In the evening, by the lotus pond in the backyard.
Li Xuan directed the housekeeper Li Zhong to transplant the bamboo that had just been obtained from Princess Taiping's mansion next door to the lotus pond.
Liu Jinyu sat behind the table under the room, taking the account book to calculate the income and expenses of the entire Huangzhuang.
A lot of servants and maids can be seen outside cleaning up, as if they, the two new owners, want to run the place seriously.
The emperor has awarded this imperial village to Li Xuan, and they will be responsible for their own internal and external revenue and expenditure every year thereafter.
After finishing the bamboo forest, Li Xuan waved his hand and asked the other servants to leave, leaving only the housekeeper Li Zhong.
Li Xuan walked behind Liu Jinyu, put his hands gently on her plump shoulders, and moved his body forward. Li Xuan looked from her shoulders to the account book in front of her, and asked softly: "How is it going?" "
Liu Jinyu frowned and said: "There are a total of 103 households in the manor, with 2,000 acres of land, and the average household is less than 20 acres. The annual income is less than 200 guan as rent, except for the tenants who keep it for themselves. , but these two hundred coins have to be used to repair the villa and entertain guests, so it is impossible to be self-sufficient."
Liu Jinyu calculated everything clearly as soon as he pulled the abacus.
Even without the shrewd algorithms of later generations, Liu Jinyu had quickly calculated everything
In the entire imperial village, each household has less than twenty acres of land.
Fortunately, there is no need to pay government taxes here, and the previous owners of the imperial village have received very little tax. The people here can barely survive, and it is rare to hear of anyone leaving here.
This is Guanzhong and Chang'an, a place where every inch of land is valuable.
If there is no guaranteed way out, people would rather stay here.
At least there are no official servants here, no harsh administrative corvee, and even the owner of the Imperial Manor doesn't come here often.
If it weren't for the small number of acres of land, I'm afraid this place would be like paradise on earth.
And even so, the food left by the people every year is enough for them to survive until the next autumn harvest.
In times of disaster, the owner of Huangzhuang will waive the rent as a reward, making life less stressful.
"There is no way to increase the land." Li Xuan shook her head and said softly: "The people who live in Zhongnan Town are all relatives of the emperor, aristocratic families, ordinary people, there is no place here.
The Queen of Heaven can squeeze out two thousand acres for us, which is already very good, but there are many problems here. The yield per mu is too little. "
"Yes, I almost forgot, my husband is also a master at this. Building waterwheels, communication channels, planting seedlings, retting and applying fertilizers... are all my master's specialty!" Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan with a teasing look. , when talking about retting and fertilizing, the tip of my nose couldn't help but twitch.
Li Xuan stretched out her hand, pinched Liu Jinyu's small nose, and then released it.
When Liu Jinyu called, Li Xuan quickly stepped aside, and then he said with a smile: "You don't know much about my husband's methods. If this field is renovated according to my husband's methods, now look Up to now, the yield per mu is only one stone and three stones. Once I finish my work as a husband, this number will at least double."
Li Xuan raised her head slightly, her face full of confidence.
The butler Li Zhong on the side had a face full of horror and disbelief.
On the contrary, Liu Jinyu nodded seriously and said: "I have checked the records of the yield per mu of the land granted by Prince Peng and Prince Nanchang. Under my husband's rule, the yield per mu is more than two stones, and in some places it can even reach three stones. The Queen of Heaven has already ordered people to be here It is implemented in Huainan, and Lang Jun seems to have made arrangements in Wuzhou. Perhaps we only need to wait until the end of next month, when Qiuliang from all over the country gathers together, and Lang Jun's ability will be truly revealed."
Li Zhong's eyes widened even more when he heard this. Could it be that it was all true?
However, for some reason, Li Xuan suddenly lost the interest in playing.
He sat down next to Liu Jinyu and sighed softly: "If everyone in the world can have enough to eat, and everyone can remember the kindness of Your Majesty and the Queen, then the world will be safe, and it will be difficult for any ambitious man to overthrow it. Any storms arise."
Li Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and two words appeared in his heart instantly: Empress Wu.
The reason why Empress Wu was able to successfully ascend the throne was apparently
It seems that her decades of personal management, coupled with the ineffectiveness of Li Xian and Li Dan, and the disunity of major aristocratic families, finally resulted in such a situation, but in fact, in Li Xuan's view, uneasiness among people is the biggest reason.
The people don't have enough to eat and don't have warm clothes to wear. Naturally, they hope to see someone stand up and change the situation.
Empress Wu just catered to and took advantage of this favorable moment, and then chose an opportunity to replace the Tang Dynasty with Wu.
In other words, in the next few years, Li Zhi died of illness, Li Xian was dismissed immediately after he ascended the throne, and Li Dan was imprisoned in the inner court after he ascended the throne. The whole world was uneasy, and people's harvests dropped sharply, so they expected someone to change the world.
Li Xuan had realized this a long time ago, but he also didn't understand whether all this was a natural disaster or a deliberate act.
But no matter what, as long as the people have enough to eat and drink in the next ten years, no matter who wants to rebel, the people will not agree.
Without the human heart, it will be difficult to do anything you want to do.
Liu Jinyu looked at her husband and seemed to be able to vaguely hear some deeper meaning in these words, but she still couldn't figure out what it was.
Liu Jinyu gently held Li Xuan's hand and said softly: "Mr. Lang has great ambitions. If nothing else, maybe it won't be long before everyone's home has enough food for three autumns."
"Your Majesty just said something casually, King Sanqiu, and now I'm even making fun of you as my husband!" Li Xuan shook her head, turned to look at the butler Li Zhong beside her, and said softly: "Wait until tomorrow, come again Let’s take a look at how the canals and waterwheels here should be constructed and arranged. We can’t mess with them and affect the Weishui River transportation downstream.”
The installation of waterwheels has always been a troublesome matter. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the waterwheels have been huge, costing a lot of water resources, and the water power they can convert is insufficient. Therefore, once the Han Dynasty comes, the first thing that the court will remove is the water of the powerful families. car.
But if this water tanker is small in size, but has huge fan blades, consumes less water, and converts large amounts of water power, this would be a good thing.
Liu Jinyu's eyes lit up. She knew that her husband had already produced these things, but they had not appeared near Chang'an yet.
But one thing she didn't know was that Li Xuan never intended to donate these things.
The water tanker and his entourage involve huge interests, and the powerful people behind them even have connections with the prince, the King of England, the Prime Minister, and even the Empress Wu.
Li Xuan quietly builds in his own fiefdom, wherever he wants, but once he tries to push the entire world, he will immediately encounter unimaginable pressure.
The reason why I am so sure is because Li Xuan has tried it.
The benefits that such a waterwheel can generate are absolutely astonishing.
Back then, he had secretly spread some of them, and they were acquired by some people who were motivated by interests. Some of them were sold to wealthy families, and some were reported to the court.
The man who reported to the court finally disappeared without a trace.
The person who sold it to the powerful got a lot of money and ran away, while the powerful family who got the blueprints just built it quietly by themselves, with no intention of making it public.
So half a month later, someone reported that the powerful family was suspected of treason, and the government immediately searched.
However, not much of the real treason was found. Instead, many other crimes of seeking wealth and killing were confirmed.
In the end, that family was accused of treason, and all the adult men and women were killed, and the uncles and children were exiled for three thousand miles.
If the women in the family are found to be oppressed, they will be released immediately, but the mistress and young children of the family will not have official positions.
Those drawings disappeared without a trace, and no one knew who had taken them.
From then on, Li Xuan quietly hid herself no matter how much she thought about it.
Now this imperial manor, as well as the two thousand acres of land nearby, are equivalent to his own fiefdom, so naturally he can do whatever he wants.
After driving away the housekeeper Li Zhong, Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu began to count all the properties in the entire imperial village.
Farm property is not just land, manor, farm tools and iron tools, even tenants are one of the properties.
Unknowingly, the reckoning took place on the bed.
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In the dark room, Li Xuan looked sideways at his wife. Sweat had already wet the hair on Sanniang's forehead. She fell into a deep sleep. After a few hours, she could not wake up at all.
Li Xuan gently tapped the sweet spot on the back of Liu Jinyu's head, then turned over and got off the boat. When he turned around, he had already arrived in the outer room.
A pair of bright eyes looked straight at him. The moonlight fell on the sword blade, flashing with frost.
Qiqiao, Li Xuan's personal maid Qiqiao, she actually has good martial arts.
Li Xuan nodded gently, and the next moment, he had left the big house through the window and disappeared into the darkness.
Qiqiao's clear eyes converged, her back turned to the inner room, and she looked out the window warily, her eyes sharp, guarding the inside and the outside.
Li Xuan has never neglected to protect his own safety, and he has never underestimated anyone.
Especially if there is a precedent, who dares to ignore it.
The princess who was filial to Emperor Li Hong was originally destined to be the daughter of Si Wei Shaoqing Yang Sijian, but He Lanmin succeeded.
Yang Sijian was born in the Yang family of Hongnong. His family had a very high status and was heavily guarded both internally and externally.
Siwei Shaoqing is the Weiwei Temple Shaoqing.
Li Xuan's uncle, Ouyang Tong, is now the Qing of the Weiwei Temple. He is in charge of the armor of the 16th Qing Dynasty, and is in charge of the arsenal, weapons, and palace guards.
There is never a shortage of military officers and soldiers to protect her, but the daughter of such a family was actually taken over by Helan Minzhi.
Either this whole thing is a conspiracy trap, or Helan Minzhi does have experts among his men.
This happened first, but now in this imperial manor, they didn't even win more than the first day, how dare they relax.
Li Xuan quietly avoided most of the guards, quietly left the imperial village through the passage deliberately left by the secret sentry, and returned to the official ship.
In the innermost cabin, Li Xuan pushed the door open and entered. The room was dark.
The moonlight shines in from the window and spreads on the floor, bringing out a bright light.
Li Xuan closed the door, took advantage of the moonlight, walked to the desk at the far end of the room, and sat down.
At this time, a figure who had been hiding in the corner for who knows how long walked out, cupped his hands towards Li Xuan and said, "I have met the king!"
She has a plump figure, fair skin, a face like a silver basin, eyes like apricots, eyebrows like willow leaves, and lips as pale as frost.
Su Lianyu, the master of Tianyu Palace.
Li Xuan glanced at her indifferently and asked casually: "How is Chang'an's internal control going?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, no one has rebelled." After a slight pause, Su Lianyu continued: "There are rumors in the world that my subordinates have snatched away the soul essence left behind by Tianyin Cult. Everyone in the sect is afraid of the subordinates' increase in strength. Therefore no one dares to rebel."
Tianyu Palace has Su Lianyu as its leader, and he has three halls, six floors and twenty-four rudders.
Among the three halls and the sixth floor, Su Lianyu controls more than half of them, and the remaining half is in the hands of the elders of the previous generation.
As long as Su Lianyu is alive and well, even if there is a fight between the members of the church, it will still be between Liao Liao and Liao Liao.
But since the Muzhou incident, Tianyu Palace has been targeted by countless people.
Uninformed people thought she had obtained the soul essence left by Queen Tianyin, while those with knowledge thought she had been possessed by Queen Queen, and it would be Queen Queen who showed up to the outside world at that time. So now, not only inside the Demon Sect, but also inside the Demon Sect. Even the imperial court and the ruling and opposition families are eyeing the Tianyu Palace.
The twenty-four rudders outside Tianyu Palace are all external agencies, and many people know their location and composition.
It is not impossible to seduce and control some people to rebel. Only insiders are truly trustworthy.
"Did the King of East China Sea send a message to the queen?" Li Xuan said lightly and looked at Su Lianyu solemnly.
"Yes, but according to the king's instructions, don't look, don't ask, and ignore." Su Lianyu bowed slightly. .
Li Xuan nodded, and then said emphatically: "Tianyin Empress is dead. You should not contact any news related to Empress Empress and the King of Donghai. You just need to remember one thing. From now on, only Taiyin will exist in this world. Emperor."
"As ordered, Emperor!"
