Chapter 13 Where to drop by
"What is he going to do with these displaced people?" Li Shimin asked suspiciously.
Although the displaced people have no fixed residence, the problem of gathering the displaced people together is different, and tens of thousands are an army.
The little eunuch replied in a low voice: "This matter is also quite interesting, it is said that this Li Zheng regarded the wasteland as fertile land and let those displaced people go to reclaim the wasteland." ”
Wei Zheng also witnessed with his own eyes that what the song said was true.
Let this kid enter the court as an official and not do anything, but he reclaimed the wasteland and farmed, but he was just a stupid boy, Li Shimin felt a lot more relieved when he thought of this.
For the current Datang, food is a big problem.
How much land can be cultivated in Datang, and how much grain is there in Guanzhong a year.
Li Shimin knew in his heart how many people could be fed with this grain.
Food is the foundation of Datang's national fortunes, and the stability of Datang will also become a big problem.
Coupled with the turmoil of the past few years, the world finally became peaceful, and several times encountered droughts, floods, and locust plagues.
The population has not been able to rise.
The DPRK and China even advocated for widows to remarry.
Every effort was made to raise the population, and every effort was made to increase food production.
With the population, there will be more soldiers to consolidate the frontier, and with the grain Datang, it can face more disasters and threats to the frontier.
Land, population, food.
Which one is not a headache for me now.
Li Zheng's stupid child's intentions are good, at least he is cultivating wasteland, even if a few more acres of land can be planted, it is a good thing.
Jingyang County.
It was a hot place here, and Li Lizhen came to Jingyang County again.
Li Lizhi came to the Jingyang River and found Li Zheng, "You were here." ”
Hearing the voice, Li Zheng looked back and said, "Her Royal Highness the princess secretly left the palace again?" It seems that leaving the palace is already familiar to the princess. ”
Familiar with the road? Li Lizhi listened to this, and said that Li Zheng was a fool, but no matter how she looked at him, he didn't look like a fool.
"I didn't secretly go out of the palace, the queen mother went to Ganye Temple to pray for the blessing of my father and the people, I came by the way." Li Lizhi raised her chin and said.
"Oh, by the way?" Li Zheng held the fishing rod and said: "Ganye Temple is north of Chang'an, and I am south of Chang'an, where did I stop by?" ”
“……”
Li Lizhi took out ten cents and gave it to Li Zheng, "Here you go!" ”
Seeing that Li Zheng took the money, this guy actually observed one by one, as if to confirm the authenticity, and checked him before carefully putting it into his arms.
"You think I'm going to give you fake money? In your heart, is this princess so untrustworthy? ”
"It's indispensable to guard against people," Li Zheng leisurely looked at the fishing line, waiting for the fish to take the bait.
From here, you can see that a large area of land has been turned over, and many people are planting things.
Looking at this scene, Li Lizhi said: "Li Zheng, are you still a county in Jingyang County?" ”
"Why isn't it a county?"
Li Lizhi cleared her throat and said seriously: "I heard my father say that now there are a total of 3.6 million households in Datang, and each county has 500 to 1,000 households, and tens of thousands of households are counties, so they are no longer counties. ”
Seeing that Li Zheng was silent, Li Lizhi raised her chin as if showing off, as if she was looking forward to Li Zheng's praise, how come I even know this, I'm amazing, right?
After being silent for a while, Li Zheng still did not speak.
Li Li stomped her feet and said, "Have you listened to me again?" ”
Li Zheng was expressionless and carried the fishing rod: "No." ”
Sure enough, no......
Li Lizhi gritted her teeth, this guy dared to ignore Princess Ben.
"Is there anything else going on with the princess?" Li Zheng asked sideways.
"Are you driving me away?" Li Lizhi blushed and was very angry.
"Your Royal Highness the princess is at will." Li Zheng didn't want to pay attention to Li Liqing, a little girl.
"Do you like food?" Li Li asked.
"I like it, who doesn't like food, I don't panic when I have food at home, but food is not easy to come by." Li Zheng sighed and said: "On the afternoon of hoeing day, sweat drops into the soil, who knows that the Chinese food on the plate, the grains are hard, and this grain is planted by the people with sweat." ”
"On the afternoon of hoeing day, sweat drops into the soil, who knows that the Chinese food on the plate is hard work." Li Lizhi repeated it several times.
"Good poetry." Li Lizhi sat next to Li Zheng, "Is there anything else?" ”
"Why does Her Royal Highness think that poetry is such a thing?" Li Zheng said.
"Isn't that new?" Li Lizhi looked lonely.
Li Zheng said in a low voice: "Just now, the poem was sold to Her Royal Highness the Princess, and it was a total of money. ”
"Can poetry still be bought?" Li Lizhi felt that her worldview seemed to be collapsing.
"Yes, as long as Her Royal Highness the Princess has paid, this poem belongs to Her Royal Highness the Princess, and you should not have read this poem in your Majesty." Li Zheng said: "If Her Royal Highness the princess can pay more, maybe she can read a few more songs." ”
Li Lizhi took out a palm-sized silver cake very heroically, "How many songs are it worth?" ”
"Uh......" Li Zheng looked at this piece of silver cake a little unexpectedly, knowing that the princess would not be short of money, but he didn't expect this girl to be such a big piece of silver cake as soon as she made a move.
Quickly put the silver cake into his arms, Li Zheng said, "Your Royal Highness the princess, listen up. ”
"Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered. Wildfires burn inexhaustibly, and spring breezes blow and regenerate. ”
Li Lizhi hurriedly asked the guards to bring pen and ink and record the poems.
"I don't know when I sleep in spring, I hear birds everywhere, the sound of wind and rain at night, and how many flowers fall."
"Look up at the bright moon, bow your head and think of your hometown......"
"Weicheng is light and dusty in the rain, and the guest house is green and willow-colored and ......."
"You don't see ......"
……
After more than ten poems in a row, Li Lizhi copied them all, and Li Zheng's eyes were shocked or shocked.
Li Zheng cleared his throat and said, "Your Royal Highness the princess, don't look at me like this, I'm embarrassed." ”
Li Lizhi looked at the poem in her hand and then at Li Zheng, and looked up at the sky.
"Anything else?" Li Lizhi asked with a wink.
Li Zheng also smiled and blinked, "Is Her Royal Highness the princess still there?" ”
"Well...... Li Lizhi hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll bring these this time." ”
There are more than a dozen poems that earn such a big piece of silver cake.
Is this a business opportunity? Li Zheng thought in his heart, maybe except for Li Lizhen, a little girl, no one else would be fooled.
"I'll bring more next time." Li Lizhi grinned.
Inexplicably, there is a sense of guilt, will it not be good to fool a little girl who is only ten years old.
After thinking about this, Li Zheng picked up the pheasant that had been marinated in advance, wrapped it in lotus leaves and pasted it with mud to make a chicken called Hua.
When the chicken was cooked in the charcoal fire, Li Zheng opened the sealing mud and carefully tore the lotus leaves.
Smelling the fragrance, Li Lizhi remembered that she hadn't eaten lunch yet.
Li Zheng pulled a chicken leg to eat, and when he saw Li Lizhi looking at the side, he said, "Does Her Royal Highness the princess want to eat it?" ”
"I don't want to!" Li Lizhi turned her head and said.