Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Regarding Li Shan's choice to settle outside the city, and to find such an abandoned village, Pei Xuanji said that he couldn't understand it... It's not an expedition, you still want to show that you share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers?

Hey, after traveling to this era, although Li Shan said that he became famous and became famous all over the world in just a few years, he was also dangerous every step of the way. He was really worried about lying in the house arranged by Pei Xuanji.

After exchanging pleasantries, Li Shan couldn't wait to ask: "Brother Xuanji, farming cattle..."

Uh, Pei Xuanji is over 40 years old, and Li Shan has just been crowned this year, but one is just a recorder and joins the military, and the other is canonized as the county king and served as Secretary of Agriculture, which is naturally the title... Actually, Li Shan just When I went to Longzhou, I called Pei Jianjun, but the other party insisted on calling me brothers.

Pei Xuanji smiled wryly and shook his head, "I went to the manager last night, but..."

Although Chang Da is not good at military strategy, he is highly trusted by the sage Li Yuan. He served as the governor of Longzhou twice, and he is extremely powerful in Longzhou. No real power.

However, Pei Xuanji has real power. On the one hand, it is because of the position of secretary and military officer, chief ministers, soldiers, treasurers, etc., to join the army. Pei Shiju put his son in this position not only for gilding, but also for experience.

On the other hand, although Chang Da was strong, he still had to give face to Pei Shiju, who was ranked as the prime minister, not to mention that he was from the Wenxi Pei family and had an uncle of the prime minister.

Therefore, yesterday Pei Xuanji came to visit, and it was difficult to ask about various things. Li Shan shamelessly pushed the boat forward and brought up the lack of farm cattle.

Unfortunately, hope is still in vain.

Li Shan was also mentally prepared for this, and had backup means, so he just curled his lips and said, "It seems that Chang Da is very narrow-minded!"

Pei Xuanji was also speechless. When the news came that He was deported back to Beijing, Chang Da was furious... Naturally, he would not take the initiative to help at this time.

Li Shan looked at Pei Xuanji curiously, since he didn't get the cattle, what are you doing here?
It's never really hit it off, right?

Li Shan was chatting casually, but couldn't help but wonder in his heart, if he and Pei Xuanji went back to Beijing together someday, calling them brothers, he didn't know what kind of expressions Pei Shiju and Li Dewu would have on their faces.

Seemingly realizing that Li Shan was absent-minded, Pei Xuanji emphasized his tone, and said with a smile, "Although there are no cattle, it is said that His Highness only planted tens of mu of cotton when he went to Longzhou this time?"

"Yes." Li Shan nodded, "No more than twenty acres."

Pei Xuanji asked curiously, "Then why do we need so many cattle?"

It is really impossible to cultivate [-] acres of land. It is enough to borrow two cattle from the rich family in the city, but Li Shan hopes that Pei Xuanji can raise a hundred cattle for backup. With such a large number, Pei Xuanji is really powerless. There is a shortage of cattle.

Li Shan smiled and said: "After all, as Minister of Agriculture, this time I went to Longzhou in the name of inspecting farmland. I saw that many official farmlands were abandoned..."

"So that's how it is." Pei Xuanji pondered for a moment, then said in a low voice, "There is a clever way..."

Li Shan frowned, he was short of both manpower and cattle, although he was prepared, he might as well listen.

Two quarters of an hour later, Li Shan, Pei Xuanji and a group of more than a hundred riders appeared near Dazhenguan on the east side of Liyuan County. …

"In the fifth year of Wude, the Turks broke through the Great Earthquake Pass, plundered a lot, and displaced people everywhere." Pei Xuanji pointed to the refugees gathered in the distance, and explained: "Longzhou is fine, but a large number of people in Lingzhou have their homes destroyed and their families destroyed. As a refugee, fleeing everywhere."

"What does Brother Xuanji mean?"

"Cows are hard to find, so we might as well use manpower to plow them. They are just refugees anyway." Pei Xuanji said indifferently: "The weather is getting warmer now, and the fields are not as hard as they were half a month ago. Manpower is enough to plow the fields." plowed."

Li Shan was a little confused, how does manpower compare with cow power?
It is enough for the oxen to pull the plow and walk all the way. If it is human power, it has to be plowed bit by bit... Only the more than [-] mu of fields around the valley, with a thousand young adults, may not be able to plow it in two months.

Pei Xuanji persuaded: "Your Highness went to Longzhou as Secretary of Agriculture, and he should not only do more than a dozen acres of cotton, otherwise he would wake up around Chang'an. Why come to Longzhou?"

"If there are other intentions, the farming cattle will not be available for the time being. These refugees... just need a bite to eat. Besides, they can be driven to plant in the future."

Seeing that Li Shan was silent, Pei Xuanji lowered his voice and said, "Even if you die from exhaustion, you won't cause any trouble."

"Is there really no trouble?"

"Of course, they are just refugees." Pei Xuanji sneered and said, "Could it be that there are still people complaining about it?"

Li Shan thought about it in his heart, it is nonsense to use these refugees to plow the fields, but it is a good thing to take in some refugees, so that there will be more manpower. However, Pei Xuanji's attitude of treating the refugees as livestock It made Li Shan a little unbearable.

In fact, this kind of attitude is quite common in this era. When Li Shan was in Daizhou, he discovered that not to mention those aristocratic families, even the rich in the countryside do not take human lives seriously. Probably not as heavy as a sheep.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Shan's roots in Daizhou are so deep that his successor Li Jing has his hands tied. An official like Li Shan who treats the people at the bottom is very rare in this era.

Before Li Shan returned to Beijing last year, Wang Junhao and Zhang Zhongjian reorganized the guards, and the whole family of the selected guards would move to Chang'an... Wang Junhao told Li Shan privately that many people were selected by bribery.

This is also the main reason why the personal guards around Li Shan are strong and loyal.

Li Shan felt that many children from aristocratic families in this era traveled to later generations. If they did not become criminals, the most suitable profession would be doctors.

These people basically have no compassion, and they will never give up or change careers because of their psychological endurance like many medical students who have just graduated.

Li Shan was about to answer, but he always felt that something was wrong, he glanced out of the corner of his eyes, and found that Pei Xuanji really had a look of eagerness on his face.

"Then I would like to thank Brother Xuanji." Li Shan said with a smile: "This time I went to Longzhou, the manager was indifferent, thanks to Brother Xuanji's help."

"It's just my duty."

Li Shan drove his horse forward, and said casually: "This time I came to Longzhou, I hit it off with brother Xuanji...then brother Xuanji can speak directly."

"what?"

Li Shan raised his finger and pointed to the refugees gathered in front, seeing that there must be at least a thousand people, and said with a smile: "There are so many young and strong people, if they make trouble..."

Pei Xuanji rushed to say: "Who doesn't know what the unarmed refugees can do when the guards of the King of Handan stick to Guji Town and go north to pursue the Turks!"

"Hahaha!" Li Shan laughed and said, "Brother Xuanji already thought of this... Then tell me, why do you have to fortify Gu?"

Pei Xuanji was taken aback for a moment, blinked his eyes, and laughed dryly a few times, thinking that he really is a man of no honour, Chang Da explained this matter last night, unexpectedly King Handan noticed it in a short while.