Great Tang princess

Chapter 453 Practice
In fact, in today's court, almost everyone has obvious strengths.

For example, in calligraphy, Li Xian is the most powerful. Among the calligraphers who are still alive, no one can compare with him.

Speaking of tactics, it is naturally the current emperor Wu Zetian.

But when it comes to playing chess, Shangguan Wan'er is well-deserved number one, especially when playing chess with Wu Zetian, she knows when to lose and when to win, and she can't see it!

If she wants to do this, it means that her chess skill is slightly higher than that of Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian's chess skills are actually not too bad. Even if she can't reach the top level, she is at least a first-class master. Every time she plays against Shangguan Wan'er, she can feel like she is meeting her opponent.

For now, under Shangguan Wan'er's deliberate control, of course she wins more than she loses, and she can enjoy herself every time.

The two chatted casually while playing chess, and the atmosphere was relaxed and pleasant.

"After the public money is abolished, is anyone dissatisfied?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, there must be dissatisfaction in my heart, but so far, no one has dared to object!" Shangguan Wan'er said.

Wu Zetian nodded and picked up the teacup: "Now that the emperor is powerful and has no foreign enemies, they don't dare to tear their face apart, but you have to keep watching to prevent accidents from happening!"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, this slave will know!"

Wu Zetian's worries were not unreasonable. Public money was a product that had existed since the time of Emperor Gaozu, and countless people had gained a lot of benefits from it.

Suddenly abolishing it at this time will definitely cause dissatisfaction. They don't care about the people at the bottom, they only know that their interests have been taken away.

It's just that the royal family still has the trump card of the princess here, so they dare not act rashly.

At least in this matter, the princess should stand in the same camp as the emperor, after all, it is for the benefit of the royal family.

But it is conceivable that if something unexpected happens at this time, they will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble.

……

On the other side, Li Yuechen also took the female soldiers who had been playing for a day onto the boat, changed their clothes and returned to the camp.

In the room, inside the large wooden barrel, Wang Wuqiong sat in the basin with a blushing face, and leaned cautiously to the side.

On the opposite side, Li Yuechen rested his head on the edge of the barrel, with a smile on his face: "As for being so formal?"

Wang Wuqiong still leaned tightly against the edge of the barrel: "As a guard, I can really bathe with His Highness..."

"It's okay, let's try it once in a while. If you don't tell me, I won't tell you. No one knows!" Li Yuechen explained with a smile while stretching out his hand and grabbing down. When he grabbed a handful, it was already soaked into mud. medicinal materials, "How does this medicinal bath feel for Bengong? It's not bad, right?"

"Such a precious medicinal bath, how could my guard be able to..."

"Okay, okay, I'm here, don't think about it so much!" Li Yuechen smiled, "When taking a medicinal bath, you should relax your whole body, and it doesn't matter if you fall asleep!"

As he said that, he actually closed his eyes on his own, as if he really planned to take a nap.

Wang Wuqiong didn't dare to disturb her, so she could only gently curl up her legs, for fear that someone would accidentally touch her.

But after confirming that Li Yuechen was asleep, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although it is indeed a good thing for a princess to be kind to her servants, it always feels like she will suddenly do something rebellious one day.

After relaxing in this way, it seems that I really feel the difference of this medicated bath, as if there is a warm current rushing into the body.

He reached out and grabbed a handful of medicinal mud from under the barrel, picked it up to have a look, and gently imitated the princess's appearance and leaned against the edge of the barrel to take a rest.

……

I don't know how long it has passed, Wang Wuqiong opened his eyes in a daze, and found that Li Yuechen was looking at him with a half-smile.

Wang Wuqiong realized all of a sudden, she actually fell asleep!
With a sound of "crash", she subconsciously stood up, let a large amount of water splash down her body, and quickly saluted: "Your Highness, forgive me!"

"Okay, okay, sit down, I don't blame you!" Li Yuechen smiled and waved his hands, "It seems that the effect of this medicine bath is not bad, right?"

Only then did Wang Wuqiong quickly kneel down, feeling that he was really ashamed and humiliated. Not only did he fall asleep in front of the princess, but the key point was that he hadn't woken up before the princess. He was simply negligent as a guard!
Li Yuechen found it quite interesting. On the other hand, she said that the people who have been with her for a long time can always find some characteristics of them.

The most intuitive Shangguan Wan'er, a pure genius!The piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are basically very strong, especially calligraphy and chess, which have basically reached the level of top masters.

Not to mention the other people around, Li Yuechen can always see something interesting in them.

But today, I feel that Wang Wuqiong also has the side of a little girl. Although she is usually carefree, she doesn't have the usual manly temperament at all.

……

The days passed day by day in this relaxed atmosphere, and soon entered June.

As the hottest day of the year, Li Yuechen almost never leaves his body with a fan, but whenever he is free, he must fan the wind.

However, during this period of time, the speed of drying salt by the sea was much faster. Under the action of a similar assembly line, a large amount of refined salt was produced every day, and then packed and shipped to Dongdu and nearby cities.

Each state and county has a special official salt sales place, so there is no need to send people to sell it in advance.

The price of salt in Qingzhou and nearby counties has now dropped to [-] cents a catty, but sales have been rising all the way.

Lai Junchen also sent back the news in time. He had sent people to watch over Laizhou and Dengzhou. If anyone dared to take the opportunity to make trouble, he would deal with it immediately.

At this moment, Lai Junchen finally exposed his wild nature when he was successful, wishing to walk sideways on the street every day.

If his father hadn't come to warn him about many things before he came, I'm afraid he couldn't help but start bullying men and women at this time.

But even with his father's warning, he has acted a lot more arrogantly recently, and several people who offended him have already been arrested on charges of obstructing national security.

It's just that he didn't go too far, he just caught him and beat him up, and then let him go, not to the point of anger.

His arrogance was seen by Jiang Zhengan and Lu Zhenghao, and they didn't pay much attention to it.

Because the two of them feel that the water behind this is deep, and they may not be able to grasp it.

Lai Junchen is so arrogant, is he using His Highness's name to pretend to be a tiger, or is it His Highness himself who is behind the scenes?This thing is really hard to guess.

If this matter gets to His Highness, no one knows what the result will be.

Therefore, neither of them acted rashly, and he didn't go too far anyway, so he planned to observe and observe first.

Now it's hard to hug the princess' thighs. If something goes wrong, the princess will be disappointed in them, and there will be nowhere to cry.

……

A few days after June passed, Liu Zihe came to the office.

"Your Highness, I think the time is almost here."

"Huh?" Li Yuechen didn't react at first, then raised his head and asked, "Are you planning to go back?"

Liu Zihe nodded: "Yes! All the steps have been recorded, and the subordinates think it is a good time to go back. The journey is nearly two months. After returning, the hurricane season is almost over..."

Li Yuechen agreed: "It's good if you have confidence! The two places are far away, and it's best to succeed once."

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, this subordinate will never let His Highness down!" Liu Zihe replied confidently.

"Okay, when are you going to leave? I will do it for you!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Liu Zihe felt that the sooner the better, he decided to leave in two days, and it was almost half of August when he went back, so the time was almost right.

And in Hainan, once the salt farm is established, it can basically be dried all year round. Except for the typhoon season, salt can be produced continuously at other times.

At that time, even if the population of the country doubles by four or five times, the production of salt will be able to keep up!
……

Two days later, Li Yuechen prepared a lot of delicious dishes for Liu Zihe to practice, and at the same time brought out wine in the cafeteria of the military camp for the first time.

Liu Zihe and the others felt flattered by the princess' face, and became cautious at the dinner table.

Li Yuechen raised his wine glass: "Everyone is for the prosperity of the country and the safety of the people. I admire you deeply. Let's drink this cup together!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the compliment!" Liu Zihe also picked up the wine glass, and took a few assistants to drink with her.

After the first cup, Li Yuechen didn't continue to persuade them, and let them do whatever they wanted, and then chatted with Liu Zihe about the follow-up matters.

Hainan is far away from the inland, so the main problem is which transportation method to choose after drying the salt.

Transportation to the inland area is a bit slow whether by water or land, but the Lingnan side is relatively convenient because the distance is close enough.

"Regarding this matter, let's take the waterway at first." Li Yuechen thought for a while, "The road from Dongdu to Xiangyang is currently being repaired, but it is expected to take a few years, so let's take the waterway first."

"Yes!" Liu Zihe agreed, "The subordinates will report the situation at any time!"

"En!" Li Yuechen nodded.

……

The next day Liu Zihe took a group of people on board and went back to Hainan.

Li Yuechen took people to see him off on the shore, and after watching him leave, he turned around and went back.

On the way back, passing by Yantian, looking at the piles of refined salt, Li Yuechen cheered himself up in his heart, my mother will definitely make this country better and better!

Rather, at this point, she couldn't stop!

There are too many people following the princess now, no matter what their reasons are or what their purpose is, they are inseparable from Li Yuechen now.

No matter what they think, in the eyes of outsiders, these people have a unified name-the princess faction!
If Li Yuechen stops now, it will be tantamount to killing all these people, so she can't stop, she must follow the plan she made at the beginning and go on unswervingly!
Li Yuechen himself knew this, so he didn't complain about it, and he didn't retreat, but sometimes he couldn't help but think that if he was a man, many things might not have to be so troublesome...

(End of this chapter)