On the last day of May, Guo Song finally returned to Chang'an, in fact, the war in Hebei lasted only a month, and he spent most of his time on the road.

Back in Chang'an, Guo Song rested for two days before he swept away the fatigue accumulated in the past two months.

Early that morning, Guo Song walked alone in the Baicao Garden, considering the issue of increasing financial revenue, and he had already realized that the root of economic development was the increase in grain production, and that one mu of land would only produce two or three hundred catties of wheat every year, and that without seeds, at least two acres of land would be able to feed one person, and five or six acres of land would be able to feed a family.

A family has to plant at least 10 acres of land in order to have surplus grain to sell, and agriculture is inefficient, and in order to maintain high yields, it is necessary to invest a huge population in agriculture, and if there are too many people in agriculture, handicrafts and service industries cannot develop.

The reason why the Song Dynasty was commercially developed was mainly because of the developed agriculture in the Jianghuai and Jiangnan regions, and the introduction of double-cropping rice greatly improved the agricultural efficiency, and a large number of people moved from agriculture to the cities, making the urban development and commodity economy of the Song Dynasty very developed.

Now Chang'an is commercially developed and economically prosperous, but in fact it is limited to Chang'an, which is a halo effect of population gathering, so much so that all parts of Guanzhong are complaining that Chang'an has sucked away the population.

At this time, Guo Song suddenly heard a low singing, and the singing voice was very graceful.

'Tonight, the night is in the middle of the boat.

Today, I have to be in the same boat with the prince.

Shame is good, not shameful.

The heart was annoyed and unstoppable, and learned that the prince.

The mountains have trees and branches, and the heart is pleasing to the king. ’

Guo Song heard it, this is Liu Caichun singing "Yue Ren Song", he walked over a big rock, only to see Liu Caichun wearing a light green skirt squatting by the stream, holding a branch in his hand to provoke the swimming fish in the water, while singing in a low voice, the singing voice is clear and graceful, like the sound of heaven.

After Liu Caichun finished singing, Guo Song couldn't help but applaud, Liu Caichun was taken aback, raised his head, and found that Guo Song was standing not far away.

Her face flushed and she stood up in embarrassment, "Why is Your Highness here?" ”

Guo Song came over and asked with a smile: "I was bored in the room, I came out for a walk, why didn't I see you in the morning?" ”

"I ..... in the morning I was just slightly unwell in the morning and didn't really want to have breakfast. ”

"Arrange a royal doctor! Give you a pulse check. ”

"No, you don't! No! ”

Liu Caichun hurriedly waved his hand, "There will be two days every month, it will be fine after that, thank you Your Highness for your kindness!" ”

Guo Songyi waved his hand, "Let's go!" ”

Liu Caichun nodded lightly and walked slowly with Guo Song in the Baicao Garden.

"You've been here for almost half a year, haven't you?"

"Seven months, seven months and five days to be exact."

"I should be very comfortable with the life of the palace!"

"It's okay, I like the peace and comfort here, and I don't have to run for the hardships of life."

"Have you had a hard time before?"

"There were a few years of really hardship, at that time the Lingban was not famous, no one invited us to sing and act, there was no income, my father sold the old house and land, and struggled to maintain a Lingban of more than a dozen people, the most bitter time could only eat one meal a day, I was really hungry, so I went into the water to catch fish, once my ankle was entangled in aquatic weeds, almost drowned, was found, and dragged onto the boat."

"How old then?"

"Eleven or twelve!"

"And then?"

Guo Song smiled and asked, "Why is it getting better again?" ”

"Later, the Lingban could not be maintained, so it had to be disbanded, and then I met an experienced person, he pointed out to my father, saying that the main thing was that the Lingban had no pillars and could not support it, so my father woke up and began to train me desperately, and asked Mr. to teach me to read, and sent it to Suzhou City to learn etiquette and painting, and then I met the master, she taught me for three years, and I was a little successful."

"And then?"

"My father was in debt to train me, and then re-established the Ling class, Wei Tingshi appreciated my poetry and paintings, and invited us to sing in large official festivals several times, we started to become popular, and we were invited everywhere, and my father paid off the debt in one year."

"It seems that Wei Yingwu is your benefactor!" Guo Song smiled faintly.

"He-"

Liu Caichun shook his head, "He also moved some thoughts later, and invited me to enjoy the snow in Taihu Lake, at first I agreed, but later I learned that there were only me and him, so I declined." ”

"Wei Yingwu is actually not bad, he is only in his forties, and his wife has also died, if you follow him, maybe you are now Mrs. Wei."

"Your Highness!"

Liu Caichun stopped and said with a displeased face: "You treat me as a little woman who tends to be inflammatory, and the powerful are kind to me, so I should obey him?" If I were such a person, I would never appear in the Jin Palace today, Your Highness, I respect you because the people of the world praise you, because you are light, because you cancel the lowly status, so that the servants have an equal status, and not because of your wealth, your power, if you think so, then I take my leave! ”

Liu Caichun turned around and left, Guo Song grabbed her hand, held her in his arms, and whispered to her: "Don't be angry, I'm just a little jealous, I feel uncomfortable when I hear some rumors." ”

Liu Caichun lowered her head, her eyes couldn't help but redden, she bit her lip and said: "Some Lingban is jealous, so they make up a lot of romantic things to slander me, in their mouths, how many powerful people I have sang, I will definitely sleep with me at night, it has long been a broken flower, but in fact, I am still as guarded as jade, and any powerful people who have intentions against me, I will not pretend to denounce them, and I will not give them any chance." ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "But I also have intentions for you, but you didn't reprimand me." ”

Liu Caichun was suddenly shy, and sang in a low voice: "The mountains have trees and branches, and the heart is happy, and you don't know!" ”

Guo Song was overjoyed, slowly poked her head down, and gently kissed her red lips, this time Liu Caichun did not refuse again, greeted each other tactfully, and snuggled tightly in Guo Song's arms, she was completely intoxicated by Guo Song's strong masculine atmosphere.

"Master—"

Guo Weiwei's shouts were heard in the distance.

"It's Xiaowei, let me go." Liu Caichun was so frightened that he hurriedly wanted to break free.

"This little girl!"

Guo Song had no choice but to let go of Liu Caichun, "Always appear at critical moments." ”

Liu Caichun's snort! smiled, "I was originally here with Xiaowei to paint the lake scene, and you broke in." ”

She hurriedly tidied up her dress, ran a few steps quickly, stopped again, and glanced back at Guo Song with a white look. Only then did he walk away.

Guo Song was stunned by her smile back, and after a while, he sighed and said: "Looking back and smiling, the six palaces have no color, it's really like this." ”

.........

That night, Guo Song finally expressed to his wife that he wanted to take Liu Caichun as a concubine.

Xue Tao originally wanted to find an opportunity to talk to his husband, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to bring it up, so Xue Tao smiled and said: "Husband, for you, there is no such thing as taking a concubine, it should be called included in the harem, you still have to think about how to canonize her?" ”

"Actually, it's all the same thing, it's just a little better, and besides, canonization is the queen mother's business, and for the family, it is the entry of concubines."

"This is also true, the husband accepts her as a concubine, and the happiest is probably Xiaowei, she encourages me to leave the master to live for a long time every day."

Guo Song groaned and said, "You'd better find time to talk to Minqiu." ”

Xue Tao was stunned, she knew that Youlan was a little unwelcome to Liu Caichun, but she didn't expect Minqiu to have prejudices against Liu Caichun, she had never shown it in front of her!

She still has this kind of scheming, and she didn't even see it.

Xue Tao nodded, "I'll talk to them, and husband, don't be too kind to Minqiu, if you are too fond of her, she will be a little spoiled and spoiled." ”

Guo Song's face was slightly hot, and he also knew that he had gone too far in the past two days and snubbed his beloved wife.

He hurriedly said: "Don't say anything, turn off the lights and go to sleep!" ”

Xue Tao glanced at her husband, and she was also a little looking forward to it, after all, she hadn't seen her for two months!

........

Early the next morning, Liu Caichun finally came to have breakfast with everyone again, she smiled and nodded to Guo Song, still sitting next to Guo Weiwei, as if nothing had happened.

Today, Xue Tao has an extra heart, carefully observing Dugu Youlan and Minqiu's attitude towards Liu Caichun.

Dugu Youlan is okay, she is still as peaceful as usual, neither cold nor enthusiastic, she usually does not take the initiative to talk to Liu Caichun, and occasionally when she talks about the same topic, she will maintain etiquette and say a few words to Liu Caichun.

But today Minqiu is a little abnormal, she is extremely enthusiastic about Liu Caichun, and she also takes the initiative to scoop porridge for her, which has never been done before.

Xue Tao understood in his heart that Minqiu was a little weak-hearted, which confirmed the fact that she said bad things about Liu Caichun in front of her husband.