"Master, it's not easy to meet you once, but why are you always so depressed?"
In a stone cave, three figures surrounded a bonfire.
Li Lizhi, who had been in Raojiang for several years, and Li Chengqian and Li Yunxiao who followed later.
In the past few days, Li Lizhi and Li Chengqian were almost the only ones looking for traces of the Twelve Cave. Li Yunxiao took out a pen and paper when he had time, used the Longquan Sword as a table, and sketched things with an expressionless expression.
Rather than coming to see Li Lizhi, it is better to say that he came to supervise their work.
Li Yunxiao smiled lightly and said: "How can you tell that my teacher is unhappy? I am very happy."
Li Lizhi came behind Li Yunxiao, pinched his shoulders and said, "Master, I can tell at a glance that you are lying."
"Really? Am I so easy for others to see through?"
"Of course, but why are you so dull?"
Li Lizhi looked puzzled, even puzzled.
"Look, Master, now in the Tang Dynasty, there are no disasters and the people have a good harvest. Rice is as cheap as three or four coins per dou. The displaced people have returned to their hometowns. There are many corrupt officials and the order is far better than before."
"Many people even stay up at night. There are inns hundreds of miles away when traveling, so you don't need to bring a lot of dry food. Do you have anything to worry about now?"
Li Yunxiao frowned slightly and asked, "How much does each bucket of rice cost?"
"Three or four dollars? What's wrong?"
Li Yunxiao almost didn't have to buy anything to eat. When he heard the price, he felt worried.
"Master, what's wrong with you?"
Li Yunxiao said calmly: "Each dou of rice is only worth three or four yuan, which may not be a good thing. As the saying goes, cheap grain hurts farmers."
The two looked confused, and Li Chengqian couldn't help but ask: "Food is cheap and everyone has food to eat. Isn't this a good thing? How can it hurt farmers?"
"Yes, master, my father once told me that what he did was to make the people of the world affordable. Now that he has done it, why is it not a good thing?"
Li Yunxiao glanced at the two of them and said: "It is a good thing that everyone in the Tang Dynasty can have enough food and clothing, but the land of a common people may be good or bad, there may be more or less, and the harvest is almost the same every year. .”
"If this is the case, last year a bushel of rice cost ten cents, and this year it cost four cents. A direct loss of six cents. After such a thankless job, after a long time, who else in the world is willing to farm?"
Li Yunxiao couldn't help but take out a new pen and paper, wrote some words, put it in his arms, and waited for someone or a carrier pigeon to send it back to the palace tomorrow.
Since rice is cheap and it is a bumper harvest, Li Zhi is asked to expand the granary and collect grain extensively for storage.
After that, people will be ordered to plant some more valuable crops. Once the quantity of rice is reduced, the price will naturally increase. If this cycle continues, it should be fine as long as nothing serious happens.
Even if there is a disaster, the relief food in the granary should be able to survive.
If natural disasters occur frequently for several years, it will be beyond human control and cannot be managed.
Li Lizhi and Li Chengqian both knew that Li Yunxiao had thought of another way to manage it, and were ready to send it back.
Li Chengqian couldn't help but admire him and said: "Master Emperor, apart from my father, the one I admire most in my life is you. When I am outside the court, I always think about the people of the world. As a former prince, I feel ashamed to sit with you. "
"There is nothing to be ashamed of. The world is big, and there are people who think too much, and there are those who think too little."
"Master, shouldn't you smile now? I've unintentionally solved a big problem for you."
Li Yunxiao was startled. Wasn't he the one who solved the problem?
"Okay, let's go out and play. How can I be unhappy? I'm just afraid that if I laugh too much, my face will get wrinkled, hahahaha..."
"real?"
"certainly."
Li Lizhi shrugged her shoulders and believed Li Yunxiao's words for the time being.
Li Yunxiao couldn't help but shake his head when he saw her look like this. What he was thinking was that the world would be like this now?
Now, what he draws in his hands are some prototypes of machines in his mind.
Now that the war is gone, both Li Lizhi and Li Zhi can celebrate and have fun, but he can't.
He has to spend as much time as possible to reason out the principles of many things. If successful, it will be a huge improvement for Datang.
At this time, Li Chengqian suddenly said: "Emperor Master, I suddenly remembered that I seem to have heard of the Immortality Gu and Yanxiang Gu you are looking for."
Li Yunxiao stopped what he was doing, raised his head and looked at him: "Where?"
Li Chengqian scratched his cheek: "It seems that a noble in Raojiang is holding a martial arts contest to recruit a bride recently. The dowry is included in it, but I am not sure whether it is included."
"Battle competition to recruit a bride..."
Li Yunxiao looked at Li Chengqian: "You like women now, right?"
Li Chengqian's face turned red when he heard this. This was Li Yunxiao. If it had been anyone else, even Li Zhi, he would have cursed directly!
Li Lizhi sneered and said: "Oh Master, isn't my brother still young and ignorant? Why are you talking about this?"
"Let me ask, if there really is a scent-producing Gu, he can get a wife for free when he gets married, and he can obtain the scent-producing Gu as a teacher. Isn't this a win-win situation?"
Li Chengqian rolled his eyes. It was a win-win situation for him, and he had never seen anyone competing in a martial arts contest to recruit a bride. What kind of win-win situation was this?
Besides, since he was driven away, he decided never to marry again.
"Is there any difficulty?" Li Yunxiao asked.
Li Chengqian hesitated for a long time but couldn't say anything. Li Yunxiao smiled lightly and said: "Okay, just kidding you, everything has a price. As long as I know that thing exists, I will have a way to get it."
Li Lizhi smiled lightly: "I know that master will not force others to do anything difficult."
Li Chengqian was relieved when he heard this.
In his mind, the person in front of him feels very friendly to him. After all, he has met him since he was a child, and Li Zhi is also his apprentice. If he is really ordered to compete in martial arts to find a bride, he will not refuse, but he still feels a little awkward in his heart.
"By the way, what's going on with your internal strength?"
Li Chengqian already had heavenly strength when he left. After so many years, instead of improving, his strength is still far behind and weaker than before.
Li Chengqian sighed when he heard this.
"Li Yuanchang gave me an elixir at the beginning, saying it would help me practice quickly. The elixir was indeed effective, but since the early days of my promotion to the Great Heaven Position, I have felt unbearable pain in acupuncture points all over my body."
"Li Zhi led me to find a Gu master here. He said that the pill I took contained a Gu and it had become one with me. If it is removed, my cultivation will be invalidated."
"The strength I have now in this small heavenly position is something I gained from practicing again."
"I see. What about you, why have you been stuck in the middle stage of the Great Heavenly Throne for so many years?"
Li Lizhi's face was pretty and she still looked like a young man. When she heard the question, she fiddled with her two fingers in embarrassment.
Li Yunxiao shook his head helplessly: "What you call wandering is just playing around, right? What if you neglect your improvement and encounter unexpected events?"
"Oh, Master, please don't talk about me. I will improve myself when I have time."
Li Yunxiao shook his head, stopped talking, and continued painting on his own.
The surroundings fell into silence again, except for the crackling sound of dry firewood.
Suddenly, Li Yunxiao, who was drawing something, slowly raised his head and looked outside the cave with a slight frown.
He heard the sounds of fighting animals in the distance.
