The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Very delicious. I have never seen such food in Chang'an." Li Xiaogong said.

Li Fu smiled.

"Of course not. The transformed egg was just made today. You two are both lucky people."

Hearing this, Li Yuan couldn't help but be curious. He picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of transformed egg into his mouth.

Just as Li Xiaogong described, it was really delicious.

"If you like it, I will ask someone to pick some and you can take it back." Li Fu said.

For him, the transformed egg is not a valuable thing. Just give it away.

Moreover, the business of transformed eggs will be done in the future. Seeing that the two of them have some status, it is better to borrow the east wind at that time.

Li Fu's calculations have already begun.

Li Yuan and Li Xiaogong's meal will not be eaten for free.

"Come to think of it, yesterday I saw you coming from the farm of the Pei family." Li Fu said, "In the visiting card, I saw that you have the same surname as me. Do you have any old relationship with the Pei family?"

"Oh, that's it. The head of the Pei family is in Chang'an, and I know him." Li Yuan said, "Why? Do you have any feud with the Pei family?"

"It's not a feud, but let's not talk about it. The relationship between us is not that friendly. Didn't I say it yesterday? It's all because of the water." Li Fu said with a smile.

Since he is not a member of the Pei family, but just an acquaintance, it doesn't matter.

In the past two years, the Pei family has been trying to get his land. In order to keep the farm and land, Li Fu and Lao Zhao have also been thinking of ways.

They are just ordinary people, and the Pei family? It is a wealthy family in Chang'an City.

Fortunately, the owner of the farm over there didn't care and didn't get involved, so Li Fu firmly controlled the farm here.

Li Fu wanted to go to Chang'an City to find a backer, but who should he find in his current situation?

Being a backer also depends on the benefits.

If you talk big and go to the nobles to paint a rosy picture, you are an old fox, who will believe you?

"Speaking of this water grab, I saw the canal engineering drawing you drew yesterday." Li Yuan said: "Today I will come to your farm to take a look. If you want to dig a canal according to your engineering drawing, it will be a huge expense."

In fact, Li Yuan wanted to say.

This farm doesn't look that rich, where does the money come from to dig the canal?

Yesterday, Li Fu swore solemnly and said that he would pay for it.

Li Yuan thought Li Fu was quite wealthy.

But today, when I visited the house, I found that it was just a three-entry and three-exit house, and it was not renovated inside and outside.

Apart from the decorations and furniture in the house, there was nothing else to highlight.

Li Yuan looked at the furniture, and found that none of them were made of precious wood.

Generally, wealthy families would place some precious objects in the hall.

What kind of paintings, porcelain, etc.

The hall was elegantly decorated, but there was not a single valuable decoration.

Only people with spare money and leisure would play with calligraphy and paintings.

As for Li Fu, it took two years for the village to get out of poverty and have enough food and clothing.

"Yes, it cost a lot of money. Just hiring people is a huge expense." Li Fu said with a smile.

However, he did not take it to heart.

Money can be earned.

"Hiring people? If the canal is built on the village, shouldn't the farmers contribute?" Li Xiaogong asked curiously.

The canal was built, and they were the ones who benefited.

"Of course they have to work hard, and they will be paid for one day's work." Li Fu said, "We can't let them work for nothing, right? They have to make a living at home all year round, and they can't just dig the canal and ignore everything else."

Work and you get paid.

Isn't that right?

If the farmers don't get paid for their work, how can they get rich? How can they achieve a well-off life? How can the great new journey of Zhuangzi begin?

"Digging canals to irrigate crops is good for them," said Li Xiaogong.

"Yes, but it is also good for me." Li Fu began to count with them on his fingers: "First of all, every spring plowing season, I don't have to risk my life to lead the villagers to fight with the people in Pei's village for water. I only have one life. If so many people fight, one person loses his life. That's a big loss."

Every year, people die in fights over water, but they still fight the next year.

We can't do without water. Crops have to be planted.

"You personally lead people to get water?" Li Yuan frowned.

A gentleman does not stand on a dangerous wall. How can I personally lead people to such a dangerous matter?

"Although I am young and can't help much,, but the people are there, the momentum is strong, there is a good saying, a soldier is a general, a general is a nest, it is related to the livelihood of the whole village, I, as the master, can't be a coward, right. "Li Fu said.

But since two years ago, he has never personally led people to grab water, now they are not playing openly, but starting to play shady.

For example, this year, didn't you build a dam upstream to save water?

Then I will blow up the dam for you in the middle of the night.

You build it once, I blow it up once.

It depends on whether you build it faster or I blow it up faster.

Anyway, the explosives are prepared, wrapped in oil paper, stuffed into the cracks of the stones, ignited, and left.

You just stay there in a daze.

By the time you react, the dam has been destroyed.

In this way, the effect is very good.

But Li Yuan didn't know yet, and thought Pei Ji said that thunder from the blue sky brought auspiciousness.

This auspiciousness, from the loud noise to the shining appearance of the stone tablet, is full of work.

However, Li Fu didn't know this. He didn't know which old Deng with wild eyes was Pei Ji who liked to flatter Li Yuan.

Li Xiaogong was a military general who led troops to fight and won the title for military merit. He agreed with Li Fu's words.

It is true that a soldier is a bad general.

To put it more elegantly, it is what the book says, that the commander is incompetent and the army is exhausted.

It seems that this young man in front of him has something in his mind.

"Secondly." Li Fu continued: "I, the master, rely on the support of the farmers. I don't farm myself, but I have food to eat. With the canal, the grain yield in the field will increase. If the farmers have a good harvest, they will pay more grain, and the benefit will also be to me. "

Li Yuan stroked his beard and nodded.

From a farm, you can also see a country. The court repaired the river, reduced river disasters, and protected the people in the same way.

"Finally, as the master, since I am supported by the farmers on weekdays, I have the responsibility to lead the farmers to get rid of poverty and become rich through labor, reasonably and legally. Everyone has food to eat and clothes to wear. This is the most basic.

Only when the farmers live a good life will they think about having more children, working hard, and earning money to feed their children. When the children grow up, there will be more people working, and the cycle will continue endlessly. "