Since you have "thrown yourself into a trap", Li Yuan naturally does not want to let go of his future son-in-law. After all, this "harem fire" was caused by this boy. Although it was this boy's "unintentional mistake", To solve this matter, we still have to fall on this kid. I just don’t know what happened to this kid this time!
After pondering for a while, Li Yuan looked directly at Chang Bao and said, "Let him come in!"
"Yes!" Chang Bao bowed to accept the order, and then ordered the young chamberlain to bring Lu Chen to see Li Yuan.
Soon Lu Chen was led by the young chamberlain to the Manna Hall. This was Lu Chen's first time to the Manna Hall. It is said that this is where the emperor studied. After entering the Manna Hall, Lu Chen looked around and saw There are bookshelves on the north wall. There are books and bamboo slips on the bookshelf. There is a bookcase with silver inkstones and blue-engraved dental tubes. There is also a silver letter, and neatly cut papers are placed inside the silver letter. , there was a stack of memorials next to the silver letter, and Li Yuan was sitting behind the desk looking at him.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!" Lu Chen saluted Li Yuan and said.
"No courtesy!" Li Yuan waved to Lu Chen with a smile, and continued to ask: "Why did you come to find me?"
"Your Majesty, I have something that I would like to show to Your Majesty!" Lu Chen looked at Li Yuan and replied.
"Oh?" Hearing that Lu Chen had brought something again, Li Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly. He was obviously interested. After all, the things Lu Chen brought out every time were very novel things, so Li Yuan was very interested in Lu Chen. I am still very interested in what I want to give him this time.
Lu Chen didn't hesitate and waved directly to the little chamberlain outside the Ganlu Palace. The chambermaid hurriedly brought the deerskin bag he was carrying into the palace and handed it to Lu Chen.
Lu Chen put the bag directly on the ground, then opened the mouth of the bag, and the snow-white salt was revealed directly in front of Li Yuan.
"What is this?" Looking at the white salt, Li Yuan asked Lu Chen in confusion, "It looks a bit like flour?"
"Your Majesty, this is salt!" Lu Chen looked at Li Yuan and said.
"Is this salt?" Li Yuan turned to look at Chang Bao.
"Your Majesty, I have seen the fine salt slaves in the Shangshi Bureau. It seems to be different from what Lu County Official showed!" Chang Bao reported after saluting Li Yuan.
"Lu Aiqing, what's the difference between your salt and the fine salt from Shangshi Bureau?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and asked.
"Your Majesty, my refined salt does not have the bitter taste of those fine salts! If your Majesty doesn't believe it, let Governor Chang taste it on the spot!" Lu Chen said, looking at Chang Bao who was standing aside, and said with a smile.
Li Yuan did not speak, but nodded, and then glanced at Chang Bao. Chang Bao walked up to Lu Chen, reached out and dipped some salt in the bag, rubbed it with his fingers, then stuck out his tongue and licked it. He then smashed his mouth, then turned around and saluted Li Yuan and said: "Your Majesty, it is indeed salt, and it only has a pure salty taste, and does not have the bitter taste of the fine salt from Shangshi Bureau!"
"Oh? Let me try it too!" Li Yuan stood up directly, turned around the desk, came to Lu Chen, dipped some salt in his fingers and put it in his mouth to taste it.
After tasting it, he quickly walked to the desk, picked up the tea cup and started to clear his mouth. The tea Li Yuan was drinking now was directly contributed by Lu Chen.
"What do you mean by sending me this salt? Are you sending it to the Food Bureau?" After Li Yuan cleared his mouth, he returned to the desk and sat down, then looked at Lu Chen and asked.
"Back to your Majesty..." Lu Chen saluted Li Yuan, but he didn't say anything else, but glanced around.
Li Yuan naturally understood the meaning of his eyes and waved his hand. Li Yuan and Lu Chen were the only two people left in the Manna Hall. After Chang Bao left the Manna Hall, he also closed the door and stood guard outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, I'm going to sell this kind of refined salt, and then we can split the account 28-20, how about it?" Lu Chen approached Li Yuan's desk and whispered to Li Yuan.
"Selling refined salt?" Li Yuanshou frowned slightly. Although Li Yuan didn't understand how this thing was made, Li Yuan knew how much impact Lu Chen would have on those aristocratic families if he sold this kind of salt. Especially the Xiao family, which started with salt.
It is said that Li Yuan and Xiao Yu have a good relationship. Even Xiao Yu's wife Dugu is Li Yuan's cousin. To put it bluntly, Li Yuan is also Xiao Yu's uncle. But it is really because of their good relationship that Li Yuan values Xiao. Yu's?
It doesn't seem to be the case. It's one thing that the two are related, and it's another thing that Xiao Yu is capable. But the most important thing is probably the "salt" owned by the Xiao family. This is something related to the people's livelihood, and Datang is now Among these aristocratic families, the Xiao family owns the most salt mines and salt lakes. It can even be said that three-fifths of the salt in the Tang Dynasty came from the Xiao family.
Li Yuan thinks so highly of Xiao Yu, I'm afraid it has more to do with this matter.
Now that Lu Chen has produced such refined salt, and if he wants to sell it, the Xiao family will be the most affected. Whatever trouble Lu Chen had with the aristocratic family in the past, it has not reached the point of "ruining people and making money." Now, Lu Chen has Once this "refined salt" is produced and put on the market, it will definitely cut off the Xiao family's "financial path".
"Destroying someone's financial path is like killing one's parents", let alone the financial path of a family like the Xiao family. I'm afraid that Lu Chen and the Xiao family will be in a fight to the death.
"Lu Chen, this matter is big or small. Have you really thought about it clearly?" When Lu Chen offered to sell refined salt, Li Yuan immediately thought of what might happen next, so Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen seriously. , Although Lu Chen has endless tricks, it would be troublesome if the family really wanted to fight him to the death.
"I've thought about it!" Looking at Li Yuan's serious expression, Lu Chen nodded heavily, "This kind of thing has to be done sooner or later, I just want to implement it before leaving Chang'an! As for when I come back..." Lu Chen looked at Li Yuan and continued.
Although Lu Chen didn't finish what he said, Li Yuan already understood the meaning of Lu Chen's words. Regarding the change of owner of the blacksmith shop, Li Yuan also received a report from Chang Bao. Lu Chen has been very quiet recently, and there was even a rumor in Chang'an City. Li Yuan also knew that Li Daozong, Cheng Yaojin and others who came out caused trouble in Lu Chen's Lujiazhuang.
When he received the news, Li Yuan thought that Lu Chen was preparing to attack Liang Shidu, so he temporarily tolerated it. What Li Yuan didn't expect was that Lu Chen started to "retaliate" on this, and even prepared preparations for the Xiao family. A "pit".
