The Tragic Li Tai
Although Li Tai was a fatty, he was very efficient.
On the first day of Cheng Chuwen's assignment, he chose a location outside Chang 'an City and took the two pieces of land.
Of course, Cheng Chuwen didn't know how Li Tai got these two pieces of land, nor did he want to know.
On the fifth day, he had already built two workshops.
Such efficiency could be said to be the best in the Great Tang. After all, the title of the Chinese infrastructure maniac had yet to be used, and the people of the Great Tang did not know the true meaning of this title.
After the workshop was completed, the next step was to send the tools that Cheng Chuwen had ordered Li Tai to customize into the workshop one by one. He also purchased the raw materials and prepared to start work.
Thus, Li Tai used three days to complete these things.
In just eight days, Li Tai had completed the construction of the two workshops and put them into use. This was something that Cheng Chuwen had never expected.
What Cheng Chuwen didn't expect was that Li Tai's secrecy was so bad. The workshop hadn't even opened yet, and his cooperation with Cheng Chuwen had already been exposed to Li Shimin.
Thus, on the second day, Li Tai was called to the Dew Palace by Li Shiming.
Li Shi Min didn't care about Li Tai's feelings at all and went straight to the point,"I'll give you 70% of the caravan's profits, and you keep 30%.”
When he was called to the Dew Palace, Li Tai knew that he was going to lose a lot of money, but he didn't expect Li Shiming to have such a big appetite.
Immediately, Li Tai twisted his swollen body and said unhappily,""Why? This is a merchant group that I worked so hard to create. It wasn't easy to convince my master to sell it to me.”
However, Li Shi Min ignored him and said,"70% is too little. Do you want me to find Cheng Chuwen, that brat, and let me replace you? Then you won't have a single son?”
Li Tai believed that Li Shi Min would definitely do something like this, so he immediately chose to shut up.
Seeing this, Li Shiming smiled and said,"Don't make it seem like you've been wronged. In the future, you'll know how happy it is for me to leave you 30%."”
After saying that, he chased Li Tai out and told him to start work quickly while he waited for the money. He was like a black-hearted boss who turned his back on him.
In fact, Li Shimin knew very well that the two things that Cheng Chuwen took out could make people crazy. Not to mention the penicillin, who wouldn't get sick?
Take paper for example. The quality of the paper Cheng Chuwen produced was much better than the paper the Great Tang had produced before, but it was much cheaper.
There were so many scholars in the world. They needed paper to buy books and write. The demand was huge.
Therefore, even if Li Tai only took 30% of the caravan's profits, it was enough for him to earn a lot.
Thinking of Cheng Chuwen, Li Shimin's eyes unconsciously narrowed. Cheng Chuwen had given him too many surprises, which made him feel incredible.
First it was penicillin, then potatoes, then mines, and now new paper.
Any one of these things would be enough for Cheng Chuwen to live a carefree life and even leave his name in history.
However, Cheng Chuwen didn't seem to care much. He handed these things over to others casually. Even if he wanted to mass produce them, he would let others take care of them. He didn't care about them.
This made it difficult for Li Shimin to guess what Cheng Chuwen was thinking.
Li Shiming didn't want to think about it anymore. He turned to the substitute eunuch beside him and said,"Get ready. Zhen is going to the Divine Martial Army later.”
"Your Majesty, everything is ready.”
.......
On the other side, outside Cheng Chuwen's small courtyard.
The butler stood at the door and had no intention of taking another step inside. He shouted,"Fifth Young Master, Old Master asked you not to forget to go to the military camp. Everyone is waiting for you today.”
"Got it."
Cheng Chuwen replied indifferently and began to put on his armor, ignoring the butler.
Today was the day that the first batch of mines were produced. This was of great significance to the Great Tang, so Li Shiming had ordered a ceremony to be held in the Divine Martial Army and had Cheng Chuwen personally teach the soldiers how to bury mines.
What they didn't know was that Cheng Chuwen had already started teaching the soldiers of the Divine Martial Army how to bury mines half a month ago. He even taught them how to throw grenades.
There was not much difference between a grenade and a landmine. In other words, there was no difference in the structure of Cheng Chuwen's primitive landmine and grenade.
They only extended the fuse on the basis of the mine, delaying the explosion by a few seconds, and the mine naturally turned into a grenade.
Therefore, when the people in the Ministry of Education were building mines, Cheng Chuwen specially taught them to extend the fuse of the mines earlier. This way, the mines might become grenades in the hands of the army.
After a while, Cheng Chuwen changed into his armor. When he came out of the campus, the butler was still waiting outside.
Seeing Cheng Chuwen come out in a military uniform, the butler immediately smiled and said,"Fifth Young Master, the horse is ready. You can go directly to the Divine Martial Army.”
"Got it."
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