Li Zhao still didn't understand these farmers living at the bottom. They were afraid of hunger and poverty.
Even if they have money, they will not spend it easily. If they are not rich, they will not always have enough to eat.
Li Zhao asked the cook not to be stingy and to fill up the bowl for everyone so that they would be full.
Li Zhao was a little stunned when he saw the dark-skinned men crying while eating big mouthfuls of rice, even licking the bowls clean.
Many people were actually not full, but after eating one bowl, they decisively put down their bowls and chopsticks and never ate more.
Originally, they were allowed to rest for an hour at noon, but they went to work before even half an hour of rest.
Xiao Hong came to Li Zhao's side with water and helped Li Zhao wipe his sweat.
"You said...why are they the ones who have the hardest time? But in the end, they can barely survive?"
Xiaohong shook her head. Her life experience was miserable, but compared with these people, she felt that she was not miserable at all.
Looking at the people working under the scorching sun, Li Zhao's eyes became firm.
Before coming here, he just wanted to be a leisurely prince, traveling around mountains and rivers, riding horses and hunting, and living a leisurely life lying on the lap of beautiful women.
But after arriving here, his dream was shattered.
"I am here to enjoy it!"
Xiaohong looked at Li Zhao's troubled look and laughed. The prince was obviously hard-spoken and soft-hearted.
"Hey -" Li Zhao sighed and said, "It seems we have to find a way..."
If you want to change the situation, you have to start now.
But breaking the deadlock comes at a cost.
Money and food are eternal topics.
It's not just a hot idea for him to pay so much.
"Where's Xiaoqing?"
"Your Highness!" Little Loli came over immediately.
"Help me record it!"
"Yes!" Xiaoqing immediately picked up his pen and waited.
"First, buy piglets, the more the better!" Li Zhao said: "If you don't understand, just ask the villagers!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Second, how many cows do we have now? Count them all. I need accurate data!"
"third……"
Li Zhao decided to do something big.
Since the environment here cannot be broken, we should start from the inside first and force the outside to join.
Soon, Xiaoqing took the paper and went to work with Li Chong.
Under the scorching sun, the villagers of Longmen Village and the people from You Wangwei were actively digging and shoveling the ground.
The palace covers a large area, and even if hundreds of people start working together, the speed is not fast, mainly because the tools are too backward.
After Carpenter Long made arrangements, he followed Wu Diao Si to buy tools at the request.
With him as a local here, he might be able to get a bargain.
"The change seems to be good..." Li Zhao chuckled and joined the shoveling of the ground with a hoe.
"Shassha..."
Li Zhao's right hand was held gently by Xiao Hong, who was picking up blisters for him.
Li Bin and others laughed on the sidelines.
"roll!"
Li Zhao's face was dull and he scolded Li Bin and others with a dark face.
Everyone in You Wangwei was even happier.
They really never thought that King You would work with them. Everyone knew what kind of virtue this King You was.
He can be a master who lies down and never sits down. Letting him work is no different from killing him.
It is precisely because of this that everyone in Youwangwei began to identify with Li Zhao yesterday.
Xiaohong felt a little sorry for Li Zhao, and her eyes were red.
"Why are you crying? Isn't it just two blisters?" Li Zhao rubbed Xiaohong's head.
Xiaohong curled her lips and said: "Your Highness, you are a member of the royal family, how can you..."
"Hey, hey, hey -" Li Zhao interrupted: "What's wrong with noble people? Am I not a human being?"
"But……"
"This is Jiaozhou, my territory. If I don't work hard myself, how can I expect others?" Li Zhao said softly: "Besides, your prince and I are indeed a little weak. What I do now... can be regarded as a way to keep fit and save my life. one……"
Before Li Zhao finished speaking, Xiao Hong blocked his mouth with her slender and white hands.
"Your Highness, do you want to continue?"
"Of course!" Li Zhao flexed his palms and muttered: "It would be great if I could make gloves, and they wouldn't be so rough... That's right."
Thinking of this, Li Zhao quickly shouted to Long Jiaan: "Village Chief!"
"ah?"
The old village chief, who was wearing a short shirt, turned to look at Li Zhao, who had become visibly tanned in just half a day.
"Let me ask you something..." Li Zhao came over and said, "Do we have female workers in Longmen Village?"
"Any girl who doesn't know how to do this will be stabbed in the back..." Long Jia'an said matter-of-factly.
Female workers and female celebrities are essential skills for women in this era.
"I have a business to do with you from Longmen Village..."
Long Jia'an was startled, and then said seriously: "My lord, if you have anything to say directly, how can we ask for your money?"
"One code, one code!" Li Zhao pulled Long Jia'an to the shade and said: "The thing is like this, although it is easy to work with bare hands, but after a long time, it is not a solution... I want to design this kind of Gloves……"
Li Zhao used a branch to draw the shape of a palm on the ground, and then described it: "I will buy the materials, but for the production, I have to ask your people in Longmen Village..."
Long Jiaan was shocked, he still couldn't understand it.
Who doesn’t work with bare hands?
What kind of gloves should I wear? Will this help?
But looking at Li Zhao's confidence, Long Jiaan couldn't refute, so he said: "Your Majesty, we don't have to talk about whether we have money or not. How about I call our mothers-in-law to give it a try first?"
"Okay!" Li Zhao was overjoyed.
Soon, the village chief's wife Zhao Chun'e came.
Zhao Chun'e was still very scared when she saw the prince, and the country woman was not that tough.
After learning that she was going to help Li Zhao, Zhao Chun'e still felt quite uneasy.
"What are you afraid of? Your Majesty doesn't eat people." Long Jia'an said a few words to his mother-in-law and asked her to do it.
Zhao Chun'e, like them, works very quickly.
Li Zhao watched helplessly as an ancient version of the glove took shape.
There were no rubber bands in this era, so there was no way to tighten it at the tail. Li Zhao thought of a way to just wear a piece of cloth, which could just tie it up.
Zhao Chun'e didn't know whether she was doing well or not, and whether she was doing the right thing or not, and felt a little uneasy.
Long Jia'an looked at Li Zhao nervously until Li Zhao put the things on and immediately went to work with a hoe.
"My lord...how are you doing?"
"Not bad!" Li Zhao said immediately, although wearing gloves does not feel as good as pure hands.
But this is more conducive to protecting hands, and it is definitely beneficial for people who work for a long time.
Even if the hands of people who work all year round are covered with calluses, once the work becomes heavier, the skin will inevitably become worn and blistered.
Li Zhao asked them to try it too, but they were not used to it.
Li Zhao didn't force it, but he still said to Zhao Chun'e: "I'll leave this business to you people in Longmen Village. You can find someone to help. Two pairs of gloves are a penny, how about it?"
