Although it was already very warm in the house, Li Ze still asked Chen Wenliang to add a brazier in the house. Not for warmth, of course, but for roasting sweet potatoes.

The cultivation of sweet potatoes in the Agricultural Research Institute is going smoothly, and thousands of catties of fruits have been harvested today. Of course, these are to be planted as seeds for next year's larger, and they are hidden in the cellar like treasures by the Agricultural Research Institute, and no one wants to get a piece.

However, Li Ze is obviously an exception.

So as soon as he opened his mouth, although the people from the Agricultural Research Institute were extremely distressed, they still sent him more than ten catties.

After burying two sweet potatoes in the charcoal ash of the brazier, and then lighting the fire vigorously, Li Ze stood up and walked to the window. The whole glass window is covered with a layer of white mist, stretch out your hand to wipe the white fog away, and the situation in the yard will be clear at a glance.

Li Tang is wielding a small sapper shovel, shoveling the snow on the ground together, preparing to build a snowman. Don't look at his young age, but his body is very strong, Chen Wenliang on the side is standing on the side with his arms in his arms, looking at it with a smile, but he doesn't want to take a hand, it's not that he doesn't want to, but Li Ze doesn't allow it.

Li Tang has the current body and bones, but thanks to the prescription that Li Ze got from Shi Zhuang, since he was two years old, every month Li Tang has to use this formula to soak in a medicinal bath for one night, which makes him much stronger and taller than children of the same age.

Li Ning, who was more than two years old, was wrapped in a thick fox fur and stood obediently to the side, blinking his eyes and staring at where his brother was working.

Now that he is back in the back house, Li Ze has to take on the responsibility of being a father.

Liu Ruyan went to Yangzhou, and approaching the end of the year, Xia He was also very busy, when he left in the morning, the two children had not woken up, and when he came back, the two children had already fallen asleep.

Li Ze is reluctant to let the two children stay by the side of the maids, so every day, he has to spare a little time to accompany the two children.

Seeing that the snowman has some appearance, although it is a little ugly, but for a small doll, it is already very good. As Li Ning staggered over and placed two coal cores on the snowman's head, Li Tang made another leaf and pasted it underneath, and it was finished.

The two children laughed and jumped around the snowman, which made Li Ze very emotional.

When he was this old, he wasn't so happy.

The aroma of roasted sweet potatoes came from the house, and Li Ze pushed open the window and shouted, "Bring them in, you've had enough fun today." ”

Li Tang carried a small sapper shovel and jumped into the house, while Li Ning was surrounded by a maid.

"Sweaty, aren't you?" Li Ze pulled Li Tang over, stretched out his hand and touched his vest, sure enough, it was wet, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, Chen Wenliang had already handed over a towel, pressed Li Tang on his knees, stuffed the towel into the little guy's vest, and carefully flattened it, which made Li Tang stand up.

"Father, I want a set of armor like Brother Shi Ping, the last time I came, he showed off in front of me!" Li Tang tugged at Li Ze's sleeve and begged in a low voice.

"Your brother Shi Ping is already twelve years old this year, and his body looks like a fifteen-year-old boy, and he can wear that set of armor, if you want to put it on, he will press you down!" Li Ze smiled and said: "If you want such a set of armor, then you have to grow up quickly, when you are as tall as him, I will prepare a set for you, well, it must be better than his set, how about it?" ”

"Talking counts?" Li Tang was overjoyed and stretched out his little thumb: "Let's pull the hook." ”

"When do I stop talking?" Li Ze smiled, but still stretched out his little thumb and pulled the hook with his son.

"It smells so good!" Li Ning walked over and climbed Li Ze's knee, but his eyes were fixed on the brazier.

"You snack, just the tip of your nose." Li Ze picked up Li Ning and put it on his lap, picked up the tongs with one hand, and turned it in the brazier a few times, revealing the two sweet potatoes whose skin had been burned.

He knocked off the charcoal ash on it, picked one of them up and put it on a plate, and tore open the shell of the head, revealing the golden roasted flesh inside, and the steaming heat and fragrance immediately wafted through the room.

I dug out a spoonful of it, put it on the side of my mouth and blew it carefully until it was not hot, and then fed it to Li Ning's mouth: "Taste, little guy, you are beautiful, you are the first to eat this thing on this land." ”

Li Tang stood aside, looking at his sister with his eyes open, his throat moved, but he couldn't bear to be silent, at a young age, he knew how not to fight with his sister, Li Ze was funny again, and he felt quite satisfied, his family education was quite successful. He dug up a big spoonful and handed it to Li Tang.

"Thank you, Father!" Li Tang thanked him first, and then took the spoon.

"Can you eat this thing?" Chen Wenliang's eyes widened, looking at the golden sweet potato in the charred black shell.

"There's a lot of ways to eat it!" Li Ze said: "You can roast and eat, you can cook it, you can fry it, and you can cut it into slices, cut it into strips and dry it for storage." It can be made into a delicious vermicelli, or it can be used to make sugar, in short, this thing is a treasure all over its body. And it does not pick the ground, and the yield is high. When this thing is fully promoted, there will be no more hunger under our rule. ”

Chen Wenliang said with a smile: "Lord Wang, now on our side, there is too much food to eat!" ”

"You only see this rich place, what about Yinzhou, what about Lingzhou, what about Monan and Mobei, and what about Pingzhou?" Li Ze shook his head and said, "Look a little further, what about the place in the northeast?" Even if we have a great abundance of food, this thing may become a cash crop, and it is also very good to give it to livestock! ”

"That's right!" Chen Wenliang nodded again and again.

Chen Wenliang was originally just a secretary of the secretary supervisor, but since Zhang Xun went to Shandong, that is, Pinglu in the past, he was promoted to become Li Ze's personal secretary and took over the original Zhang Xun's work, which can be described as a step to the sky, and the future future is naturally immeasurable.

After feeding Li Ning a spoonful of roasted sweet potatoes, Li Ze looked at his new secretary and said with a smile: "I heard that someone gave you a house in the inner city two days ago, but you didn't accept it?" ”

Chen Wenliang was stunned and said: "Naturally, I don't dare to accept it, and I can't accept it." ”

"Why?"

After settling down, Chen Wenliang said: "The subordinate family has a heavy burden, although the salary is not low, but the life is also very tight. Now that his subordinates are working beside the prince, his salary has also increased, and the income of our husband and wife combined, life is much better than in the past. There will be greed for these things, and they will ask for something if they are courteous to others, let alone such a valuable thing? ”

Speaking of this, he smiled: "A house in the inner city, I am afraid that I can't afford it in this life." ”

Li Ze laughed, "Mr. Gongsun recommended you to replace Zhang Xun, it seems that he is not wrong, but Chen Wenliang, I hope you can always maintain such an original intention." ”

"Subordinates can."

"But now you follow me day and night, it's not easy to go back, it's not the same thing to live in the outer city for a long time, Zhang Xun used to have a small house in the inner city, and after he left, it was empty, you move your family here, so that you can take care of both sides." However, this house is not for you, and when you stop working by my side, you will return it, how about it? ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Chen Wenliang was not hypocritical, and immediately arched his hand: "In this way, the subordinates can be loyal and filial." ”

Li Ze nodded, Chen Wenliang still admired it, in the end, he came from a poor family, and he was much more agile than Zhang Xun in terms of human sophistication and how to behave. However, his situation is also an opportunity for some people with a heart, during this time, there is an endless stream of people who give him gifts, and there are various ways to give gifts, which is nothing more than seeing Chen Wenliang's poor family and thinking that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it. It's a change of rules, but no one has ever dared to do such a thing.

So far, Chen Wenliang has been very good.

Although he is only Li Ze's personal secretary, he is indeed a humble and powerful person, and he can hear about any confidential and important matters, if the fence is not tightened, there will be a big problem.

In the past six months, Chen Wenliang has passed the preliminary assessment, and Li Ze naturally has to solve the most basic problems for this personal secretary.

In order for people to work with peace of mind, it is natural to create a good environment for people, so that people have no worries. This is Li Ze's consistent principle of employing people. You can't let people worry about two intestines, and as a result, things on both sides will be delayed.

When the two of them were gossiping to themselves, there were bursts of laughter outside, and when they heard the laughter, Li Ze spread his hands and said: "Yes, this is the end of the idle time, listening to Mr. Gongsun's pride, I'm afraid that there is some good news." ”

There are only a handful of people who can go all the way here without any obstacles, and there is no second person who can be so arrogant, except for Gongsun Changming.

Chen Wenliang quickly stood up, walked to the door, and opened the door.

Gongsun Changming, as the head of the secretary and supervisor, was his direct supervisor.

"Li Xiang, a great event, a great event!" Gongsun Changming waved a piece of paper in his hand: "Chang'an has just sent the latest information, hahaha!" ”

"What can make Mr. so happy, isn't it that Zhu Wen is dead?" Li Ze said with a smile.

"Li Xiang already knows?" The laughter stopped abruptly, and Gongsun Changming was stunned.

"Is Zhu Wen really dead?" Looking at Gongsun Changming's expression, Li Ze was really stunned.