Don't be a prince

After speaking, Li Chengqian took a look at Li You and Li Yin, who were already paralyzed from exhaustion, and called two more soldiers to help them back.

A large amount of animal meat and furs were harvested, and Li Chengqian gave all the remaining trophies to the villagers, except for giving a piece of fur to each of the soldiers.After repeated refusals to no avail, Liu Yang could only accept it.

Li You and Li Yin were really exhausted, and they had to go back to their tents to rest after arriving at the camp.

"Wait a minute, you two come back."

Hearing the prince's brother's voice, both of them shivered involuntarily.

Approaching tremblingly, Li You accompanied Xiaoxin and said, "Brother Huang, what do you want us to do?"

Li Chengqian nodded, pointed to the dwellings next to the courtyard and said, "You two are exhausted, so I bought that yard for you alone, so that you can sleep on the kang bed, which is more comfortable, but , there is a price, after the two of you live there, until you return to Chang'an, you have to do everything yourself, how about it?"

Hearing that there was someone sleeping on the hot kang, Li Min and Li You naturally agreed again and again: "Yes, yes, brother, don't worry."

After finishing speaking, the two cheered and got into the dwelling.

Seeing the backs of the two brothers leaving, Li Chengqian couldn't help but smile slightly, not because he felt sorry for the two, but because he remembered what a strong man said.It depends on whether these two people choose to starve to death, or it is really delicious.

With a wave of his hand, four groups of soldiers immediately stepped forward and completely surrounded the courtyard.

Li You is easy to teach, just help him shape the correct thinking.But how to teach Li Yin made Li Chengqian worry to death.Judging from this period of contact, this guy is not ignorant, but a pure bastard.It seems that it is necessary to give him a deformation meter.

From clothes to clothes and food to self-sufficiency, from rich clothes and fine food to ordinary people's food and housing, he can always appreciate the hard work of ordinary people.As for Li You, it was purely incidental.Li Yin is so miserable, no matter what, he needs a troubled brother.

It didn't take long for Reason and Li Yin to shout and curse at the gate of the yard.

Li Chengqian walked over with a smile, only to see the two of them unilaterally scolding the soldiers guarding the gate.

"What are you scolding?"

Seeing Li Chengqian, Li Yin immediately said: "Brother Huang, where is the hot kang here? The kang is icy cold, and the room is also icy cold, it's worse than a tent."

Pointing to the firewood pile in the yard, Li Chengqian said: "Didn't you agree that you want to do it yourself? Of course there are kangs, but if you want to burn them yourself, there are also pots. I'm afraid you won't be able to control that broken pot, the emperor Brother, I also specially replaced a good pot for you 1. There are grains in the granary, water is in the well, and there is no shortage of anything, why are you scolding?"

Li You's eyes widened: "You mean, let us cook by ourselves?"

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "It's hard to chase after a man's words. This is the condition you agreed to, so naturally you have to do it. Don't try to escape, lonely soldiers are not so easy to mess with."

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian looked around and said: "Remember, also tell the soldiers who came to take turns, if King Qi and King Shu dare to scold you or attack you again, well, you can fight back at will as long as they don't seriously injure them. If something goes wrong, I will take care of it for you alone!"

"Yes!"

Accompanied by the uniform sound of agreement, Li You and Li Yin watched the soldiers at the door lick their lips, as if expecting them to start scolding.

Reminiscent of Liu Mang's ferocity and Fang Shuo's ruthlessness, the two swallowed, and could only turn around and go back to the yard.

Chapter 427 It's Still Worth Saving

Back in the cold room, Li Yin couldn't help shivering.When chasing their prey, they all ran out of strength, and their clothes looked like they were fished out of the water.Soaking in this way, coupled with the cold in the room, people will definitely get sick.

However, although there are quilts on the kang, they are still quilts brought by them, but how can they sleep if the kang is not hot!

Glancing at the pile of firewood outside, Li Yin sighed, and said to Li You: "Don't think about it, Brother Huang is just torturing us. You go and get some water. If we want to eat, we have to cook it ourselves. I'll get the firewood Chop the grain out and set it on fire!"

Li You also knew that it was better to act realistically than to be emotional, so he had to move.

The food is in the granary. Fortunately, it is all millet that has been shelled. At least, this is what people eat!

Taking a basin of millet in a wooden basin, Li You returned to the house.But when I opened the water tank, I found that there was no water in it!

I ran out the door and walked to the well. There was not even a pulley beside the well. If I wanted to fetch water, I had to lift it up with a rope and a bucket.

On the other side, Li Yin also encountered a problem. He found that his torch could not ignite the firewood stuffed into the stove no matter what.With his ten fingers not in the sun, he doesn't even have the concept of "lighting a match".

After a lot of tossing, until midnight, the two of them enjoyed the hot kang in the room where the smoke dissipated.Of course, dinner is a big pot of millet porridge....

Li Chengqian didn't care too much about the situation of the two brothers. In fact, as long as they are human, they can always find a way when they encounter problems.No matter how pampered they are, these two people are not fools, they can always find the problem and improve it.

At most, it's just wasting some time.

At this moment, he was worrying about the information in his hand.

There are always fixed laws that can be speculated about the development of business, but when there are more guys with clear minds among the businessmen, there will be variables.These guys with clear minds are graduates taught by the academy.

The current college graduates have completely solved the imperial court's employment needs. Every year, graduates will undergo more than one assessment and then find their own way out.The graduation thesis of the college can directly evaluate the degree of excellence of this person. This is the first selection, and the second selection is the favor of the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries. Students who can win their favor can be said to take off directly .

The students who were not directly asked to leave still had to take an imperial examination, and finally, they had to face the emperor and the court chiefs in the palace examination.According to the talents displayed by these people, the Ministry of officials and the emperor will decide where the student will go.

And the students who did not get the chance to become officials will not have a dark future.Xungui's family wants to recruit staff, and the junior college affiliated to the college needs a gentleman. No matter how bad it is, as long as they are graduates of the college, they will be recruited by all businessmen.It is precisely because of the solicitation of businessmen that a large number of talents have entered the commercial market.

A lot of talent!

Holding the report in his hand, Li Chengqian almost burst out laughing.In the past, in the business circle, almost no businessmen dared to challenge the fields that had already been set foot in. As a result, almost every industry could find an absolute leader, and even many of these leaders were from aristocratic families.After all, how can you become a giant without a background?

However, after the graduates of the college joined, my good fellow, it is true that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and someone actually took action against the traditional old forces!They directly marched into the field of traditional forces without any consideration, like a drop of clear water wanting to essence a bowl of ink, quite a bit stupid not knowing how to write dead characters.

Alas, after all, it is to help them deal with the aftermath!

Sighing, Li Chengqian thought about it, and felt that it was still necessary to help these people.Although the time they chose to launch was wrong, even a little stupid, but the starting point was good.If the same industry is monopolized by a single force, it will inevitably lead to a serious premium for a single commodity.Having a second party, or even a third party, joins in, which is good for controlling prices.

The most typical representative is probably silk.To this day, silk is still a material that high-end nobles can only enjoy, and ordinary officials can only wear it. Like Wei Zheng, apart from official uniforms, the family may only wear sackcloth.As for exporting, it is even more expensive, because oriental silk is the treasure of the west. With this, the Jiangnan family has made a lot of money.

But the problem is, this thing is really not that expensive.This is not a period of war. Most areas in the south of the Yangtze River grow mulberry and raise silkworms, and the output can be said to be terrifying.However, it is precisely because the Jiangnan area is tightly controlled by the Jiangnan gentry that silk is still a sky-high consumable.

Perhaps, commercial actions are also a means of attacking the Jiangnan gentry.

After figuring this out, Li Chengqian took a teapot and poured some hot water into the inkstone, and began to grind ink.He was going to write a letter to the emperor to covertly protect the businessmen who dared to challenge, and see if it would have any effect.After all, weakening the power of the family from the foundation is definitely what the emperor would like to see happen.

After writing the letter, Li Chengqian lay down on the bed, suddenly feeling extremely tired.

New aristocrats, old aristocrats, aristocratic families, Tuyuhun, Tubo, Goryeo... so many things are piled up together, it will take a little time for him, the prince, to straighten out, how does the emperor's father calmly face it? The one who keeps digging holes for them?

Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy!

With a sense of exhaustion and a strange feeling that there was nothing in his arms, Li Chengqian fell into a deep sleep.

In the next three days, after confirming that the beasts had indeed been driven away, Li Chengqian ordered the group to return to Chang'an.

It is already the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, and starting from the 23rd, it is forbidden to kill animals.At the same time, the arrival of Xiaonian also means that this year has entered the final countdown.

After experiencing "Metamorphosis", Li You and Li Yin are going crazy. For three days, no matter what they do, they have to do it by themselves. If it's just physical labor, it's nothing. The most important thing is to keep warm and eat torment.If you want to heat up the house and the kang, you need to light a fire. There is firewood, but every time you light a fire, there will be smoke all over the room, so that the two of them will die every time.Although there were many onlookers, no one spoke out to remind them.

Well, the chimney is blocked, so I need to take a long pole and go to the house to unclog it.

As for the food, it is even more frustrating.Because he didn't know the characteristics of millet, Li You filled a big pot of millet on the first day, but after cooking in the pot, the rice turned into a big pot of millet porridge, which was still very sticky.Who dares to waste food?Even if they are princes, they also know that wasting food is the most shameful act, so the two of them couldn't finish this big pot for three days.

As for the dishes, although there were dried cabbage and prey meat, neither of them knew how to cook. They were either undercooked, charred, or so salty that people wanted to drink a pot of water, or they couldn't get rid of the meat. The fishy smell can only be eaten while disgusting.

After three days, Li Yin and Li You only felt that they had lost a lot of weight, and they finally stepped out of the courtyard. The first thing they did was to rush into the carriage and look for something to eat!In Li Chengqian's carriage, emergency food is always prepared.Although it was just simple air-dried beef, it still made the two of them almost cry out after eating it.

This is what people eat!

Seeing the two people's reactions, although Li Chengqian snickered, he poured water for them and asked, "How is it? You've lived comfortably these few days. You still sleep on the kang, but many soldiers can only wind in the mountains. , the difference in treatment, tsk tsk."

A sip of tea flushed all the beef dregs from his mouth, and Li Min cried and said with a mournful face: "Brother Huang, the hot kang head is really enjoyable, but, but, eating is not enough! I swear, I will never eat it in this life. Li You made it something!"

Li You swallowed a mouthful of beef hard, and said angrily: "I can get things out anyway, how about you? You can't even make a fire well, and when the smoke dissipates, the heat in the room is almost dissipated. Finally It's disgusting that you're in the house, in the house..."

Li Yin yelled: "I can't help it! It's so cold outside that the chickens can be frozen, and I'm afraid that my butt will be damaged by freezing. When I was in the palace, how could I have suffered such a crime? This is not a human suffering at all! "

Seeing that the two of them were about to fight again, Li Chengqian frowned and said, "No, my brother created this opportunity for you to improve your relationship. Why is it getting worse now? It's not the fault of human beings? Li Yin, People all over the world live like this, and I haven’t seen anyone yelling that they can’t go on. Another point, my brother is in a tent in the courtyard, and the conditions are much harder than you. Look at everyone below Zigu, someone complained of it?

It's just you, you have been pampered for a long time, and you have completely become a flower raised in the house, and you will freeze to death if you move outside.Just like this, you two are still the princes guarding one side?Li Yin, you are in the middle of Shu, close to Tubo, what will you do if Tubo comes down the mountain?I guess I can only run away!Oh, I forgot to mention, even if you run away, you can't survive, because you can't even bear the hardships on the way to escape, and you probably starve to death before you return to Chang'an. "

Even though he was afraid, Li Yin still forced himself to retort: ​​"Brother Huang, if you say that, you are looking down on me, Li Yin. Why do you say that I will only run away? At that time, I will definitely ...."

"Fart, life in the army is even crueler than what you have experienced. Can you bear it if you eat and sleep in the open?"

With just one sentence, Li Yin choked and couldn't say anything.

Li You held back for a long time before opening his mouth weakly: "Brother Huang, didn't you tell me before that you can't meddle in local government affairs, and you have to stay honest? Why do you have to go to the battlefield when there is a war going on?" ah!"

Li Chengqian cast a sideways glance at Li You and said, "Who are you? Prince! It's really no problem for you to lie down and gain merits and hide from punishment after being invisible for a long time. But in times of war, who will come forward if you don't come forward? Once the war starts, you will go to Chang'an Running, isn’t it telling all the people that the princes of the Li family dynasty are all cowards? If this is the case, what face do you have to enjoy it?”

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian looked at Li Min again and said, "It's the life you can't bear, but the people of the world have to endure it every day. I don't know if you still remember how big your house is. You know, it's that house, but there are people living in it. Eight people, except for old men and children who can sleep on the kang, and young and strong couples who sleep on the ground. But such people have to pay taxes every year, and part of the taxes will be allocated to you for your enjoyment. Li Min , come and tell me, are you ashamed? The common people endure the hardships of life and pay taxes every year, but what they end up raising is a waste who ran away during the war?"

Every time Li Chengqian said a word, Li Yin would clenched his fists desperately, and in the end, even his nails were stuck in his flesh.

Raising his head, Li Yin said in a low but firm voice, "I'm not trash! I dare to swear, if something like this really happens, I will definitely go to the battlefield!"

Li Chengqian smiled contemptuously: "Come on, anyone can say big things, and what many people say is much better than yours."

Standing up, Li Yin firmly said: "Since the emperor feels that the words are unfounded, it is better to do this. When you return to Chang'an, you can find us a residential house and see if we can bear it. Or, you can directly send us Send it to the army and see if we can hold on!"

Seeing Li Yin's firm gaze, Li Chengqian knew he had chosen the right direction.

Undoubtedly, although Li Yin is a bastard, he has a strong self-esteem, and only by stroking his hair can he be stimulated.

Although Li You was resentful that Li Yin insisted on pulling him, but he didn't want to lose face at this time, so he stood up along with him.

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Since that's the case, it's easy to handle. Let's forget about the New Year's period. It's rare for you to go back to Chang'an, so you still have to accompany your mother. The emperor will probably allow you to take your mother to live in the palace." A few days later, the team members led by me will spontaneously organize and go to the Weishui military camp for training, well, you can go there together! As long as you hold on, my brother will definitely give you a thumbs up."

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian stretched out his thumb, but the fingertips were facing him.

"Okay! Let's go then!"

After finishing speaking, Li Yin sat down and took a big bite of the beef jerky as if he was angry. He couldn't chew it, but he still insisted on it.

it looks like...

It's a little cute?

While talking, the carriage stopped suddenly. Zhang Yun lifted the curtain without notifying him, and said anxiously, "His Royal Highness, the house on the side of the road is on fire!"

Li Chengqian's eyes widened, and he said, "Then what are you waiting for! Why don't you order your team members to help put out the fire?"

Zhang Yun's expression was complicated, and he said helplessly, "It's too late, only the outer wall is left."

Sitting up, Li Chengqian lifted the door curtain and jumped out of the carriage without hesitation.

Li You and Li Yin also came out with beef jerky.

Now it has reached the bank of the Weishui River, close to the college.There was a single family on the side of the road, but in the thick smoke, only the courtyard remained of their house, and the four walls of the house remained.

Thatched cottages are very common dwellings, but thatched grass is also flammable, and many people burn their houses due to improper heating in winter.However, if it is a place where people live in groups, there are more people and more strength, and they may be able to put out the fire.Of course, there is also the danger of burning the company camp.

Living here was an elderly couple who were sitting at the gate and crying loudly.

"It's gone, it's gone! It's gone! We two are dying, how will we live in the future!"

"Old man! What should we do! Let's just die!"

...

Looking at the sad scene in front of him, Li Chengqian sighed.

A surprising scene appeared...

In front of the weeping old couple, suddenly there was another person—Li Yin.

Squatting on the ground, with tears in the corners of Li Yin's eyes, he pulled the old couple and said: "Old man, don't seek death, it's just a house. This king is Li Yin, king of Shu, you can live in my palace first. Tomorrow, Ben The king asked the steward of the mansion to bring people to bulldoze your place and build a bigger and stronger brick house, how about it?"

The old man stretched out his hand tremblingly towards Li Min with his wooden ash hand, and said, "His Royal Highness, we are all dying people, we can't accept your kindness, how can you ask us to pay it back!"

As if he didn't see the ashes on the old man's hand, Li Yin stretched out his hand to hold the old man's hand and said: "Old man, I am a rich man. It's nothing to build a house, and you don't need to pay it back. Until now, I don't know the common people How hard life is. Don't worry, you live well, and living a few more years is the greatest reward for me!"

Hearing this, the old man held Li Yin's hand and burst into tears...

Seeing this touching scene, Li Chengqian was also moved, the reform plan is still somewhat effective, at least this bastard Li Yin already knows how to understand the suffering of the people.

One hand tugged on Li Chengqian's lapel, Li Chengqian turned his head, just in time to see Li You approaching.

Li You whispered into Li Chengqian's ear: "Brother Huang, you made this up, no matter how you look at it, I think it's too fake."

Li Chengqian smiled slightly and asked back: "Why do you think it's fake?"

"Obviously, I just went in to have a look, and a lot of the wooden furniture in the house was burnt out, it looked like a fire, but when I saw the granary and the stove, I knew it was fake. There is no pot on the stove, and this thing cannot be burned. There is no food in the granary. Although the old man and old lady have carbon dust on their faces and hands, their clothes are too clean! This is near the college, and the college is There are garrisons, and besides, the students in the college are not hard-hearted, if there is a fire here, no one will come here, but no one has come here until now, which is too abnormal."

Li Chengqian chuckled, seeing that Li Yin was tearing his own beef jerky into small strips for the old man to eat, and asked Zhang Yun to get tea from the carriage, he whispered to Li You: "This is a test for Li Yin, if he I don’t care about him because he is still as hard-hearted as ever, but now it seems that this guy has already understood the sufferings of the people. This shows that he is not broken to the bone, and he still has the value of saving.”

Li You nodded, and seeing Brother Huang always smiling faintly, he couldn't help being a little moved.

He found out that the prince and brother were actually teaching them for their own good.

On the other side, Li Yin had temporarily comforted the two old men, trotted all the way over, and said to Li Chengqian: "Brother Emperor, can you give me a day, my brother wants to settle these two old men well. "

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "No, but don't worry, I will send someone to settle them down."

Hearing this, Li Yin breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the still smoking ruins, feeling a burst of heartache.

Chapter 428