Qin Shaoyou was puzzled for a while. He originally thought that Li Xian would have worked hard for two years ascended the throne, but who knew that this was the case.

He sighed in his heart, but he was speechless. It seemed that Li Xian couldn't expect anything, so he sat down and talked to Li Xian for a few words.

Li Xian seemed to be quite concerned about Qin Shaoyou and Shangguan Chen. He smiled and said, "I heard that Shangguan Chen has been quite glorious in Luoyang recently, and he sang every night. Alas, sometimes I really envy him."

"Yes." Qin Shaoyou smiled and said, "I am quite envious." So he spread his hands: "He has a good personality and can be drunk even if the sky falls."

Shangguan Chen is now granted the title of Marquis of Jizhou for his merits, and with the financial support of Meng Jin, he spends money like soil in Luoyang.

Recently, Mengjin has been integrating with the Kanto gentry again. If Wang Ju is the lubricant for Mengjin and the gentry, then Shangguan Chen is the lubricant for Guandong officials and some children in Luoyang.

Many people want to test Qin Shaoyou's thoughts or find out their confidence. Most of them are through Shangguan Chen. Shangguan Chen is a good friend in relationships. Anyone who comes into contact with him can get familiar with others by getting rid of it in just a few seconds. He is thick-skinned and not afraid of trouble. When he gets up every day, he just wants to visit someone or invite someone to drink.

He set up a separate courtyard in Luoyang, called Zhulou, with red walls and green tiles, and was magnificent. He also hired famous chefs from all over the world to prepare good wine and tea, and to raise a group of singers. Zhulou was crowded with people every day, and small circles were gathered together. At first, everyone just wanted to test him, but over time, they had a lot of fun with him and felt very happy. They often went in and out of Zhulou, drank with him every day, and laughed every day.

Since he received Qin Shaoyou's money, of course he could not spend it at will, so he would create a special list. Register a personal name, what is the family background of this person, who has any relatives and relatives, and now he has any position. What did the ancestors do for the 18th generation, and invited him to have a drink today, where he would go to the banquet tomorrow, and what he said were recorded in detail. Every once in a while, he would send him to Mengjin.

Now that Li Xian mentioned Shangguan Chen, Qin Shaoyou suddenly realized that he came to find out the news himself. What to do when entering the palace? Shangguan Chen is the real Baixiaotong. Most of the news in Luoyang is nothing he didn't know. At least he spent so much money, so he didn't ask who he asked.

After thinking about it, Qin Shaoyou felt relaxed. He said a few more words to Li Xian and said, "I have entered the palace for a few days, I am afraid I will go to pay homage to the emperor."

Qin Shaoyou started his business with Wu Zetian. Although he helped Li Xian, he would not succeed in entering the palace without seeing Wu Zetian. If he went to see him secretly and let Empress Wei know, he would have to make trouble, so it would be better to just talk.

After hearing this, Li Xian said, "Okay, it's time to visit me. The emperor's body has improved." He had some complicated emotions towards Wu Zetian, but he could understand Qin Shaoyou very well.

Qin Shaoyou glanced at Li Xian and felt sighing in his heart. This emperor was so complicated that it was a bit difficult to explain. He was a very kind person, but it was a pity that he should not be called a widow.

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Qin Shaoyou said goodbye and left. He walked towards Ziwei Palace and happened to run into Shangguan Wan'er.

Shangguan Wan'er looked a little thinner. She pursed her lips and smiled, saying, "Your Highness, Prince Hongnong, is such a rare guest."

"Ah..." Qin Shaoyou looked ashamed and said, "Shame, ashamed, there are many things in Hongnong. It's because I don't care about my old love with the emperor, but I can't get rid of myself."

Shangguan Wan'er understood it very well, pursed her lips and said, "No one in Luoyang City knows about you in Hongnong. The Emperor has also heard of some of them. The Emperor said that Wei's moves well, but your moves better. Shence Army, no matter how powerful it is, it is just a military horse. You can use this to protect yourself and gain a foothold, but it is not enough to achieve great things. Compared with the high sects of Cui, what you lack is the four surnames of Guandong?"

Qin Shaoyou smiled awkwardly: "It makes people laugh, is the emperor also concerned about Meng Jin's affairs?"

Shangguan Wan'er said seriously: "This is naturally. The emperor's body has improved a little. It is also a pleasure to keep it in Ziwei Palace, but some things are not at ease."

Qin Shaoyou entered Ziwei Palace with Shangguan Wan'er and chatted. Shangguan Wan'er said, "My younger brother is really not good. He makes jokes every day and eats wine on the tree. I really don't know what to do?"

After Qin Shaoyou asked, he couldn't help laughing. It turned out that this guy was drunk when he was drinking with someone and had to climb a tree. He climbed onto the trunk and fell asleep soundly. The servants were scared to death, but they didn't dare to bother him, so they put two feet high straw under the tree. Unexpectedly, the guy didn't fall down. When he woke up, he felt unsatisfied and said that he wanted to build a tree house on the tree and give himself an alias, called Shu Jushi.

Qin Shaoyou said: "If he likes it, just let him go. It is not a bad thing to have such a mind. People should always be naive and be more naive. Wouldn't it be tiring to be like you?"

Shangguan Wan'er moved her lotus feet, but couldn't help but say, "Aren't your highness tired?"

Qin Shaoyou smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, yes."

When he arrived outside the bedroom, Shangguan Wan'er informed him first that Qin Shaoyou was called into the hall. Sure enough, he saw that Wu Zetian's complexion had improved a lot, and she was radiant, even with less hair. Qin Shaoyou was busy saluting and said, "My minister Qin Shaoyou, I have seen the emperor."

Wu Zetian seemed very happy and said hurriedly: "Get up, get up, why don't you bring Ling Yue together? Did she forget my mother?"

Qin Shaoyou said: "Your Highness the Princess has been busy with some things recently."

"But I don't know what's going on?"

Qin Shao let out a slight move and smiled bitterly: "For the business of the Ma City, the business in the Ma City is good now, so Shence Mansion purchased a large piece of land and planned to raise cattle and horses in captivity, specifically for the purpose of the Ma City."

Wu Zetian was both angry and funny, and said, "She really got into the money market, the horse market... I heard recently that every few days, thousands of cattle and horses are sent from the front line?"

Qin Shaoyou said: "Yes, the caravan sent tea and cloth to the Wolf Bastion outside the border. After the transaction, he transported the fur and cattle and horses back. Now I am promoting these things, which has achieved great results."

Wu Zetian was very interested in this, and she couldn't help but say, "Promote ox and horses, and you can continue talking."

Qin Shaoyou said: "There are only two kinds of precious things in the world, one is human and the other is land. However, manpower is limited after all, so we will vigorously promote cattle to replace manpower. In the past, one person only planted thirty acres of land at most. Now with more cattle, one person can plant 60 acres. Naturally, there are no need to focus on the ground. As for promoting horses, it is for transportation. If a person walks, he cannot go to a place within a radius of fifty miles a day. However, with horses, he can go hundreds of miles. If he walks faster, the benefits will be great."

In terms of economy, Qin Shaoyou has indeed been working hard on promoting cattle and horses.

He said to Wu Zetian as soon as he clicked, but Wu Zetian didn't understand these things very well, but Qin Shaoyou knew that there were really great benefits here. Cattle could liberate manpower, and human power could work in large quantities without reducing production. In this way, the planting area of ​​people who farmed can expand, grow more food, and eat a full meal. People who work can make various goods to increase their own income. People's income will increase, and their consumption capacity will increase, and they can buy more produced goods. This is a positive cycle. While farming is the basis, they gradually embark on an economic mode.

As for horses, they are just transportation on the surface, but in fact they can increase their range of activities. The reason why small farmers are small farmers is because their understanding of the world is just a palm-sized world, so even if there are good seeds, it is difficult to promote them. Even if there are updates and new appearances, it has nothing to do with them. In this era, except for the children of the gentry and merchants, most people are frogs in the well. Some people will never get out of the boundary of a hundred miles in their lifetime, and their understanding of the world is limited to this. Once the scope of activities is increased, if it is a horse.

If it can be popularized in large numbers, people's understanding of the world will be expanded even more. Many things can be promoted quickly, and some new farming concepts can also be spread quickly. In fact, the biggest gap between small farmers and gentry is not the amount of wealth, but to some extent, the level of vision, so most people denounce small farmers as fools. Once people's mobility increases, the original small peasant economy will be even more vulnerable. This is almost the last straw that crushes the small peasant economy, and it can greatly stimulate consumption.

Qin Shaoyou was very concerned about this, so he almost sold the cattle and horses transported from Wolf Fort at a low price. He even directly compensated the oxen to some poor people, and tried every means to use these animal powers to improve people's horizons and improve their productivity.

Moreover, in this era, due to low productivity, many lands are difficult to cultivate due to insufficient manpower. Once the animal power is available, a new wave of land and land in Hongnong County should appear, and the land in Hongnong County will increase a lot.

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Chapter completed!