The largest ironmaking workshop in Chang 'an was owned by Zhangsun Wuji's family! After all, it was still the era of salt and iron officials. Even if there were ironmaking workshops among the commoners, the scale wouldn't be large.
Zhangsun Wuji used his status as a relative of the emperor to not only own an iron mine, but he could also forge iron openly. Not only that, the imperial court would purchase large amounts of iron from the Zhangsun Family every year. The Zhangsun Family could be said to be filthy rich through the ironmaking business. Of course, this was the special favor that Emperor Li the Second Emperor gave to the Zhangsun Family. There was probably no other family in the entire Tang Dynasty who could do this!
However, all of this was already a thing of the past. Now that the Curious Pavilion had become the largest 'private ironmaking workshop' in Tang Dynasty, the Zhangsun Family was the first to bear the brunt. Their business would definitely be affected. If the other party wasn't Li Zexuan, Zhangsun Wuji might have taken action to suppress them.
If this happened thirty years later, no matter who the other party was, Zhangsun Wuji would mercilessly suppress them. This was because by then, he would already be in complete control of the imperial court. Why would he have such fear?
However, there weren't so many 'if's in this world. The reality was that the current Li Zexuan couldn't be suppressed even if he wanted to!
Li Zexuan, who was far away in Yunshan, didn't know of Zhangsun Wuji's thoughts. Actually, he was worried that his ironmaking workshop would make Zhangsun Wuji unhappy. However, after thinking about it, with his current status and connections, it wouldn't be easy for Zhangsun Wuji to bully him. Furthermore, he had saved Zhangsun Chong's life. Even if Zhangsun Wuji wasn't grateful, he couldn't possibly bite the hand that fed him, right?
If that was really the case, the old fox's reputation would definitely be tarnished!
However, even though he wasn't worried about Zhangsun Wuji's revenge, Li Zexuan still left some leeway. For example, the iron produced by the Curious Pavilion was never sold to the public. This was because the daily consumption of iron in the workshop was huge. On the other hand, Li Zexuan was taking care of Empress Zhangsun's face and didn't want to make things too difficult for Zhangsun Wuji!
Ever since he transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty, other than his family and elders, Empress Zhangsun was someone who took care of him. Li Zexuan naturally respected this woman from the bottom of his heart!
On the other side.
The two hundred and eighty bicycles were all sold out in just half a day! Those who managed to snatch the car were still the lucky ones, as they could easily earn hundreds of strings of cash by casually selling it! In the end, there were too many monks and too little gruel!
The number of bicyclists in Chang 'an was still very large!
Unlike the last batch, which only had dozens of bicycles, there were now 280 bicycles in Chang 'an. People could often be seen riding bicycles on the streets, which was impossible a month ago.
Nowadays, the children in Chang 'an City had one more fun, which was to wait on the streets for "rich people" to come by on bicycles. Once they saw one, these naughty children would crazily chase after the bicycle on their scooters.
Speaking of which, these people were really reckless. On such a cold day, they were actually willing to ride bicycles or skateboards in the cold wind. If they were in modern times, they would definitely be idiots!
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Cloud Mountain Villa.
The New Year was the day after tomorrow. Although there were few people in Cloud Mountain, the New Year's atmosphere was very strong. Every household had already prepared all the New Year's goods, such as chicken, duck, fish, tea, wine, soy sauce, North and South stir-fried goods, sugar bait, fruits, and so on.
In addition to these, every household had to prepare some gifts for visiting relatives and friends during the New Year. Families with children also had to buy new clothes and hats for their children to wear during the New Year.
However, for a big family like the Li family, they did not lack these. Lan 'er, this girl, wore new clothes every day, no one would object!
What surprised Li Zexuan was that there was actually bacon in the New Year's goods. He thought that this thing did not exist in the Tang Dynasty.
In fact, this was his own ignorance. Bacon had a very long history in China. At least in the era of Confucius, the ancestors knew how to make bacon. Confucius had a special fondness for bacon. He once said, "As long as you give me ten strips of bacon, I will teach you." Confucius had three thousand disciples and seventy-two followers. If they all gave him ten strips of bacon as filial piety, this old man would not be able to finish it even if he opened his stomach.
Later, it became the custom of students giving their teachers bacon. However, in the ancient language, it was called "Shu Xiu", which meant a bundle of dried meat.
"Tsk tsk! This bacon stir-fried with garlic core is a delicious dish! Wife, your husband will teach you a new dish in the afternoon! "
Li Zexuan looked at the bacon hanging in the house and said with joy.
There were still garlic sprouts in the winter because garlic was a crop with relatively strong cold resistance. It could withstand a short period of -10 ° C. If the temperature below -10 ° C was low for a long time, or if the temperature was extremely low, garlic sprouts would easily freeze and die. However, the temperature in Chang 'an City was not that low this year, so it was not difficult to find some garlic core!
This was the first time Han Yuxi heard of this dish. She thought for a while and nodded. "Okay! Hubby, you can tell me later and I'll do it! "
"Hey! That's right, my wife, I asked you to buy more pork. Did you not buy it? "
His original plan was to buy a batch of pork before the New Year and give some to each household in his village as an auspicious sign for the New Year. However, he realized that there was not enough pork in the New Year's goods at home!
Han Yuxi looked at Li Zexuan angrily and said, "Husband, you asked for more than ten thousand pounds of pork. Do you expect to pile it all up at home? Don't worry, Uncle Wang has already taken care of it. He bought more than a hundred pigs and temporarily raised them in the field in front of Uncle Hu's house. Uncle Wang plans to distribute the pork to each village tomorrow. Then, the village chief of each village will personally distribute the pork to the villagers! "
"Oh, oh!"
Li Zexuan touched his nose embarrassedly. Then, he suddenly thought of the pig slaughtering banquet in the village in his previous life. He said, "Wife, we will distribute the pork tomorrow, but you have to let Faubert keep eight pigs. I plan to hold a pig slaughtering banquet in each village during the New Year the day after tomorrow!"
"Pig slaughtering banquet? Husband, what is a pig slaughtering banquet? "
Han Yuxi asked curiously.
Li Zexuan thought for a while and replied, "Uh, this pig slaughtering banquet is to put different parts of a pig, both inside and outside, into a big pot, half boiling and half steaming. Then, the meat in the big pot can be divided into many dishes, such as garlic minced meat, garlic minced heart meat, firewood meat, hand-chopped liver, pickled vegetables stewed with white meat and blood sausage, and so on. Wife, let me tell you, don't think that the pig slaughtering banquet is tasteless just because there are so many things cooking together. In fact, if it is done well, it will be delicious!"
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