Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Wang Gui was driving a four-wheeled carriage, Zhang Ben and Chen Hu, two guards, followed each other on a fast horse, and in front, Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu rode two big blue horses to open the way, and the group rushed to the outside of Chang'an City Lantian County, which is the fief of Chu King Li Xin.

At the moment, Li Xin, King of Chu, was sitting side by side with Chen Youlan in the four-wheeled carriage. Chen Youlan was dressed as a man, whether it was intentional or unintentional, the Confucian shirt she was wearing was exactly the sky blue Confucian shirt that Li Xin wore that the servants found for her when she came to Chu Palace that day. The faint scent of incense lingered around Li Xin's side, making him wonder whether the scent came from Chen Youlan's clothes or hair.

Before getting into the carriage, Chen Youlan was still a little apprehensive, but after getting into the carriage, she also let go, and no longer restrained herself. She is sometimes a little timid before doing things, but once she makes a decision, she doesn't think about it anymore, she has the arrogance of a woman in Guanzhong.

Since the girls were not nervous, Li Xin also relaxed a little. The two just smiled and chatted all over the place. Although Li Xin changed the carriage from two wheels to four wheels, which greatly improved the stability of the carriage, when encountering rough roads, the carriage still felt somewhat bumpy.

In such a slight shaking, Li Xin felt that his arm was often touching Chen Youlan, sending back a warm and elastic touch, which made him unable to bear the difficulty of breathing.

He had no choice but to remind himself: I am almost in my forties in my two lifetimes combined, don't be so worthless, okay?

"Why do you suddenly think of going to the fief to play?" Chen Youlan asked.

Li Xin came back to his senses, and said, "It wasn't sudden. It just happened that there were some things that I needed to go over and arrange, and I would come back after playing around."

"What is it?" Chen Youlan asked.

Li Xin smiled and said, "You will know when you arrive."

The group arrived at their destination quickly. Li Zheng and Zhang Quanfu quickly noticed this group of guests who obviously had a lot of background, and immediately recognized Li Xin who had just stepped off the carriage, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him with a smile, "The old man pays his respects to the lord!"

Li Xin supported Zhang Quanfu, and didn't let the tens-year-old man really kneel down. He said with a smile, "There's no need to be polite. I haven't seen you for a long time. The old man is still in good health?"

"Thanks to the lord, I have eaten enough and slept soundly every day recently. I always feel that I can live a few more years." Zhang Quanfu smiled until his eyes narrowed.

Li Xin nodded in satisfaction, and said, "That's good, that's good. Live a few more years and see how life gets better day by day."

"I listen to the prince." Old man Zhang said cheerfully.

Chen Youlan and Xiaoling, who followed Li Xin out of the carriage, stood silently aside, watching the picture of Li Xin and Zhang Quanfu, the masters and farmers loving each other, and recalling the bad deeds they had heard about Li Xin, king of Chu, in the early years. Can't help but feel a strange sense of dislocation, the corners of his mouth can't help but rise.

Cheng Chumo also felt miraculous. His family is also a landlord, but the relationship with their own farmers is not so good. He was a little surprised and said: "Xinzi, what the hell have you done? Why do your farmers seem special?" He thought for a long time but couldn't think of a useful word.

Without waiting for Li Xin to answer, Zhang Quanfu took the initiative to answer: "That's because the lord is the best person in the world. My lord, since the lord brought you here, you must be a high-ranking official in the capital, right? I'll give it to you, old man." salute!"

Cheng Chu waved his hand silently, signaling to Zhang Quanfu that there is no need to be polite, just talk about the matter directly.

Zhang Quanfu said seriously: "Masters, you all know about the severe drought this year, right? Although the drought in our village is not serious, we have lost at least half of our grain, and it is difficult even to survive the winter. Farmers have nothing to do. I can only beg my old man to go to the prince to intercede, to see if he can delay or reduce the rent for this year."

"Old man, I have lived for so many years, and I don't have any face. For the sake of the folks, it's okay for me to risk my old face. So I boldly went to the palace to intercede. Unexpectedly, after listening to my old man's words, the prince , without further ado, the rent for this year will be completely exempted. It’s not arrears until next year, nor is it a reduction of a few points, but it’s all free, and you don’t have to pay! Ladies and gentlemen, do you know how much kindness this is?”

Both Cheng Chumo's and Qin Huaiyu's families have some fiefdoms, and they also have to collect rent from the village households. So they also know that in a good place like Lantian County, the annual land rent is very generous. Qin Huaiyu gave a thumbs up and said, "I didn't expect Xinzi to be so generous."

Cheng Chumo also nodded, and said, "This is indeed a righteous thing."

In fact, the two of them also voluntarily reduced or exempted several tenths of the land rent of the farmers, but compared with Li Xin's direct full exemption, it was still a little less interesting.

Wang Gui couldn't help standing up straight, as if he was the one being praised.

On the contrary, Li Xin waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, don't brag. I didn't expect these farmers to pay so much rent a year. Fortunately, I felt sorry for the whole night. This is not the first time. I worked out that Erguotou in two days, and made money by doing business with you."

Li Xin's tone was really relaxed and playful, and he didn't pretend to be serious at all. Hearing Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu laughing, even Chen Youlan couldn't help laughing. Although she didn't have an in-depth relationship with Li Xin, she still knew this guy's personality to some extent, and she felt sorry for him all night, it must be a funny nonsense made up by him.

The old man Zhang Quanfu nodded, and said: "Yes, yes, speaking of this wine, everyone in our village must thank the prince."

"Why is that?" Chen Youlan asked strangely.

Zhang Quanfu said: "My lord put the wine shop in the village, and asked all the strong laborers in the village to help him build the factory building. All the workers can eat two dry meals a day! And it's not just the workers, as long as there are family members around Helping the prince to work, even the wife and children can go there to eat! Also, everyone can get a penny a day. I don’t know what good deeds I did in my previous life to be able to share with such a bodhisattva-hearted master Home!"

He paused for a moment, and then said: "Everyone can go and have a look. Now in Lantian County, every household is enshrining the longevity tablet of the prince, praying for the prince day and night, I hope the prince can live a long life in the future, and the descendants will continue!"

Li Xin couldn't help feeling a little ashamed when he heard Zhang Quanfu vigorously publicizing his deeds. He knew that he was actually not that noble, he just returned part of the profits to his own farmer while earning money, which was nothing.