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Chapter 93 Li Yuanji's Fantasy
Leizhou, Haikang City, in the palace courtyard.

After Yang Qingwan arrived, Li Yuanji lived a shameless life for several days.

Li Yuanji was seen holding his waist with one hand, walking unsteadily, and came to the newly built pavilion and sat down. At this moment, his face was full of sorrow.

Li Yuanji was very sad. Who knows how he spent these five days?
All he did every day was eat and sleep. He ate a lot of nutritious food and slept three to five times a day, and two or three times at night. Li Yuanji felt that his body was completely empty.

After a while, a beautiful figure came over, holding a small iron pot in her hand.

"My dear husband, this is the chicken soup I made for you. I added ginseng to it. Please eat it quickly to nourish your body."

Hearing these familiar words, Li Yuanji trembled all over, his eyes filled with fear.

"Ma'am, please let me go. I really don't have any more."

Li Yuanji was in tears. He was so impatient on the first day. Then, the situation reversed and Yang Qingwan took the initiative. He was happy in the first two days, but he was completely unhappy after that. It happened too frequently and he felt like he was drained of energy.

Yang Qingwan smiled charmingly.

"Husband, what are you thinking about? Eat quickly, or it will get cold."

Although Li Yuanji was still confused, he started eating with big mouthfuls, thinking of his empty body. After a while, not even a drop of soup was left.

Then Yang Qingwan's maid cleaned up the stone table, and Li Yuanji spoke slowly.

"The chicken stewed by Madam tastes great. The site for raising chickens and ducks has been built. We should eat less for now. When there are more chickens and ducks, we can eat as much as we want."

During this period, Li Yuanji set up a farm and prepared chickens, ducks, and pigs. In the Tang Dynasty, pork was a cheap meat and was not eaten by wealthy families. In addition, since pigs were not castrated, the taste of pork was very bad and no one ate it except the common people.

The common people have no choice. There are not so many rules. As long as there is food, especially meat, they don’t care about it. Unlike wealthy families, if they use pork to entertain guests, their good friends may turn into enemies on the spot.

The pigs he raises now have all been castrated. As long as the bad quality of the meat is removed, Li Yuanji doesn't care at all whether the meat is cheap or not.

He has come to Lingnan, why is he still thinking about these things? As long as he enjoys the food, that's all.

The only pity was that there were not many chickens, ducks or pigs. Although Li Yuanji asked people to buy them, they could not be replenished in a short time.

Yang Qingwan agreed after hearing this.

"Yes, I will obey the king's order."

Looking at Yang Qingwan with a smile on her face, Li Yuanji suddenly felt helpless, and then Yang Qingwan's voice came again.

"My dear, now that I'm here, I have nothing to do every day. I want to do something. I see that most people's clothes are still very torn. I want to weave some clothes so that at least everyone can have new clothes to wear. What do you think?" Li Yuanji fell into deep thought. Among the materials he brought, there were not many materials for making clothes. However, with so many people here, it was impossible to make one for each of them. Moreover, if they relied on manual labor, it would take who knows when they would be able to finish the work even if they had the materials.

After a while, Li Yuanji spoke.

"This is a good thing. How about this? You lead the people to do it, and I will take care of the material problem. Now that most of the work in the city has been completed, we can sell the clothes at a low price. It will also be convenient for everyone, and it will also be an extra source of income for the palace.

From now on, you can decide on your own about the affairs of the palace. You don't need to ask me. Just do whatever you want. As long as you want to do it, I will support you. If you need anything, tell me in time."

After Yang Qingwan arrived, there was really nothing to do. There was no need to go to Chang'an here. In Chang'an, she could find some people to get together and walk around to kill time. But here, when she was free, she would be so bored that she couldn't stand it.

That kind of empty pain is indeed uncomfortable.

Yang Qingwan was also very happy after hearing this. She didn't care about increasing the income of the palace. She really had nothing to do here and was very bored, so she wanted to find something to do. Especially if she could help Li Yuanji, she would be even happier.

The two chatted for a while, and after Yang Qingwan left, Li Yuanji found Ning Chun.

"Dahe, I want you to come here mainly for two things. First, there is only a small part of the construction in the city left, which needs to be completed as soon as possible. Hurry up and do it. Also, we need to allocate a part of the land to plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms.

Now the city has a brand new look, but as you can see, the clothes people wear are really terrible. We need to speed up this matter and encourage people to open shops, such as textile shops.

If there is need, you can provide them with appropriate financial assistance according to the situation and support them in opening the store. You can't just expect us to fund everything. We don't have that much money and materials.

There is no way now. For example, copper coins cannot be circulated today. After the recovery, copper coins must be circulated and transactions must be done. Later, except for reclaiming wasteland, other matters will gradually be distributed using copper coins instead of grain.

Now the docks and ports are about to be completed, and other people will come here to trade in the future. At the same time, people here are also encouraged to go out to do business and earn money back here.

Although we don't have many commodities now, they all have advantages that others don't have. In the future, there will be more and more of them, and there will be more and more merchants coming here. When this place develops well, naturally people will take the initiative to settle here, and the development will get better and better.

So these little things, although they may seem unimportant, must be done well. You must remember that the development here concerns each and every one of us.”

In Li Yuanji's eyes, since this place is close to the sea, it would be much more convenient to travel by ship from the sea. In addition, its commodity advantages will attract more people to trade, and gradually build this place into the largest economic entity and trading center in the Tang Dynasty.

By then, Leizhou will develop comprehensively and drive the surrounding areas, and then Hainan and Guangxi will be developed. Hainan will be warm in winter and cool in summer, Guangxi will produce fruits, trade will develop along the coast of Guangdong, Jiaozhou will be rich in minerals, and then the sea routes to Linyi and Zhenla will be opened up. His Lingnan will even surpass the Tang Dynasty.

This is Li Yuanji's deepest fantasy, but it is extremely difficult to realize. Now he hasn't even taken the first step. Sometimes he doesn't even dare to think about those beautiful fantasies of the future.

These are also Li Yuanji's development outline and ultimate development goal. When he is ahead of the Tang Dynasty in all aspects, he can rest assured. By then, whether it is Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin, they have to make him happy. If they offend him, they will attack Chang'an in minutes.

(End of this chapter)