Li Mu remembered the butterfly effect. The so-called butterfly effect originated from the American meteorologist Edward. In order to illustrate that long-term and accurate prediction of weather is impossible, he used an extremely poetic statement: a butterfly in the tropical rainforest of the Amazon River Basin in South America, occasionally flapping his wings a few times, can cause a tornado in Texas, USA in two weeks. As a time traveler, Li Mu knew very clearly that he was the butterfly.

Because of his appearance, the Tang Dynasty changed a lot.

Li Siwen in history is unknown, and the only thing left in history books is not very glorious. When Wu Zetian was emperor, he relied on Li Ji's family and was appointed as the governor of Runzhou. His nephew Li Jingye rebelled. Li Siwen knew about Li Jingye's conspiracy and sent an envoy to report to the court in advance. After being attacked by Li Jingye, he refused to defend for a long time and was captured in the city. Li Jingye's subordinates asked him to behead him and showed him publicly. Li Jingye disagreed and said to Siwen: "Uncle A is a member of Wu's family, and he should change his surname to Wu."

Later, Li Jingye was wiped out, and Wu Zetian heard about this and changed his surname to Wu. When later generations commented on this, they called it the Sanyi surname. That is, Xu Shiji had to give the surname Li, avoiding the taboo Li Shimin, and called it Li Ji. His son Li Siwen had to give the surname Wu, Xu, Li, Wu, and Sanyi surname. Changing the surname always involved a little derogatory meaning in ancient times, so Li Siwen in history was not very glorious.

But with the arrival of Li Mu, Li Siwen is now among the "second-generation officials" of the Tang Dynasty. Although he had never done anything major and made special achievements, let's take a look at his current achievements. He occupied the city at the age of 16 and resisted the remnants of Princess Yicheng. He then obtained the Viscount, Zhechong School Captain, built a new city, opened up commercial roads, and placed refugees. He was praised within a radius of hundreds of miles. When the Tang Dynasty fought against Gaochang, although there was no achievements in the front battlefield, he had achieved perfection in logistics supply. Even his father, Li Ji, who was known for his caution, rarely praised him.

Among the younger generation of the Tang Dynasty, Li Siwen must admit his excellence no matter who is convinced or dissatisfied.

There are many similar situations, such as Changsun Wuji. In the early years of Zhenguan, if the powerful minister in the court was Changsun Wuji. He called him second, no one dared to be the first, who dared to tease his tiger beard? But when Li Mu came, he not only dared to tease him, but at present, he still won. Changsun Wuji failed to harm him and was ordered by Li Shimin to recuperate at home.

Wang Gui, in history, was smooth sailing. After being recalled by Li Shimin, he served as a counselor, Huangmen Minister, Shizhong, Tongzhou Governor, and Minister of Rites. Li Shimin handed over his favorite son Li Tai to him for teaching. This alone shows his importance to him. Li Tai's ambition was also gradually formed under his teaching.

But after Li Mu came, Wang Gui became a fence-bearing man who was swaying from side to side. Before he could show his strategy, he was already dismissed and retired and returned home.

Relations with neighboring countries also have an impact.

The Zhenla Kingdom had a relationship with the Tang Dynasty in history, that is, "You give me an elephant, I give you silk and silk." However, when Li Mu came, he knew that Zhenla had rice seeds, so he asked Li Chongyi to bring five hundred Jinyiwei over, and he was confused and took down Zhenla and Linyi. Therefore, the territory of the Tang Dynasty expanded thousands of miles southwards, with one more county.

The Western Turks in history did not have an Eastern Expedition, but after Li Mu came, the Western Turks fought in the east, and because of Li Mu's relationship, they became brotherly countries with the Tang Dynasty. In history, Tubo had a great war with the Tang Dynasty in Songzhou. Now, because the Western Turks formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, the battle did not start, and due to internal conflicts, the prince was sent to be a proton.

The "Tian Khan" in history was just a title when Li Shimin communicated with nomadic peoples, but now, Tian Khan has become a formal title and has been recognized by the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.

In addition to these, Li Mu also brought printing technology, glass, perfume, soap, and bank to Datang in advance—

All of these things are changing history subtly.

Will Wu Zetian really not be the emperor because of me?

Li Mu thought about it seriously. If it continued to develop according to the current situation, if Li Shimin died with a loud bang and he was still alive in the world, he would not have allowed Wu Zetian to be the emperor. Moreover, if it continued to develop according to the current situation, Li Zhi in his infancy would not have the opportunity to be the emperor. Li Tai would not have the idea of ​​replacing Li Chengqian. The successor of the Tang Dynasty should still be Li Chengqian.

If Li Chengqian became the emperor, Wu Zetian would have no chance. However, in order to make this impossible, Li Mu decided that if he had the opportunity to go to Lizhou in the future, he would still solve this matter. In fact, there was no need to kill people, just find a way to get the future empress married. She is only five years old now, and it is too early to think about it, and she will think of a solution in ten years.

Li Mu was thinking a lot for a while, and the carriage arrived at the door of his house. Li Mu got off the carriage and smelled a scent. He walked into the yard and saw that the meat was stewed in the big pot. He looked closer and saw that it was still beef. He was stunned for three seconds and turned around and was about to walk out.

"Nephew, why are you leaving? It's almost dark, what's the matter?"

A familiar voice sounded, Li Mu had to stop, turn around, and squeeze out his smile: "Uncle Cheng, why are you so free?"

"Where is no time, I came here for you." Cheng Yaojin laughed heartily, patted Li Mu on the shoulder, and said, "I haven't seen you for many days. You don't miss me, I miss you anymore-"

Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "If you have anything to do, it's okay to just say it."

"There is a small thing." Cheng Yaojin's face was already as thick as the walls of Chang'an City. He himself felt polite and rude. Li Mu's words were just right: "I heard Cheng Qian say you want to build a ship,"

Li Mu hurriedly said, "Uncle, this matter has been settled and has returned to the Xiao family of Lanling. And I also advise you that the Cheng family's industry is incompatible with this industry. Even if it is done for the Cheng family, the Cheng family will not have much profit. Instead, it offended many people. It doesn't matter, don't make any decisions."

"Oh, you misunderstood." Cheng Yaojin grabbed Li Mu's arm and said, "I'm not going to build a ship."

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I want to buy a boat!"

“Buy a boat?”

"Yes, buy a boat!" Cheng Yaojin said firmly. Seeing that he was very serious, Li Mu didn't seem to say it casually, he said strangely: "Uncle, I haven't even started building this boat yet, you're going to buy it. What's the saying?"

"Don't worry about what I do, I'll buy it." Cheng Yaojin stared at his eyes and said, "No matter how much the first ten thousand stone ship is, my Cheng family will ask for it."

Li Mu was amused and cried, saying, "Uncle, Xiao spent 170,000 yuan to buy this shipbuilding patent. Do you know what the patent means?"

Cheng Yaojin shook his head naturally, and Li Mu smiled bitterly. This was really an extra question: "Uncle, Patent Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Forget it, go back and ask Manager Cheng. Anyway, this means that Xiao of Lanling bought my drawings. In the future, the shipbuilding matter is Xiao's business. If someone has built the ship, whoever he has sold it to and whom he will not sell it to, it is decided by others. You can't tell me." Suddenly, Li Mu seemed to remember something and said, "Or you can ask Your Majesty, the Wanshi Ship is a first-class patent, a strategic patent, and it will be under the jurisdiction of the court."

Cheng Yaojin was confused when he heard this and asked in a daze: "What? This patent still has a grade?"

"Of course there is!" Li Mu sat down at Cheng Yaojin. The maid brought a low table, cut beef, boiled wine, and brought it up. Li Mu poured a glass of wine for Cheng Yaojin. The two of them drank it. Li Mu explained: "This rank system has only been established recently. Like the official system of the Tang Dynasty, it is divided into nine ranks. The first rank to three ranks are strategic patents. It refers to patents that may endanger the interests of the Tang Dynasty. In order to prevent being coveted by other countries, it must be controlled by the court. Without permission, it cannot be sold to other countries. If it is sold privately, it will be punished as a crime. The fourth rank to sixth rank is restrictive patent, which is only available in the Tang Dynasty, but other countries do not, and will not endanger the interests of the Tang Dynasty. The court allows it to trade with other countries, but there are restrictions on the target. Friendly countries can trade, but hostile countries cannot. As for the seventh rank, it is a private patent, and the court does not care about it, and it can be traded at will."

Cheng’s industry is almost technical, and Cheng Yaojin can’t understand what Li Mu said. But when he heard about the ‘treatment of sin’, he felt that this matter was still a bit serious, and his curiosity also came up and asked, “How to calculate the strategy, how to calculate the people, who decides?”

"Of course it is the Patent Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. For example, let's talk about this ten thousand stone ship. With the ten thousand stone ship in the Tang Dynasty, it can not only transport people and deliver goods, but also go abroad. Compared with the ten thousand stone ship, the small boats in other countries are like sampans. Not to mention a water battle, the waves brought by walking and passing can probably be overturned by them. These important weapons of the country are naturally strategic patents."

"But if it is a strong wine, for example, the wine in my winery will not harm the interests of the Tang Dynasty even if it is sold to other countries. Moreover, other countries do not have wine. Which country cannot make wine? So this is a private patent, and the court does not care about it."

Cheng Yaojin frowned and said, "I can understand these things, but I just didn't understand them. Why do you have to apply for a patent?"

"It's just for the money to sell." Li Mu picked up a chopstick and stuffed it into his mouth, and said in a vague way: "Just say the drawings of the Ten Thousand Stone Ship, I sold them to the Xiao family, and it will be sold for 170,000 guan. Isn't this money?"

"You took it all?"

"That's natural, the boat I designed." Seeing that Cheng Yaojin was envious and was about to deform, Li Mu quickly said, "Uncle, I'm very tired, okay? Are you so easy to build a ship? If you can't build it, I have to pay it to others. You haven't said yet, what are you going to buy a ship?"

"Oh," Cheng Yaojin knew that he could not hide it, so he said, "A few days ago, I saw Your Majesty. He was also chatting. Your Majesty said you were talking about it. The South China Sea countries have three ripe rice a year and four ripe places." As he said, Cheng Yaojin glanced at Li Mu and said, "Now the new policy is gradually implemented, and the fields of the Tang Dynasty are divided by the heads. In addition to my military fields, our land has also been taken back by the court. In the past, we had to buy rice to eat. If there was a big ship, I would find some people to go out to sea and take up the land you said three ripe a year. I won't have to worry about food or money. Wouldn't it be nice!"

Li Mu understood it. It turned out that Cheng Yaojin was unable to become a landlord in the Tang Dynasty and wanted to be a landlord in the South China Sea. Li Mu really had to admire such thinking. Who said that Cheng Yaojin was a rough man? He was so thoughtful!

"Uncle, your thoughts cannot be said to be wrong, just-"

Cheng Yaojin widened his eyes and said, "You just don't want to sell it to me!"

"Oh, I didn't tell you that this matter must be decided by the Xiao family and His Majesty. I have sold the patent to others, and I have collected all the money and signed the contract. If I make an exception for you, according to the contract, I will compensate me three times. Three times the 170,000 guan and fifty-one thousand guan. What should I pay for? If you have this money, then you give it to me and I will give it to you."

"I don't have money!" Cheng Yaojin blurted out without thinking. What a joke, more than 500,000 yuan, the Cheng family has sold it inside and outside, and it has no such financial resources.

"Uncle, buying a boat is a trivial matter. After the Xiao family spent such a big price and bought my patent, he must have to do business. You have a face with Your Majesty, and Your Majesty has never doubted it. If you want to go out to sea to get a piece of land to farm, can Your Majesty still not allow it?" As he said, Li Mu's eyes rolled, as if he was joking, and said, "Even if you have the intention of being a disobedient and want to go out to sea to build a small country to be an emperor, Your Majesty may not be able to understand it, right?"

"Hiss--" Cheng Yaojin is poured from his head to his feet with a basin of ice water. The cold sweat instantly soaked his clothes. He hurriedly covered Li Mu's mouth and stuttered: "Don't talk nonsense, when did I say that I'm going to go to sea to establish a country?"

Li Mu spread his hands and said, "Who knows that you have not founded the country after you went to sea?"

"I--" Cheng Yaojin wanted to explain, but found that it could not be explained. Yes, after going to sea, the news was out of reach. Did you do this or not? Who knows? Your Majesty thinks that you did it, and you can't defend it even if you want to defend it. Cheng Yaojin didn't think of this at all, and couldn't think of any solution. He was stunned when he was stunned, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and sighed: "Nephew, I really just want to farm. Do you believe me?"
Chapter completed!