Just like what Li Longji saw and thought.
Li Yi indeed thought so.
Isn't it just a cucumber in spring? I know you guys eat cucumbers in winter too.
So what?
I'll plant it this winter. I don't have a hot spring, but I can make a greenhouse.
I have my own kiln. If I get mercury in summer, I'll make glass.
Then I'll take the mercury and use the different density of glass and mercury to make a glass plate.
This is called float glass, do you understand?
Li Longji didn't know who he was facing.
He dipped the barbecued meat in soy sauce, took a bite, and asked with a smile, "The soy sauce is good. Can you, Zhuangzi, keep the secret recipe?"
Thump, thump, thump. The sound of kneeling sounded one after another.
The tenant farmers, servants, and maids who were helping as waiters all knelt down.
The steward was also kneeling. He raised his head and said, "Dongzhu, I won't say anything even if I die."
A tenant farmer gritted his teeth, "Dongzhu, protect my two children. I can die now."
"Third Brother Li, you're in the wrong. Why are you scaring my family?" Li Yi looked unhappy.
He turned to the others and said, "Get up, it's just soy sauce. If anyone catches you, tell them everything you know."
He said again, "Soy sauce is nothing. There are still many secret recipes to make money this year. There will be more every year. My life is more important. Without your help, I don't care how much money I have. "
"Dongzhu!" The steward kowtowed.
"Dongzhu." The others kowtowed.
"Get up and get to work." Li Yi said.
Everyone got up, wiped their tears, and went to do their work.
"Third Brother Li, what do you think? Ask me if you want anything. Don't make things difficult for my family. "Li Yi said to Li Longji.
Li Longji got up and cupped his fists, "Brother Yi is kind and righteous. It's my fault."
Li Chengqi felt like he was dreaming. Even his own mansion couldn't be like this.
One manor, one sentence, and everyone had expressed their stance.
He was envious, no, jealous.
How many people in his mansion were arranged by his third brother? How many of them were loyal?
He didn't know what charisma was, but he knew what it felt like to be surrounded by forty-two angry students.
That's right, the students were eating and drinking with their friends over there. When they saw that something was happening, they immediately rushed over.
Li Yi explained as quickly as he could, "This is my Third Brother Li. He asked me if I was loyal to my family and wanted to talk to me about the secret of getting rich."
"Oh ~ ~" The students came to a sudden realization. They cupped their fists and went back to continue eating and drinking.
From the looks of it, they seemed to be in a better mood. It was good to be rich. If Dongzhu was rich, they would feel at ease living there.
Li Longji continued to size up Li Yi. He thought to himself, if this person becomes an official, he must be a good official who is close to the people.
Li Yi observed the two of them at the same time. Judging from their bearing, they were from wealthy families.
Furthermore, he knew someone from the palace and even got the cucumber out.
He should get in touch with them properly and increase his lifespan through the two of them.
"We only killed one sheep today. There are two kidneys. Cut them open and the three of us will each have a half."
Li Yi stood at the side and barbecued two kidneys. He took three and left the other half.
The other half was given to a man from the tenant farm.
The man's waist always hurt. In fact, it was because his stomach was not good.
Li Yi saw that the stomach medicine had a lifespan of two hours and a big box. He decided to take out two pills and put them together with half of the lamb's kidney for the man to eat.
This medicine worked quickly. If the man felt better, the next step would be to feed him the pig's kidney.
It gave people the feeling that whatever they ate would be nourished.
Li Longji took a bite of the lamb's kidney and asked curiously, "Why is it not fishy?"
Li Yi was about to open his mouth when he suddenly hesitated.
So you don't know how to deal with the fishy smell.
Isn't this the same as the British during the First World War asking the Germans how to remove bubbles from the lens of a telescope?
At that time, the British paid a huge price and finally got the secret. One word: stir.
Stir the glass, remove the bubbles, and make the telescope lens.
What about now?
Why is the kidney not fishy? It's the same.
"Soak." Li Yi hesitated for a while before deciding to say it.
Just soak the kidney in water for a night. Simple, right?
I don't use ethyl maltol because I don't have it.
"So simple?" Li Chengqi was shocked.
Li Longji didn't say anything, but judging from his expression, he also thought so.
"Simple?" Li Yi smiled.
He turned back to the room and took out a boiled egg.
"Brothers, how can a boiled egg stand up?" Li Yi asked.
Li Chengqi and Li Longji looked at each other.
Li Chengqi said, "Impossible. I can make an egg stand up on the spring equinox."
Li Yi took the egg and slowly turned it in his hand, saying, "I said it's possible."
Then he slammed the egg's head on the table.
The head of the egg broke and stood up.
"It's that simple." Li Yi spread his hands and said.
The two brothers looked at each other again. Then Li Longji stood up, "Brother Yi, I understand."
As he spoke, Li Longji's pores opened. He was shocked.
He knew that it didn't matter whether the egg stood up or not. The key was how he could think like that.
Li Yi said with a smile, "Simple things are that simple. The difficult thing is who finds out."
Li Longji sat down and ate the kidney, saying, "Today's kidney is delicious."
"It's delicious." Li Chengqi was also surprised. He was going to play this game with the concubines when he returned to the prince's mansion.
He thought it was too fun. Who would have thought of smashing it?
"Thousands of miles of wind and cloud contract, once the heart appreciates the same. Their intents are deeply intertwined, the spirit is exhausted. The grass ribbons are cold, the flower branches are red at night. Only the general is like water, bowing to the ancient style. "
Li Yi and the other two chatted while the literati began to recite poems.
Obviously, they were happy eating and drinking.
Li Yi looked around and sized up his Zhuangzi.
Zhuangzi's land was flat, concave, sloped, and high.
He thought about taking time in the summer to build small ditches, flower beds, rockery, and draw water to a high place to play with the flowing water.
Li Longji saw so many scholars reciting poems and praised, "Sightseeing's Early Autumn Banquet at Dou Liu Lang's Mansion is written quite well."
"Compared to his Long Ballad of the Imperial Capital, there are fewer people who have sung it. Brother Yi, are you right? "
Li Yi: "…"
He looked at Li Longji, meaning to say, 'What are you talking about?'
He knew that he couldn't show his cowardice at this time, so he quickly cheated with the system.
He recited silently, and a screen that others couldn't see appeared.
He communicated with the system: 'I want to see the poem by the author of the Thousands of Miles of Wind and Cloud Contract. If it's good, I'll buy one.'
The system immediately listed it out: 'Thousands of Miles of Wind and Cloud Contract, written by Luo Binwang, Early Autumn Banquet at Dou Liu Lang's Mansion.'
'Luo Binwang, Sightseeing … Poems …'
Then Li Yi saw that there was a Imperial Capital chapter. There were so many words. It was indeed a long ballad.
So he immediately said, "Yes, mountains and rivers of a thousand miles of country, nine gates of a watchtower. Without seeing the magnificence of the imperial residence, how can one know that the Son of Heaven is respected? Just these opening four lines make one yearn for it. "
After reading it, Li Yi felt at ease.
He actually felt helpless in his heart. He had memorized many poems and written many of them.
But when it came to Luo Binwang, it seemed that only the goose was important. Who would recite the rest?
But after thinking about it, he understood.
People nowadays naturally recited the poems of the Four Heroes of the Tang Dynasty.
Meng Haoran, Wang Wei, Li Bai, oh, plus Wang Zhihuan and Gao Shi, they were all only ten years old.
And Du Fu was now three years old.
As for Bai Juyi and Liu Zongyuan, their fathers hadn't even been born yet.
Li Chengqi said from the side, "Speaking of Luo Binwang, it's a pity that Wang An died."
Li Yi knew who this was. Wang Bo, also known as Zian, was the head of the Four Heroes of the Tang Dynasty.
Unfortunately, he didn't even live to thirty years old and became an official before twenty years old.
Li Yi thought, sighed, and said, "Sunset and lonely duck fly together. The autumn water is the same color as the sky. Another poem, where is the Emperor of the Pavilion? Outside the threshold, the river flows on its own. "
As soon as he finished speaking, the three looked at each other and said together, "A thousand gold flows on its own."
They laughed loudly.
Li Longji stopped laughing and asked, "Little Brother Yi, since you know that Wang An became an official before his age and died young, do you still want to be an official?"
"Ah? Third Brother, do you have any connections to send a letter? "Li Yi's eyes lit up.
According to the current rules, the imperial examination wasn't something that could be taken just because one wanted to, nor could one become an official just because one wanted to.
One had to find a backer and then write a poem, song, essay, etc., and send it to the door.
The other party saw your sincerity and talent and felt that you would do well in the future, so they would help you.
The scholars who came today didn't have any connections. Those who had connections wouldn't go to a Zhuangzi to eat barbecue.
"There's no hurry. Let Third Brother make a good plan for Little Brother Yi," Li Longji said with a smile.
Li Yi also smiled. He smiled at Li Yi. The emperor was in front of him, and he asked who the emperor was looking for? When he found out later, it would be a wonderful story.
Li Yi nodded. "Yes, I'll take care of my Zhuangzi first. If the tenant farmers aren't rich, how can the officials let the people live without worry? "
"Oh?" Li Longji looked at Li Yi again with appreciation in his eyes.
He asked, "Little Brother Yi, I see that the tenant farmers in Zhuangzi have ruddy complexions and children. Isn't that enough?"
"Of course!" Li Yi answered, "Right now, I'm the only one taking care of them. Their families don't have any extra money or food. They only stay in the village every day and don't dare to enter the city because they're embarrassingly short of money. "
"What does Little Brother Yi want to do?" Li Longji asked again.
"Sell the soy sauce and share the wages with them. After harvesting the wheat, ask them to use the wages to buy crab seedlings. Plant rice in the village so that the crab and rice grow together. Harvest the crabs in autumn to exchange for money."
Li Yi gave the plan for Zhuangzi and asked the tenant farmers to use their own money to buy the crab seedlings.
When the crabs were harvested, the money would naturally belong to the tenant farmers.
Li Chengqi was curious. "Can crabs be raised in the fields?"
"Rice can be used as paddy fields. This is a set of raising methods." Li Yi answered.
"Is it feasible?" Li Chengqi asked.
"Yes!" Li Yi was certain.
He didn't even need to ask the system to change the technique. He knew how to raise crabs himself.
He earned a year's worth of money. Later, there was a flood and all of it was washed away. The key was that he didn't buy insurance.
He was sad and changed his profession. He stopped playing.
"Can my Zhuangzi learn this?" Li Chengqi rubbed his hands.
His idea was simple. Crabs were quite expensive, especially in the capital of Chang 'an.
They could be raised in the paddy fields. If everyone learned this, the capital of the people would be abundant.
Li Yi shook his head. "It's too late. I have 20 mu of seedlings and can plant 800 mu of rice."
This time, Li Longji and Li Chengqi were puzzled. What was this about 20 mu of seedlings and then planting 800 mu of rice?
"Are there any seedlings?" Li Longji asked anxiously.
"Come with me." Li Yi stopped eating skewers and took the two of them to see the 20 mu of rice seedling fields.
When the three of them arrived, the rice seedlings had already grown. After a few days, they would be planted in other fields.
"Little Brother Yi, why do the rice seedlings in your village look stronger than the ones I've seen before?" Li Chengqi noticed the situation.
Just like wheat, they grew better than others.
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