"Speak in human language!"
Li Shiming saw Lin Fei's indecent appearance and shouted loudly.
Seeing that Li Shiming was angry, Lin Fei quickly put down his chopsticks and said,"Father-in-law, this son-in-law is really here to give you merit.”
Li Shi Min's eyes were about to pop out. In front of the officials, he had asked Lin Fei to do whatever he wanted, but now that there were no outsiders, he had to show the dignity of an emperor.
Empress Zhangsun saw that Li Shimin was angry and comforted him,""Alright, he's still a child. Why are you fussing over a child?”
After saying that, he turned to Lin Fei and said," You're also a child. You're so insensible. It's not good for the Emperor to be angry in front of the officials. He's protecting you. Why are you still like this now?"”
Protect me?
Lin Fei was a little dumbfounded. Then, he thought of Li Shiming's performance in the throne room today. He had extorted more than 20,000 taels of gold from the civil and military officials, but Li Shiming had not said anything. It was a tacit agreement. Only if the Emperor had tacitly agreed would those officials obediently write down the IOU. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to dig out 20,000 taels of gold from the officials with just his books. After all, he was not targeting one person, but everyone.
After thinking it through, Lin Fei stopped making trouble. He stood up obediently and said respectfully to Li Shiming,"My son-in-law has something called potatoes, which can produce more than twenty catties per mu. As long as father-in-law spreads it in the Great Tang, no one will starve to death.”
"What?"
Li Shi Min jumped up from his chair and stared at Lin Fei with a pair of tiger eyes. He said angrily,
"Brat, don't try to trick me. Right now, the Great Tang's grain output is only three or four piculs per mu. Even if the south is fertile, it's only four or five piculs.”
At this time, even Empress Zhangsun did not speak. She also felt that Lin Fei's matter was too much. She knew that the emperor loved the people like his own children and was already worried because the people did not have enough to eat, but he still used this matter to make fun of them.
"I'm telling the truth. This year, if you don't grow more than 20 catties of grain per mu, you can chop off my head.”
Hearing Lin Fei's words, Li Shi Min's face finally eased up. Although he had only been in contact with Lin Fei for two days, he already knew that this young scholar in front of him dared to say this, which meant that he was absolutely confident.
After thinking it through, Li Shiming's eyes slowly became fanatical. It must be known that this was the early Zhenguan period, and the Great Tang was not rich. Even in a year without disaster, many people in the Great Tang would still starve to death.
If he could really ensure that no one in the Great Tang would starve to death as Lin Fei had said, this contribution alone would be enough for him to become an eternal emperor.
After a long time, Li Shi Min said,"Kid, if what you said is true, I'll give you the title of King."”
Seeing that Li Shiming's anger had subsided, Lin Fei began to be indecent again. He pursed his lips and said," Tsk, who cares about your title? I just hope that you won't give me trouble in the future."”
Li Shi Min was so angry that his entire body was trembling. This brat was too much of a bastard. It had to be known that the Great Tang had never conferred a King with a different surname, yet Lin Fei did not care about it. How could this not anger Li Shi Min?
"Brat, don't you know what's good for you. Regaining the title of emperor is something that many people dream of, what kind of attitude is this?”
Originally, Li Shiming thought that Lin Fei would know that being conferred the title of king was a great honor. Who knew that Lin Fei would still curl his lips and say,"I don't care about emperors that were obtained by offering treasures.”
Li Shi Min was stunned. He didn't expect Lin Fei to say this. An emperor? This wasn't something that could be done casually. One had to know that Qin Shubao, Cheng Yao, and the others had all made outstanding contributions, but none of them had been conferred the title of king. From this, one could see how difficult it was to become a king.
However, since Lin Fei actually had such thoughts, then let him be. If his contribution could really reach the level of an emperor, so what if he was conferred the title? After all, his precious daughter was already betrothed to him. The more promising he was, the better.
"Let's go to your residence now.”After making up his mind, Li Shiming did not say anything else and pulled Lin Fei away.
"I haven't finished eating yet."
Hearing Lin Fei's ghostly cries, Empress Zhangsun quickly followed, wanting to see with her own eyes what the grain that could produce dozens of catties per mu looked like.
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