Datang: Encouraging Li Er to rebel, being overheard

Chapter 22
[It's so dirty, God, who can tell me why these soils stink? 】

All these voices were heard in Li Shimin's ears.

Slightly squinting his eyes, Li Shimin looked meaningfully at Li Chengqian who was next to him with a look of disgust.

Listening to Li Chengqian's thoughts, Li Shimin felt a very shocking news.

Especially the sentence that if you want to be rich, you must first build roads. He really doesn't understand why you must build roads if you want to be rich?

Is there any relationship between the two?

Although he had never brought him to this place before, how could he not know the living conditions here.

After all, he had been fighting with Li Shimin on the battlefield before.

Just as Li Shimin was thinking this, Li Chengqian raised his head and wiped the dirt off his face with his clothes.

"Father, I called you several times just now, what are you thinking there?"

"I was wondering why you could be so stupid."

With his hands behind his back, Li Shimin glanced at him, but did not express his doubts.

The father and son continue to walk
After being silent for a while, Li Shimin looked at the people working in the fields with happiness on their faces.

A question suddenly came to mind, and she turned to look at Li Chengqian and asked him.

"What do you think of the living standards of these people?"

"I can't comment. After all, we just saw them working in the fields. As for the family, who knows."

Replied honestly, although Li Chengqian said so in his mouth, he didn't think so in his heart.

[Didn't it mean that there should have been Quyuanli in the Tang Dynasty?I think it is still a straight shaft plow now, so how could it be tiring? 】

[Oh, it didn't sound good when I was studying, and now I don't even know when Qu Yuanli appeared. 】

Hearing the sighing voice in Li Chengqian's heart, Li Shimin was silent for a long time, and slightly clenched his fists in his sleeves.

He looked up at the old farmer who was plowing. At this time, the old farmer had already packed his farm tools and was ready to go home.

When he met the Li family father and son walking towards him, he was stunned for a moment, and the old farmer saluted them.

"Two sons."

When saluting, the old farmer was a little timid. After all, he was a dutiful farmer, and he couldn't hold his head up in front of two well-dressed nobles.

Li Shimin waved to the old farmer.

"Don't be too polite, is the old man ready to go home?"

"Well, there are still many things waiting at home."

Hearing this, Li Shimin didn't want to waste the old farmer's time, so he asked directly.

"It's like this, old man, we are from above to observe the people's sentiments, so we want to follow the old man to the house to have a look, is that okay?"

The old farmer froze for a moment, but nodded quickly. Naturally, he had no objection. The house was empty and there was nothing worth worrying about.

Since he is a person from above, he should cooperate obediently as an old farmer.

Thinking about these two nobles, they should not be interested in the rags in his house.

Li Chengqian grinned, showing his white teeth, looked at the old farmer, and followed behind Li Shimin and the old farmer.

The soil on his body was already dry, and he could pat off a lot of dirt with just a quick pat.

After arriving at the old farmer's house, the old farmer shook the plow at the door, put it behind the corner, cleaned up the room again, and warmly invited the two to sit down.

Li Shimin simply looked around.

"Old man, are you alone in the house?"

"That's right. In the past years of fighting, all three of my sons died on the battlefield, and I'm the only old man left."

"What about your wife?"

"Dead, died of dystocia when giving birth to the fourth son, one dead body and two lives."

Hearing this, Li Shimin didn't continue to ask. Every time these things are brought up, it may be a kind of torture for the old man.

When it comes to his family, the old man's face does look a little sad.

"Now the war is over, everything is going in a good direction, and I hope there will be no more wars in the future"

The simple and plain words made Li Shimin's heart tremble slightly. Looking at the old man, he clenched his fist and nodded fiercely.

"It will definitely. Datang will become stronger and stronger. When Datang becomes stronger, no one will dare to mess with us."

This sentence is more like a goal Li Shimin has set for himself.

[What's the use of you talking to him? 】

【He only thought that he would be able to eat and clothe himself warmly, and maybe get another daughter-in-law. 】

[What do you say that the nation is righteous and the country is strong, and what does it have to do with them? 】

Li Chengqian was blowing cold wind to Li Shimin in his heart, but Li Shimin pretended not to hear, and there was no change in his face.

Then I saw Li Chengqian go to the corner and play with the plow that the old man had put away earlier.

Seeing this, Li Shimin frowned immediately, and shouted to Li Chengqian in a low voice.

"Nonsense, you naughty son, hurry up and put down other people's things!"

It's just that his words are of no use to Li Chengqian.

Patting the straight shaft plow in his hand, Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin with a smile.

"Father, it takes time and effort to plow the ground. Why don't I improve it. It only needs a small improvement to make it faster and better."

As he spoke, Li Chengqian started to move without waiting for the old man and Li Shimin to open their mouths.

But after a long time, he didn't fix things, but he broke them instead.

"Forehead……"

[It shouldn't be, that's how it should be done, how could it fail? 】

【Looks like I still have to find a professional carpenter. I, a person who doesn't know how to do carpentry, feel really uncomfortable doing this. 】

Li Chengqian looked at the old man and smiled awkwardly as he packed up his things and put them in the corner with a blank expression.

"Old man, I'll send you a new one at night, it shouldn't delay the use, right?"

"No, no, I'm an old bone, and I don't have much land to plant. I don't rely on this thing as much as others."

The old farmer smiled and shook his head, not blaming him.

But the more the old farmer was like this, the more embarrassed Li Chengqian felt, and he took a deep breath.

Before he could speak, Li Shimin dragged him aside, sat down, stared at Li Chengqian with a gloomy face, snorted softly, and shouted.

"Can you stop messing around, you naughty son? The old man only has these things, and you broke one. If you do this again, when you go back, copy the book for me!"

"..."

[It's really kind that doesn't pay off. 】

[If Quyuanli can come out, it will greatly improve the entire agricultural economy of Datang, and the quality of life of farmers will be greatly improved. 】

【I'm doing this for Datang, you still want to punish me, you really have no conscience! 】

Li Shimin pretended he didn't hear these voices, and stayed here for a while to learn about the old man's living conditions, and left.

After sitting down in a restaurant in Chang'an and ordering a table of food, Li Shimin looked at the crowd coming and going below.

"Chengqian, how do you think they can live a good life?"

"What do you think is a good life?"

When Li Chengqian heard Li Shimin's question, he asked instead.

This sentence stopped Li Shimin from asking. He was stunned for a while, pursed his lips, and his eyes were a little dazed.

Yes, what kind of life is a good life?
Worry about food and clothing like him?

Work at sunrise and rest at sunset?

Wife and children are hot on the kang?
Endless money?
Or is it free and carefree?
Probably neither.

(End of this chapter)