Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 290
When Sun Xiangfu started from Wangjiang Tower, he paid more attention to the issue of mobilizing funds. Before the imperial court opened a bank that could borrow from the whole people, if these allies of his own made a lot of cash from the market, they would not invest it. , is harmful to Datang society.

At least ten or eight years later, they become a new family because of their huge wealth, and at worst, they may cause the country's economic structure to collapse. It's basically rich people's money, so there won't be any problems.

However, in the future, Sun Xiangfu will organize investments like Weinan New City every few years, and let these upstart allies spend all their money to promote social development. They only spent two or three years, and each family Earning more than 20 guan of wealth, all of this wealth is used on the right path, which will increase the speed of development of this country several times.

Just like the investment in Weinan County this time, the imperial court basically does not need to spend money, and will get a large-scale city with amazing output. The people will also earn wages for the construction of this city. , They can also find a job income other than farming. When such cities bloom everywhere in the Tang Dynasty, the country will become rich and powerful as a whole.

Capital is a sharp weapon to promote the development of a country. It is enough for Sun Xiangfu to use his limited knowledge of capital to speed up the economic development of Datang. No matter how much wealth he and his allies will accumulate due to continuous investment like this, in fact It doesn't matter. When the infrastructure construction of the whole country is completed, the industrial layout is perfect, and everyone is rich, it is normal for a few of them to be very rich. Moreover, their wealth comes from fixed assets, which is different from that of this country. Anwen is tied together, and when the time comes, they are the ones who don't want the country to be chaotic.

Of course, Sun Xiangfu does not think that the people sitting here can live to see the ultimate, because the world is too big, and the life span of people is too short. A project will take three to five years, just to build the entire Datang Well, I'm afraid it will take decades, and in fact, no one cares about what the situation will be like after they die.

The next day, some news about Weinan New City began to spread throughout Chang'an City. At this time, Li Shimin had already taken Xiao Yu, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Sun Xiangfu, Ma Zhou, Dugu Mou and other ministers out of the city. visited.

They didn't have any specific destination for this trip. Although they brought dozens of carts of rice, noodles, vegetables, fish, eggs and other condolences, they walked very fast, because after a year of hard work by millions of people in Guanzhong, the vast The cement road basically covers all the main roads.

In less than half a day, they arrived at the Wugong area. At a winding fork in the road, Li Shimin stopped the convoy, and Sun Xiangfu, who was dozing in the carriage, wrapped his hands inside the sleeves of his leather cloak and got out of the car.

"After playing chess for half a day, it was only a narrow victory. Xiao Xiang's chess skills are really amazing."

Everyone has different personalities. Xiao Yu and Changsun Wuji are completely different. It is very difficult for Li Shimin to lose when playing chess with Changsun Wuji, because Changsun Wuji will find ways to let Li Shimin indiscriminately, but with Xiao Yu It is very difficult to win in chess, because Xiao Yu's character is to do whatever he wants, and he will not be tricky.

Sun Xiangfu couldn't understand Go, so he was happy to take a nap in his luxury car. Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, and Ma Zhou got out of his car after Li Shimin. Speaking of it, Li Shimin's carriage is the largest in the world. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a super saloon car. It can fit ten or eight people, and they are all in the emperor's carriage, so it doesn't look crowded.

"The minister is also getting older, and his mind is getting more and more confused. Otherwise, His Majesty may not be able to win a game."

Listening to Xiao Yu's answer from a distance, Sun Xiangfu could understand why Li Shimin loved him and dismissed his official position. You are great, but you also have to know how to save face for the emperor!

Hearing what he said, Li Shimin really looked a little upset, just in time to see Sun Xiangfu who was huddled up and coming from behind, and pointed to a muddy path leading to the main concrete road, "I passed by this place before when I was fighting. , rested in a village in front of me, I just want you to take someone to have a look, if it is feasible, I will have my lunch today in this village."

Li Shimin said this very implicitly, but Sun Xiangfu understood what he meant. What is "if it is feasible"?It meant to let Sun Xiangfu see if he could cook here, because Sun Xiangfu didn't see Luotian in the team.

Sun Xiangfu couldn't be Wei Zheng. Even though he was a member of the second rank, he didn't dare to resist the order, so he stepped on the soft dirt road and walked towards the village. After a few minutes, he reached the village. Near the residence, at this time, some villagers in Maodong at home had already noticed the movement outside, opened the door cracks one after another, and looked at him curiously.

"Fellow townspeople, Your Majesty passed by here on patrol, let me see if there is any house for the convoy to make fire and cook food. If it is convenient, let me come in and have a look!"

Sun Xiangfu was wearing a leather cloak that looked very expensive. Needless to say his identity, and the people who followed him were Qianniuwei soldiers under Dugumou. They all wore thick cotton armor. With eyes, you can tell that they are people from the government, and they are also high-ranking officials. However, there are not many high-ranking officials who talk to ordinary people like them so politely.

Soon, the villagers opened the doors of their houses. Sun Xiangfu stopped them from saluting, and signaled with his eyes to the Qianniuwei soldiers to check the safety of the house. After confirming that everything was fine, they found the village chief named Hejia Village.

"Headman He, how many acres of land does your Hejia Village have? Do you have enough food for the winter at home?"

"My lord, the small village is not crowded, and there is really no extra food, can you..."

Village Chief He said that he was about to bow down with a mournful face, but was held up by Sun Xiangfu, and interrupted, "It's right if there is no extra food, I am not here to collect food from you, but His Majesty brought condolences for daily necessities Come to visit you, just tell me how many families and how many Dingkou there are in the village!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty came to visit us ordinary people?" Village Chief He was stunned by Sun Xiangfu's words.

"Yeah, so, you gather all the people in the village! Our Majesty will press the heads of the people and distribute condolences, and we will be there soon."

After Sun Xiangfu finished speaking, he gave Qianniuwei's lieutenant a look, and the lieutenant hurried to the convoy to report.

Soon, Village Chief He gathered more than 100 people in the village, and Li Shimin, supported by more than 100 guards, walked towards the village. Behind him, dozens of people were carrying rice, noodles, vegetables and meat. The soldiers of Qianniuwei, and several others were carrying large marching iron pots with a diameter of more than one meter. Looking at this posture, Li Shimin would eat this meal here, and he planned to invite the villagers to eat it together.

"Grass people pay homage to my emperor..."

"Excuse me, excuse me, it's cold outside, so don't make any big gestures, I'll freeze my body."

The villagers of Hejia Village also participated in the road construction army in Guanzhong this year. Therefore, Village Chief He saw Li Shimin inspecting the construction site from a distance, and he still vaguely remembered Li Shimin's face.

However, it was beyond his expectation that the emperor would come to visit such a commoner like him in person. At this moment, the words flattered and flattered could no longer describe his excitement.

"Your Majesty, let's talk in the room!"

Seeing the people in Hejia Village looking at the emperor like quails one by one, not knowing what to say, Sun Xiangfu suggested from the side.

"Yes, yes, it's just that the grass people's house is small and dirty, and I'm afraid of your majesty..."

"Hehe, when I was marching and fighting, I even slept in the snow. I'm not afraid of being cramped or dirty. You just need to lead the way. I asked the soldiers to bring some grain, rice, vegetables and meat, and I gave them to each family. past."

With that said, Li Shimin's sympathy operation began. He really went into the people's homes one by one, looked at the living environment of the people, opened the rice jars, and looked at the remaining food in them. If they were in short supply, he asked the sergeant to give more. For rice noodles, if there are old people, he even reached out to shake hands with them one by one, asked them about their age, physical condition, etc., and asked the sergeant to put a whole load of rice noodles in the homes of old people. Anyway, these rice noodles were prepared by Sun Xiangfu. He doesn't feel bad either.

The feeling of doing good deeds is really good. Not only the people in Hejia Village were moved to tears, but Li Shimin himself was almost moved to tears. After walking around, more than half an hour passed. A large pot was set up in the village, and the mutton soup with various spices was boiled. Sun Xiangfu also kneaded the noodles. Although the dough had not been fermented, the taste of the boiled noodles would not be affected very much, as long as the noodle soup was cooked well That's fine.

When the aroma of the mutton soup in several large iron pots was overflowing, Li Shimin led the villagers to the iron pot fire to warm up and chat, waiting for dinner.

"He Village Chief! I remember that when I was marching, I stopped at the entrance of this village. There are several jujube trees in front of the village. The dates on them are very sweet. In the coming year! Remember to send some to Chang'an , my beloved concubine, she eats jujube cake so cute..."

"Sure, sure, these jujube trees in our village bear a lot of dates every year!"

"Don't leave it all to me to eat. What the villagers have to eat is the key. I just need to taste a little bit. By the way, when it comes to food! You have to learn from the guy who sliced ​​​​the noodles. Who? He is the person who knows how to eat the most in Tang Dynasty, Gongsun Zhengming of Shanyang County, he! Not only can cook food, but also grow food, do you know him?"

"He is Gongsun Zhengming of Shanyang County! The grassroots have heard of his name for a long time. Many vegetables in the village were taught by their disciples of the farm! I heard that he is the head of the farm. It is our The person who knows how to farm in Datang is the one who invented the techniques for growing vegetables in winter, isn't it true!"

"Yes, he is right. At the beginning of the new year, more planting techniques will be passed down from their farms. You should concentrate on learning, as long as you plant the land according to the methods they taught. In April and May, the fields will There will be a harvest, and two seasons can be planted a year, and the harvest is more than double that of previous years."

"Really? That's really great. The grass people are going to kowtow to him. If the harvest in the field can be doubled, then the whole village won't have to worry about food when winter comes next year."

Li Shimin didn't stop Village Chief He's move, but through Village Chief He's words, he paid more attention to agricultural technology in his heart. If more people join the farm and learn these more advanced planting techniques, then his big Tang Dynasty will be more prosperous and powerful. Those who like to make waves can incite the poor people to rebel, but they can't incite the well-fed people to rebel. At this moment, the idea of ​​using farmers' children as officials has been formed in Li Shimin's heart.

(End of this chapter)