Everyone looked at the Ninth Prince, Li Zhi, whose face was covered in grease, in shock. A figure on the edge of the royal family had actually received Chu Tian's praise?？
Li Er was slightly stunned and asked in confusion,"Chu Tian, it seems that you have a good impression of Zhi 'er.”
Li Zhi was dumbfounded and muttered to himself,""Damn it, big brother, don't harm me…Am I very familiar with you? Wait, do I have a grudge against you?"
At this moment, Li Zhi had not become a strong competitor for the throne. He was just a guy who was enjoying a good life.
When his brother became the emperor, he could leave Chang 'an and become a Marquis Xiaoyao.
The King of Wei, Li Tai, and the Crown Prince, Li Chengqian, narrowed their eyes slightly as they looked at Li Zhi. Their eyes were filled with hostility.
Could it be that this kid had some powerful strength that could make him their competitor?？
"Cough cough, I was just casually saying it. Your Majesty, don't take it to heart!”Chu Tian said faintly, raising his eyebrows and glancing at Li Zhi.
Li Zhi lowered his head and ate, ignoring Chu Tian. He didn't want him to get himself into trouble.
Li Er waved his hand helplessly and began to discuss other things with Chu Tian.
After the two of them talked for a while, Li Er was even more shocked by Chu Tian's shrewdness and structure.
" You guys should learn from Chu Tian and ask him for advice," Li Er turned to the princes and said with a look of disappointment.
After this home-cooked meal, Chu Tian followed Li Er to his thousand acres of land.
"Chu Tian, I'm looking forward to the reward you want!”Li Er walked beside Chu Tian and said leisurely while looking at the fields.
"Your Majesty will know soon." Chu Tian chuckled and followed Li Er to the land.
When they arrived at the one or two acres of land where the sweet potatoes were planted, sweet potato leaves had already grown on the soil.
"Yes, it's about time for summer!”Chu Tian looked up at the scorching sun and said, while Li Er grabbed his dragon robe and stepped into the acre of land.
"Chu Tian, I didn't see any sweet potatoes either.？”Li Er saw the leaves all over the ground, but he didn't see the sweet potato in Chu Tian's mouth.
"Your Majesty, watch carefully…" Chu Tian raised his eyebrows, lowered his body, and dug as he chuckled.
He dug up the soil on a leaf, and a purple-red sweet potato appeared in front of Li Er.
"Wow, this is the sweet potato you were talking about?？”Li Er lowered his head and said in shock, ignoring the dirty soil.
Then, Li Er reached out to brush the soil off the sweet potato and waved it twice.
"This sweet potato is almost a catty!”Li Er said in shock. Then, he raised his head and glanced at the leaves on the ground with his eyes wide open.
"These…Are they all sweet potatoes?"
Chu Tian nodded slightly, then touched the soil and said,""The soil quality of this land is very good, and the quality of the sweet potatoes produced is also first-class. I planted more than 2000 sweet potato seedlings on this mu of land.”
"That means it's more than 2,000 catties?”The sweet potato in Li Er's hand fell to the ground and he said in a daze.
"That's right. The yield of one mu of land is more than 2,000 catties!”Chu Tian said with a chuckle, and then Li Er muttered to himself.
"One mu of land is more than 2,000 catties. If it's thousands of mu... Why aren't you breaking through the sky!"
"So, Chu Tian has a request, and I hope Your Majesty can agree to it!”At this time, Chu Tian stood up and cupped his hands.
"Tell me, you've made such a great contribution. Anything is fine!”
"I want to contract the planting of sweet potatoes and take over the market in the disaster area!”Chu Tian directly stated his request, while Li Er asked doubtfully.
"Contract it? This disaster area involves several cities, and there are thousands of victims. Can you do it?”Li Er asked curiously.
"Your Majesty, look at these 1,000 mu of land. How do you feel?”Chu Tian waved his finger and said leisurely as he swept across the thousands of acres of land far away.
"It's not bad. If this land is used to grow sweet potatoes, the yield will definitely be very high.”
"Hehe, this land belongs to me, Chu Tian!”Chu Tian said directly, while Li Er took a few steps back in shock.
"One thousand mu? It's all yours. When did you become a big landlord…"
"It's only a thousand mu. Compared to the land of those great clans and landowners, does Your Majesty think it's a lot?？”Chu Tian said with a disdainful smile. Li Er nodded slightly after hearing it.
Many of the Great Tang's lands were in the hands of the great clans and landowners. Even the country didn't own much land.
"Since you want to take it, I'll contract it to you. When the time comes, I'll give you an imperial edict that allows you to mobilize the farmers of the Great Tang at will.”Li Er casually waved his hand and said. In any case, he could give this thing to anyone.
Chu Tian nodded slightly, then picked up a few more sweet potatoes and said to Li Er with a smile.
"Your Majesty, please have a meal. Chu Tian will invite Your Majesty to taste my roasted sweet potato!”
After that, Chu Tian found a few branches and started a fire to roast the sweet potatoes.
"Hehe, I'd like to have a taste of this high-yield crop, the sweet potato of the Great Tang's disaster relief star.”
After a while, Chu Tian finished roasting a few sweet potatoes and handed them to Li Er, saying,""You can eat it directly after peeling it.”
Chu Tian tore open the skin of the sweet potato and took a bite. He exhaled a breath of hot air and said,""En, not bad, not bad. The first sweet potato of the Great Tang!!”
Li Er imitated Chu Tian and took a bite of the sweet potato. A fragrance entered his throat.
"Hiss, this sweet potato tastes good.”
"Yes, the disaster victims can eat these. It's enough to save them from their crisis.”Chu Tian said leisurely. At this moment, Li Er held the sweet potato in his hand and asked Chu Tian curiously.
"Why did you contract the planting of this sweet potato? With your strength, you don't care about this little profit, right?”
"I don't like it, but other people do, especially those big landowners…In the end, the sweet potatoes would end up in the hands of the disaster victims. They might not be able to afford the price.”
"I didn't expect you to value this, Chu Tian. I can't thank you enough for caring about the people of the Tang Empire!!”Li Er said in shock. There was actually such a consideration in contracting the sweet potato plantation.
This was only the first layer. The deeper layer was to win over the hearts of the people and establish Chu Tian's prestige in the Tang Empire.
"Hehe, I just don't like those big landowners and great clans.”Chu Tian said with a disdainful smile.
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