Around the city of Chang'an, let alone adding hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land, even adding a few thousand acres of land would be a very good political achievement for local officials. However, in Goguryeo, there are many wastelands. As long as you put in the effort to mine them, there will be more land for producing grain.
Especially in the coastal plains, it is very easy to cultivate a piece of land. Originally, there was a lack of labor. Now there are so many Goguryeo captives and many prisoners of war transported from other places. These people are the best labor force. Under the supervision of the Tang Dynasty immigrants, these people work from five in the morning to eight in the evening.
Although it was a little hard, compared to those rebels, at least they had enough food and drink every day. Of course, they were just not hungry.
"Your Majesty, you are the king from Chang'an, right? Please save us. Aren't you the king from the Celestial Empire? How can you treat us like this? This is the Celestial Empire..."
What Lord Fang didn't expect was that just as he arrived at the field, a Goguryeo slave came running over to complain. But before this guy could finish speaking, Lord Fang's guard next to him raised his knife and killed him directly.
Killing someone in front of the prince, this must be made clear in Chang'an, otherwise no one would dare to draw a knife, but this is Goguryeo, and the guard said it very clearly. Who knows what this guy is doing here? If he hurts His Highness, all the people in our camp will die here and we won't be able to explain ourselves.
"Wang Laoliu, what the hell did you do to me?"
The Tang Dynasty immigrant in the fields was also startled. When he heard the official calling his name, he ran over in a panic. He wanted to show off in front of the prince and let the prince see the dozen or so slaves he had trained, but who knew that someone would dare to complain? This scared him to death.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. Your Highness, please forgive me. I didn't know these bastards were so bold. I've already told them to keep their heads down while they work. If they don't raise their heads, I'll beat these bastards to death today."
The old man was so scared that he kept kowtowing to the King of Wu. After such a thing happened, let alone being a standard model household, even an ordinary farmer would do better than him.
After all, the King of Wu had been to the battlefield. Although he had just seen the snow, he quickly regained his composure. If it were King Li Tai of Wei, he would probably have lost the court here.
"There's no need to be like this, old man. Just get up. This was originally the territory of Goguryeo, so it's normal for something like this to happen. You don't have to take it to heart. I'm not someone who hasn't seen blood before."
After hearing what King Wu Li Ke said, his subordinates breathed a sigh of relief. If King Wu were to investigate this matter, they would probably be held responsible. This was indeed a mistake on their part. Even if Li Xiang were here, they would still be held accountable.
Just as the King of Wu was speaking, another slave in the field was also dragged away. This person was the woman of the man just now. So if your man has committed a crime, you will lose the opportunity to work here. Although this job in the fields only pays you three steamed buns a day, at least you can see the sky and the sun. But if you don't obey, you can only be thrown into the navy's maintenance team.
Today's navy warships are all made of wood, and there is a high possibility that they will be damaged outside, so you guys just stay in the water.
Of course, Li Xiang was not a cruel person. He only let them stay in the water to punish them. After the punishment was enough, he would let them go ashore, otherwise they would be soaked to death in a few days.
The woman who was dragged away was also screaming, but King Wu knew that this was the local custom. Since your man broke the rule, no one can be kind. What if the man just now really came to assassinate him, he might lose his head.
"How long has the old man been here?"
The King of Wu squatted on the ground and watched the Goguryeo slaves working, and he admired Li Xiang very much in his heart.
At that time, many people wanted to massacre the city to avenge the Tang soldiers who died that year, but Li Xiang persuaded them all. If they killed all these people, who would make money for us? Of course, the greatest punishment for them would be to squeeze out the last bit of labor from them.
"Your Highness, I've been here for two years now. When I first arrived, all this land around me was barren. The court gave me this hundred acres of land, and I didn't know where to start. Fortunately, they gave me twelve slaves, which are much more productive than cattle and horses..."
“Ahem…”
Seeing this guy talking more and more outrageously, the officials beside him could only give him a slight warning, and the old farmer immediately shut up. Why can't he control his mouth? He is telling His Highness what he said in the fields. His Highness is a gentleman, a scholar, how can he listen to us?
"This is called a Goguryeo helper..."
After hearing the words from the old man, King Wu Li Ke also laughed. Li Xiang was really an interesting guy. He treated people like cattle and horses, but he gave them the name of a helper, which was indeed much better than a slave.
"Does every household have such slaves, ah no, helpers?"
King Wu Li Ke also had to adapt to the local customs. He knew earlier that these people were slaves, but since they had a new name for them, and it seemed more civilized than slaves, then as a prince, he had to keep up. His ability to accept new things was better than that of these ordinary people.
"When we first arrived, there were ten of us in one family. Later, more of them committed crimes, so we killed those who deserved to be killed, and threw those who deserved to be thrown away. That left only seven or eight of us in one family. Later, we captured another group from the mountains. Now there are twelve of us in your family, eight boys and four girls. The boys are really good at work, but the girls are..."
Seeing that this guy was talking nonsense again, the manager next to him could only cough again, and the old man stopped immediately, otherwise he would have told everything about the foot binding and the like.
King Wu Li Ke smiled and waved his hand. This guy had lived in the palace for a long time and had never chatted with ordinary people outside. He didn't expect that chatting with ordinary people would be such an interesting thing. No wonder Li Chengqian said that Li Xiang often did such things. Only by getting close to the ordinary people can he know what they need most and be loved by them.
