Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Thank you, father, and my son will leave." The next thing must be a strategic revision due to the appearance of the horseshoe, and Li Zhenneng will not be able to participate in these.

Contrary to Li Zhen's expectations, after he left, Li Shimin didn't start to talk about business, but looked at Li Zhen's leaving back and said: "My dear friends, what do you think of Zhen'er?"

"This..." Everyone was confused by Li Shimin's question. They didn't know what he meant. After a long time, Li Jing replied: "Your Majesty, His Highness is naturally very smart and precocious, otherwise he would not have come up with the saltpeter ice making method and today's Horseshoes."

"Exactly, Your Majesty, Your Highness is really smart." Cheng Yaojin also echoed: "Anyway, it is said that His Highness the Eighth Highness is blessed by heaven."

"Blessed by God? Blessed by God? Hey!!" Li Shimin's face was complicated, and he let out a long sigh, "Let's get down to business."

"Yes." Although confused by Li Shimin's words, seeing that Li Shimin didn't want to talk about it, they couldn't ask any more questions, so they had to hold back their stomachs full of doubts to discuss the business, and the business they said was similar to what Li Zhen guessed, that is, in the After the whole army is equipped with horseshoes, how to defeat the Turks more efficiently and with fewer losses.

Chapter 22 Concubine Yan's Admonition

Chapter 22 Concubine Yan's Admonition

Li Zhen didn't know what happened next, otherwise she would have started pretending to be her grandson.It's also fortunate that he didn't know, otherwise Li Shimin would definitely suspect him due to such a huge contrast, but this time he escaped by some accident.

"Next, we can do a big job." Li Zhen lay on the bed and thought about the next thing. There is no need to worry about the workshop, which is full of ready-made master craftsmen. Just update the technology. In addition, you have to investigate Check out the current supervisor and replace him if he is unqualified.But the difficulty lies in the manager. He doesn't have any manpower at all, not to mention the shopkeeper in the store.

"Little Fuzi, come here quickly." Luckily, Li Zhen pointed out the truth that one person is weaker than the other, and she is not just two people.

"Your Highness." Xiao Fuzi's legs are fast, and Li Zhen is more and more satisfied with him.

"Let me ask you, my father rewarded me with several workshops and shops. The problem is that now I only have a few of you who can use it, but you can't leave the palace. Where do you think I should get people?"

"That's simple." Xiao Fuzi said with a smile, "We have everyone in Chang'an City."

"Human City! That's right, why did I forget about the human market?" Li Zhen suddenly realized that the Tang Dynasty was not a later generation. Although the Tang Dynasty was a feudal country, it didn't mean that there were no slaves. Those between slaves and free people are called trilogy or slaves. Theoretically speaking, Xiao Fuzi and others belong to slaves. In addition to local slaves, there are also slaves from other countries transported from abroad. For example, they are called slaves by later generations. The black slaves of 'Kunlun slaves' appeared at this time.

"But how do I go out?" There is a way, but now that I am a kid, Li Shimin probably won't let me go out, right?

Xiao Fuzi came up with another idea: "Your Highness can go out in the name of visiting uncle."

"But if I visit my uncle, my concubine must go out with me. I can't run far with my concubine here, right?"

"This?" Xiao Fuzi was also in a dilemma, and he really had nothing to do.

"Okay, you go down." Li Zhen's subordinates are still very good, seeing that Xiao Fuzi really tried his best, she no longer made things difficult for him.

Xiao Fuzi did not back down, but said to Li Zhen: "Your Highness, you can ask Empress Yan for advice."

Li Zhen lay on the bed and said weakly: "That's the only way to go."

Li Zhen recalled Concubine Yan's family members on the bed. This thought was incredible. Concubine Yan's family is still very powerful. Concubine Yan's great-grandfather was named Yan Kan, and Shi Wei served as General Cheqi and General Huqi , Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Zuowei General, Chuzhou Governor, Shangzhu State, Yangping County Founder.Grandfather Yan Rong, served as the third division of Kaifu Yitong, the governor of Jinzhou, the governor of Puzhou in Sui Dynasty, the general manager of Yangzhou, the general manager of Xing Yinghengying Youping Tan Cangyi Guibei [-] states, the general Zuo Wuhou, and Shangzhu Guo and Luoye County Lord; Yanrong was harsh and cruel, and did many things of bullying and abuse, so he was bestowed to death by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.His father, Yan Baoshou, was known as a child prodigy when he was young, but he has no record of official positions. It seems that he was tired of Yan Rong and did not pursue official careers.His mother Sui Taiwei, the third daughter of Guan Wang Yang Xiong, Degao Mengmu, Xueguan Cao's wife.She also has an older brother named Yan Jingsi, who was named Duke of Changping County and governor of Eyunzhou.

But Concubine Yan's mother family is really not simple. Her grandfather's name is Yang Xiong, whose real name is Yang Hui, son of Yang Jian's clan of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, son of Yang Shao, governor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and son of Yang Shao, Duke of Tangcheng County, clan and minister of the Sui Dynasty.Several uncles are also quite remarkable. The eldest uncle, Yang Gongren, was an official to Zhongshuling; Doctor Yu Sili; third uncle Yang Xu, an official to Sanqi Shilang; fourth uncle Yang Shidao, an official in Tang Dynasty to Zhongshuling, named Ande County Duke, married the fifth daughter of Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty, Princess Changguang, and two other aunts also Both married high officials.

What's more interesting is that Yan's mother and Wu Zetian's mother (Yang Da's daughter) are cousins, so Yan, Chao Wangfei Yang (that is, Li Yuanji's wife, Yang Shidao's niece), and Empress Wu can all be regarded as cousins.

"Mother Concubine!!!" Li Zhen rushed all the way into Concubine Yan's arms in a sweet voice.

"Zhen'er, slow down, what should you do if you fall?" Concubine Yan picked up Li Zhen: "What delicious food did you bring to concubine mother?"

"Mother Concubine, look." Li Zhen asked Xiao Fuzi to open the food box: "Today's weather is hot and dry, and my son specially asked Linglong to make iced sour plum soup. Mother Concubine, please try it."

"Hmm! Zhen'er is so good, I know I'm thinking of my mother and concubine." Concubine Yan kissed Li Zhen fiercely, then took a sip, and shivered suddenly: "It really is a good product to relieve the heat."

"As long as the concubine likes it." Li Zhen smiled until she couldn't see her eyes, and it was even more cute to show her two canine teeth.

"Zhen'er is so good." Concubine Yan looked at Li Zhen's cute appearance, and couldn't help but gnawed on Li Zhen's face again.

"Of course, if the child is not good, the emperor will not reward me."

"Oh? What did the emperor reward you again?"

"My son accidentally said that he wanted to earn some money, and today my father rewarded me with a few shops and workshops." Li Zhen clasped her fingers and said, "But my son is worrying about what to do."

Who would have thought that Concubine Yan's face would turn serious after hearing this: "Zhen'er, have you made another contribution?"

"Yes, I designed a kind of shoes for horses. The emperor was very happy, so he rewarded me so much, and allowed the child not to pay taxes."

Concubine Yan put Li Zhen by her side and looked at him with a serious expression, which made Li Zhen's little heart thump and thump: "Concubine Mother, did the child do something wrong?"

"Zhen'er, you didn't do anything wrong, but" Concubine Yan hesitated to speak, and looked around: "You all go down."

"Yes." The serving eunuch and maid saluted and left the palace, closing the door before leaving.

Seeing no one around, Concubine Yan said solemnly: "Zhen'er, you can only listen to what Concubine Mother said below, and you can't tell the outside world, understand?"

"The child knows, even the father doesn't tell."

"That's right." Concubine Yan's face softened slightly: "Zhen'er, you can get the inheritance of the immortal, and the concubine mother is very happy from the bottom of her heart, but you are too outstanding, and your performance is too eye-catching."

"Isn't that good?" Li Zhen pretended to be puzzled, but his back was already soaked, and he already realized where the problem was: "Don't you say that the better you are, the more your father likes you?"

"Excellence is of course good. If Zhen'er is excellent, not only the father likes it, but also the mother and concubine, but it's not good to be too good. After all, you are only three years old this year, and you have already suppressed all brothers including your prince brother." Underneath, you are so outstanding, what do you make other brothers and brothers think?"

"Oh, I see." Li Zhen suddenly realized: "If the father has a hundred shares of our favor, each of our brothers has ten shares, but because the father likes me so much, he will treat the other person as a favor. The love of other brothers is added to me, so that I love more, but the love of other brothers is less, and they will be angry with me."

"You can understand it that way."

"My child understands." Li Zhen stood up and said, "I will return my father's reward to my father."

"No!" Concubine Yan couldn't laugh or cry: "Zhen'er, you returned the reward to Emperor Father. Doesn't that mean that someone will mention you later? How is it different from leaking our conversation today?"

Chapter 23 Yan Jingsi

Chapter 23 Yan Jingsi

"Then what should I do?" Li Zhen rubbed her forehead in distress, and looked at Concubine Yan expectantly, hoping that Concubine Yan would give her an idea.

"Forget about the past, as long as you don't perform so well." Concubine Yan thought for a while and came up with an idea.

"This is easy to handle. I will pretend not to know if my father asks me again in the future." Li Zhen suddenly said.

"This is even worse." Concubine Yan picked up Li Zhen and nodded his nose: "In this way, you will attract father's idea even more, as long as you behave a little better than your brothers."

"My child understands." Li Zhen nodded to express her understanding, and then rested her chin on the back of her hand in distress: "But what should these shops do? They can't be empty, right?"

"The shop and workshop will be handed over to the concubine mother. Although your uncle is not a high-ranking official, he is still the founder of the county. It's okay for him to find a few reliable people, not to mention your uncle's family."

"Thank you, concubine mother." Li Zhen stood up and saluted decently: "However, in order to avoid gossip from others, I'd better ask my uncle to help me buy a few people in the market."

Foreign relatives are disgusting, as long as you let them get involved, you don't want to get rid of them. It's better not to play with them from the beginning. Although the initial development is difficult, it is necessary for the long-term consideration.But the slaves bought in the market are different. As long as they have the slave documents in their hands, they can only be your slaves for the rest of their lives, and they will be more grateful if you release them from slavery later.

"That's fine." In fact, Concubine Yan didn't really want her brother to intervene in the royal affairs, but she didn't have anyone in her hands. After hearing Li Zhen's method, she felt that it was right for her, so she agreed.

On the way back, despite the hot weather, Li Zhen's back was chilly.Indeed, I have been too much in the limelight for a while, not to mention the ice-making technique, the enlightenment books, printing technique, papermaking technique and today's horseshoe, which one of these is not something that will be immortalized forever?But I actually took out four samples in a short period of time.