In the early morning, a loud rooster crow awakened Du He from the nightmare. The feeling of a sharp steel knife slashing on his neck was so real. The people around him pointed and pointed, the executioner's indifference and ruthlessness, and the pungent smell of blood filled the surroundings.

I don’t know how many times Du He dreamed that he was pulled to the execution ground to behead his head. Historical records have always hung over his head like the sword of Damoris, making him unable to sleep at night.

"When will this day end? I'm so scared my dad."

After wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, Du He muttered, and then he heard the sound of Xiaomi coming from the yard outside, Du An was whispering.

"Oh, hurry up and drive it away, it has aroused the young master to rest!"

"I know! You asked me to chase the chicken, but will I tell it to go?"

"Here, hey, I ran away again, Duan, can you do it? You can't even catch a chicken..."

"Oh oh oh..." Another loud crow of chickens, followed by a crackling sound, and then Du An's complaint: "I really don't know what the young master thinks. The good Duke's mansion cannot stay, but he just wants to go to the countryside. Don't run away, let the young master eat you."

Crackling..., bang...

I don’t know what Duan bumped into, but a sound of oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-

It was obvious that he couldn't sleep when he was making such a fuss outside. Du He got off the bed wrapped in a quilt, opened the door and leaned against the door frame, watched the two little kids outside and a brightly colored big rooster.

The big rooster is very majestic, with fiery red crowns, brown feathers and dark green tail feathers shining in the morning light.

Compared to the big rooster, Duane looked a little miserable. His dark clothes were covered with dust, his face was seriously shaped and his face was black and white. One hand was pressed on his forehead, and the other hand was clawed and constantly gestured to the big rooster with disdain.

Compared with the pitiful Duan, Xiaomi holding a feather duster in his hand looked like a general who was commanding the battle. He put his waist on one hand and used a feather duster in his other hand to direct Duan to run wildly.

Du He looked at it for some reason and thought of Tang Bohu's "Peach Blossom Temple" and chanted casually: "Peach Blossom Temple in Taohuawu, and peach blossom fairy in Taohua Temple. Peach Blossom Fairy planted peach trees, and picked peach blossoms for money. She woke up and sat in front of the flowers, and she came to sleep under the flowers..."

"Ah, young master, you are awake!" Xiaomi suddenly turned around when she heard Du He's voice, and a hint of nervousness flashed across her red face.

"Well, can I not wake up with you two so much trouble?" Du He glared at Xiaomi half-truely, and then his opponent was helpless Du An said: "Today I punish you to catch that chicken. If you can't catch it, there will be no food to eat."

Du An looked bitter and wanted to explain, but Du He had turned around and went back.

In the middle of winter, although the weather in Chang'an is not particularly cold, Du He, who is only wrapped in a quilt, still feels like the wind blows the balls cool.

Xiaomi raised his chin at the stupid Du An, gave him a quick-working eye, followed Du He tightly and chased into the room: "Young master, wait for me, Xiaomi is waiting for you to change your clothes."

...

The big rooster was finally caught and sent to the chef to smear the neck with a knife. After an hour, it turned into a delicious big rooster stewed mushrooms and placed it on the dining table.

However, Du He looked at the delicious food in front of him, but could not feel any appetite. At this moment, he was staring at the voracious Taotie in front of him - Li Chengqian.

"I said your nose is very good. I just finished stewing the chicken here and you came and said, "Did you install a monitor here?"

"What is the monitor?" Li Chengqian raised his head, his cheeks were bulging, and he said vaguely: "It was my mother who was afraid that you would not be able to think so, so she threw herself into the Ba River and asked me to come and see you."

Thinking of the woman who had almost no stains in history, Du He sighed: "Thank you for me, how can Du He be so good that the Queen can remember..."

Li Chengqian waved his hand randomly and stuffed a piece of chicken into his mouth: "Don't talk about those useless things, what do you think? You won't completely give up your future because of such a small setback, right? This doesn't look like your personality."

Du He smiled: "Everyone loves carrots and cabbage. In my opinion, the pastoral scenery in the countryside is actually very good, at least it is better than intrigue in the court."

"If I weren't sitting opposite you, I almost thought you were a fifty or sixty-year-old man." Li Chengqian spit out a chicken bone and said silent for a moment: "Actually..., the father's father has no choice but to do this time, and the old man has come forward. You know, my father always feels that he has owed some debt to the old man. The old man wants to arrange Li Yuanchang as the general prison, but the father has no choice but to agree."

Du He did not answer the conversation immediately.

Whether it is Li Yuan or Li Shimin, to put it bluntly, he is just a victim of the power struggle.

Poor when I first traveled through time, I thought that as long as I showed my abilities, I could be reused and the Du family would rise, but I didn’t know that in Li Shimin’s eyes, I was just a pawn who could be sacrificed at will.

"You are thinking too much, and I don't mean to blame Your Majesty. I came to the countryside, just to calm down. Chang'an City is full of festive spirit and feminine spirit, which is not a good place to study."

"Really? Then why do I think you are disappointed in Chang'an?" Li Chengqian finally turned his attention away from the chicken stewed mushrooms, looked at Du He and said seriously: "You are evading the world, just like the ostrich you mentioned to me before, when you encounter dangers and difficulties, you will put your head into the ground, but do you think it is meaningful to cover your ears and steal the bell?

Du He, with your knowledge and talent, as long as you stay in Chang'an, you will definitely become the leader of the younger generation before you are twenty years old. Don't you feel sorry for giving up like this now?

Du Pushe has a spirit in the sky. Do you think he will be happy when he sees you now?"

"At least I can live, and I live very well."

Du He was not surprised that Li Chengqian could see his true thoughts and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Don't talk to me about any righteousness. I am not a saint. Compared with the illusory future, I care more about the present."

Li Chengqian did not agree with Du He's words.

From the heart, he also felt that the old man was not doing very authentically.

The production capacity of the supervisor has improved just now, and Du He was transferred away. Isn’t this a killing donkey?

However, if the son does not say the father's faults, the minister does not show the king's evil. Even if he is not satisfied with the old man, he cannot say this.

"Forget it, let's not mention these troubles. Erlang, what are your plans in the future? Just keep going in the countryside?"

Du He curled his lips: "My dearest Prince, please pay attention to your words, what is 'humble'? I am a romantic and famous man of the generation, how could I waste my time?"

Li Chengqian suddenly became interested: "Oh? Then what are you going to do? Tell me quickly."

Du He shook his head: "The New Year is coming soon, let's talk about it after the New Year. If you are really idle, please pay more attention to the matter of carbohydrate. Li Ke and the others are dealing with this matter now. It is estimated that a large number of carbohydrate will arrive in Chang'an after the New Year. If you are interested, please ask."

"Didn't you always manage the carbonite business?"

"I don't want to worry about it anymore. That thing has too much profit. I'm afraid I might get myself into it."

Compared with the frosting business, carbonite has a wider use and naturally involves more benefits.

Du He could almost imagine that one day in the future, countless people will inevitably flock to coal, and with their own strength and background, they will not be able to compete with it.

Of course, not wanting to take care of the coal business does not mean that he has given up his worthy interests. Li Chengqian's existence is his backup plan in the coal business.

"Carbonite is very important. As long as it is used properly, it can not only be used to warm up, but also play a huge role in iron smelting. As long as it is used properly, it is not impossible to increase the current steel output by hundreds or thousands of times. Therefore, you'd better convince Your Majesty to take this business into the hands of the court, and the nobles, as long as they give them a little benefit from their fingers, it will be enough for them to eat, drink and enjoy for the rest of their lives."

"Are you saying true?" A shock flashed across Li Chengqian's face: "I know that carbonite can be used to smelter iron, but can it really increase the output by a hundred times as you said?"

Du He spread his hands open, looking like he was believing or not.

If he didn't really know how to refine coke, if he didn't get through the blast furnace iron smelting method, he would have to teach Li Chengqian a good lesson.

Well..., wait, calm, calm down.

What I have to do now is to live in silence, hide my name, and stay away from right and wrong, so I dare not show off again.

Li Chengqian finally couldn't sit still. The news of a hundred times steel output was too shocking. He could not imagine what the Tang Dynasty's steel output would look like after it increased by a hundred times.

Do each soldier need to send two or three knives? Or..., each person fires a pair of meteor hammers?

"No, I must go back and report this to my father now. Erlang, I will come to see you in a few days. Let's do this for now." After a quick remark, Li Chengqian took his accompanying guards and left the old house of the Du family and returned to Chang'an City in a burgeoning manner. Du He didn't even have the chance to get up and see him off.

Looking at the smoke and dust rolling outside the gate, Du He sighed: "It turns out that he has no hair on his lips and is not doing things well. It's a big deal to go back so vigorously, it's a big mistake to be able to accomplish things."

Next to him, Du Chongcai was worried about what would happen after Li Chengqian went back. What he cared about now was Du He: "Second Young Master, is what the Crown Prince said true? Are you really... not planning to go back to Chang'an?"

Before Du He said that he was moving, Du Chong only thought he was tender and couldn't hold on to his face after losing his job, so he came to the old house to hide for a few days.

But after listening to Li Chengqian's analysis, Du Chong was stunned. It turned out that the second young master was not flirting with his majesty, but was angry with His Majesty and did not want to return to Chang'an.

I'm so angry with Your Majesty, is this a trivial matter?

If the emperor gets angry, wouldn’t the Du family’s small boat be in danger of overthrowing?

"Chang'an..." Du He paused, and after he sucked Du Chong's appetite, he slowly said: "That's a place of right and wrong. Staying there may not be a good thing. And..."

"And what?" Du Chong was so anxious.

"And... things that are too easy to get are often not cherished. This is the disadvantage of human nature."

Du He took his hand and walked down the steps, walking aimlessly on the dirt road in front of the old house. Occasionally, he would stop and take a look at it for a while, and then sighed in an old-fashioned manner and continued to walk.

The adobe house, the thatched roof, and the sunshine were squatting under the wall and talking about something. When they saw Du He approaching, they all stood up and greeted him with smiles.

The Du family is a high-ranking family in Duling, and is an existence that ordinary farmers need to look up to. In the entire Duling, I don’t know how many people are counting on the Du family for dinner.

Seeing those simple smiling faces, Du He suddenly felt much better. He walked over and talked to the men: "What are the uncles talking about?"

"I dare not take it. If you say goodbye, the villain is talking about the harvest this year." The men were a little restrained. Du He didn't know them, but they knew Du He.

Du He smiled: "Is that true? How much does this year's harvest compare to previous years? Can it ensure a year's livelihood?"

Several men squeaked for a moment and shook their heads: "Although I bought a little more grain this year, the price of grain is too low. I have worked hard for a year, and in the end, a bucket of rice is only four or five cents..."

It is a good thing to stand in court with four or five words, but it is another matter for the people who farm.

After working hard for a year, the food grown may not be able to afford to buy a hoe when sold...

"Oh, it's not easy." Du He accompanied several men to tears, thought about it and asked again: "By the way, food alone is not enough to subsidize the household income, so you haven't thought of any other way? For example, raising more livestock, or simply going to work in the city or something?"

"Why didn't you think about it? But there are old people at home and young people at home that can't get out of the way. It's okay to raise some livestock, but the cost is too high and the risk is too great, so I can't afford to invest."

After chatting with a few men for a while, Du He continued to walk along the road, his eyes occasionally passing by the slightly broken low houses on both sides.

When the journey reached the end and there was no one around him, Du He turned around and said, "Uncle Chong, are these people all tenants in our family?"

Du Chong replied: "Yes, nearly 80% of the people in Duling are tenants at home."

Du He paused and asked in confusion: "Eighty percent of the people are tenants at home? Uncle Chong, are you mistaken? Our family only has 600 acres of land, how can we afford to support so many tenants?"

"The young master doesn't know that six hundred land is just the land left by his ancestors. In fact, over the years, the land collected by the master has been about five thousand acres."

puff……

Du He staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Five thousand acres of land?

Isn't this kidding?

He raised his hand and pointed to the deserted fields in the distance in winter. Du He asked tremblingly: "What do you mean... are these lands from our family?"
Chapter completed!