After Becoming a Taoist

  Chapter 869 Teaching the Way of Detecting Objects

   "How many years will the emperor's birthday be counted?" Li Shimin asked.

   "Nine years." Li Dandao already knew the result.

   "Can that prolong his life?" Li Shimin asked.

  Li Dan said strangely, Li Shimin didn't even think about killing Li Yuan.

  Therefore, he said: "You can only get the method of health preservation, and you can continue your life for a year or two, and it is difficult to go against the destiny."

   "Then let him be the Supreme Emperor for another nine years. I want him to live to see that I can do better than him."

   He didn't know whether he was referring to Li Yuan himself or Li Jiancheng, the hidden prince.

   But Li Dandao did see Li Shimin's ambition from this.

   It doesn't matter whether Li Yuan is dead or not, the rule of Zhenguan may be a few years earlier.

   The so-called destiny, God gave it, and God received it.

  Li Dandao has only now put aside the prejudice against emperors and monarchs in the thousand-year-old dream, and gradually realized the charm of Li Shimin's personality.

   "Don't mention this Aiqing again. Although I know that Aiqing is for the sake of Jiangshan's society, I have absolutely no ability to approve this matter."

  Li Dandao nodded naturally.

   Then he chatted with Li Shimin about the people's livelihood today.

   is not a matter of medicine, because although studying medicine can strengthen the people's physique, it cannot satisfy the people.

  The foundation of the people's wealth is that the people can have enough food and clothing, and have the surplus to exchange with others, so that the economy can flow.

  Li Dan said there was no other way.

   One is the method of composting, which is a must for Tang wear. Li Dandao didn't take it out before, because he didn't have the ability to talk to the emperor, but now he has it.

   The second is the method of practicing salt. This method can protect the national treasury, and even rely on salt trading to drain the economic blood of neighboring countries by the Tang Dynasty. This is also a must for Tang Chuan Shuangwen.

  The method of composting is not bad, but this method of practicing salt would never have dared to use it if Li Dandao had not reached the realm of Yangshen now.

   "These two methods are obtained by the minister occasionally. Since Your Majesty does not want to benefit the common people with the destiny of the emperor, he can benefit from these two methods."

   "What is Grid?" Li Shimin was a little curious.

   "Checking things is a method of summarizing a set of rules from the seeds by observing the development of everything."

  Li Dandao gave an example: "For example, looking at the Tianjian today, observing the stars in the sky, formulating the calendar, and guiding farming, it is the examination of things."

   then explained: "This object is the dung of cattle and sheep. Wherever it falls, the land will be fertile in the coming year, and even mushrooms will grow. This is the grass of grain essence."

   "Also, there are people who take silt from the river, turn it for drying, and use it to fertilize the fields, and the best fields are often near the river."

"In addition, when I was fifteen years old, I traveled from north to south, and I saw a lot. Among them, there was an old man who took a lump of silt from a river, exposed it to the sun, and then took the urine of a boy, mixed it with it, dried it again, and mixed it again. ."

   "Finally take it out, insert a vitex, it will take root in three days, and sprout in five days."

   "At that time, the minister asked the old man, and the old man said that all things are related to the five elements of yin and yang."

"People live by the fire of the heart, but it is actually a big furnace. The grains belong to wood, and when they meet fire, they produce soil, so they are left behind, but they still have fire and can burn plants and crops, so they need to be removed in a cool place. Fire, or reconcile with water."

   "And the soil is thick and heavy, and the water moistens the two things, so the two things are in harmony and can produce wood."

   "The wood is self-directed towards the sun, and its inflammatory nature rises upward. It is said to be a valley of wood, but it is actually a valley of fire, so it can be used for anger in people's hearts. If the valley of water does not think, it is a sign of death."

   "This old farmer is a hermit in the wild. Where is he? I want to ask him to come out of the mountains to guide farming."

   Li Dan said haha: "If the sage is virtuous, why should the hermit not serve?"

   "But the minister has since figured out one thing, and then tested the truth of the matter at home. The Yongyetian in the minister's family has already tested this matter. The original yield of only two stones per mu can be changed into the upper field of three stones.

   "The minister observed the changes of the earth's qi and found that the earth's qi became thick and moist, and the mud was like ointment. I think it is the effect of this thing."

  Li Shimin immediately stood up when he heard that the output of grain could be increased by so much: "Is what Aiqing said true?"

   "Don't dare to lie."

"It seems that this method of checking things is a useful method. It's not like those idiots who study Confucianism and have a rotten spirit. point.

   began to think about the method of the object.

   "How did you come up with the method of practicing salt?"

   "This is about the method of practicing sugar."

  Li Dandao opened his mouth and said, "Malt is added to cooked glutinous rice in folk sugar making. However, the taste is good or bad. In the early years of my fortune in alchemy and pharmaceuticals, I needed maltose as a compounding agent, so I am familiar with this matter."

   "Afterwards, I went to Lingnan. The people of Lingnan have private practitioners of salt, which is almost the same as boiling sugar, but boiling sea water."

   "However, sea salt is bitter and salty, and it is easy to be poisoned when eaten."

   "However, the children of noble families in Lingnan Road also have fine salt to eat. The salt turns blue in color, and it is the best green salt."

   "These salts are not produced locally, but are collected either from Qinghai or from underground salt wells in the southwest."

"Among them, the best salt is that after the soy milk has been poured into the tofu, all the impurities are melted into the soy milk, which is the cleanest. It can be cooked with salt, the color is blue and white, and there are very few impurities. ."

   "The minister combined the two methods, and optimized the process with the technique of Taoist artillery and medicinal materials. First, he used a fine cloth to filter out the sediment in the sea water. Second, he didn't need firewood to bake it. He took the heat of the sun to refine it."

"Among them, Glauber's salt is the first to come out. Its nature is bitter and cold, which is the main reason for the bitterness of salt. If you don't take it, take the salty seawater, which is dozens of times more salty than before. Then boil the salt, add soy milk, filter it, and the rest The salt water can be blue and white, the taste is very good, and there is no bitterness."

   "Because salt cannot be privately owned, and in it, seeing the ability to shake the country's foundation, the minister has not disclosed it to anyone, nor has he personally tested it, but the sage can test it for himself."

   "If this method is accomplished, there will be millions of living people, tens of millions." Li Shimin couldn't keep his calm any longer.

   After Li Dandao said these two things, he suddenly felt as if two shackles had fallen on his body, which turned into a karmic entanglement, and Li Dandao's Yangshen was responsible for it.

  Li Dandao has already calculated it, and revealed the secret in advance. Although it is troublesome, it is not impossible to resolve.

  Because Li Dandao did not reveal the secrets out of thin air, but he had reason and evidence, and he did not get the whole cause and effect by himself.

   It’s just that it already exists now, and someone has already discovered it, but it has not been concluded yet, and no one has promoted it.

  Li Dan is well-founded and does not violate the peace. It can be said that he is playing a side ball.

   After all, it is a world of ghosts and gods, not an ordinary Tang Chuan world.

   But even these two shackles were already Li Dandao's maximum endurance.

   Previously, Li Dandao had rained in the East China Sea, and he had also violated the destiny once, so he already had a shackle.

   These three shackles belong to the sun god, the three souls of heaven, earth and man, and at the same time represent three calamities, which are related to Li Dan Dao Tianxian Dao, and also related to joining the WTO.

  Each will not be so easy to resolve.

   (end of this chapter)