When Fang Yiai said that the income from farming in Guandong was not as good as the income from hunting in the woods, the interest on Li Chengqian's face dimmed and he no longer cared about farming in Guandong.
With the current income of the imperial court, especially the agricultural tools that the Ministry of Industry has continuously improved, and the deep wells and field furrows started by the Agriculture Department, which have been supported and promoted in various places, it has added a lot of security to farming, allowing the grain output of the Tang Dynasty to increase in these years.
Quite a few.
In addition to the support of military supplies, there will always be wealth in the granary every year.
If the land in Kanto is not profitable from farming, its fertility will be limited.
It is probably a useless thing. Instead of wasting manpower and material resources and involving the imperial court's scant energy, it would be better to discard it directly, lest it get stuck in the throat and become uncomfortable.
Seeing Li Chengqian's calm expression, Fang Yiai knew what Li Chengqian was thinking.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince feels that since farming cannot keep up with hunting, the land in Guandong must not be much fertile, right?" Fang Yiai shook his head, smiled and said.
"Isn't it?" Hearing that Fang Yiai had different opinions, Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows and asked, pretending to be humble and willing to hear the details.
"Old wild ginseng from the mountains and forests of Guandong is the best for replenishing life and replenishing qi. Even ordinary wild ginseng has better effects than ordinary ones, and the asking price is at least thirty taels of silver. Deer antler, deer penis, and tiger penis can nourish yang and strengthen kidneys.
Whips are mostly made from the quality of the mountains and forests of Guandong where the cold winter is long. Even the musk commonly used in spices and medicinal materials has the strongest fragrance from the mountains and forests of Guandong. It must be of the highest quality." Fang Yiai said. "Not to mention.
, game mushrooms and black bears in the mountains.”
"Most of the good leathers that are most popular among ladies and ladies in the capital come from Guandong, not from outside the Northwest Pass." Fang Yiai said, "A single piece of ordinary quality, complete and compact fire fox leather would cost nearly
Twenty taels, even if it is made of whole leather, a simple back will cost no less than ten pieces. Not counting the labor cost, the leather material alone costs two hundred taels of silver."
"If it's high-quality, there are hundreds of taels of silver." Fang Yiai said, "It's just an ordinary piece of leather. The minimum the merchants can get from the hunters is four to ten taels of silver. If it's high-quality,
Not to mention his skin."
"How much money does an ordinary family spend in a year? The situation has improved in the past two years. For a simple family of three and four, ten taels of silver can even feed the family for a year." Fang Yiai said, "And
Food prices have not fluctuated much over the years. Even if the output of one acre of land in Guandong is not lower than that of Henan or even Jiangnan, there is still a big gap compared with the income from hunting."
"Besides, in order to obtain a stable supply of goods, the purchase prices offered by merchants have a lot of room for fluctuation. How can we not lead people to risk hunting in the mountains and forests in order to pursue profits and improve their lives?" Fang Yiai said.
Li Chengqian thought for a while and said, "You mean that the annual output of the land in Guandong can feed the local army. Is it entirely possible?"
"It's not possible, but it's certain!" Fang Yiai said, "Because the taxes on farming are high, most of the land outside the customs is barren. They would rather risk their lives to go into the mountains and forests. Not many people are willing to farm. This is why the local army is completely destroyed."
The fundamental reason for relying on the imperial court to support you!"
Li Chengqian nodded. He didn't say anything, but he kept Fang Yiai's words in his heart.
Now that the point was made, Fang Yiai stopped talking. After a sip of tea, she recalled the main purpose of coming to the palace and asked quickly, "Your Highness hasn't told the minister yet, why doesn't the emperor let me go with the army?"
"This time, almost all the middle-level generals were taken by my father to experience the Eastern Expedition. General Niu went to Tongzhou to guard. Outside the city, only General Ashina Sheer was in command. In the city, General Li Jing was in charge of the overall situation. Su Dingfang was in charge of city defense, and Commander Zhao was also in charge.
I have to go on an expedition with my father, so after discussing with my father and mother, I thought it would be better to leave the defense of the palace to you." Li Chengqian said...
"Most of the Royal Forest Army followed the Emperor on his eastern expedition. Isn't there General Gao from the Imperial Guard Battalion in the palace? Besides, didn't Huo Guogong Chai Zhewei also be in charge of palace defense before? Why this time..." Fang Yiai asked in confusion.
"General Li Jing suggested that you are familiar with things inside and outside the palace, and you know both Gao Qingxiang and Su Dingfang. If anything happens, you can coordinate the affairs inside and outside the palace, which is convenient. Besides, let's talk about it.
The students in the junior class of Wu Tang cannot completely neglect their studies. We must leave them with a master who teaches the art of war?" Li Chengqian spread his hands and said, "You are the one chosen by the children. Among so many people, you are the least scary.
."
After listening to the first words, Fang Yiai felt better, but Li Chengqian's last few words gave Fang Yiai the urge to vomit blood.
Fang Yiai rolled her eyes at Li Chengqian with dissatisfaction, and thought to herself, what does it mean that she is the least scary? She can coax children, but the relationship is still her own fault?!
After chatting with Li Chengqian for a while, Fang Yiai left the palace and did not provoke Li Shimin again.
"How's it going? What did your father say? Do you want to go?" After receiving the letter that Fang Yiai had returned from the palace, Shu'er led people to welcome her out.
Shu'er was also very dissatisfied with her father's final words. Originally, the reason why she reluctantly agreed with Fang Yiai and let Jinlin go on the expedition was because Fang Yiai also went with him on the Eastern Expedition.
On the basis of this, it was extremely difficult to accept this.
Fortunately, he had already nodded, and Jin Lin had been preparing excitedly for several days. Now, his father Li Shimin actually issued an order not to let Fang Yiai follow the Eastern Expedition!
Although there were many uncles and grandfathers who could look after Jinlin during the Eastern Expedition, without Fang Yiai accompanying her, Shuer always felt uneasy.
She couldn't bear to hurt her thriving child, so Shu'er could only hope that she and Fang Yiai could convince Li Shimin to take Fang Yiai with her again.
She was also worried that Fang Yiai went to the battlefield, but after all, it was not the first time that Fang Yiai went there, and there were a group of veterans who cooperated well with her, so Shuer could feel more at ease.
But Jinlin was different. Not only was this child young, but it was also his first time there. Without Fang Yiai, his biological father, to take care of him, how could Shuer feel at ease?
"The emperor had already expected that I would enter the palace and refused to see me. He sent the prince to wait at the palace gate early..." Fang Yiai carefully helped Shu'er back to the room and told Shu'er about entering the palace.
A general explanation was given.
"Alas." Shu'er sighed. Since the Emperor and Crown Prince had arranged it a long time ago, it's too late to say anything now. "This is the only thing we can do. You hurry up and say hello to Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Huailiang, and Xue Rengui and ask them to
Pay more attention to Jinlin."
"We've already fought. Even if we don't say hello specifically, they won't ignore Jinlin." Fang Yiai said comfortingly.
"Father, it's true. Since we had a plan, why didn't you tell us earlier? It caused people to misunderstand. What kind of thing is it that a child of Jinlin was left to follow the expedition?" Shu'er was upset and couldn't bear it.
He kept complaining.
"Don't worry, Jin Lin is also smart. You don't have to carry a gun and go into battle now when you are young. It's better to let him follow you to familiarize yourself with the battlefield in advance, so as not to suddenly come to the battlefield in the future and be in a hurry again, unlike now.
, and the master and uncles were on hand to give pointers." Fang Yiai suppressed the worries in her heart and tried to persuade her in a relaxed tone.
"That's what you said." Shuer said helplessly.
In the evening, after dinner, Fang Yiai was called into the study by Fang Xuanling.
"His Royal Highness, has everything been told to you?" Fang Xuanling asked after sitting down.
"I have already said that I will enter the palace again tomorrow afternoon and hand over the defense of the palace to Commander Zhao with General Gao." Fang Yiai said...
"The overall safety of the capital is under the control of General Li Jing. You are responsible for the coordination and arrangement of specific affairs in the capital. The emperor only gives you an opportunity to learn more with General Li Jing. You must grasp it yourself, and at the same time, you must not let the palace
If there are any mistakes," Fang Xuanling nodded and warned seriously.
"My child knows." Fang Yiai responded.
"It's just that the thought of Jin Lin going to the battlefield alone makes me feel a little uneasy." After a moment of silence, Fang Yiai said, looking at Fang Xuanling, thinking of her early days on the battlefield, she couldn't help but ask,
"Presumably, when the child went to the battlefield, the father didn't feel better than the child does now?"
Fang Xuanling smiled and sighed with emotion, but did not deny Fang Yiai's words.
After the eyes of the two father and son met, there was a hint of understanding in their eyes.
"You are now in the fourth grade." Fang Xuanling thought for a while, then looked at Fang Yiai and said suddenly.
After returning from the northwest that year, she was already a fourth-grade official. Although Fang Yiai didn't understand why Fang Xuanling specifically mentioned her rank, she knew that Fang Xuanling probably didn't sigh casually for nothing, so she immediately responded.
, wait patiently for Fang Xuanling’s later articles.
"Even Qin Huaiyu, who served as commander in the Western Expedition, is now only a fourth-ranked martial artist who came out of the same batch as you. Liu Tianming and Xue Rengui's highest grades are only fifth-ranked. Your rank is still a bit high.
." Fang Xuanling said with thoughtful eyes.
Is my level too high? Fang Yiai couldn’t understand it for a while.
Regarding the issue of grade, Fang Yiai didn't seem to pay much attention to it. He didn't have to receive the salary himself. Fusaki followed Fang Shen to receive it, or Fang Shen received the salary of the father and son together.
In addition, the two governments do not expect these salaries to support the family, so Fang Yiai has no time to care about it.
"As a father, I am only a second-grade father at the moment." Fang Xuanling said with emotion, with a trace of worry in his eyes.
Fang Yiai frowned, stood up suddenly, looked up at Fang Xuanling, and whispered word by word, "His great achievements shocked the Lord." A layer of cold sweat broke out behind him.
Guan Fang Xuanling breathed a sigh of relief and nodded cautiously.
Fang Yiai sat down dumbly, thinking to herself, this is the reason why Li Shimin really doesn’t want him to go on the expedition. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly vote, you