"Yin 'er, you've grown up. This necklace, Mother…Mother will accept it.”Consort Yang Shu gripped the necklace tightly, her eyes slightly moist. This was the first time she had received a gift from Li Yin. To her, the value of the gift was not important. This was a gift from her son, and that was the most important thing.
Li Yin took out another bag of mutated dried white radishes. This bag was much bigger than the one he took out when he was playing cards. It was cut from an entire white radish.
"Mother, I bought this from a farmer in the market. It's very delicious and sweeter than many fruits.”
Consort Yang Shu smiled as she grabbed a piece and put it into her mouth. Then, she exclaimed,"Eh, it's really sweet. This is…radish?”
Li Yin whispered to Consort Yang Shu," Mother, this radish is good for the body. I ate one and felt comfortable all over. Don't take it back and give it to the servants."”
Consort Yang Shu smiled and said,"Yin 'er gave it to mother, how could mother bear to share it with others?"”Consort Yang Shu didn't take what Li Yin said to heart about the benefits of the radish. However, she was very pleased that Li Yin still thought of her even though he had something delicious to eat. She felt that all her efforts over the years had been worth it.
Li Yin chatted with Consort Yang Shu for a while and told her two jokes, making her laugh non-stop. Li Mingda, who was in Li Yin's arms, didn't know what was going on, but when he saw Consort Yang Shu laugh, she also giggled non-stop.
When the sky was getting dark, Li Yin bid farewell to Empress Zhangsun and Consort Yang Shu and left the palace. Li Shiming only came to stop at the station and left in a hurry. As the emperor, he could not take a break when others were on holiday. He still had many 'activities' to attend.
It was indeed not easy to be a good emperor. It was no wonder that so many emperors liked to be incompetent! It wasn't that they couldn't be good emperors, but that being good emperors was too tiring. It wasn't as comfortable as being an incompetent emperor!
The matter that Li Yang made Li Shimin agree to was indeed a small matter. He only asked Li Shimin for a total of 20 craftsmen, three stonemasons, three blacksmiths, five bricklayers, and nine carpenters.
Just after the Double Ninth Festival, twenty craftsmen were sent over by the officials of the Ministry of Works.
Li Yin swept his gaze over these twenty people. How should he put it? These twenty people gave him a feeling of inferiority. Each of them was half-bent and did not dare to stand straight. It was similar to when the eunuchs in the palace faced their masters.
It couldn't be helped. The status of craftsmen in this era was too low. They were one level lower than farmers.
Li Yin looked at everyone and said,"I'm sure you know my identity. Who's the leader among you?"”
Everyone looked at each other. Finally, a bold person spoke up,"Replying to Your Highness, the twenty of us have just gathered together yesterday. We don't have a leader yet.”
"Alright, let's see how you guys perform in the future.”Li Yin paused for a moment and said," From now on, all of you will be part of the Liang Residence. Follow me and do your best. You can ask around. I, Li Yin, will never lose out on my own people."”
Li Yin said this because he knew that these craftsmen had limited channels to inquire about. It was nothing more than Xiao Liuzi, Xiang 'er, and the farmers in the manor!
Therefore, these craftsmen could not find out about his past misdeeds. If even these craftsmen could find out about the matters in the palace, what would happen?
Looking at these people's submissive expressions, Li Yin frowned."Straighten your backs. Look at your current appearance. You're almost like slaves. What I want is someone who can do things, not a slave. Being able to do the things I give you is more useful than you nodding and bowing a thousand times, understand?”
Li Yin also knew that changing them was not something that could be done with just one or two sentences, so he did not continue on this topic. Instead, he said,"Which one of you is the blacksmith?"
"Your Highness, I am!"
"And us too."
Three blacksmiths stood out.
Li Yin took a look at the name list and said,"Zhang Daniu, Zhao Xin, and Zhang Goudan, right? I have something in a while. Help me think about it and see if you can get it. Right, Zhang Daniu, Zhang Goudan, are you father and son? Or brothers?"
"Your Highness, Goudan is my son.”Zhang Daniu said.
"Goudan is such a horrible name. I'll give you one. You look smart.”Li Yin said.
"Thank you for the name, Your Highness!" The father and son hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Stop! Hurry up and stop! I forgot to tell you the rules of the village. The rules of the village are that you are not allowed to kneel and kowtow. If you want to thank me, then do what I've told you to do. That's what you need to thank me for, understand?”
"Yes, Your Highness, we understand.”
When the others saw this, they all felt that even though this Prince Liang had a slightly strange temper, he was a person who was easy to get along with. They finally had a solution in their hearts.
"Wait for me at the side." Li Yin then said to the rest of the people,"Which one of you is a carpenter?”
The rest of the people looked at each other, and then a carpenter walked out."Your Highness, I'm a carpenter. My name is Wan Baichuan.”
"Do you know how to plow?" Li Yin asked.
"Your Highness, although I haven't played it before, as long as it's something that I have now, I should be able to play it.”
"Hmm, not bad. You're quite confident.”As Li Yin spoke, he asked Xiang 'er to call a farmer and bring in a plow.
After the plow was brought over, Li Yin pointed at the shaft on the plow and said to Wan Baichuan,""My idea is to change this shaft from a straight one to a curved one. Look, if it's a bowl, if I pull it like this, will the back, will the back be raised? This would definitely save a lot of energy, right? Moreover, he could think deeply and think lightly.”
"Change it to gay?" Although Wan Baichuan didn't understand what friction was, he was someone with common sense. He quickly figured out the details and said excitedly,""Your Highness, is this your idea? If the plow could be modified like this, the speed of plowing could be increased by at least 30%. No, it was not just 30%. This plow could also allow the cattle to save energy and not rest. It was at least 50%!”# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:011720194:51PM
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