"Your Majesty!"
Kong Yingda groaned in his heart. He had only scolded Mo Jiazi a little, but he had not expected that the emperor would come.
The people from the Imperial College were also shocked. Usually, they would rush to the emperor and let him listen to their strategies for governing the country.
They did not expect to meet the emperor opposite the Imperial College. Moreover, the emperor was here as the supervisor of the students.
"Your Majesty!" Everyone quickly saluted.
At this moment, the people of the Mo Family Village in the Savant's Restaurant realized that the emperor was right in front of them. They could not help but feel excited.
Meton looked at Li Shimin. It was Li Shimin who threw him into the Imperial College as a test subject for the catfish effect and got him involved. However, at this moment, Li Shimin stood up for Meton and defended Kong Yingda as his guardian. This made the little bit of resentment in Meton's heart disappear without a trace.
In the main hall of the Savant's Restaurant, there were three countries standing side by side. Students, parents, and teachers. The most prestigious parent-teacher conference in the Tang dynasty was being held!
However, this parent's background was a little too big. So big that even the teacher, who was a descendant of the Kong Family, could not stand it.
"Mr. Kong, please tell me if Meton has ever offended the teachers in the Imperial College or violated the rules of the Imperial College!" Li Shimin asked.
Kong Yingda was instantly speechless. Thinking about it carefully, after the Mo family had arrived at the Imperial College, although they had been constantly tossing and turning, they had always abided by discipline. The only time they had helped Qin Huaiyu and the others with engraving printing, their merits had offset their demerits.
On the other hand, the teacher of the Imperial College had always been looking for trouble with Meton. Now that he was being questioned by the parent, how could he not feel ashamed?
The other professors of the Imperial College also blushed. They could not help but look away from Meton's eyes.
"Your Majesty, Meton did not violate the rules in the Imperial College." Kong Yingda braced himself and said.
"Oh!" Li Shimin dragged his voice and said, "Then why did I hear that Meton did not have a good time in the Imperial College?"
When Li Shimin said this, everyone in the Imperial College could not help but tremble. if it was a normal Imperial College student's parents, no one would dare to ignore this kind of question. However, if it was from Li Shimin, no one would dare to ignore it. it was from the Imperial College....
Fortunately, Li Shimin did not pursue this issue. After all, the Imperial College was a place where the Empire cultivated officials. The authority of the Imperial College was not to be questioned.
"Where's Su Lingnong?" Li Shimin immediately changed from a parent to an emperor.
"Your Majesty! The Finance Minister has taken the curved plow to the south gate in advance. He said that he would continue to experiment with the curved plow! " Meton replied.
After the exhibition of the ink technique, Meton had tried to persuade Su Lingnong to stay for a meal. However, this old farmer was ecstatic and could not sit still at all.
"It seems that Su Lingnong is wholeheartedly helping me! Someone, prepare some food in advance and send it to Su Lingnong as fast as possible. "Li Shimin ordered.
"Yes!" Master Yu immediately packed the food that he had prepared for Meton in a food box and gave it to a guard to send it to Su Lingnong as fast as possible.
"Meton, you did a good job! From the Catfish Effect, to the Three Poems of the Frontier Fortress, the Engraving Printing Technique, the Curved Shaft Plow, the Artificial Incubation Technique, and the Secret Technique of Living Fish. You've surprised us again and again! "Li Shimin looked at Moton.
This was the first time that Meton and Li Shimin met. Li Shimin looked at the young man in front of him with emotion. From his eyes, he could vaguely see the elegance of Mo Lie. It was a pity that Mo Lie died young and did not get to see how outstanding his son was.
"It was all by accident. I was just lucky!" Meton said awkwardly.
"Lucky? If this is luck, then why didn't the people of Chang 'an City have this luck? If this is luck, then why did an ignorant young man dare to raise conditions with me?" Li Shimin looked at Meton with a faint smile.
Meton immediately blushed. He did not expect that Li Shimin would see through his little scheme.
Qin Qiong laughed. He was the one who handed in Mo Jiazi's booklet.
"But fortunately, I agreed to your conditions. The people of the Tang dynasty can open up more land. It is no longer a luxury for ordinary people to eat meat." Li Shimin said with emotion.
The poverty of the Mo Family Village, the deeds of Mo Zi that Meton deliberately publicized in Chang 'an City, and the secret technique of living fish and artificial hatching methods finally aroused the compassion of Li Shimin and agreed to Meton's conditions.
But no one expected that Li Shimin's compassion would make the Mo Family Village so powerful and give Li Shimin a big surprise.
"This is the precursor of the prosperity of the Tang dynasty. It is the inevitable result under the correct leadership of Your Majesty. I dare not take credit for it!" Meton braced himself and flattered.
Qin Huaiyu and the other two looked at Meton who did not blush at all as if he was a stranger. Li Chengqian looked at him with disdain, as if he did not know this person.
"Good boy!"
Cheng Yaojin secretly gave him a thumbs-up and praised him in his heart.
"What a cunning official!"
People of the Imperial College cursed in their hearts. Mo Jiazi's shameless face was despised by them again and again in their hearts.
Li Shimin did not know whether to laugh or cry. This boy was as slippery as a little catfish. But on second thought, he said in his heart, "I can't let him go so easily!"
"Since the Mo Family Village has so many tools that are beneficial to the country and the people, why don't you hand them over to the imperial court but sell them privately?" Li Shimin shouted with a straight face.
"Ah!" Meton was stunned at once.
Liu Yinian showed a complacent expression. Let's see how this boy will refute.
Meton said cautiously, "May I ask how much money can I get after I hand them over to the imperial court? If it's a lot, I can consider it. But if it's a thousand strings of cash like last time, then forget it. The Mo Family Village needs too much money!"
Everyone was speechless. This boy was obsessed with money. How could he think that a thousand strings of cash was not enough?
"A gentleman values justice more than profit. It's the honor of loyalty and patriotism to hand them over to the imperial court. How can it be measured by money?" Liu Yinian shouted loudly.
"Haha! When you have 5,000 people to feed, you will find that this sentence is wrong! "Meton said contemptuously.
"You …" Liu Yinian was so angry that his face turned red.
To be honest, a thousand strings of cash seemed to be a lot, but it was definitely only enough to support 5,000 people for a while. No one could find a continuous source of income for the Mo Family Village like Meton.
Li Shimin opened his mouth. But when he thought of the reward from the imperial court, he wisely changed the topic.
"The crisis of the Mo Family Village has been solved. What's the Mo Family's plan in the future?"
Li Shimin asked the question that Kong Yingda had always wanted to ask. He also took this opportunity to make things clear. After all, the Confucians were orthodox, and the power of the Mo Family was very important to the empire. It was better to make some things clear in advance.
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