"Please rain."
Kuaizi picked up the scrambled eggs and threw them into his mouth. Li Yunze said vaguely, "Sir, please help me spit. There is no overnight feud between father and son. All I need is a living."
Li Er paused as he picked up slices of tomatoes, his eyes puzzled as he felt that there was something in this man's words.
After all, he did something to disgrace his father and seize the throne by force. Whenever someone mentions the relationship between father and son in front of him, Li Er's persecution paranoia will attack. He always feels that others are laughing at him.
Since good words are useless, we can only talk about reality.
"I'll give you gold, how about a thousand taels?"
After hearing this, Li Yunze finally put down Kuaizi and opened another bottle of wine for Li Erman.
It’s not that Li Yunze worshiped foreigners, but wine was already very popular during the Tang Dynasty when the Silk Road was prevalent.
He raised his glass and said, "I am the most down-to-earth person. As long as the benefits are in place, I can talk about anything."
"Then let's talk." Li Er took a sip of the wine, feeling that it was sweeter and tasted much better than the sour ones he drank before. "How to solve this severe drought in Guanzhong?"
“Drought means it doesn’t rain, but in the final analysis it still falls on water.”
"There is actually no shortage of water in Guanzhong. The eight rivers surrounding Chang'an are not just for words, and there are so many ditches. The difficulty lies in getting water to irrigate the land."
After finishing the glass of wine, Li Yunze picked up the bottle again and said, "Does Your Majesty know that the car has overturned?"
"Overturned?" Li Er thought for a moment, "Could it be that Bi Lan did the overturned car recorded in "Book of the Later Han Dynasty"?"
Li Yunze gave a thumbs up and praised, "Your Majesty is knowledgeable, that's the one that turned over. Later, after the Three Kingdoms Majun was improved, it has become very convenient to get water. I have a further improved ultimate version here, called a waterwheel, which can quickly and irrigate the earth in large amounts." "
Seeing that Li Yunze didn't pour him wine, Li Er had to do it himself, "If it's just like this, it won't be worth a thousand taels of gold."
Scientific and technological innovation in ancient times was not taken very seriously, and there were rewards but not as many as imagined. As for patent rights, that's a joke.
Using something you invented is an opportunity for you to leave a name for yourself, but you still want money? Do you want a title?
He picked up the wine glass and touched it with Li Er. After drinking the glass, Li Yunze pondered briefly, "Your Majesty, the court situation is not very stable. There are still people in the world who are saying that you killed your brother and forced your father."
After hearing this, Li Er's breathing immediately became rapid.
If someone else had faced him, he would have immediately ordered someone to drag him out and behead him.
In front of him, he said that he would kill his brother and force his father to kill him!
The guards all around quietly took a step back. On this topic, they could only lower their heads and count the ants, pretending that they did not understand Guanzhong dialect.
Seeing the dark-faced Li Er drinking silently, Li Yunze said with a smile, "Do you want to get God's approval and give you God's support and affirmation for your superiority?"
Li Er suddenly stared at him, "Are you a god?"
"Stop talking about it." Li Yunze waved his hand, "Just tell me whether you want it or not."
Li Er, who had seized the throne by force, was indeed on an unstable foundation at this time.
There are Turks outside who are watching, and there are people with ulterior motives inside who are plotting to cause trouble. The people even talked about his killing his brother and forcing his father.
What he needs most at this time is to prove the legitimacy of his position, so as to stabilize people's hearts and gain the support of officials and ministers.
In this era, there is nothing more legitimate than God’s certification.
Li Yunze helped to exterminate locusts before, and Li Er took this opportunity to boost his support.
He originally wanted to prove himself by eating locusts.
After a moment of silence, Li Er asked, "Can it really be done?"
"If you can't do it." Li Yunze simply stretched out his hand to indicate the cowshed in the distance, "I'll give you all the cows over there."
Hearing this, Li Er immediately sneered.
Although the Tang Dynasty's national strength is now somewhat difficult, it can be said that it is full of waste and is waiting to be revitalized. But a few hundred cows was not a big deal to the emperor.
Seeing Li Er's performance, Li Yunze simply stamped his foot, "If things don't work out, then I will teach Datang the ability to prevent and treat smallpox."
'Snapped! '
After hearing this, the wine glass in Li's hand immediately fell to the ground.
'Clang. '
Among the guards on the side, the horizontal sword in someone's hand fell to the ground.
Li Er, who was in shock, glanced over there and explained to Li Yunze in a deep voice, "There was a smallpox outbreak in his family, and he was the only one in the family who survived."
"Huh?" Li Yunze raised his eyebrows and looked over. The burly man's face was full of pits, but his eyes were filled with tears at this time. He immediately asked, "How many people are in your family?"
"There were six people in the family at that time, and I was the only one who survived."
"No way?" Li Yunze scratched his head, "The mortality rate of smallpox is not that high."
The burly man suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Li Yunze, his voice choked with sobs, "If the immortal can teach the art of curing smallpox, people all over the world will be grateful to the immortal for his great kindness!"
Li Yunze could tell that this was not acting, but a true expression of true feelings.
After all, the whole family died from smallpox, and this experience was really hard on the spirit.
Li Yunze didn't rush to reply, but glanced at Li Er, meaning it's time for you to express something.
Li Er did not respond, but asked eagerly, "Can smallpox really be cured?"
"Of course it can be cured. A large number of antibiotics and so on are used, but it is too troublesome. The main thing is to use vaccination to prevent it, that is, to vaccinate first, so that even if you are infected with smallpox in the future, you will not get sick."
"Don't talk about this yet." Li Yunze waved his hand, "I'm off topic. Let's talk about praying for rain first."
Li Er drank the drink in one gulp, breathed a long sigh of relief, and waved his hand firmly, "Please Yu, I want it, I want the smallpox vaccine too! Make an offer."
"It's easy to talk about."
Li Yunze, who was smiling, enthusiastically brought a new wine glass for Li Er, "Let's do it one by one. I'll sell you the technical information and drawings of the waterwheel first, and you can find a craftsman to make it yourself. It doesn't have much technical content anyway, it's big." The craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty are enough to complete it. For this, one thousand taels of gold is enough."
"Then it's about praying for rain." Li Yunze opened another bottle of wine and served it to Li Erman, "Your Majesty chooses a day when there are clouds in the sky in Chang'an City to pray for rain, and I will keep it for you. It will rain heavily. As for how to operate, how Propaganda, then I don’t care.”
"Um."
Li Er, who picked up the wine glass, responded with a smile on his face.
If it can really rain heavily when praying for rain, then there will be a lot of room for maneuver, and it will be very effective in stabilizing people's hearts and suppressing opposition voices.
Imperial power is granted by heaven!
"The reward for this matter." Li Yunze stretched out his hand and gestured around, "My village is too small, please help me expand it."
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Li Er narrowed his eyes and asked, "How big do you want it to be?"
"Let's take 10,000 acres first."
The guards who were looking around and carefully counting the ants with their noses and minds trembled involuntarily when they heard Li Yunze's lion opening its mouth.
Ten thousand acres, or ten thousand acres of farmland near Chang'an City!
You really dare to speak.
Unexpectedly, Li Er drank the wine in the glass in one gulp and nodded solemnly, "Yes."
For Li Er, whose throne was unstable at this time, as long as he could stabilize his throne, a mere 10,000 acres of land was nothing.
When his father rewarded people, he often casually gave away tens of thousands of acres.
"Don't make it look like I've taken advantage of you." Li Yunze raised his hand and knocked on the table and explained, "The fields are still in Datang, outside Chang'an City, and I can't take them away. And I can't evade taxes, so I should The taxes paid will not be less than a penny. The products produced are naturally supplied to the Tang Dynasty. But don’t be bitter and resentful, as if I have taken advantage of it. "
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the guards around him improved significantly.
This is really the case. The land is here and cannot be moved. So what if he gets 10,000 acres? He still has to pay taxes and grow things. Who is not giving it to him?
When the Supreme Emperor was on the throne, there were too many things to do with tens of thousands of acres casually.
Li Er had already figured this out, so he agreed simply.
He then asked "about the treatment of smallpox..."
"It's not urgent." Li Yunze picked up the kuaizi and greeted him warmly, "Eat the food first. When the things in front are finished, it won't be too late to talk about the things behind."
Before leaving Li's Village after having a full meal, Li Er got on his horse and pointed at the burly man with bumps on his face, "Zuo Hong, you will retire now and stay as a guard for Master Li."
Zuo Hong was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly fell to the ground and responded.
When Li Er led a large group of knights and swarmed away, Li Yunze said, "Don't you even ask me for my opinion? What kind of place do I think I have to accept it if you give it to me?"
Seeing Zuo Hong standing beside him, Li Yunze frowned and yelled, "What are you looking at? Go clear the table quickly."
Facts have proved that Li Shimin in the early years of Zhenguan was an impatient and a smart impatient.
Early the next morning, Li Yunze was still sleeping soundly in his room, going back and forth with Zhou Gong's daughter, retreating while I came in, playing games with each other, when Zuo Hong's loud voice came from outside the door. "The owner of the village~~~the owner of the village~~~"
Li Yunze scratched his head and got up, put on his clothes and put them away. He kicked open the door with a black face, "I'm very angry now..."
He didn't finish what he said later because he saw an old man.
An old man wearing a monk's robe.
There was no shortage of Taoist priests in the Tang Dynasty, and it was normal to see Taoist priests.
Just looking at Zuo Hong's excited expression and the old Taoist priest's temperament, a name suddenly appeared in Li Yunze's mind.
'Sun Simiao. '
"Old Taoist Sun Simiao." The old Taoist bowed and saluted, "I have met Master Li."
Sure enough, it was him, the Medicine King was here.
Li Yunze sighed. He didn't need to think too much to know that this must be Li Er who took the initiative to reveal the news about smallpox to Sun Simiao. The old Taoist priest who had been busy treating diseases and saving people all his life naturally came to see him without a second thought.
"Zuo Hong." He asked Zuo Hong, who was very excited because of meeting Sun Simiao, "Go and arrange breakfast. I want to eat with King Yao."
"The owner of the village is too polite." Sun Simiao, who is much older but in a very good state of mind, has a rosy face and a loud voice, "I would never dare to be called the King of Medicine."
"well."
Li Yunze, who forcibly cheered up, yawned and stepped forward to say hello, "I am also a Taoist. We are fellow Taoists... No, I mean we are fellow Taoists. How do we compare to fellow Taoists?"
Sun Simiao smiled and saluted, "May I ask which mountain gate my friend worships?"
Li Yunze bowed in return, "Erxianshan Magu Cave, a disciple of the Quanzhen Sect."
This skillful movement shocked Sun Simiao. He thought Li Yunze was joking, but unexpectedly he turned out to be a Taoist priest.
If you are not a Taoist priest, you would not be so familiar with these things in Taoism.
"Quanzhen Sect?" Sun Simiao tried to recall. "I am ignorant and ignorant. I have never heard of it."
Of course I have never heard of it. Chunyangzi Lu Dongbin, the founder of the Quanzhen sect, was not born until more than a hundred years later.
"Don't worry about this." Li Yunze greeted warmly, "Let's eat first."
