"No! How dare I treat Xiao Pushe as a three-year-old child!" Lu Chen responded with a smile after hearing Xiao Yu's words.
Xiao Yu didn't believe that such fine salt could be made easily. Although Xiao Yu didn't know how to make such fine salt, Xiao Yu was convinced that making such fine salt would definitely require a very tedious process. process can be achieved.
Based on this idea, Xiao Yu can be sure that Lu Chen will definitely not have this kind of finely made table salt in large quantities. And Lu Chen took out such a small bottle, probably because he wanted to put pressure on himself and increase his chips. That’s all.
Looking at Lu Chen's smile, Xiao Yu still had a sarcastic expression of disbelief.
"I don't know if Xiao Pushe has heard of the Detachment of Women!" Lu Chen suddenly changed the subject and mentioned the Detachment of Women under Li Xiuning.
"Of course I know the name of the Detachment of Women. What is the purpose of Mr. Lu suddenly mentioning the Detachment of Women? Could it be that he wants to use his status as military adviser of the Detachment of Women to intimidate us?" Regarding Lu Chen's identity as the adviser of the Detachment of Women, these people But they all knew it. When Lu Chen suddenly mentioned the Detachment of Women, they couldn't help but look at Lu Chen with sarcastic expressions.
Although they are civil servants and members of aristocratic families, they might feel frightened if a certain aristocratic family faces the Detachment of Women alone, but now they can be said to be united to face Lu Chen, not to mention this is Chang'an. , can be said to be their home field. The Detachment of Women is far away in Niangziguan. Even if Lu Chen can mobilize the Detachment of Women and the border troops enter Beijing, he is not King Qin. If Lu Chen really dares to do this, without them taking action, just relying on the guilt of this matter is enough. Chen lost his head.
Therefore, several people were not afraid of the Detachment of Women that Lu Chen mentioned, and the expressions on their faces contained a hint of ridicule and sarcasm.
"I am afraid that the identity of the Military Advisor of the Women's Army is not in your eyes. The reason why I mentioned the Women's Army is because of what I did in the Women's Army. Have you forgotten it?" Lu Chen reminded him again. One sentence.
As Lu Chen finished speaking, several people felt like there was a sharp flash in their minds, yes! Before Lu Chen received the title, he had already made many inventions and innovations in the Women's Army, such as iron harnesses, alcohol, and the so-called "physiological saline solution."
"Normal saline!" When Xiao Yu thought of these four words, he understood. At that time, Lu Chen should have got this "saline" out, although he didn't understand what this physiological saline was. , he has never seen it before, but the word "salt" is familiar to him, and it is also the foundation of the Xiao family.
It was also at this moment that Xiao Yu suddenly remembered that if Lu Chen hadn't reminded him just now, everyone seemed to only remember Lu Chen's identity as the Duke of Chang'an County, and forgot that Lu Chen also held the position of military advisor of the Women's Army. Not only them, I'm afraid If the other civil and military officials hadn't reminded him intentionally, they might have forgotten Lu Chen's identity!
"Strategist!" If the coach is the core of an army, then the "strategist" is the brain of the army. At certain times in the army, the strategist has as much power as the coach.
"Could it be..." Xiao Yu's falcon-like eyes showed a look of surprise for the first time. If what Lu Chen has done up to now is intentional, then since Lu Chen appeared In the Detachment of Women, he had been making plans from the moment he was worshiped as a military advisor by Li Xiuning. If this was the case, then the mind of the young Chang'an County Duke in front of him would be terrible!
No wonder that since Lu Chen returned to Chang'an with Li Xiuning, Li Xiuning has only been to Lujiazhuang twice and never went there again. During this period, Li Xiuning stayed deep in the princess's residence and never showed up. I'm afraid it was all to downplay Lu Chen, the military counselor of the women's army. This position is in people's minds.
"Now the physiological saline invented by me has been used in the entire army of the Tang Dynasty. As for how to purify this salt, I naturally left it to the Detachment of Women. Xiao Pushe, do you think that if I give the order, the Detachment of Women can How much of this kind of salt is produced? Moreover, the coal-ferrous guild that you fear like a tiger can use it. Are you not afraid of those poisonous salts that are poisonous to you?" Lu Chen sneered and looked at Xiao Yuhuan He said in a loud voice, and every word Lu Chen said hit Xiao Yu's heart like a sledgehammer.
Following Lu Chen's words, Xiao Yu naturally thought about it. The Detachment of Women said that there were only 70,000 or 80,000 people, but in fact, there were more than 100,000 people. Lu Chen naturally could not and did not have the right to mobilize all of these people, but Li Xiuning can do it, and Lu Chen is the military advisor of the Detachment of Women. As long as Lu Chen talks to Li Xiuning, I'm afraid Li Xiuning will order all the soldiers of the Detachment of Women to cooperate with Lu Chen in making salt.
What's more, after seeing the command-and-forbidden state of the Weiwei guards trained by Lu Chen, Xiao Yu didn't believe that Lu Chen would not give this kind of training method to Li Xiuning. So what is the situation of the Detachment of Women now, I am afraid only Li Xiuning and Lu Chen know Well, even Emperor Li Yuan probably doesn't know what the soldiers of the Detachment of Women look like.
This kind of order is prohibited. If well-trained soldiers make salt, the efficiency will definitely be higher than that of the salt workers in their own family. If Lu Chen really wants to do this, the impact on the Xiao family will undoubtedly be huge, and even some It might cause the Xiao family to plummet and be removed from the Eight Great Families of Guanlong.
"If I want to make this kind of table salt, I only need to write a letter, and the output of thousands of kilograms a day can still be achieved!" Lu Chen said with a smile at Xiao Yu. In fact, Lu Chen was also trying to scare Xiao Yu. Yu, the salt in the pottery bottle was only made by Lu Chen in the past two days. This was also what Lu Chen remembered when he saw the salt shaker in the kitchen on the day he returned to Lujiazhuang. Salt and iron are the source of the country's economy.
The national salt and iron monopoly in the Tang Dynasty did not exist until the tenth year of Kaiyuan. When was that? It was during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. In other words, the Tang Dynasty did not impose a salt and iron tax and maintained it directly from the early Tang Dynasty. For one hundred and thirty years, the country did not levy taxes on salt, iron and wine, but it was still able to create a prosperous Tang Dynasty that has been praised for thousands of years. It must be said that this is a unique dynasty in history.
And Lu Chen wants to smooth this matter out this time. Only by returning the salt and iron tax revenue to the country can it be realized later. Now it is absolutely impossible for these aristocratic families to hand over these things.
"Xiao Pushe, I wonder if your Xiao family can withstand my impact?" Lu Chen picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine, and looked at Xiao Yu with a smile, but Xiao Yu's temples were actually sweating at this time. Xiao Yu even felt a chill in the close-fitting clothes underneath.
"Xiao Pushe, don't let this kid scare us!" At this moment, Wang Gui and Wei Ting on the side also saw that Xiao Yu was obviously frightened by Lu Chen, and warned him directly.
"Scaring you?" Lu Chen looked at the two of them and sneered, "Although your two families are not deeply involved in this salt and iron industry, it is said that they are all heirs to the literary world and want to submit papers to your two families. There should be quite a few students!" Lu Chen looked at Wang Gui and Wei Ting and said, "Oh, by the way, the others who are known as the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes seem to be known as the heirs of scholarship to the outside world, right?"
"What? Does Mr. Lu want to steal the books in our home? Or is he directly threatening our family officials?" Wang Gui looked at Lu Chen and asked coldly.
"You think of me too narrowly, you are a scholar! I admire you too! 'No one asked me for ten years of hard work, and I became famous all over the world in one fell swoop'. I still admire the hard work of these scholars!" Lu Chen Touching the beard that was neither long nor short on his chin, he said with a smile, "Is it really because you are a scholarly heirloom and have famous Confucian scholars in your family that those literati submitted for examination?" Lu Chen looked at Wang Gui and Wei with a sneer. Quite waiting for someone.
Is that so? In fact, everyone knows it well. The reason why those literati students get involved in aristocratic families is not because books are expensive. If you get involved in aristocratic families, you will have the opportunity to see those classics that cannot be seen outside. , more confident about the imperial examination.
"What does Mr. Lu mean?!" Wei Ting was a little embarrassed by what Lu Chen said, so he asked Lu Chen directly.
"You know what I mean, and so do I! I have also prepared a gift for you!" Lu Chen said and gave him a three-five. As Lu Chenba's applause fell, the door of the private room was pushed open, and Lian Xiu De and Meng Ji walked in from outside the elegant room.
"Master!" The two of them gave Lu Chen a military salute, and then stood there, waiting for Lu Chen's instructions.
"Open those boxes. This is a gift that I have prepared for these adults. I have to show it to them!" Lu Chen pointed at a few wooden boxes in the corner of the private room. In fact, as soon as he entered When they were in the private room, these officials from the aristocratic families had already seen the wooden boxes. Although they were also curious about what was inside, due to their relationship with Lu Chen, they were too embarrassed to ask.
Now Lu Chen ordered Lian Xiude and Meng Ji to open the box, so everyone's eyes were directly attracted to those boxes.
"Yes!" Lian Xiude and Meng Jicheng responded in unison, then walked over and opened the lids of several boxes one by one. After opening them, these people finally saw what was in the boxes.
After seeing what was loaded inside, the faces of these people finally revealed expressions of shock and misery.
After seeing the contents of the box, several people turned their heads stiffly to look at Lu Chen, who had a leisurely expression on his face. At this time, their hearts were much heavier, because Lu Chen showed them that their foundation was shaken.
