Tang's dining table

Li Zhi was leisurely reading a book among the pines and waterfalls in Jiucheng Palace. The giant bear, which likes humidity, was spread out on the ground. He didn't know that this guy's body would look so big and so big when spread out. So thin that Li Zhi felt that he had treated this guy badly.

I rubbed it vigorously with my feet and found that my feet were all soft and water-like fat, and then I groaned with satisfaction.

Zuo Chun walked into the pavilion tremblingly, staring at the ground, not daring to look at the book Li Zhi had just put down.

Li Zhi said: "Yunchu agreed to your request, right?"

Zuo Chun said quickly: "There is no hesitation."

Li Zhi smiled and said: "My lack of anger is their greatest blessing. This news is worthy of him taking you on a trip to the Western Regions."

Zuo Chun said quickly: "No one is wiser than your Majesty!"

Li Zhidao: "This time Yunchu opened up business, the most impressive thing to me is that he did not reach any deal with any nobles, royal family, or descendants. As he said, this time business is a carnival for the common people.

I also hope that the lives of my people can be easier, so I can pretend not to see the collusion with the prince this time.

Because his intentions are good and he can strictly follow his own heart, I have to look up to him. "

Speaking of this, Li Zhi glanced at Zuo Chun again and said: "The land of the Western Region is not only vast, but I also heard that there are many oases and they are also fertile lands, right?"

Zuo Chun said quickly: "Your Majesty is absolutely right. There are many rivers and lakes in the Western Region, which are very suitable for farming."

Li Zhi rubbed his feet on the giant bear and continued: "It should be feasible to grow cotton, right?"

Zuo Chun said: "Lantian Hou's cotton seeds originally came from Gaochang, but the cotton grown in Gaochang is not as high as the yield in Wannian County."

Li Zhi said with a smile: "Yun Chu is a farmer. Others avoid the advice of agricultural doctors, so I thought I was raising a bunch of waste. Unexpectedly, Yun Chu grew good cotton according to the advice of these agricultural doctors.

From now on, when Baiqisi is colonizing the Western Regions, he should bring more doctors of agriculture. At the same time, the court should also select more doctors of agriculture and engineering. "

Zuo Chun continued to nod.

Li Zhi glanced at the yes-man, waved his hand boredly, and asked Zuo Chun to retreat.

After Zuo Chun left, Li Zhi said to Wu Mei, who was lying on a brocade couch: "You should tell me, what do you think of my idea?"

Wu Mei sighed and said: "I am afraid that Your Majesty will incite those useless old nobles to go to the Western Regions for cultivation in groups."

Li Zhi said: "Isn't this a good idea?"

Wu Mei said: "Not counting cotton, you can also grow grain, rapeseed to press oil, and the smelly spice called fennel. Anyway, land is free, labor is free, and the court doesn't seem to be planning to collect taxes. I dare to say that within ten years, the Western Region will definitely become a place of filth and evil."

Li Zhi chuckled and said: "Anyway, more and more things can be transported from the Western Regions to Chang'an, which is a good thing after all.

As for hiding dirt, I hope they hide dirt outside Yumen Pass. As long as they don't hide dirt under my nose, it is a good thing.

Furthermore, with the existence of these watchdogs, there will be no chaos in the Western Region, and there should be no more rebellions. "

Wu Mei raised her upper body and looked at Li Zhi's triumphant face. After lying down again, she said, "What if these people rebel?"

"If you want to leave the customs, you can only send the children of your family to go. The head of the family is not allowed to leave the customs." At this point, Li Zhi laughed again.

Wu Mei said: "In that case, since Your Majesty is ready to open up Anxi, why not open up Anton and Annan at the same time?"

Li Zhi shook his head and said: "Let's do it step by step. As long as there is a good result in Anxi, I will gradually let go of Anton and Annan, and make a move to vacate the cage and change the bird. From now on, those who supply the capital will no longer be Henan or Hebei." , and various places in the southeast, probably places like Anton, Anxi, and Annan."

Wu Mei snorted and said, "The journey is long and incredibly expensive."

"As long as the Central Plains is rich, the waste of long distances will be nothing."

"The people, land, and wealth of Nafan State have brought great joy to the people of the Tang Dynasty. Is this the conclusion your Majesty has drawn from the recent incident in Yunchu?"

Li Zhi said with a smile: "Even if Yunchu is not good at it, I am still quite satisfied with the memorial's discussion of strengthening the country and enriching the people.

Let's see if he can win again this time like before... By the way, don't disturb him if you have nothing to do, and don't let people deliberately embarrass him. He is doing something for Datang. "

Wu Mei heard the words, snorted, and turned around, facing the green mountains and green waters again, and did not want to look at Li Zhi's proud face.

Naha didn't want to look at Li Hong's proud face.

Turning around on purpose, she continued to pack her luggage. Naha was actually looking forward to returning to the Western Region this time. What she wanted to do most was to go back and see her mother again.

To this end, she collected a lot of delicious food from Jinchangfang that she could store, especially the bacon and ham that she liked to eat, and she prepared two carts of them.

She also went to the cafeteria to learn how to make cured mutton, cured beef, wind chicken, wind duck, and salted fish.

She felt that if her mother learned these skills, she would never be short of meat in the future.

If...if the fat marmot was still alive, Naha also prepared a beautiful gold ring for it to put around its neck.

"After you go to the Western Regions, will you become a silly Western Region woman?"

Li Hong pulled Naha's long hair and said.

"Women from the Western Region are not stupid at all, but you are always stupid."

"I heard from the guards in the Eastern Palace who came back from the Western Regions that a piece of dried meat can trick a Western Region woman into following them. You won't be deceived by others just because of a piece of dried meat, right?"

Naha rolled her eyes and said, "If the person who dried the meat for me was a handsome man, I might just follow him if he didn't give me the dried meat."

Li Hong turned around angrily and said to his personal eunuch: "Take note of this. When I grow up, I will castrate all the good-looking men from the Western Regions and send them to the palace to serve us."

The personal eunuch covered his mouth and said with a smile: "I have taken note of it."

Naha put her beloved purple skirt into a wooden box and said disdainfully to Li Hong: "The Western Region is very big and there are many good-looking men."

Li Hong said proudly: "I am the prince of the Tang Dynasty and the future emperor. I will do whatever I say and I will definitely do it."

Naha closed the lid heavily and said, "Bragging."

As he spoke, he picked up a heavy small box from the bedside, placed it on the desk, and sorted it out one by one.

Li Hong came over and found that it was filled with various gold hairpins, bracelets, armbands, clothes hooks, and various gold flowers. Quite a lot.

He picked out a budgie with two big pearls hanging on it, inserted it into Naha's hair, and said with satisfaction: "It's so beautiful."

Naha pulled out the golden walking stick from her head and put it in the box and said, "I'm good-looking. I know it. I just won't marry you. I'll make you mad."

Li Hong curled his lips and said: "I won't marry you either. No matter what, I will marry a black-haired woman like my mother. If I marry you and give birth to a child with yellow hair, he will not be able to be a child." Prince, that would be terrible.”

Yu Xiurong listened to the two people's careless words outside the door for a while, then sighed and walked in. He put a beautiful red cloak in Naha's suitcase, touched Naha's thin face and said, "I really don't know. Why do they have to make you go to the Western Region, where there are beards running horses everywhere, what should you do if something goes wrong."

Naha also hugged Yu Xiurong and said: "We are from the Western Region, and my brother also grew up in the Western Region. Returning there is like returning home. My brother is so powerful, who dares to hurt me.

I still want to go to Daxue Mountain to see if my palace has been repaired, but I don’t dare to be in a dilapidated state like the East Palace and have to farm. "

Hearing this, Li Hong rubbed his nose in embarrassment and said, "Let those slaves repair the palace better. Then when I go to the Western Regions to see you, I will have a place to live."

Naha looked at Li Hong and said: "I just want to do a good thing, that is, because I want you to be pitiful, I will take the people from the East Palace to the Western Regions to do business this time. At least I can make some money and come back to repair your grassy East Palace, so that I won't have to live there in the future." You can’t even get a wife by living in a shabby house.”

When it comes to money, Li Hong has no confidence at all. All the money in his fiefdom belongs to his mother, and all the money allocated to him by the state also belongs to his mother. It can be said that even though he is now the prince of the Tang Dynasty, when it comes to When it came to money, Li Hong stood in the empty warehouse of the East Palace and sighed to the sky more than once.

This time he went to the Western Regions to do business, and it was Naha who paid for him. Otherwise, he would have to rely on the money from selling peppers, onions, cabbage, and cabbage, and he would not even be able to raise the capital.

Li Hong put his hands behind his back and said proudly: "Some people give me money, but I don't want it. It's your honor to borrow money from you."

Naha laughed contemptuously and said, "Who was rubbing the ground with their feet just now when they asked me to borrow money?

Who promised to pay back the borrowed money ten times later? "

Hearing that Naha was about to take off Li Hong's face, Yu Xiurong quickly slapped Naha and said: "You can't tell anyone about His Highness's use of money. You grew up together, and a little money is nothing. From now on, Ah, there are times when you ask the prince for help."

When he returned to Jinchangfang, the cunning Crown Prince disappeared. After being praised by Yu Xiurong for a few words, he puffed up his chest and nodded proudly: "Master's wife is absolutely right. When you ask me for help in the future, I will be happy and not embarrass you."

Just when Naha was about to continue sarcastic words about Li Hong, she heard a click on the roof opposite, as if something heavy had fallen on the roof, and for a while, dust was flying next door.

Li Hong's originally mean face immediately became solemn. He waved his hand, and four black figures immediately entered the dusty room.

At the same time, he looked at Yu Xiurong who was also quiet and said, "I remember that the person living in that room is Mr. Monkey, right?"

Yu Xiurong nodded and said, "It's Lord Monkey, but there's no one in that courtyard anymore. Lord Monkey is at Qiyun Temple."

Li Hong coughed and said to his personal eunuch: "Master is not here. I have the final say here. I ordered Liu Yi to block Jinchangfang. I want to catch the turtle in the jar!"

See you tomorrow. Writing small chapters seems easier, which is strange.