Datang: Just been appointed as the crown prince, the counterattack system is here

Chapter 103: Sensational Jiangling, Everyone Joins the Game [Subscribe Please]

"Sir, Commander-in-Chief Zhang and Inspector Pei request to see you!" Du Caigan walked in and reported.

"Is it finally here?"

Li Chengqian raised his lips slightly, and then looked at Li Yuan: "Grandpa, do you want to see how I control them?"

"That's natural, but is it convenient?" Li Yuan asked with a smile.

Li Chengqian looked him over, then stroked his beardless chin and said, "How about putting on some makeup first?"

"also!"

"Uh,"

Du Caigan's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself that you grandparents are really the ones who know how to have fun.

However, it is quite interesting.

But he couldn't help but ask, "What about me?"

"you?"

Li Chengqian and Li Yuan looked at Du Caigan at the same time, meaning, why don’t you draw a ball?

"Haha, I'll go call them in!"

Soon, Pei Xuan and Zhang Ping arrived at the guest room of the inn.

Although they already knew in their hearts that the current crown prince was only an eight-year-old child, they were still embarrassed by Li Chengqian's childish face when they first met him.

"Uh,"

Pei Xuan's mouth twitched slightly, and as if he had reacted first, he bowed to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, I am Pei Xuan, the Governor of Jingzhou. I am honored to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"President Pei, please excuse yourself and take a seat!"

Li Chengqian smiled and raised his hand to signal Pei Xuan to take a seat, then his eyes fell on Zhang Ping.

Pei Xuan was stunned for a moment, then he realized that Zhang Ping was still standing awkwardly at the door. He immediately coughed lightly and reminded him.

"Oh, oh, oh, I'm Zhang Ping, the governor of Jingzhou. I'm honored to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Hearing Pei Xuan's reminder, Zhang Ping reacted instantly and quickly saluted Li Chengqian.

"Haha, I've heard of General Zhang's name a long time ago. It is said that you have a close relationship with General Li Jing. I wonder if it is true?" Li Chengqian said with a smile.

"Uh,"

Zhang Ping glanced at Pei Xuan hesitantly and shook his head, saying, "It's just a rumor. General Li Jing and I have only met a few times and we are not close friends!"

"Oh, I see!"

Li Chengqian nodded suddenly, and then said to himself: "That's easy."

"Ok?"

Zhang Ping was slightly stunned. "I wonder what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince meant by 'easy to handle'?"

"Ah? Did you hear that?"

Li Chengqian's face was full of surprise.

At this moment, a hunchbacked old man suddenly rushed in from outside the door and shouted, "Your Highness, what I said is true. That is a mountain of gold! That is a mountain of gold!"

"Someone come! Someone come quickly! Take him away!"

When Li Chengqian saw the old man, he immediately jumped up from his seat and shouted towards the door in panic.

Soon, Du Caigan brought people and pulled the old man out of the room.

While being dragged out, the old man kept shouting something about a mountain of gold.

Pei Xuan and Zhang Ping looked at each other, at a loss.

"Uh, that, that was a lunatic just now. Don't mind me, my two lords. Come, let's sit down and talk!"

Li Chengqian raised his hand to signal Pei Xuan and the others, and asked Lai Fu to serve some fine wine and dried fruits.

But Pei Xuan and the other man obviously had no interest in drinking or eating dried fruits.

Then Pei Xuan spoke again, "Your Highness, I heard that you came to Jiangling and bought a barren mountain, intending to cultivate it and grow crops. Is this true?"

"Who told you that? With my status, how could I possibly get involved in farming?" Li Chengqian flatly denied it.

"This"

Pei Xuan was speechless.

Zhang Ping frowned. "Your Highness, we are all sensible people. Why are you hiding things? If there is anything we can do for you, we will definitely assist you!"

After saying this, he suddenly seemed to remember something and added, "We were unable to welcome you that day, and I was indeed busy with official business, so I had some health problems. I'm sure you, Prince, are also aware of the official assessment at court. We will be going to Chang'an soon!"

"Yes, Your Highness, please forgive our disrespect. We are all dedicated to our country!" Pei Xuan echoed.

Li Chengqian sneered inwardly at this. "Do you really think I'm a child who can be fooled?" Well, since you don't know the current situation, don't blame me.

"As the saying goes, a body buried in the snow won't stay there for long. Since you asked sincerely, I'll tell you sincerely too!"

As he spoke, Li Chengqian looked around at the two of them mysteriously and said, "Do you want to hear it?"

"Your Highness, please stop keeping us in suspense. What is going on?" Zhang Ping glanced at Pei Xuan and joked.

Li Chengqian smiled but said nothing. He then stood up and closed the door. Then he said in a voice so low that only Pei Xuan and the other two could hear:
"Do you know? On my way to Jiangling, I stumbled upon a magical seed that can yield thousands of kilograms of grain per mu. With this magical seed, our Great Tang will no longer have to worry about food!"

"What!?"

Pei Xuan and the other two were shocked.

They had never heard of producing thousands of kilograms of grain per mu, and it was simply unbelievable.

You know, Jingzhou was an important grain-producing area in the Tang Dynasty. They had seen countless kinds of grain, but had never heard of any grain that could produce thousands of kilograms per mu.

It was obvious that Li Chengqian's words made them very disappointed.

But Pei Xuan said indifferently, "Your Highness, please don't make fun of us. A grain seed that yields thousands of kilograms per mu is truly divine. How could it possibly exist in this world?"

"That's why it's called the God Seed!"

"absurd!"

Zhang Ping stood up angrily and asked, "Prince, do you really think we are so stupid? You even believe such words?"

"Oh"

Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes slightly: "So, you don't believe me?"

"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. What's important is that the autumn harvest season is coming soon. If the prince's actions delay the people's autumn harvest, His Majesty will blame him. Don't implicate us!" Zhang Ping said coldly.

Pei Xuan also echoed with an embarrassed expression, "Your Highness, please stop and don't delay the important matters of the court! Guanzhong is short of food, and we have to help Your Majesty, so we won't bother you here!"

After saying that, he also stood up and walked straight out the door.

Soon, the two left the inn.

"How's it going, grandson? Are you done with the operation?"

As Pei Xuan and the other two left, Li Yuan followed in and asked with a smile, "How was Grandpa's acting just now?"

“Superb, vivid, and incisive!”

Li Chengqian gave Li Yuan a thumbs-up, then praised him three times before saying with a smile, "The operation is complete, we're just waiting for them to take the bait!"

"Do you think they'll believe it?"

"First, throw out an impossible, then throw out another impossible, and finally, the impossible becomes possible. Grandpa said, is it surprising? Is it unexpected?"

"Ah!"

Li Yuan chuckled and said, "Surprising and unexpected!"

"but."

Then he changed the subject and asked, "Is that magical seed you mentioned that produces thousands of kilograms per mu real?"

"Grandpa, guess?" Li Chengqian blinked.

Li Yuan: “.” This little brat is so bad!

the other side.

On a barren mountain about ten miles away from the post station.

A group of people who were hired to open up the wasteland were waving their hoes and laughing.

Those who know know that they are clearing land, while those who don’t think they are performing acrobatics.

Anyway, none of them look like they are being reclaimed.

At this time, a burly farmer laughed and said, "A wealthy man from Chang'an is really rich. He pays 50 coins for a day's land reclamation and doesn't even bother with us. This money is like it grew out of the ground!"

"Who says it isn't? This is much better than farming in the Cai family. The only thing is that most of the money we earn has to be given away. It really hurts!" Another short old man echoed with great sorrow.

The farmers around also echoed and complained about their master's evil heart.

They were all tenants who had signed indentures and had no control over their own lives.

But not everyone complained like these farmers. Some were grateful to their masters, such as the skinny farmer.

But he said in a sarcastic tone: "Just be content. If the master hadn't given you a bite to eat, you would have starved to death in the famine years. How could you have had the opportunity to go up the mountain and pick up money!"

"Dog Three, you're such a good dog! Are you used to being a dog? Have you forgotten your last name? Who cheated us out of our land? Have you forgotten?"

"Did I forget, or did you? Liu Wu, you forgot who paid for your mother's illness and cured her? You ungrateful thing!"

"Bullshit! I earned that money from selling my land! What's with all that ungrateful talk?"

"That was also the land that the master bought from your family!"

"Hey, you're looking for a fight, aren't you?"

"Alright, alright, stop arguing! If we make too much noise, the owner of this wasteland might chase us away, and we won't get the money!"

Hearing this, the two farm men who were originally on edge immediately calmed down, walked to the side, and started digging the soil in their Western clothes.

However, at this moment, the man named Gou San hoeed down with his hoe, and suddenly there was a sound of metal collision.

He was slightly stunned, then moved the hoe, and the sound of metal friction came again. He was full of doubts, then looked around and bent down to check.

He just reached out and dug, and a piece of golden gold suddenly appeared in the soil.

He opened his eyes wide, his face full of surprise, and in a flash, he picked up the gold, as if afraid of being seen.

However, Liu Wu, who was not far away, happened to see his strange scene. He immediately walked over and shouted, "What did you just dig up?"

"what?"

Gou San was startled and hurriedly stuffed the gold into his arms, saying cunningly: "No, it's nothing, just a stone!"

"Stone?"

Liu Wu sneered: "I don't believe it! That's clearly gold!"

"Gold?!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.

Many people who were reclaiming wasteland came over one after another.

Gou San was terrified and held his clothes tightly, as if he was afraid that someone would steal his gold.

It was his abnormal behavior that made Liu Wu and others even more suspicious.

"Gou San! Tell the truth! Did you strike gold?"

"Yeah, Gou San, just tell us, and we won't steal your gold!"

"Dog Three."

Just as Gou San was being surrounded by more and more people, a hurried shout came from afar: "Give me back the gold! I don't need you to reclaim this land anymore, and I'll still pay you!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Gou San's face changed drastically and he ran away.

The man who had called out was so angry when he saw this that he jumped up and down: "Catch him! Catch him! He stole my gold!"

However, when the people who were reclaiming the wasteland heard this, not only did they not catch Gou San, but they became even more certain that there was gold in this barren mountain. They rushed back one after another, picked up their hoes, and began to dig for gold.

"Get out of here! I don't want you to open up the wasteland anymore! Get out of here!"

The person who was shouting was cursing wildly and crying loudly.

Until another citizen dug up a piece of gold, dropped his hoe excitedly and ran away.

This time everyone saw that it was gold.

At this time, the guards of the person who shouted rushed over, each holding a weapon, and drove all the people who were reclaiming the land down the mountain.

But that golden light lingered in everyone's mind.

at the same time.

Pei Xuan and Zhang Ping, who had just returned to Jiangling Prefecture from the post station, were mocking Li Chengqian's stupidity, saying that there were magical seeds in the world that could produce thousands of kilograms per mu.

If such a divine species really exists, why didn't others discover it, but you, the prince, discovered it?

Do you really think you are God's chosen one?

You are the chosen one, but what is your father's role? How ridiculous!

In fact, there were many cases of "auspicious signs bringing prosperity to the country" in ancient times, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that auspicious signs were deceptive and were a means for rulers to calm the people's hearts.

It is understandable to play with auspicious signs in front of the common people, but to play with auspicious signs in front of officials like them, isn't that just rubbing their IQ into the ground?

"In my opinion, this little prince is nothing more than that. He is just trying to be mysterious!"

Zhang Ping picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said with disdain, "I guess that high price for clearing the wasteland is also an attempt to win people's hearts and gain a reputation for being philanthropic!"

"Yes, after all, he is still young and has no capable ministers around him to assist him. He can only seek popularity and fame."

Pei Xuan echoed with a smile, "It's a pity that the Li Tang dynasty will pass into the hands of this man. It would be a waste for Li Shimin to kill his brothers and force his father to abdicate!"

"What a misfortune for our family!"

"hehe."

"hehe."

The two looked at each other and smiled, their meanings were self-evident.

After a moment, Zhang Ping made a fist gesture and said, "We have the final say in Jingzhou. No one else can stop us!"

“It’s just the assessment.”

"Let's drag it out! The Crown Prince caused such a big commotion in Jiangling, we should at least help him clean up the mess, right?"

"Wonderful!"

Zhang Ping's eyes lit up when he heard Pei Xuan's words.

Just then, there was a burst of hurried footsteps outside the door.

It was Cai Sima who came in. He sat down and said breathlessly, "Big, big things are happening! Dig! We found gold!!"

"What!?"

Zhang Ping and Pei Xuan's expressions changed, and they stood up suddenly.

"Cai Sima, what gold are you talking about? Where did you dig out the gold?!"

"Yes, Cai Sima! Come on, tell me!"

Sima Cai waved his hand, then picked up Zhang Ping's unfinished tea and gulped it down. After a long pause, he finally uttered a shocking statement: "The barren mountain the prince reclaimed is actually a huge gold mine! Now everyone in Jiangling knows about it!"

Boom!

Zhang Ping and Pei Xuan were struck by lightning when they heard this.

They never thought that they had heard it wrong.

It turns out that the yield per mu is thousands of gold!!!

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