I have a backstage in Datang

After speaking, they looked at Li Shimin together, and said like a rogue: "We come from a humble background, and we rarely have the opportunity to meet strange people. Could it be that Your Highness looks down on us and doesn't want us to have what we want?"

Changsun Wuji suddenly interjected, and said: "I have already said just now, Your Highness is best to take the concubine with you when you go, and have a female family to accompany you, so that you can talk about family ties. Your Highness, even if you are wise and powerful, you don't need to be afraid of the bandits on the Hebei Road. , but the concubine is a woman after all, are you willing to let her follow you in fear?"

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, finally nodded slowly, and said, "Forget it!"

He thought for a while, and then suddenly said: "If Guanyin's maidservant goes with her, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it back and forth within ten days. If this king can endure the bumpy journey, Guanyin's maidservant will definitely not be able to bear this crime."

Unexpectedly, Changsun Wuji shook his head slightly, and said solemnly: "Within ten days, you must go back and forth, otherwise the secret of the prince leaving the fief easily will be revealed, and the officials of the family in the court will definitely attack you. Your Highness, there is no need to worry about the concubine, our eldest grandson's family This woman is not a delicate person, for the secret steel recipe, for the strength of Tiance Mansion, she, as a princess, must bear the pain of traveling thousands of miles."

This man's heart is really hard enough, he is willing to let his own sister suffer the pain of running thousands of miles.

Li Shimin was obviously still hesitant, and was even a little unhappy with Changsun Wuji, but when the two were at a stalemate, he suddenly heard a female voice from behind the hall, saying firmly: "Your Highness, my concubine can ride a horse."

In the middle of the conversation, I saw Mrs. Changsun walking out slowly, and said with a firm face: "If your Highness is worried that you won't be able to come back and forth in ten days, you can leave the concubine in Hebei to live first. The concubine will not see Xiuning for two years. I really miss this sister-in-law very much. Your Highness, you long for family affection. Don’t concubines long for family affection? You as an older brother are eager to visit your younger sister, and my sister-in-law is also eager to visit my sister-in-law. The most important thing What's more, the concubine wants to meet that little brother Gu, and I want to help Xiuning hold her eyes, so that she won't be entrusted with inhumane people again..."

As expected of a generation of virtuous women, she spoke differently from ordinary people, not only saved everyone's face, but also insisted on her own heart.

Obviously she was running around and suffering for the benefit of Tiance Mansion, but what she said was that she missed her sister-in-law.

Li Shimin finally made up his mind, nodded heavily and said, "Okay!"

He stood upright, and said in a deep voice: "In that case, let's set off immediately. The king and the princess will each ride a horse, Duan Zhixuan and Zhang Liang will ride with them, and there will be only the four of us, and we will go thousands of miles to Hebei."

He suddenly hesitated at this point, and finally he couldn't bear to let his wife suffer too much, and couldn't help but said: "The time is set for fifteen days, so as not to be too hard on the road. Fifteen days is not too long, and it may not be noticed by others. The king is leaving."

Everyone present speculated, nodded cautiously and said: "We will cover up in many ways to ensure that His Highness's traces are not leaked."

Li Shimin nodded heavily.

Wang Jue is not allowed to leave without permission, but I have to go to Hebei.

Not only did he want to see his own sister, but he also wanted to see a certain brat who made him uncomfortable.

Chapter 71 [Li Shimin wants to find Gu Tianya's fault]

Only half an hour later, Tiance Mansion got out of two horses and one cart, and walked leisurely all the way, straight out of the South Gate of Luoyang, looking at the slow and leisurely look, as if going out of the city to enjoy the scenery on snow.

After the two horses and one cart left the city gate, they continued to walk slowly for three or four miles. Suddenly, two knights appeared in the forest next to the road, and rushed to both sides of the carriage in a blink of an eye.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Li Shimin and Princess Changsun rode in the carriage. Both of them were in tight clothes, which were very suitable for a long-distance journey.

"Abandon the car and change the horse!"

Li Shimin spoke in a deep voice, and ordered to the two knights: "The two of you pretend to be the king and the princess, and continue to ride the carriage on the snow to enjoy the scenery. After dark, you will return home with great fanfare."

The two knights bowed and boarded the carriage carefully.

But Li Shimin and Princess Changsun got out of the carriage, and each turned over and jumped on the horse. Li Shimin glanced at everyone, and suddenly said in an annoyed voice: "For a poor boy, the king and the Guanyin maidservant have traveled thousands of miles. If you don't receive a good reception, don't expect this king to give him a good face."

Princess Changsun chuckled, and said: "You can just be ruthless, maybe you will be closer than anyone else after meeting your brother-in-law."

Li Shimin's face was gloomy, and he hummed: "Don't even think about it, this king will never give him a good face. A muddy boy, how dare to coax my sister, hmph..."

The majestic first prince, his mouth is as stiff as a duck.

Duan Zhixuan and Zhang Liang, who were accompanying them, looked at each other quietly, and they both saw the strangeness and smirk in each other's eyes.

Li Shimin whipped his horsewhip suddenly, and shouted softly, "Go!"

Boasting his mount neighing, he sprinted up on the snow in an instant, and the three behind him also whipped their whips and galloped in his direction.

In order to prevent eyeliners, they deliberately walked through the east gate of Luoyang. At this time, they needed to turn around and head north instead.

Four people and four riders rode fast all the way, and those who are in the cold weather can be regarded as walking in the cold. Li Shimin and the two generals march all year round, so it is not a problem for this bitter cold. What is admirable is that Princess Changsun is also quite tenacious. Don't care about running around and suffering.

Going so fast all the way, I can travel two or three hundred miles a day. From Luoyang to Hebei, it is about [-] miles. After entering Hebei, I continue to gallop, and it is another [-] miles to reach Miyun...

Four people and four riders rushed on the road desperately, and it took only six days. When they were exhausted, they finally arrived at Gujia Village.

It was an evening at this time, and the weather in Hebei was even colder, but the four of them didn't care about the weather, they were already stunned by the scene in front of them.

But I saw a small village standing on the big river. Where the village head meets the official road, a building has already taken shape.

Right now it is the evening of winter, and it is said that everyone should hide at home to keep out the cold, but there is a lot of people in front of them, just like a bustling place in Luoyang.

There must be at least one or two hundred children, each with a small bag on their backs. Although they are young, they are not playing around.

I also saw many women and old people, at least seventy or eighty in number. Although they were all women, children, old and weak, they were working against the wind and cold. They were carrying strange red bricks and stones. Holding thick logs one by one, they are working together with some fierce soldiers of the Detachment of Women to build the Gujia Village post station standing beside the official road.

Princess Changsun was obviously a little surprised, and couldn't help but whispered: "They are all women, old man..."

Due to the cold weather and the weak health of the working women and old people, it often takes several people to lift a piece of wood together, and carry it to the post station construction site to teach the postmen.

They were obviously tired, but there was cheerful laughter everywhere, and occasionally there was a chatter, and women's giggling sounded, as if a certain woman had teased a certain postman, and all the women followed to make fun of it.

They were visibly tired, but somehow in a good mood.

Li Shimin stared blankly at these women, seeing their ragged clothes, and suddenly seemed to have a feeling, and said in a difficult voice: "This king lives in Hebei, and I have a lot of guilt!" Hebei has a lot of guilt]

Back then, he led troops to fight Dou Jiande, and fought desperately in this area. The blood flowed thousands of miles away, and there were almost orphans, widows, old and young everywhere.

Although the Li family won, Li Shimin felt that his conscience had lost.

These widows in Hebei Province have a share of the sins he caused when he led the army to attack.

Li Shimin looked at the scene in front of him with piercing eyes, and unconsciously extended his gaze to the distance. He saw a few large pots steaming at the head of the village not far away. Floating far away in the cold wind.

In the ears, the laughter of the widows sounded again.

Li Shimin suddenly thought, as if muttering to himself: "I'm afraid that's why they are happy. What the people want is nothing more than a bite of food. Even if it's cold, even if you work hard, but you can have a bite of heat." The porridge is in their mouths, and they can have a job to keep them alive. This is happiness, this is hope..."

He stopped talking for a while, as if he was a little unwilling, but although he was unwilling, he still spoke with admiration after all, as if muttering again, humming someone's name softly, and said: "Gu Tianya, Gu Tianya, hey, what a good one Gu Tianya."

He looked around, as if he wanted to find a farm boy who was different from others, but after scanning for a long time, he didn't think that person was particularly strange at all.

On the contrary, when he looked at the cauldrons at the head of the village again, his eyes suddenly became obviously startled. He stared blankly at a figure beside the cauldron, with an expression of absolute disbelief on his face.

It was a very familiar woman, wearing extremely simple farm clothes, cloth and wooden hairpins, and was busy. In the cold weather, she was sweating profusely from the work, but her pretty face was clearly full of happiness, her eyes and eyebrows Between is full of deep happiness.

At this time, Princess Changsun also found the woman, she covered her mouth with her small hand in shock, and said with a surprised face: "My God, sister Xiuning, she...she...she is actually doing rough work..."

Next to Duan Zhixuan and Zhang Liang were also stunned, staring blankly at the figure beside the cauldron. The two generals couldn't believe that the woman doing rough work was actually the world-renowned Princess Pingyang.

Commoner, wooden hairpin.

Like a nine-day goddess, now she has fallen into the mortal world.

But why, the princess's face is so happy and comfortable.

Li Shimin looked at his sister from a distance, his complexion was obviously gloomy, his face was longer than a donkey, he suddenly snorted fiercely, and said through gritted teeth: "Gu Tianya, what a Gu Tianya, how dare you Let this king's sister suffer so much, this king swears that he will never give you good fruit, after meeting, you will look good..."

Even if you let the people here live out hope, but this king still wants to give you a face, hum!

Since ancient times, people who are elder brothers have always been the same.

I am very upset with my brother-in-law.

Chapter 72 [Little things of people's livelihood, very inconspicuous]

There are several large pots with raging firepower, the hot porridge in the pots is rolling, and the aroma is rising.

It was already evening, and the sky was getting dark, but the women and children who were working obviously didn't care, and seemed to want to continue working on the construction site.

Suddenly, a postman opened his voice and said loudly: "It's getting dark, it's time to call it a day, ladies and gentlemen, please stop what you're doing, we'll stop here today..."

It's a pity that although he kept yelling, the effect didn't seem to be very satisfactory.

But seeing those women and children were very reluctant, they chattered and chattered, and kept saying: "Team Yanjiu is here, please give me some more time, it's not dark yet, we can see clearly! Please, please, Give me some more time, Yanjiu team is the most good people."

Once a woman is over a hundred, she is much more courageous than a man. These women kept begging around the postman, and it seemed that someone made a move while laughing and laughing.It should be a certain woman with quick hands and quick eyes touched Yan Jiu's crotch, which made Yan Jiu blush and neck thick, and the widows laughed.

They seemed to be joking on the surface, but in fact they wanted to please Yan Jiu, who was in charge of the affairs. There was a desire in their words, and they clearly wanted Yan Jiu to agree to their late work.

"no!"

Yan Jiu suddenly stopped drinking, with obvious determination on his face, and said solemnly: "I said to call it a day, so I have to call it a day. If you want to work, you can come back early tomorrow morning. Everyone is tired today. Go home tonight and have a good rest." Rest. This is what I said, and I will not change it..."

"Then let's go to Brother Gu and ask him to approve an overtime job for everyone." The woman saw that Yan Jiu refused to accept it, and immediately wanted to try another way.

But Yan Jiu smiled and said: "Ask him for approval? How is it possible? This rule was originally set by him, otherwise you think I am willing to offend big guys? Hehehe, don't you believe me, then you can try it, See if Brother Gu will give you approval."

The women got up helplessly, and each stood there sighing again and again, their faces were obviously disappointed, and it seemed that they were much less energetic than before.

Li Shimin was puzzled and felt that the scene in front of him was unimaginable. He winked at Princess Changsun and the two generals, and the four got off their horses and walked over together.

At this moment, Yan Jiu was still comforting those women. Li Shimin took a chance to go up to him and asked curiously: "Is this Yan Jiu team leader? I don't know something! Why are these women and children refusing to call it a day? Do you want to continue? Could it be that there is a hidden secret in it, which can make the common people not afraid of hardship?"

"There's no secret, I just want to earn overtime pay!" Yan Jiu almost blurted out without thinking.

Li Shimin was slightly taken aback, and asked even more curiously, "Overtime pay? What is this saying?"

Yan Jiu didn't answer directly, but rather sighed, and said with difficulty: "If a person has been poor for a long time, he wants to seize every opportunity, as long as he can have something to eat, he doesn't care whether he will die of exhaustion. This is what Brother Gu said, I didn't have much experience before, but since these days, I have become more and more aware of his approach."

He paused while speaking, as if imitating Gu Tianya's tone, sighed and said: "The poor, living under the mud, always struggle, their hearts are like ashes, like a walking dead, barely alive, so we have to give them hope , Let them no longer live in despair!"

"It's Gu Tianya again..." Li Shimin was slightly taken aback.

For the past few days, his ears have been filled with this name.

At this moment, Yan Jiu glanced at him, and suddenly asked tentatively: "I see that there are four of you and you are riding on four horses, and the horses you ride are handsome, but they are full of dust. It is obvious that you have traveled a long distance, which makes me feel uncomfortable." Somewhat curious, which side of you came to investigate the spies?"

"Spy?"

Li Shimin was startled again, and couldn't help but said, "Could it be that many spies have appeared recently?"

Yan Jiu heyed twice, and said ambiguously: "We brother Gu made too many moves, there must be some sharp-nosed dogs coming over to smell it."

These words are quite a bit pointing at Sang Huai.

Li Shimin's face froze obviously, he glanced at Yan Jiu with anger, and said, "You suspect that I'm a spy?"

Yan Jiu looked up to the sky and let out a 'ha', as if he was playing a scoundrel, but judging from the expression on his face, it was clear that I just doubted you.

However, the more he was like this, Li Shimin stopped being angry, suddenly smiled slightly, and said lightly: "We are from Luoyang, and we are under the tent of Tiance Mansion."

Yan Jiu's expression suddenly became serious, he looked Li Shimin up and down, and asked solemnly: "Is it really the Tiance Mansion?"

Li Shimin smiled again, and suddenly reached out and took out a waist card from his pocket.

Yan Jiu's complexion suddenly became bright.

"Qin...Qin..." He was visibly shocked and his mouth was trembling.

Li Shimin waved his hand lightly, and said in a low voice, "Hold back your words."

Yan Jiu hastily took a deep breath, and as expected, she choked back her words.

Li Shimin glanced at him approvingly, then suddenly brought up the previous topic again, and asked, "Now you can tell me...why are these women and children refusing to call it a day?"

"Because of overtime pay!"

Yan Jiu was very single, so he babbled all the words, saying: "The reason why these women and children don't want to quit their work is because they want to earn overtime pay. Our Gujia Village post station hires people to work, not according to the natural labor. The money is calculated according to the hourly labor, which is extremely clear, this is our brother Gu's method, if you have any doubts, you can directly ask him..."

This guy is indeed an old lady, and he plays very well with one push and two six five.

After he finished speaking, he wanted to escape, but Li Shimin grabbed his arm and asked in a low voice: "Please explain clearly to me, don't be vague, why do you calculate the work by the hour, not by the day?"

Yan Jiu was full of entanglements, and said in great distress: "Please, don't ask, I'm just a small person, how can I give you an answer? If you really want to know, you can ask the princess. The princess knows everything about it. She will definitely not hide it from you, but I can't tell you casually, because what I said is a private leak. I'm just a small person, and I don't have the qualifications..."

Li Shimin was slightly taken aback, then suddenly looked Yan Jiu up and down, and said thoughtfully: "Xiu Ning can tell me, but what you say is leaking secrets... I never thought that a soldier of the Detachment of Women could actually know and know." Retire, whatever, I won't ask any more."

Yan Jiu laughed dryly, and said cautiously: "This is what our brother Gu taught us. We have been attending night school recently."

"It's Gu Tianya again?" Li Shimin's heart skipped a beat.

He himself lost count of how many times he had heard the name in these days.

Also, what is night school?

Li Shimin's heart was full of confusion, and he only felt that countless curiosity arose.

But although he was curious, he was able to forcefully suppress it.He knew that it was useless to ask this postman, and the other party was obviously a hob-like old woman.Even if he is the first prince, this postman still dares to play a rogue.

He suddenly loosened his palm, releasing Yan Jiu's arm.

Yan Jiu seemed to be pardoned, and hurriedly hid aside. This guy looked at Li Shimin cautiously, turned his head and started to greet the women who had finished work, and shouted loudly: "Sisters-in-law, aunts, work is over, go to eat..."

Between shouting and shouting, he took a group of widows away.

At this time, Princess Changsun spoke slowly, and said to Li Shimin in a low voice: "Husband, my concubine listened to me clearly just now. These women and children do not work according to the day, but calculate their wages according to the hour. In this way, everyone scrambles to be the first." , As long as you do a little more work, you can earn more money. This will not only put an end to laziness, but also greatly mobilize enthusiasm. Those who work hard will get more, which is very beneficial and deeply understands people's hearts."

"Humph!"

Li Shimin actually wanted to understand the benefits of this a long time ago, but he still couldn't help but snorted softly, and said: "Xiu Ning is not so calculating, this must be something that Gu Tianya made."