Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

Li Chengqian finished his day at the construction site and sat in his tent, making compressed biscuits in a big teapot and eating them. This was what the victims in the disaster area ate, so he couldn't be an exception.

After Li Chengqian finished eating, he stood up and walked to the water station nearby to fetch water. He was going to wash the teapot and fetch some water to wash up.

As soon as he stood up, many victims appeared in front of Li Chengqian, surrounding him.

A little boy whose clothes turned white after washing was holding a bowl of orange sugar water and looked at Li Chengqian: "Brother Prince, eat a can."

If there are children under ten years old and elderly people over sixty years old at home, they can get an extra medium-sized canned fruit and three eggs for each meal.

These victims wanted to give the saved canned fruits to Li Chengqian. They knew that the prince was not a high-ranking royal family, not a god who did not eat the fireworks of the world, but just an ordinary person.

With tears in his eyes, Li Chengqian gently touched the child's head with his hand: "You eat, the prince brother is full and can't eat this anymore."

The victims behind them handed over cans full of water and hot water in glass cans and bottles. Seeing that Li Chengqian didn't accept them, most of them put them directly next to Li Chengqian's tent and turned around to leave.

Li Chengqian tried his best to persuade the victims who were delivering cans to leave, and happened to meet Changsun Chong to see him.

"Prince, how are you these days? I heard from the workers at the construction site that you caught a cold today?"

Li Chengqian smiled bitterly and pulled his eldest grandson towards the tent. There was a long table in the tent. The things on the table were very simple. Except for a portrait of Su Waner on the table, they were almost all drawings and urban construction needed for reconstruction. planning.

"Stop teasing me. How are my siblings? Are they due to give birth in the next few days?"

Speaking of Wang Yan, Changsun Chong was a little embarrassed: "Yes, we have arranged to be hospitalized. Fortunately, the beds in the military hospital are all empty now. They are basically workers who deal with trauma, and there are very few hospitalized people."

Li Chengqian was thoughtful and gently touched Su Wan'er's portrait with his hand: "This is about something. I plan to go to Lingnan. What are your plans?"

Changsun Chong just picked up the teapot and was about to pour tea. He found that the teapot was empty and immediately put it down: "Lingnan? I heard from Xiaobao that Li Feng was building roads there and destroyed Nanzhao after the six imperial edicts were unified. Enter The territory of the Tang Dynasty.”

Li Chengqian nodded: "Li Feng is such a stupid young man. Why is it only given to a man from the founding county to expand the territory?"

Changsun Chong didn't expect that there was something else going on here, so he dragged his chair closer to Li Chengqian and said, "Tell me what's going on."

Li Chengqian casually opened the drawer of the table, took out a bag of tea and put it on the table: "Every year, the Tang Dynasty trades three million stones of grain with Champa. The settlement is made with various handicrafts, glass, porcelain, tea, etc." Products of Baoli Trading Company.”

Changsun Chong frowned: "No matter how large the quantity of these things are, they are still a business without capital. Isn't this city occupation losing money every year?"

Li Chengqian didn't answer, walked out of the tent, fumbled for a pot of hot water and brought it in to make tea: "Their rice in Champa is ripe three times a year. The grains are long, large and full. Three million stones is almost half a year's production."

Changsun Chong took the hot water from Li Chengqian's hand and began to make tea. He first washed the teapot, then brewed the tea and closed the lid.

"Doesn't that mean that Li Feng took back these three million stones of grain? Isn't that a good thing?"

Li Chengqian opened the lidded bowl and smelled the incense: "How can it be so simple? Do so many people in Champa yearn for the Tang Dynasty? If the three million stones of grain every year are just trade, wouldn't it be a tax of 10% and 50%? If there is no way to survive, why should we be beaten to death?"

Li Chengqian used the lid of the cup to scrape off the tea foam: "What the Tang Dynasty needs is a Champa with a stable supply of food. However, according to the agricultural tax of the Tang Dynasty, the current Champa can only supply one-third of the original trade volume, and the rest We can only build warehouses to store grain in accordance with the Grain Storage Law.”

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he took a sip of tea. The fruity and floral fragrance spread in his mouth, and the smooth tea soup was sweet and fragrant in his mouth.

As expected of the tea leaves found in the most hidden corner of his father's palace.

Changsun Chong frowned: "I see, no wonder Li Fengcai got an ordinary county boy. I thought it was because of his family status."

Li Chengqian rubbed the bowl: "My father's next step is probably to ask Xiao Li Zhi and Gu Qu to marry the Li family. He will probably give him the title of the crown prince's concubine, and completely turn the Li family from a noble family into a distinguished one. In this way, Come on, now the most powerful Li family in Longxi has directly left the circle of aristocratic families, and will no longer be treated by the other weak families."

Changsun Chong has been building troops in the Western Regions all year round. Unexpectedly, the man in Chang'an City has already made arrangements for the family.

"It's just... breathtaking."

Li Chengqian sneered: "This is only what I can see, not the whole picture. But since I want to win over Li from Longxi to become a nobleman, I, the prince, must help. After the disaster relief is over, I will set off for Lingnan."

Changsun Chong looked troubled. As the prince's cousin, this was the time to show his loyalty. However, his wife was about to give birth. Could it be that the child would not see his father right after he was born?

Li Chengqian didn't think much about it: "You're going to have a child soon, so it's hard to run around, and Gu can't bear to have you separated from your wife and children. I just thought that you could help Gu Xun find a few smart people, preferably those with outstanding abilities." of."

When Changsun Chong heard this, a candidate immediately popped up in his mind: "Yes! Lu Ru'an, Xiaobao has made a three-year agreement with him. After serving as a manager of Baoli Trading Company for three years, he will go to Chang'an to become an official."

Li Chengqian was quite surprised: "Who can actually impress even Xiaobao?"

Changsun Chong knew Lu Ru'an well: "He is indeed a powerful person. His chest was filled with thunder and his face was as flat as a lake. When Xiaobao went to rescue him, Lu Ru'an stepped forward. He is a very responsible young man."

Li Chengqian became interested: "Very young?"

Changsun Chong nodded: "It's just that he was crowned. I read books about sages before, but later it seemed that the Royal Academy sent him a lot of books through disaster relief lines. I only heard about it, so I can't take it seriously."

Li Chengqian crossed his legs, held the teacup in one hand, and touched the tureen with the other, thinking carefully: "If you are free, I would like to introduce him to you. I want to meet him."

Changsun Chong said yes repeatedly, and then he mentioned Fang Xuanling coyly: "Where's the Prime Minister?"

Li Chengqian's expression suddenly changed: "My Fang Qiao is leading the disaster relief and reconstruction planning and material supplies. What does that have to do with me? If you want to make peace with me, there's no need for it!"

Li Chengqian had not seen enough of the suffering in the world, and did not want to listen to Fang Xuanling's advice and return to Chang'an, or to return to his own prison as a prince.