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Chapter 363 Vision
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Lu Chengqi shook his head, after throwing away his complicated thoughts, he finally cleared his head.

After hearing Lu Chengqi's words, Zhou Zhiruo knew in her heart that it was impossible.As a generation of emperors, how could she be the only woman?Before becoming a queen, Zhou Zhiruo already understood this truth.

However, women are all emotional animals, and they are destined to dedicate everything to the man they love for the seemingly ethereal oath.No matter how noble Zhou Zhiruo's status is, after all, she is just a little girl now.Although the ancients were precocious, teenage girls are at the age where they have fantasies about love.Hearing that her husband who was destined to be with her for the rest of her life was speaking faint love words to herself, no matter how false or illusory the love words were, Zhou Zhiruo believed it without hesitation: "Sir, stop joking, you can leave a place in your heart. , I am satisfied..."

When Lu Chengqi heard this, he felt very helpless in his heart.In this era, even if Lu Chengqi wants to be different, the number of Zisong represents the rise and fall of a dynasty.The Lu family has been single-passed for five generations. The princes of the previous generations died young, and the sons were rare.If Lu Chengqi can't spread his branches and leaves, the Lu family is really in danger of losing their children and grandchildren.If you want more sons, you need more concubines.Even if Lu Chengqi himself is unwilling, when he gets older and has no more children, do you think those "old men from the former dynasty" will force him to accept concubines with death?

Even a generation of emperors can't help themselves!Lu Chengqi knows the common sense of hygiene. It is the man's decision to have a boy or a girl. Who can say for sure the probability of choosing one of the two?If you are unlucky and give birth to a girl, you can only blame yourself.The ancients did not have such knowledge. For the sake of Dashun's successors, they would definitely force Lu Chengqi to continue accepting concubines until he gave birth to a son.It's hard to say, the emperors of all dynasties dealt with state affairs during the day and "family affairs" at night, it's hard not to live a short life...

Lu Chengqi didn't speak, but moved Zhou Zhiruo into his arms, let her hear her heartbeat, and murmured: "Zitong, the heartbeat you hear is my heartbeat!"

Following Lu Chengqi's wishes, Zhou Zhiruo stayed quietly in Lu Chengqi's arms for a while, and then slowly said: "Your Majesty, I know that you have a lot of affairs to do every day, and if you have nothing important to do, you will never leave the Chui Gong Palace..."

Lu Chengqi smiled slightly and said, "You can't hide anything from Zitong! But Zitong guessed wrong this time. Before I leave the palace, I really have nothing important to do. I just want to see you. It's just that I met you on the way. When something happens, nothing becomes a thing.”

Zhou Zhiruo covered her mouth and snickered when she heard the words: "The emperor cares about all the people, so it's reasonable to dislike some things." This sentence clearly reflected that Lu Chengqi even cared about beggars.

Lu Chengqi could also hear the meaning, sighed, and said: "In this world, there will always be beggars. But they are not lazy, but they become beggars because they have no other choice. Zi Tong, I found out earlier that I bought a kind of clothing material called cotton. This material is very good at keeping out the cold. Wearing a cotton shirt in winter can resist the cold winter. But this material consumes too much land and I want to plant it on the border. Have a field?"

Zhou Zhiruo shook her head, and said: "The Youyun area is close to the Liao Kingdom, and it is very easy for the Khitan people to attack the grass valley. Huangzhuang has already sold the land there."

Lu Chengqi also understands that no matter which time and space they are in, businessmen are always after profit.Farming in the Youyun area, regardless of whether the harvest is good or not, the risk alone is much higher than in other areas.However, this made the Youyun area have a lot fewer landlords than the Central Plains, and the number of self-cultivating farmers accounted for the vast majority.And more are abandoned fields, these are the land left by the farmers who were taken captive by the Liao Kingdom.It is not an exaggeration to say that the Youyun region is sparsely populated.It is not an exaggeration to describe the villages that were beaten up by the Liao Kingdom as barren and uninhabited.

Lu Chengqi only found out about this situation through the Supervision Department.Regarding what happened before he was reborn, Lu Chengqi has nothing to do now.However, Lu Chengqi had sworn that as long as Dashun was still sitting on the throne, such things would never happen in the future!

Showing the emperor's determination to make a final decision, Lu Chengqi said: "Zitong, this Huangzhuang has also made a lot of money. After the opening of the sea trade, the economic center of Dashun will definitely move south in the future. I am worried. The economic imbalance in this area can easily cause turmoil. The role of Huangzhuang is not only to make money for me, but more importantly, it has to shoulder a heavy responsibility..."

Zhou Zhiruo, who was the bedside person, had heard all the fresh words that Lu Chengqi said, so it was not difficult to understand, so he followed the conversation and said, "What important task?"

"Generally speaking, this world is my world, but it is also the world of the common people. If the people in the world do not support Dashun, the Lu family will be doomed. Therefore, the Lu family's Huangzhuang can't just make money for the sake of making money. Instead, we should take the world as our own responsibility and shoulder the important task of stabilizing the situation and people's hearts. I plan to buy land in the Youyun area with capital from Huangzhuang, build a cotton processing factory, and hire people to work. In the Jiangnan area, the same purchase of land, But instead of growing cotton, we only grow grain. It also employs people, but instead of hiring tenant farmers, we pay them wages every month. Zi Tong is the best at managing this, so I don’t care about it.”

Zhou Zhiruo said quietly: "Your Majesty, don't you feel sorry for you for giving such a heavy burden to your Zi Tong?"

Lu Chengqi was stunned: "Zitong, what do you mean... you don't want to take care of Huangzhuang anymore?"

Zhou Zhiruo suddenly showed a smile and said, "You're kidding, look how scared you are." After that, she covered her mouth and laughed, broke away from Lu Chengqi's embrace, and said without looking back: "Your Majesty, you deal with state affairs every day. , are too busy. If the concubines don’t sympathize with His Majesty and help His Majesty take care of the Huangzhuang, how can they have the face to be your queen?"

The big rock in Lu Chengqi's heart finally fell to the ground, he quickly chased after him, and said softly: "I was really frightened by Zitong, this Huangzhuang is related to the lifeline of my Dashun, if I don't hand it over to Zitong, I really will I don't know who to hand it over to..." Lu Chengqi's words showed his ambition, he wanted to imitate the future generations, turn Huangzhuang into a state-owned enterprise, and control the lifeline of the economy.In this way, relying on Huangzhuang to regulate the economy, in the commercial age, it will not cause an economic crisis.

The development of history has proved that if business is allowed to develop freely, it will definitely fall into a cycle of economic crisis.Lu Chengqi even believed that the collapse of the Southern Song and Ming dynasties was due to an economic crisis that the imperial court was unable to save.In Lu Chengqi's philosophy of governing the country, there is no stability without agriculture, no wealth without work, and no life without business.It is not advisable to suppress businessmen, but it cannot be left alone. After Huangzhuang has mastered the lifeline of the country's economy, it will be able to prevent the spontaneous vicious competition of businessmen and the economic crisis caused by unrestrained production.

(End of this chapter)