The next morning, Li Zexuan woke up from his sleep, opened the window, and found that it had stopped raining all night. After a burst of rain, the fresh smell of earth came to his face. He immediately felt refreshed and practiced cross-legged on the bed for a while. After "Tai Xuan Sutra", Li Zexuan left the room.
In the front room, Han Lizheng and Wang Zhong have returned and are chatting there. Li Zexuan stepped forward to say hello to them and went to wash up.
After eating the breakfast carefully prepared by Han Yuxi, Li Zexuan said goodbye to Han Lizheng in the courtyard:
"Uncle Han, there has been a lot of trouble these past two days. Uncle Han, please pay more attention to that business. If you have any questions, just ask Uncle Wang or go directly to Chang'an City to see me. I'll be waiting for your mountain fruit wine in Chang'an."
"Don't worry, young master, I will take care of the mountain fruit wine matter. However, the road is slippery after the rain. Young master, you must be careful along the way."
"Well, it's okay." Li Zexuan looked back at Han Yuxi who was leaning against the door frame and watching him silently. This girl's eyes were red since she saw her in the morning. Could it be that the story he told last night was too sad? She cried later One night? He is also very reluctant to let go of this beautiful girl, but no matter how reluctant he is, he has to go back. This is not his home.
Li Zexuan actually enjoyed the quiet and elegant feeling when talking to Han Yuxi, but he didn't know what Han Yuxi thought of him. Maybe he had a little liking for him. He had a lot to say to her at the moment, but at this moment It was obviously not the right time. Thousands of words finally turned into a sigh:
"Yuxi, take care!"
After that, he turned around and left with the group of people.
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Back home, Li Zexuan was pulled over by his mother to "enjoy" maternal love again. He told her about the purchase of Shanguo Wine by the way. Mrs. Li didn't care much about the business, since her son thought he could make money. , of course she would support it, and gave Li Zexuan a thousand dollars for him to use first, and his mother would naturally take care of his father's side.
Li Zexuan was very happy to receive a thousand gu in financial support from his family's "chairman". Being the second generation of rich people is good. He can just ask his mother for money to invest in any business he likes. It's not like the time-travel novels he read in his previous life. , some protagonists traveled to ancient times and were penniless, and had to work hard to make glass and perfume to obtain their first entrepreneurial capital.
Li Zexuan said that it would take too much brain cells to make those things, and he didn’t want to do them yet. His family was already so rich, and there was no need for him to make those inventions. What he has to do now is to find ways to spend money. A few days ago, my mother was encouraging him to become a prodigal son. There is a long way to go.
When he arrived at Xiyuan, he was about to go back to the study to plan the renovation plan of Shanguo Wine, when he found Lan'er waiting for him in the side hall of Xiyuan.
"Lan'er, what's in this thing you're holding?"
Li Zexuan asked, pointing to a thick bamboo tube in Lan'er's hand.
"This is Lan'er's general Wei Qing. He is very powerful. Brother, let me show you."
Lan'er handed the bamboo tube in her hand over as if offering a treasure.
Li Zexuan's face was full of doubts, Wei Qing? What the hell? I took the bamboo tube, lifted the lid slightly, looked inside, and saw a green locust. Then I remembered that the source of the conflict in the Hanjiazhuang threshing floor yesterday was a few of them little guys fighting grasshoppers. Unexpectedly, Lan'er Li Zexuan couldn't help but feel a little amused that he named this grasshopper Wei Qing.
But before the smile on Li Zexuan's face bloomed, it froze on his face. Then his expression changed slightly, and his eyes when he looked at "Wei Qing" became a little uncertain.
Li Zexuan had not studied the history of the Tang Dynasty in detail in his previous life, but he still knew about some major events that happened in the Tang Dynasty. Some of them were read in novels and some were seen in TV series.
Li Zexuan remembered that in the second year of Zhenguan, an unprecedented locust plague occurred in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, locusts covered the sky and swept the entire Guanzhong Plain.
The locusts covered the sky and poured down on the ground. The land they passed was thousands of miles of bare ground. Even the trees and weeds could not escape the mouth of the locusts, let alone the crops.
Last year, Li Ergang and Turk Jieli signed the humiliating Weishui Alliance, in order to gain a breathing space for the Tang Dynasty. The people of the Tang Dynasty had just ushered in the long-awaited peace, but they did not expect to face this devastating disaster. , how pitiful!
Li Zexuan saw on some forums in his previous life that when the locusts came, there were rumors among the people that this was God's punishment for Li Er killing his brother and imprisoning his father to seize the throne. Li Erbai refused to argue. History books record:
Emperor Taizong went into the garden to look at the grain and saw locusts. He picked a few locusts and cursed: "People depend on grain as their livelihood, and you eat it, which is harmful to the people. The people have made mistakes, but it is only one person who has a spirit, but it will harm me." The heart is harmless to the people." When he was about to swallow it, the people on the left and right suddenly admonished him: "I'm afraid it will cause illness, so don't do it." Taizong said: "I hope to avoid the disaster, why should I avoid it?" Then he swallowed it.
Li Zexuan was quite shocked when he saw this. It was not without reason that Li Er eventually became the emperor of the ages. His mind, his magnanimity, and his charisma were truly beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Li Zexuan remembered that some keyboard warriors commented under that post that Li Er swallowed the locusts just for show, to show that he loved the people like a son. Li Zexuan sneered at this. Li Er swallowed the locusts alive with the dignity of an emperor regardless of the danger, no matter what the purpose. It is admirable. Li Zexuan asked himself that if it were him, he would not dare to eat locusts alive.
Although the Tang Dynasty has begun to show its prosperity at this time, with the current foundation of the Tang Dynasty, it is obvious that it cannot withstand this catastrophe. Once the locust plague comes, the land will be starved to death, and there will even be human tragedies such as people exchanging their children and eating them. .
So the question is, what can he do for this era before the locust plague comes? Although he came to this world not long ago, there are already many people in this world who care about him and the people he cares about, such as his relatives, such as Han Lizheng, Han Yuxi, and the simple and lovely farmers in Hanjiazhuang. Only then did he realize that he had fallen in love with this era and the people of the Tang Dynasty.
"Brother, brother?" Lan'er noticed that Li Zexuan's "Wei Qing" was staring blankly at her, motionless, and pushed his arm.
"Oh, Lan'er, you go and play with Xiao He and Xiao Xi first. Brother has some things to deal with now. Brother will tell you a story tonight." Li Zexuan was interrupted by Lan'er from deep thought and said to Lan'er.
"Oh, brother must remember to tell Lan'er a story that night." Lan'er was a little unhappy. She originally wanted to come over to show off her invincible general "Wei Qing" to her brother, but now it seems that her brother is indeed in trouble, so she has to leave. .
inside the house.
Li Zexuan was alone, frowning and meditating. He was recalling how the protagonists in the novel who traveled to the Zhenguan Tang Dynasty solved the locust plague problem. He remembered that some people seemed to have taken potatoes with them when they traveled through time, and promoted potato cultivation in the Tang Dynasty, allowing the people of the Tang Dynasty to survive the locust plague. This was a good idea. But he is a soul traveler. Before the time travel, he couldn't even bring potatoes in his pocket. What should he do
How about telling Li Er directly and asking him to prepare in advance? No, first of all, he can't even see Li Er now. Even if he does, people won't believe you if you tell him. Instead, they will accuse you of misleading the public. Secondly, even if Li Er believed it, apart from hoarding food in advance, the methods he could take were extremely limited.
Li Zexuan rubbed his head in annoyance and thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a practical solution.
Forget it, think about it slowly, anyway, there is still more than a year before the locust plague.
(End of chapter)