When the first rays of sunlight shone over the earth in the early morning, Li Chengqian and his entourage left the manor in a carriage and headed for a mountain in the distance.

Along the way, Li Xiaogong kept turning his head to observe the carriage that Li Chengqian was riding, and always felt that there was something different, and finally couldn't help but say: "Boy, what is your carriage so famous?" What's that bald circle? ”

"That's the auxiliary steering system." Putting down the confession of the young man in his hand, Li Chengqian said to Li Xiaogong through the car window.

"What do you mean?" Li Xiaogong thought about it for a long time, but finally didn't understand it, and couldn't figure out what the steering system meant.

"It's something that makes the carriage more stable when it turns at high speed." Xiao Lori, who was sitting next to Li Chengqian, poked her head out of the car window and said ostentatiously.

"Mei'er is so smart, but you'd better go back and sit honestly, otherwise it won't be beautiful if you knock out your teeth." Li Chengqian dragged the little Lori back from the window and pressed it to sit beside her.

"Uncle Wang, how about selling this car to you?" After appeasing Wu Mei, Li Chengqian once again said to Li Xiaogong who was riding on a horse.

"What kind of moth do you kid want to do, tell you honestly, I will never be fooled by you today." Li Xiaogong smiled and made it clear that he was not fooled.

Li Chengqian shrugged his shoulders disappreciatively, no longer mentioned the matter of the carriage, pointed to the front and said, "It's almost there." ”

Following the direction of Li Chengqian's finger, Li Xiaogong raised his eyes and vaguely saw countless people busy on the road, and if he listened carefully, he could hear a faint sound of a trumpet.

The belt gradually approached, and Li Xiaogong finally saw clearly.

The main road, which could have been run by four cars in parallel, was completely dug up, and countless people were smashing some large rocks, and then throwing the larger ones into the dug main road, and trying to make it as smooth as possible. Other finger-sized stones are received together and piled up in designated places on the side of the road.

The sound of the trumpet that Li Xiaogong just heard was made when people smashed stones.

"You're mobilizing the people?" Li Xiaogong looked at Li Chengqian, who got out of the car, and pointed at the people who were working with his eyebrows.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was because of the extensive recruitment of the people, and did not hesitate to use the people's strength, which finally led to the smoke of the land of China, and the Sui Dynasty was ruined, so the most taboo in the early Tang Dynasty was this kind of disturbance behavior of recruiting and dispatching the people.

"Uncle Wang, don't button your hat indiscriminately, you can ask yourself if these people are recruited." Li Chengqian looked at the main road that was laying the roadbed, and said lightly.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down!" Before Li Xiaogong could speak, there were sharp-eyed screams among the people who were working.

Li Chengqian's entourage of dozens of people, coupled with the conspicuous clothing of the Xuanjia army, it is not surprising that it has attracted the attention of the people.

But Li Xiaogong was surprised that those people who should have complained seemed to like Li Chengqian very much, and when they saw him coming, they all saluted him from afar, and the voices of greetings were endless.

"How did you do that?" The first time he saw the scene of the requisition and the people being welcomed by the people, Li Xiaogong felt that his three views were about to collapse.

"Participating laborers, one pound of food per person per day." Li Chengqian stretched out a finger and said to Li Xiaogong with a shake.

The corners of Li Xiaogong's mouth twitched, and he said in amazement: "A pound of grain a day? You hired these people? ”

"Yes, hired. And Uncle Wang, let me tell you, my people in the Tang Dynasty are really simple, and at the beginning, I planned to get three catties of grain per person per day. But the people always think that it is too much, and they don't work to live or die, even if they have a pound of food a day now, they are still forced by me to send it down. ”

Li Chengqian boasted proudly to Li Xiaogong, and didn't pay attention to the idiot-like look in the eyes of the old man.

In the early years of Zhenguan, a horse of rice silk, that is to say, 12.5 catties of rice can be sold for hundreds of dollars.

Looking at the people who are working, there are probably no less than thousands of people, and according to Li Chengqian's method, 100 buckets of rice have to be distributed every day. Even if the price of rice is calculated cheaper, the four buckets are consistent, and so many people will have to pay about dozens of dollars a day.

Loser, Li Xiaogong only has these two words in his mind now, except for the loser, he really doesn't know how to describe Li Chengqian's current practice.

Even if the 78,000 guan is for nothing, it can't be spent like this.

"You, did you exchange all 78,000 kan for rice?" The group walked through the area where the people were working, and Li Xiaogong asked in a deep voice.

"Uncle Wang, why don't you understand that the 78,000 guan is just a concept, and the merchants actually pay for food and other necessities of life, and there is no actual money at all." Li Chengqian sighed, turned his head to look at Li Xiaogong, and said helplessly.

"No money? You mean you don't have a penny in your hand? Li Xiaogong looked at Li Chengqian with complicated eyes and said.

"Of course there is no money, the silver money given by the queen mother when I came out has long been spent, and the meal we had yesterday was still on credit from me in the rejuvenation building." Li Chengqian rolled his eyes and said.

Li Xiaogong was blocked by Li Chengqian for a while and had nothing to say.

Chang'an City has been full of Li Chengqian's crazy accumulation of wealth in Qingzhou, and even Li Er already has the idea of escorting this kid to Chang'an.

Li Xiaogong was actually angry on the way here, and he couldn't wait to get Li Chengqian over and beat him up. But now after confronting him and clarifying the matter, Li Xiaogong suddenly felt that his uncle was not a thing.

"Without money, what are you eating in Qingzhou?" Li Xiaogong asked curiously.

"Lao Xue's two thousand Yue Qi eat, we will eat, anyway, there are many of them, not bad for us to eat." Li Chengqian hugged his arms and said with a sad face.

The old man was in such a hurry to drive him out that he didn't even give him the authority to mobilize the money and grain of the local state capital, so when he got to the locality, if he entertained him, it was his duty, and if he didn't entertain, Li Chengqian really couldn't force it, because it was called asking for bribes.

Besides, it's too embarrassing for the dignified prince to go out of the palace and go to the magistrate to ask for a bite to eat.

Li Xiaogong didn't know what to say for a while, glanced at the poor Li Chengqian, and suddenly had a feeling of wanting to laugh.

Standing in place and waiting for a while, Li Chengqian's carriage finally moved over with great difficulty, and when Li Chengqian got into the car, the group continued to hurry.

Only this time everyone had no desire to speak, until half an hour later, when he came to the foot of a hill, Li Xiaogong looked at the somewhat smoky hill, and said with some consternation: "Boy, why did you build the cement factory here?" ”

Li Chengqian also poked his head out of the car and said complainingly: "What else should I do? I have to get some money for myself, I can't always eat on credit with people! ”