A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

"His Royal Highness Jin is awake?" A court lady came to greet him, glanced at Li Zhi's state, and met a bowl of tea, "His Royal Highness is sober, Lu Guogong is talking to His Majesty."

It turned out that he was in Daming Palace, and Li Zhi lay down again with Lu Guogong?Cheng Yaojin!Most of the alcohol dissipated immediately, and he got up and hurriedly put on his clothes and shoes and walked out.

The Daming Palace is very quiet, and all the maids who lived here were the maids who used to take care of the eldest grandson in the Lizheng Palace, and the eunuchs who used to be by the side of the father.

Arriving outside the main hall of Daming Palace, Li Zhi stopped and saw Wang Qin standing outside the hall. Wang Qin also smiled at Li Zhi, listening to the movement in the hall, Cheng Yaojin was talking to his father talk.

Li Er looked at Cheng Yaojin and said hesitantly, "According to what you said, that kid Gu Qing is planning to make something new?"

"It's probably quite a lot!" Cheng Yaojin said with a big grin, "Why does that kid Gu Qing want to open the factory to the country of Japan? I really want to understand. Because it's his own business, I can't talk too much. Could it be this kid? Think of something good, afraid that someone will steal the secret recipe?"

"You're thinking wrong." Li Er said to Cheng Yaojin, "Gu Qing won't care about the secret recipe. The factory has been working for so many years, and many secret recipes have not been released, except for the one that Gu Qing deliberately released, which shows that he has mastered the secret recipe. Gu Qing's factory has been doing very well."

"That's to enslave the Wa people?" Cheng Yaojin pondered: "That's not right, the Wa people also have wages, but there are much fewer workers than the factory workers in Gu Qing's village. What is this kid thinking about?

Chapter 676 Thinking

"Now Gu Qing's factory has been watching?" Li Er looked at Cheng Yaojin and said.

"Your Majesty doesn't know something." Cheng Yaojin said, "I have a part in Gu Qing's factory, and there are tens of thousands of dollars in the account every year. If the branch factory opens, I'm afraid that the old man's part will not be able to get involved. But if you want to If you want a share..."

"Are you going to send money to that kid Gu Qing?" Li Er laughed.

Cheng Yaojin heaved a long sigh, "Your Majesty, tell me! I still want to send money to that kid Gu Qing, if not, I'm afraid that the members of this branch factory don't have the old man's share, so I gave money to that kid with a smile. Every time I think of that kid's thief-like face, I feel special in my heart."

Li Er smiled helplessly.

Li Zhi saw that the words of the two people should have said almost the same, walked into the hall and saluted respectfully, "Father, Duke Lu."

Looking at his youngest son, Li Er asked in a low voice, "I feel better."

"My son's stomach is still a little uncomfortable." Li Zhi said truthfully, "The spirits in Duke Lu's house are really too strong."

"Wow ha ha ha!" Cheng Yaojin laughed very unkindly.

"You old man still has a face to smile." Li Er looked sideways at Cheng Yaojin, "Tell me about you old man, I don't bother with you when you make troubles on weekdays, you are still young!"

"Your Majesty!" Cheng Yaojin said with a smile, "Your Majesty doesn't know something. The capacity for alcohol should be started from a baby. Gu Qing couldn't drink it back then, but now he has a good capacity for alcohol."

Speaking of this, Li Er felt that Cheng Yaojin's words made sense. If others found out that his youngest son was not good at drinking, he might lose face in this matter. How could the prince go out to deal with him after he couldn't drink.

"Actually, I have a pretty good capacity for alcohol. I can drink three bowls of Gu Qing's beer alone."

"Beer?" Li Er remembered that Gu Qing brewed a new kind of wine, and Wang Qin brought it for him to drink.

"Just that beer?" Cheng Yaojin raised his tone a little.

"That's right, beer is brewed with wheat." Li Zhi said, "It's quite refreshing."

Li Er and Cheng Yaojin both hehe.

The maids were waiting on the sidelines, and the hall was full of joy, while Wang Qin stood outside the hall and yawned lazily.

"Young slave." Li Er continued to ask, "Do you know about the branch of Gu Qing's factory?"

"My son knows." Li Zhi confessed truthfully, "Gu Qing arranged the matter of the branch factory in this way. There are a lot of things that will raise a lot of dust when they are made, which is uncomfortable for people. Some pungent smells are also bad for the human body, for example, colored glaze is one of them, if colored glaze is fired on a large scale, it will be bad for the environment.”

"Is it really for this?" Cheng Yaojin was determined in his heart, "This kid really wants to monopolize the colored glaze business. I'm afraid Gu Qing will make a lot of money if he sells the colored glaze. Your Majesty! The old minister thought he should go to Gu Qing Let's chat, boy, Gu Qing has become more and more uninteresting during the Chinese New Year holidays."

"You, you." Li Er pointed to Cheng Yaojin again, speechless for a while.

"The old man is just afraid that the kid won't be able to do it alone, so I thought I could help him." After saying this, Cheng Yaojin's face was serious, and Li Zhi was dumbfounded. He didn't expect this Cheng Yaojin to talk nonsense. Neither red nor out of breath, the Gu Qing of today is not the same as before.

"If there's nothing else to do, young slave, you should step down first." Li Er said to Li Zhi.

"Yes, my son is leaving." Li Zhi saluted again, and suddenly remembered that he and Cheng Yaojin's maritime trade matter had not been mentioned yet.

Seeing Li Zhi's hesitation, Li Er asked, "Is there anything else you need?"

"Father." Li Zhi said, "I'm not looking for Uncle Cheng today because of other things. I want to discuss maritime trade with Uncle Cheng."

Speaking of Haimao Hall, the atmosphere in the Haimao Hall became quieter. Li Er knew Gu Qing's arrangement for Li Zhi. Gu Qing said in the Daming Palace that he would hand over Haimao to Li Zhi and the Academy to Gao Yang's son. With Li Zhi, although he didn't say anything, Gu Qing has obviously become Li Zhi's teacher. Li Er can clearly feel that Li Zhi has grown a lot. Whether it is in his temperament or his performance in dealing with things, Li Zhi is not as good as Li Chengqian. Arrogant and conceited, and not as smart as Li Tai, Li Zhi neutralized these things very well. The character of his son Li Zhi used to be weak and honest, but now it seems that Li Zhi is still a little bit of a city, and Gu Qing's sea trade is not yet. Mature Li Zhi wanted to take Haimao from Gu Qing? ,

"Young slave." Li Er said to Li Zhi: "The current sea trade is still groping, not yet mature.",

"I have heard from Gu Qing." Li Zhi said again: "I think that now is the best time for me to take over Haimao. Gu Qing promised to hand over Haimao to me in the future. I want to do some Things, take advantage of the present to do more things, if Haimao matures, instead, Erchen will just take a title."

After Li Zhi finished speaking, Li Er didn't react much, and his expression didn't change too much.

At this point, Cheng Yaojin knew it was time to show his attitude, "Is His Royal Highness King Jin going to sea?"

"I don't go to sea." Li Zhi explained to Cheng Yaojin, "According to the arrangement of taking care of Qing, I just need to stay in Chang'an if I want to lead the sea trade from afar."

"Yao Ling?" Cheng Yaojin was puzzled, "Will it be impossible to grasp it like this?"

"No." Li Zhi replied, "Gu Qing and Erchen had an idea a long time ago, that is, the waterway of the Central Plains! The sea trade is not what we want to grasp. The people who go to sea are businessmen from all over the world. , so it is a matter between merchants and boatmen."

"How do you say that?" Li Er asked.

"Return to father." Li Zhi said: "The so-called sea trade really needs to grasp the port. This port is also the reason why Gu Qing would rather not want the sea trade members and still hold it in his hands. In the future, the sea trade fair and the waterways of the Central Plains They are closely related. The goods from the sea trade have to go through the port and then be sent to various parts of the Central Plains by water. There will be a very wonderful scene in the future trade, that is, the waterway will be closely linked with the sea trade. In the long run, the waterway will be the sea. The prerequisites for trade, in Gu Qing’s words, in the future, waterways will become the main transportation avenues to replace official roads. Of course, our academy also has a project recently, which is researching better vehicles and developing better vehicles based on bicycles. Vehicles, vehicles that don't need cattle."

After listening to what Li Zhi said, Li Er looked at Cheng Yaojin.

"The old minister didn't understand either." Cheng Yaojin said.

Li Zhi added: "Just like building a house, trade is closely related to transportation. Only with solid and efficient transportation can trade develop faster."

Cheng Yaojin was dumbfounded, if all the students in the academy were like King Jin, he would not be able to keep up with the thinking of those young students in the academy.

Chapter 678 Returning to Cheng Mansion

The night was already very dark, standing outside the quiet Daming Palace, Wang Qin yawned again.

"General Cheng." Li Zhi continued, "To tell the truth, General Cheng, I want to take over Haimao, and I hope General Cheng can accept it."

Cheng Yaojin grinned, "Your Majesty, it's getting late, and the old minister will leave."

"Yes!" Li Er nodded, "Wang Qin, send Cheng Yaojin off."

"The old slave understands." Wang Qin also said with a smile.

"Leave now?" Li Zhi was surprised, "General Cheng, you haven't..."

"Young slave, it's getting late, you should go to bed earlier." Li Er called to stop Li Zhi and left.

Sitting alone in Daming Palace, Li Zhi looked at the empty surroundings in confusion, is this the end?Haimao left as soon as he opened his mouth. Did Cheng Yaojin not support him to take over Haimao? Li Zhi just woke up and walked alone in the garden of Daming Palace, thinking a lot. Did he do something wrong? Or your own way is wrong.

After a night passed, Li Zhi still didn't have a clue, and when he got home, he looked at Gu Qing who was eating deep-fried dough sticks.