The Twenty-Third Chapter of History Changed

  Li Yuanxing has been procuring goods over the past few days, especially pearls. The treasures brought by the Japanese envoys from the Tang Dynasty are not worth mentioning in modern times, so he prepared more pearls to bring back.

  This time, Master Gui didn't teach Li Yuanxing any knowledge, but instead made things easier for him.

  It was another night, and Li Yuanxing made an excuse to go out for a walk, and again came to the mountain forest where he had crossed over. In the past few days, a simple wooden house had been built in the woods, which Li Yuanxing said was to experience forest life and purify his mind.

  Waking up from a dream, it was naturally a clear morning in the Tang Dynasty.

  It was just one night short of leaving Chang'an, and the soldiers guarding outside stood upright.

  "Everyone has worked hard!" Li Yuanxing asked, but didn't get any response. Only Hei Tan Ge walked over and said: "When on duty, do not speak, this is a military rule."

  Li Yuanxing truly liked these soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. They were tenacious, they were brave, they were fearless and they were loyal.

  He turned back into the tent, pulled out a long rope from the box and strung together a hundred strands of pearl bracelets. For Li Yuanxing, this thing was worth 20 yuan per strand, and 100 strands were only 2,000 yuan. Cultured pearls are not valuable, but they are uniform in size and color, and the workmanship is not bad, it's just that the grains are a bit small!

  "Take it, divide it!" Li Yuanxing didn't give anyone a chance to ask or refuse, and directly put the rope around the neck of a soldier outside the door. The soldier fainted on the spot as he stared at the dazzling pearl, his mind already reeling from calculating how much copper money it was worth.

  "Mr. Lang, he's fine!" The old wolf rushed over and only said these five words before having the guy who had fainted carried away.

  As for the pearl necklace strung together with a cord, the old wolf hung it around his own neck.

  Some things don't need to be said, Lao Lang dared to take Li Yuanxing's treasure, these people had long since sold their lives to Li Yuanxing.

  Hei Tan Ge stared at those pearls, not coming back to his senses until Lao Lang was about to take them away and divide them up. Hei Tan Ge suddenly became anxious: "Stop, leave two for me!"

  "Let it go, don't argue with the soldiers!" Li Yuanxing pulled back Hei Tan Ge, and returned to the tent again. This time, it was still a string of long hemp rope, but what was worn was a necklace, and the size of the pearls was larger than those given to the soldiers, more round and full.

  In front of Hei Tan Ge's solemn face, two maidservants came over, one carrying water and the other holding a breakfast tray.

  "Yours!"

  The two girls were frightened, such a heavy reward was beyond their imagination.

  In the Great Tang, being a slave was without status, even if you were beaten to death it would be no big deal. Who has ever heard of giving such valuable things to a slave girl? Hei Tan Ge laughed: "You two are lucky, wait for Wu Lang to give you a name, and from now on you'll have a background!"

  Li Yuanxing didn't understand, the historical knowledge he learned from Gui Ye was still insufficient.

  The two girls were overjoyed and burst into tears, unable to speak a word.

  Hei Tan Ge took three necklaces and stuffed them into his bosom without any politeness, had breakfast with Li Yuan Xing, and prepared to take Li Yuan Xing to inspect the manor. This manor was allocated to Li Yuan Xing, how big it is, how many good fields, how many poor fields, Li Yuan Xing has never seen before.

  On the night Li Yuanxing left, a large group of people actually came to the village, but Hei Tan Ge did not go to disturb Li Yuanxing.

  "Pay respects to the young master!" An old man bowed deeply to Li Yuanxing, which scared him out of his wits. In modern life, Li Yuanxing would never dare accept a bow from an elderly person, even if he was just a street urchin. He quickly dismounted and stretched out his hand to support the old man: "Sir, you mustn't do this!"

  "Good sir, you are benevolent!" The old man shouted loudly, and behind him, several hundred people bowed together, with the children all kneeling on the ground.

  "Hei Tan Ge then introduced to Li Yuan Xing: 'This village doesn't accommodate outsiders, everyone living here are military dependents. They all have a clear three-generation record and are reliable. Their children are all in the big camp over there, Wu Lang doesn't need to worry about outsiders, those untrustworthy things can't even get close to half a step, not just the inner village but also the outer village.'"

  Li Yuanxing's family is also considered peasants, but 21st-century peasants, especially those around big cities, don't live a hard life.

  It was not easy in the early years, but with no agricultural tax and the ability to work in cities, every household lived a good life.

  You can see these people, with a dull complexion, not one of them is fat. Although I dare not say that their clothes are tattered, they are all in rags, and most of the shoes are straw sandals, with fewer than five people wearing cloth shoes, which are also broken and cannot be worn again.

  "Lang Jun, this has passed the summer, and these four weeks are mostly wasteland. My intention is to plant beans last season, and I will not let the land lie idle!" The old man spoke again.

  Hei Tan Ge introduced him, and Li Yuan Xing, who was still in a daze, knew that this person was the village head.

  Looking at these poor people again, Li Yuanxing's face didn't look good, mainly because of the heartache. These were the tenants, or rather his own tenant farmers. Suddenly, from being a farmer to becoming like Huang Shiren, the wealthy landlord he used to see on TV as a child, it was hard for Li Yuanxing to accept.

  Seeing Li Yuanxing not speaking, Lǐ Zhèng said again: "If Lang Jun doesn't want to plant beans, he can also plant some vegetables."

  "Don't plant anything, don't even build a house for the next few days, just go flatten the land first. Let me think about it for a few days!" Li Yuanxing suddenly felt that he should do something for these people.

  Li Yuanxing's words were the highest decree for them, and no one complained or asked questions, but silently accepted. Li Zheng bowed deeply again, indicating that he had accepted Li Yuanxing's arrangement.

  They had been given half a year's worth of rations by Li Er, who had specifically instructed them to do so.

  At present, eating and drinking is not a problem, but they also have to consider their future livelihood. That's why, facing Li Yuanxing's request that they do nothing and don't build houses, everyone accepted it without any complaints.

  Such performance made Li Yuanxing think more that he should do something for them?

  A swift horse galloped up, and on it was Cheng Yaojin.

  After seeing Li Yuanxing, Cheng Yaojin did not say a word. Li Yuanxing felt that something was definitely wrong and also didn't speak, turning over to mount his horse, which Hei Tan Ge led swiftly back to the camp. Li Jing was also waiting here. Seeing Li Yuanxing return, he said in a low voice: "The day after tomorrow, the Holy One ascends to the throne!"

  "What? The day after tomorrow?" Li Yuanxing exclaimed.

  "That's right, today you'll enter Chang'an, tomorrow you'll enter the palace to meet the Emperor, and the day after tomorrow you'll accompany the Crown Prince to worship heaven and earth!"

  This is wrong. Historically, it was clearly in August that he ascended to the throne, and the news from the palace also confirmed that Li Yuan would abdicate in August. All this seems...

  Li Yuanxing had a thought in his mind that was both exciting and tense.

  History has changed!