Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Agriculture is an industry with a long payback cycle. Whether it is raising animals or growing crops, there is always a gap of at least several months between sowing and harvesting. Before coming, Li Xin just wanted to teach farmers how to raise pigs. He felt that as long as there was this stable output, the farm households would definitely become rich gradually, not to mention how rich they were, at least they would not have to worry about food and clothing.

However, after seeing the living conditions of the farmers with his own eyes, he changed his mind.

These simple Datang people live a much more difficult life than he imagined. After he waived the land rent for these people, their situation may be better, but at most it has only been upgraded from "people may starve to death" to "people should not starve to death". Most people have to endure hunger.

As an orphan, Li Xin has tasted the taste of hunger. He knew what kind of pain it was.

Of course, raising pigs is necessary. In the current feudal small-scale peasant society like Datang, agriculture is the most important and fundamental. But right now, Li Xin must come up with an immediate solution that can change the living standards of these folks. Otherwise he might not even be able to sleep tonight.

So, the Erguotou business in his hand naturally emerged from his mind.

He said to Wang Gui: "There is no need to choose any more, the location of the winery will be decided here."

Wang Gui was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand why his lord suddenly made such a decision.

Of course, Li Xin didn't bother to explain to him what labor creates value, so he waved his hand casually and said, "Anyway, that's the deal, let's implement it as soon as possible."

Although Wang Gui didn't understand why, he finally could only nod his head in agreement. No way, who made him just a housekeeper, not a prince?

"My lord?" The two were talking, when a somewhat familiar voice suddenly came from the crowd not far away.

Li Xin glanced at him, and it turned out to be the old man Zhang whom he had met before.

Seeing Li Xin appearing in the village, old man Zhang quickly walked up to Li Xin and knelt down, saying, "Old man Zhang pays his respects to the prince!"

Li Xin quickly tried to help old man Zhang up, and said, "It's all right, I'll just take a look at it casually, you can get up."

The old man Zhang straightened up with some fear, and asked tentatively: "What does the prince want to do when he comes to the village this time?" He paused for a while, and still couldn't help but said with a little worry: "The prince also saw it, and the people in the village The situation is really bad, everyone can't eat enough, and there is really no food left to pay rent."

Seeing the anxious expression of the old man in front of him, Li Xin was a little dumbfounded.

It turned out that this simple and honest farmer actually thought that Li Xin came here to repent of the fact that he had exempted the farmers from the land rent? Although it is said that the dignified Prince Chu's Mansion actually has no income, it is not impossible to go back and forth on such a small rent! Where is the prince's face?

Li Xin didn't expect Old Man Zhang to understand these things, so he squeezed out a smile and said, "Don't worry, old man, I'm not here to collect rent. To be honest, I haven't paid attention to this rent. I came here today for something special." What I want to tell the folks.”

Seeing the worried expression on Old Man Zhang's face, Li Xin quickly added: "It's a good thing, it's really a good thing, trust me."

After all, Li Xin really saved the rent of so many families in Lantian County with a wave of his hand. This shows that he is probably not the kind of skin-picker who doesn't care about the life and death of the people below. Old man Zhang had a good impression of him, so he turned around and greeted the villagers to gather over.

Old man Zhang's full name is Zhang Quanfu, he is the Lizheng of Lantian County, and in layman's terms he is the village chief. It is necessary to explain that although Lantian County has the word "county" in its name, it is not actually an administrative county officially established by the government, so there is no such post as county magistrate, and even Lizheng is chosen by the villagers themselves. .

In fact, it was Zhang Quanford who held such high esteem that the villagers sent him to talk to Li Xin about rent reduction.

Li Xin waited in an open space for a while, and the villagers were called here by old man Zhang. Looking at the dark crowd of heads in front of him, Li Xin felt a little bit of pressure. It seemed like he hadn't spoken in front of so many people for a long time.

Most people have a bit of anxiety on their faces. They all heard that King Chu had some news to announce, but they didn't know what it was, for fear that the news would bring extra pressure to their lives. After all, their life is so bad that any slight wavering may cause it to collapse immediately.

Li Xinxin felt sour, and he didn't want to show any contempt at all, and opened his mouth directly under the worried and curious eyes of everyone.

He said: "You should have heard that I am your master, Li Xin, King of Chu, Li Xin, the king of Chu who is innocent and genuine." He pointed to Wang Gui who was beside him and said, "This is the head of my family, Wang Gui. , you can call him Lao Wang, and if you have any problems in the future, you can go to him to solve it. Don't think this guy likes to play tricks, but he is reliable in his work."

Wang Gui stood aside quietly, listening to Li Xin's bad words with a smile. There was no sign of anger on his face, and there was even a hint of gentleness in his eyes.

Li Xin continued: "I came to you today because I have some news to announce. Don't worry, it's good news. If it works well, in the future our Lantian County will definitely become a famous rich county around Chang'an City!"

The audience below were all expressionless when they heard such exciting words.

Yes, they have been poor for too long, so long that their hearts have even voluntarily given up their longing for the concept of "rich".

Oh, rich? is it possible? That's something only old men can have, right?

Li Xin had expected such a reaction a long time ago, so he was not much disappointed. He continued to say in a provocative tone: "Next, I plan to open a winery here, specializing in the production of a new kind of good wine I invented."

As soon as this remark came out, many people showed worries and fears on their faces—the master wants to start a new industry? Do you want to catch yourself doing free labor?

However, Li Xin's next sentence completely dispelled their doubts, and even made them wonder if they were in a dream. Otherwise, how could there be such a good thing in this world?

"You all know that building a winery requires a lot of strong labor. So I solemnly declare that all males over the age of 13 in Lantian County, as long as they are in good health, can help me build the winery. I will take care of you two every day. A meal, a job, a job, in addition, you can get five yuan a day, as long as you are willing to come, I will take as much as you want!"