After seven years of fiefdom, Li Shimin asked me to return and become the crown prince.

Xishan Villa!

It was almost noon when Li Kuan arrived, and he could see the villa from afar.

Around the villa, I hadn't been here for five or six days. I don't know when some wooden houses were built, and there was smoke from cooking inside, so it should be someone living there.

"Stop, stop!"

Li Kuan and his companions were stopped when they arrived at the villa.

However, when they saw that the person was Li Kuan, they hurried over to greet him.

The guards were still his soldiers.

"Where is Qi Sheng?"Li Kuan looked at the two guards and he also returned to his usual attitude.

Qi Sheng was the team leader that Li Kuan arranged for the mining. Now all matters of Xishan Coal Mine were handed over to him.

"The captain is inspecting the coal mine!"The two of them replied quickly.

"Let's go to the mine and take a look!" Li Kuan nodded and called Zhao Xin and the others to go into the coal mine. After entering, he saw many people digging coal in the mine, sweating profusely.

Because this is an open-pit coal mine, it is extremely easy to mine, and many people are busy!

You can even hear these people laughing and talking, obviously not considering this tiring work as a burden. Above!

The soldiers were watching the labor below, and some were cooking.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?"

At this moment, a dusty man trotted over. He was the current manager of Xishan Coal Mine, Qi Sheng.

"You did a good job, but how did you recruit so many people in such a short time?"Li Kuan looked at the people in the mine, and there was a little more curiosity in his eyes.

There were at least six or seven hundred people in here. Was it so easy to recruit people in Chang'an?

In fact, he had not come since he handed over the mine affairs to Qi Sheng, so he was not sure about the situation.

"Your Majesty, we now have 1,037 laborers in our mine, 400 of whom are locals in Chang'an, and the rest are refugees!"

Qi Sheng saw some surprise in Li Kuan's eyes, and continued to explain:"Every winter, some disaster-stricken areas will have people who can't eat. They will bring their families to Chang'an to beg, do odd jobs, and try to make a living!"

Qi Sheng saw that these people along the way were pitiful, so he took them in as workers.

If there are people with families, the elderly and children will temporarily live in the manor, and the young people will temporarily set up a shed outside and take a simple rest.

When there is time to build a house, they will move in.

The mine can temporarily provide food for their families so that their families will no longer be hungry, but after this month, they will have to buy it with their wages.

The wages are not small. According to the amount of coal dug by a person, each cart of coal weighing 100 jin is one penny. (bdfg)

Don't say that Li Kuan is exploiting, digging 1,000 jin is 10 wen. Coal is heavy, and it is an open-pit coal mine.

Everyone can dig 50 carts or more every day.

50 carts equals 50 coins, which means 1,500 coins a month. In addition, the workers in the mines are provided with meals.

The money is already quite a lot. You have to know that a farmer can only earn two or three strings of cash after selling his annual harvest.

Moreover, with an income of 1,500 coins a month, even in Chang'an, he is considered a high-value worker.

However, Qi Sheng only provided food for the families of the migrant workers for one month. After they had income, they had to rely on themselves for everything.

"Good, you did a good job!"

Li Kuan was very satisfied with Qi Sheng's approach. He knew human nature. If he provided meals to the workers' families, many people would come to eat and drink for free.

As expected, he had experienced the baptism of Lingnan and knew how to be flexible in doing things.

Isn't this a disguised form of work-for-relief?

Let's see... When it comes to education, we still need open education. Confucianism is not good in this regard.

""It's time for dinner!" (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

While the two were chatting, the sound of gongs and greetings came from the other side.

The people who were still working couldn't help but get excited and walked towards the dinner time.

"Your Majesty, I will have someone prepare the food now."Qi Sheng only then realized that it was already noon and the food had not been prepared yet.

They usually ate with the workers, and now that the prince was here, they couldn't let the prince eat this too.

"Isn’t the meal ready? Let’s go eat together!" Li Kuan smiled and shook his head:"What’s being cooked today?"

"Steamed rice and pickles!"There is basically no food in Chang'an in winter. Meat is too expensive for so many people to eat together, and there is not enough mutton to eat. Occasionally, they can improve their meals and eat some meat.

However, the miners who come here to work are very satisfied with the food.

Because in winter, even if they don't starve, they eat corn and millet with shells, which can barely keep them from starving to death.

Now they can eat hot white rice with pickles, which is very satisfying.

"Miners are all high-laborers, so provide them with some meat!" Li Kuan reminded them as they walked.

"Your Majesty, Chang'an is not Lingnan. There are no large numbers of pigs bred here, and sheep are too expensive!"Qi Sheng was also a little helpless. He wanted to buy some meat, but this place was far from Lingnan.

Lingnan not only has pork, but also fish and shrimp, especially whale meat. I heard that Lingnan now has more than a dozen large cold storages of whale meat and other fish meat. They can't even finish eating it, and now they are studying the so-called canned food that can be stored for a long time.

They have been in Chang'an for ten days, and their mouths are dry.

Qi Sheng said, but he was complaining in his heart. Everyone said that Chang'an was prosperous, but it was not as good as Lingnan.

Lingnan with the prince has surpassed Chang'an.

It was precisely because of this that Qi Sheng looked at Li Kuan with admiration in his eyes. In addition, when he got the plague, it was the prince who pulled him back from the gates of hell.

Looking at the long line, Li Kuan and others walked directly to the front and skillfully took a bowl to get rice.

When he first went to Lingnan, he also mingled with the people in this way.

"How much do you want to eat?" The man in charge of serving rice filled half a bowl, looked up and saw Li Kuan paused;"Prince...Prince, why are you here!"

He was also a soldier from Lingnan, and he had to salute when he saw Li Kuan.

Li Kuan motioned for him to continue with his work, and he took half a bowl of rice and some pickles and went to the side.

While eating, Qi Sheng went back to the villa and brought a roasted rabbit to Li Kuan. He caught it this morning and was going to have it with a few guys in the evening.

Now that the prince is here, I feel sorry for the brothers.

Li Kuan gave him a discerning look:"Good, work hard, I won't treat you unfairly!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

After having enough wine and food, the workers began to rest and chat.

Many workers also noticed Li Kuan and began to discuss Li Kuan's identity.

The person who could make Mr. Qi compliment him so much should have a high status.

Qi Sheng heard these people's discussion and looked at Li Kuan who was eating rabbit legs. Are these people discussing the prince?

"It seems that they really want to meet me!"Li Kuan looked at the people who were talking about him, and cast his gaze towards the high platform not far away:"Qi Sheng, you go and prepare. Since you are here, just make plans for these workers!"

"Empty promises?"

"cough cough...Talk to them and make them work hard!". Đạo Vô Tâm