The heat of summer makes the birds in the mountains and forests stop singing.

Zhang Yang looked up at the sky. The sky was blue and cloudless. The scorching sun made the ground very hot. He wore straw sandals and stepped on the ground for a long time until his feet were burned.

It is the most important time to harvest wheat. Lishan harvests wheat earlier than other counties. It is necessary to plant rice before autumn.

The villagers did not dare to have any delays in the grain harvest. Everyone braved the scorching sun and harvested bundles of wheat in time.

Looking for wheat ears among the finely chopped wheat stalks, uncovering them with both hands, and gently shaking them off, the wheat ears are falling away. Just watching this scene is soothing.

On this day, a big deal was negotiated on the grassland, and 13,000 hectares of pasture in the grassland were purchased for 8,000 guan.

Li Yue and her two aunts sat under the shade of the tree, looking at the harvest scenery in front of them.

Zhang Yang sat on the edge of the field and listened to Li Tai's story.

"Brother-in-law, there will be a lot of sheep and horses coming later. We are going to make a fortune."

For the herdsmen on the grasslands, the quality of their pastures can only depend on the weather. If their cattle and sheep freeze to death in any year, most of their profits will be lost at any time. This is too risky for them.

By contracting to Lishan, they can get a stable income and avoid risks. At the same time, they can use the cattle and sheep on the grassland to increase Lishan's income.

The information asymmetry prevents them from knowing how valuable wool is.

Sure enough, reading more is beneficial.

According to the current scale, the ranch contracted by Lishan is large enough.

Zhang Yang looked at the map handed over by Li Tai and found out that he had acquired some of the most fertile pastures east of Monan.

"All these things were done by people in the hands of King Wei?"

"How's it going? Isn't it beautifully done?"

"It's really beautiful, a little too beautiful."

Listening to his brother-in-law's words, Li Tai lowered his head again, "I knew I couldn't hide it from my brother-in-law. When did I start to doubt him?"

Zhang Yang put away the map and said, "Start with the milk powder business."

Simply sitting down cross-legged by the river, Li Tai said melancholy: "To be honest with my brother-in-law, in fact, in addition to the people of the Wei Palace, there are also several relatives of the clan who are involved in the grassland affairs. They were working in the father's Qin Palace many years ago.

They have been taking care of the members of the clan since my father ascended the throne."

"Since the soap business was discovered by my father, my father gave these people to me, and I arranged them in the grassland."

Li Tai whispered, "When the soap business started, the people who follow me are all trustworthy people in the palace of Prince Wei. They grew up with me. I treat them like family members. These people are all trustworthy, but I

I don’t know how much my father knows about things on the grassland.”

Li Yue took the account and looked at it carefully, "Even if my father knows it, as long as there is nothing wrong with the account books in our hands, we don't have to worry too much and just do our jobs well."

Zhang Yang thought about it, "Leave the grassland to your people to take care of it. The loss is our family's business. As long as you feel that there will be no loss, just go ahead and do it as much as possible. If something happens, you can only bear the loss yourself."

, just take it as a lesson, we can still afford to pay this small amount of money."

Li Tai smiled and nodded, "Brother-in-law, please don't worry, Sister Huang."

Li Tai controls tens of thousands of dollars in business a year, and his business skills need to be gradually improved. Now Lishan is taking care of these businesses and can help him complete them.

In the future, transactions will only get bigger and bigger, and it will not just be a transaction of thousands of dollars at a time.

Seeing Li Tai leave, Zhang Yang looked at his wife, "Our family will have to pay a lot of costs to train King Wei."

"Qingque has been very intelligent since he was a child. Now he is really high-spirited. He will understand after learning a lesson in the future."

Li Yue confirmed the accounts and handed them to Aunt Yang, "Auntie, please go to the warehouse and get 8,000 coins and give them to His Highness King Wei."

"Here."

"More than half of the money at home has been spent, and the profit from the cotton business in the past six months has been spent." Li Yue sat on the ground with her back against the tree, stroking her belly and squinting to enjoy the leisure and coolness at this time.

Noticing her husband's gaze, Li Yue hugged Zhang Yang's arm and put her body weight on her husband's shoulders, "Why are you looking at me like this?"

"If you had to take out eight thousand strings before, your temper would make you fall out."

Li Yue whispered, "We have so much property, and we will definitely spend more money in the future."

Zhang Yang held her back. His wife's back was actually very beautiful. She had been taught how to sit and walk upright since she was a child. She usually walked and sat upright with her back straight.

This makes her back look good, her back is very straight, and her shoulder blades and delicate oblique muscles are very straight.

The sitting and standing postures she has been taught since childhood have given her an almost perfect figure over many years.

This is also a living habit taught in the palace.

Especially when she ties up her hair, her dignified temperament makes people very comfortable.

"My wife is so open-minded."

Feeling her husband's movements, Li Yue grabbed his hand and hurriedly stopped the inappropriate behavior.

Zhang Yang cleared his throat, "Well, since we will have to spend a lot of money in the future, can my pocket money be increased a little in the future? For example, twenty cash a day."

Li Yue immediately made a serious face, "No!"

Zhang Yang thought, "There is no salt at home. I plan to buy it. Give me the money."

"I asked my aunt to buy it. I don't need my husband to worry about it. The family's money has to be taken care of for the children. Besides, a new home also costs money. It costs money to buy furniture. It costs money to hire a maid. And the wood in our house is not good.

, if you want to make furniture, you have to buy good purple wood."

Li Yue was thinking and talking, "Save all the money first, and then my husband and I will spend it slowly."

Zhang Yang kept waving the fan in his hand, and bargaining with his wife was a very unpleasant thing.

Once she has enough money in her account to get more money, it is even harder than reaching the sky.

The couple sat by the river for a long time, until the fish bit the hook and put the caught fish into the fish basket, the couple left.

On the other side of the village, Li Yuan is now in good physical condition. He plays Tai Chi with Sun Simiao and the others every morning, plays with the children from time to time, and chats with the elderly in the village.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As an old man who has sat on the throne, Li Yuan has also successfully become the backbone of the old people in the village.

Whether it is physical condition or mental condition, everything is developing for the better since arriving in the village.

At this moment, Li Yuan was facing the torture of his granddaughter, "Grandpa Huang, just drink this bowl of wort."

I drank this wort once last year, and Li Yuan kept waving his hands.

"If Grandpa Huang doesn't drink, I won't take Zhinu and Xiaowu to see Grandpa." Li Lizhi threatened.

Li Zhi has also grown a lot in the past two years. Although her eyes and cheeks are still childish, she has grown taller very quickly. Her conversation is almost as charming as Li Shimin's.

Upon hearing this threat, Li Yuan sighed, picked up the bowl of green wort, closed his eyes, raised his head and drank it down.

Li Lizhi took the empty bowl and said happily: "This is good."

She took Zongnu's hand and left with the bowl.

After drinking a bowl of wort, Li Yuan rinsed his mouth with boiled water to remove the grassy smell from his mouth.

Zhang Gongjin sat aside and said with a smile: "This is the only season of the year to drink, so don't let down the wishes of the juniors."

Li Yuan sighed: "I want to drink ale right now, but I don't know how much I will brew this year."

Zhang Gongjin looked at the tea in his cup again, "This tea is really boring to drink."

On the other side of the village, Li Shimin watched with his own eyes as Li Tai ordered people to move out boxes of copper coins.

Just looking at these coins made the emperor feel sad, and the palace was so nervous about expenses.

The expenses of the concubines in the palace depended on the financial support of their natal families.

Seeing Qingque asking people to move away the money, it sounds like eight thousand guan is really not much. Seeing is believing, which is really scary.

Aunt Yang and Li Tai finished checking, "Then I will hand it over to His Royal Highness King Wei."

Li Tai also held a book of accounts in his hand, "Don't worry, Auntie."

After handing over to his aunt, Li Tai shouted to his guards: "If you send it to the grassland, if there is a penny less, I will chop off your hands!"

"Here!" a group of guards shouted back.

Boxes of copper coins filled two carriages. Li Shimin watched this scene silently. If I had been Admiral Tiance before, I would have given this box of coins half a disaster.

Twenty guards escorted the two carriages and left.

When Li Tai came back, Li Shimin asked again: "Zhang Yang is so confident that you can transport the money out."

Li Tai put away the accounts and lifted up his belt, looking naive, "Father, don't worry, this is not the first time."

Li Shimin raised his head and looked at the soldiers and horses going away, "I think it's too much for 20 guards to escort 8,000 Guan. Do you think there are really no bandits in the Tang Dynasty who can stay open at night, or do you think Zhang Yang is lost?"

Even these eight thousand strings won’t hurt me.”

Li Tai smiled awkwardly, "Nothing has happened so far. The more money Lishan can earn, the more taxes my father will pay."

This is true. The more money there is in Lishan, the more taxes the court will receive. We already tasted this sweetness last year and are waiting for another tax calculation after autumn.

"I've been making ale first, and I've specially prepared more this year. It won't be too late for my father to drink the ale before returning to the palace, and stay in Lishan for a few more days."

Li Shimin nodded slightly.

Holding the account book in his arms, Li Tai quickly walked towards the village. What he didn't tell his father was that the escort of the money was of course not just the twenty guards. Every time the money was sent out, there were also Cheng Chumo's men protecting it in secret.
To be continued...