And the women in each portrait are beautiful and moving, both in shape and temperament, they are all stunning in the world. In the eyes of ordinary people, these are fairy-like characters.

"How's that, pretty, isn't it?" said Jilin, pointing to the portraits as if offering treasures.

"They are all carefully selected by the concubines, and after layers of selection, they are finally selected by me personally. Each one is a national color and fragrance, and each one is a famous family. ”

"What does Ahri say about this?" Lu Sheng thought for a while and asked a little tangled.

There is only one queen, and there are no other concubines. Although it is said that Lu Li has already given birth to a prince for Ji Lin, and he has also been named the crown prince. This is enough for ordinary people, but it is not suitable for the emperor.

In this era of paying attention to the inheritance of incense and spreading its branches, whether or not the emperor can give birth to ten or eight princes will make the people of Shenzhou uneasy. But if you want Lu Li's life to be ten or eight, it will be too difficult for Lu Li.

And Lu Li is already in her thirties, and Lu Sheng does not recommend that she have any more children. Therefore, in recent years, there have been many suggestions in the court asking for Concubine Lin. But they were pressed down by Ji Lin many times, which made them point the finger at Lu Sheng.

Many people think that it is because of the existence of Lu Sheng that Ji Lin does not dare to accept a concubine.

If Ji Lin was the king of Nanling, Lu Sheng would not agree to him to take a concubine. But now that he is the emperor, the number of concubines in the harem is regulated by law, and there are many political marriages, and it would be unreasonable for Lu Sheng to interfere again.

So, as long as Ahri can figure it out, he will accept the concubine. However, isn't it a bit too much for you to call my brother-in-law over to offer treasures?

"What did she have to say? Many of the women were chosen by Ahri. ”

"Oh?" Lu Sheng was surprised.

"You see, this is the daughter of that guy Feng Wuji, she looks like Feng Wuji, she is sixteen years old, and she has not yet grown, and after she grows up, her appearance will never be under the wind and snow again.

There is also this, the granddaughter of Han Ge Lao, born in a scholarly family, proficient in the subset of classics and history, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is known as Dayu's first talented woman. There is also this, the little daughter of the Spirit King, who is fifteen years old this year, although her appearance is not as good as Feng Mingyu, and her talent is slightly inferior to Han Ziyan, but it is not far behind. And she is a member of the royal family, and her noble blood ......"

"Wait!" Lu Sheng suddenly shouted, "Spirit King, isn't it your ninth brother, you don't even let go of your own niece?"

"What kind of niece won't let go?" In an instant, his eyes opened suddenly, and he stretched out his finger and pointed at himself, "You think I'm in the draft?"

"Isn't it?"

"Huh...... Lu Sheng, do you have any misunderstanding about your sister's belly? She is now transcendent, and if she glares at me, I may die on the spot, do I dare?"

"Then you are ......"

"Lu Ying is nineteen years old this year, right?" said Ji Lin with a faint smile, "It's time to find a good match." ”

"It's only nineteen years old, what's the hurry?" Lu Sheng frowned slightly, not because he was disgusted, but because he felt that a nineteen-year-old man was extremely immature, and it should not be time to start a family.

"Nineteen years old is not young, ordinary people become fathers at the age of sixteen. ”

"Is my family an ordinary family?" Lu Sheng asked when he was speechless.

But then, Ji Lin sighed softly, "Lu Ying came to Taixue the year before last, he is the only son of Zhenguo Gong, the son of the king of Jiangshan, can you find a more noble young man in the world today?"

If it was just a noble birth, it would be forgotten, Lu Ying was both civil and military, excellent in character and learning, in the capital, he was also known as the head of the four princes in the capital, and when the prince of the dynasty was also subordinate, it is conceivable what kind of wild bee and butterfly Lu Ying will face, right?

You haven't seen the madness of those people in the capital, let's put it this way, if I hadn't protected the Zhenguo Mansion closely, they would have dared to let their daughters sneak into Lu Ying's room, strip naked and wait in the bed.

After all, Lu Ying is not deeply involved in the world, and it is easy to dodge open guns and difficult to defend against dark arrows. The outflow of the Lu family's bloodline is small, in case the Lu family's bloodline is defiled, how can you call me worthy of your brother? So...... I think it's better to settle Lu Ying's family affairs first, and put an end to some people's thoughts. ”

"It's really hard for you to think so far-reaching...... Lu Sheng looked at Ji Lin with a wry smile, "But I feel that you are no different from those people's thoughts, are you thinking about my Lu family's bloodline? I think you are greedy for Lu Ying's body." ”

"I'm greedy? What are you hungry for if I got the blood of the Lu family a long time ago? Isn't there half of the love raccoon?"

"Half is enough, you want it all. It's really hard for you, the daughter of the Spirit King, you are really willing. But I can't do that. ”

"You can't be the master?Who else can call the shots?Qingluan Sword Immortal?" Ji Lin wanted to say stop teasing, but suddenly realized that Bu Feiyan no longer seemed to be the Bu Feiyan of the past, but the ancient true god Phoenix, the only god awakened today. It seems that Lu Sheng's family status is not high now.

"Have you gotten close to a certain young lady recently?" Lu Sheng asked curiously.

"No, what you should ask is which young ladies are Ying'er getting closer?" said Ji Lin with a faint smile.

"Uh......"

"How is it, every young lady I have here is the most noble bloodline of Dayu, at least a thousand-year-old nobleman. Although Lu Ying is your eldest son, they are indeed a little high. But if you think about it, it's unlikely that you're going to find the right person, unless it's a princess of the dynasty.

But you and Ahri are brother and sister, and this princess of the dynasty will never be able to marry Lu Ying, so these are already the best. ”

"When I hear you say this, how do you feel that you are breeding?" Lu Sheng picked up a stack of picture scrolls and put them aside, and then sat down, "Are you idle and have nothing to do......? There's nothing else to do, there's nothing for me to go. ”

"You're not really worried?"

"What are you worried about? Lu Ying is not a child, you can't even see his sincerity and ulterior motives?"

"But as your eldest son Lu Sheng, you can't marry a wife casually, right? Even if you don't get involved for any interests, you should consider your Lu Sheng's bloodline, right? If you break your bloodline and lose your qualifications, it's too late for you to cry. ”

"If he has the idea of starting a family, he will definitely let me and Yan'er check it, since he didn't say it, it means that he hasn't taken a fancy to anyone yet, you don't need to worry so much about being an uncle. Nothing else?"

"Yes!" Ji Lin put away the joking smile and returned to the front of the case, took out a file and sent it to Lu Sheng, "This is the grain production data of Chuzhou in the past five years, you can take a look." ”

Lu Sheng took it and unfolded it suspiciously, and his face suddenly changed after just a glance, "The amount of grain produced in Chuzhou has been decreasing every year in the past five years, and this year's grain production is estimated to be only half of that of five years ago. ”

"Not bad!" said Ji Lin solemnly.

"What's the matter? Could it be that after I left Chuzhou, Chuzhou Taishou didn't abide by the rules we set and did something to the grain fields?"

The parallel development of commerce and industry has made Chuzhou the richest state in China, which makes every Chuzhou person taste the sweetness. If you want to continue to develop and become rich, you must buy more industrial businesses and create more wealth.

But commercial and industrial development does not start casually, and one of the most important prerequisites is location. The prime geographical location of Chuzhou has been developed, and the major cities have completed urban reform.

If you want Chuzhou to go further, the fastest way is the 100-mile grain field in Chuzhou. The name of Chuzhou's granary has long been replaced by the first state in the world, but the name of Chuzhou's granary has not been banned. Grain fields are not only the foundation of Chuzhou, but also the foundation of Shenzhou.

Therefore, the imperial court and Lu Sheng reached an agreement at the beginning, and not a single acre of grain fields in Chuzhou could be moved. You can grow it commercially, you can grow it on a farm, but you can't grow it without it, and you can't grow anything else.

Seeing this data, Lu Sheng subconsciously thought that there should be only half of the grain field in Chuzhou left, or more than half of it, and as soon as he left Chuzhou on his front foot, the Chuzhou Taishou Mansion attacked the grain field?

But in an instant, Lu Sheng felt that something was wrong. Even if Chuzhou is too guarded, the procuratorate will not eat dry food.

"That's not the case, I have already sent someone to check, and the grain fields in Chuzhou are not missing a penny, and they are all full of wheat seedlings. At first, I thought it was an example, but later, after the reports from the states of Shenzhou came up, I realized that I was afraid that my Dayu would encounter another disaster.

And this time...... It could be providence. ”

"What do you mean?"

"The grain production of Qinzhou, Wuzhou, Jeju, Qizhou, Zhongzhou, and Liangzhou is decreasing year by year. Although it is not so obvious, in the past five years, their grain production has also decreased by 30%. ”

"What did the farmer say?"

"No clue. Ji Lin shook his head and sighed, "This year, I sent eighty agricultural officials to disperse in Shenzhou, recording the whole process from the beginning of sowing, using the best and best seeds, but the situation reported back is not optimistic. ”

"Do you want me to check?" Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Can you investigate man-made disasters or the will of heaven? I just want you to think of a way for me, the household department has calculated, if it is only for five or six years, but if it lasts for another ten years, there will be a large-scale famine in the land of Shenzhou.

And because of the price protection law and Dayu's accumulation of wind and rain in the past ten years, the grain depot is still full, and there are no major fluctuations in grain prices. But...... If we don't find a way to deal with it, I'm afraid food prices will collapse. ”

The price protection law is only a hard and fast reinforcement measure, but it will not help in the face of the general trend. This does not mean that as long as someone dares to commit crimes against the wind and raise grain prices, it is good to catch them directly, and grain prices can be stabilized.

With low output and low grain prices, those grain merchants will lose money if they have no profit or even lose money, and under such a premise, grain merchants would rather change careers than engage in grain trading. No one will do it, and if the price of food is stabilized, there will only be one situation, and even money will not be able to buy food.

"If one place is forgotten, this is the case in all the big agricultural states. Lu Sheng said hesitantly, "In this case, I will personally go down to do a survey." Fortunately, in Liangzhou, Lanzhou and Shuzhou, these places have begun to grow drought-tolerant grains such as sweet potatoes and corn, which can also be filled. ”

"Well, Lu Sheng, seriously, it's the first time I've hoped that someone is doing a ghost. Man-made disasters can still be reversed, if it is providential......"