now, is it like this fire bed?
"The king is the most important thing, the country is the second most important thing, and the people are the most important thing?"
The emperor muttered something and then asked in a strange way, "In your heart, am I the last one?"
I just made up an excuse casually, how could it make you think of such a profound truth?
How could Li Chengzhi admit: "I don't dare!"
"Rebel!"
The emperor cursed secretly, pointed at Liu Teng and said: "Immediately go and deliver the edict, summon the Taiwei, Situ, Sikong, Sizhoumu, Shangshuling, Shangshujian, Yushi Lieutenant, Officials Department, Minbu (Lei Hubu) , Taichang is waiting for you to come here to discuss matters..."
As soon as he heard it, he knew that the emperor approved what Li Chengzhi said and wanted to make these two things known to the world and benefit all people. He also acted vigorously and resolutely, and wanted to discuss matters on the spot.
Li Chengzhi's official position was only from the five senses, and it was a military position, so he was not qualified to participate in civil affairs. He was about to resign, but the emperor refused to let him go: "Wait until we finish discussing the official business, and then we will see how to reward you."< /p>
Reward for merit?
Don't tell me that you have no merit, but you still have to be scolded?
Li Chengzhi rolled his eyes and had no choice but to stay.
Not long after, a group of ministers arrived at the Shiqian Hall. They saw the emperor and Li Chengzhi wearing only a thin shirt, sitting around the stove with a plate of dried meat, one drinking hot wine and the other drinking hot milk. It was so comfortable. Everyone was surprised by his appearance.
The palace was too big, and the earth dragon had no effect at all, so we had to use charcoal basins. When there were too many charcoal basins, the emperor would cough for a long time, as if he would cough out his lungs, so it was almost nothing. When winter came, It was extremely cold in the palace.
Therefore, in the winter of previous years, when important ministers came to the palace to meet the emperor, they all wore three layers inside and three layers outside, wrapped up like bears.
But today, the emperor's palace is actually much warmer than the greenhouse with the earth dragon in the palace?
After taking a closer look, I saw that the palace had changed. It seemed to be divided into several rooms, and this was just one of them.
Between the two of them stood something that seemed to be made of iron, like a table or a tripod. There were layers of iron rings on it, and through the gaps, you could see the flames blazing inside.
Yuanjia wondered: "What is this?"
Yuan Yong took a look at Li Chengzhi, who had already stood up and stood beside the emperor: "It must be the iron furnace you mentioned before. How could it be made so quickly and so easy to use?"
As he spoke, Yuan Yong actually stretched out his hands and hugged the chimney.
This pure suddenness is a person's first reaction and has nothing to do with whether he or she has a high IQ. In his previous life, Li Chengzhi had been burned countless times since he was a child, but he never remembered it. Every time he returned to his hometown in winter, the first thing he saw when he entered the door was The thing is to hold the stove to warm your hands...
Li Chengzhi exclaimed: "Don't touch!"
But it's obviously too late.
Yuan Yong said "Yeah" and immediately jumped three feet high. Everyone immediately smelled the smell of meat being roasted.
The emperor laughed so hard that he almost fell off his chair.
If Li Chengzhi hadn't stopped him in time, he would have almost suffered like this just now. He didn't expect someone to follow in his footsteps...
Yuan Yong gritted his teeth in pain. When he looked up, several blisters appeared on his palms.
While blowing the cool air, he scolded Li Chengzhi: "Didn't you remind Yu Gu earlier?"
Li Chengzhi was speechless: How did I know you were so stupid?
While they were talking, a futon came to Huangmen, and seven or eight courtiers sat around the stove. Only the emperor sat on a chair, and Li Chengzhi stood behind him.
Yuan Yi looked around, then looked at the blazing flames in the furnace, and said with a smile: "How can it be like worshiping fire in Zoroastrianism (ie Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism)?"
Li Chengzhi's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words "worship fire". He couldn't help but think of the people in Jingzhou who shouted "Shuo Shuo Holy Fire, burn my sins..." and the people who bravely threw themselves at the fire without fear of death.
A scene.
"Don't be too far-fetched!"
The emperor scolded lightly, pointed to the stove and said, "What do you think of this thing?"
They are all human beings, how can you not tell that the emperor is not in a generally good mood?
Gao Zhao bowed his hands and said, "Congratulations, your majesty. With this item, I will no longer have to suffer from dampness, cold, and smoke. I will be able to survive the winter safely..."
The emperor nodded slightly. He held the milk cup that was slightly hot on the stove and said with emotion: "I heard a sudden heavy snowfall yesterday, and it was hard to sleep. I am worried, like tens of millions of cold people in the world. What should I do?
How can I survive the severe winter that lasts for four months? How can I take off my fur coat and be in this warm spring-like pavilion today?"
Gao Zhao praised loudly again: "Your Majesty has the world in mind and cares about all the people. He has brought happiness to the people of Wei Dynasty..."
All the ministers cursed the flatterers in their hearts and had no choice but to go along with Gao Zhao and pat him on the back.
It has to be said that it is not without reason that Gao Zhao became a lucky minister, a favored minister, and a powerful minister.
After a moment's thought, I looked at Li Chengzhi behind Emperor Li Da, and many people sighed helplessly.
Gao Zhao is already very powerful, but compared to him, his prospective niece-in-law is even better.
Gao Zhao only relies on his ability to understand the emperor's thoughts very quickly and dare to take the blame for the emperor. It's not that everyone in the hall can't do it, it's just that they don't want to do it.
But if it were Li Chengzhi, they would not only admire but not even be jealous. Just like the stove in front of them, it seems simple, but why can't anyone else think of it except Li Chengzhi?
Yuan Yong covered his palms and looked at the burning stove and the iron cylinder hanging under the beam, his eyes rolling around.
"What is the use of this iron cylinder? Why do you hear the sound of wind and thunder in it?"
Where is the wind and thunder?
It's just that because it's cool outside and hot inside, under the action of hot pressure and the wind blowing outside the temple, it creates a siphon effect, smoking outside.
Li Chengzhi rolled his eyes and spit out two words: "Exhaust smoke!"
Yuan Yong was stunned for a moment and sniffed hard. Only then did he realize that there was not much smoke in the palace?
"Although this thing is ingenious, it can only be called the icing on the cake. There is another thing that can be called a timely help... Come with me..."
As the emperor spoke, he stood up and walked around with his ministers.
Among them is the stone pit: it uses stone strips as pillars, stone slabs on the shoulders, and solid clay and mud. It has been burning for a while, and the mist in the pavilion is actually a bit warmer than the one just now.
"This is a fire kang, and it is not difficult to build. According to what Li Chengzhi said: If there are stones, they can be built with stones. If there are no stones, they can be built with wet mud and grass leaves. You can also build it with some clay slabs...
Wealthy families can use charcoal to burn it, middle-income and small families can use firewood and charcoal. Even poor people can also collect some cow, horse and sheep dung, fine firewood, and sweep some dead grass and leaves to burn it... Therefore, I send an edict to all the ministers.
I want to spread it all over the world..."
Seven or eight ministers were stunned.
Someone asked: "If a fruit can be built with mud, can it be built with grass?"
Someone else replied: "We can build a house, not to mention a kang?"
Yuan Yi took a step forward and touched the wet edge of the kang. He felt quite warm where he touched it.
He said suspiciously: "The iron furnace is fine, but isn't this thing just moving the earth dragon to the ground? What's so special about it?"
When I heard that this person was ignorant of the sufferings of the people, Gao Zhao flicked his sleeves and sarcastically said: "King Qinghe, in my opinion, there is nothing extraordinary about this thing, but it is not useless. Otherwise, why is it so highly praised by your majesty?
Do you know that the space required for the greenhouse in your house should be at least two feet in diameter and six feet deep. How can an ordinary home be built? You also know that such a large underground room requires enough firewood for one winter.
How much is the salary?"
Although he still didn’t understand what he meant, the two were old enemies. Little did he know that Gao Zhao was teasing him, “Why don’t you eat minced meat?” In just an instant, Yuan Yi’s handsome face turned purple.
Li Chengzhi quickly tried to smooth things over: "What Situ said is true, this thing is the same as an earth dragon, it just moved from the ground to the ground..."
The rest of the people immediately heard the difference, how could they be fooled by Li Chengzhi so easily?
Liu Fang took a step forward and asked solemnly: "If it is as Sikong said, a fire pit that is two feet wide and more than seven feet wide like now, how much firewood will it cost in a day?"
"You don't need firewood, just sweep some grass and leaves. You need twenty or thirty kilograms a day, which can be used by a family to keep out the cold. The dung of cattle, horses, donkeys, sheep and other livestock is better, ten kilograms is enough... If you really have the money,
If there is too much, there is nowhere to spend it, so you can use charcoal or firewood. For a greenhouse of the same size, the fire pit will require at most 20 to 30% of the ground dragon..."
Cui Guang said again: "But what if the common people in Beijing have no dead grass branches and leaves to pick up, and no cattle, horses, donkeys and sheep dung?"
Li Chengzhi glanced at Yuan Yong, who had a gloomy expression, and said calmly: "Then let's burn charcoal..."
"How to prevent the poison of charcoal smoke..."
As soon as someone asked a question, it turned out to be nonsense.
It's been a while since we entered this warm pavilion. Have the ministers smelled even a hint of smoke?
If Li Chengzhi dared to present this thing to the emperor, he would naturally have solved this problem long ago.
A closer look shows that compared to the earth dragon, which uses charcoal, this thing only wastes less than 30% of the money per season at most, and it is extremely convenient to build. It can be built by digging some wet mud.
According to what Li Chengzhi said, if you can really sweep some grass and dry leaves and burn it, it can be called good news to the poor. Compared with the countless people who froze to death every winter in previous years, this thing can be regarded as a "save for the common people".
"In water and fire", no wonder the emperor was so excited?
Thinking of this, all the ministers looked at Li Chengzhi in a different way, as if they were looking at a saint...
Just as he was sighing secretly, he suddenly heard a roar from the pavilion: "Good thief, you are still alone from Tanshan..."
Everyone turned around and saw that Yuan Yong's face was purple, his beard and hair were spread out, his lips were trembling, and he pointed a trembling finger at Li Chengzhi, as if he was going to faint from anger.
Li Chengzhi secretly shouted: It’s coming!
"What's the point of shouting and screaming?"
The emperor just cursed, and when he heard another "pop", Yuan Yong knelt straight on the ground.
"Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for me. I was deceived by the thief Li Chengzhi... Last month, he came to see me and said that he wanted to jointly develop charcoal with me to provide for the people of the capital to survive the winter. I know very well that the charcoal smoke
He was afraid that the poison would harm people's lives, so he didn't respond to him. He just rented all the Tanshan Mountains in his territory to him and made a five-year contract..."
"Your Highness, isn't it?"
Li Chengzhi said with a smile, "I confessed to you that day: I have a furnace made of iron, which can be used by wealthy families. It can also help the common people build earth dragons. These two things are very useful, but
If the residents in the capital use it, it should be charcoal... Therefore, I am looking for you to cooperate. I have made it clear and clear, so how can you say it is a lie?"
"Fart... you said you wanted to make an iron stove, but when did you say there was a way to dispel smoke poison? I just treat it like a charcoal basin. Although it can keep out the cold, there is a worry of poisoning. And as long as everyone is rich, every family has it.
There are earth dragons who have accumulated enough firewood and need charcoal, so they just assume that no one is willing to sell charcoal...
Also, you only said you wanted to help the people build earth dragons, but when did you say it was so convenient, even the foundation does not need to be dug out, and there is so little waste..."
In the middle of shouting, he suddenly heard a "puff", as if someone laughed. Yuan Yong was so angry that he was about to curse when he saw that it was Taiwei Yuan Jia. He could only swallow the curse words that came to his lips.
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Yuan Jia stroked his beard and said sarcastically: "I am really Li Chengzhi who deceived you. It turns out that you are hesitant and want to get rich but are afraid of taking responsibility?"
This was one of the six assistants who were left to assist Yuan Ke according to the late emperor's dying decree. To put it bluntly, without Yuan Jia, Yuan Ke would have been forced to abdicate by his uncles Yuan Xi, Yuan Xie and Yuan Xiang.
In the emperor's heart, ten Yuanyongs are not as good as Yuanjia, so how can he dare to be so presumptuous?
Yuan Yong frowned and argued: "What the Taiwei said is wrong. If Li Chengzhi had let me see these two things earlier, how could I be fooled?"
Li Chengzhi was a little impatient: "Your Highness, please speak frankly. What do you want?"
Yuan Yong stretched out his hand: "Bring back the lonely Tanshan Mountain!"
Return it?
"It's not impossible..." Li Chengzhi said with a smile, "But King Yingchuan must still remember that you and I agreed in the contract: If anyone regrets it, he will pay ten times the default amount..."
Ten times?
It was because of Yuan Yong that he proclaimed himself the leader of the world. Thinking of that huge number, his face turned green with pain.
But thinking that as soon as winter comes in the future, those charcoal mountains in Yingchuan will continue to earn money, Yuan Yong gritted his teeth fiercely: "At most three times!"
"Deal!"
No one expected that Li Chengzhi agreed on the spot. He also looked at Yuan Yong with a smile, "There is no basis for what I say, but even if Yingchuan gave me a written certificate at this time, I would not believe it.
But what should we do?"
This was clearly a mockery of Yuan Yong's capriciousness, reneging on promises, and forgetfulness of justice. All the officials burst into laughter, and there were many people who looked at Yuan Yong with contempt on their faces. For example, the emperor...
But Yuan Yong has been through the wind and rain for a long time, how can he lose this strength? Compared with real gold and copper coins, facial hair is nothing?
He knew very well that if he were not in Shiqian Palace today, in another situation, such as in private, Li Chengzhi would be so happy that he saw a ghost.
Knowing that the opportunity must not be missed, he would never come back again, Yuan Yong said with a coy smile: "I hope your majesty will grant me permission to let the ministers leave the palace and collect the illegal money from Li Chengzhi..."
Everyone thought that the emperor would be furious and curse. However, Yuan Ke just glanced at Yuan Yong and said, "I shouldn't have summoned you today, go away..."
Yuan Yong was so happy that he bowed and left, just like there was a wolf chasing after him.
Li Chengzhi's heart moved: Why did Yuan Yong act like he didn't want to stay in the palace to discuss matters? Wasn't it all about getting Meishan back?
Just as he was doubting himself, he heard the emperor ask again: "Tell me, what trick are you hiding to try to harm King Yingchuan? Well, let me tell you first, how much should King Yingchuan compensate you for three times the breach of contract?" <
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"I rented Tanshan Mountain for five years at a cost of 30,000 gold per year, totaling 150,000 gold, and I have already paid it. If the King of Yingchuan triples the compensation to me, it will be 450,000 gold..."
"Hiss..."
There was a sudden gasp of air in the hall.
450,000 gold, if you buy millet, you can buy nearly 450,000 shi, totaling more than 50,000 kilograms.
This much money is enough to buy a smaller house in the inner city...
The emperor looked disbelieving and squinted: "It's more than that. With your nature, you must have some tricks up your sleeve! To be honest..."
To be honest, the emperor knew Li Chengzhi quite well. Li Chengzhi scratched his head helplessly: "I have already purchased enough charcoal in Beijing around the beginning of autumn. There are nearly 300,000 charcoal, which is enough for the people of Beijing to last a whole winter. Even if it's a bit worse, I have rented King Ruyang's Carboniferous Ridge at the southern end of Mount Wei. But as soon as the weather clears, I will hire someone to transport charcoal to Mount Wei. It's only more than two hundred miles away, and it can take at least two days.
We can go back and forth. If we hire more carriages and horses, we can transport 100,000 dans of charcoal to the capital in one month, which should be enough... Therefore, King Yingchuan just takes back the charcoal mountain, and it will be unprofitable this year!" Not only is it unprofitable, it is estimated that you will have to pay some compensation.
Just because Yuanyue's Tanshan Mountain is very close to Luoyang, barely a hundred miles away. But Yuanyong's Tanshan Mountain is in Yingchuan, three hundred miles away, nearly three times farther...
The ministers were speechless, but the emperor was very surprised: "I know that you rented Yuanyue's charcoal mountain, but how do I not know when and where did you buy the 300,000 stone charcoal?"
Just when Li Chengzhi was about to open his mouth, Yuan Yi bowed down first: "It's all my fault... At the beginning of autumn, Li Chengzhi told his ministers that the weather was getting colder, and metallurgy and forging would stop. The accumulation of
The charcoal can only be used again next year. It is also said that if this material accumulates for a winter, it will lose some patience. It is better to sell it to him at the market price and wait for the next spring to purchase new charcoal...
I felt that this was justified, so I followed what he said and gave him all the charcoal from Qibu, Jinbu, Taicang, Sinong and other departments, nearly 200,000 shi..."
This is only 200,000, what about another 100,000?
The emperor's eyelids twitched, and just when he was about to look at Liu Teng, he saw the old eunuch knelt down with a pop: "I am also the same. The Taifu, Shaofu, Neizang and other Cao have nearly 100,000 stones of charcoal accumulated in previous years.
Sold to Li Chengzhi at market price..."
Yuan Ke's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot: "It's so huge, you should also ask Li Chengzhi, where should he use so much charcoal?"
"I asked..."
Yuan Yi whispered, "He said he would sell it to the people in winter to keep out the cold..."
Yuan Ke was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth.
These two actually believed it?
Nine times out of ten, these two people felt that they could take advantage and save them a lot of trouble, so they just went with the flow and sold it first regardless of whether what Li Chengzhi said was true or false.
If Yuan Yong is said to be stupid, wouldn't they be even stupider?
But what happened was that Li Chengzhi told the truth?
So, if he, the emperor, wanted to use charcoal, he would have to ask Li Chengzhi to buy it?
The palace was fully equipped with charcoal, and no one would be missing without the emperor. Yuan Ke felt very happy.
"What is the market price of selling to Li Chengzhi?"
"One stone, one gold!"
"The same is true for me!"
The emperor looked at Yuan Jia again.
As a Taiwei with both military and political duties, he must be familiar with people's livelihood. Yuan Jia thought for a while: "It is a little more expensive in winter, but if you buy it around the beginning of autumn, one stone of charcoal should cost about one hundred yuan..."
One gold was discounted to 150 yuan, and Li Chengzhi also gave 50 yuan more?
The emperor suddenly felt much better and asked with a sideways glance, "In the end, it was the imperial court that took advantage of you? Hmm... No, where did you get so much money?"
Three hundred thousand shi is three hundred thousand gold. In just half a year, Li Chengzhi actually made so much by selling ice and tofu?
"The great general pledged the Night-Ming Pearl to the King of Hejian and borrowed millions of gold from him..."
The emperor was speechless: Li Chengzhi is really willing to let go?
"Such a lot of trouble must be to make a lot of money. Tell me, how much coal do you want to use?"
Li Chengzhi made a surprising statement: "It's still worth one stone and one gold!"
Seeing that everyone looked at each other, even the emperor looked like "you are fooling the devil", Li Chengzhi sneered and said, "It's not how you take it in, but how you sell it... This is also what I have recently researched: how to make coal
Crush it, mix it with half clay, loess, or red soil, and roll it into coal cakes, which can still be burned.
Although the fire is not as strong as the original charcoal, it is better than the burning resistance. At most ten kilograms are enough for a small family to keep out the cold for one day. The minister is going to hire some idle men to use the 300,000 stones of charcoal to make 600,000 stones of briquettes.
"Although there are nearly 100,000 households in the capital, there must be many households that have some firewood, so it should be enough."
Yuan Yi stared at Li Chengzhi with a pair of phoenix eyes, as if he wanted to see flowers.
Uncle Yonghuang has been tricked by you: not to mention one year, maybe ten or eight years, he won’t be able to earn a penny from that charcoal mountain...
Although there are only seven or eight important ministers, they know that Li Chengzhi has a lot of people. Cui Guang waved his sleeves, pointed at Li Chengzhi and asked: "If someone thinks your charcoal cake is of poor quality and wants to buy raw charcoal, how much will it cost?"
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Li Chengzhi blinked his eyes: "Why should one stone and five metals be used..."
It actually increased five times on the spot?
Yuan Yi and Liu Teng's intestines are filled with regret.
Li Chengzhi disagreed: "A wealthy family has plenty of charcoal and firewood, so there are not many people who need charcoal. I am just afraid that someone will compete with the people for profit, so I buy charcoal from me, and then follow my example and use loess."
Poor charcoal is produced, so the price is so high, making it unprofitable, and naturally there will be no harm to the people..."
He didn't say it explicitly, but everyone could tell that Li Chengzhi was guarding against profit-seeking people like Yuan Yong.
This is considered good, at least there are some limits. However, among the clan, they only care about making money and don’t care about the life or death of the people. There are many people who are evil-minded and can use ink to make money.
There was silence in the palace, and the sound of a silver needle falling to the ground could be heard. Whether it was the emperor or several courtiers, although their expressions were different, they all looked at Li Chengzhi intently.
If someone else said such a thing, even if they didn't curse, they would laugh and say something similar in their hearts. But when Li Chengzhi said it, everyone believed it.
Just because of this kind of robbing the rich and giving to the poor, Li Chengzhi has already done it.
Just like that tofu, the difference between what is sold to rich households and what is sold to common people is five times.
Therefore, no matter how many dignitaries Li Chengzhi offended and how many people scolded him in court, the people praised him...
"You are good at calculating? You can make money and gain fame..."
The emperor snorted coldly and explained to Yuan Jia and others: "The ministers have also seen it. The construction of this fire kang is not complicated. We can inform the states as soon as possible and teach the people to build it.
As for the method of making charcoal cakes, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Affairs can select the popular people from various counties and make them specialize in the production and sales... No matter how expensive the charcoal in the states is, it can't be more expensive than in the capital, right? Just follow Li Chengzhi's method and
The selling price will be determined. It will be determined according to the market price the following year... The Yushitai needs to send envoys to investigate openly and covertly, but those who drive up the price and pass off inferior products will be severely punished..."
A large number of people in the palace immediately prostrated themselves: "I obey the decree..."
The emperor waved his hand: "Let's go!"
He didn't say to let him go, so Li Chengzhi didn't dare to pretend to be confused and go with him, so he had to stay honestly.
After all the ministers had left, the emperor sighed leisurely: "After all, how should I reward you?"
Li Chengzhi took a look at the emperor's face: "I earn a lot, so I deserve it!"
"Each case is one and cannot be generalized. I know what you are thinking: the reason why you delayed reporting it to me until the heavy snow came suddenly is because you don't want to reveal the secret and make it easier for the evil and charming people. I am very relieved...
Whatever..."
The emperor sighed again, "It won't be too late to tell you about your merits when the states submit their reports..."
There are indeed some cases, such as the quasi-brother-in-law Yuan Chen, who is even more sinister than Yuan Yong.
I don’t know what the emperor meant, and Li Chengzhi really didn’t want to ask for rewards through this, so he said calmly: “I obey the order!”
The emperor chuckled softly and said: "I'm tired, so please step aside..."
After that, Yuan Ke was like a wooden sculpture, leaning against the bed and staring blankly at the beams.
I don't know how much time passed before he came back to his senses when he heard a "squeak" sound.