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"Yan Shaojian saw the result but did not investigate the cause. He only knew to rebuke the people for touching your brocade robe, but never asked them why they did so. This is like a blind eye to a leaf, a leopard through a tube."

Li Yin glanced at the table and saw that the double skin milk was dazzled by a group of old men!

Count the empty bowls on the table again.

Good guy!

It turns out that you, Master Yan, picked the most!

"Master Li, what you said is inappropriate. His misfortune in life cannot be attributed to thieves and robbers. To ignore the consequences and focus on the causes is putting the cart before the horse. If this continues, rituals and music will collapse and the edifice will fall!"

"I once heard that a man's parents met with misfortune, and the murderer was their neighbor. The man was furious and killed the neighbor. The government office arrested him for his crimes. Junior Supervisor Yan thought that the man should be beaten to death."

"Master Li is just making sophistry!"

"Young Supervisor Yan's argument is groundless and is nothing more than sophistry." Li Yin asked the tenant to bring up some more double-skin milk, as she also wanted to try it.

"Yan Shaojian, human nature is unpredictable and cannot be determined by a single word. When encountering something, exploring its causes and pursuing its consequences is the thinking of a wise man."

Li Yin asked the other party: "Is the grandfather of Yan Shaojian the master of Yan?"

"So what?" After saying this, Yan Shigu straightened his back. He was a child of aristocratic family, and his ancestors all grew up drinking ink and paper.

"I once read the "Family Instructions of Yan Clan", which says: "Whether it is farmers, merchants, workers, servants, slaves, fishermen, butchers, cattle herders, or sheep herders, there are predecessors who can serve as models. If you seek knowledge, it will be of no use to you. May I ask what Yan Shaojian means by this statement?"

"..." Yan Shigu, you are so good, Li Yin, you actually use Yan's family precepts to refute me!

But how do you know what my grandfather said?

Yan Shigu began to doubt whether his younger generations had spread their family precepts everywhere.

Although the Yan family does not forbid the family precepts from being passed on to outsiders, not everyone can read them!

"Does Young Supervisor Yan agree with what is said?"

“……”Yan Shigu.

"The reason why we study is to open our eyes and improve our behavior." Li Yin said, and sighed: "It's a pity that Mr. Yan, who worked so hard to write down his words of advice, has been completely forgotten by the younger generation."

"..." Everyone, Master Li has a very vicious tongue.

You are scolding me here for forgetting my roots!

Can Lao Yan still hold on?

Master Yan was so ancient that he blew his beard and glared. He had to recognize every word of the Yan family precepts.

"Master Yan wants the younger generation to be humble and kind, and to seek advice from the wise regardless of their status. But Young Supervisor Yan is obviously kind-hearted, but why is he always unwilling to listen carefully to the people's demands? He is unwilling to be friendly to the poor children?"

"What a pity..." Li Yin shook her head and sighed: "I'd better hand over this Pinyin dictionary that educates the people to Minister Sun Fujia."

"I'm sure Minister Sun will be happy to take over this glorious job that will go down in history."

"No!"

Yan Shigu shouted: "Sun Fujia can't pass the small gate..."

He stopped talking halfway. Oh no, he was looking down on others again.

If he doesn't ask others to compile it, he has to do it himself!

But Sun Fujia was born into a common family. Can he shoulder such an important responsibility?

He glanced at Li Yin, and seeing that she was smiling and talking, he immediately understood.

OK!

Digging a hole here!

"Oh, Master Li! You, you...you plotted against me!" Yan Shigu wanted to be angry, but he couldn't, and he looked very funny.

All of a sudden, everyone at the table burst into laughter.

Yan Shigu looked around and decided, well, the matter is settled.

But he is not so averse to that pinyin...

"Shaojian Yan, the village not only has a systematic pinyin dictionary, but also a mature set of simplified Chinese characters, one for traditional and one for simplified Chinese. The final compiled classics, the ordinary civilian version, will be at least seven or eight centimeters thick."

Li Yin handed the dictionary template to Yan Shigu and asked him to observe it.

"Master Yan, this is an extremely arduous task. Can you imagine what it will be like when the dictionary is published?"

Li Yin drank her tea and said with great force: "By then, every household in the Tang Dynasty will be able to read and write."

"And the books they learned to read were compiled by you, Yan Shaojian!"

"This book will be passed down for hundreds or thousands of years..." Li Yin made a big promise: "Future generations will definitely praise the Yan family for having two outstanding people, Yan Zhitui in the front and Ru Yan Shigu in the back!"

Yan Shigu took a deep breath and was actually aroused with some heroic spirit.

His hands were shaking, and he couldn't even hold the spoon to scoop the double skin milk steadily. He pretended to be calm and said, "Master Li, you are too kind. Who can predict the future?"

"But leave the matter of the Pinyin dictionary to me, Master Li, don't worry."

Upon hearing this, Li Yin and Yan Shigu looked at each other and smiled, then drank the tea offered.

Yan Shigu came here with Li Shimin today. He has to do this job whether he is willing or not. If he is feeling resentful, he must say a few words to Li Yin, right?

But Master Li was very capable. He managed to smooth out the depression in his heart and put it down on the stairs.

After finishing this matter, Li Yin had to talk about the wool.

"Brother, Sister Xiaochun sent a letter saying that merchants in Gaochang are now buying wool from Western Turks. The local sheep have already been shorn."

"Our goods, especially soap, are sold at sky-high prices in the Western Regions. Now a bar of soap can be exchanged for two taels of gold, 60 strings of cash or about 20 kilograms of wool, which has to be shaved from lambs."

Li Yin said, and excitedly asked everyone: "Do you know, in which month are the horses in the Western Regions bred?"

Without waiting for anyone to answer, she continued, "Around May or June, they have already been bred!"

"Some lambs will be bred in August, when the ewes will give birth to winter lambs."

"A horse takes 11 months to conceive, while a lamb only takes five months. We buy a lot of wool, not horses. There will always be people in the Western Regions who will breed a lot of lambs to make huge profits. Don't forget that there is Persia in the southwest of Western Turkestan!"

"Doesn't Persia need soap? And with our glass...what do people think will happen then?"

Everyone lowered their heads in thought.

"Sister, when a lamb is born, we would kill the old sheep and eat it, but now we can't do that. When a foal is born, we are reluctant to kill it either. So will there be enough grass in the grassland?" Empress Chang Sun said with her eyes lighting up.

"Sister-in-law, do you think they will starve the horses or the sheep?"

At present, people in the Western Regions have to limit grazing. The people above will prohibit it. It is not that you can breed as many cubs as you want.

"In the past, my sister-in-law felt that they would starve the sheep. After all, horses are military animals."

Empress Changsun said, her eyes sparkling, "But now they will certainly starve their horses for two or three years. They will first go to Persia and other countries to make some money, then kill sheep and sell meat, and use the money earned to raise horses and soldiers."

"Sister-in-law is smart!"

Li Yin smiled and said, "They thought they would be safe for two or three years, and that they would be able to handle the enemy's cavalry."

"But they don't know that with the current development speed of our Tang Dynasty, we will be able to stabilize Gaochang and recover the land of Western Turkestan within two years."

Everyone was silent.

Several civil officials wanted to cover their ears.

The more I hear, the busier I will be in the future. For example, right now, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others have already started to consider how to govern the Western Regions...

I have a headache!

Why doesn’t Master Li let people rest?