"By the way, there's one more thing." Li Ke suddenly thought of another thing.
"What?" Li Shimin frowned.
"You must not imitate those emperors and the like who take elixirs." Li Ke rolled his eyes. Thinking of this made him feel sick. You said that all those who can become emperors are not stupid, and they all end up running away. Eat that stuff.
"What's wrong? Many people are eating it." Li Shimin was a little confused.
"You haven't eaten, have you?" Li Ke became nervous. When Li Shimin was young, he led troops to fight. His body could be said to be strong, but he was definitely not a long-lived person. Although Li Shimin's death was related to his mental shock. relation.
In addition to the early death of his beloved Queen Changsun, several other princesses such as Changle and Jinyang died early. He had all experienced a white-haired person giving a black-haired person, and it was normal for him to be mentally shocked.
But it definitely has a lot to do with him taking the so-called elixir.
"Well, I tried it once and it didn't seem to have any effect." Li Shimin didn't hide it.
"That thing is poisonous." Li Ke was very straightforward.
"Poisonous?" Li Shimin's expression changed instantly, and Chang Lin's expression also changed.
"I also discovered it by accident. Dad, you know that mercury is added to their elixirs." Li Ke said directly. These emperors don't know what the elixir is made of. Li Ke doesn't believe it. He takes elixirs just to survive. , Whether it is Qin Shihuang or Li Shimin, how could they not ask what materials the alchemists put in?
"Yes, but only a little." Li Shimin frowned and nodded.
"You know that my mercury mirror uses mercury, so I accidentally discovered that mercury is poisonous. Although it does not have much impact on the human body when the amount is small, it cannot be excreted by the human body. When it accumulates to a certain level When the time comes, it will have a fatal impact on the human body." Li Ke said seriously.
"If you don't believe it, you can probably find this little mercury and give it to a death row prisoner, and you will know." Li Ke picked up the cup from the table and poured a little water into it, about three to four milliliters of water. In fact, There are very few of them anymore, at least there are very few in the human visual range.
"That's it?" Li Shimin looked at the water inside and found that there was only a little bit.
"Yes." Li Ke nodded.
"Chang Lin, remember." Li Shimin warned. Chang Lin immediately walked over and looked in the cup, then poured the water in his hand and looked at it before nodding.
"If you just eat one, it's fine. In fact, those Taoists who make alchemy don't know whether these things are poisonous at all, and if it's just a little bit, it won't have any impact on the human body, so it won't be noticed. Wait until you feel it. By the time the worst happens, it's already too late." Li Ke explained more or less for the Taoist priests.
Li Shimin is not the kind of person who involves others casually.
"I understand." Li Shimin was noncommittal.
"Third brother, is Aye really okay?" Changle was a little worried.
"It's okay, don't worry. Talking about toxicity regardless of dosage is just hooligans. It's like arsenic is highly poisonous, but it can also be used as medicine. For example, century-old ginseng, if you eat too much, it will also cause supplementation. Death from excess. The same goes for mercury. As long as you don't take in a small dose, it doesn't matter." Li Ke comforted Changle and the others.
Hearing what Li Ke said, Changle and the others felt more relieved, and Li Shimin didn't take it to heart.
After appeasing Lao Li, the next outing became much more interesting. Li Ke even took Li Shimin to experience what a barbecue was like. Don't tell me that Li Shimin was not against it. He had never done anything like this before. Although Li Shimin had led troops to fight in the war, he was also from a wealthy family, so naturally it was not his turn to take action on these matters.
Chang Lin was also a little stunned. He didn't expect Li Shimin to be willing to do these things. But looking around, he saw that besides Li Shimin, he was his son and daughter, and Chang Lin had indeed not seen Li Shimin like this for a long time.
It wasn't until late in the evening that everyone packed up and headed back. Li Shimin wanted to go back to the city directly, and Li Ke and the others naturally returned to Shuwangzhuang.
"By the way, you mentioned papermaking and printing before. Have you improved it?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and asked.
"Well, it's done. I've started building a paper mill and started purchasing some materials from around Chang'an. Printing is actually very simple, so large-scale printing of books and the like will soon be possible, about this year. It can start in the second half of the year." Li Ke thought for a while and said.
"Well done. These technologies are related to the national policy of the Tang Dynasty. What reward do you want?" Li Shimin looked at him and asked.
"Can you give me some titles?" Li Ke asked.
"What do you mean?" Li Shimin was a little confused.
"Some honorary titles are enough, without any actual power. I want to use them to reward craftsmen who improve these technologies." Li Ke said.
Li Shimin frowned, this matter is not easy to handle. It's not that he cares about these titles, because once he opens this door, it means touching the biggest cake of the gentry class.
"This is a bit difficult. You should know the reason. I need to think about it." Li Shimin thought for a while and said.
Li Ke muttered: "I'm not talking about you, Dad, what do you mean by being an emperor?"
After looking at Li Ke, Li Shimin was unusually lifeless, and instead said, "Then what do you think should be the emperor?"
"Of course I do whatever I want. I can do whatever I want. Why do I have to think so much?" Li Ke said irresponsibly. He knew this was fart, but he said it on purpose.
"Come on, come on, give me an idea, how can I be like you." Li Shimin laughed angrily.
"It's so simple. You issue a decree and if you don't agree, you'll be killed. If one person can't do it, just the whole family. If the whole family can't do it, just the three clans." Li Ke said calmly.
"Get out! Is this your method? How many ministers are still in the court with your killing method? In less than a month, the Tang Dynasty will collapse." Li Shimin cursed.
"Dad, in fact, if you protect all the people in the world and maintain this basic foundation, the Tang Dynasty will not collapse." Li Ke smiled.
Li Shimin paused for a moment, then waved his hand: "Go away and say something humane."
"Then it's okay if you don't give me a title, but if I want to clear out these properties one day and you want to take them back to the court, then you have to give me a title." Li Ke said.
"Why do I need your things?" Li Shimin glanced at Li Ke strangely.
"You don't want anything, but if the court ministers ask you to ask for something from me, how can you refuse?" Li Ke curled his lips. He had already seen through Li Shimin.
"Okay! I will remember what you said. If you are really capable of making the ministers of the court let me ask for your things, what if I give you a title! I will create a title for you, and you will reward these craftsmen! There is no limit to the number! "Li Shimin laughed angrily at Li Ke. I don't even want important livelihood resources like iron ore and salt. How can I still steal things from you? You underestimate me too much.
"A gentleman's words are hard to chase." Li Ke stretched out his hand.
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment. He felt something was wrong, but he still reached out and gave Li Ke a high-five.
"Hey, by the way, who will send me those scholars? Or the acting Duke?" Li Ke asked.
"Sometimes I want to kick you to death, but the imperial court doesn't care about such a big thing? Last winter, the Tang Dynasty sent troops to Tuyuhun. Li Jing was the leading general. Because of the bad timing such as the New Year and the weather, he didn't send troops for the time being, so he rushed back. After delivering the soldiers to you, he has already set off for Tuyuhun again, and he will definitely compete with Tuyuhun this year." Li Shimin said with a proud look on his face.
Didn't you say before that I didn't dare to take action against Tuyuhun? See if I dare!
"Oh." Li Ke had no reaction.
Li Shimin: "..."
After talking about these things, the two parties basically separated. After walking a certain distance, Li Shimin, who was riding on the horse, looked back at Li Ke and others who had not yet started their return journey. He couldn't help but ask: "Chang Lin , have I been taken advantage of?"
