Under the cloudless sky, the endless golden countryside is swept by the breeze.

In the field, Li Kong looked at the Zhancheng rice in front of him, and a pride rose in his heart, two crops a year really became, at the end of April this year, these rice were harvested once, and now the yield of the second time does not seem to be much less than the first time, so that it is equivalent to a piece of land divided into two pieces of use, which is the first time in the entire Tang Dynasty.

After inspecting the rice fields, he got up and walked in the direction of the workshop.

It is now the fourth year of Zhenguan, and it has been nearly three years since he was kicked to this place on the first day of the second year of Zhenguan's New Year.

In the past two years or so, the Hero Drunk and Glass Workshop under his control has expanded four times in a row, and now generates tens of millions of dollars in profits every year.

In addition to these, he also sent people to find an open-pit coal mine in the Guanzhong area, although the amount is not much, but it is no problem to supply Datang for more than ten years, and it will also bring him millions of profits every year.

The rest is horseshoes, these things were given to Li Shimin after he produced them, and now they should have been equipped on all the Tang cavalry, right?

After that, he also produced in addition to Quyuan plows, and then benefited the whole country, these things did not cost much, so he scattered them all and did not charge a penny, which also made his reputation among the people of the Tang Dynasty rise rapidly, and even many people set up an immortal tablet for him to worship.

There is also a waterwheel that comes out with the Quyuan plow, which is also free.

These are all things without any technical content, so Li Kong is only playing a leading role, I believe that in two years at most, Datang will completely enter a period of rapid development.

Of course, the reason why I say this is because Li Kong's business in the past two years or so has been a bit big, not only wine and glass products, but also silk cloth and other businesses, which directly gnawed more than half of the market controlled by the original family gate valves.

Although those scholars have organized more than one sniper, and even brought out the means of assassination, what makes them chill is that every time their actions are destroyed, and it is still Xuanjiawei who shoots, which makes them very dissatisfied with Li Shimin's actions, and Li Shimin has caused a lot of trouble in the past two years alone.

If Li Kong hadn't provided Li Shimin with more than 20 million yuan every year, Datang might have collapsed long ago.

Li Shimin, who has money, is no longer as restrained as before, and is constantly expanding the army's capacity when vigorously rectifying the officialdom, and now the combat power of the Tang Dynasty is at least three levels stronger than that of the first year of Zhenguan.

So much so that no matter how happy those scholars were, Li Shimin did not have any idea of compromise, which made them helpless and at the same time accelerated the speed of land annexation.

Li Kong, who knew the news at the beginning, praised these people fiercely, because he knew very well that once these people's hands reached a certain point, it was the time when Li Shimin cut off their heads, and that day might not be too far away.

During this period, Li Kong also tried to improve the smelting, to see if he could refine some special steel, and it was best to make a cannon or something, but unfortunately, this era was not enough to support that kind of technology, and after successive failures, he also decisively gave up this unrealistic idea.

However, although the cannon could not be built, the gunpowder was still made by him, and he also got a few small-sized explosive packages, the power is not bad, at least with the current city-building technology, those city walls are unable to resist the bombardment of large-scale explosive packages.

It is worth mentioning that in the winter of the second year of Zhenguan, after countless explorations, Li Kong finally made the paper, the cost of less than a penny of paper was divided into two parts by Li Kong, one part of which was sold for writing, and quickly became sought after by everyone in the entire Tang Dynasty, the price of each piece is only ten cents so that everyone can afford to buy paper, learn the words, and was inscribed by Li Shimin himself: the merit is in the contemporary, the benefit is in the future, and he personally named the paper: Zhenguan paper.

This part of the paper has generated more than 30 million yuan of profit every year, replacing the hero drunk and glass products, and has become the most profitable industry among all Li Kong's workshops.

The other part is sold as toilet paper by Li Kong, which is even more expensive, and at present, ninety percent of the people in the entire Guanzhong area have said goodbye to toilet chips, and it is spreading to other places at a rapid speed.

It can be said that the current Li Kong is already the richest person in the entire Tang Dynasty except for Li Shimin, and Li Shimin's inner treasury has become the richest place in the world, and money is remembered by tens of thousands.

Li Kong is not weak, there are still tens of millions of guan, plus Li Lizhi will run here every half a month, and the small life is not bad.

Of course, the reason why Li Shimin allowed Li Lizhi to come over was mainly because Li Kong had brought him too much convenience in the past two years, whether it was money, paper, Quyuan plows, and waterwheels, all of which made his prestige as an emperor among the people to an unprecedented level.

In addition to Li Liqian, Li Chengqian came more diligently, although Li Kong no longer said those big truths, but with Li Kong, Li Chengqian's progress was also great, he knew the production and planting of crops, the operation of craftsmen, the operation of commerce, and the daily life of scholars.

As Li Kong said, practice brings true knowledge, and the royal aura on his body is getting weaker and weaker, and there is more of a man's fortitude and decisiveness, and the momentum that belongs to a real man is gradually growing.

As for Li Chengqian's performance, it has now been recognized by more than ninety percent of the personnel, especially Li Shimin, who is very satisfied with this prince, and often runs out by himself to leave state affairs to Li Chengqian to deal with, and Li Chengqian has not disappointed Li Shimin, and everything is handled in an orderly manner.

And Li Chengqian listened to Li Kong's suggestion, and absolutely no longer opened the Sixth Courtyard of the East Palace at this time, and directly lost all the official positions in the entire East Palace to Li Shimin, which is also to prevent the suspicion of father and son, it is obvious that Li Chengqian's actions made Li Shimin very happy, as long as his son does not rebel, the better the better.

All in all, in the four years of Zhenguan's Datang, it is still moving forward according to Li Kong's expectations, and many regrettable things have not appeared, which can be regarded as preliminary perfection.

Li Kong is still quite satisfied with this result, but he also knows that the next Datang will not be so calm, and all this has started from the early winter of this year, but his arrival has changed too much, and he is a little uncertain about this time now.

Along the way, Li Kong thought a lot, and when he came to the door of the workshop, an attendant suddenly rushed over, dragged him away with an anxious face, and said at the same time: "Hey, my young master Li, you are here, hurry up and go with your son, Your Majesty summons, Cai Guogong is dying, you have excellent medical skills, go over and take a look!" ”

Li Kong was shocked, and said secretly: Sure enough, some things can't be changed?