Li Family Zhuangzi, Li Yi, and Li Longji were eating barbecue. Li Chengqi had just arrived.
There was no one around to serve them. Li Yi turned into a barbecue worker.
The three of them drank iced beer while Li Yi barbecued meat skewers with thin bamboo skewers.
They were most suitable for frying. If they were barbecued, the meat would be easily burnt and the thin skewers would burn off.
Li Yi busied himself with controlling the contact surface with the fire.
Today's main purpose was to drink beer and eat meat skewers. I'm full! How can I drink?
Li Yi did not prepare fennel beans made from fava beans. Any beans, including peanuts, were the most difficult to digest after being chewed. They could easily damage the gastric mucosa.
People with gastric problems should not eat peanuts as it was good for the stomach.
Boiled peanuts were fine, but if they were overcooked, it would be more harmful to the gastric mucosa if they were replaced with spiced or fried peanuts.
There was also clams, sea rainbows, and other foods with a lot of sand in the stomach. If they were not cleaned, it would also hurt the stomach.
Therefore, people in Li Yi's era were particular about eating scallop sticks instead of skirts. There was a lot of sand on the skirts and it was difficult to clean them.
Li Longji relaxed and watched Li Yi patiently barbecuing meat skewers. He looked down and saw a group of ants. There was an ant nest here.
If you get addicted to looking at ants, you will want to do all kinds of experiments.
For example, you can use a stick to draw a line in the direction of the ants. It will be a chasm for the ants.
You can use soapy water to blow bubbles. You can use the soapy water to gently sprinkle on the ants and the ants will die.
This is too heartless. You can find insects and put them in front of the ants. Insects …
"Brother Yi, do you think the deeper the ants dig, the harder it is to dig? What does the ant nest look like? "
Li Longji took a sip of beer and drank it like water. He asked some seemingly childish questions.
He would never tell the ministers what the ant nest looked like. What did it have to do with the Tang dynasty?
"Later, I will use glass to make it, limit the range, and raise ants. I guarantee that we can see the layout of the ant nest.
If you want to know the tree structure, you can burn tin, melt it, and pour it in through the ant hole.
The ants along the way were scalded to death. Finally, the surrounding soil was dug up, and a complete ant nest structure was formed.
Ant nests were found on the embankment. Deal with them if you can. Otherwise, the maintenance costs will be too high. "
Li Yi had also fed ants before, but he didn't want to have too many ants.
He didn't care about the places in Zhuangzi that weren't particularly important. Just like when he was young, the children would squat there and observe the ants.
The difference was that when he looked at ants when he was young, even if he had questions, his parents would not give him any answers. They felt that it was meaningless.
When the babies of the Li Family Zhuangzi looked at the ants, there would be adults who would watch with them and explain the ants to the babies.
"Brother Yi, is mining like an ant? The more you dig, the deeper you dig, the harder it is to dig?"
When Li Longji saw the ants, he thought of the mining in the Tang dynasty. The ministers were afraid of this kind of situation where he asked whatever came to his mind at any time.
The minister did not understand what His Majesty was thinking. Was it right or not? Should he pay more attention to the miners?
"We can't do overseas trade now. Wait until next year, I will mark out the main overseas mines, the ones that are closer.
At that time, we won't dig ourselves. We will import them and let others do the work. They will transport the ore to the Tang dynasty and we will smelt it.
The more we dig, the less we will have. All the costs and losses will be made up with technology in the end.
We will provide the tools for others to dig, and the tools for digging are steel … "
Li Yi put a bunch of barbecued meat skewers on the tray and explained the advantages of technology in the process of trade.
Ten pickaxes for mining were made of 100 catties of iron material.
If the merchants wanted to exchange for a pickaxe, they would need to provide a lot of iron ore. The value would be based on the iron content.
If they bought iron ore from other places and sold it to the pickaxes there, they could earn ten times the profit.
If there was a war, the profit of twenty times the profit would be very little if they exported weapons.
"Eat it while it's hot. Chatting won't affect drinking. If you heat it up again, you won't be able to chew it. It's already broken meat."
As Li Yi spoke, he distributed the skewers to Li Longji and Li Chengqi. He took a skewer himself and drank a mouthful of beer.
Li Longji was quite embarrassed. They had agreed to drink beer out of boredom. Why did he ask about politics again?
It felt very natural. It didn't feel like he was asking about politics. It was just a casual conversation.
However, the matters involved directly pointed to the foundation of overseas trade after the Tang dynasty.
"Li Lang, I brought some food to go with the wine." Princess Yongmu ran over with Xiao Lan. The little girl led the way.
The little girl carried a tray with a lot of hawthorn candied haws on it. There were also oranges and big cherries on it.
"How many cans did you open?" Li Yi saw the candied haws and knew that his eldest disciple used canned food to make them.
Only the canned food in Zhuangzi could be preserved until now. In any case, the candied haws were sour and sweet, so it didn't matter.
"I opened a hundred cans of the same kind for the children to eat. The candied haws that were put in the cold storage to be made into candied haws are all good rock sugar. I didn't buy any candied haws. "
The little girl spoke like an adult, as if she wasn't a child.
She distributed the candied haws. Li Longji and Li Chengqi both had some.
The palace maids and eunuchs standing outside were all lined up.
They used the cold storage when making them. After making them, the rock sugar could withstand the current temperature.
If they were replaced with granulated sugar, they would definitely start to melt. This was the reason why rock sugar was more expensive than granulated sugar.
Princess Yongmu and Xiao Lan brought over a plate of watermelon fruits. They were cut and had all the seeds removed. There was a toothpick on top and a layer of crushed ice below.
Li Yi stood up to receive it. "Take the dipping sauce yourself. In order to save the ingredients, I didn't sprinkle anything when I roasted it."
"Okay!" Princess Yongmu smiled sweetly. Li Yi stood up to receive it. Ordinary men couldn't do it.
Even the scholars who looked for Princess True Jade and Princess Jinxian wouldn't care. They felt that it was a coward who lowered his head to women.
In fact, they looked for the princesses to lower their heads. If they had the ability, they could directly look for Li Longji.
Princess Yongmu picked up a large beer cup and poured wine for the three of them. "Li Lang, it's summer. Wen Tian Lan Pavilion wants to organize an activity at the hot spring behind Drunken Immortal Residence. It needs to be guarded."
"Have you arranged the manpower?" Li Yi pulled Princess Yongmu to sit down.
"Not yet. I wanted to discuss it with you." Princess Yongmu shook her head.
"Next time when you're done, let me know. I'll see if there's anything missing.
I remember that the circle around the main spring can't be entered. No one can enter there to get water.
Prepare more ice cubes and transparent glass ice cups. Peel and remove the cores of the seasonal fruits and beat them. Try to keep the grains.
When the time comes, pour the carbonated water from the spring into it. It'll taste better if you drink it chilled. "
Li Yi helped to come up with ideas to support his future wife's career. He supplemented it, not allowed it or denied it.
When Princess Yongmu said it, the matter was already decided. There was no need to judge it from a higher perspective.
Not to mention Princess Yongmu, even many women in Li Yi's time didn't receive such respect. It had nothing to do with doting, it was recognition.
In some families or relationships, when one party proposed something, the other party would first consider how to find fault with it and establish their right to speak.
When the other party proposed something, their first thought would be to deny it. They would find all kinds of reasons to deny it.
Many friends were like this. Otherwise, how could they show their status?
Husband and wife were mutual. It wasn't like the east wind suppressing the west wind or the west wind suppressing the east wind. Those who had the ability to suppress outsiders were the ones who were incompetent.
Li Yi was such a gentle existence.
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