"What a loving father."
Sitting in the carriage at the back, Consort Wei couldn't help but sneer at this scene.
The Wu Clan's Kings also sneered.
Pa!
The horsewhip whipped down, but Li Xian raised his hand to grab it.
The ministers 'expressions changed.
"Evil beast! Let go!" Li Dan's face was purple and black. He felt extremely embarrassed. At the same time, he shouted angrily and pulled the whip hard.
Li Xian let go and took a step back.
Li Dan almost fell off his horse.
He immediately flew into a rage and was about to lash out even more ruthlessly.
"Enough!"
At this moment, Wu Zetian finally spoke.
Wu Zetian knew better than anyone else.
Li Xian took a step back, which was his bottom line.
Wanting this vile creature to lower his head and bow down would be asking for humiliation.
Instead, it was a show of filial piety for hundreds of thousands of people.
She could not afford to lose face.
"Li Xian, do you still have filial piety in your heart?”
"Imperial Grandmother's teachings are correct. Grandson is still young, so I will definitely remember Grandmother's teachings. I will remember that the father is the son's guide, and the father is the son's teacher!”
"Our father and son must be kind and filial!”
"Father, I only have a grudge in my heart. I'm young and impetuous.”
Li Xian admitted his mistake solemnly.
Li Dan's face turned green and purple.
He wasn't the only one who understood the meaning behind the evil creature's words.
The others must have heard it clearly!
A father is a teacher for his son!
He was clearly hinting that as a father, he had not only not helped his son when he was in danger, but he had also stabbed him in the back!
The words 'father is kind and son is filial' sounded more like mockery and humiliation in his ears!
The ministers looked on.
Just as Li Dan had predicted, everyone thought of the day Li Xian entered the palace with his sword, and the two secret requests for Li Dan's death.
There were rumors that during this period of time, this Xiang King had even handed over a secret letter to stab him.
Thus, even though Li Xian raised his hand to block the whip, it was indeed a little out of line. The officials who knew the inside story did not think that Li Xian was rebellious because of this.
Moreover, Li Xian quickly admitted his mistake.
Wu Zetian looked at Li Dan and shook her head in disappointment.
In the battle between father and son, her son had lost completely!
After all, he was her son. Wu Zetian didn't want to see him embarrassed and ugly, so she changed the topic and said sternly,"Li Xian, I have come out today to watch your so-called Great Tang Glory Tournament.”
"The second is to see the achievements you have made in the old city.”
"Get on your horse and accompany me."
"Your grandson will obey."
After receiving the order, Li Xian quickly arranged for Qiao Junbei and Xue Chongjian to lead the commoners into the city.
He rode his horse to the waterwheel and introduced,""Imperial grandmother, this is the waterwheel I invented. By drawing water, it solved the problem of the old city's water usage. When we reach the old city, I will introduce the old city's water utilization system in detail to imperial grandmother.”
"Using waterwheel technology, we mobilized the people to build a total of 100 waterwheels along the river from the autumn harvest until winter.”
"Diversion water for more than two hundred miles."
"The water has been initially led to the concentrated farmland area. The frozen soil will melt in the spring next year. As long as the people dig canals to the fields, they can realize the transformation of 100,000 mu of dry land.”
"In addition, we are relying on the old city to build a domestic sewage manure measure. Next year, the production of 100,000 mu of dry land for the people in the old city will at least double.”
"The citizens of the old city can rely on a small amount of land to solve the problem of food and clothing.”
"No, to be precise, it's self-sufficient in food. The people of the old city now have a certain amount of money left because of the competition.”
……
Di Renjie and the others listened carefully. They dismounted and moved closer to the waterwheel and the reservoir to observe carefully.
Not long after Li Xian's family returned to the capital.
Although he had heard a lot about Li Xian.
However, he didn't understand these things in detail.
At this moment, after Li Xian and his son heard this, their faces were filled with shock.
Li Zhongrun couldn't help but ask,"Imperial brother, how many people are there in the old city?" Could one hundred thousand mu of land become self-sufficient in food after transformation?”
"Big brother, it's great that you're back.”"The old city has a population of more than 30,000 people, and the average cultivated land area is three mu. Moreover, it's all barren dry land."”
" After the fertilizer and water diversion, the output will double. It's absolutely guaranteed to meet the self-sufficient food supply!”
Li Zhongrun looked at the confident Li Xian and felt a little envious.
But he didn't dare to be like Li Xian.
Wu Zetian listened attentively in the imperial carriage. She pinched her fingers and kept calculating in her head.
At this moment, he said," You've done well. Indeed, after the transformation of the dry land, the output will double. It's possible to solve the problem of self-reliance in food and satisfy food and clothing.”
Li Xian looked in the direction of the imperial chariot.
He had to admit that Wu Zetian wasn't lucky to be able to stabilize the country.
Obviously, Wu Zetian knew the average yield of dry land and paddy field.
"Let's go, bring us into the city."
"Yes, sir!"
On the way, Wu Zetian asked,"Where's Long Fan? Why can't I see him?"”
"Grandson had some urgent matters to attend to and instructed Long Fan to do it.”
Wu Zetian frowned slightly.
He did not continue to ask about the specific matter. Li Xian did not tell her, and even if he asked, there would probably be no result.
A moment later, they arrived at the north gate.
"The water in the moat didn't freeze. It's indeed flowing water.”
"Is this still the old city?"
"When did the old city become so clean?”
……
As soon as they entered the city, the nobles who came with them discussed in surprise.
They knew the situation in the old city.
Dirty water flowed everywhere, and the streets were filled with filth.
It was a typical dirty mess.
But now, the streets were clean and tidy. Even the capital's Vermilion Bird Street was full of horse manure, but there was not a single piece here.
"Li Xian, it seems like you've put in a lot of effort to please the Sage Emperor.”Wu Yanji suddenly mocked.
Li Xian glanced at Wu Yanji." I, Li Xian, am not surnamed Wu. I won't bend my knees and act like a slave just to please anyone!”
"Ever since I repaired the old city, the people of each lane will take turns to clean it up.”
"Don't think that you can get hold of me and accuse me of abusing the people's power and giving out corvee.”
"This was done voluntarily by the citizens of the old city.”
"The old city is to create a comfortable, clean, and tidy environment. It is to complement the Great Tang's Glory Competition and create a city of leisure and entertainment.”
"Attract the capital's wealthy merchants and noble families to spend money here.”
"The people rely on the leisure and entertainment industry that focuses on competition to develop inns, wine shops, and other industries to achieve prosperity.”
"Every citizen of the old city understands that only by maintaining the clean and comfortable environment of the old city can more people be attracted to come. Moreover, they have already benefited from it!”
As Li Xian spoke, he didn't seem to want to say anything more. He waved his hand and glanced at Wu Yanji in disdain."Forget it, talking about the way to enrich the people and rule the world with a greedy rat is nothing more than playing the lute to a cow.”
"You!"
Wu Yanji's face was red as he glared at Li Xian with venomous eyes.
The ministers and even Wu Zetian were all savoring Li Xian's words.
As for Wu Yanji, no one paid any attention to him.
Only the Wu Clan's Kings had fire in their eyes, wishing they could stab Li Xian to death.
Li Xian got off his horse and walked not far away. He pointed at the small iron pipe connected to the bamboo pipe and introduced,"Imperial Grandmother, this is the city's water intake facility. There is a steel pipe that flows continuously near every neighborhood.”
"Running water can ensure that the iron pipe won't freeze, and the bamboo pipe is buried deep below.”
"Usually, if the commoners don't take this water, it will flow through this opening into the canal below. The canal is connected to the toilets one by one.”
"The filth of life will be washed to the lower south of the city.”
As Li Xian spoke, he walked forward and came to the wooden toilet a few steps away. He opened the door and introduced,"There's a toilet like this in every alley.”
"A large number of toilets have been built, which is very convenient for the people of the old city, as well as for the business travelers who come to the old city.”
"The excess water in the pipe will be directly poured into the moat from the south gate.”
"This is the city circulation system to ensure that the old city is clean, tidy, comfortable, and convenient.”
……
"It's more comfortable than the capital!"
"The capital should do the same."
"It would be great if the capital city did the same!”
……
The noble families were shocked as they discussed in whispers.
It was their first time in the old city, but in the past few months, their descendants had said too many flattering words about the old city.
Therefore, they were no strangers to the old city.
But now that he had seen it with his own eyes and heard Li Xian's introduction, he still revealed a look of surprise and envy.
Li Longji had been sizing up Li Xian the entire way. At this moment, he could not help but feel jealous when he heard the praise from the officials and nobles.
Wu Chengsi and the other Kings of the Wu Clan gritted their teeth in hatred.
With this, Li Xian would be famous!
One had to know that there were still hundreds of thousands of citizens who had entered the old city.
Everything that happened in the old city would be vividly spread among the people from today onwards!
The authorities of the Great Tang had a new understanding of Li Xian.
Everyone was shocked!
Wu Zetian looked deeply at Li Xian.
She had to admit that this grandson of hers was even more ruthless than her.
His ability to govern the world was also not inferior to hers!
At the very least, she couldn't transform the dry land with a minimal investment. She couldn't build such a clean, tidy, and comfortable city that relied on competition to prosper quickly!
Use him and kill him!
Wu Zetian was even more determined.
Li Xian was also secretly observing Wu Zetian, sneering in his heart: After reading this, if you want to use my knife, you have to give me the right to be promoted, right?
He was also waiting for this opportunity!
This was also the reason why he had put in so much effort to introduce them today.
Only with greater power could he accumulate more capital and rebuild the Great Tang!
"Let's go to the arena." Wu Zetian's deep voice sounded.
Anyone could hear the heaviness in Wu Zetian's voice.
They all knew that this heavy pressure originated from Li Xian's shocking talent!
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