What did green salt mean?
How could ordinary people afford to eat green salt? This stuff cost at least 500 wen per catty.
500 coins was equivalent to 100 yuan in the future.
Attention!
In the early Tang Dynasty, where there was no economic development, a hundred yuan was much more valuable than the twenty-first century, where the economy was more developed. It was like a hundred yuan at the beginning of the founding of the country, which was very valuable.
Ordinary people would only use a willow branch to clean their mouths. Even in rich merchants 'houses, only the masters dared to eat it. Those servants could forget about it.
The two guards entered the Xuanwu Gate, dismounted from their horses, removed their sabers, and sprinted toward the Eastern Palace.
Before the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin worked in the Eastern Palace. Don't think that the Eastern Palace was the Crown Prince's place.
At the same time.
The palace was luxuriously decorated, and the walls were decorated with carvings of dragons and phoenixes.
Li Er was wearing a dragon robe and holding a pen in one hand. He was chatting with Wei Zheng, Zhangsun Wuji and the other civil officials.
Li Er was worthy of praise. When he had nothing to do, he liked to chat with a few old brothers. Because of this, this old guy also arrived in the 17th year of Zhenguan. A large group of founding soldiers had almost died.
Because he missed his old friends too much, he set up a Lingyan Pavilion with twenty-four meritorious officials.
"Your Majesty, the Turks are invading our Great Tang with increasing ferocity.”
The one who spoke was Li Jing. Just as he finished speaking, Zhangsun Wuji disagreed."General Li is too impatient. Now that the salt from Shandong cannot be transported, and our Tang soldiers are weak, defending the city has become a problem. How can we fight?”
"Could it be…"
"Good news! Good news…"
As he was speaking, a eunuch rushed in from outside and knelt on the ground with a thud."Your Majesty, the guards who followed the Crown Prince out of the palace have returned and are waiting outside the palace. It was said that Jiang Yi had succeeded in making salt, and it was green salt.”
"Is there really such a thing?"
Li Jing suddenly lost his composure and turned his head.
Li Er smiled and puffed up his cheeks.""Quickly send it over!"
Two guards came and stumbled into the hall. They knelt down and handed over the package in their arms."Your Majesty, this is the green salt that Jiang Yi made at the salt mine. His Highness the Crown Prince ordered me to report it to Your Majesty as soon as possible for inspection.”
The eunuch handed over the salt in the package. Li Er and the others gathered together and pinched it with their fingers to taste it. Immediately, they were as happy as the new year.
"Good! Jiang Yi is really a god helping me!”
Li Er couldn't help but raise his head and laugh." Pass down the imperial edict. Tell the Crown Prince to hurry up and make the green salt. Cheng Zhijie is also responsible for transporting the salt to Longyou Pass as soon as possible. Don't let the soldiers suffer anymore."”
"Yes, sir!"
The eunuch left the Eastern Palace verbally.
Li Jing, Zhangsun Wuji, and the others in the hall quickly knelt down and shouted in unison,"Congratulations, Your Majesty, for obtaining the help of a god like Jiang Yi. This is a blessing for the Great Tang for ten thousand years.”
"Everyone, please rise."
Li Er had his hands behind his back, and the corners of his mouth never closed."This Jiang Yi really has such heavenly skills, but he's unwilling to become an official. This is giving me a headache. How should such a person be bestowed a title?”
"Your Majesty, since that Jiang Yixi likes to live in the countryside, in my opinion, it's better to grant him a piece of land. Jiang Yi had once said that he had a way to improve food. This way, it would be easier for him to improve salt from his food.”
Wei Zheng was a cunning old fox, and his eyes had always been very sharp.
"Minister Wei is right."
Li Er nodded and said,"However, Jiang Yi is not completely unworldly. He has a lot of land, houses, servants, and other beloved ministers. These are just ordinary things. If I am so stingy, if this gets out, the people will say that I am wrong.”
"Your Majesty, I believe that people have three good qualities: power, fame, and money. Jiang Yi did not like power, nor did he lack money, so he might as well give him a title.”Zhangsun Wuji suggested.
"Reputation?"
Li Er frowned and was stunned. In the next second, he understood. He turned around and walked to the table. He spread out the rice paper, held the brush, and wrote a line of big words.
Jiang Yi had just arrived in the Great Tang, and he was not interested in being conferred an official title. It wasn't enough. He couldn't be conferred a title of nobility just because he made salt, right?
After thinking about it, the only thing he could think of was fame.
Li Er put down his brush and stood up straight.""Everyone, come and take a look. How about this?”
The few old fellows looked at each other and leaned over suspiciously. They looked at the inscription on the Xuan paper and praised,"The number one god of the country!"
The five words were written in a flowing manner, but they were worth more than anything else.
" Think about it, this is only the first step of China's reward for you. In the future, you'll be walking on the streets with the wind.
"Good! I think Jiang Yi will definitely like it." Zhangsun Wuji started to flatter him.
Li Er also nodded proudly." Ten thousand taels of silver to Jiang and the number one immortal of the Tang Empire. That counts as…"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
Just as he was speaking, the eunuch serving the Empress suddenly rushed in from outside. His face was anxious and nervous."Princess Changle's old illness has relapsed. The Empress sent this old servant to inform Your Majesty…"
"Changle is seriously ill? How is it now…"
Everyone knew that one of Li Shiming's favorite daughters was Princess Changle. Her original name was Li Lizhi, and she was very beautiful. Unfortunately, she was born with poor health and would relapse from time to time. This was also Li Er's biggest headache.
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