Chapter 241 Tea Promotion
Li Shen watched Wang Xuance board the ship, but what he thought in his heart was how he seemed to have seen the scene just now.
Should I grab the soil and put it in Wang Xuance's cup at that time, and then say: I'd rather cherish a twist of soil in my own country than love ten thousand taels of gold in other countries!
Wang Xuance left, if he knew what Li Shen thought just now, he estimated that he would spray wine on Li Shen's face,
This time, Wang Xuance took a thousand guards from King Ji's Mansion away, after all, he needed to escort so much money. In addition to a thousand guards, there is also a fifty-man blade squad.
In recent years, Li Shen has perfected many training subjects for this team, such as masquerade reconnaissance, and Li Shen has also specially invited people from several countries to teach them languages, including Tibet, Goguryeo, Mongolian, and the Western Regions.
The purpose of their following Wang Xuance this time was to protect Wang Xuance's safety.
Li Shen looked at the fleet on the Weishui River in the distance, looked at the surging river, and really wanted to roar, the rolling Yangtze River is full of water.
After Wang Xuance left, Li Shen felt that he was missing a right-hand man. He had to do a lot of things by himself, which made him very unaccustomed to it.
On the third day of Wang Xuance's departure, Wang Hongfu came to report that he had begun to harvest autumn tea, and Li Shen had bought 5,000 acres of tea gardens by himself.
"Lord Wang, are we going to collect a little less this year?" Wang Hongfu asked Li Shen.
"No, we want as much as we want, and not only collect tender tea, but also old tea, Lao Wang, although some of our tea business has been sold to Tubo and other places, but it is not enough, you send people to Shannan, Jiannan, Lingnan and other tea-producing states and counties, vigorously promote the cultivation of tea, just say that my palace will always receive."
Tea trees are generally mountainous, so the cultivation of fertile land is not delayed. You send someone to Lingnan to inform the fifth brother, so that he can also organize the local people to plant tea in a large area in the mountains, and they can pick it in two or three years, without delaying them in planting grain.
Let him vigorously develop tea and rice cultivation to improve the lives of the people.
The focus of our tea development this year is on the grassland, Tibet, and the Western Regions. Don't sell our tea in these places, they can't drink anything, you go to the tea merchant to buy boiled tea and sell it to the grassland Tubo.
Remember to exchange cattle and sheep, exchange food, and don't want their money. ”
Wang Hongfu wrote down Li Shen's requirements in a small notebook on the side, for fear that there would be a little omission.
Now he is very satisfied with his current life, everyone knows that he is the spokesperson of Ji Wangfu's business, and ordinary officials dare not provoke him, and Li Shen gives him tens of thousands of dividends every year in terms of money.
Don't think it's less, most businessmen can't earn tens of thousands of dollars a year in the wind and rain.
The most important point is that Li Shen removed the lowly status of several of his sons. That is to say, the lowly status is only up to his generation, and the next generation can study and take the imperial examination to become an official in the future.
It's much more important than money, and it doesn't matter if he's cheap or not.
"Lord Wang, the villain also heard about something, and it has something to do with the prince."
"Tell me about it."
"The villain heard in the market that Xue Guogong Ashina Zhong was buying a large amount of grain, it seems that the Ashina tribe was affected, and more than half of the cattle and sheep died.
And it seems that a lot of property will be sold, which is what I heard from the people in the dental industry. Wang Hongfu told Li Shen the news he heard.
"Xue Guogong? Ashina Zhong? Who is it? Why does this sound familiar? After hearing this, Li Shen felt that the name Ashina Zhong was very familiar.
Looking at Li Shen's meditative appearance, Wang Hongfu felt speechless. Reminder:
"Lord Wang, the Duchess of Xue Guogong Ashina Zhong is the county lord of Dingyang."
"The county lord of Dingyang? Oh, this king remembers. Ashina Zhong is my eldest brother-in-law. Li Shen's sudden realization gave Wang Hongfu on the side a headache.
This prince is not very old, is his memory so bad? It's not a father, but it's a mother. I don't even remember my eldest brother-in-law.
In fact, this can't be blamed on Li Shen, he has never seen Ashina Zhong, he has only seen the county lord of Dingyang, and as he grows older, he has never even seen the county lord of Dingyang.
In fact, the county lord of Jeongyang also has self-knowledge, Li Shen is a prince and a prince. She didn't want to cling to the powerful and trouble Li Shen.
"Okay, I know, you go and do what I explained, send people to collect tea in various places, how much you can collect, and try to get ahead of the family. Go for it."
Wang Hongfu took the order and left, Li Shen thought about it, changed his clothes, and went straight to the palace with people.
Now in Chang'an City, except for Li Chengqian, there is only Li Shen who can go out with hundreds of guards.
Even the little fat man Li Tai can't do it, which is enough to see Li Shimin's love for Li Shen. This made many princes envious.
Only Li Shen himself feels that the protection fee in the past few years has not been paid in vain.
Now that Li Shen is fifteen years old, the procedures for entering the palace are more cumbersome. It is necessary to report the registration of the harem, and when to enter, where to go, what to do, and when to come out must be registered.
And after entering the harem, there must be a special person to follow, and the adult prince can only go to his mother's palace when he enters the palace, of course, it is okay to go to the queen to say goodbye.
In addition, it is not allowed to go to other places, otherwise it will be a violation of etiquette and deceive the king, unless you get the permission of the emperor.
Of course, Li Shen knew the rules, and Li Shimin originally allowed his guards to follow him to the gate of the harem, but Li Shen only put the guards outside the imperial city to wait, and only brought a few maidservants and eunuchs into the palace.
When he arrived at the Daji Palace, Concubine Wei was not there, and Li Shen estimated that he should make a wedding dress for Li Mengjiang at the queen's place.
Li Mengjiang's wedding dress will take at least four or five months to complete, and it is all embroidered stitch by stitch. Li Shen couldn't help but be shocked when he heard that one of the emperor's dragon robes would be embroidered for several years.
Let the palace maid go to the queen to inform him, saying that he has something to do, and he will let his subordinates make tea.
After a while, Wei Guifei came back, and when they met, she asked, "Shen'er, didn't you come only the day before yesterday?" ”
"Mother, do you dislike me?" Li Shen grimaced. How can anyone talk like this to their own mother.
"Tell me, you kid, what's the matter with this time." Wei Guifei sat down and asked
"Mother, I heard from the people in the house that Xue Guogong Ashina Zhong is buying grain, and it seems that a lot of cattle and sheep from the Ashina tribe have died. I want to ask, has the eldest sister come to find the concubine? ”
What Li Shen meant was to know if the county lord of Dingyang had come to Wei Guifei for help.
"And such a thing? She hasn't been here, alas, your eldest sister has been sensible since she was a child, and she doesn't come to me for help no matter what she does. That is, I will give some money as a reward every time I celebrate the New Year.
Ashina Zhong is now the leader of their tribe, and often has to help the old, young, sick and disabled in the tribe.
If it was a disaster, he would also help the tribe survive the disaster. As far as his money is concerned, how can he use it? Wei Guifei also sighed.