area51novel Chapter 326
Chapter 326
"What's the matter?"
Li Shimin and Zhangsun Wuji asked at the same time.
"Your Majesty should still remember what Su Xiaozi said when he talked about the first emperor and the last emperor in history."
The first emperor was Qin Shihuang, and the last emperor was Yang Guang.
Li Shimin recalled carefully and murmured:
"No matter which emperor, if there is a big move, it will definitely leave a mark in the history books."
Fang Xuanling nodded, "Exactly!"
"Until now, I understand why Su proposed to let the noble families participate in the road construction. At that time, I could only think that it was because the noble families had financial resources.
But today I understand from Su that he is thinking about your majesty.
Long before, it was proposed to cancel corvée and pay wages to the people who participated in the road construction, and the treasury did not have to pay.
One step after another.
Su is really amazing!
I always have the illusion that Su has always been looking down on the world from the sky.
He looks at things from a completely different perspective than ordinary people."
Li Shimin was in a very complicated mood. How could such a talented person not want to be a high official?
How nice it would be to go to court every day!
Li Shimin thought about it... and laughed unconsciously.
Expecting Su Chen to go to court in the morning?
Just save your energy!
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"Old Immortal, I'll give you some good stuff. You might be able to make penicillin next time."
Su Chen came to Sun Simiao's residence and held a ball of cotton in front of him.
"Oh? Old Taoist, let me see what it is." Sun Simiao took the cotton from Su Chen.
He held it tightly and then released it, feeling it carefully.
"Hmm? My friend, this feels a bit like toilet paper. Will it melt when it comes into contact with water?"
Toilet paper?
Su Chen suddenly had a flash of inspiration, as if something passed through his mind.
It was just a flash, and he didn't catch it.
"Old Immortal, this is cotton. It won't melt when it comes into contact with water. And it has strong adsorption properties, and it is very effective in filtering impurities in liquids!"
Sun Simiao immediately remembered that a few days ago, Su Chen told him that there was no cotton in the Tang Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, Su Chen brought cotton today.
"Okay, I'll give it a try, you can do whatever you want!" Sun Simiao said without any impoliteness.
"Old Immortal, you go ahead, I just happen to have something to do." Su Chen smiled, bowed and turned away.
On the way to the backyard, Su Chen kept thinking about toilet paper and cotton.
Unknowingly, he came to the backyard. The construction site had been cleaned up and the workers had left.
Only two servants were washing the backyard floor.
"My Lord!"
His thoughts were interrupted, and Su Chen nodded in response to the servants' greetings.
The walls inside and outside the bathroom were all plastered with cement mortar.
Su Chen stood at the door of the bathroom and glanced inside. It was almost the same as he imagined. The craftsmanship was absolutely reliable.
Just wait for the newly laid floor tiles to dry thoroughly and reinstall the copper pipes on the wall.
As for the septic tank, there is nothing to see. It should be covered with a cover and buried now.
It is a standard three-compartment septic tank.
"Luo Youfu, find something and block the bathroom door to prevent others from entering and stepping on it."
The servant immediately put down his work, "Okay, Lord!"
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Around 5:30 in the evening.
"Su Chen, is the shower room ready?" Princess Changle returned to the manor after school and met Su Chen and asked with a smile.
"It's almost done. There are some temporary changes and some copper pipes are missing. It will be done in two days at most."
Princess Changle nodded, "Where are Xiao Sizi and Jin'er?"
"I didn't see them in the afternoon. I don't know where they went to play."
The last class in school ends at 5:15. Usually at this time, Xiao Sizi will be waiting for Princess Changle in the living room.
"Lord, the bamboo tubes are all ready, and they have been washed and dried."
Wang Xi delivered the drawings to the bamboo craftsman's house and happened to meet them sorting out the dried bamboo tubes.
"Okay, buy 500 kilograms of fine salt tomorrow and put it in bamboo tubes, and then arrange for someone to send it to the palace." Su Chen did not plan to ask Li Shimin for reimbursement. 500 kilograms of fine salt only cost more than two strings of money.
"Okay, Marquis, the bamboo craftsman asked me to tell you that the hanging bow will be ready tomorrow."
Su Chen nodded, "Okay, I know."
"By the way, Marquis, Miss Jin'er and the little prince are playing in the village."
Wang Xi looked at Princess Changle and Su Chen and reminded them.
"Where did they go to play? No wonder I didn't see them all afternoon."
Suddenly, Su Chen saw Li Tai coming from outside and immediately remembered something very important.
"Li Tai, come with me to see something."
Su Chen called Li Tai to walk to the warehouse, and Princess Changle did not follow him and turned around and left.
After arriving at the warehouse, Su Chen untied the big bag of cotton and grabbed a handful of cotton."This is the cotton I told you about."
Li Tai also reached out and grabbed a handful, nodded, and said, "I remember you said cotton can keep you warm."
"Let's go to the study to talk."
Li Tai was about to ask where the cotton came from, but before he could ask, Su Chen walked out of the warehouse.
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"Look, this white paper is fixed after being folded like this. If it is folded back and forth several times, it will easily break and tear."
Su Chen picked up a brand new piece of paper, folded it in half, and then spread it out and folded it to the other side.
"Also, you see, this white paper can be easily torn if you are not careful."
Li Tai nodded, not fully understanding what Su Chen wanted to say.
"That being said, who would fold a piece of paper back and forth for no reason?"
Paper is mainly used for writing, who would fold a piece of paper in their hands for fun.
Su Chen smiled and shook his head, knowing that Li Tai was still unclear about what he was going to do.
"Let me ask you, if I ask you to go to Leshan Restaurant to buy ten jars of Yuye wine, how many copper coins do you need?"
Li Tai frowned slightly, wondering why he was getting off topic. He answered without calculating, "Twenty strings of cash per pound, five pounds per jar, one thousand strings of copper coins for ten jars."
Su Chen nodded, "One thousand strings of cash is one million copper coins?
Tell me, how many carriages do I need to carry the money to buy ten jars of wine? Is that convenient?"
"Copper coin transactions have always been like this, so how can it be convenient or not?" Li Tai said as a matter of course.
Su Chen shook his head again, "Li Tai, you have to remember that you are a scientific researcher now, so don't talk about the past anymore.
What you have to do is to dare to break traditions, dare to think and act, and keep innovating.
You have to keep pace with the times, understand?"
Li Tai nodded silently, thinking.
"Let me ask you again, suppose you are a grain merchant, and you plan to go to Jiangnan Road to purchase rice worth 50,000 copper coins to sell in Chang'an.
How do you safely transport 50 million copper coins to Jiangnan?
Even if it is exchanged for gold, it will be more than 300 kilograms."
Li Tai silently calculated in his mind that 50,000 copper coins would need at least five carriages to fit in a large money box.
"It is indeed very inconvenient. Do you have a way to solve this problem?" Li Tai asked directly.
Su Chen pretended to be mysterious, picked up a pen and wrote "50,000 strings" on the paper, handed it to Li Tai, and said:
"Take it, this is 50,000 strings, isn't it much more convenient?"
Li Tai took it and looked at it, then looked at Su Chen with his mouth wide open.
After a while...
"Do you think I am a fool?"
"50,000 strings on a piece of paper?"
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