Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 574;
Chapter 570;
Li Shimin also had to take into account the thoughts of some queens. He was also afraid that his wife would misunderstand that he was cold-hearted, and he didn't want to give any land to that naughty man, so he hurriedly said to his eldest grandson Wuji;

"Wuji, what kind of whimsical idea do you have? Not only can you follow that rascal's wish, give him 1 to [-] mu of land, let him cultivate it happily, and at the same time appease everyone, so I can worry less Some!"

"Uh, my Majesty, I'm trying to think of a countermeasure, and I'm thinking about it."

"Then figure it out quickly, after all, that Popi is still my adopted son, and he is also in charge of buying and selling the imperial liquor, so he has to satisfy his requirements both emotionally and rationally, so let's calculate it on the basis of [-] mu of land, but We must find a way to prevent future troubles for the court."

"This..., Your Majesty..."

"Without this and that, stop talking, Aiqing, and find a way quickly!"

Although Li Shimin is the supreme emperor, but looking at his wife's dark complexion, he can only kick out the hot potato, as long as the dead friends don't die, and Li Shimin also gave away [-] mu Increased to [-] mu...

Changsun Wuji was also miserable. As soon as His Majesty said that he had to find a way by himself, the empress sister's black face immediately turned to stare at him. Changsun Wuji could only lower his head and think hard.

Ye Qingzhi, who was beside Empress Changsun, looked at the tense situation and was afraid that His Highness would overdo it, so she quickly reminded her in a low voice;

"Your Highness, we haven't returned the book we borrowed from Concubine Yang yesterday, or...we'll take it and return it today?"

Before Empress Changsun had time to agree, Changsun Wuji over there immediately slapped her thigh;
"Your Majesty, I would like to report to Your Majesty, the minister has thought of a complete solution."

"Oh? Come on quickly."

"According to the order, I think we can do this by lending Li Dalang [-] mu of land to cultivate and produce millet for wine making. In this way, the land still belongs to the imperial court. In fact, Li Dalang has [-] mu of good land that can be cultivated and produced more productively. First of all, the imperial court did not lose land, and other people have no reason to follow suit, they have come to find excuses to greedy the imperial court's property, after all, the imperial court already has liquor trading, and others have nowhere to start if they want excuses, what do you think, Your Majesty?"

Li Shimin's face was obviously happy;
"Okay! Aiqing has a very short plan, so let's go on like this. Tomorrow Wuji, you will arrange the officials of the household department to find out the nearby land and property, and then go down to measure it and distribute it to him."

"The minister obeys the order!"

From the corner of his eye, Changsun Wuji saw that his sister's face had obviously softened a lot, and he felt relieved. Of course, his own sister knew it most clearly.

Although this girl is amiable and friendly to everyone, but that is superficial. In fact, once the queen sister decides something, she will go all the way to the end, exactly the same as Li Dalang, unless you make him feel happy, otherwise he will punish you. .

Empress Changsun forced a smile and turned around to look at the emperor;

"Reporting to Your Majesty, a concubine who is a woman will not say anything about court affairs, but that rascal sent a letter more than ten days ago, saying that there are too many servants and too few fields, and it seems that there is not enough food...

The land borrowed from the imperial court is also used for the imperial court to make wine. It is not easy to use the imperial court's millet to feed his slaves, right?
The concubine is really worried, who in this world doesn't know his bunch of people?Men, women and children all rely on him for their lives. They have borne so many burdens at such a young age, and they are so overwhelmed. They made a secret method of brewing wine and gave it to the imperial court. The imperial court, let’s try to find a way to increase productivity and be loyal to the king...a concubine..."

Empress Changsun broke down in tears at the end of her speech, and kept wiping the corners of her eyes with the silk scarf in her hand.

Li Shimin felt ashamed when he heard it, isn't it? Half of the secret method of baijiu was given to the court, and the rest had to be shared with a bunch of important officials...

The secret method of cement and red bricks was just said to be handed over to the imperial court a while ago, so here is a method of farming, and it has to be given out for free. I want some compensation. The imperial court also said to lend him some good land. Poppi didn't get any benefit at all...

Listening to the girl's words, Changsun Wuji felt extremely unfair inside and out, so he also blushed and lowered his head, didn't he?

The baijiu people also have their own share. Silk Road also got more than 30 carts of goods. The method of farming was offered by myself, and I personally went to Lantian to ask for it back. To others!At this moment, the Queen's younger sister seemed to be crying sadly. In fact, anyone who is familiar with the Queen knows that this is serious...

As for Li Yu's lack of land and lack of food for his servants, it's nothing more than an excuse for Empress Changsun's more serious reasons. Everyone is a smart person, obedient and obedient, there is no need to grasp this sentence.

Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun and comforted him softly;
"Empress, don't worry, this hasn't been discussed yet. I just said that I will lend it to him, but as for how much to borrow and how much to actually measure, it's not up to Wuji to decide?" Give him a thousand more... Two or three thousand acres and no one bothered to check and check, isn't this considered to be compensation for him? "

Li Shimin originally wanted to say that he would give Li Dalang a thousand acres of land, but seeing the Queen's situation seemed to be a little bit wrong, he immediately changed his words to two or three thousand acres, and Empress Changsun eased her face;

"Your Majesty clearly learned that in matters of the imperial court, concubines and daughters, according to the rules handed down from their ancestors, are not allowed to intervene and talk too much. Everything is according to His Majesty's arrangement. The concubine still has some things to deal with, so don't bother Your Majesty." Discuss state affairs with important ministers."

"Okay, the queen will go."

"I respectfully send you off to Your Royal Highness the Queen."

"Elder brother, you don't need to be too polite. In the future, you should ask your elder brother to take care of my son."

Empress Changsun replied to Changsun Wuji in a strange manner, turned her head and left the bedroom with a group of people. Changsun Wuji looked at His Majesty in embarrassment, feeling uncomfortable anyway!
"Your Majesty, if you don't want to, please retreat..."

Watching the Queen lead the people away, Li Shimin waved his hand;
"Don't be in a hurry to go back. You haven't explained everything yet. Then Poppi will arrange for those familiar farmers in the next two days?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, that's exactly the case. Li Dalang said it himself, and I didn't mishear a single word."

Li Shimin stood up and kept walking;

"The summer harvest has just passed a few days, what should you do after Li Dalang's farming secret method is brought?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think the sooner the better, the imperial court must get familiar with everything as soon as possible, and even the capable people of the state roads in the world must learn it, and then go back and teach the farmers all over the world. It will take time. Learn it before farming, I'm afraid...I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop the locust plague in the autumn harvest and the continued drought!"

"Hey... this high-yielding method of cloth sheds can indeed resist future locust plagues, but if this drought continues, what can I do? Fields near the river can also be irrigated by water trucks, and places that are not near the river are called How will the peasants of the world solve this problem?"

"Your Majesty, this... this... I am so stupid that I really can't think of any way to fight the drought."

"By the way, Wuji, the officials under your command didn't say anything about Li Dalang when they came back from Lantian?"

"Ah? I told you, Your Majesty. I even wrote a memorial, but I didn't have time to submit it to Your Majesty. They just wrote it and handed it in yesterday. I didn't have time to read it, so I went to Lantian."

"I think Li Dalang must have land that is not close to the river, so if all his land is amazingly productive, there must be other methods. Wuji, don't be in a hurry to go back to rest, and quickly ask someone to bring all the records of the officials of the household department. Ben, our monarchs and ministers checked overnight to find out those lands that are not close to the river to see how much the output is. If it is one stone or two stones, it’s fine. If it exceeds this amount, it means that my guess is right. That rogue still has hidden means It has not been made public in the real world!"

Hearing that grandson Wuji was going to do business overnight, he immediately became overwhelmed. How long would it be if he didn't show up at this time?

"It's Your Majesty. Don't worry, Your Majesty. As long as it is beneficial to the court and helpful to Your Majesty, I will stick to it even if I don't sleep for three days and nights. Your Majesty, please wait a moment, and I will make arrangements."

Li Shimin raised his hand to stop Changsun Wuji who was about to get up and leave;
"Don't run away Wuji, just sit here and have tea and rest, come here!"

"The servant is asking His Majesty to give you instructions."

"Order the Beiya Forbidden Army who is on duty today to quickly go to the main hall of the Yamen, the Minister of the Household Department, and bring all the memorabilia related to Lantian."

Changsun Wuji immediately followed orders;

"It's just a pile on the case table in the south. When the old man was leaving yesterday, he asked someone to put them all there."

"It's Your Majesty, it's the eldest grandson Shangshu, and this servant is going to deliver the order."

The two monarchs and ministers sat down and ate two bowls of tea, then got up together and went to Li Shimin's study room. Not long after sitting down, the Beiya imperial guards brought a bamboo basket with more than 30 memorials in it. The monarch and his ministers don't gossip too much, and fight at night with the lights on!

Changsun Wuji looked through each book carefully, and suddenly became happy when he saw the last few pages of the third book;
"Your Majesty, my Majesty, look here!"

"How? Where?"

"Here, Your Majesty, please take a look. Look at what is written here. The 530th cloth shed is [-] steps southwest of Xiaowangzhuang. Your Majesty, you can see that this Xiaowangzhuang is far away from the river. It is unrealistic to use water trucks to irrigate it. , but the average yield recorded here is four stones and two per mu, isn’t it strange? Please consider carefully, Your Majesty.”

Li Shimin took the memorabilia from Changsun Wuji's hand without a word, placed it on his lap and read it word by word;
"That's right, you're right. There's definitely something tricky about it. I knew that Li Dalang still had supernatural powers that don't show his face. As expected, he really did. I'll check again, and it's probably not just this one cloth." Shed, no matter how capable Li Dalang is, he can't exchange all the land with the land on both sides of the river, there must be some surplus, let's look for it!"

"It's Your Majesty."

The monarch and his ministers searched carefully for more than an hour, and found a total of 49 cloth sheds, all of which were not close to the river.

Li Shimin walked back and forth excitedly;

"Wuji, tell me, what method did he use?"

Changsun Wuji said firmly;
"Your Majesty! I feel that Li Dalang must have been digging wells to fetch water. Otherwise, how could he be able to produce a high yield if there is no rain from the sky? It won't happen?"

Li Shimin nodded;
"That makes sense. I also thought of this. The question is, even if he dug many wells, how did he get the water out? Did he rely on human coolies? Many servants took turns to carry water when irrigation was needed?"

Changsun Wuji kept scratching his forehead;
"This... This minister can't think of it, but I think it must not be a waterwheel, because the waterwheel is too big, and it needs flowing water to push it up to have the power to send the water up. How can an underground well be put down? A waterwheel with several rooms? Besides, even if there are coolies to carry water, there is no problem for people to eat, but it is a drop in the bucket to irrigate the farmland, and it is not enough for the crops to eat if you die by the well!"

Li Shimin shook his head violently and said a few words very depressed;
"The problem is that Li Dalang just did it! What method did he use? I'm confused! I've read a lot of books, right? It's Taoist health-preserving skills. I've read a lot of monks' scriptures. Why? Can't figure it out?"

"Your Majesty... Do you think Li Dalang made a small water wheel and put it at the bottom of the well..."

Changsun Wuji was interrupted by His Majesty the Emperor before the guessing was over;
"Impossible! Even so, what power does it use to get the water out of the well continuously? Is it the same as the common people's drinking water? It is twisted up bucket by bucket? Li Dalang doesn't have the patience, and he doesn't know how to handle this kind of thing. It's embarrassing to come out."

Changsun Wuji tentatively said;
"Then Your Majesty, do you want to send someone down to Lantian again?"

Li Shimin looked up at Changsun Wuji;

"It makes sense! Wuji, you are right. Instead of getting a headache from guessing here, it is better to send someone down to find out. How about you work hard tomorrow to find out? I want to know what he used The method, whether the people in the world can use it, if it can be popularized, my people will no longer be afraid of starving to death."

Looking at the excited expression on His Majesty's face, Changsun Wuji's mouth was bitter. He wanted to slap himself and go down again?Still going to run on Li Dalang's other secret methods?Her Majesty the Queen must not disgust herself to death?
What are you thinking, if you say a word, you will lose your flesh?Why do you have to talk too much about this sentence?This is just great!This good job fell on me again, I really pleased the emperor and offended the queen...

Blaming Gui complaining that Changsun Wuji was extremely honored to accept the errand;
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will just go down again tomorrow. If I am not tired, I will be willing to share your majesty's worries and problems, even if I am exhausted on the road."

Li Shimin really likes this brother-in-law, otherwise, why would he appoint Changsun Wuji as Minister Tuogu before his death in the official history?
Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji's exhausted expression and pretended not to be tired at all. The emperor thought of the hard life that this relative had been with him for more than ten years;

"Wuji, don't lie. You went to Lantian non-stop, and you just came back and stayed with me until this time. Are you not tired? I guess you didn't even eat the night food, right? Look at your dusty look!"

Changsun Wuji had an incomparably kind expression, drooping his shoulders, obviously hungry and hurting his stomach, and said stubbornly;

"Your Majesty is fine, I am not hungry, I ate two mustaches in the carriage on the way!"

Changsun Wuji's superb acting skills successfully won the emperor's sincerity, Li Shimin choked up and said;

"Don't lie to me. When we, the monarch and his ministers, escaped from the military disaster, there were only two mustaches left. You ate it with one mouthful. You insisted on drinking only water for four days. You were so hungry that you couldn't walk, and you still said with a smile. Not hungry, how similar is it to today?
Wuji... Is it really hard for you?I see everything about you. The reason why I don't praise you is because I don't think the two of us need to talk about those insignificant scenes. In fact, you should also understand that you are important in my heart. "

"I want to report to Your Majesty, I don't understand, I dare not and don't want to guess any thoughts in Your Majesty's heart, I just want to be a loyal minister, and accompany His Majesty to pass the name down through the ages, other ministers don't want to think about anything, as long as Your Majesty wants to do Even if I don’t want this job, I still have to do it, as long as your majesty needs me, I’m willing to die on the road even if I’m exhausted.”

Changsun Wuji's acting skills combined with his busy appearance all the way, and some messy hair, coupled with the hungry front and back, drooping shoulders and the tightly tied belt, Li Shimin remained silent and pulled Holding Changsun Wuji's hand, he choked and said;

"So Wuji! My dear Aiqing! With you by my side, my heart is at ease!"

　I'm drunk, I'm sorry, I'm reading, my friends, I'm writing tomorrow and I'm asking for leave today
　　
　
(End of this chapter)