Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, who were following Li Ji and Yuchi Gong, had livid faces and said nothing.
In the small palace, Li Tai was still standing here clearing the table for his father, wiping the table in front of him, pouring tea, and arranging everything in detail.
Li Shimin enjoyed his son's filial piety, and then looked at Zhang Yang who was calm and said, "Qingque, your mother has been preparing for your marriage, and everyone in the palace is also preparing. If it is suitable, you should do it earlier."
marry."
Hearing this, Li Tai paused in wiping the table, with a tangled look on his face. After a while, he continued to wipe the table vigorously and said, "Thank you, Father, for the arrangement."
Li Shimin nodded in understanding, "It's just that Li Zhi became your senior sister's disciple, and your mother is unwilling to marry her off early. It's your turn, and I will consider it carefully."
"It makes my father worried."
Li Shimin spoke lightly, as if he was talking about a very common thing.
Zhang Yang sat on one side with his hands crossed and his legs crossed, planning to make a wooden sculpture like this before His Majesty opened his mouth to speak to him.
“Can recycled paper still become new paper?”
Zhang Yang sat up straight again and replied: "Paper is actually made of fibers. As long as the ink stains on the fibers can be removed and these fibers are reused, new paper can be made. Lishan has been breaking through technical bottlenecks."
, we can make a breakthrough in paper recycling technology."
Li Shimin's eyes were a little higher, "How do you think about the construction of the Taiye Pond?"
"I'm still not suitable to be the supervisor of Taiye Pool."
After finishing his words, Li Shimin put down the tea bowl and said, "I won't let you supervise the production for nothing."
"Alas..." Zhang Yang sighed, "Then how does Your Majesty plan to save money? How much manpower is needed?"
"Ten thousand people are enough."
"Tsk."
Seeing something wrong with his expression, Li Shimin frowned and said solemnly: "Don't you think it's enough?"
Zhang Yang stood up in frustration, "Ten thousand people, 150,000 guan, giving up all expenditures on manpower and food, do you think it is enough?"
Li Tai also looked unhappy when he heard this, "Father, ten thousand people are indeed too many."
The emperor is not a man who knows how to calculate carefully, so he should be economical if he spends 150,000 guan to build the Taiye Pond.
However, the emperor's three views never consider the amount of money. These are all things that ministers need to consider.
Tian Khan said that he wanted to build Taiye Pond, but how to save money was something that his ministers needed to consider.
Seeing Li Shimin looking at him, Zhang Yang could only say: "The excavation of Taiye Pond cannot use too much manpower and material resources at once, nor can we invest all 150,000 guan in it at once. This is not a wise approach. In addition to giving
There is no benefit in causing trouble for yourself."
"Everything must be done step by step in a down-to-earth manner. If you only think about achieving it overnight, you will be burdened by it."
Li Tai felt very touched after listening to his brother-in-law's words. Just like the case in Luoyang, his brother-in-law was careful every step of the way, and even took the trouble to change a person's behavior and make him go to Luoyang.
Only in this way can this plan be realized.
I secretly sighed in my heart, this is the biggest thing I have ever done since I was sensible, and it is also the most exciting thing.
Of course, everything must be done carefully, and my brother-in-law must take care of every step without getting into trouble.
Li Shimin stared at the stove in front of him. There was a kettle on top of the stove. The water in the kettle had boiled, and there were gurgling sounds.
"Then how do you think you want to arrange it?"
Zhang Yang bowed and said in salute: "I plan to divide the fortifications of Taiye Pond into five phases. The specific arrangements can be discussed with Master Yan. As for the subsequent arrangements... Lishan has a condition."
"I don't like to negotiate terms with others."
"The condition is that Lishan is engaged in papermaking. The government can propose the amount of paper produced, but it needs to be decided by Lishan itself, and Lishan must get 10% of the profits from papermaking."
The original sale was an exchange between Party A and Party B. Now Lishan becomes Party B and holds 10% of the proceeds.
"Yes, I promise you."
Li Tai couldn't help but smile bitterly. His father said in the previous sentence that he didn't like to negotiate terms with others.
However, the papermaking workshop is run by Lishan himself. How much paper can be produced in a day and how much output can be produced are only known by Lishan himself.
While the personnel arrangement of the paper mill remains unchanged, except for the change of the owner behind it, everything else remains unchanged.
This kind of handover is the best and the most stable.
Regardless of whether Li Shimin will build another paper workshop, at least there will be no changes in Lishan.
Let alone affect the development of Lishan.
If the emperor suddenly gets mad and wants Lishan to demolish other factories and focus on making paper, Lishan's affluent scene will disappear in a very short time.
Since the construction of Lishan, Lishan has embarked on a path of using technology to determine productivity. On this basis, it has been building its own technical barriers. In terms of productivity, it can only improve itself.
Further improve production efficiency.
After discussing the next charter with Li Shimin, Zhang Yang and Li Tai walked out of the small palace.
The wind and snow in Guanzhong are still very heavy. Such a heavy snowstorm is not a bad thing, nor can it be said to be a good thing.
Li Tai stepped on the snow and looked at the heavy snow falling on the fields, "Father has been thinking about Taiye Pond for a long time."
Zhang Yang said with a smile: "In the past, if His Majesty wanted to build the Taiye Lake, the civil and military forces in the imperial court would definitely protest against it. Ten years have passed, and the power in your father's hands has become stronger and stronger. Now he wants to
Naturally no one will object to the construction of Taiye Pond."
"Thank you, brother-in-law. I will go to the blacksmith workshop again."
After bidding farewell to Li Tai, Zhang Yang stepped on the stone steps going up the mountain. There was a thick layer of snow piled on the stone steps, and a crunching sound could be clearly heard when he stepped on them.
When people's feet fall, some snow chunks fall from the stone steps.
You need to step very carefully and steadily, and add eye-catching road signs to warn you of slipping later.
Zhang Yang looked at the situation here and saw that the new home still needed to be built. Snow had to be cleared every day and guardrails and handrails had to be added.
They walked all the way to Lishan Mountain, where they were still having a snowball fight. Zhang Yang dodged the thrown snowballs, messed up the little Sizi's still yellow hair, and returned to the house contentedly.
Li Yue and her two aunts were knitting clothes quietly.
I had just made a small sweater and gave it to Xiao Qingqing to try on. When she saw that the size was just right, she continued knitting with a smile.
"The children's clothes should be made as wide as possible so that they can be kept and worn in the future." Auntie warned from the side.
Li Yue's pregnancy was not obvious yet, so she nodded and said, "How is the discussion between my husband and my father going?"
Zhang Yang made himself a bowl of strong tea and said, "I told you three things."
After straightening the small sweater in her hand, she whispered: "Then my father has told me a lot of things."
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Well, there are still a lot of things to be busy with in the coming year regarding matters outside the customs, Lishan Mountain, and Taiye Pool."
Seeing her daughter putting together a puzzle, she scratched her head with her little hands and couldn't find where to put the puzzle piece in her hand.
Zhang Yang also sat down cross-legged and helped his daughter fight together.
This warm scene looked very comfortable. Li Yue smiled gently and continued to weave patiently.
The snowball fight between the younger siblings didn't end until dusk.
When the couple walked out of the house again, the Huaqing Pool was in a mess, and there were a lot of snowballs smashed on the wall. There was no need to sweep the snow beside the Huaqing Pool. They were almost finished by these brothers and sisters. Well
!It saves a lot of worry.
This group of children were like very powerful machines. After having a snowball fight all day, they sat down and started to wolf down their dinner.
After eating, they went back to sleep.
When I woke up, it was another day full of energy. Forget about Li Lizhi, Qinghe, Dongyang, Li Zhi, and Gao Yang were at their most noisy years.
Even though there are usually maids watching, it takes a lot of effort to deal with them all the time.
They are all a bunch of heartless people...
It's not easy being a brother-in-law, and the slippers I just made a few days ago are worn out again.
After the children went back to their rooms to rest, Zhang Yang made them a pair of slippers that were stronger and more durable. He knitted a pair of bamboo strips for them to make them stronger and more durable.
In winter, wearing cotton cloth can keep you warm, and in summer, taking off the cotton cloth will still keep you cool.
Li Yue put new curtains in her home, because the original small house in Chang'an City had curtains, and she liked them very much.
There were many floral curtains hanging, and her mood improved a lot.
It was winter, and Zhang Yang was sitting under the eaves, patiently knitting shoes with bamboo strips. A cold wind came with snowflakes, and he felt that the air was getting colder.
Unable to sit still outside, Zhang Yang walked into the house and put his hands by the stove to keep warm.
Li Yue handed over the tea and said warmly: "We'll do it during the day. It's freezing outside right now."
Listening to the sound of wind and snow outside the house, Zhang Yang drank tea and nodded, agreeing very much with this statement, "But your father has also arranged a lot of things for me to do. My days of retiring and counting money are far away."
The bear has been sleeping since noon. It is stronger and more sleepy than before.
It's winter, which is when it's least active.
There were five little milk bears curled up next to it, sleeping peacefully.
Autumn harvest is winter hiding. People's behaviors throughout the year follow the four seasons. During winter hiding, people are not very active.
The couple went back to the house to rest early.
The next day, early morning.
Zhang Yang occupied her dressing table and was shaving himself in the bronze mirror.
"Husband, let me shave your beard. Get up quickly and let me dress up."
Seeing that her husband was still occupying her, Li Yue didn't want to go out with her hair disheveled, just because she was too embarrassed last night.
Zhang Yang put his arm around her waist, made her sit on his lap, and then combed her hair and eyebrows.
We have been husband and wife for many years, these things are nothing, and we are still in our own home.
But Li Yue still didn't dare to make any big moves and just sat quietly. Her husband's movements in combing her bun were a bit clumsy, and she had to help her from time to time.
Zhang Yang added: "I will make a good mirror for you another day."
"Huh? Isn't this bronze mirror good?"
"I can't see clearly. Now that I can burn glass, I'll look for materials and think of ways to make a better mirror."
Li Yue whispered: "I still hide Liuli's matter from my father, so don't cause any more trouble."
"It's only a matter of time before things like this are revealed."
"Well..." She looked a little disappointed. She felt her husband scratching her waist. Li Yue immediately struggled to get up. She was afraid of itchiness and took a few steps back. After putting on her clothes, she walked out of the room.
Today is still a snowy day, but this day two people came to Chang'an City.
These two people came to Lishan to meet Zhang Yang by His Majesty's order.
Zhang Yang walked down Lishan Mountain, and Li Tai's bodyguard brought a bowl of noodles, "Marquis of the County, there is an extra bowl."
"No, you can eat."
The guard then turned around with a smile and wolfed down the food with the other guards on the side.
Seeing Cen Wenwen and Yan Liben walking into Lishan, Zhang Yang bowed his hands and said, "Master Yan, brother Wenwen."
Cen Wenwen smiled and said: "I don't want to go out in this cold winter, but His Majesty has ordered me to supervise the Lishan Paper Mill, and I have to come and take a look."
Zhang Yang nodded clearly: "Brother Wenwen didn't come to harm me this time, right?"
"Shilang Zhang is joking again." Cen Wenwen smiled dryly, "How can I harm the county marquis? I should also thank the county marquis for dedicating the papermaking mill to the DPRK."
"You're welcome, it's all for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty."
"Yeah!" Li Tai on the side was still sucking the noodles, nodding his head and saying, "For the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty."
Naturally, Li Shimin would not tell the inside story of the DPRK. He would only say that Lishan presented the paper mill, but would not tell the inside story of the transaction.
After all, Tian Khan is a man who cares about face and is conceited.
Under his majesty, Lishan could only offer, rather than trade with, the emperor.
The emperor's thoughts were very clear. Lishan had benefited, so he would not interfere anymore.
Looking at Yan Liben aside, Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "Master Yan, regarding the construction of Taiye Pond, can I explain it to you later?"
Yan Liben said quickly: "Don't be in a hurry."
Just as he was about to lead the two of them to the paper mill, Zhang Yang stopped for a moment and turned around and asked, "Have you two eaten?"
Cen Wenwen smiled bitterly. Zhang Yang was still the same virtuous person, so he could only say: "I have already eaten the food."
Yan Liben also nodded and said, "I've used it."
"That's good." Zhang Yang felt somewhat relieved. It turned out that not everyone in the Tang Dynasty was like Tian Khan who liked to be visited by others on an empty stomach and have a meal by the way.
The folk customs of the Tang Dynasty were simple and unpretentious, and it seems that only Tian Khan corrupted this folk customs.
The three of them were walking in the wind and snow. Cen Wenwen and Yan Liben had already walked all the way, and there was a little snow on their shoulders, clothes, and official hats.
Zhang Yang walked along with his hands in his hands and asked, "We are celebrating the New Year and the holidays. Do you have anything to give to the DPRK?"
Cen Wenwen replied in a low voice: "Yes, this year your Majesty has given our officials from the Zhongshu Province to make up for this year's salary, and also given an extra stone of rice."
"Really?" Zhang Yang was thoughtful.
"Isn't there a county prince?"
Cen Wenwen added another sentence.
Zhang Yang smiled dryly and said: "I don't think His Majesty favors one over another, but Lishan has never received a New Year's gift from the court until now."
"I heard that His Majesty has come to Lishan to spend the summer and winter in the past two years. I think it is a great blessing to come here. Why should Lishan worry about these annual rituals?"
After hearing what the other party said, Zhang Yang glanced at Yan Liben and saw that he had a straight face and did not want to talk to him.
Looking at Cen Wenwen again, Zhang Yang said again: "Brother Wenwen, do you think it's time for our country to improve its welfare benefits?"
I will update a chapter tonight and take a day off.