Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

It was more than half an hour before Li Shimin came belatedly, and he didn't come by himself. Six ministries from three provinces came.

The team was huge, with dozens of carriages alone. After Li Shimin got off the chariot, Li Shen and others hurried over to greet him.

"I've seen Aye." Li Shen and Lu Dingniang stood at the front and saluted.

"I have seen Your Majesty."

"Old Shi, your road is really well built. It's wide and smooth, and it's not afraid of rain and snow erosion." Li Shimin praised the road from Huangzhuang to Chang'an.

The main thing is that the journey is not bumpy at all.

"Aye, in fact, if we in the Tang Dynasty could, we should build this kind of road. The road is wider and can carry more carriages. It is hard and does not need to be repaired every year." Li Shen began to talk about the benefits of building roads.

"Well, it's good, but the court can't afford it. There are more than ten thousand roads in the Tang Dynasty. How can there be so much money." Li Shimin shook his head. He wanted to do it too, but the court really had no money.

"Aye, I can help pay for the repair, but I need the toll rights of this road for ten years." Li Shen thought of building an expressway.

"Oh? The national treasury doesn't even have that much money, do you have it?" Li Shimin asked curiously

"No, but I can build one road first, then charge money on this road, and slowly build the others. One day we can finish them all." Li Shen shook his head and said.

"Charge, how to charge? Do you have to pay to go your way? How is this different from searching for people's wealth and people's anointing." Li Shimin disagreed when he heard the charge.

"Aye, we'll discuss the details later. Didn't you come to see the stove today?" Li Shen didn't elaborate. There were many officials from aristocratic families here, and Li Shen didn't want to share his plans with them.

Seeing that Li Shen was unwilling to elaborate, Li Shimin also knew that the occasion was not right, so he nodded and said;

"Okay, let's go into Zhuangzi and have a look."

When you enter Zhuangzi, you can see that every chimney is smoking, and the smoke is curling up. Li Shimin did not turn on the main road, but went to other streets.

Then I randomly found a house and walked in. This imperial village used to be Li Shimin's own, and many of the family members here were his family members who fought with him in the past.

Li Shimin walked around the house and took a look. Li Shen's houses were all of the same standard. The two-acre house was free and the people could not make any demands. If there were demands, you could pay for it and build it yourself.

"Your Majesty." Suddenly an old man came over, knelt down with a thud, and shouted to Li Shimin through the guards.

Li Shimin took a closer look and saw that this man was in his 50s, had only one left arm, and the right sleeve was empty. His face was covered with wrinkles, and he looked familiar.

However, Li Shimin was certain that this man must have fought with him.

Li Shimin took a few steps forward without hesitation.

"Little man, Zhao San, the guard of the Prince of Qin's Mansion, has met your Majesty." Zhao San kowtowed to Li Shimin excitedly.

"Get up quickly." Li Shimin personally stepped forward to help him up. He was an old man. The guards at the Qin Prince's Palace were all from the Wude period. At that time, Li Shimin was still the King of Qin and led troops to suppress rebellions.

"In what year did you retire?" Li Shimin asked

"Your Majesty, I retired due to injury in the seventh year of Wude." Zhao San replied.

"It's been seven years of Wude, almost 20 years. It's really hard on you." Li Shimin said with emotion, touching Zhao San's empty right sleeve.

"Serve His Majesty, and the villain will die."

"How are you doing now?"

"Thanks to your Majesty's care, I retired to the Imperial Mansion, married a wife and had children. Later, Your Majesty gave the Imperial Mansion to His Highness King Ji. King Ji heard that the villain was injured in the battle with His Majesty.

His Royal Highness King Ji was so kind that he built a house for the villain and gave him [-] Wen for living expenses every month. How can a villain, He De, be so loved by Your Majesty?

If there is another war with Your Majesty, I am willing to follow Your Majesty into battle to kill the enemy. "

Zhao San became more and more excited as he spoke, and even shed two lines of tears. The people during this period were still very simple. They are grateful to anyone who treats them well.

"You lived and died for the Tang Dynasty. You deserve all this." Li Shimin was very satisfied with Li Shen's actions.

Zhao San is a guard of the Marriage Affairs Office. His main function is not to go into battle to kill the enemy, but to protect Li Shimin. When Li Shimin charges into battle, he uses his life to help Li Shimin block arrows and knives.

Although Li Shimin didn't remember it, he was certain that Zhao San's arm must have been broken because of him.

Seeing that Li Shimin was a little excited, Li Shen hurried up and said:

"Don't worry, Aye, I'll take care of them later. Let's take a look at the stove first."

In fact, Li Shen did not expect that this Zhao San was actually an old man from the former Qin Prince's Palace, but this was better. After Li Shimin saw it, his credibility became even higher.

After hearing this, Li Shimin followed Zhao San into the inner house. Even though it's only two acres, it's still a three-acre house.

Zhao San lived with his eldest son. Li Shimin asked Zhao San to take him to his residence to have a look.

When Li Shimin entered the room, he felt a rush of heat in the room. The room is very simple. There is only a stove near the window.

Li Shimin came closer and saw that the stove was burning brightly. Li Shimin came closer and took a deep breath. There was still some smell.

"Zhao San, is your stove always burning?" Li Shimin turned to Zhao San and asked

"Reply to Your Majesty, my stove usually only burns when it's cold. I just need to chop some firewood to burn the kang. Your Majesty is kind-hearted. It doesn't cost us a lot to burn this honeycomb briquette.

Usually after burning, you can go to the back mountain to get it. But we all know that the prince will have to sell this thing for money in the future, so we can save whatever we can for the prince. "Zhao San answered honestly.

Li Shen was very touched by what he said, what a simple farmer,

"Next time, don't save it. It's not even worth a few bucks. Zhang Da turned around and told the other villagers to burn it as much as you want. I have plenty of money." Li Shen patted his chest and said grandly.

All the ministers curled their lips after hearing this.

Li Shimin tested the temperature with his hands again, and saw a small crack in the window next to him, and asked, "

"They say coal is poisonous, aren't you afraid of being poisoned?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I was actually afraid at first, but later the housekeeper said that the prince himself would use it, and the prince is much more valuable than us, so we also used it.

Usually, whenever there is a smell in the house, we just open the windows a little, and the smell will disappear after a while. Especially the bigger the fire, the less flavor it has. "

Li Shimin touched the kang with his hand again, and it was warm to the touch.

"Let's go and look at other homes."

Zhao San sent Li Shimin to the door, full of gratitude.

Li Shimin went to another street and chose a restaurant that was similar to Zhao San, which made Li Shimin very happy.

"How wonderful it would be if the world were like an imperial village. The people would have no worries about food and clothing, live and work in peace and contentment, and the Tang Dynasty would be peaceful and peaceful."

After seeing a few of them, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the houses on both sides of the street.

"Aye, in fact, a small courtyard like this can be built with more than 20 guan. An ordinary craftsman in our workshop can build a small courtyard with [-] guan per month, which is six guan a year.

They don't need to buy food. They can eat meat every now and then. They can save more than three guan a year, and they can build a house like this in seven or eight years. "Li Shen's house can be said to be equivalent to a small villa.

If future generations want to build a villa in the countryside, office workers of [-] or [-] cannot afford it.

"You mean to develop business so that people can work, but who will farm the land?" Li Shimin said.