The night before, Li Shimin also thought that Li Yunze might be a Turkic with brain problems.

But on the evening of the second day, after hearing the report from Wu Yan, the captain of the Hundred Cavalry Division, he immediately became unsettled.

"You say he brought fifty ploughing oxen out of the yard?"

Li Shimin's eyes widened, full of disbelief, "Fang Qing left it in that courtyard?" ”

"Your Majesty."

Wu Yan's expression was extremely solemn: "The minister assures His Majesty with the head of the man that there are no ploughing cattle in the courtyard of the grandfather. Even rummaged through the inspections before, not to mention the ploughing cattle, and even the earth dog was taken away when the Fang Gong's people left. ”

After a moment of silence, Li Shimin finally asked the sentence, "Where did the fifty ploughing cattle come from?" ”

This is really to the point, Wu Yan has no way to explain, so he can only be speechless.

Li Shimin, who felt that there was a supernatural event, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back for a while, paused and beckoned, "Go and call Fang Qing into the palace!" ”

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Wu Yan didn't go to the palace to say anything about the palace ban has already been locked, and at this time, summoning important officials of the court into the palace will cause noise and panic.

That's not something he needs to care about.

When Fang Xuanling was brought to Li Shimin, Rao was his very scheming head, and he didn't understand what would be so urgent that he needed to enter the palace overnight.

Then, he learned from the emperor's mouth that Li Yunze had come from the courtyard of his house... Fifty ploughing oxen were brought out of his yard.

"In the minister's village, there are only six ploughing oxen in total." Fang Xuanling's first reaction was that when he was about to clear himself first, "When the minister sold Zhuangzi to that person, he had already packed everything and took it away. Not to mention the ploughing cattle, even the earth dogs were not left

a. ”

After clearing himself, he asked, "Is this serious?" ”

There is no reason not to doubt it, after all, Datang's cultivated cattle are strategic materials, and each one must be registered in the yamen.

Fifty of them suddenly appeared, and the first reaction was to wonder if it was real.

Wu Yan, who looked serious, saluted, "I saw it with my own eyes, and I deliberately found an opportunity to come forward and touch it, and I pinched it, and it was indeed a cultivator with a nose ring." ”

Fang Xuanling was about to ask again, and Li Shimin said surgingly, "I believe him." ”

Just this sentence made Wu Yan's eyes red, and he leaned over and saluted the emperor.

Fang Xuanling has nothing to say now.

The emperor won the hearts of the people, how could he be a villain.

"This matter... If it weren't for the trick, I wouldn't have figured it out. Fang Xuanling shook his head again and again, and then saluted to the emperor, "Your Majesty, as soon as the city gate opens tomorrow, the minister will go and see with his own eyes what is going on." ”

"I'll go with you!"

This night, many people lost sleep.

After the city gate was opened at dawn, Li Shimin, who was red-eyed, rode his horse and led a large group of people straight to Zhuangzi.

He was too anxious and came too early.

When I entered the Zhuangzi, I had just started to eat breakfast.

Seeing a large number of knights appearing, the people in Zhuangzi were a little flustered, but they were not very frightened.

After all, this is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, just on the edge of Chang'an City. Hundreds of thousands of troops from all sides guarded Chang'an City, and no kind of horse thieves and bandits dared to slaughter Zhuangzi in broad daylight. That's not asking for money, it's digging a grave for the whole family.

According to the custom, it is natural that the old man stepped forward and saluted, "Dare to ask what you are doing when you come to Lijiazhuang?" ”

"Hahaha~~~"

Fang Xuanling, who also followed on a horse, laughed three times after coming down, and stepped forward to say, "A certain is Fang Xuanling, and the Zhuangzi here was sold to the owner of Li Zhuang the day before yesterday." ”

The people didn't know that Fang Xuanling was an important minister of the court, after all, a group of illiterate people didn't even know the emperor's name, let alone a certain minister.

It's just that seeing everyone's luxurious clothes and extraordinary bearing, they must be nobles in the city, and they dare not slack off, so they can only be submissive.

Over there, Li Shimin couldn't bear this kind of politeness, and walked directly to the largest courtyard in the Zhuangzi with a horsewhip, that is, where the owner of the village lived.

But when he was about to reach the door, he stopped.

Because I went around the house, I saw a row of weeping willows by the stream not far away, and dozens of ploughing cattle were actually tied to them.

Li Shimin immediately stepped over, looked at the question and didn't say anything, and waved the whip and shook the old cow a few times.

Seeing is believing, that's it.

It is true that fifty ploughing oxen are tethered here.

After confirming it, Li Shimin frowned and turned his head to look at the old man, "It's cold in early spring, why don't you send the ploughing cattle into the cowshed?" What a loss it is to be tied up outside like this, and to fall ill! ”

The people on the Zhuangzi looked at each other, and what they said was like their cows.

Li Shimin's position is not correct, and no matter how he is explained, he is also not in the right position.

It is precisely because of this that he wants to work hard to prove himself and prove that being the emperor is the most correct choice and can do better than his eldest brother.

The Datang he took over was not the rich Datang that many people imagined.

In fact, after the continuous fighting in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, the eighteenth road against the king and the seventy-second road of smoke and dust galloped vertically and horizontally, and the national strength of the Tang Dynasty was actually very weak.

In addition to the massive decline in population, productivity has also dropped dramatically.

Moreover, his son Li Yuan wantonly divided the feuds, and many people could be rewarded with thousands of acres of land just because they could speak well and please Li Yuan, and even the forbidden slaves were repeatedly banned.

Coupled with the Turkic nuisance, disasters continue to occur in various places, which can be regarded as a continuous natural and man-made disaster.

Therefore, for Li Shimin, who is bent on proving himself, every person is an important labor force, and every ploughing cow is an important means of production.

It is not difficult to understand why he was angry and kept the ploughing oxen outside.

The atmosphere in the threshing floor was a little awkward, but fortunately, the women brought breakfast from all over the house.

The hot Hu cakes and the rice porridge filled with a large pot immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Li Shimin, who was beside him, simply stepped forward and reached out to take out a piece of Hu cake from the basket.

Before he could catch it, Wu Yan rushed over and stretched out his hand directly.

Li Shimin frowned, reached out and stuffed the Hu Cake into his hand.

Wu Yan even ate and chewed, and then reported, "I brushed the oil, and there is still a sugar smell in it." ”

Li Shimin's eyes looked at the rice porridge in the cauldron.

Over there, Fang Xuanling came over with a smile and saluted everyone, "I'm bothered, I haven't eaten after the journey, I am willing to buy some food, and I hope you will forgive me." ”

After that, he snatched the bowl full of rice porridge from Wu Yan's hand, drank it all with a sigh and smashed his mouth, "It tastes so good, and it also has sugar." ”

Datang also has sugar.

The tenth volume of "Qi Min Yaoshu" writes about many crops that are not produced in China, and the twenty-first of them is sugarcane.

As early as the pre-Qin period, there was 'Zhe', and in the Han Dynasty, it was called 'cane'.

When the Silk Road was opened, the stone honey that came from India was cane sugar.

Sugarcane has long existed in the Middle Earth, and the subsequent introduction of sugar rolling technology has also successfully obtained granulated sugar through this technology.

So Datang has sugar, but ordinary people basically can't afford it.

Li Shimin pushed away Wu Yan, who was blocking him, and personally filled a bowl of rice porridge and drank it all.

It tastes good, and it does have a lot of sugar.

It is precisely because of this that Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling in astonishment, "Why is this?" ”

Indeed, the price of sugar is not low, that is, it can only be eaten by the nobleman's family. actually gave these homeless people in front of him expensive sugar, this is a brain problem, and there is a panic of money?

Li Yunze gave the homeless people candy just to replenish the sugar and make their bodies strong as soon as possible.

Datang's sugar is expensive, and that's because the production is small and the quality is not high.

What Li Yunze got was all industrially produced sugar in the modern world.

Of course, buying sugar on a large scale in the modern world is not an easy task, and it is not a matter of price.

It's just that now Li Yunze has no obstacle to buying anything, and it is very smooth.

Li Shimin waved his hand, "These rice porridge and Hu cakes are all bought." ”

The homeless people looked angry, this was their breakfast.

The old man over there waved his hand again and again, "I can't wait to be the master, so the owner of the village has to take the idea." ”

Fang Xuanling nodded with a smile: "Then ask Master Li Zhuang to come out and meet." ”

"The owner is still sleeping." The old man shook his head again and again, "The owner of the village is very angry when he gets up, and I don't dare to bother." ”

Li Shimin rolled his eyes, and was about to order someone to shout, but the gate of the courtyard over there was opened.

Li Yunze, who yawned, walked out, "The noise in the early morning is endless, do you still have a sense of public morality?" ”

"Hahahaha~~~"

Seeing the main owner come out, Fang Xuanling hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Li Langjun, the old man is here to disturb." ”

Li Yunze's gaze crossed Fang Xuanling and fell on Li Shimin.

As soon as the eyes of the two made contact, they were immediately like glue... Bah! It's about looking at each other.

After looking at Li Shimin, he looked at the well-trained knights, and then withdrew his gaze and looked at Fang Xuanling, "That is..."

Fang Xuanling turned his head to look over and saw Li Shimin shaking his head slightly, so he responded with a smile, "It's an old man's old friend, and Lang Jun is my family." ”

Li Yunze nodded.

Since you're willing to pretend to be a tourist, I'm not pretending to see it.

He walked up to Li Shimin and said, "Do you want to buy these Hu cakes and rice porridge?" ”

Li Shimin, who was staring at him, stood with his hands behind his back, "Hmm." ”

"Okay." Li Yunze nodded his head, "Ten taels of gold, all for you, this pot and basket can be regarded as a free gift." ”

"Lang Jun!"

Fang Xuanling chased after him, and said with a dark face, "This is too much." Ten taels of gold is enough to buy several carts of rice and noodles. ”

"You took the initiative to buy it, not me who rushed to sell it." Li Yunze stretched out his hand and picked up a piece of Hu Cake: "I am a person who pays attention to honesty in business, and pays attention to your love and my wishes." If you don't want to spend money, you can just grab it. So many people are carrying swords and swords, straight

Took this Zhuangzi is. ”

Fang Xuanling, who couldn't cry or laugh, still needed to be persuaded again, and Li Shimin was already impatiently waving his hand, "Give him ten taels of gold." ”

He immediately beckoned his knights to "eat." ”

Li Yunze also called on the homeless people to "continue to make breakfast and make it better." ”

He said that to do better is indeed better.

The bread was cut open and stuffed with minced meat.

Originally, it was just a rice porridge with sugar, but directly beaten eggs, shredded meat, sprinkled with green onions and even sesame oil, and even a few bowls of pickles were placed on the table.

Comparing the two sides, Li Shimin suddenly felt that the Hu cake in his hand was not fragrant.

After eating a full meal, Li Shimin, who had a black face, was ready to go crazy.

But he saw Li Yunze commanding the displaced people to carry iron farm tools to the threshing floor.

Looking at the strangely shaped farm tools, he couldn't help but ask, "What is this?" ”

"Quyuan plow." Li Yunze stretched out his hand and signaled, "The efficiency is many times that of a straight plow, which is very suitable for cattle ploughing." ”

'Hiss~~~'

Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling gasped together.