Datang: Inheriting the system legacy at the beginning

In the end, Li Yin still poured a glass of white wine into Li Shimin's wine glass, of course this was under the condition of Lao Li's compromise.

Otherwise, he was going to hang himself, his mighty father, a glutton.

Today's wine is not as good as the wine just brewed before, but he has used many special methods to deal with it.

Not only does it taste much softer, but even if you drink too much, it won't cause any harm to your body, so he didn't restrict Li Yuan and the others.

After finishing something, rest your chopsticks and drink.

After Li Yin asked the leftovers to be removed from the table, he asked Pumpkin to go to his study to make a few pots of tea.

This tea was fresh tea that he specially asked Zhao Qian to purchase from the south, and then roasted it by himself.

Although it is not as good as the top Dahongpao and Yuqian Longjing teas of later generations, it is much better than the boiled tea of ​​this era.

It is the best drink to relieve the alcohol in the chest after drinking.

After the tea was served, the fragrance wafted all over the place, and everyone present couldn't help but feel salivated when they smelled it.

Li Shimin picked up the small cup of tea in front of him, and drank it down in one gulp!

A moment later, his eyes were emitting bursts of golden light, and he clapped his hands and praised:

"Good tea! This tea is bitter at first and then sweet, but it doesn't feel astringent at all. It's really memorable!"

Hearing his words, Li Yuan picked up his teacup and took a sip, then felt it for a while.

I just felt an indescribable comfort rushing straight to his forehead, and the resentment that had been suppressed in his heart for many years was about to disappear.

"hey-hey!"

Li Yin was not surprised when he saw the expressions of the two of them, he smiled, and then continued:

"How is it, grandpa, father! How does the tea produced by my new tea making method compare with the boiled tea you drank before?"

"Incomparable, incomparable! After drinking this tea, the previous brewed tea is as disgusting as swill!" Li Shimin finally admitted once, what Li Yin made is good!

Li Yuan took a deep look at Li Min, then turned his head to look at Li Shimin who was anxiously picking up the teapot to refill himself with tea, and said angrily:
"Is this how you are an emperor? You don't have any vision at all!"

Li Shimin, who was refilling himself with tea, almost threw the teapot in his hand out of anger when he heard these endless words.

Fortunately, he was not completely drunk yet, and he knew who was talking to him at this moment, so he could only put down the teapot in his hand very unconvinced, and said:
"Father, you can't be so eccentric even if you are eccentric! Why don't I have the eyesight to see? Your grandson has the eyesight to see, right?"

"Humph!" Li Yuan snorted again, glared at him fiercely, then quickly changed the expression on his face into a kind look, and said to Li Yin:

"My dear grandson, come and tell your idiot father why he doesn't have eyesight."

"Uh……"

Li Yin originally thought that Li Yuan would personally reprimand Lao Li, but he never thought that the ball was kicked to his side again, and he almost didn't react.

But after a moment of stupefaction, he coughed lightly, looked at Li Shimin who was not convinced and said:

"Father, Grandpa Huang said that you have no eyesight, so don't be convinced."

"Hmph!" Li Shimin also knew at this time that he might have overlooked something, but he is a person who cares about face, how could he give in at this time.

"Ha ha!"

Seeing that Lao Li was so arrogant, Li Yin smiled contemptuously.Since you want to stretch your face over for me to hit, then don't blame me, a son, for disregarding the friendship between father and son.

"Father, do you know the book "On Salt and Iron"?"

"What do you mean, my mighty lord of the Tang Dynasty, how could he not know about the book "On Salt and Iron", but what does it have to do with tea?" Li Shimin continued to question.

Li Yin raised a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, and said with a faint smile:

"Since father knows the importance of salt and iron, do you know that tea is as important as salt and iron among the people? In those days in the south, huge profits were made from tea every year, but Did you know that there was no tea tax paid by the imperial court?" (The tea tax has not yet been collected at this time!)
"Uh..." Li Shimin was speechless at this time.

He has always only regarded salt and iron as the foundation of the country's survival, and never thought that such a small tea can have such a huge profit.

If it is true that as Li Yin said, the big families in the south earn huge profits from tea every year, then the collection of tea tax really has to be put on the agenda.

Now Datang is so short of money, and the treasury is almost running out of money.

If his internal money hadn't been for some income from the industry he has recently cooperated with Li Yin, he would probably be in a similar situation.

Hearing that there is such a money-making thing all of a sudden, how could he not be indifferent.

Li Yin didn't care what he was thinking right now, he just continued to say:
"Also, has my father sent someone to see how popular our Tang tea is on the grasslands?"

"I'm afraid father, you don't even know that Turks and these grassland tribes drink tea from my Tang Dynasty! But on the contrary, the amount of tea exported from my Tang Dynasty to Turks and other grassland tribes every year almost accounts for the entire Datang’s tea output is more than half.”

"How is this possible? Those barbarians only eat meat and drink, how can they enjoy this kind of delicacy?" Li Shimin's eyes widened. He firmly did not believe that the Turkic barbarians would still enjoy tea.

"Haha! Ignorance!"

Li Yin glanced at Li Shimin contemptuously. Now that Li Yuan is here to support him, he is no longer afraid that Li Shimin will hang him on the Tai Chi Hall!
"Because the people in the grassland eat a lot of meat and alcohol every day, they rely on tea more than the people of Tang Dynasty. Because beef and mutton are high-calorie and high-fat things, if you eat them for a long time It will damage their gastrointestinal system, so at this time they need some ingredients in the tea to adjust their gastrointestinal system, so do you understand, Father?"

"Uh……"

Li Shimin was speechless for a while, and stared at Li Yin for a long time. He didn't know why his son, who was only seven years old, knew so many things. He hadn't even heard of them. .

But even though he believed what Li Yin said in his heart at this moment, he still retorted out of face:
"Then what does this have to do with you saying that you really don't have eyesight?"

"Hmph! I don't dare to admit my ignorance. How could I have given birth to a son like you?"

Li Yuan didn't wait for Li Yin to continue explaining, because Li Yin's explanation was clear enough, at least he didn't know many things before.

But after listening to Li Yin's explanation, the weight of tea in his heart has risen to countless levels.

However, as the king of a country, Li Shimin had no foresight, and finally he said angrily:
"Think about it, since the Turkic people need tea so much, what will happen if we cut off the source of their tea?"

"Uh..." Li Shimin finally came to his senses, and he kept moving his eyes on Li Yuan and Li Yin's faces with a look of shame.

For a moment, he even doubted himself whether he was really suitable to be the emperor. How could even his father, who was not as good as himself, and his son who was only seven years old, be able to see it.

He, the emperor, needs to be pointed out to this extent before he can figure it out.

Just when Li Shimin fell into deep self-reflection, Li Yin waved his hand and said:

"Grandfather, in fact, we don't need to cut off the supply of Turkic tea. On the contrary, we should export a large amount of tea to Chaotianmen, especially my new type of tea!"

"Oh! If my dear grandson has any thoughts, why don't you tell me grandpa to help you refer."

Li Yuan knew long ago when he was on the hot air balloon that his grandson's ability was not inferior to anyone else's.

At this moment, I heard him say that there is no need to cut off the supply of tea to all the tribes in the grassland, so I am even more interested.

"Actually! Maybe we can use my new tea making method to take most of the tea industry in Datang into our hands. I believe that no matter those aristocratic families, common people, or grassland tribes, after drinking this kind of tea, they will be happy. No one wants to drink the original boiled tea anymore!"

"That's true!" Li Yuan nodded heavily, expressing his approval, at least he didn't want to drink the tea soup like swill from before.

"Then if this is the case, is there still a market for the tea mountains in the hands of those aristocratic families? What will they do if there is no market?" Li Yin asked a question again.

"Useless things will of course be sold!" Li Lizhi next to him said with a grin.

"Yes, what Changle said is correct!" Li Yin clapped his palms lightly, and then continued:
"Since they will sell it, why can't we send someone they don't know to buy it at a low price?"

"It is not necessary to buy all the tea mountains into our hands. As long as we have the secret recipe of new tea making in our hands, I believe there are still southern families who are willing to listen to us."

"At that time, we will be able to control the price of the entire tea market. Father, tell me, if you say that ten catties of tea will be exchanged for an excellent war horse with the grassland tribes, will they agree?"

When Li Shimin heard the war horse, the golden light in his eyes shot straight up, and he asked tremblingly:
"Ten catties... Ten catties of tea, can you really get a good war horse?"

"I'm just making an analogy, father, can you calm down a little!" Li Yin looked at Lao Li again with contempt, and he was speechless to himself as the father in his heart.

I don't know how he with his character can beat Li Jiancheng's old bastard back then.

I am afraid that if there were no people like Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui behind him to advise him, he would have been swallowed by Li Jiancheng long ago without even his bones.