"Prince Jin, just an old man and two people built two small courtyards, so they have to work so hard for all the farmers. I feel ashamed!"
Li Xuan followed Wang Ji, while Zuo Gong and others stood on the edge of the road in the distance. Looking at the orderly and busy construction site in front of them, Wang Ji said with some worry.
According to their understanding, after the spring plowing is completed, these people will go to work, or go to the city to work as coolies, or go into the mountains to find some wild products, chop some firewood, fish and hunt, and they can earn some money to supplement their families.
But now, they can feel that all the farmers in the village, as long as they can move, are carrying various tools and working on the construction site.
"Exactly, building a house is not something that happens overnight. There is no need to be in such a hurry. It's quite good for me and others to live in the Wangfu Courtyard for the time being!"
Zuo Gong also followed suit.
They think that by torturing these bankers in such a big way, they are really acting like bullies!
"Two gentlemen, there is no need to do this. It is natural for these farmers to build houses for their wives!"
Li Xuan chuckled and said, not taking it seriously.
"Besides, you two gentlemen don't have to feel guilty. Each of you will be paid twenty cents for each day's work."
"That's good!"
Wang Ji and Zuo Gong breathed a sigh of relief this time, "This way, these bankers will not be delayed in making money!"
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but sneer.
"What does King Jin mean?"
Wang Ji was a little angry.
He really didn't understand why the third son of the Li family was so proud whenever he talked about the Li family village every day.
I don’t know how a slightly richer Zhuangzi could make this kid so proud in front of great scholars like him and me.
Don't you know that as long as the two of them pay some attention, any Zhuangzi can become so wealthy?
"Mr. I don't know, but these farmers made about two hundred guan each last winter just by selling vegetables. I'm afraid they haven't paid much attention to this mere 20 guan!"
Li Xuan smiled.
Wang Ji and Zuo Gong's eyes gradually widened, their faces full of disbelief.
"Two hundred strings?"
You know, if a farmer in the Tang Dynasty can earn ten guan a year, he is already a wealthy family, and he does not even have to do hard labor.
However, many people cannot make even five dollars a year.
And two hundred strings?
Their family can't afford so much cash at the moment!
"Two hundred strings are not much!"
Li Xuan still looked calm, "If we calculate the miscellaneous things in a year, some bankers can earn thousands of dollars!"
"Thousands of strings?"
This time, Wang Ji couldn't help but exclaimed.
Immediately, he stared at Li Xuan with disbelief.
"Isn't Prince Jin trying to trick me?"
"cut!"
Li Xuan glanced disdainfully.
"It's only a thousand guan. These two gentlemen are great scholars of the time. How could they be so ignorant? I can sell a pen in Li's Village for a thousand guan, and all the aristocratic families will rush to get it.
Or, if you buy a few bottles of liquor, or sell some vegetables, chickens, ducks, and fish, you can still earn so much easily?"
"Tsk, King Jin is really brave!"
Wang Ji couldn't help but smile disdainfully, "It's just that the third son of the Li family, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, didn't even think about opening up the territory for the Tang Dynasty and joining the court as an official. Now he is just shrinking in the Lijiazhuang, studying business affairs all day long. It's really
What a disappointment!”
In the past few days, old man Wang Ji also found out Li Xuan's temperament.
Therefore, I didn’t have any worries when I spoke.
"Sir, if you want me to join the court as an official, do you think that the black-hearted families in the world should also be rectified?" Li Xuan said with a smile.
Wang Ji was startled. Thinking of what happened to the Wang family in Jinyang, his expression changed slightly, and he continued: "When did I ask you to join the court as an official? The King of Jin was born with supernatural power. He should have conquered the border areas and taught those barbarians a lesson.
The hozen may help us expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Hey, how many barbarians can I kill with my own strength? And we have so many powerful generals in the Tang Dynasty. If I go to the army, won't I rob the jobs of so many generals?"
Li Xuan smiled and said: "But, in Lijiazhuang, as long as I bring those ink masters and invent a few more objects, I can be worth thousands of troops. With just the steel-making skills and the four-wheeled carriage, the kid will let me
The iron cavalry of the Tang Dynasty dominated the world. Even the Turkic villains fled in fear. In less than half a year, they dedicated the Turkic territory to the Tang Dynasty.
And all the Turkic barbarians surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and became slaves of the Tang Dynasty. They were willing to accept the trend of the Tang Dynasty and accept the teachings of the Tang Dynasty! Such achievements are much better than showing off personal bravery!"
As he said this, Li Xuan couldn't help but think of something, and couldn't help but chuckle subconsciously, "Speaking of which, if even 10% of the hundreds of thousands of Turkic slaves can be successfully educated by the literati and Confucian ministers sent there, then he will have done a lot of credit to Confucianism!"
Wang Ji, Zuo Gong: "..."
A look of helplessness.
It took a long while before I could say anything.
"Not a son of man!"
The civil servants who were sent to Yunzhong, Liangzhou and other places, including Wang Ji, Zuo Gong and others, had heard some of it.
The most common thing those civil servants did when they went there was to teach the Turkic Hozens and learn Confucianism of the Tang Dynasty. Especially the young sons of the Turkic Hozens were the key targets of the civil servants' teachings.
Pinyin alphabet, plus enlightenment books.
As long as those Turkic Hozen cubs can complete the homework assigned by their 'masters', they don't have to go to the construction site and do hard labor.
Therefore, those Turkic boys studied even more diligently and seriously.
And those Turkic hozens saw this and did not stop them.
Then, wait until those little brats are almost able to read the characters.
Then he began to study the books compiled by some unscrupulous ministers: the content was roughly that the Tang Dynasty was a kingdom in heaven, and all the small countries in the world were vassal states of the Tang Dynasty.
In the whole world, only the people of the Tang Dynasty are the most respected, and everyone should be honored to love the Tang Dynasty, be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and contribute to the Tang Dynasty.
He even wrote down some of the Turkic aggression as the most evil things, and then taught those Turkic brats one by one, making them forget their ancestors!
From this alone, Wang Ji, Zuo Gong and others could see that within forty years at most, those Turkic hozenes would completely forget about the Turks and become Tang people.
I don’t know how this kid came up with such an inappropriate thing!
"Why are you two gentlemen so angry about something that is beneficial to our country, the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Xuan asked in surprise.
"I just hope that the King of Jin will stop tormenting the world's intellectuals!"
Wang Ji sighed softly.
"You two gentlemen have misunderstood this boy. He only likes to stay in Lijiazhuang, lead the villagers, make money, become literate, and enjoy life!"
Li Xuan looked innocent, and everyone in Chang'an City could testify that he, Li Xuan, had never taken the initiative to go out and cause trouble for those literati from aristocratic families.
"Your Majesty, Duke Kong County and Song Guogong came to the outside of the village with two gentlemen!"
At this time, the housekeeper Li Chang walked over in a hurry.
"Old Man Kong and Old Man Song?"
Li Xuan looked happy, then turned to Wang Ji and Zuo Gong and slightly arched his hands.
"There should be some distinguished guests coming to our door. Please excuse me, sir, and please forgive me, gentlemen!"
"Mr. Chongyuan and Mr. Shiwen are here. How can I stay here? Let's go together, go together!"
Wang Ji and Zuo Gong both looked slightly moved and said quickly.
After that, Li Xuan didn't waste any time and walked outside the village.