Chapter 1448: Traveling (II)
Li Chengqian didn't know much about Xu Hui, and even this time it was the first time he saw a real person, and after standing on the side of the carriage and saying a few words to him, he found an excuse to slip aside. Vertices are updated the fastest
After all, this is an old man's woman, and she is also very beautiful, and she is about the same age as Li Chengqian, so Comrade Li has to take into account the old man's thoughts and some rumors.
Xu Hui saw that he had an excuse for something, knew that Li Chengqian had the intention to avoid suspicion, and smiled understandingly, so he turned around and left, saving him from running to feed the horses.
"What did you say to that stinky boy?" Although Li Er has been accompanying his wife, he also noticed Li Chengqian's contact with Xu Hui, and asked casually when he saw her come back.
Xu Hui first nodded to Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang, and then said to the old man: "I wanted to ask His Highness about poetry, but His Highness didn't seem to have a good rest last night, and the concubine was not good to disturb, so he came back." ”
"This stinky boy is so proud." His Majesty Li Er glanced at Li Chengqian, who was circling around the big tree: "Xu Cairen doesn't have to pay attention to him, I will let him go to you in person when I have time." ”
"Concubine thank you, Your Majesty!" Xu Hui nodded and thanked Li Er.
However, she also knows that the 'free time' may not refer to the year, and it may even be hopeless in this life.
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Li Er and his party stood at the entrance of the village while chatting, looking around, and after a while, a young man had already led someone out to greet them.
After the man came out, he first glanced at everyone, and when he saw Li Chengqian, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly greeted him: "The villain has seen His Highness, but I haven't seen him for many days, is His Highness okay?" ”
"This king is very good, the Tao is that you look a lot haggard during this time, come on, come, I will introduce you." Li Chengqian smiled at the young man, and after greeting him, he came to the old man.
"These are the king's ......," Li Chengqian said while looking at the old man, and continued under the gesture of Lao Li without a trace: "It is the elder of this king's clan, you can accompany you well, and ask you what to answer truthfully." ”
"Yes, villain." The young man replied cautiously at Li Chengqian's instructions.
The identity of the person who can make Li Chengqian think of himself as a junior and be careful to accompany him has been revealed, if it weren't for the fact that he had really seen a lot of big people during this time, it is estimated that he would have been lying on the ground in fright.
His Majesty Li Er glanced at Li Chengqian, a little strange for his mouth, and then looked at the young man and asked, "What's your name?" But the village chief here? ”
"Back to this ...... Sir's words, the villain's name is Zheng Hao, and he is the district mayor here. ”
Right, right? Anyone else called this name? The corners of His Majesty Li Er's mouth twitched, and he almost laughed. It was also the first time that Li Chengqian had heard of the name of a young man, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the words.
"That, my father's surname is Zheng, my mother's surname is Hao, and that's how the villain's name came from, not the 'just right' that the noble person thinks." The young man seemed to have experienced such a thing many times, and when he saw Li Er's expression, he knew what he was thinking, and he couldn't help but scratch his head in embarrassment.
Although His Majesty Li Er still felt that this young man's name was a little funny, he still suppressed the smile, pretended to look around before asking, "Okay." Zheng Hao, I came to ask you, what does this district chief mean? ”
"In the past, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince built a farm here, and later planned to develop this place and turn it into an industrial development zone, and the mayor of the district is the person in charge of this area." Zheng Hao replied.
"Industrial development zones? What is that? His Majesty Li Er frowned and looked at Li Chengqian.
"Back to my father, the meaning of the industrial development zone is that it is not dominated by agriculture, and industry is the source of the economy here." Li Chengqian explained.
Since the last time he came here with Songtsen Gampo, he hadn't come here for a long time, and he hadn't even cared about it anymore, and if he really gave him a detailed introduction, he probably wouldn't be able to explain it himself.
So after explaining to the old man, he looked at Zheng Hao and motioned him to hurry up and pick up the topic.
"Sir, we mainly have an oil mill, a glass workshop, a felt workshop, a down jacket workshop, and two farms, one for pigs and one for poultry, and the other is the large experimental field you see."
"The main crops grown here are pulses, which can easily provide raw materials for oil mills; In addition, farms can provide fertilizer for crops, and poultry farming can also provide raw materials for down jacket workshops. ”
Zheng Hao was by Li Er's side, carefully introducing everything in this area, but the cold sweat of the hot weather kept dripping.
The former crown prince did not have the power to speak, this big man is already boundless, in Zheng Hao's opinion, it is impossible for anyone except the current emperor to suppress Li Chengqian to such an extent.
Today's emperor, that's the emperor, although Zheng Hao also thought about whether he would have the opportunity to meet the emperor, but that's just thinking about it, it's not much different from Ye Gong Haolong in ancient times, and now when he sees a living person, if he is not afraid, then there is a ghost.
"This used to be a village, right?" Li Er's entourage had already passed through the entire village at this time, and came to the other end, looking at the towering chimneys and boundless fields, Lao Li's interest was very high.
"Yes, it used to be a small village with only a dozen or so families, and thanks to the care of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the past, the village has undergone such a big change." Zheng Hao replied.
"Well, now I'm afraid there are only a few hundred families here, right? But why don't you see people? Where have all the people in the village gone? Glancing back at the village behind him, His Majesty Li Er continued to ask.
"There are five hundred and thirty-two households in all, almost all of them are from the farm, and now they are busy with farming, and the young and strong have gone to work in the fields, and the women have nothing to do at home, but now because of some machines, there is no much physical labor in the workshop, and those women are also competent, so all the women in the village have gone to work in the workshop." When Zheng Hao said this, there was a hint of brilliance on his face.
In the entire Tang Dynasty, there are not many villages where everyone has something to do, and their village is one of them.
The oil mills used to be headed by men, but now they are all women, and with the steam engine to power the oil, it has become much easier to extract oil, and there is less manual work, and there is no need for men at all.
Women are also engaged in raising pigs and chickens, and in the past, each family was raising their own, but now it has become an industry, and if there are only ten or so people on the large farm, they can take care of it, saving a lot of labor.
As for the glass workshop, it was made by men, and the glass was too bulky for the women to do.
The most important thing is that with those glass sheds, you can also grow vegetables in winter, which means that the villagers have something to do all year round, and it also means that the villagers will have income all year round, which was completely unimaginable before.
His Majesty Li Er was walking around aimlessly, while Empress Eldest Sun, Concubine Yang, and Xu Hui followed behind and looked around curiously.
"What is the income in the village? Can you still get by? After another while, His Majesty Li Er suddenly asked.
"Income? Hehe, don't hide it, Mr. Secret, now the life in the village can no longer be measured by whether it can be passed or not. After a morning of contact, Zheng Hao finally got used to it, and replied with a smile when he heard the old man's question: "In fact, every family in the village has a property in Chang'an City, which is large or small, and the rent of the real estate in the city can be used many times stronger than before every year. ”
"But everyone is thinking about His Royal Highness the Prince, and I think that since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince handed over this industrial zone to us at the beginning, we should not let him down, we must become the richest village in the entire Tang Dynasty, and then spread our experience, so that other villages can also become rich like us, only in this way can we be worthy of His Royal Highness the Prince's trust in us."
The more Zheng Hao spoke, the more excited he became, although he also knew that Li Chengqian was not the prince now, but he just felt that it shouldn't be like this, everything here was given by the prince, and if there was no prince, they would not be where they are today.
However, because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said a few words for the people, and because the soldiers who died on the battlefield said a few words, those so-called literati went to sue him together, and even abolished his position as prince.
This is not right, and since it is not right, it must be changed.
Now that the emperor is by his side, this is an opportunity, an opportunity to speak for His Royal Highness the Prince, if he doesn't say it at this time, Zheng Hao feels that he will not be able to raise his head for the rest of his life, and if the people in the village know, they will poke him in the backbone of the Zheng family for the rest of his life.
"King Hengshan, what do you say?" His Majesty Li Er seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Li Chengqian on the side and asked in a deep voice.
Li Chengqian sighed, knowing that Zheng Hao must have seen through the identity of the old man to say this, and bowed down and said, "There is nothing to say!" ”
"Your Majesty! The villain has the courage to intercede for His Royal Highness, please raise your noble hand and restore his position as the crown prince! Zheng Hao also seemed to be out of the way, and knelt down on his knees to touch the ground with his head with a 'poof', which had the meaning of petitioning on behalf of the people of the world.
It turns out that Xingzang has long been seen through, and the old man is still pretending to be presentable, in fact, after knowing that this is Li Chengqian's back garden, Lao Li should be aware of this problem, and it is really a shame that he can still pretend.
Empress Eldest Sun glanced at the embarrassed Li Er: "Zheng Hao, you get up, you can say anything slowly, Qian'er is a good boy, and we know that you are very grateful to him, but a mistake is a mistake, not that a good boy does not need to be punished if he makes a mistake, do you understand?" ”
"Villain......" Zheng Hao wanted to say something more, but at this time, the guards who had already come with Li Er stepped forward to help him up.
"Did you just mean what you just said? Are you really willing to pass on all the experience of your village to others? Let's be honest! Now that his identity has been recognized, His Majesty Li Er simply stopped pretending, and took off his kind face to show the true colors of the emperor.