"Where are we going to eat?" Lu Huaishen felt that the sun was shining when he saw the people living a good life, although it was cloudy today.
"Heavenly Earth." Yao Chong and Zhang Shuo said together.
The car rushed all the way to Heavenly Earth. It was almost 12: 50 in the afternoon.
The revolving restaurant above Heavenly Earth was spinning and there were people on it.
The buffet on the second floor and the single stir-fry on the third floor were full. The delivery man ran in and out.
When the three arrived, there were seats available.
Xiaoyun arranged it and whispered to the waitress, "Quick, open the other two seats. We can't touch the one for Her Majesty."
"If Her Majesty doesn't come, let's open it too." Yao Chong looked out of the window and said.
"Then three." Xiaoyun believed Yao Chong's words.
Four seats were always reserved, three for Prime Ministers and one for Her Majesty. The windows all had a piece of glass. Just the seats cost money.
"What would you like to eat?" Xiaoyun put three menus on the table.
The three servants ate rice in the corner of the first floor. They cooked a dish casually with rice on the side. There were two small pickles and a bowl of soup.
The servants didn't feel neglected at all. Any dish was delicious. There was even sesame oil in the pickles.
Yao Chong and the other two ordered one dish each. They were afraid that they couldn't finish it if they ordered more.
They ate for free. They were embarrassed to leave a table full of leftovers.
Of course, Heavenly Earth was Her Majesty's business. If Her Majesty knew who was eating for free …
Soon, the dishes were prepared. Twice cooked pork, scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts, and sliced chicken with scallion oil with bean sprouts.
Heavenly Earth gave them an extra roasted oyster with leek, as well as a side dish of dried tofu soup with cabbage, pork bone, and chicken soup.
"It's hard to swallow when I see the people struggling to survive and look at the food in front of me."
Zhang Shuo said when he waited for the hot wine to be ready.
"Daoji, why don't you go back to the Political Affairs Hall to eat? Leave the car. "
Lu Huaishen couldn't stand it anymore. You can buy a house in Chang 'an. What are you talking to me about?
"I wanted to write a poem to get a feel for it." Zhang Shuo touched the wine and felt that the temperature was right. He then poured a cup for the three of them.
"Don't drink too much. Just these three taels of wine, one tael for each person, two taels for each person, five cups for each person." Yao Chong said as he smelled the wine.
If you were caught drinking at work, you would be impeached.
"Usually, only some charcoal is used for smelting iron. Li Yi came up with the method of braising charcoal in order to get more kilns to help."
Zhang stopped joking and became serious.
Coked coal was different from stone coal. It had a greater firepower. If the method was brought out, the smelter would naturally use it.
"That's why no one dares to touch him. Let's eat," Lu Huaishen said as he picked up two pieces of garlic from the Twice Cooked Pork and threw them into his mouth.
He couldn't figure out why Li Yi would casually release the technology. If he had the method of cooking charcoal, he would definitely give it to the clan.
Then, the clan would strictly guard it and only sell the charcoal. Countless money would flow in.
"In the future, the Tang dynasty will bring back a lot of good steel." Yao Chong picked up the small wine cup and drank it all. He smacked his lips and looked outside through the glass.
On the streets below, there were still people transporting sand from outside the city.
He believed that soon, there would be small organizations like the people who shook charcoal and transported coal, specializing in digging mud from good places.
Zhang Shuo also drank a cup of wine, "It's easy to make kilns. The cost of making a kiln is reduced. There are also people who specialize in braising charcoal, just like braising charcoal."
The three Prime Ministers talked as they ate. They looked at the problem from the perspective of the Tang dynasty.
The ordinary people didn't have that many thoughts. They only knew that there was more work to do. When the work of making mud was done, they would continue with their original lives.
Those who were supposed to farm would farm, and those who were supposed to work in other people's fields would go out.
There were also woodcutters chopping firewood and fishermen fishing.
***
"Brother Yi, we're going back." After breakfast and lunch, Li Longji, who felt that he should return to his position, said goodbye to Li Yi.
Li Yi sent them to Zhuangzi and waved his hand.
The palace maids and eunuchs stood around. Taohong sighed, "Outside the pavilion, by the ancient road, the fragrant grass reaches the sky."
Li Yi ignored her and turned back. They wasted a lot of time and didn't have classes.
Fortunately, the students were revising on their own. The children were relaxed recently.
Every day, they did some homework. No one hit them, and they weren't beaten by their parents when they went home.
During the holidays, they had to wait until the imperial examinations were over before going to class.
The main reason was that the 220 students were working hard to learn the new curriculum for teaching children, so they couldn't teach for the time being.
They had an extra lesson on pinyin. In fact, it was the same with simple gestures and characters.
Just like Japan's hiragana and katakana, there were similar characters in ancient China that specialized in numbers and so on.
However, Li Yi didn't want to learn from scratch. What was the point of learning something else and then replacing the pinyin?
It was good enough now, including the Arabic numerals. However, he was used to it.
He didn't need to use simplified Chinese characters. He was used to writing traditional Chinese characters.
"Brother Yi has suffered a great loss this time. Stewed charcoal, smelted in the Tang dynasty. When the quality iron is smelted, I will send some to Brother Yi."
Li Longji also knew how important the charcoal was.
He just asked, and Brother Yi told him. No matter how good Brother Yi's skills were, he couldn't bully others like this.
How could a fifth rank official exchange for these?
"The new Winged Knights, do you want uncle to help you practice?" Empress Wang brought up another matter.
"Learn from the original students first. If you can't learn well, you can hand them over to Brother Yi. Brother Yi is also busy. Those 42 people have to take part in the imperial examinations this year."
Li Longji helped to plan for the imperial examinations. He knew that many students were watching and waiting to see a joke.
If the 42 students didn't pass the imperial examinations, those who didn't go to Zhuangzi because they were tired of the work would be very happy.
Oh, and those five who bullied Li Yi. As long as I am alive, you will not be able to pass the imperial examinations.
Ten thousand of you added together can't even compare to half of Brother Yi.
"But they have learned a lot from uncle. They have also learned uncle's humility. They are not arrogant at all." Empress Wang supported.
"They can't be arrogant. Brother Yi's talent is not as good as theirs. How would they dare to look down on others?"
Li Longji had seen the 42 students. After more than a year of grooming, they were all good.
Their bodies were good, and they were humble and polite. They were not arrogant because of their talents.
It was understandable. Not to mention them, even Pei Yaoqing was afraid of Li Yi.
"Your Majesty, we have just received a report. In the Honglu Temple, the Ten Western Turkic Families are discussing to sell the items exchanged from Li Dongzhu and Zhuangzi to the Turks. They will make a trip here and profit from it."
Someone outside the carriage reported the situation regarding the Ten Western Turkic Families.
"Understood." Li Longji replied.
He narrowed his eyes as he thought about something.
"Do you think they will steal our smuggling business?" Empress Wang spoke from the perspective of self-interest.
"No, money is a small matter. Brother Yi's trade war is about to start. Indeed, as Brother Yi said, by bringing out good things, it will naturally affect the foreign policy. "
Li Longji seemed to be somewhat excited. Indeed, under the situation of military force, one could use the means of trade to resolve the country's affairs.
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