"My poor son, why are you so miserable?”
Concubine Yang cried like a tearful person as she hugged Li Ke tightly, her eyes filled with reluctance.
"His Majesty is too ruthless. You're only ten years old and you want to become a vassal.”
"This, this is forcing us mother and son to separate!”
The Great Tang stipulated that princes were to be granted the title of vassal king and become a vassal at the age of fourteen.
Li Ke was only ten years old.
The mother and son could have spent four years together, but now they were separated.
Once he became a vassal, he could not return to Chang 'an without an imperial edict. He might never see him again in his life.
How could Concubine Yang not be sad?
"Imperial Mother, don't be sad."
Li Ke wiped away Concubine Yang's tears and consoled her with a smile.
"Imperial Father was only forced by those officials and had no choice. When this storm passed, I came back.”
Li Ke's words were, of course, to comfort Concubine Yang, but it wasn't entirely true.
Because Li Ke was sure that he would return in the future.
He took everything that belonged to him.
Li Ke was not from the Great Tang. He was a university student who had transmigrated and brought a god-level experimental system.
As long as he repeated the experiment and reached a certain level, he would be able to completely master this technique and realize it in the Great Tang.
This was also the reason why Li Ke did so many things.
He had originally planned to level up while playing, but who knew that he would be targeted by these guys and impeached.
However, this was even better.
After he went to Yizhou, the military and political power was all in his hands. When the time came, no one would care about him when he did experiments.
He could also use these scientific achievements to develop Yizhou and improve his strength.
It would also give them more capital to fight for the throne in the future.
Wasn't it because the royal bloodlines of the two dynasties didn't allow him to be the emperor?
Then I'll be the one to show you.
"Li Yin, when ge isn't around, protect mother and wait for ge to come back.”
Li Ke stroked Li Yin's little head. His younger brother was not smart, but he had a sincere personality and strong execution.
After listening to his instructions, he nodded repeatedly.
"Brother, don't worry. I will fight anyone who dares to bully Consort Mother!”
Li Ke smiled in satisfaction.
"Be good, I'm proud of you."
With that, Li Ke left.
Concubine Yang's cries came from behind him, as well as his younger brother Li Yin's suppressed sobs.
Chang 'an, wait for me to come back."
Li Ke sat on the carriage and headed to Yizhou with his guards.
Zhangsun Wuji, Kong Yingda, and the officials from the aristocratic families were all very happy.
Li Shi Min was alive, but Li Ke couldn't be dead.
As long as he was in Yizhou, far away from the power center of Chang 'an, Li Ke could not make much waves.
They were naturally very satisfied.
……
A year later, at the King Shu Residence in Yizhou.
The eleven-year-old King of Shu, Li Ke, was much taller than a normal child. He was 1.7 meters tall, and his handsome facial features and handsome appearance made people feel ashamed of themselves.
"Chen Ping, report on the situation in Yizhou this year.”
Li Ke asked with a smile as he looked at a young man in his twenties.
His name was Chen Ping, a student from a poor family. He was appointed by Li Ke as the chief envoy of the King Shu Residence, and could be considered Li Ke's butler.
"Yes, Your Highness."
Chen Ping accepted the order, opened the book, and said seriously.
"The new crops that wangye researched, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, have all been harvested twice. The total amount of grain harvested is 32.61 million jin.”
"Also, the hybrid rice that you developed has an astonishing yield. We received a total of 198.67 million catties.”
"Excluding the income to be given to the people, our King Shu's Mansion has obtained 16.12 million catties of new crops and 53.97 million catties of hybrid rice.”
"And the steam loom you modified, you received 6,910,000 bolts of cloth.”
" And 50,000 steam cars…"
Chen Ping told Li Ke about the gains of the King of Shu. Li Ke was very satisfied.
"You did well. In a while, you can collect fifty strings of money as a reward.”
Chen Ping quickly waved his hand.
"Your Highness, there's no need."
"This lowly official has already received great kindness from His Highness and has benefited greatly. Moreover, the salary I receive is enough to support my family.”
"It's better to stay and let wangye do research.”'
Chen Ping was sincere.
Originally, he was the same as the ordinary people. He thought that the Emperor's edict was absolute and that Li Ke was an ignorant and incompetent bad person.
However, when Li Ke used the rice seeds he had developed and the seeds of new crops to replace the original crops, the yield was amazing.
Some of the poor commoners had immediately paid off the food they owed the aristocratic families and became free.
The aristocratic families went to Li Ke to reason with him, but they were chased away by Li Ke. They let their servants collude with the government to bully the people. Li Ke directly ordered the soldiers of the King of Shu to carry the flintlock gun that Li Ke had developed to suppress them.
The aristocratic families immediately cowered.
From then on, the aristocratic families in Shu no longer dared to go against Li Ke and could only admit defeat.
Without the aristocratic families blocking the way.
Li Ke invented a large number of cheap and durable paper, opened schools, let children go to school, adults work, made all kinds of machines, replaced labor, and produced some necessities and novel tools.
For example, cloth, cement, syringe, and so on.
For the sake of the health of the people in Shu, Li Ke had developed various kinds of vaccine. After the vaccine, their bodies were indeed much stronger and there were fewer diseases.
In just a year, Shu had changed greatly.
The concrete floor was clean and tidy. The teahouse and wine shop were full. Everyone had a job and a book to read.
Steam cars, high-pressure water pump, and other high-tech products had also completely changed their lives.
Even the aristocratic families in Shu, who were originally unwilling, were completely assimilated by Li Ke's invention.
Who wouldn't want to live such a high-quality life?
"Then I won't stand on ceremony."
Li Ke said with a smile. He really didn't want to be polite with Chen Ping.
Even though it wasn't a lot of money, he could complete a few more experiments and improve his technological products.
Although after a year of hard work, weapons, food, cloth, industrial machinery, and other aspects had been upgraded to the level of modern industry, Li Ke was still not satisfied.
He still hoped that he could reach the most advanced modern standards. He preferred that kind of life.
"King of Shu, the imperial court has announced that there has been an outbreak of smalllessness in Guanzhong. Tens of thousands of people have been infected!”
The steward came in to report and handed the court bulletin to Li Ke.
"I didn't expect this to be the opportunity I was waiting for.”
Li Ke was a little surprised and said with a serious expression.
"Chen Ping, gather at least 30,000 steam cars. Bring enough medicine, food, and medical staff.”
"We…"
"Return to Chang 'an!"
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