Li Bai was waiting for the wine to come up, and his spirit was slightly lifted when he heard the words: "Eleven Lang, you have a poem in your dream, and your fame moves the world, so you have to listen to it." ”

It must be said that it was reasonable for the people of the time to evaluate Li Bai's Tongue Lotus, and Ye Chang's heart was also a little fluttering when he said this.

This kind of compliment comes from the mouth of others, but from the mouth of Li Bai...... It's very different.

But immediately, Ye Chang was vigilant: This is not his real talent, you can play with it, you can't play with it.

"Drinking wine and being forgiving to the gentleman, human feelings are overturned like waves. Prime Minister Bai knew that he was still pressing the sword, and Zhu Men Xianda smiled and played the crown. The grass is all wet by drizzle, and the flowers and branches are about to move in the spring breeze. Why do you ask about the clouds in the world, it is better to lie down and eat. ”

This poem, taken out at this time, is the most appropriate for the occasion. The only thing that worries Ye Chang is that the author of this poem is Wang Wei himself. Ye Chang vaguely remembered that this was a work given to Pei Di by Wang Wei in his later years, which should have been written after the Anshi Rebellion, and it should be taken out more than ten years in advance at this time, so that it would not be recognized.

Li Bai heard the sentence "Prime Minister Bai knows how to press the sword, and Zhumen Xianda laughs and plays the crown", and he was terrified, and after the whole poem was finished, he sighed: "Eleven Lang, you are also a person who is out of the dust, and you can see through it as much as you want...... It's not like you're old enough to do it. ”

Indeed, if it weren't for the world's experience and human feelings, where would such a poem be written?

Ye Chang was in contact with the three great poets at this time, Du Fu was honest, but he did not lose his enthusiasm, Li Bai was middle-aged and angry, full of complaints, and Wang Wei was probably the smartest and most skilled of the three. Thinking about the experience of the three people, Wang Weiguan deserves the most, that is, he was forced to accept An Lushan's false position, and his wealth and reputation were preserved, he is soft on the surface, but in fact he is much tougher than Li Bai and Du Fu.

It is precisely because he can see through and see through that Wang Wei is half official and half hidden, and he is alone.

"But it's inevitable, you Ye Shiyi are old fox spirits, so you naturally see through the world." Li Bai commented on Ye Changdao.

After finishing speaking, he patted Ye Chang and said: "Since it is better to lie down and add food, please eat together, I heard that your Ye Shiyi's cooking skills are not inferior to Yi Ya, and you have to eat it today."

"That's a must." Ye Chang suddenly had a spirit, those poems were stolen by him, but this cooking skill is indeed his own.

Li Bai's arrival made Wolong Valley lively, he was an idle man, he was initially looking around, pulling Ye Chang to find a secret visit. As a result, he found that Ye Chang was indeed busy, so he began to follow Ye Chang around. He is also a curious guy, when he sees new things, he always likes to ask questions, which makes Ye Chang very annoyed, so he asks Zhang Xiu to accompany him with the same problem.

As a result, the two of them got together, and although they saw what they were dismantling, although they caused a lot of damage, they finally allowed Ye Chang to concentrate on arranging his own affairs

He originally planned to rush to Mengzhou, and a few days later, he invited Li Bai to go to Mengzhou with him. Li Bai disagreed: "Eleven Lang, I didn't know in the past, but now I know that this Wolong Valley has made you so comfortable, it is the mansion of Chang'an, and it can't compare to your side - why do you have to run around and waste your energy for some petty profits?"

"Hehe, it's a bad thing for Qinglian to say this, if there are no characters like me running for small profits, where would you be comfortable now?" Ye Chang shook his head and laughed when he heard this, sure enough, Li Bai just can't calm down and do practical things, this guy, maybe he has to find some work for him: "Don't mention anything else, just say that I went to Mengzhou to plant kapok, I used the cotton from Nanzhao to make cotton clothes and quilts, haven't you used them all?" ”

"Yes, it's been used, but it's very warm."

"At the beginning, Taizong conquered Goryeo, and now Shangshang has ordered the gate art to conquer the Bohai Sea, and our army suffered losses because the weather was cold and the soldiers were not resistant to freezing. If the whole army can change into cotton clothes and quilts, think about it, not to mention foolproof, but it is better than today's sackcloth and reeds, right? ”

Li Bai patted his head: "I see...... It's a big deal, and so-and-so will go with you."

Ye Chang secretly said in his heart, if I fool you into planting cotton, will I have a lot of immortal masterpieces in the Chinese poetry circle? He smiled and said, "Such chores are not to your liking, so you can't barely come." Besides, there is something that needs help from someone else, and you have come just in time."

"Say, say, kill and take revenge or what?" Li Bai's interest suddenly came.

Ye Chang was speechless again, Li Bai's temperament was too jumpy, although he knew it was a joke, but remembering that this guy did have a criminal record, Ye Chang was still a little worried.

"It's not a personal vendetta, it's a state affair...... Li Ji, Gao Shi and Cen Shen have invited me many times to set foot on the frontier and familiarize myself with the border situation in case of emergency. I'm busy with these chores, and I really don't have time, so I don't know if it's okay for me. ”

At this time, when Li Bai was frustrated, he came out of Chang'an in a gloomy manner, which made him realize that it was extremely difficult to survive in the noble land of Chang'an, hoping to one day be able to fulfill his life's ambitions. Hearing Ye Chang's suggestion, his eyes lit up, this is a good way out, relying on his side skills, to obtain the lord

"Okay, that's it" he clapped his hands: "So-and-so will go with those three"

"This time, we must not be brave in blood, one person wins or loses for a while, and there is no overall situation, but if a few people can pass this trip, they can come up with a good policy to set the edge, but it is a move that benefits the country and the people. A certain talent is in the Central Plains, backing up all the monarchs. Ye Chang saw him so refreshing, but he was a little sorry in his heart, these people are all generous and sad people, if they go to have an accident, they are only afraid of lifelong peace. Therefore, he gave a few more words.

"Just rest assured." Li Bai said proudly.

Li Bai and Li Ji, Gao Shi and Cen Shen and others, even if they have never met, they have been famous for a long time, and after hearing Ye Chang introduce their plans, Li Bai, who has a bad career, has been surging with heart. As a romantic poet, he originally had a kind of adventurous enthusiasm, and Ye Chang funded everyone to settle the family and act as a coil, so that they had no worries.

Ye Chang's only requirement was that every place they went, they would mark the map. Although Ye Chang knows that these imaginative poets are afraid that there will be a lot of mistakes in this, this map is only used as a reference.

Just imagine, Li Bai's map of the Northeast Frontier: there are mountains, ten thousand feet high, there are rivers next to it, and water comes from the sky......

After a cold war, Ye Chang decided to spend a day of hard work and give Li Bai a little drawing training

It must be admitted that there are geniuses in this world, Ye Chang thought that it would be difficult for Li Bai to receive drawing training, but he never thought that in just one day, he would be able to play the contour map smoothly.

"What's so difficult about this, just draw the same way." Hearing Ye Chang's praise, Li Bai disagreed: "However, this kind of map can only be used for military aircraft, and it has no aesthetic sense at all, which is really insulting to a certain family." ”

What you want is that there is no sense of beauty, Ye Chang praised a few more words, Li Bai was triumphant, and turned his attention to good wine.

Two days later, on the fourth day of the third month of the third year of Datang Tianbao, Ye Chang, Li Bai, Jia Mao'er and others left Wolong Valley, and the first target was Luoyang. After only staying in Luoyang for a few days, Ye Chang threw Li Bai and Jia Mao'er down, and went north by himself to Mengzhou, which is across the Yellow River from Luoyang.

The two Zhuangzi of the eldest princess of Yuzhen are at the foot of Wangwu Mountain in Mengzhou, and now the mountain is building a Taoist temple for her to support the elderly in the future. When Ye Chang arrived, he could still see the people who were driven to serve.

"At a time when the farming is busy, the people are driven to do this ......"

In this regard, Ye Chang was a little speechless, but Ye Chang could roughly guess the considerations behind it.

Even a slight delay in the farming of the common people would mean disaster, and the bankruptcy of a group of yeoman farmers would mean that a group of land would be annexed and a group of laborers would become slaves.

If it weren't for this, how could Datang accumulate a total of 30 million or even more slaves and maids by relying only on the slaves and maids from the surrounding countries?

"How are the tenants on the Zhuangzi?"

The two estates of the eldest princess Yuzhen are separated by a small stream, the soil is fertile, and it is a rare large area of fertile land connected together. Ye Chang estimated that the two manors combined, there would definitely be no 10,000 mu, but there would always be seven or eight thousand mu.

As soon as Ye Chang opened his mouth, he did not ask about the number of acres, but first asked about the tenants.

The head manager of the village who greeted him smiled nonchalantly: "Lang Jun is a layman who asks this, those tenants, as many as they want, every year there are people who come to cry and shout for tenants." ”

Ye Chang frowned unknowingly.

In any feudal dynasty, almost all of the people who formed the basis of its military power were yeoman farmers. The emergence of such a large number of bankruptcies and defection of yeoman farmers means that the economic foundations that form the cornerstone of their political stability are collapsing. The crisis of Datang came much earlier than he imagined, and even when it was known as a prosperous era, there were already seedlings

However, for Ye Chang, the homesteaders went bankrupt...... It is also a good thing that a large number of landless laborers can also create conditions for him to promote his own industrial plans.

"How many tenants are there?" Ye Chang asked again.

"Didn't you say it, don't worry about the number of tenants, as long as you call out, there will be enough people to come out......"

Ye Chang frowned again, this time not for the crisis of the Tang Dynasty, but for the two Zhuangzi.

The two head managers of the village are both characters who can speak in front of the eldest princess Yuzhen, but their attitudes are clearly yang and yin against themselves.

One smiled silently, as if he was watching a joke on the side, and the other answered the question of being a person who didn't really cooperate.

Seemingly...... I thought that the Grange would be accepted smoothly, but there would still be trouble.

"Tell me how many tenants there are now, register the register, and classify them according to their age and good at them." Ye Chang was not annoyed, but said calmly: "Within one day...... No, in four hours, I will have this register. ”

"Hehe, Ye Langjun, you are a noble body, this crop matter, or we who are tired of life, don't worry about it yourself......"

"Ye Ying, Ye Ting"

Ye Changsen drank it, and the two Ye family members behind him came out in response.

Among the Ye clansmen who learned the techniques with the monk Shanzhi, these two are the most outstanding, and they came out with Ye Chang this time, which was also Ye Chang's intention to cultivate.

The two of them came up and directly set up the head manager of the village, but the head manager of the village was not afraid, and shouted: "The head of the palace of the eldest princess of Yuzhen, who else dares to be rude to a certain person?" ”

"It's just a slave leader in the eldest princess's mansion, no matter what the manager is, it's just a cheap slave." Ye Chang came to him, his face was full of disgust: "Don't think that you don't know the abacus in the stomach of your dog slave, and you deceive and hide it every year, and get a lot of benefits from Zhuangzi, right?" From today on, your good life as a dog slave is over, and a certain has paid the eldest princess three years of Zhuangzi's interest converted into money, and in these three years, everything in Zhuangzi, whether it is people or things, is the final say. You dog slave, you still want to think of yourself as a steward? I dreamed of dragging it out, beating it first, and then tying it up in front of the village to show the public."

Ye Ying Ye Ting dragged the head of the village out of the house, and Ye Chang had an explanation before he came, so the head of the village was scolding and threatening, but they didn't hear it.

"You are a smart person, Fang Cai thought he was smart, but you called him to come out and brush my tiger beard." Ye Chang turned to the remaining steward.

The steward's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly bowed his head and bowed his waist: "Where is Lang Jun, a certain stupid ......"

"Listen, I'm not here because I'm interested in the little benefits of you slaves and maids, I know exactly what tricks you have, as long as you're obedient, I don't bother to bother with you." Ye Changshu raised two fingers: "Within two hours, prepare the list I want, not only from your Zhuangzi, but also from Fang Cai's idiot." ”

The steward was stunned, and then said respectfully, "Yes."

These village stewards are the most treacherous, because they are far away from the master's house, and nearly half of the income in the village has been taken away by them under the name of a clever name. Those who are bold even use the name of the master's family to do things that they are dissatisfied with, fatten their own pockets, and ruin the reputation of their masters.

In less than two hours, the head steward of the village took the roster, Ye Chang carefully inspected it, and sure enough, according to his request, the age and expertise of the list were indicated. Ye Chang flipped through the roster and nodded with satisfaction: "If you are good at doing it, there will always be your benefits." ”

"Yes, yes, Lang Jun rest assured, the villain is aware of current affairs, but he is not like the third child." The steward took the opportunity to say: "Over the years, your lord has been dedicated to the Tao, and the general affairs in the village are almost not asked, and the third lady of Xie Lao relies on his mother who is the powerful mother around your lord, controlling the inside and outside, not only the Zhuangzi on his side, but also the Zhuangzi who is managed by the villain, and they all listen to him...... Lang Jun punished him, which was really happy. ”

"Happy?" Ye Chang put down the roster and was a little surprised: "Could it be that Xie San has oppressed the good and lawless?" ”

"This ......"

"Your surname is Fang, the name is elegant...... Fang Yingwu, hehe, a native of Chunxian County, how did he get to the princess's mansion and serve as a steward here? Ye Chang saw that he was talking hesitantly, as if he had some scruples, and asked with a smile about his origin.

This Fang Yingwu's face moved, and he was a little embarrassed: "But it was my father who traveled the world to study, and he was entangled in bargaining and owed a debt to his fellow villagers, and later this debt fell into the hands of the enemy...... Later, he couldn't pay off the debt, and his father and a certain were sold into slavery. ”

As for falling into the princess's mansion, it is a good way out for him. Ye Chang didn't ask in detail, and said with a smile: "I came to plant kapok this time, the stakes are very high, if you can make a contribution, Ye is willing to plead with the princess and return the innocence of your father and son, what do you think?" ”

Fang Yingwu's expression was suddenly moved, and he bowed down gratefully: "How can anyone be willing to be a slave, if so, a certain person is willing to serve Ye Langjun's death."

"Ha Lu Ha ......" Ye Chang Da said with a smile: "Get up, and talk to so-and-so, what is the matter with this solution three?"