Chapter 290: Condolences to the people
When Sun Xiangfu started from Wangjiang Tower, he paid more attention to the issue of revitalizing funds, and before the imperial court could borrow money from the whole people was opened, if these allies of his made a lot of cash from the market, but did not invest it, it would be harmful to the Tang society.
At best, after ten or eight years, they will become a new family because of their huge wealth, and at worst, it is likely that the economic structure of the country will collapse, but fortunately, the industry he has created has taken the high-end route before, and the money he has made is basically the money of the rich, so there will be no problems.
However, in the future, such an investment as Weinan New Town, every few years, Sun Xiangfu will organize it, so that these upstart allies will take out all the money to promote social development, they only took two or three years, each family has earned more than 200,000 yuan of wealth, all of which are used on the right path, which will increase the speed of the country's development several times.
Just like this investment in Weinan County, the imperial court basically does not need to spend money, it will get a large-scale, amazingly productive city, the people, will also because of the construction of this city, earn wages, and after the city's industry is perfected, they can also find a job income in addition to farming, when such a city blooms everywhere in the Tang Dynasty, the country as a whole will be rich and strong.
Capital is a weapon to promote the development of the country, Sun Xiangfu uses limited capital knowledge to speed up the economic development of Datang, no matter how much wealth he and his allies will accumulate because of continuous investment, in fact, it doesn't matter, when the infrastructure of the whole country is done, the industrial layout is perfect, everyone is rich, and it is normal for a few of them to be rich, and their wealth comes from fixed assets, which is tied to the stability of the country. They are the ones who don't want the country to mess up the country the most.
Of course, Sun Xiangfu doesn't think that the people sitting here can live to see the ultimate, because the world is too big, and people's life span is too short, a project will take three or five years, just to build the entire Datang well, I'm afraid it will take decades, and when they die, what kind of situation will it be, in fact, no one cares.
The next day, some news of Weinan New City began to spread throughout Chang'an City, and at this time, Li Shimin had already taken Xiao Yu, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Sun Xiangfu, Ma Zhou, Dugumou and several other ministers out of the city to visit.
They did not have any specific destination for this trip, although they carried dozens of truckloads of rice, noodles, vegetables, fish, meat and eggs and other condolences, but the speed of walking was very fast, because after a year of hard work by millions of people in Guanzhong, the wide cement road basically covered all the main roads.
In less than half a day, they came to the Wugong area, and at a winding fork in the road, Li Shimin stopped the convoy, so Sun Xiangfu, who was napping in the carriage, put his hands in the sleeves of the leather and got out of the car.
"After playing chess for half a day, it was just a narrow victory, Xiao Xiang's chess skills are really good."
Everyone has a different personality, Xiao Yu and the eldest grandson Wuji are completely different, Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji play chess, it is difficult to lose, because the eldest grandson Wuji will try every means to let Li Shimin without a trace, but it is difficult to win chess with Xiao Yu, because Xiao Yu's character is how it should be, just like that, and it will not be tricky.
Sun Xiangfu can't understand Go, so he is also happy to nap in his luxury car, Fang Xuanling, the eldest grandson Wuji and Ma Zhou, are after Li Shimin, out of his carriage, in terms of size, Li Shimin's carriage, but this is the world's largest, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a super RV, ten or eight people are sitting, they are all in the emperor's carriage, but it does not seem crowded.
"The minister is also getting older, and his brain is getting more and more confused, otherwise, His Majesty may not be able to win a game."
Listening to Xiao Yu's answer from a distance, Sun Xiangfu can understand why Li Shimin loves his officials, you are powerful, but you also have to know to save some face for the emperor!
Hearing his words, Li Shimin really looked a little unhappy, and happened to see Sun Xiangfu, who was shrunk into a ball and walked from behind, so he pointed to a muddy road connecting the main cement road, "When I was fighting before, I passed by this place and rested in a village in front of me. ”
Li Shimin's words were very subtle, but Sun Xiangfu understood what he meant, what does it mean to be 'if it is feasible'? It means that let Sun Xiangfu see if he can cook here, because Sun Xiangfu didn't see Luo Tian in the team.
Sun Xiangfu couldn't do Wei Zheng, although he was a member of the second grade, he didn't dare to resist the order, so he stepped on the soft mud road, walked in the direction of the village, and walked near the house in a few minutes, and at this time, some villagers in Maodong at home had already noticed the movement outside, opened the crack in the door, and looked at him curiously.
"Fellow countrymen, Your Majesty is passing by here on a patrol, let the official come and see if there is a house for the convoy to make a fire and make food, if it is convenient, let the official enter the house and take a look!"
Sun Xiangfu was wearing a very expensive leather coat, and his identity was naturally needless to say, and the people who came with him were the Qianniuwei sergeants under Dugumou, all of whom were wearing heavy cotton armor, and the people only needed to look at them with their eyes to distinguish that they were from the government, and they were also high-ranking officials, but there were not many high-ranking officials who spoke to them so politely.
Soon, the villagers opened the door of their houses, Sun Xiangfu stopped them from saluting, and motioned to the Qianniuwei soldiers to check the safety of the house, and after confirming that it was okay, they found the village chief called Hejia Village.
"Village Chief He, how many acres of Dingkou fields do you have in Hejia Village? Do you have enough food at home to survive the winter? ”
"Official, the people in the small village are not prosperous, and there is really no extra food, can you ······?"
Village Chief He was about to bow down with a sad face as he spoke, but was picked up by Sun Xiangfu and interrupted, "It's right that there is no extra food, this official is not here to collect food from you, it is His Majesty who has brought condolences and living materials to visit you, you can directly tell me how many households there are in the village, how many dingkou!" ”
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has come to visit us ordinary people?" Village Chief He was stunned by Sun Xiangfu's words.
"Well, so, gather all the people in the village! Our Majesty will distribute condolences according to the head, and we will be there immediately. ”
Sun Xiangfu said that, and gave the captain of Qianniuwei a look, and the captain quickly went to the convoy to report.
Soon, Village Chief He gathered more than 100 people in the village, and Li Shimin, with the support of more than 100 guards, walked towards the village, behind him, followed by dozens of Qianniuwei soldiers carrying rice, noodles, vegetables and meat, and several people carrying a large iron pot with a diameter of more than one meter.
"The grass people meet our emperor ······"
"No courtesy, no courtesy, it's cold outside, don't do any big gifts, your body is frozen."
The villagers of Hejia Village also participated in the road construction army in Guanzhong this year, because the village chief He had seen Li Shimin inspecting the construction site from afar, and he still vaguely remembered Li Shimin's face.
However, the emperor personally came to visit a small commoner like him, but he could not have imagined it, and at this moment, the four words flattered could no longer describe his excitement.
"Your Majesty, let's go inside and talk!"
Seeing that the people of Hejia Village looked at the emperor one by one like quails, and they didn't know what to say, Sun Xiangfu suggested on the side.
"Yes, yes, it's just that the grass people's houses are small and dirty, so I'm afraid Your Majesty ······"
"Hehe, when I marched and fought, I slept in the snow, but I am not afraid of anything small and dirty, you can lead the way in front of the head, I asked the sergeant to bring some grain, rice, vegetables and meat, and send them over one by one."
Saying that, Li Shimin's condolence action began to be carried out, he really went into the people's homes one by one, watched the living environment of the people, opened the rice jar, and looked at the surplus grain inside, which was relatively poor, so he asked the sergeant to give more rice and noodles, and if there were old people, he even reached out to shake hands with the old people one by one, asked them about their age, physical condition, etc., and asked the sergeant to put a whole load of rice noodles in the homes of the old people, anyway, these rice noodles were prepared by Sun Xiangfu, and he was not distressed.
It feels really good to do good deeds, not only moved the people of Hejia Village to cry, but also moved Li Shimin himself to cry, and walked around, more than half an hour passed, Sun Xiangfu had already made the sergeant set up a cauldron in the village, and the mutton soup with various spices was cooked, Sun Xiangfu also kneaded the noodles, although the dough has not been made, but the taste of the boiled noodles is not very affected, as long as the noodle soup is cooked well.
When the aroma of mutton soup in a few large iron pots was overflowing, Li Shimin led the villagers to the fire in front of the iron pot to roast and chat, waiting to eat.
"Village Chief He! I remember that when I was marching, I stopped at the entrance of this village, and there were a few jujube trees in front of the village, and the dates on them were sweet, and in the coming year! Remember to send me a little to Chang'an, my beloved concubine, cute to eat jujube cake······"
"Certainly, definitely, these jujube trees in our village bear a lot of jujube trees every year!"
"Don't leave it all to me to eat, what the people in the village have is the key, I just need to taste it a little bit, by the way, when it comes to eating! You have to learn from the man who peeled the dough, do you know who he is? He is the person who knows the most in our Tang Dynasty, Gongsun Zhengming of Shanyang County, he! Not only can he make food, but he can also grow food, do you know him? ”
"He is Sun Zhengming, the prince of Shanyang County! The grass people have long heard of his name, and many vegetables in the village were taught to be planted by their peasant disciples! I heard that he is the head of the farmer's family, and he is the person who is the best at farming in our Datang, and it is he who invented the technology of growing vegetables in winter, is it true! ”
"Yes, that's right, at the beginning of the year, there will be more planting techniques handed down from their farms, you have to concentrate on learning, as long as you follow the method they taught to farm, in April and May, there will be a harvest in the field, and you can plant two crops a year, and the harvest will more than double that of previous years."
"Really? That's great, the grass people are going to kowtow to him, and if the harvest in the fields can be doubled, then the whole village will not have to worry about food when the winter is over next year. ”
Li Shimin did not stop the actions of the village chief, but through the words of the village chief, he paid more attention to agricultural technology in his heart, if more people joined the farmer and learned these more advanced planting techniques, then his Datang will be more rich and powerful, those who like to make waves, can incite the poor people to rebel, but can not incite the people who have enough food and clothing to rebel, at this moment, the idea of using the children of the peasant sect as officials has been generated in Li Shimin's heart.