Da Wei Chun

Chapter 422 IQ Tax ([-])
Yuan Yuan invited him to eat together, Li Chengzhi glanced at it, not only cattle, sheep, and pigs, but also venison.

This thing is a great tonic, especially in winter, it is a real good thing.

Li Chengzhi moved his index finger and was about to sit down when he suddenly smelled a strange smell.

It seems to be a light fragrance, but if you smell it carefully, you will know that it is the special powdery smell of women, and it smells like sweat.

For some reason, the fragrance seems to have a bit of fishy smell, just like being in a seaside fishing ground in midsummer and seeing dead fish and rotten shrimps piled up on the ground...

Looking down, the table is full of meat, and there are no parallel imports. How can it taste like seafood?
With a slight twitch of his nose, Li Chengzhi followed the smell and fixed his eyes on Yuan Yan.

There seems to be some rouge under the cheeks, it is clear that he has hugged a woman just now...

Let me go, dead fish and rotten shrimp?
"This pot, this meat... are all brought by the guard?"

Yuan Yan pointed to the copper pot and asked: "This thing is all over the capital except yours, and only my third brother's house has it. Can't you recognize it?"

Is this what you are afraid of?

Seeing Yuanyan grasping the bone with his hands, and chewing on it so sweetly, Li Chengzhi almost spat it out.

"The lower official had already eaten his breakfast when he left the mansion, and the Zhonglang and the general Wei took it slow..."

"Someone is ready!"

Yuan Yuan wiped his hands with a silk scarf, "I am looking for you...give me some of this pot and oil, and I will give them to my father (Taiwei Yuanjia) and Sengci and Dengming (Yuanyuan's two younger sisters) respectively. Give me a..."

The two have very different personalities, one is cunning and treacherous, the other is honest and gentle, but somehow they see each other right and complement each other.What is a few hot pots?
Li Chengzhi responded casually, pondered for a while, and said seriously: "I have a private matter to ask Zhonglang to help..."

Yuan Yan had such a wink, he knew that Li Chengzhi had something serious to say at a glance.Throwing down the bones and waving his hands, he drove out all the assistant officials and subordinate officials.

"My subordinate heard that Taiwei (Yuan Jia) has several charcoal (coal) mountains in Guancheng (Zhengzhou)?"

"What do you need so much charcoal for?"

Yuan Yan is not surprised, "In the middle of summer, you rented the charcoal mountain in Xiaoshan from King Ruyang (Yuan Yue), and last month you rented the charcoal production site from King Yingchuan in the fiefdom (Yingchuan was Xuchang in the Northern Wei Dynasty). The land has been leased for five years, and today I asked about Zhonglang?"

Yuan Yuan's heart moved: Xiaoshan, Yingchuan, Guancheng?
In Sizhou (Luoyang, Gyeonggi area), only these three places have the most charcoal production, and all the coal used in Beijing comes from these three places...

"You want to sell charcoal?"

Li Chengzhi nodded: "There is indeed such a plan!"

"Can't sell it?"

Yuan Yuan suspiciously said, "The metallurgical charcoal used by the Ministry of Jin (in charge of gold and iron smelting) and the Ministry of Industry (the Ministry of Industry) are all provided by the government, so they will not buy it privately. And the private casting needs are not much. It's cold, it's not suitable for casting, and [-]% of the work has been shut down. Who do you want to sell this coal to?"

"It's not for smelting, but for winter..."

Royal winter?

Yuan Yan frowned: "Are you afraid that too few poor people in Luojing will die in winter? Do you think that not enough people died of freezing, and you want to poison them to death?"

It is no wonder that Yuan Zhan made a sarcastic speech. It is true that the smoke exhausting skills of this era are almost the same as none.And the carbon monoxide content of coal is too high, if you are not careful, the whole family will be wiped out.

Even the emperor could only burn earth dragons or charcoal basins to keep warm in winter: just like in the government hall at that time, he dared not move the hall until the charcoal was burning red and most of the smoke had dissipated.And at most two or three quarters, someone will open the windows and lift the curtains to disperse the poison.

As for coal: rich families do not want to use it, poor families dare not use it, and naturally it is useless except for refining.

Seeing that there were no outsiders around, only Yuan Yan, Li Chengzhi rolled his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Your official has a way to disperse smoke and poison..."

"Teng!"

Yuan Yan stood up and almost overturned the hot pot.

No wonder Li Chengzhi couldn't wait to take all the charcoal mountains in Sizhou into his pocket. So he wanted to do an exclusive business?

Compared with charcoal, the price of charcoal is only [-]% of that, and small households can afford it.If there is a way to disperse smoke and poison, why not be robbed mad?
He stared and asked, "How is that possible?"

I know that no one dares to believe it, otherwise why Yuanyue and Yuanyong didn't want to cooperate, but only rented Meishan to him at a high price?

"Zhonglang treats me kindly. I dare not lie to Zhonglang. This charcoal will definitely be sold. If Zhonglang finds it too annoying, he can rent the charcoal mountain directly in the same place as King Ruyang and King Yingchuan. Xiaguan. If there are people available in the mansion, they can collect charcoal and sell it to Xiaguan after it comes out of the mountain..."

available person?

Once it's cold, the whole family can only raise fat, and there are not too many people available.Besides, there are so many idlers in Beijing, how many people can't be hired?
Li Chengzhi is clearly trying to benefit him...

Yuan Yuan glanced at him meaningfully: "I am interested... I will discuss with my father when I return home today, and I will be able to return to you tomorrow at the latest..."

"Then thank you Zhonglang! Besides, the next official came to ask for leave: my father will go to Beijing in a few days, and will definitely visit relatives and friends. As a son of man, he will naturally have to accompany him around. The longest may be three to five days, and the shortest may be one or two." For military affairs, I can only entrust Zhonglang..."

Yuan Yan nodded and said: "This is a matter of course, just go!"

Li Chengzhi thanked him and said goodbye. After he left, Yuan Yuan sighed softly: "It is said that Li Chengzhi is too sharp, reckless and ignorant, and has countless enemies, but what about now?"

Regardless of Gao Zhao.

Yuan Yue was selling tofu to him, and Yuan Chen was selling hot pot to him.Yuan Yi is selling refined salt with him, Yu Zhong's nephew is jointly running Lelou with him, and now Yuan Yong and himself will sell charcoal with him.

Even Liu Teng's son (adopted son) has a joint venture with him... There are some powers in the court, but whoever is regarded as a confidant by the emperor has no interest in him?

Now do you still hear that Li Chengzhi is a courtier and a charming generation?
Between the government and the opposition, it is full of praise.

Not to mention how clear Li Chengzhi's mind is and how clever his skills are.Anyone who is not a fool can think of how to do things like this.

However, no one has as many ways to make money as him, this is the key...

Sighing again, seeing Yuan Yan's response, Yuan Yuan raised his eyes and saw Yuan Yan's eyeballs rolling around, as if he was thinking of something.

Suddenly, he hugged his stomach with both hands, and his facial features were wrinkled, which seemed to be extremely painful: "Zhonglang, I suddenly feel unwell, and I need to take half a day off..."

Nonsense, was it okay just now?

Suddenly heard that Li Chengzhi asked for leave, but you also want to ask for leave?

Yuan Yuan's heart moved, revealing a sneer.

Not surprisingly, this bastard should be going to report to Gao Zhao: Li Chengzhi's father, Li Shixian is going to Beijing...

"roll!"

His mind was seen through, Yuan Yan smiled awkwardly, and hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, Zhong Lang!"

……

People are not as good as heaven, and before he left Jinyong City, Li Chengzhi was blocked halfway by the yellow gate who came to preach: the emperor summoned him to see him.

Yuan Ke is weak and sick, and what he fears most is winter.Every year as soon as it gets cold, he feels that his time is approaching.

As soon as there were a little more braziers in the hall, Yuan Ke coughed out of breath.Liu Teng hurriedly ordered Huang Men to remove several sets of charcoal basins, and then opened the doors and windows to disperse the smoke.

After a while, Yuan Ke stopped coughing, but kept shaking.It's as if the body is not wrapped in a wool quilt, but a few bows are hung, and the bowstrings are constantly bouncing.

A face was ashen-white, almost bloodless.Taking a closer look, there seemed to be a lot more macules in the eyes.

Could it be that time is running out?
Calculating the time, why should I live for four or five years?
In early autumn, the emperor had symptoms of ascites.I also called him specially to ask him if he had a good prescription, but Li Chengzhi only said no.

In fact, there are still: abdominal puncture and aspiration.

But with the physique of the emperor, it would take a long time to heal even a scratch, let alone a hole in his stomach?
What if it gets infected...

Li Chengzhi cupped his hands and bowed: "I respectfully invite Shengan..."

"You... you rebel... Didn't you forget that you are also serving as the servant of the martial arts? I didn't call you, and you didn't know to come to the palace to serve you?"

Just came here three days ago, okay?
Seeing the emperor's upper and lower teeth fighting, Li Chengzhi lazily argued with him, perfunctory: "It's my fault..."

The emperor asked again: "What about the 'iron stove' played in the Chengzhong, did you forget it?"

Was it for this?
Whether Li Song can have a good year this year depends entirely on this, how could Li Chengzhi forget it.

Indeed, the snow fell too suddenly. The sun was still shining brightly for the past two days, and there were girls with bare arms everywhere on the street, but the heavy snow came as soon as it said it?

Counting the time, there are still ten days before Lidong...

"How could I forget it? The iron furnace has been forged, and we are waiting for His Majesty's order!"

"Why don't you send someone to fetch it quickly?"

The emperor wrapped the quilt tightly, "As long as you relieve the worry of the bitter cold, I will count it as a great achievement for you..."

It's really not that Yuan Ke was talking nonsense: if he can survive this winter, he will live an extra year, which is worthy of saving him.

"Your Majesty, wait a moment, the minister will be able to handle it today..."

After replying, Li Chengzhi invited Liu Teng again, "I also want to ask the minister of the temple to help me!"

After leaving the main hall, Liu Teng began to complain about him: "Others are racking their brains to serve His Majesty, but they can't. How about you, you are on the job of a servant, and you can't see anyone for three to five days? No matter how busy you are with military affairs, you can still Is it more important than His Majesty's well-being?"

I revolve around the emperor every day, where do I have the time to make money?

Li Chengzhi didn't argue, he said with a smile: "Si Qing's point is..."

He sent several wrestlers and Habayashi to Li Chengzhi's mansion to get the iron stove, and Liu Teng took Li Chengzhi to Shigan West Hall.

This is the emperor's usual office and also Yuan Ke's bedroom.

It had only been three or five days since Li Chengzhi's paper was submitted, and General Liu Teng had demolished the West Hall to pieces.The ground is full of stone pillars, stone slabs, wheat straw, clay and other things.

These are all prepared according to Li Chengzhi's request, which is actually very simple: Li Chengzhi is going to set up a kang for the emperor.

It seems that this thing was not seen in the Northeast until the middle and late Tang Dynasty.Li Chengzhi also couldn't figure it out. Since there have been earth dragons (terracotta kangs) since the Han Dynasty, why didn't they know how to build the kangs higher and directly on the ground?
Naturally, there are earth dragons in the palace, but the palace is too big.In this era, there is no technology to hollow out the bottom of the whole hall to form a kang.The hole was dug small and short, less than one-fifth of the width of the hall, otherwise it would collapse.

In addition, the foundation of the hall is extremely thick, and when the floor is heated, the heat will almost dissipate, and the effect is almost the same as nothing.

Li Chengzhi's method is very simple, in the west hall separated by two warm pavilions facing the sun.One of the pits.

Or a furnace pit: set up a mud stove or stone stove, together with a heated kang, and place the chimney at the end of the pit.Coal is burned in the stove, and when the smoke smokes through the kang hole, the kang is hot, and the warm pavilion is naturally hot.Or directly into a kang with firewood stuffed in the kang hole.

In another warm pavilion, there is an iron stove.

This was figured out by Li Chengzhi after the ice couldn't be sold.However, the technology is not up to standard, and thin iron sheets cannot be made. The chimney can only be rolled with iron plates, so it is not only heavy, but also the cost is not low.Li Chengzhi simply increased the price by nearly twice, and only charged the IQ tax of the rich.

Although the common people and poor people couldn't afford it, they had kangs available, so they never had to worry about selling coal.Therefore, without waiting for the beginning of autumn, Li Chengzhi secretly collected all the coal in the capital.He also rented out all the coal mountains around Luoyang.

As for firewood...they are strategic materials, except for Yuan Yong, Yuan Yi, and Yuan Yue, a few princes, the rest are for official sale.And as soon as winter comes, the price soars, the price by catty is twice that of coal, and it is not resistant to burning...

If you go straight through the Hualin Garden behind the palace, the palace is only three miles away from Li Chengzhi's mansion, so the wrestlers came very quickly.In less than half an hour, they drove three carriages to the outside of Shigan Hall.

Looking at the pile of scattered things, Yuan Ke asked suspiciously: "This thing doesn't look big, can it really protect against winter?"

Li Chengzhi gritted his teeth: This first IQ tax will be collected from the emperor first...

(End of this chapter)