The officials who were taking a nap in the Political Affairs Hall were scared out of their wits. "Didn't you say that you can rest? Why are you still here?"
They waited anxiously, and when they heard His Majesty's words, they were all moved beyond words.
They received watermelons from Jingshui Town.
Chang 'an was not in the normal season now, so they had to wait for half a month. This watermelon was obviously from Henan Province.
His Majesty delivered it as soon as it arrived in Chang 'an.
"Some of the watermelons in Luoyang are not fully ripe. My skills in choosing watermelons are not good enough. Brother Yi, go and perform surgery on them. You can ask for the unripe watermelons to be sent to the kitchen. They will handle it."
Li Longji said to the officials on duty in the Political Affairs Hall that he picked the watermelons.
No one dared to say, "Your Majesty, why don't you find someone experienced to pick the watermelons?" Anyway, they just asked for the watermelons.
The unripe watermelons were sent to the cafeteria. The cafeteria would usually juice the pulp and put some sugar in it. The inner layer of the watermelon skin would naturally be stir-fried or mixed with cold dishes.
If watermelon frost was needed, the remaining watermelons would be chopped and mixed with mirabilite.
When the watermelons were in the market in large quantities, there was no need to chop them up. The selected watermelons would be hollowed out and filled with mirabilite. Then, the watermelon frost would be scraped off.
"Your Majesty, the Japanese Empire's envoy sent a letter to discuss economic matters with Doctor Li. After the Japanese Empire's trade team arrived, they urgently sent the letter."
The assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites took the opportunity to report to Li Longji. He had overstepped his authority and should tell Song Jing.
But everyone arrived at the same time. What should he say to Song Jing? Should he not say that he would wait for His Majesty to leave before telling Song Jing?
Li Longji nodded, indicating that he understood. He turned to look at Song Jing.
"I don't think so. Li Yi is the Tang dynasty's Li Yi, not the Japanese Empire's Li Yi. However, I think that we should inform Li Yi."
Song Jing directly objected. What kind of joke was this?
The others thought so. The Japanese Empire was in trouble and wanted to find Li Yi to solve it.
"En!" Li Longji's complexion was also not good. He nodded in response and turned to leave.
By the time he found Li Yi, Li Yi's surgery had been completed. The adhesions were not serious, and all that was left was a follow-up examination and antibiotics.
One surgery felt easier than practicing on a death row prisoner. That surgery was more difficult than this one.
The people involved in the surgery were even more nervous. Death row inmates could not die in the end, but normal people could not.
The patient was sent to the inpatient department. The patient's family members thanked him profusely and followed him to serve him.
Li Yi retold the situation of the operation to the participants and reviewed it.
Li Longji stood outside and waited. The sun went west for a while, and Li Yi came out.
"Brother Yi, the envoy from the Japanese Empire wants to discuss economic matters with you. What do you think?"
Li Longji reached out and patted the head of the little girl beside him.
"There's nothing to discuss. The Japanese Empire is working hard to improve their national strength. They are mainly learning from the Tang dynasty. They are learning from everything, including the structure of Ping Cheng and Chang 'an.
Apart from that, he was also studying the laws, rent, and daily books. At the moment, he was studying the contents of the newspapers and observing the people of the Great Tang.
The only thing they can't learn is currency. Even if we teach them how to print currency, it's useless. "
Li Yi did not want to help the Japanese Empire. If it were not for the fact that he had no other choice, he would not allow the Japanese Empire to learn.
At least they learned how to make tools. Good farming tools were very helpful to farmers.
The Japanese Empire would probably build big ships in the future, ships that were made of iron nails.
Li Yi did not think that the people of the Japanese Empire were not mature. People were the same everywhere.
When a lion was weak, hyenas would naturally want to kill it.
Only when they were strong could they ensure that others would not dare to touch them. This was why he was afraid of being surpassed in North America.
Once the position of the boss was taken by others, his former underlings would definitely gang up on him.
"Why don't we expel them from the Tang dynasty?" Li Longji was distressed. His family's good things were stolen by others.
"We can't close the country. We can use economic strength to distance ourselves. No one can catch up with us.
The development of society depends on the whole system. Technicians are valuable assets.
We can develop for a year, but others can't do it in ten years. "
Li Yi was relieved for Li Longji. Don't be afraid. Our technology will not go astray.
Even if we produce a screw bolt, others can't copy it.
Our lathe, if we give it to others, they will take it apart and learn from it. When they assemble it, the precision will be guaranteed.
"Let's find a place to drink beer." Li Longji was in a good mood. He was bored and pulled Li Yi to drink.
The Japanese Empire team had not eaten yet and was shopping.
A large area in the south of the city was managed by the Li Family Zhuangzi. Even if the place was managed by the Li Family Zhuangzi, they still followed the way here.
In terms of style, everything was the same. It was hard to tell where the Li Family Zhuangzi came from.
Sliced and fried sausages, shabu kebabs, jianbing, inexpensive cold highland barley noodles, small cakes baked with wheat flour and eggs, dry tofu rolls with green onions and soy sauce …
There were also various kinds of fried noodles, beans, and so on.
The people of the Minamida family swallowed their saliva as they walked. It smelled good.
It was better than the six dishes they ate at the dock yesterday. The Tang dynasty was very rich. They usually ate these things, but they didn't recognize them.
Minamida Kazuko took out money and gave 100 yuan to each person. "The person who can speak the Tang dynasty language will be the leader. Find what you want to eat. We will eat by the river in front."
Everyone took the exchange coupons of different values and looked for people to buy things together. The status of people who could speak the Tang dynasty language immediately changed.
The people of the Tang dynasty treated the people of the Japanese Empire the same way as others. They were used to it. There were many people from other places in Chang 'an.
The people of the Japanese Empire did not understand. The people selling things patiently communicated with them.
Half an hour later, everyone came to the river. There were many sheds, tables, and chairs by the river.
There was a trash can next to it. Someone was responsible for cleaning the tables. People who finished eating directly left.
A large group of people chose to sit in the nearby places and talked with each other.
Some did not use lotus leaves to hold the food. Instead, they directly put it on pottery plates, bowls, and bamboo tubes.
"Kazuko, can we take away the tableware?" A member of the family thought that he had found a way to get rich.
Shinbei Shimodo quickly warned, "No, someone is watching. Put it on the table after eating."
"What if I take a basket and secretly stuff it in to hide from others?" Another person asked from a technical point of view.
"That's called stealing. You can't take away the tableware. What's the difference between stealing tableware and stealing other things?"
Shinbei Shimodo looked at Minamida Kazuko. He meant that she did not care about her people.
"Everyone is just curious. They won't really steal things." Minamida Kazuko knew the situation.
"Let's take the tableware here. How do we take it back?" Finally, someone asked the key question.
"The tableware has different shapes, sizes, and patterns. Some of them are specially engraved with numbers. The person in charge of collecting the tableware will clean it and classify it. Then, he will go to each stall to collect it. "
Ma Yang of Tengyuan always came here to eat, so he was very familiar with it.
"Why don't we collect and clean the tableware by ourselves? Others have to pay for it, right? "The people of the Minamida family thought that the person collecting the tableware would not work for free.
"We need a separate place to clean the tableware by ourselves. We don't have much time to deal with the food, and we also waste cleaning materials and water.
The profit from the time and energy saved is much more than the cost of hiring professionals. "
Ma Yang of Tengyuan explained seriously. Obviously, he deliberately understood and learned from it.
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