Li Shen left the Jin Palace, got into the carriage, and after saying a word to return to the house, he also fell into deep thought.

Over the years, Li Shen has been ignoring an important figure, a figure in history who will be the emperor in the future, and that is Li Zhi.

He didn't expect that now that the prince's position is so stable, Li Zhi can still have the heart to compete for the prince.

Is there really that much charm about this location? Let these people go forward and try with their flesh and blood, and finally lose their lives.

Li Shen really can't understand, like him now, if he wants to eat and drink, drink and drink, and have money, is it not good to live a lifetime?

Li Shen accepted Wu Mei, and Li Chengqian is not a person who can't tolerate his brothers, so why should he take his life for that position.

These people just can't think about it.

Li Shen began to feel that he should keep his distance from Li Zhi.

Since Li Zhi's banquet, Li Shen has never been out of the house, and has been repairing the palace at home.

Until Wang Hongfu came to the palace and brought a person.

"I've seen the prince." After the two saluted Li Shen, Wang Hongfu said

"Lord Wang, he has just returned from the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. I came back to report it."

"Anxi Protectorate? Did you find the white stack? By the way, what's your name. Li Shen was stunned for a moment, and then immediately came to his senses and asked eagerly.

"Lord Wang, the little one's name is Zhang Chong, Anxi who followed the king's shopkeeper,

After the shopkeeper took us to the boundary of the Anxi Protectorate, we found that the grassland was too big and there was no way to find it...."Zhang Chong began to narrate.

It turned out that the shopkeeper Wang who led the team was Wang Hongfu's cousin named Wang Wencheng, and they ran all the way but did not find the remnants of Gaochang at the beginning.

In the end, Wang Wencheng went directly to the Anxi Duhu Mansion, and showed the identity of Ji Wangfu, and only then did he inquire with the general of the Duhu Mansion about the location of the remnants of Gaochang in the past, and then after they got there, sure enough, as Li Shen said, the relics of Gaochang were indeed planting white stacks, but not much.

Wang Wencheng immediately contacted the officials in charge of them, and they all bought them, and they also bought a lot of white stack seeds.

As for the grapes that Li Shen requested, there are also many local plantings. Wang Wencheng is still buying cotton locally, and asked Zhang Chong to come back first to report the news and wait for Li Shen's next instructions.

After listening to Zhang Chong, Li Shen said happily:

"Okay, you're doing a great job."

"Lord Wang, what should we do next, the villain can go back and report to the king's shopkeeper." Zhang Chong asked.

Li Shen stood up, walked outside, looked at the scenery outside, and began to think deeply.

When it comes to the use of cotton, the Gaochang people are more aware of it than the Central Plains people in this period. And there is another point is the problem of transportation, cotton is light, but it takes up too much space.

"Zhang Chong, how many white stacks did you see there?"

"Back to the prince, there are a lot, and now I will start to collect it."

"You go back and inform Wang Wencheng, send a few truckloads of seeds back, don't send Bai Diezi back, I will let people set up a workshop over there,

Don't bring back the grapes, I'll send someone over to set up a winery. You go home to see your family first, and when the king makes arrangements, you go back. ”

"It's the prince." Zhang Chong took the order and left,

"Lao Wang, arrange for someone to prepare money and some textile utensils, and arrange for a master of the winery to make fruit wine, and follow him when Zhang Chong leaves.

Textile workshops and wine-making workshops should be quickly established. Workers can be recruited locally. ”

"It's the prince." Wang Hongfu also hurried to handle Li Shen's request, he knew that Li Shen would let Zhang Chong go soon.

The next day, Li Shen waited for the next court and went to the Liangyi Palace.

"I've seen Ayer."

"Well, what's the matter with you, are you in trouble again?" Li Shimin asked without raising his head

"Aya, why do you always think your son is going to get into trouble? It's been a long time since I've been in trouble. ”

What this dad said really hurt me.

"Nothing to do is not to go to the Three Treasures Palace, this is what you said. Say, what's the matter. ”

"Aye, I want to buy some land over there in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate." Li Shen said

"Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate?" That place was in the bitter cold land of the north, and it should have been the boundary of Gaochang before.

"What do you want to do in that bitter cold place?" Li Shimin was puzzled

"Aye, I'm going to go there and plant white stacks and grapes." Li Shen told the truth, or people would know about it in the future.

"White stacks? Grapes?"

"Yes, I found that white stacks and grapes can be planted there, and these two things are the most important thing for my Datang."

Seeing what Li Shen said solemnly, Li Shimin also paid attention to it, he knew that every time Li Shen did something not only to make money, but also to Datang.

"Tell me about it." He can understand that the white stack is used for ornamental purposes in the Central Plains.

"Aya, according to the people I sent to the local area to investigate, the white stacks they planted can be made into cloth. And the texture is better than linen, soft, comfortable, and warm.

If it is planted on a large scale, it can completely replace linen cloth or even silk silk, and the price is cheap. ”

"Better than sackcloth, cheaper? Can it replace linen? "Li Shimin is very skeptical of what you mean.

"Aya, the people of Baidiezi Tianzhu have long started to weave cloth to make clothes. A Tianzhu person I know said. Li Shen saw that Li Shimin could only make up blindly if he didn't believe it, but it was true that cotton cloth had been used in the Indian mother river basin for a long time.

"Well, if it's really as you said, then it has done a good thing for my Datang, but the place is vast and sparsely populated, and it will be difficult to plant a large area." Li Shimin said after thinking for a while.

The Anxi Prefecture is indeed vast and sparsely populated, with a total population of only one million in the huge area.

"Aye, I've already thought about this, and I'm going to contact this gang of gentlemen and ask them to go and plant with me. The land is leased to them free of charge, and they hand over 30% of the white stacks every year. "Choosing a loan is something Li Shen has been thinking about.

The population of the Tang Dynasty is increasing, if all the land is rewarded, then what can I do if there is no land when there are more people in the future, and the court has the right to take it back at any time when it is leased.

Even if you use it in the future, there is an excuse. will not let future generations say that the royal family will break its word and get fat.

"Well, yes, but it's still about how to solve the population problem." Li Shimin felt that letting Li Shen toss by himself first, a little eyebrows, and the court was coming forward.

"Aye, in the early stage, I plan to raise the price of white stacks, and the income per mu of land is five times that of corn.

If these people see benefits, they don't need to be promoted by the imperial court, they will naturally do it themselves. At that time, the imperial court only needs to implement land leasing, with a five-year period, and hand over thirty percent of the white stacks.

As for the personnel issue, they will naturally bring people over themselves for the sake of profit. We don't have to worry about it.

I will send someone to the local residents this year and tell them to let them grow their own crops, and the nobles will not be able to recruit people. After Li Shen finished speaking, he looked at Li Shimin

"Alas~~ Lao Shi, although you have always been ridiculous in doing things, you always have a purpose. With a long-term vision, I really hope that you can help your eldest brother when your eldest brother succeeds to the throne in the future. After Li Shimin listened to Li Shen's words, he instantly understood what Li Shen meant.