Seeing that Li Yue's eyes were worried, Zhang Yang smiled: "I don't want to do this anymore, I have already written a letter to Xu Jingzong, asking him to send someone to send the letter to Gaochang, the matter of planting cotton cannot be delayed, and the cotton to make cotton cloth in the coming year has not yet been settled." ”

The carriage stopped, the family walked into the village, passing by a piece of land, or deliberately set aside a few acres of land for planting cotton as last year, Li Yue stopped and looked at the seedlings in the field, "The cotton we planted last year was not good at all, the cotton wool was very small and very small, not as good as what Gaochang planted." ”

Looking at the growth of the seedlings, Zhang Yang nodded with satisfaction, "We screen the seeds again and again, and we will always cultivate them every year." ”

Set aside a few acres of land to grow cotton, and the village will pay a few more taxes.

Every land has a tax on the land, and the county magistrates of Lantian County will often come to check the situation of the fields here.

Spring planting has always been a top priority in the court, and the drought in the early years of Zhenguan had a lot of impact on Datang.

Under Li Shimin's idea of lightly dispensing with small taxes, taxes have been reduced again and again, which is indeed good for ordinary farmers, but for Lishan now, this burden is still very large.

The first step of transformation has just been completed, and the foundation is only with the factory.

This foundation did not come easily.

Zhang Yang said: "Our family property needs to be expanded, but we can't expand blindly, and when our road is more secure, it's not too late to expand." ”

Li Yue muttered in a low voice, "Even if the road is secure, it will be picked by my father, this is our family's single-handed, and we can't let my father pick the fruit easily." ”

"Unless your father comes up with enough to satisfy us, he won't even think about it."

"Hmm." Li Yue lifted the backpack on his shoulder and nodded heavily, "Don't even think about it, I think who of them dares, it's a big deal!" ”

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "I can do a few cannon battles and blow up his palace every day until he is restless." ”

Li Yue said, "It's good to blow up the Taiji Palace." ”

I don't know how my daughter-in-law raised this domineering momentum.

was originally a rich woman who sat on thousands of acres and owned the entire Lishan Mountain.

It's okay to be overbearing.

There can be no concession in family affairs involving his own family, once he retreats, the emperor will have to make an inch, this time Lishan and 3,000 acres of land made Li Shimin bloody again.

The village is still very busy, the villagers are busy with the cultivation and construction.

Shangguan Yi has to take care of Cheng Chumo's gang and take care of the construction of the village.

The couple first went to see the teacher and his wife, and the teacher's health showed no signs of improvement, but there was no sign of deterioration, which was the best result.

Zhang Yang and Li Yue came to the account room and checked the accounts for this month.

Listening to Xiaoyu's narration, the soap business has been getting better again in the past month.

Zhang Yang looked at the accounts and said: "It seems that the people of Chang'an City have become accustomed to soap, and if they want to grow their business in the future, they need to expand their sales." ”

"Do you need to buy it somewhere else in Guanzhong?"

Zhang Yang looked at the accounts and nodded, "Although the population of Chang'an City has grown, the growth of soap is not much, and this demand will become less and less as time goes by." ”

"Xiaoyu, how is the new soap workshop being built?"

Xiao Yu bowed and replied: "It took two days to lay a solid foundation, and construction is already under construction today, saying that it can be built within half a month, and soap can be produced in a month at the earliest." ”

Li Yue listened to the words and nodded.

"Another thing, the surrounding villages have a lot of words about our Lishan."

Zhang Yang was curious: "What words?" ”

"It's just that some people say that there are monsters in our village, and the factory is a monster, and after sending things in, there will be goods spit out."

Hearing this, Li Yue smiled, "It's just that they don't know how the factory works." ”

Xiao Yu nodded, "But the people outside don't know, they all think that the factory is a monster, and these rumors make it difficult for the men in our village to go outside to find their daughters-in-law." ”

Li Yue also shook his head helplessly.

The use of knowledge and technology is getting better and better, and it seems to outsiders to be like a monster.

Send the cotton to the factory, and then take out the cotton cloth from the other end of the factory, so that it looks like the cotton is actually spitting out the monster's mouth.

It's also strange that the image, the simple villagers are imaginative.

They can associate one thing from another.

Summer is about to begin, and after the summer is the farming, when the village can free up more manpower for construction.

The factory can also be built in a hurry, but the construction of Lishan will have to be postponed for some time, according to the current construction speed of Lishan, the day of moving into this new home is still far away, if the initial construction of Lishan can be completed this year, next year can free up manpower to build the village.

Xiao Yu said again: "Yesterday, Doctor Sun came to the village to see it, and said that five more women have children, and they can add people to our village in the coming year." ”

Li Yue put down the pen and put away the account book, "Take the words down, but if you are pregnant, give each family a consistent amount of money, as long as it is the population of our own village, but you don't need money for studying, food, clothing, housing and transportation." ”

Xiao Yu wrote down these words.

Zhang Yang also instructed: "The surrounding villages have a lot of rumors about us, and they also bring words to let the adult men in the village who are not yet married hurry up to find their daughters-in-law, if they can marry girls from other villages, we will reward a man with a consistent amount of money for every woman he marries, but anyone who can marry a few more is fine, our village feeds, but the woman who marries must be over 20 years old, no one less than 20 years old, and men must also be 20 years old to get married." ”

After saying a few words, Xiao Yu wrote it down and went to the village to spread the word.

There is a shortage of manpower in the village, and a larger population is needed.

Other villages have their own strong labor, so they naturally refuse to give Lishan.

Then start robbing women, as long as you can marry and take care of food and housing in the village, and give birth to children and raise them in the village.

This long-term plan is also cost-free.

Zhang Yang took Li Yue's hand and walked around the village.

Li Yue still has some doubts in her heart, "There are not many twenty-year-old women who have not yet married, and ordinary women have already married in twenty-eight years." ”

"The concept needs to change slowly, if the conditions in our village are good enough, there will be people who raise their daughters until they are 20 years old and then marry into our village, and women in their 20s can also provide labor, whether it is the cotton cloth business or the soap business, most of the people who work in the factory are women, and the men in the prime of life in the village follow the cattle to do more energetic work, and women are part of the construction of our village."

Li Yue walked backwards all the way, and this time he could look at his husband's face while walking, "There are more and more scum in my husband's beard, and I can't shave it clean." ”

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "A man should have a scumbag, this is a symbol of a man." ”

Li Yue still walked backwards, watching her husband cover her mouth and smile.

The shadows of the couple stretched long in the sunset.

Hearing him say this, Fujun's face was still a little proud and proud, his eyes were still as clear as ever, and when he looked at this village, Fujun's eyes seemed to have light.

I turned around and looked forward to see a different scenery in front of me.

There is Lee Tae and his guards in this landscape, and now Lee Tae is swearing and beating his own guards.

With a stick in his hand, he had his guards line up to be beaten, and he hit everyone with a few sticks.

It wasn't until all the guards were beaten up that they were told to go back to protect the paper mill.

Seeing that it was his imperial sister who came, Li Tai threw away the stick in his hand, "Brother-in-law, imperial sister." ”

Li Yue looked up at the group of guards who had been beaten, "What are Qingque doing?" ”

Li Tai washed his hands with the clear water in the ditch, "I suspect that there is a father's eyeliner among the guards of the Wei Palace, but I can't find out who it is, and I don't want to make any trouble, so I say that they are all the eyeliner of my father, and everyone will receive three cane punishments." ”

"I just saw you hit one person a lot."

"That's because I don't like him usually."

……

Seeing that the sun was about to sink in the West Mountain, the couple got on the carriage back to Chang'an, and when they arrived at Chang'an City, it was already night.

In contrast, Lishan seems to change every day, with new things appearing every day, while Chang'an City has always remained the same.

Late at night, Li Shimin was practicing calligraphy, and the content he wrote was the poems that Li Tai had people post in front of the mansion.

"Hide in a small building and become a unity, and care about his spring, summer, autumn and winter?" Li Shimin read it, very satisfied with the words he wrote.

His Majesty has always admired his own words for a long time, and people think that this kind of writing may be really good.

Ouyang Xun also praised this flying white body, and I don't know if Ouyang Xun really praised it at the beginning.

Even if there is no one else to evaluate these words, His Majesty will be alone in his own appreciation.

Empress Changsun knew that His Majesty practiced calligraphy a lot of times to relieve his boredom, "This poem is mostly Qingque telling his own thoughts, this child is really getting bolder and bolder, how can he write this kind of self-deprecating poem to show His Majesty, let the people of Chang'an City know about it, how will the Manchu Dynasty Wenchen and Wu think of Your Majesty." ”

"Guanyin only knows one thing, but I don't know the other." Li Shimin put down the rice paper in his hand, picked up another piece of paper and continued to write while speaking, "This poem was read by Zhang Yang, but it was written by Qingque. ”

"Zhang Yang again? With his talent, he could write such a poem? ”

"He said it was from his teacher." Li Shimin pondered and said: "I think this kid is like a lake, and he used his teacher to cover it up once or twice, Red Mansion, West Chamber and Liang Zhu, and now this poem, he is really knowledgeable, and I also admire it very much." ”

"It should be celebrated." Li Shimin took a sip of wine after speaking.

Looking at Li Shimin's smile, there is even more self-deprecation.

Empress Eldest Sun looked at this poem, "This son of Niu tells the story of when Qi Jinggong and his son were laughing, and there is also the idea of hiding in a small building to unify and manage his spring, summer, autumn and winter, and there is a kind of helplessness and helplessness to stick to his position and stand firm, and he doesn't want to face the bad world again." ”

Li Shimin nodded, "It seems that in the days to come, Qingque doesn't want to go back to Chang'an." ”

Empress Changsun put down this poem, glanced at Li Shimin again, and complained in her heart and it was difficult to say it, if she hadn't treated Qingque like this at the beginning, she would have given him a punishment directly, and she wouldn't have made a fuss like this.

In the face of the interests of the country, whether it is Qingque or Chengqian, these royal family ties are becoming more and more estranged.

In the morning, after getting off the court, Zhang Yang was wandering around the East Market, buying some meat and making barbecue at home.

While walking, behind him was Xu Jingzong, babbling and talking.

"Zhang Shangshu, Dasu and Da'an have already selected a good place, and our Foreign Affairs Academy can open today."

Zhang Yang nodded, "It's good." ”

Xu Jingzong said again: "You are the head of the Foreign Affairs Academy, you can't ignore this matter, or you should preside over it yourself?" ”

】

The uncles, aunts and uncles in Dongshi all know Zhang Yang, and they often come to buy vegetables on weekdays, and everyone knows each other very well.

Everyone doesn't know exactly what's going on, but I heard that Zhang Yang's official is getting bigger and bigger.

If Zhang Yang was shopping for vegetables here alone, everyone would be able to say a few words jokingly.

But now that Zhang Yang is followed by a person in official uniform, everyone naturally doesn't dare to say much.

"Zhang Shangshu should go first, it's better to take a look."

Seeing that Xu Jingzong was going to continue to entangle, Zhang Yang was puzzled: "What? Do you want me, the host, to cut the ribbon to celebrate? Do we Datang also have this kind of rule? ”

"But you're Shangguan." Xu Jingzong emphasized again.

"When I'm not there, the three of you make up your own mind, if you really waver and can't come up with a good solution, come back to me." Zhang Yang patted him on the shoulder, "Lao Xu, you and I have been working together for two years, I believe in your ability, and you will definitely be able to handle this matter well." ”

Seeing that Zhang Yang said this, Xu Jingzong bowed a little and left quickly.

Zhang Yang continued to pick up the meat in front of the pork stall in front of him, "Uncle, help me cut off these fat and thin meats." ”

The uncle who sold pork asked, "Xiao Zhang, I heard that your current official is getting bigger and bigger?" ”

Zhang Yang waved his hand and said: "What official is getting bigger and bigger, I am a small official who usually sorts out the papers." ”

"The person who followed you just now must be a big official, right?"

Zhang Yang nodded and whispered: "That person's name is Xu Jingzong, his official is big, and he likes to arrest people at every turn, and confiscate other people's property, everyone should stay away when they meet this person in the future." ”

Everyone looked at each other and nodded.

Zhenguan once, this world is not too good, nor is it too bad.

The Foreign Affairs Yuan has finally been completed, and diplomatic matters related to future exchanges with other countries can also be carried out in the Foreign Affairs Yuan.

The Ministry of Ceremonies can also devote its energies to other celebrations and festivals.

Li Baiyao looked at the empty Ministry of Rites, shook his head and sighed.

With a sigh just now, a long sigh was also heard behind him at the same time, and Li Baiyao looked back and saw Tang Jian.

"It turned out to be the book of the household."

Tang Jian stroked his beard and said: "Look at the moment you are isolated by the Ministry of Rites, they are so honored to celebrate the establishment of the Foreign Affairs Academy, leaving you alone in the Ministry of Rites." ”

"The Ministry of Rites can't be empty all the time, and we have to deal with other matters, according to Zhang Shangshu's meaning, we are busy with our own affairs and do not interfere with each other."

Tang Jian persuaded: "You should think about whether you have offended them." ”