Although Ling Jing was a counselor, he was ultimately a man of letters.
After all, he came from a poor family, so he couldn't compare with the children of aristocratic families in terms of scriptures and meanings. He couldn't compete with others just by reading the scriptures, so he also liked to write a few short poems on weekdays.
In the past, Li Shan used Lingnan as a pretense to listen to others recite, but now that his "really wanted" has been exposed... Ling Jing has no interest in writing poems anymore.
That night, the three of them got together to cook hot pot, and Li Shan threw out a few more poems... Ling Jing kept silent with a dark face, and Ma Zhou almost left the table.
It’s so shocking!
Hey, let alone the two of them, even if we get all the three great poets Li Bai, Du Fu, and Bai Juyi... I guess they can't beat Li Shan.
Anyway, I kept telling myself in my heart that I was forced... So, Li Shan's mental state is a bit strange now, and I just want to be a prostitute!
While I was eating, Zhu Wu came over from outside.
"Let's eat something together." Li Shan asked casually: "Is it sent over in the past two days?"
"We just had dinner." Zhu Wuwen said angrily: "For ten days, I will send ten bottles of wine to Wei Mansion every day and accept them all."
Zhu Wu is responsible for managing Zhujiagou's commercial affairs. Although Yuhuchun is the property of the Li family and the villagers do not benefit from it, Zhu Wu is very diligent in his work. It has been more than ten days since the Yuhuchun wine shop was closed.
I have to come and ask every day for five days.
Li Shan bit a fish ball and continued to ask: "I sent it to the Wei Mansion the day before yesterday. Can Brother Xuancheng accept it?"
"Accepted."
Li Shan, Ling Jing and Ma Zhou's eyes collided. Both of them knew the inside story, while Zhu Wu was just following orders.
After sending Zhu Wu away, Li Shan said with a smile: "It's pretty much what we guessed."
"It's definitely not the prince." Ma Zhou nodded and said, "It should just be the prince's family order."
Ling Jing added: "The prince may not even know about this."
Although Wei Qingsi, who knew that it was Jingzhao Wei's secret action that day, probably would not involve the change of Dong Palace's attitude towards him, but this kind of thing... Li Shan did not dare to be careless.
They sent wine to Wei's house for ten consecutive days, and Li Shan personally delivered it to Wei's house for the first three days, but Wei Ting never showed up... This shows that Wei Ting knew the inside story.
The clan brothers want to seize people's property, so Wei Ting can't rebel.
For the next seven days, wine was delivered every day, and Wei Ting did not refuse... This shows that Wei Ting's attitude towards Li Shan has not changed.
If his attitude had changed, no matter how much Wei Ting liked Yuhuchun, he would not accept the wine... If Wei Qingsi took Yuhuchun away, how much wine would he want to drink?
And when he offered wine to Wei Zheng, he actually accepted it... If the prince's attitude towards him had changed, Wei Zheng would not have accepted this gift.
Therefore, we can now conclude that it is just Wei Qingsi.
And he still took action without telling the prince... After all, it was Li Jiancheng who asked the saint to name Yu Huchun.
Li Shan really couldn't figure it out... What exactly was Wei Qingsi thinking?
The prince obviously intended to be gentle. Wei Qingsi was an official in the prince's family, so he must be Li Jiancheng's confidant, but he wanted to go against his will. Wasn't he afraid of the prince's reproach?
Moreover, the brewing industry is indeed hugely profitable, but for Jingzhao Webster, taking away people's industry and damaging reputation is not worth the gain... After all, Li Shan today is no longer the helpless, nameless and hopeless young man he was two years ago.
However, after confirming that Donggong's attitude had not changed, Li Shan was temporarily relieved.
Ling Jing glanced at Li Shan who looked slightly relaxed, shook his head and said, "It's like stepping on a suspension rope. You can't go on like this forever."
"Let's talk about it." Li Shan said with a bitter smile: "If you join the King of Qin, things will be revealed one day or the Pei family in Hedong will change his ways. How can you deal with yourself?"
Ma Zhou shook his head, "A few days ago, I heard that in November last year, the prince was about to go on an expedition. Prime Minister Pei took the initiative to ask for help. The day after the prince conquered Shandong, he went to Hebei in person to congratulate him as the prime minister."
"Pei Ji must be attached to the East Palace, but what about Pei Shiju?" Li Shan sneered: "It has only been two years since this old fox surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Who knows if he will..."
"Li Dewu threw himself into the East Palace..."
"There are no outstanding talents in the West House of the Pei family in Hedong, but at least everyone is not dead..."
Li Shan thought about Pei Shiju for a long time, but this old fox... no, he was just an old turtle, and he really had no place to start.
It is almost impossible to push Pei Shiju into the arms of the prince like he did with Li Dewu... Pei Shiju successively served in the Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, Sui, and Tang Dynasties. He had deep strategies and knew how to protect himself.
Since entering the Tang Dynasty in the fourth year of Wude, Pei Shiju has successively served as the imperial censor, the prince Zuo Shuzi, the prince Zhan Shi, the county prince, the school inspector, and the prime minister.
Such a person... has done almost nothing in two years. He neither performs the duties of the Prime Minister nor the Prince Zhan, and usually stays behind closed doors to thank guests.
Obviously, Pei Shiju, who had experienced the battle between Yang Yong and Yang Guang in the former Sui Dynasty, had already seen the flash of swords and shadows in the future.
Li Shan rubbed the corner of his clothes and thought to himself that when the Xuanwumen Incident happened in history, Pei Shiju should have been by Li Yuan's side.
After Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were killed, the East Palace and the troops of Prince Qi's palace besieged the East Palace, or did Pei Shiju come forward to persuade him to surrender... Does this prove that Li Shimin's attitude towards Pei Shiju was positive or negative?
To persuade him to surrender... he naturally cannot let his confidants come forward. He should let the other party's leader come forward... Li Shan thought in his heart, maybe Pei Shiju chose the East Palace in the end?
It's really a bit of a headache. If possible, Li Shan hopes to cut off Li Dewu and Pei Shiju, and even the Hedong Pei family. He really doesn't want to face the old fox Pei Shiju.
There was noise outside, and Su Dingfang strode in, his hands dark, "Huairen, the coal you mentioned has arrived."
"How many?" Li Shan put his worries behind and stood up with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Su."
There were more than twenty carriages outside the door, and each one was fully loaded. Li Shan checked them one by one and found that they were indeed coal... that is, coal. Most of them were shapeless, but they could still be used.
Hedong, which was later known as Shanxi Province, was the region with the largest coal production in the world, while Guanzhong, which was later known as Shaanxi Province, was second only to the former in terms of coal resources.
In this era, it is a luxury to be a coal boss, but it is not too difficult to collect some coal that is exposed on the ground and may be buried in shallow soil.
As early as last year, when Li Shan was preparing to bake red bricks, he specifically asked... Su Dingfang moved to Guanzhong when he was young and did not return to Hebei until he was fifteen years old. He immediately named several locations with coal.
When firing red bricks, pulverized coal needs to be added when making bricks, and coal is mainly used when firing in the kiln.
The former can greatly reduce the firing time, and the latter can greatly reduce the firing cost... If you use white charcoal or charcoal to bake bricks, you will be in trouble. It is better to build a house directly with wood and stone.
"Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind." Li Shan rubbed his hands and called Tan Liu, "The east wind has arrived, let's start tomorrow."
Tan Liu is from Xingzhou. He once worked in a punishment kiln and knew the kiln-firing technology.
Arranging people to put away the transported coal, Li Shan thought in his mind that after more than a thousand years, he didn't know how many times it would take to burn it successfully.
Seeing those cinders, Li Shan couldn't help but think, let Qi Laoliu try it later... In those days, briquettes were a good thing in the countryside.