"Your Majesty, the villain doesn't dare to promise anything, but everything we have here is given by His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness has long said that we are both an industrial zone and a test area, and we are doing an experiment on behalf of Datang, and if we succeed, we will promote our experience to the world." Zheng Hao, who was out of the way, put aside all his hesitation and replied.

When Li Chengqian was still the crown prince, he gave them a lot of support, and now it's time for them to reciprocate, if they can't let that young man get back to the top, Zheng Hao feels that the old man in the family should break his leg after he goes back.

Every time he slaughtered more dogs, Li Chengqian finally knew what this meant, but ...... But this is still too anxious, and in the eyes of the old man, it is estimated that it is easy to mistake it for him to arrange it.

Sure enough, the old man repeatedly heard Zheng Hao mention the 'prince', his face became a little ugly, but fortunately, he didn't really get angry, but just looked at Li Chengqian with a somewhat gloomy gaze, and the meaning could be guessed without explanation.

……

At noon, the old man had a light meal in the village, a simple pot of chicken stewed with mushrooms, a bowl of white rice, no wine, and no tea.

After eating hastily, His Majesty Li Er called Zheng Hao again: "Is this what you eat on weekdays?" To be honest, don't be afraid of me. Yan glanced at Li Chengqian.

What does it have to do with me? Li Chengqian's back was hairy when he was looked at by the old man, and he was glared back by the old man when he had the heart to speak, and then turned his head to find that Zheng Hao was also looking at him.

Well, now I can't wash it by jumping into the Wei River, Li Chengqian wailed in his heart, and turned to the old man and said: "Father, the son is a little anxious!" ”

Can't I hide if I can't be provoked? It's a big deal to hide outside and let the old man ask for clarification.

"Hold on!" The old man's answer made everyone fall for granted.

"Whoa!" Feeling that the old man seemed to really want to cut himself, Li Chengqian secretly rolled his eyes in his heart and squatted aside honestly.

"You go on." Seeing that Li Chengqian was honest, the old man looked at Zheng Hao again.

"That, Your Majesty, ......, this ......" Zheng Hao's face was about to twitch, and his eyes were looking at Li Chengqian.

"What the hell is going on, say!" His Majesty Li Er finally became really angry, feeling that he had been deceived.

"Your Majesty is angry, if you have anything to say, the concubine should not lie to you if she wants to come to Qian'er." The eldest grandson queen saw that something was wrong, and took the initiative to persuade her.

"That ......, father, can you say a few words?" Seeing Zheng Hao trembling with fright, Li Chengqian knew that he had to stand up, otherwise that kid would have to be scared to death.

"Say what you want, I've gagged you." Lao Li reprimanded.

"Father, actually...... They usually eat much better than this. ”

Well? What do you usually eat better than this? , right? Li Chengqian's explanation was not only Li Er, but even Empress Changsun and others were stunned for a moment.

Just now, almost everyone thought that this was a game done by Li Chengqian, which was intended to make the old man think that the world was peaceful and the people all had a good life, but the fact was probably that the people did not have enough to eat at all.

But now Li Chengqian suddenly said that in fact, the people here usually eat better than this, which is beyond the understanding of Lao Li and others in any case, and he feels like he has been fooled.

Li Chengqian seemed to have accepted his fate, and continued in the eyes of everyone 'you are dead': "Father, aren't you afraid that you will misunderstand, I am afraid that you will overestimate the living standards of the people of the Tang Dynasty, so I let them make a few fewer dishes." ”

What is this theory?

Usually the emperor came down to inspect, and the responsible persons below showed him the best side of his rule, how could it be the opposite when he came to Li Chengqian?

His Majesty Li Er couldn't accept this explanation for a while, which seemed to be a bit beyond the comprehension of normal people, and after thinking for a while, he asked: "You mean that they eat better than this meal on weekdays, and I am just the worst meal, right?" ”

"Well, it's not, it's just simpler, usually they have some greens at every meal, and there are usually two plates of meat." Li Chengqian glanced at Zheng Hao as he spoke, and finally nodded definitively: "Well, that's it." ”

"Fart, it stinks!" At this time, the old man really understood what Li Chengqian said, and he was immediately furious.

"Qian'er, hurry up and tell the truth, otherwise the queen mother won't be able to help you." Empress Changsun was afraid that the old man would be angry, so she gave Li Chengqian a look and said.

Li Chengqian's face was about to wrinkle into a bitter melon, with infinite grievances: "Queen Mother, the sons are not lying, in fact, the sons are afraid that their father will misunderstand, so they let them serve a few fewer dishes, but I didn't expect it to be ......."

"Your Majesty, according to the concubine's body, this matter seems to really have another hidden meaning, and His Royal Highness the King of Hengshan doesn't seem to be lying."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Cheng Qian is a good boy and will never lie about such a thing."

Seeing that something was wrong, Concubine Yang and Xu Hui also stepped forward to persuade Lao Li that Li Chengqian was the eldest son of Empress Changsun, and at this time he helped him say a few words, which not only saved Li Chengqian's face, but also made good friends with his eldest grandson, which was completely a matter of benefit and no expense.

"I'll find out if it's a lie." His Majesty Li Er snorted, ignored the eldest grandson and others around him, and walked directly to Zheng Hao: "Where is the granary in your house, open it for me to see." ”

"Hey, the villain leads the way." Zheng Hao had already seen that something was wrong, and as soon as Li Eryi opened his mouth, the goods immediately rushed out like a rabbit.

……

There is no need to repeat the process of checking here, in short, His Majesty Li Er, who was angry, almost looked through the warehouses of everyone in the village, and finally left a little depressed.

"Your Majesty, why should you be like this, it's a good thing that the people have enough warehouses!" In the carriage returning to the city, Empress Changsun looked at the depressed old man beside her with a playful smile on her face, knowing that he couldn't hold his face, so she persuaded in a low voice.

"I know it's a good thing, but why did that little bastard lie to me. Isn't it good for me to know that the people are living in abundance? His Majesty Li Er sighed.

Li Chengqian's approach gave him the feeling that he was a 'faint monarch', because only a mediocre emperor could not see the prosperity of the people.

"Your Majesty, King Hengshan also has good intentions, after all, didn't he just say it, Datang is not like this everywhere, the reason why he did this is just to mislead you." Concubine Yang sat opposite Empress Changsun, and joined Empress Changsun to persuade Lao Li.

"Well, don't say it, it's as if it never happened." Lao Li cheered up under the persuasion of his wife, looked at the sunset outside the window, and said after a while: "I really didn't expect that a small village could develop like this, and there was so much grain in the warehouse that it was almost impossible to fit, if my Datang was like this, how good would it be!" ”

Is it really good? Li Chengqian sat on the wheel in front of him, shook his head with a wry smile, damn the limitations of history are really terrible.

Doesn't the old man know that the current Datang is no longer the original, and food is not the main problem for Datang, and the grain transported back from the south every year is so much that it can't be eaten and fed to the pigs.

Moreover, the price of grain has dropped again and again, and the price of four or five wen a bucket of rice in the early days of Zhenguan has now dropped to about three wen, and if this continues, almost all the people will not farm.

"Rebel, what are you sighing again, just say what you have to say, and then you have to hide it or not, believe it or not, and demote you to no quality?"

Li Chengqian was a little distracted when he thought about the problem, and his sigh was louder, which was heard by the old man in the carriage, and an angry reprimand was naturally inevitable.

But what's the deal with dropping to no quality? The crown prince has been abolished, does even the king of Hengshan have to take it back?

With a spit of spit out, Li Chengqian turned around and said to the old man in the carriage: "Father, rice hurts the peasants, it's time to exempt some agricultural taxes." ”

"Exemption from agricultural tax? Do you really think so? Li Er didn't expect Li Chengqian to make such a suggestion, which he hadn't thought of before.

"Father, the price of grain is already very low at the moment, if it continues like this, the price of grain will soon drop to about two cents, and then it is very likely that the people will no longer farm because of the low rice, and then the Tang Dynasty will be short of grain."

In the past, in later generations, Li Chengqian did not understand why the state had to regulate prices, and always felt that the lower the prices, the better.

But now he suddenly understands that prices do need to be regulated, because if they are not regulated, it is very likely that merchants will not be able to make money because of something, and they will no longer do this kind of business.

Just like Datang's current grain, even if it is planted, the rest of it is almost unable to meet daily needs after paying taxes.

After all, the people's life is not just to eat enough, they need to buy farm tools, buy seeds, buy all kinds of daily necessities, and some families have babies to provide children with education, which all need money.

Therefore, when the income from farming cannot meet the daily needs, the people will give up farming and go to the city to work, so that in the end, it is the state that suffers.

The old man was also aware of this problem under Li Chengqian's reminder, his brows wrinkled unconsciously, and he didn't care about getting angry again, so he lowered his head and pondered countermeasures.

At this time, Xu Hui, who was sitting opposite the old man, raised his head and glanced at Li Chengqian seriously, with surprise and curiosity in his eyes, as if he had discovered some new continent.

Empress Eldest Sun turned around with a smile and slapped Li Chengqian's forehead: "Stinky boy, if it's okay, you will know to make trouble for your father." Although the meaning of the words was reprimand, the tone was full of pride, after all, her son was capable, and her face as a mother also had brilliance.

Although the children of the eldest grandson queen are all precious to the mother, if the woman is promising, the mother will also be very happy, which means that human nature will not change because of the changes of the times.