Kidnapped by Princess Changle at the beginning

"Yes, but you have to take full responsibility for it."

"I... I take full responsibility."

What Li Zhi didn't say, as long as he can eat potatoes, it's no big deal.

Chen Chu asked, "Have you thought it through?"

Li Zhi said, "I'm sure..."

"No regrets?"

"I won't regret it."

"Whoever regrets who is a puppy!"

"it is good!"

Li Zhi agreed.

Chen Chu took out a straw hat and put it on for Li Zhi, then took out a sign and hung it around Li Zhi's neck.

Li Zhi picked it up and saw that the wooden sign read: Chief Engineer of Meishan Farm.

He asked curiously, "What does chief engineer mean?"

Chen Chu explained: "It means to be in charge of all potato planting matters."

Seeing so formal, Li Zhi was a little excited.

What he didn't know was that there was another chief engineer in Meishan.

At this time, a convoy suddenly appeared in the distance.

When the convoy came to the front, an old man ran up and said, "Boss, everyone is here, some of the cattle and farm tools have arrived, and they can all arrive within two days at the latest... There are thirty people and five cows in total. "

Five cows?

Looking at the vast land, Chen Chu frowned and said, "There are only five cows, why are there so few?"

The old man said aggrievedly: "Boss, I only found these five cows after running all over Chang'an City...Nowadays, farmers are plowing the land, and there are too few farming cattle..."

Datang banned eating beef because there were too few farming cattle, and once it was released, there would be even fewer.

But in this era, cattle are the foundation of planting.

Chen Chu said: "Five cows are enough, Lao Gou, come here, this is His Royal Highness King Qi, starting today, His Highness King Qi will eat and live here with you, and lead you, use the fastest time to get this emperor Cultivate it and make it fertile... After the heavy snow this winter has drenched, this will be an excellent place to grow potatoes."

Old Gou was surprised, and hastily saluted: "Caomin has seen His Royal Highness King Qi."

Li Zhi was a little confused, he tugged at Chen Chu's sleeve, and asked, "You...you want me to live here?"

Chen Chu said: "Pheasant slave, time waits for no one. We must reclaim the land before it snows, otherwise the spring seeds will not be able to keep up. As the chief engineer, you should live and eat here. The greater your ability, the more responsibility you have. The bigger it is, the chief engineer, not everyone can do it..."

Being fooled by Chen Chu, Li Zhi felt dizzy and nodded in agreement.

Everything around here made him feel novel.

Chen Chu said again: "This is Laogou. He was born as a farmer. From now on, he will be your assistant. You can direct him to do anything."

Lao Gou said: "I would like to listen to His Highness's orders."

Li Zhi looked at the thirty farmers and asked, "What about them?"

Chen Chu said: "They also listen to you..."

It was the first time for Li Zhi, who grew up in the deep palace, to command so many people, and he felt that being able to grow potatoes under his leadership was an opportunity that others could only dream of.

He happily agreed.

Farmers began to pitch camps around.

Chen Chu brought Li Zhi and Lao Gou to the top of the slope, and said, "You guys will just do the land reclamation for a month. The first step is to have people cut all the weeds. The first step is to turn over the wasteland, and the third step is to sprinkle all the lime and plant ash into it, and turn it over again..."

Chen Chu introduced the process and practice of land reclamation in detail.

Li Zhi took out the booklet and began to record it in detail.

Lao Gou felt very novel about Chen Chu's approach.

Lao Gou also came from Qingfengzhai, he was an old man who followed Chen Chu, he had been with Zhu Neng before, but now he was caught by Chen Chu to farm.

After learning about the whole process in detail, Li Zhi asked: "Brother-in-law Chen..., this Meishan farm has me and Laogou, what about you? Didn't the emperor ask you to plant potatoes?"

Chen Chu pointed to the busy farmers and said, "I'm going to make money to support these people..."

Li Zhi suddenly realized.

He suddenly felt that Chen Chu was great.

Planting potatoes is such a big deal, and it doesn't cost a penny from the court.

He moved and said, "Brother-in-law, go quickly. Don't worry if I am on the farm. If they are disobedient, I will arrest them and chop them all up..."

As the king of Qi, Li Zhi still has a bit of domineering at this time.

Old Gou: "..."

……

Chapter 268

The coal mines and farms in Meishan, thanks to the joining of the two brothers from the Li family, soon returned to normal.

Chen Chu's main energy was still on the coal mine.

The coal produced every day was transported by horse-drawn cart to the cement factory outside Chunming Gate and piled up. The huge open-air warehouse had already piled up like a mountain.

As for the farm, Chen Chu wasn't worried at all.

With the old dog around, there should be no problem.

As for Li Zhi, he is a mascot. As long as he is in charge, Lao Gou and others will definitely not dare to mess around.

……

In the office building of the coal mine.

Li Tai looked at Chen Chu in puzzlement, and said, "Now, a lot of coal is mined every day, but none of it can be sold. Aren't you in a hurry?"

Chen Chu waved his hands and said, "Qingque, please be safe and don't be impatient, the time has not come yet!"

Li Tai stood up: "I mean, in case, in case the coal cannot be sold in the future, what about my five thousand guan?"

Chen Chu explained: "Qingque, you are not only the King of Yue in the Tang Dynasty, but also a businessman. You should know that in business, there is no sure profit and no loss. Any business has risks..."

"What?" Li Tai jumped up, "You mean, it's possible to lose everything?"

Chen Chu said: "I'm talking about the worst possibility... However, if you trust me, you should hurry to dig coal. Only in this way can the fear in your heart be dispelled."

Li Tai: "..."

When he looked at Chen Chu, he always had the feeling that he was on a pirate ship and couldn't get off.

After Chen Chu sent Li Tai away, he took the carriage and went straight to the cement factory in the east of Chang'an City.

Next to a piece of newly built buildings, there is an open-air warehouse where coal is stacked.

This warehouse looks huge, and the piles of coal look like hills.

But Chen Chu knew that this was far from enough.

Once people in Chang'an City and its surroundings start burning coal, the coal will be sold out soon.

Li Tai's worry is purely superfluous.

He walked into a courtyard, only to hear the sound of Dangdang, which was endless.

As far as the eye can see, there are all temporary blacksmith shops, each blacksmith, naked to the waist, sweating profusely.

Zhu Neng hurried over to say hello.

Chen Chu asked: "Old Zhu, this is the fifth day, how many iron stoves have you built?"

Zhu Neng said: "Boss, we have more than 60 blacksmiths here. We work in groups of two, and within five days, we have made [-] blacksmiths."

Build fifty in one day?

This is a bit inefficient.

Seeing that Zhu Neng hesitated to speak, Chen Chu said, "Speak up if you have something to say."

Zhu Neng then said: "Boss, a few days ago, we bought a lot of iron in Chang'an City. Those profiteers actually raised the price. Now, the price of iron has risen."

"Hmph, you still dare to eat me, Chen Chu. Don't worry about this matter. I will go to the prince and ask him to bring a message to Liu Jianren, the governor of Jingzhao Mansion. Let Liu Jianren check it out. Hurry up and send someone to buy iron. The more the better, hurry up and build them..." Chen Chu instructed.

The imperial court's iron is under control, and private individuals cannot buy large amounts of iron at all.

Even if Chen Chu is the son-in-law, it won't work.

But Li Chengqian can.

So what Chen Chu lacked now was not iron, but efficiency.

Seeing that it was winter and the weather was getting colder, Chen Chu couldn't wait any longer, so he asked Lao Zhu to find a group of blacksmiths at a high price to build the iron stove.

……

Royal Palace.

late at night.

Ganlu Temple.

Gao Chen hurried in and said, "Your Majesty, Baiqisi has already found out what you explained. The iron that was suddenly bought in Chang'an City was all bought by Chen Chu. His Highness the Crown Prince also participated in this matter." .”

Li Er frowned: "Prince? Chen Chu? What are these two bastards hoarding iron for? Are they trying to build weapons to rebel?"

Gao Chen shook his head hastily and said, "Your Majesty, Baiqisi also found out that this batch of iron was sent to a cement factory outside the city. Chen Chu summoned hundreds of craftsmen to build a very strange table, not a table. arms……"

"Table? Not a weapon?" Li Er asked in confusion.

Gao Chen said: "According to Baiqisi's spies, Chen Chu didn't hide this matter, but made a big fanfare. They sent a few waves of people inside. After checking, they found that it was indeed not a table. I heard from those blacksmiths. Well, what Chen Chu wants to build is a stove for burning fire..."

stove?

Li Er was dumbfounded: "Chen Chu is crazy, iron is so expensive, he actually used iron to build a stove, forget it, this kid has always acted strangely, let him go, let Baiqisi watch, as long as Chen If Chu does not forge weapons, there is no need to interfere..."

"Yes!"

……

at the same time.

Duke Lu's Mansion.

backyard.

Chen Chu and Cheng Yaojin sat opposite each other.

On the charcoal basin, the wine is being warmed.

Chen Chu rubbed his hands together, then heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Fourth Brother, it's getting cold, and there's no brazier or stove now, so I can't sit still..."

Cheng Yaojin nodded: "By the way, fifth brother, didn't you say that you can sell coal after winter? Why is there no movement?"

Chen Chu picked up the wine glass, took a sip of the warm wine, and said, "Fourth brother, to be honest, I came to the door today to discuss this matter with you..."

"Find me?"

Cheng Yaojin was taken aback.

Chen Chu said: "I have asked people to find out clearly that if our coal is to sell well, it must replace firewood. But now, people all over Chang'an City have hoarded a lot of firewood. This coal is a valuable Buy it or not, what we have to do is to let everyone give up firewood and throw themselves into the embrace of coal..."

Cheng Yaojin thought about Chen Chu's words carefully, and finally shook his head: "Fifth Brother, you are a bit out of the ordinary. Everyone has burned this firewood for thousands of years. On the contrary, your coal can poison people, so I want everyone to give it up." Firewood, choose coal, almost impossible..."

A gust of wind came.

Suddenly it became cold in the yard.

Cheng Yaojin shrank his neck and continued to persuade Chen Chu.

Chen Chu smiled, and said, "Fourth brother, it was impossible before, but now, it is completely possible... But, you need to sacrifice a little..."

sacrifice?

Cheng Yaojin's eyes widened: "What do you want... what do you want to do?"