"Sigh!" Li Longji sighed.
It was not easy for Brother Yi to participate in the imperial court as the Appeasing Ambassador. He wanted to let Brother Yi experience this feeling.
In the end, he had to mention something about golden wheat fields. His position as the Emperor seemed to be quite meaningless.
Brother Yi did not care for the throne that countless people fought for.
"There will be a performance soon. I asked the people from the Pear Garden to stay far away. It will be too loud and affect the conversation."
Li Longji briefly explained the process. He knew that Li Yi did not want to watch the performance.
"There will be a performance at night. There will be fireworks in the entire capital. I believe that in a few years, the entire Tang dynasty will have fireworks, but the government will have to take care of it.
Private people are not allowed to set them off, and they are not allowed to make them. Choose a place, and when the people celebrate, they will watch the government.
Otherwise, they will blow up someone's house and set it on fire. Good things will turn bad. "
Li Yi did not like to watch performances. He had seen too many of them and was numb to them.
He did not come today. In Zhuangzi, he could rest, read medical books, surgery videos, and write textbooks.
He had not done anything since the morning, and his legs were still sore.
"Doctor Li, can Tubo buy fireworks?" Chi Dai Pearl had never seen fireworks before. He had only seen the description in the newspaper.
The only thing he understood about fireworks was that they were sky-piercing monkeys, explosive packs, and guns.
"When you go back next year, I will give you a batch." Li Yi became generous, as if he did not care about the outflow.
Chi Dai Pearl's eyes were filled with suspicion. "Doctor Li, are you not worried that Tubo will use fireworks as weapons?"
"Fireworks are fireworks, and firearms are firearms. These things are gradually being upgraded. For example, the detonator I use.
If a place cannot produce it itself and only relies on weapons bought or given from outside, it will not be able to beat the place where it is produced.
In the past, there was not much gunpowder. When there is more next year, I will give you fireworks. You can bring them back and set them off. "
Li Yi was not worried that Tubo would use fireworks to make explosive packs. Tubo did not know how to do that at all. It was not as simple as pouring out the gunpowder of fireworks and wrapping it together.
The ratio of gunpowder and gunpowder was different. If Tubo with fireworks could develop sky-piercing monkeys, explosive packs, and guns for war, how good would Tubo's craftsmen be?
With such craftsmen, how could they be doing so badly?
When we go back, Princess Jincheng's craftsmen will no longer be used by you.
"Good, this is good!" It was hard to tell whether he was happy or sad.
He was happy because there were fireworks, but he was sad because people didn't care anymore.
The singing and dancing began far away from the top of the stairs, for those with lower ranks to see.
Li Yi drank beer and ate food. He mainly ate aniseed beans. One aniseed bean could be eaten for a minute. He kept it in his mouth first and chewed it when the flavor was almost gone.
Fennel beans were not crispy, but they were tough. If they were crispy, they should be fried. If they were boiled and dried, they would be as hard as unexploded corn kernels.
Water droplets appeared on the outside of the large bowl of ice beside him. They flowed down the bowl and onto the rag at the bottom of the bowl.
The rag was made of linen, which was very different from a gunny sack. It was very thin and felt like an ordinary cotton cloth.
Li Yi stretched out his finger and touched it. Li Longji said, "Usually, this kind of cloth is considered a tribute. This kind of fine linen cloth is …"
"We have it in Ezhou, as well as stone rollers and silver."
Li Yi first thought of Ezhou. In fact, Lai Zhou also had it, which was under the jurisdiction of Henan Province in Shandong Province.
"Ezhou? Will it be difficult for the local people to walk after the water receded? "Li Longji said. He was worried about the people in Ezhou.
If it didn't rain and the water level gradually decreased, the subsequent reconstruction work would not be easy.
Li Yi looked calm. He believed that the people of the Tang dynasty had absolute resilience.
After the flood, the houses were full of mud. They slowly cleaned up the fields to see how many crops could be saved.
It didn't take long for the people to return to their original life.
… …
"Time to eat, time to eat, time to rest, time to eat." Li Longji and Li Yi thought of Ezhou. The people were supporting the seedlings in the paddy fields.
Except for the paddy fields, all the other fields were ruined.
Many crops in the vegetable fields were soaked to death. The cucumbers and eggplants that were supposed to be green had turned yellow.
There was no hurry to deal with these useless things. They drained the paddy fields, supported the seedlings, and fished out the sundries that were washed by the water.
Ezhou's Changping Warehouse was opened. Lu Zhengdao recorded how much food was sent out and asked the Li Family Zhuangzi for more later.
The people finally seized the opportunity and ate as much as they could. They couldn't afford to owe others, but what they owed the Li Family Zhuangzi, they could only owe Li Dongzhu.
The boars that were castrated and raised to eat were slaughtered before the New Year. The roosters that always fought with other roosters and couldn't win were killed.
As for the sows, they were kept. It was written in the newspaper that the sows were not big and did not have a strong taste. The main reason was that the boars were not castrated and could not be called steroids.
As for the fish, they were washed into the fields by the water. If they were alive, they were stewed. They were stewed for a long time until the bones were soft. When they were cold, they were taken out of the pot.
The recruits brought horses to help with the work. They harnessed the horses and found a child or an old man who knew how to drive the horse.
The recruits specifically looked for work that required strength, such as demolishing houses and moving beams.
The people carried a thick piece of wood with a rope under it. One person stood in a row at each end and lifted it.
The recruits went up and carried it. There was only one row of people and they carried it quickly.
For them, carrying wood was a basic skill.
When it came to eating, they could eat even more. The compressed biscuits they brought were distributed to the people and the salted vegetables were also distributed.
There were no delicious salted vegetables, but there were freshly made ones.
Li Longji's salt ship that came down the Yangtze River from Shu passed by and sold along the way. The price was very low.
The recruits simply stopped a ship and emptied the salt without paying.
The salt was good and clean.
There was more in the stewed fish. The recruits didn't eat the other meat and gave it to the people.
Because there was no other seasoning, the stewed fish was fishy.
The recruits ate the fish and rice in big mouthfuls; they didn't stop at all.
When they were 80% full, they wiped the sweat on their foreheads and ran back to work.
"Where's the shop that sells star anise and fennel? Where did the shopkeeper go? Ask him to take out the things. We'll buy them. The fish is too fishy. "
"I guess he's waiting for it to stabilize before selling it at a high price. We won't buy anything from him in the future."
"What's your surname?"
"Mi, Mi. His name is Mi Mancang. "
"He should be selling grain."
"His Majesty's soldiers are like iron."
"It's said that Li Dongzhu recruited them. Li Dongzhu personally taught them how to train on the top of Mount Taibai."
"I also heard that the top of Mount Taibai is higher than the Red White Palace in Tubo. If they get used to Mount Taibai, they will have no problem fighting in Tubo."
"With such strong soldiers, the Tang dynasty will be stable and not afraid of war."
"When our days are better, we will be like the people of the capital government and donate money no matter who we fight."
"We should find Mi Mancang's house and rob him. At this time, he is still thinking about his own things. "
The people were not used to eating fish. The fish was not cleaned well and they didn't add seasoning. They couldn't eat it when it was cold.
Mi Mancang, who was scolded by them, was accepting an invitation to eat with Lu Zhengdao.
"Shopkeeper Mi, is the fish delicious?" Lu Zhengdao smacked his lips. He ate the fish without even adding onion sauce.
He felt that it was fishy, but he could bear it.
"Just add some vinegar and star anise." Mi Mancang could eat it too.
"Shopkeeper Mi, someone reported that you were selling fake goods. I don't know if I should write a memorial and send it to Chang 'an so that the chancellors can distinguish the real from the fake."
Lu Zhengdao drank another mouthful of cold water. The fishy smell made him squint his eyes.
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