The money and food allocated to the Eastern Palace every year by the imperial court is certain.

The amount of payment in previous years was still surplus by the end of the year, because although the Eastern Palace was a small court, it was not sufficiently crowded and the expenses were naturally small.

However, after Zhao Zhen arrived in Pingshan, he began to reclaim land, buy oxen, buy farm tools, buy grain, and pay farmers salaries. In less than a month, the money warehouse and granary in the East Palace were almost empty.

As the chief supervisor of the East Palace, Wang Shi was responsible for the normal operation of the entire East Palace. So when Li Di found him, he refused righteously, and was not even afraid that Li Di would beat him up.

Li Di waved his fist indignation: "Your Highness, it is better to replace Wang Shu in the opinion of his ministers. Wang Shu, as Kou Zhun's son-in-law, has a stubborn temper like Kou Zhun. It's best to replace him as soon as possible..."

Zhao Zhen was so amused and laughed.

Then he said, "Sir, go back as much as possible. I will solve the problem of manpower for you in the past few days."

Li Di glanced at Zhao Zhen, "Your Highness can't bully me, I'm so old."

Zhao Zhen pushed Li Di out: "When will I deceive Mr., don't worry, you will definitely solve the problem of shortage of staff at that time."

As soon as he said that, a group of gorgeously dressed young men suddenly yelled in the distance.

Li Di said angrily: "Pingshan is a holy place for growing corn. How can these people make noise here? People come and beat them out!"

Zhao Zhen raised his hand to stop him and said, "Sir, don't be excited. Whether the land reclamation personnel can be solved depends on theirs."

Li Di was stunned, "What do you want to do with your highness?"

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Sir, just watch the show!"

As he said that, he walked up.

The group of people who came were led by Ding Buju, and more than a dozen people were Cao Bi, Wang Yuan, Lin Cheng and others in turn.

Ding Buju ran into Zhao Zhen head-on and bowed quickly.

Zhao Zhen glanced at Ding Buqi and said, "You are all young talents in the Song Dynasty and pillars. You can become the mainstay of the court in the future. When I heard that you are coming to Pingshan to serve, I couldn't hide my excitement, so I had to come out to greet me in person to show my sincerity."

When everyone heard this, they were all overjoyed.

"Your Highness is such a respectful and polite!"

"Your Highness is so nice to me!"

"I will stay and make a cow and horse for Your Highness!"

Everyone expressed their opinions.

Zhao Zhen asked Chen Lin to take these people to a yard.

Then Zhao Zhen asked, "Ding Buju has told me your purpose, but it may be very hard to get under my command. Have you really thought about it? If you regret it now, you can quit."

Cao Bi shook his head: "No matter what Your Highness said, we are not spoiled. No matter how hard or tired we are, we are not afraid!"

Lin Cheng echoed: "Yes, I'm not afraid of suffering!"

Wang Yuan said: "I have been reading poetry and books since I was a child and I often practice martial arts. What is the point of suffering... Wang is willing to work hard for His Highness!"

Zhao Zhen was very happy when he heard this. He said, "Since everyone volunteered to join Pingshan, then sign all the promise letters, Chen Fan..."

Chen Lin immediately took a stack of paper and distributed it to everyone.

Cao Bi and others picked it up and looked at it, a little surprised.

I saw that the above content is:

I am xxx. I voluntarily join Pingshan to make a cow and horse for His Royal Highness. I promise to firmly obey the arrangements of Pingshan and the Eastern Palace, go up to the mountain of swords and sea of ​​fire, do whatever you want, without any regrets. If you regret it halfway, you are willing to commit suicide by committing suicide by cesarean section to thank the world!

It sounds a bit scary!

But Cao Bi, Wang Yuan and Lin Te discussed it slightly and signed and sealed it.

Seeing this, others signed.

...

In the yard.

Zhao Zhen, Chen Lin and others have left.

Only Cao Bi and others were left to gather together.

Someone asked worriedly: "Brother Cao, the promise letter just now made the consequences very scary. We just signed and stamped it like this. Isn't it a bit reckless?"

Cao Bi smiled and said, "Don't worry. According to my analysis, we are all noble. For example, my grandfather is the Privy Councilor, Wang Yuan's grandfather is the chief political affairs, and Lin Cheng's grandfather is the Sansi envoy, who will tremble when stomping his feet in the Song Dynasty. When we go to Pingshan, we actually give the prince enough face. The prince will not let us work hard, but will treat us delicious food and drink. Besides, even if we regret it, the prince will really dare to take the blame for the world and let us commit suicide by cesarean section? At that time, all the civil and military officials in the court will definitely not let him go..."

Cao Bi analyzed it well.

After hearing this, everyone nodded repeatedly.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Lin Cheng smacked his lips and said, "Oh, it's almost time to eat. I wonder what delicious food will be in Pingshan today!"

Before he finished speaking, several people suddenly broke in.

The leader was an old man dressed in rags and covered in dirty bodies.

The old man stepped forward and asked, "You guys are new to Pingshan, right?"

Everyone nodded.

The old man waved his hand: "Come, take them to the lime factory."

Cao Bi was furious and rushed up and yelled, "Old man, who are you? You dare to yell at this young master. Do you know who I am? I am the grandson of Cao Yi, the Privy Councilor of the current dynasty, Cao Bi!"

Bang.

The old man directly slapped Cao Bi and said lightly: "I tell you who it is? It turns out that he is Cao's grandson who is incapable of using..."

Cao Bi was furious: "You, old man, how dare you hit me?"

The old man smiled and said, "Don't mention you, even Cao Yong, I have beaten you!"

"You...you...you are Li Di...Li Xianggong?" Cao Bi suddenly recognized the identity of this sloppy old man.

Li Di?

Lin Cheng, Wang Yuan and others around them raised their hands one after another, but when they heard Li Di's name, they immediately became timid.

Who doesn’t know Li Di’s name!

This old man had a bad temper. In the court, he beat Ding Wei, Wang Qinruo and others ran away with their heads in his arms.

In other words, Li Di beat the prime minister and participated in political affairs, but nothing happened. If he beat people like him, it would be even less likely that there would be any waves.

Cao Bi said respectfully: "Meet Mr. Li, I wonder what Mr. Li asked me to wait for the lime factory?"

Li Di glared at the guy, "Of course I'm going to burn lime! Don't be too slow, go away!"

"ah……"

Cao Bi and others suddenly started to wail.

Li Di took out a horse whip from somewhere, and when he saw someone moving slowly, he would thrust it up to his head and face.

...

Quicklime can be cooked in rehmannia, so under the guidance of Zhao Zhen, Li Di and his men built more than a dozen lime kilns, and the lime produced can be fully used for Pingshan reclaiming and use.

However, burning lime is too hard and tiring, so the recruited farmers would rather go over the ground than do the job.

Just so happened that Cao Bi and others were forcibly escorted by Li Di to work as lime burners.

Li Di is angry, but no matter whether you are a young man or a young man, you have to work when you go to a lime kiln, you are not allowed to eat if you don’t work, and you will be hung up and whipped with a whip... A group of spoiled rich young men will be tortured by him for a few days and will be out of shape!

Although Cao Bi and others worked hard to avoid being beaten, they still couldn't satisfy Li Di.

So Li Di came to find Zhao Zhen again!
Chapter completed!