Many times, a fleeting thought will bring great changes to the world, such as Li Jun's whaling incident, Li Jun felt that it was because of himself that the whale might be on the list of protected animals many years in advance.

As far as Li Jun knows, in later generations, Greenland people can catch whales by rowing in kayaks, not to mention the current Tang Dynasty, which is also specially equipped with whaling boats for whaling.

The new whaling ships are all made of hundred-year-old ironwood in the southwest mountains, basically four sails, this kind of ship is particularly difficult, but the flexibility is very poor, so this time when the people of the Mo family drove the latest whaling ship on the Wei River to pull tens of thousands of catties of stones unimpeded, everyone had nothing to hesitate about whaling, so the next day a group of local tyrants rushed into Shaofu with banknotes, and the threshold of Shaofu was about to be broken.

At this time, the initiative returned to Li Jun's side, and the two shipyards of Langya and Jiangdu had to undertake the task of upgrading the two sailors, so they could produce up to 30 whaling ships this year, so Li Jun immediately raised the lease price of whaling ships from 100,000 to 200,000 per year, and also issued a series of unfair orders such as whaling ships overseas, which must be rescued free of charge from the people of the Tang Dynasty, and if there is an urgent need in wartime, the imperial court can levy and issue whaling ships.

In less than three days, Shaofu rented out all thirty warships, and Li Jun's small inner library also received nearly three million yuan in rent, of which Li Jun allocated two million yuan to two shipyards, leaving one million yuan for himself to be needed.

For Li Jun's ability to accumulate money, Pang Ji was first convinced, but this uncle was also unrestrained in spending it.

So Pang Jixian heard Li Jun open his mouth and dialed out two million, his chubby face couldn't help but tremble, and Li Jun said indifferently: "Pang Qing, what about the list I want." ”

"Your Majesty, please see, this is the list of the chartered ships, a total of twenty-four people." Pang Jixian reacted immediately, and handed the list to Li Jun with both hands.

The first place in this list is King Zhao, King Zhao rented four ships at once this time, and the second place is Weinan Hou, and the rest are basically one person.

The name of one person in the list aroused Li Jun's curiosity, this person was Yuan Zhan, this old guy had just become a servant, and it stands to reason that he shouldn't be so ostentatious.

So Li Jun asked, "Who was this servant who came to charter the ship at that time?" Does Pang Qing still have an impression? ”

Pang Jixian replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, this minister really has a little impression that at that time, there was a young man surnamed Tang who came forward in Lord Yuan's mansion. ”

"Oh, I remember that Lord Yuan's family doesn't have such a person." Li Jun asked suspiciously.

Pang Jixian immediately replied: "Your Majesty, as far as the minister can see, this person should not be called Tang Gongzi, but should be called Tang Girl." ”

Li Jun suddenly realized, a familiar smiling face appeared in Li Jun's mind, if Li Jun's expectations were good, it was Tang Sai'er who helped Yuan Zhan take care of the whaling business, this girl had disbanded the White Lotus Society since she was stabbed by the King of Chu on the island in the middle of the lake last time, and as for the other people who were still abducting and deceiving the White Lotus Society, they were all arrested by the people of Jinyiwei.

Seeing that the weather was just right today, Li Jun took He Shen and others to Yuan Zhan's mansion, Yuan Zhan has not looked at the world for many years, but the Yuan family's power in Chang'an is not small, and Yuan Zhan's two sons are one of the captains in the Xiliu Camp and the other in the Yushitai Langzhong, both of whom are considered rising stars.

So Yuan Zhan's mansion in Chang'an is very easy to identify, Li Jun and others inquired a little, and found it, looking at the simple mansion in front of them, and then thinking about Yuan Zhan's style, Li Jun was relieved, Yuan Zhan himself is a low-key person, so although his mansion is located on Xuanwu Street, where every inch of land is expensive, it is not luxurious at all, Li Jun even feels that Yuan Zhan's mansion has lowered the grade of the entire Xuanwu Street.

When the housekeeper reported that a son surnamed Long had visited, Yuan Zhan ran out before he had time to put on his shoes, and shouted while running: "Hurry up and open the middle door to welcome the distinguished guests." ”

Immediately, the entire Yuan Mansion became lively, and Li Jun saw Yuan Zhan running out of breath, and said with a smile: "Yuan Qing, I am on a micro-service visit today, and I don't want too many people to know." ”

"The old minister knows, Your Majesty, please come in."

After Li Jun entered the Yuan Mansion, he looked left and right, and there were no strange stones and treasures in the Yuan Mansion of Nuoda, but the most was crop land, Yuan Zhan said shamefully: "Your Majesty, the old minister has studied the crops all his life, if he doesn't plant something, he will feel unsteady in his heart." ”

"Yuan Qing is admirable, worthy of being the leader of the farmer, by the way, does Yuan Qing know that I once issued a holy decree last year to encourage the people to improve crops or recommend new grain varieties?" Li Jun asked.

Yuan Zhan nodded and said: "Although the old minister was not born last year, but the old minister has heard of His Majesty's holy decree, and the sons and hundreds of schools have a high opinion of His Majesty's holy decree, and they also gave it a name called "Persuading Farmers". ”

Li Jun replied with a smile: "Really? This name is very appropriate, but I have been troubled recently, and this holy decree has not been implemented until now, especially the establishment of persuading Nonglux, I am now just asking the pavilion chief to take this position at the same time, and it seems that the effect is not very good this year, I wonder if Yuan Aiqing has any good way? ”

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, this persuasion of Nonwexis does not need to be set up in every pavilion, as long as there is such a person in a county, it is good to persuade Nonglux to be fine, and now the ploughing cattle have not yet been popularized in the hands of the people, and it is not good to strongly postpone the planting of winter wheat." Yuan Zhan said boldly.

Seeing Li Jun looking at him with suspicious eyes, Yuan Zhan smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister knows that this matter was carried out by Prime Minister Xiao Cheng, but the old minister swore to the sky, and the old minister said this, he has absolutely no selfishness, and it is completely public." ”

Li Jun immediately waved his hand and said, "Yuan Qing, don't get me wrong, I don't mean that, I just want to ask what we should do if our agriculture in Datang wants to progress now?" ”

Yuan Zhan picked up a bunch of wheat from the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the minister will take this winter wheat as an example, this winter wheat yield is high, but it needs to be intensively cultivated, so the first thing now is to promote cattle farming technology, this year with the cattle and horses sent by Beijin and Beiliao, plus the Quyuan plough made by the sages of the Mo family, as long as Your Majesty lends these three things to the people at a low price, Lao Chen feels that the wheat planting in the Guanzhong area will increase a lot next year." ”

Although Yuan Zhan was still talking about the old idea of "fake cattle for the people", Li Jun also nodded in agreement and said: "I understand what Yuan Qing means, you mean that it is too late, right?" ”

"Your Majesty forgives me, this agricultural matter is related to the livelihood of all people in the world, so I have to be cautious." Yuan Zhan continued to persuade bitterly.

Li Jun also picked up a bunch of ears of wheat from the ground, put it in his mouth, chewed it gently, and said: "What Yuan Qing said is extremely true, Shi Sang Aiqing has already resigned, I wonder if Yuan Qing has any thoughts of accepting this position?" ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness, what about the minister's servant?"

Li Jun thought for a while before he said slowly: "I am going to merge these two institutions, comprehensively manage agriculture and horse administration, and then govern another tax collection function in the history of Su, I am ready to let Shaofu accept it, Yuan Qing, what do you think?" ”

Yuan Zhan smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, did you forget what the old minister said just now?" It's too much, Your Majesty wants to reform the current official system, and the old minister agrees, but the best time is not now, the best time should be after Prime Minister Xiao Cheng resigns. ”

Li Jun sighed and said, "Yuan Qing, for some reason, I've always been a little anxious lately. ”

"Haha, Your Majesty has this heart and wants to do things, this is the blessing of the world, it's not a big deal, but Your Majesty sometimes has to pay more attention to ways and means." Yuan Zhan smiled and comforted.

"What Yuan Qing said, I have written it down."

The two talked as they walked, and came to a pavilion and sat down, Li Jun looked at the plants planted around the pavilion and didn't know it at all, so Li Jun asked with a smile: "Yuan Qing, what kind of food is this?" ”

"Your Majesty's eyes are like torches, these are from the hands of the merchants of the Western Regions, the old minister has planted them for a few years, and found that this thing only bears fruit at the roots." After saying that, Yuan Zhan heard a few words to the butler who was waiting next to him, and the butler left in a hurry.

Soon the housekeeper came back, still holding a plate of things in his hand, Li Jun fixed his eyes, isn't this a peanut? Li Jun took one, opened the skin, and put it in his mouth to eat it at once, He Shen was startled by the emperor's actions, and wanted to stop it but it was too late.

Looking at He Shen's bitter gourd face, Li Jun scolded with a smile: "What is this expression for? Can Yuan Qing still harm me? ”

"Your Majesty, don't be surprised, Da Changqiu is also loyal." Yuan Zhan played a round on the side.

Li Jun waved his hand and said: "Yuan Qing, I feel that this is the real auspiciousness, this auspiciousness is much more important than the next life of the unicorn, the double ear of rice, and I hope that this kind of auspicious rui will be more and more in the future." ”

"Your Majesty."

Li Jun continued: "Yuan Qing, I also asked Zhisu Neishi to collect a lot of new seeds, but now it seems that the effect is not very good, after Yuan Qing took over the position of Zhisu Neishi, you might as well bother more, and the editor of the new agricultural book must also be more in line with reality, don't do some things that are not too good, so that anyone will have a hard time looking at it." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, my peasant family is the most pragmatic, unlike those people in Confucianism, who don't speak well, and they know what to say crookedly all day long."

Li Jun laughed and said: "Haha, what Yuan Qing said is very true, I have always looked down on Confucianism, but I also reminded Yuan Qing that I know that the Mo family and the peasant family are relatively close, but don't make no distinction between public and private because of this, I don't care how the sons and hundreds of schools of thought make me, but they must not affect national affairs, this is my bottom line." ”

"No, the old minister will definitely make a clear distinction between public and private in the guarantee of the farmer." Yuan Zhan immediately assured.