The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Why didn't Li Fu stay at his farm in Jingyang County? Why did he come back to Chang'an?

As soon as he returned to Chang'an, he immediately came to see the emperor. Anyone with a discerning eye knew what he was doing.

His Majesty couldn't tell the emperor, but he called Li Fu over.

Humph...

It's about their interests, who can be happy.

Halfway through the journey, Pei Ji suddenly figured out something.

How come His Majesty summoned him, and then Li Fu just happened to come?

Thinking of this question, Pei Ji couldn't help but feel nervous.

After Pei Ji left, there were no other outsiders in Liangyi Hall.

Li Fu stepped into Liangyi Hall.

"Uncle! Nephew is here to see you."

Li Fu shouted happily, and the joy in his tone couldn't be hidden.

When you hear Li Fu's dead noise, don't say it, really don't say it, it makes people feel a lot happier from the bottom of their hearts.

Li Yuanyi received Li Fu with a smile.

"I heard that you went back to Jingyang County. What happened? Have you finished your work in Jingyang County?" Li Yuan asked.

"I solved some problems on the farm." Li Fu came to Li Yuan on his own, sat down on the lower right of Li Yuan without any courtesy, and started eating without any hesitation.

Although he ignored etiquette, Li Yuan liked Li Fu's free and easy temperament.

After all, he was a nephew picked up from outside the palace. He was free and easy, and there was nothing wrong with him.

"Didn't a group of people come back from Jinyang before? You know about this." Li Fu said.

Li Yuan nodded.

Li Yuan liked to listen to Li Fu talking to him about things outside. Anyway, he was idle in the palace, so it was interesting to chat more.

"Those guards who followed my father before, think about it, they are not young anymore, most of them are married in Jinyang, they followed me here and left their families." Li Fu said, "Their families are still in Jinyang. I used to live in a small house on the farm. Even if you add the house you gave me in Chang'an, it can't accommodate so many people.

Guards can live in the house, but what about their families after they get married?"

"I can't let these old people follow me and live apart from their families. They have to be reunited."

"Well, you are right about this issue." Li Yuan nodded in agreement: "So now, have you thought about how to settle them?"

"The farm is such a large area." Li Fu said "After I built the workshop, I had money, so I built houses for them in the farm in Jingyang County. I started working after the autumn harvest. When I was outside with General Yuchi to resist the Turks, the farm never stopped working. I worked from dawn to dusk, thinking that I could finish this job as soon as possible, and let them bring everyone to the farm before the New Year's Day."

"Uncle, you also know that there will definitely be more than one workshop in my farm in the future. There are many places to hire people. They can bring their families over, and then arrange everyone in the workshop. Then my workshop will have manpower, and they can also earn money to support their families.

When their families are rich, they can have more children. In this way, I, as the head of the family, can benefit them and the Tang Dynasty."

Li Yuan listened and smiled.

"You can just say that it benefits yourself, why did you bring it up to benefit the Tang Dynasty?" Li Yuan said with a smile.

"Uncle, do you remember what we talked about the second time we met on the farm?" Li Fu asked with a smile: "At that time, I didn't know that you were the emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Yuan nodded: "I remember that I talked to you about the canal repair on your farm. At that time, you had no money, but you wanted to pay for it out of your own pocket to repair the canal for the farmers to facilitate their farming."

"That's right, I said at that time that if the farmers were rich, my life would be better. If the farmers lived a good life, they would think about having more children. If they had more children, the population of the farm would be prosperous. In the future, there would be more people working for me."

"What I said about benefiting the Tang Dynasty is the population issue. Uncle, you have also come all the way from the Sui Dynasty to the present. How many people were there in the Sui Dynasty and how many people are there in the Tang Dynasty now? Please compare them."

Speaking of this, Li Yuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Yes, how many people were there in the Sui Dynasty? How many people are left in the world now, after the Tang Dynasty was founded and the ninth year of Wude?

The national power is weak, and the people are weak.

It will take decades to restore the population to the level before the Sui Dynasty...

"What you said makes sense." Li Yuan said.

"Uncle, we are all family members. As a child of the Li family, I must consider the world of our old Li family." Li Fu looked proudLi Yuan looked at Li Fu with admiration.

"Of course, everything I have now was brought to me by you, uncle. It's because I am a descendant of the Li family that I became the Prince of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, I have to think about the Tang Dynasty. I will take good care of the manor diligently first, so that the people under me can live a good life, and then have more children. With more people, the income of the Tang Dynasty treasury will be higher. With more population, the country's tax revenue will be more."

Li Yuan laughed.

"You are just a farm. Even if there are more people, how many more can there be? How much more taxes can there be?"

"That's good after all." Li Fu said: "Uncle, please don't discourage my nephew's confidence."

Li Yuan still laughed loudly, and said in a compromised tone: "Okay, I won't discourage you."

"Uncle, you gave me a real seal of 5,000 households. I dare not disappoint your expectations of me." Li Fu said: "I dare not discredit our Li family. Wait until the beginning of next spring, you can go to my farm and take a look, just like going out for an outing."

"Okay, okay, wait until next year, I will definitely go and see it." Li Yuan said.

"Uncle, let me tell you, I have planned everything on the farm."

As Li Fu said, he took out a piece of cloth from his arms.

This is a reduced and rough version of the plan.

Li Fu got up, came to Li Yuan, and then spread the cloth on the table.

"Take a look."

Li Fu showed it to Li Yuan as if he was presenting a treasure.

"Here is the egg-changing workshop you saw before. Next to this workshop, two large workshops have been built, and they will be completed before the end of the year." Li Fu said.

"What are you going to do with these two workshops?" Li Yuan asked curiously.

"One is a paper workshop, and the other one, hehe." Li Fu smiled and said, "I discussed clear sauce with you before. My nephew plans to make this."