"What does His Royal Highness the King of Chu want to do in the future, whether to become an official in the court, or to serve as a general in the army, or to teach and educate people, and to be a Confucian student."

In the afternoon, in the back garden, Li Gang and Li Kuan sat face to face, brewing a pot of tea, and placing three or two plates of pastries, so uncomfortable and chic.

Faced with Li Gang's inquiry, Li Kuan replied calmly: "Why did Master Li only give these three options? ”

"Isn't it good to be a businessman, a doctor, a farmer, or a worker?"

Li Gang smiled, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Entering the court as an official, cultivating party henchmen, preparing for the next generation, and serving in the army as a general is to serve as a family umbrella and a way to enhance status. ”

"The party henchmen, the protective umbrella, and the cold are the foundation for the long-term survival of the family."

"A history book in one hand and a sword in the other hand are the foundation of the family."

"Am I not right?"

Li Kuan said that he was convinced, and this old guy didn't know what to think, so he taught himself dragon slaying.

Sighing, Li Kuan looked at Minglan who was walking here with fresh snacks, and said softly: "Master Li, if you enter the court as an official, there is a possibility of being liquidated by the enemy, and in order to be born and die, there is a possibility of dying on the battlefield, incarnating as a Confucian student, and there is also a possibility of being ruined by someone's reputation." ”

"It's all dangerous."

"I think it's very good to be in business, agriculture, industry, and medicine, safe, without so many disputes, to do the best, and to protect the family."

Li Gang shook his head and objected to Li Kuan's words.

"The five wealthy merchants of the late Han Dynasty still need to find the protection of the princes in the troubled times."

"Hua Tuo's medical skills are outstanding, and he was still easily killed by Cao Cao."

"Craftsmen have been pariahs since ancient times."

"Peasants... Hehe. ”

In the end, Li Gang did not say anything, the peasants have been the most important force since ancient times, but they are still a vulnerable group when they are pulled out individually.

At this time, Minglan brought over a plate of snacks, it was fresh braised beef, Li Kuan pushed it in front of Li Gang, motioned him to taste it, and then said: "But Master Li, if I increase the yield per mu of land by one stone, do you think anyone will dare to touch the Chu Palace?" ”

Li Gang nodded, then naturally no one would dare to attack the Chu Palace.

If Li Kuan does this, then the Chu Palace's mansion will rest with the country.

After thinking for a moment, Li Gang looked at Li Kuan in surprise: "This is the path you chose for yourself?" ”

"A path to a saint."

Li Kuan nodded and said softly: "Non-officials, non-generals, non-Confucians, but they can all bow their heads and salute me." ”

"When the world is my ancestral hall, I am the most idle person in Datang."

There are only two endings for the meritorious master, one is to hang high as a symbol of the empire, and the other is to die without a corpse.

The main character of the former is the Shennong line, and the latter is a general.

Li Gang was very happy about Li Kuan's choice of path.

"I hope you succeed, but I'm curious why you chose this path."

Li Kuan smiled and replied lazily: "I'm afraid of being tired." ”

"Isn't it good to be a free idler?"

"A beautiful wife and a beautiful concubine are in her arms, and you have a good life, how cool it is."

Fighting for power and profit, asking for the people's lives, colluding with friends, tilting power towards the government and the opposition, and stirring up the situation, Li Kuan said that that was not his pursuit.

The idea of having no ambition made Li Gang agree with it.

He believes that Li Kuan has chosen a path of longevity.

Thinking of this, Li Gang asked, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Li Kuan didn't even think about it and replied: "Before, I looked through the ancient books, found a method of making fertilizer, and prepared to test it. ”

"Then I'm going to recruit a group of craftsmen to make changes to those agricultural tools and see if I can make new agricultural tools and speed up land reclamation."

Li Kuan's idea is very simple, that is, to be an idler.

Li Gang nodded after listening, as long as he has an idea.

Li Gang knew that this road could be passed, so he wanted to see how far Li Kuan could go.

In addition to these, Li Kuan didn't say anything, he also plans to do high-quality rice seedling cultivation.

It takes a little bit of it, and it's hard until the results come out.

However, he can take his time and spend more than ten years.

After hearing this, Li Gang was silent for a while, and continued: "But these are not enough, after all, you didn't do it personally, and those people are not from the Chu Palace, so it is impossible to put all the credit on the head of the Chu Palace, after all, the technology itself is the most important." ”

Ah, Li Kuan tilted his head: "But they are all slaves and maids of my Chu Palace." ”

Li Kuan smiled and said, "Master Li, do you think I gave them money like I hired you as a propagandist for the teahouse?" ”

"No, they're all slaves I bought, and I bought them for a lot of money."

"Take the manure technology as an example, I can't really do it, I just told them to do it, but the people who do it are all slaves and maids of my Chu Palace, and they have been slaves for generations."

"It's the same with craftsmen, even if they are free, I can buy them and sell them, it's just a matter of price."

Li Gang was silent, took a bite of pastry, took a sip of tea, and stopped talking.

He couldn't refute Li Kuan.

Li Kuan sighed lightly, he really didn't have any moral cleanliness.

In this era when you can buy and sell human lives, why refuse?

Moreover, when he bought slaves, he was also doing good deeds and accumulating virtue.

Those homeless people, if he didn't buy them, those people could only starve to death, and they didn't even live for a month.

Even if you survive, you won't survive the winter.

Next, Li Gang taught Li Kuan to read a few Confucian classics, and left after dinner.

In the evening, a memo about Li Kuan's life ambition was sent to Li Shimin's desk.

"Is it a study of land production? That's a good ambition. ”

Li Shimin looked at the description of Li Kuan in the compromise, and his mood became happy.

"Bring me the recent movements of the Chu Palace."

Soon, a piece of information about the movements of the Chu Wangfu was sent, which recorded the current movements of the Chu Wangfu, with records of their purchase of old farmers, as well as records of their purchase of craftsmen, which was really bought for money.

And these people were all arranged outside Chang'an City, in the Zhuangzi of the King of Chu.

After Li Shimin was sure that these would not affect him, he no longer paid attention to it, but added a blessing to Li Kuan in his heart, hoping that he could study a way to increase land production as soon as possible.

In May of the first year of Zhenguan, Li Kuan, the king of Chu, wrote a letter and moved out of Chang'an on the grounds that the weather was too hot and went to live in Chuzhuang outside Chang'an City.

What was the name of this place has been forgotten by everyone, but now it is called Chu Zhuang, the king of Chu changed, there are more than 500 families living here, not many, they are all Zhuang households of the Chu Wangfu, the only miserable point is that the old men in every household are basically a little injured.

Some elderly people are even missing arms and legs.

Before Li Kuan left, he invited a wave of Li Gang and invited him to come here together, after all, this is his own teacher.

Li Gang chose to go to Chuzhuang between Li Shimin's invitation to ask him to be a teacher for the prince and Li Kuan to go to Chuzhuang together, so the old man pretended to be sick for three days, so Li Shimin was speechless, but thinking about it left and right, they are all his own sons, so forget it.

Of course, the main thing is that Li Gang told Li Shimin that he and Li Kuan have a good relationship and get along very well.

Chuzhuang also has a Chu Wangfu, Li Kuan lived in it directly after he came, and then the first thing Li Kuan did was to dig a large swimming pool in the backyard.

Standing by the pool, Li Kuan sighed: "I'm not embarrassed to do this in Chang'an, I can finally do it here." ”

"When the weather is hot, I will go down with the beauty in my arms and enjoy it."

The naked words made the people around him can't help but look sideways, this kid has a dream.