"Cough cough!"
Li Shimin had no choice but to cough twice to cover up his embarrassment.
Then, Li Shi Min waved his hand and forced a smile.
"Slave Zhi, your salt-making technique is very good. It will be of great benefit to the Great Tang and its people!”
"Zhen intends to reward you well! Tell me, what do you want?"
Li Shiming changed the topic! After all, he was indeed in the wrong to eavesdrop on a child's conversation! It was not good to argue too much!
"Humph! You are the dog Li Er! I don't want your things!"
"Little Dou, let's go!"
Li Zhi was very firm. He pulled up his small pocket and was about to close it.
Unfortunately, Li Zhi had already scolded Li Er a few times, but Li Er actually did not have the slightest reaction.
Li Zhi was still waiting for Li Shiming to counterattack. He wanted Li Shiming to curse him as an "unfilial son"!
After all, as long as he scolded the unfilial son, the unfilial system would be activated and he would be rewarded.
Unfortunately, Li Shiming didn't even let out a fart!
When Li Zhi pulled Xiao Dou and walked into the hall.
Li Shi Min smiled awkwardly.
Immediately after, the court room and Du Duo said,
"Slave Zhi is only three years old after all! A child's words have no fear, a child's words have no fear!"
Fang Xuanling smiled awkwardly.
"Your Majesty is right. It is precisely because His Highness Jin Wang is only three years old that we indulge him so much!
He just didn't know that when Prince Jin grew up and recalled today, he actually dared to scold us, the Emperor and the Duke!
I wonder how he will react!"
Li Shi Min laughed:
"I'm afraid he'll wet his pants!”
"Haha!" Fang and Du also laughed.
"Your Majesty, State Duke Liang, State Duke Lai, you're here. Hurry into the front hall.”Empress Zhangsun had been dealing with the internal affairs of the harem. When she heard the laughter, she came out to welcome him!
Li Shi Min and the other two came to the front hall.
Empress Zhangsun asked curiously.
Li Shimin then explained refined salt and the art of making salt.
After hearing this, Empress Zhangsun was shocked." So His Majesty didn't even have dinner yesterday and left because he wanted to experiment with salt-making! He didn't expect that the salt-making technique that Slave Zhi casually mentioned when he was only three years old was really effective!”
Fang and Du nodded and smiled,"
"That's right. This salt-making technique is not only effective, but it can also produce refined salt!”
"This will directly break the monopoly of the aristocratic families on the salt industry!”
"In fact, the people of the Great Tang will have enough refined salt to eat in the future!”
"Your Highness Jin Wang, you have made another great contribution this time! It's enough to go down in history!"
The two prime ministers were not stingy with their praise.
Li Shiming sighed," Sigh, the problem of the salt industry has been solved. It's indeed worth being happy about! However, the drought in the east of the river was getting worse! Today, I saw the report submitted by the Ministry of Revenue. The grain merchants under the Shandong aristocratic families actually dared to collude with each other and hoard goods, raising the grain price by more than 30%!”
The joy on Fang Xuanling's face disappeared instantly.
Instead, it turned into a bitter expression of worry for the country and the people.
"Your Majesty is right! This group of Shandong aristocratic families were truly despicable! How could they raise the price of grain at this time?”
Du Ruhui shook his head.
"The price of grain has increased! The Ministry of Revenue did not have enough silver to buy food! Without food, the disaster victims in the east of the river could only die a horrible death!
In the Ministry of Central Affairs, Hedong Road's memorials were already piled up like a mountain! They were all reports of the disaster! The victims starved to death and did not even have time to bury them!”
These words fell into Empress Zhangsun's ears.
It also made this virtuous empress in the harem look a little more worried!
Empress Zhangsun knew the moral conduct of the aristocratic families in Shandong. They were the classic example of not waking up early without benefits.
Unfortunately, the Imperial Court was unable to use tough methods to deal with them. They could only compromise!
The Imperial Court compromised.
The aristocratic families in Shandong were full.
However, the disaster victims in the east of the river had all starved to death!
"Guanyin maid, take the children to play! I'm going to discuss things with Li Xuanling and Li Keming.”
Since they were talking about the disaster in the east of the river, Li Shi Min was prepared to discuss it with the two prime ministers.
"Here!"
Empress Zhangsun knew that it was best for the harem not to interfere with the affairs of the front court.
Therefore, she walked back sensibly. When she saw Li Zhi and Little Dou Zi writing and drawing at the table, she went up to them.
The rough paper was covered with golden rice.
The ears of rice were full of rice grains.
The abundant rice grains almost bent the entire ear of rice.
Beside the ear of rice lay an old man. The old man was fanning himself with a straw hat while smiling.
Empress Zhangsun couldn't help but laugh when she saw the painting.
Then, he patted Li Zhi's head.
"Slave Zhi, Mother knows that you have high hopes for the Great Tang's rice, and these hopes are good! However, when painting, he still had to try his best to show the real side!”
Li Zhi was stunned. He pursed his lips and said in a childish voice,
"Mother, your son's paintings are very real!”
Empress Zhangsun glared at Li Zhi.
"Slave Zhi, have you forgotten what mother taught you? One must first be honest and trustworthy! How could you lie to mother?"
Li Zhi was even more surprised.
"Mother, your son really didn't lie to you! What your son drew was real! It's at the Bright Moon Manor in the south of the city!"
"Now, the hundred acres of fertile farmland in Mingyue Grounds are all like this!”
Hiss!
Empress Zhangsun pursed her lips slightly!
When she saw that Li Zhi's eyes were extremely real, she could not help but have some doubts in her heart!
Could it be that Slave Zhi really didn't lie to him?
"Slave Zhi, if you really didn't lie to mother! If this was the case, then how much rice would there be in this fertile land?”
Li Zhi smiled.
"Haha, mother, your son has already calculated. The yield per mu is over two thousand jin!”
"A hundred acres of fertile land is equivalent to more than two hundred thousand catties of rice!”
Tsk!
Empress Zhangsun was shocked!
Li Zhi continued,
"Mother, what do you think of this son's painting?”
Empress Zhangsun could no longer listen to Li Zhi's words.
Her mind was filled with the idea of producing 2,000 catties per mu!!!
Swoosh!
Empress Zhangsun quickly stood up and walked towards Li Shimin." Your Majesty, there seems to be a solution to the drought in the east of the river!”
Hmm?
Li Shi Min was stunned!
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were also surprised!
They had thought about it for a long time and considered many ways, but they could not properly resolve the drought in the east of the river!
How could the Empress, who lived deep in the harem, still have a way to deal with it?
"Guanyin maid, speak." Li Shi Min asked suspiciously.
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