"It turns out that it's not difficult to do business," Cen Wenben said.

Li Zheng took Cen Wenben to the construction site in the residential area. It was noon and many people were lying in the shade of the trees to rest.

Cen Wenben asked a villager and said, "Do you guys don't work?"

The villagers were asleep and took a nap and didn't want to pay attention. They opened their eyes and saw Li Zheng coming and stood up.

Li Zheng introduced: "This is Cen Zhongshu from the court. He is here to visit us. I know that you all have worked hard."

The villagers didn't know any etiquette and didn't know how to ceremonies, but just smiled honestly and said, "We don't work at noon, it's all in the morning and evening."

Cen Wenben then asked, "Then has your county marquis forced you to work?"

As soon as these words came out, several villagers stood up and said vigilantly: "Do you, the official, want to frame our county marquis?"

Several nearby villagers walked closer, and Cen Wenben immediately took a few steps back and looked at Li Zheng beside him.

Li Zheng hurriedly persuaded: "Don't be so excited, they just ask casually."

The villagers said, "Zheng'er, if these officials bully you, you will tell your uncles and uncles."

The smile on Cen Wenben's face became more and more painful, and he hurriedly explained: "You have misunderstood. I am just a routine business, and it's all business."

The villagers shouted again: "You can't frame us at will in business."

"Of course." Cen Wenben nodded quickly.

He couldn't ask any more. Cen Wenben left here and walked to the other side, and said to Li Zheng who was following him: "The people of the county marquis are so good."

"It's because they take care of me more."

Cen Wenben asked a few more villagers next and probably understood the situation here.

Before leaving, Cen Wenben said to Li Zheng: "Recently, many people in Chang'an have struggled to recruit people's strength and have died."

"These things are heard below."

Cen Wenben explained: "After your Majesty knowing about this, he has issued an order. If there is any such thing, it will never be tolerated. Now everyone is investigating whether there is such a thing."

"Shu Cen Zhongshu is burdened."

"It's just that I'm doing my duty as a minister. The lower-ranking official will report to Your Majesty. The lower-ranking official will tell you the matter of the county marquis."

"Let's go slowly."

Li Zheng bid farewell to Cen Wenben, and then Li Yifu came up and asked, "Are we okay?"

"It's okay." Li Zheng said to Li Yifu: "If you pass on the message, our county will recruit people."

“Recruiting personnel?”

"Now that such a ban has been issued in the court, many people will probably have no work to do. Now is a good time for us to recruit staff, and the wages are still the same as before."

After thinking about it, Li Yifu understood Li Zheng’s purpose.

"The county marquis is really..."

Li Zheng: "Take the robbery?"

Li Yifu shook his head, "It should be a way to remove the firewood from the bottom of the pot."

Cen Wenben returned to the court to report to Li Shimin about the situation in Jingyang County.

Li Shimin asked in a low voice: "So, Li Zheng not only did not work hard to recruit labor, but also treated the villagers well?"

Cen Wenben nodded, "It's true."

Li Zhengjingyang has always had a good reputation, which is obvious to all.

Li Shimin could feel the trust of those villagers in Li Zheng several times when he went to Jingyang County.

Li Zheng was born in Jingyang County, and the villagers watched Li Zheng grow up.

Of course, there will be people who are suspicious and some are gossiping.

If you are upright, you are not afraid of your shadow slanting. Even if someone talks, as long as Li Zheng does a good job, he will naturally be self-defeating.

I thought that Li Zheng would suffer some losses this time, at least he would be impeached.

Li Shimin took a sip of cold water in distress, and those censors who were suspicious of the unreasonable news were indeed taken care of.

Although Li Zheng wanted to draw a clear line, he did not want to be alienated from Li Zheng.

I don’t know if Li Zheng will think too much about this incident.

Li Junxian came to the front of the hall and reported inwardly: "Your Majesty, you have found out who the land on Bashang is."

Li Shimin calmed down and asked, "Say."

"Here." Li Junxian first handed over a memorial, "It has been verified that the land on Bashang had been resold three months ago and several hands were resold."

Li Shimin yelled angrily: "There are strict orders in the court that are not allowed to sell land privately, and some people dare to trade like this under the ban from the court!"

Li Junxian lowered his head and explained: "First, a side branch of the Changsun family sold it to a wealthy family in Chang'an. The rich family sold it to a businessman in Luoyang at a relatively high price, and then transferred it to Cui's family in Qinghe several times."

Li Shimin looked through the memorial and clearly stated when to trade and the specific money of the transaction.

Li Shimin said to Li Junxian: "Take down the names of the people involved in the memorial one by one! Take them all into Dali Temple for interrogation."

Li Junxian asked: "There are the Changsun family and five surnames on it..."

Li Shimin angrily threw down the memorial and said, "Take it all for me to investigate! I don't care whether they are from the Changsun family or from the five surnames!"

"Here!"

Li Junxian got up and went to do business.

A storm seems to have led to a major case.

Cen Wenben thought to himself.

Li Shimin asked the eunuch beside him to give Cen Wenben a bowl of sour plum soup, "Thank you too, have a drink of the soup."

Cen Wenben took the bowl of tea and said, "Thank you Your Majesty to give the tea."

This hot summer day, it’s best to drink a bowl of sour plum soup.

It is rare to drink sour plum soup that can relieve heat and quench thirst like this in this season.

Looking at Cen Wenben, he finished drinking a bowl of sour plum soup.

No matter how he looked like he was drinking, he looked very disgusted.

Li Shimin also picked up the sour plum soup placed on his table and tasted it carefully.

The taste is obviously very good.

Li Shimin asked, "Isn't it delicious?"

Cen Wenben smiled and said, "It's delicious."

"We must check it out in addition to Jingyang. Thank you for your hard work these days."

"I have sued."

Li Shimin sat alone in the Ganlu Hall and said to himself: "Is it because Cen Wenben doesn't like sour plum soup?"

Maybe he doesn't like Cen Wenben at all.

Li Shimin ordered the eunuch: "It's so hot that I can't stand the heat now, so I'll distribute some sour plums to the Dukes of various countries."

With sour plums to relieve the heat, they must be a little better.

More than an hour later, the palace maid sent a package, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, Your Highness, sent some ice to come over."

"Ice? Where did he get ice?"

There are also some ice hidden in the palace, but the quantity is very small and it is necessary to save money.

The palace maid explained: "The person sent by His Highness the King of Wei said it was ice made by Li Zheng with folk remedies."

Li Shimin took the package and opened it and saw that it was full of broken ice.

The palace maid said again: "It is said that the iced mung bean soup is the best to eat at this season, and Cen Zhongshu has eaten iced mung bean soup."

No wonder he disliked Cen Wenben so much when he gave sour plum soup. It turned out that they had eaten the iced ones long ago!

Is it that I still use sour plum soup as a treasure?
Chapter completed!