Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

For Li You, a former prince, it was a common thing for Li Shen to choose a few concubines to return to Chang'an.

Although the prince had numerous wives and concubines, the clan would not care about them as long as they were not named.

And if you can give birth to more offspring for the royal family, you will still have merit.

Li You still has more than a dozen concubines in his house. This is not a big deal.

But Li Shen didn't think so.

"Fifth brother, I already have..." Li Shen said and started counting with his fingers: Lu Dingniang, Wu Meiniang, Lan Yu'er, plus Chunxiang Dongmei.

"Five, I already have five in my house, and I came out this time to do business. If you say I go back and take my two concubines back, will Aye beat me."

Li Shen's words made Li You smile again. What this younger brother thinks about all day long is different from others.

"Tenth brother, it's not easy for you to come here and stay in my governor's mansion for two days. I will take you to have a good tour of Rongzhou.

You have been tired from traveling all the way, so I will take you to take a bath first to wash away the dust of the journey. Let's have a nice drink in the evening. "

"Then it's time to bother Fifth Brother. It's been a hell of a journey." Li Shen also nodded.

Li You arranged for Li Shen to stay in a courtyard of the Governor's Mansion, and then returned to the main hall to arrange dinner.

The saying "not eating after lunch" is all for the poor people.

"Mr. Lang." Li You entered the inner room and was greeted by Wei Shi.

"Have everything been arranged?" Li You asked.

"Well, dinner has been arranged, and the gifts from Prince Ji have been unloaded. But..." Wei Shi hesitated.

"Just what?" Li You asked curiously.

"It's just that there are a lot of things, and we can't fit them in our own warehouse, so we have to free up a house in the courtyard to store them." Wei Shi was once a princess and the legitimate daughter of the Wei family, so she still has a lot of vision.

But she had never seen anyone give gifts like this.

"It doesn't matter. My younger brother has always been generous. Although I didn't have much contact with him before, I heard many people in the clan say that the tenth brother is very good to his brothers and sisters." Li You waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

"Alas, there are very few people who care about brotherhood as much as King Ji. Even in a family like my Wei family, interests come first." Wei Shi sighed.

"Otherwise everyone in Chang'an is saying that Prince Ji Li Shen is a different kind of person."

“But Your Majesty, Prince Ji is too generous.

The gifts include silks, gold, silver, jade, pearls and agate, and they are all of the highest quality.

Just like the fine silk from Jiannan, it is extremely valuable. In the past, we could only buy a few pieces every year, but this time King Ji sent a cart with as many as a hundred pieces.

There are also more than a dozen cars of silk and silk. I have estimated that the gift this time is no less than one hundred thousand guan. Even more. "

Webster has also seen the world, so she knows how valuable the things Li Shen gave her were, many of which she didn't even have when she was a princess.

It seemed that Li You was in a prosperous fiefdom, eating, drinking and having fun all day long, but in fact it was only a small amount of money, and it was impossible for the palace at that time to buy really good things.

When Li You was the prince, his annual salary was only more than 1 yuan.

"One hundred thousand guan? So much?" Li You was also surprised.

"Mr. Lang, tell me if Prince Ji needs your help with anything." The young lady from a wealthy family is more knowledgeable than others.

The first thing that came to mind was that Li Shen might want Li You's help. And there was still one word in her mind that she hadn't said: fight for the reserve.

"No, I am just the governor of a state now. How can I help my tenth brother? I am just a county uncle.

Apart from farming, there is no military power here. "Li You immediately denied it.

"It's just these gifts...?" Webster was still a little worried.

"Don't worry, do you know how much money the tenth brother paid to the eldest brother? The tenth brother spent millions on Princess Linchuan's wedding.

This thing is a drop in the bucket for the tenth brother, and the tenth brother is indifferent to fame and fortune and only cares about enjoyment, so he will be fine. "Li You comforted.

Webster nodded, but she was still a little worried. Her husband was almost killed.

Now that she had escaped death, she just wanted to live a stable life.

And she also heard about her father's dismissal from office, but she had no ability to take care of it.

"Go and watch from behind. The tenth brother has a different identity, but you must not make any mistakes."

Li You told Wei that if he were not Li Shen's brother, Li Shen would not even eat with him. The governor of a state is nothing to the prince.

In the evening, Li You invited Li Shen to have a meal and brought out the fruit wine given by Li Shen.

Looking at the dishes on the table, Li Shen said:

"Fifth brother is so polite. Just have a homely meal. I'm tired of eating big fish and meat every day these days."

"These are local specialties. Don't be polite, tenth brother. You have come all the way to come to me. How can fifth brother not show his loyalty as a landlord?"

But Li Shen had no choice but to give up.

"Fifth brother, how have the grain seeds I sent you grown in the past few years?"

Li Shen took a bite of the food and asked. The main reason he came here was to see how the rice seeds were being cultivated.

Food is the foundation of a country.

"That Agricultural College of yours is really amazing. They don't know how they did it in the past few years. They have increased our grain yield by [-]%, and the maturity time has been accelerated by more than ten days."

Li You praised.

"Thirty percent?" Li Shen calculated in his mind that one acre of land was a little over two stones, which is more than 200 kilograms. Thirty percent is more than 60 kilograms.

"One acre of land is less than four stones now?" Li Shen asked in surprise.

"Tenth brother, this is already very good. There are many mountains in this place and there are very few places for planting.

In many places, trees have been cut down and converted into fields. "

Li You explained that Li Shen was a little dissatisfied.

"Oh, it's a little short. I still have six or seven stones, but I can barely do it." Li Shen felt a little regretful.

Six or seven stones is equivalent to seven or eight hundred kilograms. Li Shen felt that this number was the number in his mind.

"Six or seven stones? Wouldn't that be tripled? Brother Ten, you really dare to think about it." Li You said with a smile.

"Fifth brother, remember this sentence, how bold a person is, how productive the land is.

Gotta dare to dream. Otherwise, why do you think I spend so much money every year to set up an agricultural college?

Do you know how much it costs every year to transport grain seeds from various states and counties to the Agricultural College? Rice seeds are not valuable and the transportation costs are expensive. "

Li Shen complained.

"Then I will take you to the fields tomorrow. The first season should be harvested soon, and then I will go to your agricultural college for a walk."

Li You said.

"Well, that's why I'm here. If the food production of our Datang Dynasty doubles or triples, then the population will increase and we can do a lot of things."

Li Shen nodded.

"Then I hope you can succeed, come on, do it." Li You raised his glass.