Wentang

Chapter 382 Copying the Dizhou Miracle?

Following Zhao Meng all the way to the side hall of Daxing Palace, he met Li Shimin here.

"Greetings to the saint." Yue Shan saluted.

"Haha... Cuilan, you're finally back." Li Shimin dropped his pen and stood up from the chair, walked to his side and helped him up.

"Let me see, um, tanned and stronger, not bad."

"Thanks for the care of the sage, you seem to be improving much better than before." Yue Shan said.

"Everything is going well, I eat well and sleep well, and my complexion is naturally better." Li Shimin pulled him to the chair and sat down separately, and said in a brisk tone.

"That is the blessing of all people." Yue Shan flattered him a little.

"You have done a good job. You have turned the desolate Dizhou into a prosperous place in just one year. It is beyond my expectation and shocked the government and the public." Li Shimin praised.

"It's all the work of my colleagues. I just came up with ideas. They are the ones who do the work." Yue Shan said modestly.

As soon as he finished speaking, he found that Li Shimin was looking him up and down, as if he knew him again, and he said strangely: "Is there something wrong with me?"

"You are more humble than before." Li Shimin nodded affirmatively.

"I was very humble before." Yue Shan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"No, you used to be humble on your lips but very arrogant in your bones, looking down on the heroes of the world. But it's different now, your humility comes from the heart." Li Shimin shook his head and said.

Hearing that Yue Shan was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, and that he didn't take anyone seriously in front of the emperor, that's courting death.The point is, is it that obvious?Fortunately, he always thought it was well covered up.

"Hehe..." Yue Shan said with a wry smile: "Back then, I didn't pay attention to the heroes of the world because of my own background. This time I went out to see a lot of people and realized that I was just lucky enough to have one. The starting point is higher than others, and there are tens of thousands of people who are better than me in theory."

What Yue Shan is alluding to is that as a time traveler, he inevitably puts a little high in his posture, and sometimes even looks at people and things in this era with an attitude of watching a drama.

Later, I read more books and met more people. This meaningless sense of superiority gradually disappeared, and my mentality returned to normal.

In Li Shimin's ears, it meant something else.Yue Shan used to think he was great because of his status as a disciple of the gods, but this time he went out to practice and saw his own shortcomings, as well as the strengths of others.

So he nodded with deep sympathy and said: "It's good to understand, I'm afraid this is the real reason why the old god let you practice in the world of mortals."

There is no such thing as an old god, Yue Shan smiled wryly to himself, this lie will never be cleared up for the rest of his life.But there was a grateful expression on his face, and he said: "I also want to thank the sage for his generosity. If it were another emperor, I'm afraid I would have been decapitated."

This sentence Yue Shan really spoke from his own heart. If it weren’t for Li Shimin’s tolerance and protection for him, just relying on his emotional intelligence and political wisdom when he just crossed over, he would be wiped out by people of this era in seconds. Now the bone dregs were all turned to ashes.

Li Shimin can naturally hear whether this sentence is true or not, and he is very happy and contented in his heart. He said with a smile:
"You are my junior to protect you. You have helped me a lot, so let's stop thanking you."

"What the sage said was that when I saw you, I accidentally committed a childish attitude again." Yue Shan said shyly.

"Haha... It's fine, it means you don't treat me as an outsider. Let's get down to business first, and then go to Lizheng Hall to meet Wugou and Lizhi. They have been thinking about you all the time." Li Shimin smiled. Dao, there is also a third of sincerity in his tone.

Then Yue Shan explained his series of policies in Dizhou in detail.

Although the two often corresponded and had the wind watcher report Dizhou's every move to the capital, it was not as detailed and clear as Yue Shan, the decision maker, explained himself.

Watching the wind is different from the secret service agency, and it is not a non-establishment, but the emperor wants to know something or the situation in a certain place, and he will secretly send a few people he trusts to inquire about the news.

It's not just the emperor who can send a wind watcher, anyone can.Zhou Shangyun, Yueshan's earliest staff member, was Gao Shilian's watcher.

To be honest, Li Shimin was skeptical about the changes in Dizhou at the beginning, and once wondered if the people below had conspired to deceive him.

How could someone turn the desolate saline-alkali land into a fertile land in a short period of time?

You have to know that Dizhou used to receive relief from the imperial court almost every year. How could it not only receive relief in less than a year, but also pay huge taxes to the imperial court?

There was a time when he sent out five or six wind watchers in a row, and the results they got were all similar, so he had to believe it was true.

And after believing it, he became even more curious about everything there, and always wanted to have a face-to-face talk with Yue Shan to see if it was possible to replicate this miracle in other places, at least to find some mature experience that could be used for reference.

Now that Yue Shan finally came back, he naturally wanted to ask all the questions in his heart.

Yue Shan also knew everything, explained the intention of each of his policies, and Li Shimin's eyes brightened and he applauded again and again.

"Do you know if your method is feasible elsewhere?" Li Shimin finally couldn't help asking.

Yue Shan's heart moved, and he tried to ask: "Do you want to implement this method in Yancheng County, Suzhou Prefecture?"

Li Shimin did not hide it, and said calmly: "Yes, there is also sea salt produced there, which is richer than Dizhou, and the local aristocratic families that could hinder the imperial court have been cleaned up by Dugu Yanyun again. I want to try it there."

Yue Shan finally affirmed one thing. Dugu Yanyun went to Suzhou not only to avenge him, but to use this as an opportunity to regain control of the local salt industry for the imperial court.

In the past, Li Shimin had just ascended the throne and faced the threat of Turks, so he had no energy to rectify the interior.Moreover, Yancheng has always boiled the sea for salt, which is expensive and unpalatable, and it is not worth Li Shimin's hands.

Now it is different, Yue Shan proposed that the sun-dried salt method can obtain high-quality refined salt at almost zero cost, and Yancheng County naturally entered Li Shimin's sight.

This is probably one of the reasons why the Du family assassinated Yue Shan. You invented the salt drying method but did not allow others to use it. You not only robbed Yancheng of their business, but also broke their foundation.

In fact, his guess was not right or far away. The Du family believed that killing him would persuade the emperor to let go of the salt drying method and allow everyone to share the salt.

But no matter what Li Shimin's plan was, it was true that he avenged himself, and Yue Shan would be grateful to him.

After careful consideration for a while, he said: "It's not impossible to copy the things in Dizhou, but I think another place is more suitable than Yancheng County."

"Where?" Li Shimin couldn't hide his excitement.

This is a state capital that generates tens of millions of income for the country every year. If it can really be replicated, then Datang will never be short of money again. How can he not be excited.As for cultivating xinxing, go to hell.

"Both sides of the Chunshen River." Yue Shan said a very strange name.

(End of this chapter)