In life, one had to rely on deception!
To be honest, who hadn't lied before? The key was whether the lie was good or bad!
While Li Yi was helping the Great Tang, he was also planning something good for himself. This was naturally out of good intentions. At the very least, Li Yi had not allowed these techniques to leak out. If the Turks obtained some of these techniques, they would be finished!
"Good tea!"
The civil and military officials sat together and drank tea. Li Yi looked at Cheng Yaojin and the others chewing on peonies and kept shaking his head. The boiling water was mixed with tea leaves, but this guy drank it all in one gulp.
Fortunately, the tea leaves were not particularly expensive. Otherwise, Li Yi would really be sad.
"Fortunately, I didn't bring the old master's tribute tea!”
Although his grandfather had no contact with the old general, the old general would send someone to deliver something every year. He would definitely not accept money, but the old man really did not hold back on tea leaves and wine!
The few of them drank tea. Although the Turkic matter was serious, it wasn't something that could be rushed. Strategy needed to be discussed.
Since no one had eaten, the Food Bureau had to start preparing food for this group of people. However, Li Yi stood up again and waved his hand to call a eunuch over."Please, this is refined salt for the Food Bureau. I really can't stand the coarse salt and salt cloth in the mortal world…"
Before Li Yi could finish his sentence, he saw a black shadow pounce in front of him. He dodged the salt jar and opened it, scattering fine salt all over the ground. In the end, he saw a few people suddenly pounce on him. They actually lay on the ground, stuck the refined salt on the ground with their hands, and stuffed it into their mouths.
The black muscular man in front of Li Yi grabbed a handful of salt and stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation!
"White as snow, fine as sand, salty, really fine salt!”
The dark-skinned man was so thirsty that he almost fainted. Li Yi quickly picked up his teacup and handed it to the burly man. The dark-skinned man drank three cups in a row before panting heavily."It's really good salt, good salt. Do you still have any more?”
"I want to sell the tea leaves to the Saints, but I originally wanted to give this fine salt to the Great Tang!”
Li Yi said without hesitation. Ordinary people couldn't afford tea leaves. Those who could afford it were high-ranking officials and nobles, especially the aristocratic families. Li Yi felt at ease earning their money. After all, from picking to making tea leaves, it was a production chain. In the end, the ones who enjoyed it were definitely not the tea farmers and the common people.
But salt was different!
People could live without tea leaves, but they could not live without salt. The importance of salt to the human body was needless to say, especially in summer. The human body lacked salt, so it was impossible to replenish the mitochondria. In ancient times, heatstroke could also kill people.
Many novels that traveled back in time to ancient times would produce the Huoxiang Zhengqi Water. To the general public, the effect was actually minimal. No one would be willing to spend money on this thing.
And the most effective method was salt!
Just drink more salt water!
"Can this salt be made?"
Even Li Shiming, Du Ruhui, and the others almost jumped up. They immediately pulled Cheng Yaojin, who was stuffing salt into their mouths, away. Their eyes were shining brightly, and they were just short of holding Li Yi's hand and looking at him lovingly.
"Yes, it's very simple. In fact, the Great Tang doesn't lack salt at all. The salt mountains in the wild and the seawater in the sea can extract this fine salt. As long as you know how to make it, it will be enough to supply the Great Tang for billions of years. It's just that you don't know how to make it. I'm willing to give you the method of making it, and I hope Your Majesty will allow me to make this snow salt affordable for everyone in the world!”
Li Shi Min wanted to agree without hesitation, but a man in red robe suddenly appeared beside him and shouted at him without hesitation,"You can't, Saint. Although salt is good, the salt administration is the foundation of the country!”
Li Yi looked at him and instantly understood. This chubby man was none other than Li Shiming's brother-in-law!
Zhangsun Wuji!
"If I say that I have a plan that will not only make the salt policy unhindered, but will also allow me to openly obtain great wealth and weaken the Turks, will Lord Zhangsun allow me to let the world eat snow salt?”
Li Yi's words finally drew everyone's attention back from the refined salt. He snatched the refined salt and handed it to the internal supervisor. The internal supervisor ran to the Food Bureau and if he didn't run out of salt, the group of generals didn't fear the taste of the salt. They ate half of the fine salt that weighed a catty!
"I thank you on behalf of the world!"
Li Shi Min was a good person. He walked in front of Li Yi and bowed. Li Yi stood up and accepted Li Shi Min's bow.
"I accepted your bow because you thanked me on behalf of the people of the world. Therefore, I accepted it. I will take it that you have promised me. Salt is a big matter, so I won't rush you. If you don't care about the world, my master won't demote me and pretend that he didn't see it. He asked me to bring these things down. I will give you the things and techniques.”
Li Yi " calmly " lectured Li Shiming. The current Li Shiming was still very obedient. Even if Li Yi pointed at his nose and scolded him, he would do it for the sake of fine salt.
Next was the discussion of the Turkic army!
Jie Li Khan sent out 100,000 troops and gathered other tribes along the way. In the end, he gathered a total of 200,000 troops and attacked a place only 40 kilometers away from Chang 'an City!
That was quite terrifying. They were almost beaten to the main camp!
The civil and military officials began to discuss the possibility of a Turkic attack, but when all the information was presented, everyone realized that the Turks would not let go of this opportunity!
The Turks had already invaded many times during the Wude years. To be more precise, the hatred between the Han and the nomadic tribes had always existed. Whenever the nomadic tribes felt that they couldn't continue living, they would invade the Han!
The commoners at the border were actually very miserable. They might be kidnapped one day!
Moreover, in this world, the hatred between the two sides could not be resolved.
Li Yi had read about this countless times in history. In this era, there was a special type of people, mixed-blood, but they were called Han slaves. They were the children left behind after the Han girls were kidnapped and raped. In the eyes of the Turks, such children were born slaves.
And because they were enslaved from the bottom, these so-called second-generation Han slaves were even more humble.
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