The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"My husband is a capable man. People say that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility on the shoulders. Isn't that the case with my husband?" Li Shao said gently: "Moreover, my husband's palace is now large and prosperous, so it is natural for my husband to worry about it. However, there are concubines, housekeepers Zhao and Zhou in the palace, and officials in the palace. If my husband is really tired and wants to slack off for a while, just leave the matter to us."

"We can still share your worries."

Li Fu smiled and nodded.

After eating and drinking, Li Fu wanted to take a bath.

Li Shao went back to the house.

The servant put ice cubes in a copper basin, brought it into the house, and lit incense in the house.

After taking a bath, Li Fu put on a thin shirt and returned to the house.

Because there were ice cubes in the house and the windows were open, the evening breeze was a little cooler than outside.

"Husband, didn't the prince and his men come to the manor in the summer in the past? Will it be the same this year?" Li Shao asked, "If so, we have to prepare in advance at the manor."

"Oh, if you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten about it. I thought about it when I was in the palace, but I almost forgot it when I woke up." Li Fu slapped his forehead, "The weather is hot, I still want Cheng Qian and his men to come to the manor to escape the heat."

"Let's not talk about the environment in the palace. Cheng Qian probably won't be happy in the palace these days."

Speaking of this, Li Fu was also quite emotional.

It was good at the manor, but back in the palace, in that environment, in that atmosphere, even the best-tempered children would feel depressed.

Even if you live a life of luxury in the palace, everyone around you is talking to you.

You are the prince, you should do this and that.

You are the future successor of the Tang Dynasty, you should do this and that when you become the emperor in the future.

My ears are so calloused from listening. Can a child with a healthy mentality grow up in such a high-pressure atmosphere?

Li Fu himself doesn't believe it anyway.

Don't say that Li Chengqian is still a child.

As an adult, Li Fu doesn't want to stay in the palace any longer.

For Li Fu, the palace is equivalent to a gathering place for troubles.

"Every year, I take this opportunity to let the children come out for a breath of fresh air. It's good. I guess the children are looking forward to it." Li Fu said.

"Sometimes, even if I am on the farm, I can't take care of them. Now it's good. There is a college." Li Fu squinted his eyes and smiled: "It's great to let them come out for a breath of fresh air without delaying their studies."

"To be honest, when I received Chengqian's letter in Linying County, I was really worried about him."

Seemingly sensible.

But what conditions are needed to make a child so sensible?

"Did something happen in the palace?" Li Shao asked.

Li Fu shook his head.

"It's still about the drought. Cheng Qian said he was very worried. His Majesty's prayers for rain didn't work and he was in a low mood. The Queen took him to comfort His Majesty. Seeing His Majesty like that, he felt that he wanted to do something, but he didn't have the ability at the moment."

"Besides worrying, there's too little he can do."

"If Cheng Qian wrote to me and said there was something new he wanted to try or play with, or told me how hard it was to study, I wouldn't be worried."

Li Shao sighed.

"Listen, it's really worrying. Because he's the prince, no one treats him like a child."

"It's much better now than before." Li Fu said, "The situation was more serious before, but in the past two years, after talking and persuading him, the situation is better."

At least now, Li Cheng Qian is not always studying with a teacher in the palace. Half of the time, he is with the emperor and the emperor, and they teach Li Cheng Qian personally.

This is much better than leaving Li Chengqian to the teachers of the Eastern Palace and then ignoring him.

At least for Li Shimin, it is no longer that he believes whatever the teacher says. He always thinks that the teacher is right and his child is wrong. If something happens, it must be the prince's fault...

Li Chengqian was forced into that state. The teachers of the Eastern Palace are responsible, and Li Shimin is even more responsible.

"Send a letter to the palace in a few days to pick up the children and arrange them to study in the academy." Li Fu said, "Anyway, they are not here to run around all day long. They also have serious things to do."

"Okay, my husband will arrange it." Li Shao chuckled.

Late at night, the couple let down the bed curtain and went deep into the house.Communicate and discuss with strangers.

After Li Fu came back, he rested at home for a few days. He was free to lie in the corridor to bask in the sun. Occasionally, he looked at the account book with his wife and discussed the family property.

Then he led the guards to take a walk in the cotton field.

The cotton in the field was growing well. It can be seen that these gardeners have also put in a lot of effort.

Judging from the growth, it is no problem to produce 150 to 200 kilograms per acre.

In these years, the seeds have not been improved. If they can produce so much, it is the result of careful care.

However, the environment for growing cotton here is still not as good as Gaochang.

If cotton wants to be planted and produced on a large scale, it has to be considered from Gaochang.

It will take more than a month before the cotton is picked.

"Don't slack off in the next month or so. You still have to take good care of it. Don't let it go at the last minute. It will be bad if you fail at the last minute." Li Fu reminded the gardeners.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. We take care of the cotton in the field more than we take care of our own parents at home." The gardener quickly expressed his opinion.

If the parents are not taken care of attentively, at most they will be complained.

But if the cotton field is not taken care of well, it will be more than just complaining.

All the seeds left in the palace were planted in this field, including the seeds in the Jingyang Palace.

If the cotton in this field is wasted, there will be no seeds next year. If you want to plant again, you have to get seeds from other places again, and you may not be able to get so many.

If this thing fails, you can't even go back to the palace.

As for the drought, the people have settled down because the court began to open the warehouses and release grain to the people.

If life is not unbearable, who would be willing to leave their homes?

The Ministry of Revenue stopped issuing begging documents, and the people had no complaints about this.

Since we have food and won't starve to death, we shouldn't leave. We'll be begging for food if we go out anyway, so it's good to stay and get relief food.