When Li Jue transmigrated, he did not inherit the original owner's memories, so he had very little understanding of Tang Dynasty society.

However, given Li Jueyuan's experience of being born in the deep palace and raised by women, even if he inherited the mantle, he would know nothing.

It's simply so that when facing Old Li, I won't be completely fooled by that old geezer.

"May I ask, Elder Li, what other ways are there to do business?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin felt a headache coming on. He was, after all, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and now he was being taught to exploit loopholes in the Tang law...

Although all the nobles were taking advantage of this loophole, it was a bit unreasonable for the emperor to personally teach it, wasn't it?

But when he thought about how the child had lost the throne and that all he ever wanted in life was to earn some copper coins, he felt relieved.

well!

Who can blame me for the sins I committed in my past life!

"Actually, doing business isn't difficult. For example, you can buy a few servants, register them as merchants, and then have them manage your shop..."

"I see. What if I don't open a shop and only do wholesale?"

"This is none of the government's business. Do whatever you want!"

"Understood!"

"I'll buy a copy of the Tang Dynasty Code another day and study its loopholes carefully!"

Li Shimin was extremely annoyed when he heard this. How could this child have become so obsessed with it?

If Changsun Wuji heard this, he would probably be so angry that he would cry himself to death.

After all, it was this guy who revised the Tang Dynasty Code!

"Ahem... How can a gentleman always think about exploiting loopholes in the law?"

"Now that you have a title, you can own your own land, estates, and servants. There's no need for you to compete with commoners for business, is there?"

"Old Li, I'm not trying to steal business from others; I just want to help more people get rich!"

"The Tang Dynasty was too poor, and the people suffered too much!"

"My greatest wish in this life is to make the Tang Dynasty prosperous and strong, and to make it stand at the highest peak in the world!"

Without that final sentence to set the tone, Li Shimin would have been driven to the brink of collapse by Li Jue.

This child is convinced that the Tang Dynasty was poor and the people suffered, right?

I really don't know who he learned it from, or where he came to this conclusion.

However, what this child said about "Chidao" is indeed quite reasonable. This alone is enough for me to bestow a title upon him!

"Ahem, Li Zhong, from now on, never mention the poverty and weakness of the Tang Dynasty again, lest you bring trouble upon yourself..."

"If the Tang Dynasty was weak and poor, what became of the Turks who were driven away by the Tang Dynasty? And what became of the Western Regions kingdoms that were conquered by the Tang Dynasty?"

"If you keep saying that, you'll easily make people hate you!"

"oh?"

After Li Shimin finished explaining these things, he immediately spoke to Li Juedao.

"In the next couple of days, someone will take you to your fiefdom in Xianyang County. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, a baron has a fiefdom of three hundred households, plus five hundred mu of permanent farmland."

"However, these are from the imperial court. In addition, I also have some properties in Xianyang, which I will give to you as well."

"this……"

Li Jue felt somewhat embarrassed when Li Weng offered him both a title and land.

“Old Li, we are not related, yet you have given me a title and land, treating me better than my own grandfather. I feel very indebted to you…”

"Just consider me your own grandfather!"

After saying this, Li Shimin left Li Jue's courtyard and returned to the palace in an inconspicuous carriage.

He would not see Li Jue for a long time afterward, partly to avoid suspicion, and partly to prepare for the battle against Xueyantuo.

After the Tang Dynasty defeated the Turks, the territory that originally belonged to the Turks was occupied by the Xueyantuo.

If the Xueyantuo were obedient, Li Shimin wouldn't mind letting them take advantage of the situation. But now the Xueyantuo are becoming increasingly arrogant, robbing people on the borders of the Tang Dynasty and demanding a marriage alliance with the Tang Dynasty—it's simply outrageous.

The thought that he wouldn't be able to build roads once war broke out bothered him somewhat.

"However, we can start building other places first, such as the imperial road from Chang'an to Goguryeo..."

While Li Shimin was busy conquering Xueyantuo, Li Jue was not idle either. He was busy taking over three hundred households and, accompanied by the magistrate of Xianyang County, taking over his own five hundred mu of permanent farmland.

The term "perpetual land" refers to land that can be inherited through generations.

In principle, Li Jue could pass these fields on to his descendants after his death.

However, when he took over the farmhouses, Li Jue deeply felt the poverty of the Tang Dynasty.

Half of the villagers wore clothes patched upon patched, and the other half were in no better shape; it was almost impossible to find a single garment without patches.

As for children of similar age, more than half of them don't have pants to wear. Some well-off families are considered quite well-off if they can find a big cotton-padded coat for their children to wear.

"How could we be so poor!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Hui, the county magistrate in charge of allocating the land to the farmers, smiled helplessly.

“Young master, you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth and inherited a noble title from birth. Naturally, you do not know the suffering of the common people.”

"This was only during the Zhenguan era, when His Majesty was benevolent and occasionally reduced taxes, allowing them to have enough to eat. If you had come earlier, you would probably have seen a completely different scene..."

Wang Hui left some things unsaid; there were so many unbearable memories that were tormenting for someone nearing forty.

After all, once someone has experienced the act of exchanging children to eat another, they would never want to experience it again.

Therefore, what Li Jue considered impoverished people, Wang Hui saw as having enough to eat and wear, a sight only seen during the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

"Aunt Zhang, could you go to Chang'an and ask around? How much would it cost to make two sets of new clothes for three hundred villagers?"

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