Chapter 35: Huangzhuang
The so-called Huangzhuang is actually just a general term.
These Zhuangzi are the royal property, almost all of them are around Chang'an, generally except for the emperor's own use, the rest will be distributed to the princess, the emperor's son does not have this property, after all, those princes have their own fiefs and food.
And the industries of these Huangzhuang are also different, some are small workshops, some are simple fields, and some have become commercial centers.
But it is clear that Li Lizhen's Huangzhuang is the best, there are not only small workshops here, but also large farms, and even around the Huangzhuang, there are more than a thousand Xuanjia guards protecting this land.
The most important thing is that Li Lizhen's imperial village is the only one with tenants, and most of the other imperial estates are princesses or emperors who appoint people to gather or buy some slaves to be responsible for farming or management, tenants? That's something that only a real landlord can have.
After getting Li Shimin's edict, Li Kong went straight to this imperial village, but when he saw this huge village with an area of thousands of acres, he was still shocked.
Surrounded by endless green wheat seedlings, a dozen tenants are checking the growth of the wheat seedlings in the fields, but at the moment these wheat seedlings are in hibernation, so even if they are checked, they must not be able to check anything, they are just to make sure that the estate will not be too dry by the next year.
In the middle of the wheat field, there are more than a dozen large and small workshops, but most of them are small workshops that produce gold and silver jewelry, and there are two large workshops that also mine some coal slime nearby, and then burn them into coal for the palace to use, which can be said to be all things that cannot be put on the table.
There is also an inner servant who came with Li Kong, after all, this is Li Lizhen's manor, which is equivalent to Li Lizhen's private property, unless Li Liqin is dead, no one else wants to do anything in this land, Li Kong, an 'outsider', if there is no one around the emperor to follow, the tenants here are estimated to be able to beat Li Kong out in the name of rebellion.
The chamberlain obviously knew the situation here very well, and took Li Kong to walk through the entire manor, and his mouth barely stopped in the middle time, not only telling the situation of the entire manor, but also telling a little about all the people here, and even knowing the character and family situation of some tenants.
Looking at Li Kong's curious gaze, the chamberlain was a little embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Young Master Li, don't be surprised, because the eldest princess of Changle is still young, so this manor is currently being taken care of by the child." ”
Li Kong was stunned, but no matter what, it could be seen that this chamberlain was attentive to this.
Gently patting the waiter's shoulder, Li Kong walked into a small workshop, where five or six craftsmen were creating some jewelry, looking at those glittering things, Li Kong's eyes narrowed slightly.
"There are some gold products here, most of them are for the girls, but there are too many industries in the world, so they don't sell well."
Li Kong has long understood this situation, after all, gold in this era is the most valuable thing, and the amount is more expensive than silver cakes, so although this kind of thing is common, but the sales are generally sluggish, but it is indispensable.
This situation would not change until the Southern Song Dynasty, when the economy increased dramatically, and the equivalent value of gold and silver was officially regulated, and gold could also be used as a currency in circulation, but at that time it was still nearly 600 years away.
"These things should be removed, you will be the deputy manager of this imperial village in the future, I will give you a list of materials to purchase early tomorrow morning, you are responsible for buying all the things, and hire some skilled craftsmen, I will hand over everything you need before the evening."
Li Kong's words made the chamberlain stunned for a moment, and said worriedly: "Young Master Li, the son is His Majesty's person, this ......"
"It's okay, I'll make this matter clear to Your Majesty." Li Kong said disappreciably, then turned around and walked towards another workshop, today he wants to take a look at all the people here, and then select some of them who can continue to stay, as for the rest of the people, they will be dismissed if they can be dismissed, and all those who cannot be dismissed will go to farming.
This year, there is no way, the wheat has already grown, and next year he plans to try to see if he can get some cotton out of this manor, and at the same time he will find a way to find some rice seeds from the Lingnan side of Champa rice.
If it weren't for the poor navigation skills of Datang now, he would definitely let people go to sea and get corn and potato seeds from North America.
Although these things are also on the side of the Roman Empire, the military strength there is not bad, even stronger than the current Tang Dynasty, coupled with the blockage of the Silk Road, the caravan used to be time-consuming and labor-intensive, not to mention that it may be fruitless, so this plan can only be stranded for the time being.
But no matter what, Li Kong wants to completely build this Huangzhuang and strive to completely build this place into the experimental center of the entire Tang Dynasty.
Just when Li Kong was busy in Huangzhuang, Chang'an Taiji Palace, Lin De Palace.
Li Shimin was having dinner with Empress Changsun, and Li Lizhi also stayed here after finishing a day's schoolwork, responsible for amusing the husband and wife.
After putting down the dishes and chopsticks, Li Shimin glanced at Li Liqing, and then said: "Guanyin, I lost Changle's imperial village to Yunfeng today." ”
Empress Eldest Sun was stunned, then looked at Li Lizhen and said, "Erlang has made up his mind?" ”
Li Shimin handed over the things handed over by Li Kong to Empress Changsun, and sighed: "This thing is too important, so important that I don't know how to reward Yunfeng's child, I deliberately suppressed it without saying anything in the last Turkic war, but this time, if I don't make a statement, Yunfeng's heart should have an opinion." ”
Empress Changsun followed Li Shimin at the end of the year, and she can be regarded as a woman who has traveled south and north, and has fought for many years, she can naturally understand Li Kong's plan, but because she understands it, she almost didn't scare her out again.
Crying and laughing, he put down the folds, and then looked at Li Shimin, for this man who has been in bed with him for more than ten years, Empress Eldest Sun knows too well.
In addition to the reason that Li Shimin just said, Empress Changsun is even more convinced that Li Shimin did this to completely tie Li Kong to his chariot, and Li Lizhi is a bait thrown out by Li Shimin, the only difference is that Li Lizhi and Li Kong like each other, and they will be very happy when they get married in the future, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone?
Li Lizhi didn't quite understand the wit of her father and queen mother, but she was not a fool, after hearing that her imperial village was given to Li Kong, her little heart instantly accelerated twice and began to beat, and the rapid blood flow made her pink cheeks instantly turn extremely red.
"Was this promised to Brother Kong?"
The little brain began to wander out of the world, revealing a silly smile......