Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

Chapter 47

When Empress Changsun heard Su Chen ask Changle to treat him to a meal, she was speechless.

"Changle treated you to a meal on the first day you met."

"Su Chen, do you have any items from the suburbs that need to be moved? Ask the guards to move them for you, and you will live in this manor from now on.

I will arrange for some maids and servants to come over later, and you can rest here tonight."

Empress Changsun saw that they had almost finished talking about things, and looked at Su Chen and asked.

"Aunt, I don't have anything to move, just a broken thatched house."

In his thatched house in the suburbs, there was nothing except the bed board.

"Great, let the guards go home and order people to quickly make tables and chairs, and prepare everything that the restaurant has here."

Li Shimin couldn't sit still anymore, and he had been sitting on the reclining chair all this time.

Seeing this, Su Chen called Li Chengqian to wait.

He took out a pen and paper and quickly drew a bull nose ring and marked the size, and handed it to the guard.

Li Chengqian stood up and walked outside to instruct a guard.

…

There was one thing that Li Shimin had been holding back, which was about fine salt. He had always wanted to test Su Chen's opinion.

Li Shimin looked at Su Chen with deep eyes, his expression slightly serious, as if he was hesitant to speak.

His reaction was seen by Su Chen, who smiled slightly:

"Uncle, do you have anything to say to me, or do you have any questions to ask? Please speak."

Li Shimin nodded slightly and glanced at Changle casually.

"I heard that the salt used in Lizhi Restaurant is a little different from the salt outside? Can you tell me?"

Su Chen thought for a while, and he could say that he now completely trusted Li Shimin's family.

He could also feel that they treated him like their own people.

"Uncle, I refined the salt myself. When Li Zhi goes back tonight, she can take some home from the restaurant.

But it cannot be spread out now, otherwise once the refining method is mastered by the aristocratic families, it will become a tool for the aristocratic families to exploit the people.

We cannot do this fine salt business either. This can only be done by the government or the royal family.

I plan to wait until these seeds are planted. Uncle will make an appointment with the King of Huaiyang. I will let him pass the fine salt refining method to the emperor."

Li Shimin was very happy after hearing this, and at the same time, he was also pleased with Su Chen's righteousness, and could not help but nod frequently.

"Okay, I will help you make an appointment with the King of Huaiyang Li Daoxuan when you are done."

Li Shimin was a little surprised that Su Chen did not call him Li Er this time, but the emperor.

'I still have some weight in Su Chen's heart. '

Li Shimin looked at Su Chen with a smile on his face.

Su Chen also smiled and nodded, then touched his chin and looked at Li Chengqian:

"When the time comes, I'll cheat Li Er of that old guy. I know he's poor, so I'll just give him 100,000 or 80,000 strings of cash, or I can give my brother-in-law a new title."

The smile on Li Shimin's face instantly faded, and he thought: Why does this kid always pick on me?

Li Chengqian's face was twitching, and he was moved and sweating on his forehead.

'Aye, can you tolerate this? '

Empress Changsun looked at Li Shimin's distressed face, and felt that Erlang was really wronged.

Li Shimin suddenly thought of something, looked at Su Chen and asked:

"Boy, what do you think is the appropriate price for the fine salt?"

Su Chen didn't answer, but smiled and stretched out 5 fingers.

Li Shimin nodded and said slowly:

"That snow-white fine salt is indeed worth 500 coins per bucket. The refined salt sold by the noble families is far inferior to the fine salt."

Su Chen smiled and shook his head:

"Uncle, I said 5 coins per pound."

Li Shimin was shocked and his eyes widened.

"Boy, if you sell it for 5 wen per jin, won't you lose money?"

Su Chen shook his head again:

"I have calculated carefully. In addition to the labor and transportation costs, there is probably a profit of 3 wen per jin. Salt is a daily necessities and you can't make money from it.

For example, Yuye wine can be sold for 20 guan per jin. If you can't afford it, you don't have to drink it, but salt can't.

If this fine salt is also sold for 500 wen, what is the difference with the aristocratic family? They are all sucking the blood of the common people.

The most important thing is that I want to use this salt to dig into the roots of the aristocratic family, and I have to cheat them."

Li Shimin felt that what Su Chen said made sense. It is true that you can't make money by selling high-priced salt.

But when he heard Su Chen say that he wanted to use salt to dig into the roots of the aristocratic family, he immediately got excited.

"Tell me how to use fine salt to dig into the roots of the aristocratic family."

Su Chen: "... This, the fewer people know about this matter, the better.

So..."

...

At sunset.

"Uncle, do you think this cow is more obedient now?"

In a vacant field, a large group of tenant farmers surrounded a cow and watched.

Su Chen was holding the rope behind the cow.If you shake it from time to time, the cow will change its direction.

"Master, can I try?"

Su Chen smiled and handed the rope to an uncle.

The uncle was still used to pulling the cow in front of the cow.

But he still found that the cow did not give him the opportunity to exert force at all. When people walked in front, the cow would slowly follow.

There was no way to not keep up! It would hurt if its nose was pulled!

"Hahaha! This cow doesn't need to be pulled now, it will follow people, amazing!"

Then, he learned from Su Chen to drive the cow behind the cow and pull the rope to control the direction of the cow's walking.

"This cow is human, good! Very good!"

The tenants saw that after wearing a small iron ring, it became so human, and they didn't worry about the cow hurting people in the future.

They came forward to receive the nose ring.

In the afternoon, Li Shimin and his family left the manor.

Not long after they left, the maids, guards, and chefs were all in place.

More than 60 curved plows were delivered, but the waterwheel was not built yet.

"Uncles and uncles, those who have not received the curved plows can come forward to receive one."

"I hope you can plow as much land as possible in the next two days. I have some new crops to share with you."

"From now on, this owner will only collect 10% of the rent, and the rest is yours."

Su Chen stood in the crowd and said loudly to the tenants.

After hearing this, everyone was stunned at first, and then they reacted and bowed to Su Chen in unison.

"Thank you for your kindness and righteousness, owner of the manor!"

One of the tenants bowed and said, "Owner, if there is anything in the manor in the future, just let us know. We have no other skills, but we have strength. Don't you agree?"

The crowd responded in unison, "Yes!"

Before, the efficiency of farming tools was not good, and the utilization rate of these tens of thousands of acres of land was less than one in ten.

Now with this curved plow, I believe more crops can be planted.

Su Chen smiled and bowed in return in the crowd, then left with four guards.

They all carried swords.

This was because Su Chen didn't understand this, as ordinary merchant servants were not allowed to carry weapons.

"What are your names?"

Su Chen looked at the four guards and felt that they were a little different from the bodyguards he had seen before.

They looked like special forces soldiers.

Li Shimin specially arranged them here in the afternoon to protect Su Chen's safety.

They were all very skilled.

Most importantly, they were all very loyal.