As time went by, the climate in the mountains became colder and colder. Li Jia and his concubines couldn't stand it, so they took the entire harem and moved to the Changsha Palace as a whole.

After more than three months, the Zhengshitang also returned to Changsha.

The people of Changsha have begun to get used to the life of an emperor again.

"Changsha City is changing with each passing day and has the atmosphere of the capital. It seems that my cousin is doing pretty well!!"

The city wall, which was only two feet high in Changsha City, had been raised to three or five feet high. When I looked up, my neck was sore. Outside the city wall, there was a moat that was five feet wide and three feet deep, surrounding the entire Changsha City for more than ten miles.

I heard that in order to fill this moat, Changsha Prefecture Li Gao almost wanted to dig the Xiangjiang River to fill it. Later, the Ministry of Works and Shaofu Temple came up with the idea to build a water truck worth more than ten miles long, and kept pumping water for half a month.

This is why Changsha City was constructed on such a large scale only when the emperor was not there.

Looking at the brand new and tall city walls, extremely wide moats, and open and neat roads, the houses were very impressive, and Li Jia said without hesitation.

"Li Fu Yin is like this, but it's a big deal!" Kneeling and leaning down, Lin Dai'er lifted up the curtains pretty and looked at Changsha City that had changed a new way, and couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaimed: "This is taller than Jinling City. The cost is probably difficult to measure. The loss of Changsha Palace is probably dry up!"

As the daughter of Lin Renzhao, Lin Daier naturally knows a lot about the current situation of government affairs and is also very clear about the local operation. She can be said to be a virtuous assistant, and Li Jia likes it very much.

After all, the beauty of the skin is the same, but the depth of the soul is different. It needs to be measured by hands and body. Lin Daier's political advantages make Li Jia feel unique.

Hearing this, he stroked it up, pulled down his wrinkled long skirt, and said with a smile:

"You guessed it right. The Ministry of Revenue wrote a letter saying that Changsha Prefecture used tens of thousands of people to use the power of the people, hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of sand and bricks, and saved this year's summer tax, which had been consumed. Changsha Prefecture could even owe the salaries of officials and could only ask for help from the Ministry of Revenue!"

"My cousin is still capable, but he has always been a little ambitious. Although Changsha Mansion is rich, it is still a capital city that has not been able to be achieved by relying on his own strength!"

"Changsha City must be expanded. I guess His Majesty has this idea. Prefect Li just looked at Changsha Palace!"

Lin Daier blinked, her beautiful eyes full of smiles. She looked at the emperor's confident expression and couldn't help but say softly:

"Isn't this good now? The city is surrounded by green shade and the underground ditches have been expanded a lot. I guess the palace has been repaired a lot. Your Majesty has already thought about it!"

"Hahaha, what a smart woman!" Li Jia lit up her nose, couldn't help but hug her arms, smelling the fragrance of her hair, and said affectionately:

"As the country is growing stronger and the city of Changsha does not have the dignity of the capital, it naturally needs to be expanded. It is better to take us to escape the summer heat and solve it together. The palace is naturally no problem!"

Lin Daier leaned her face against the emperor's chest, felt the warmth, and couldn't help but whisper:

"I am smart and I am also your majesty's woman!"

"Haha, what you said is reasonable-"

Li Jia liked it more and more, and her hugged it became tighter and tighter.

"Your Majesty, this is a carriage!"

"It's not a problem, are you not stimulating? Besides, we can't see the curtains, just have to be a little bit lighter..."

Lin Daier rolled her eyes, took off her clothes by herself, and muttered: "You just like to be a slaughter!"

After saying that, he covered his mouth, raised his head, and looked at the top of the carriage.

"We are the joy of the couple's boudoir. Don't be nervous and relax. It's not easy for you to go in..."

Li Jia muttered and held it in her arms. The white and tender jelly swayed to make people intoxicated.

The guard next to the carriage suddenly felt that the emperor's frame was shaking a little too wide.

"What's going on with this carriage? It's so shocking that I imagined it's much bigger!" The guard said in confusion.

"Maybe the road is uneven!" another guard said casually.

Changsha City was originally just the capital of Tanzhou Prefecture, and it was only the capital of Hunan Road. It was later established by Ma Chu and carried out large-scale construction, but the population size still did not exceed 200,000.

In addition, the Southern Tang Dynasty destroyed Ma Chu, and the mutual attacks of Zhou Xingfeng and others, a great country that was once comparable to the Southern Tang Dynasty declined.

However, with the revival of the Tang Dynasty and the capital was moved to Changsha City, tens of thousands of powerful officials relocated as a whole, which made Changsha City shine again.

Every time a country is destroyed, the powerful will be moved. In the past few years, thousands of powerful people have moved here, which has continuously increased the consumption capacity of Changsha City, and the household registration has increased greatly, and the outer city has been continuously expanded.

As the capital of Changsha Prefecture, its advantages are obvious. It is close to the Xiangjiang River and connected to the Yangtze River. Whether in Lingnan or Shu, it can use water to transport food, saving a lot of money.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to move the capital, so it can only be expanded. The maximum population capacity reached 500,000, and the Changsha treasury was empty.

The Ministry of Revenue was helpless and provided 500,000 yuan to Changsha Prefecture.

As for the palace, Li Jia has always been generous in her place of residence. She directly divided 300,000 yuan and repaired it inside and outside. She planted trees and flowers in front of the courtyard behind the courtyard. Even the yard of the palace maid and eunuch was paved with blue bricks and freshly painted.

As for the dirt-hiding places, corpses and other garbage in that corner, they were also cleaned up.

Glazed tiles, carvings, etc. are even more essential.

In this way, the Changsha Royal Palace has mainly become a sea of ​​yellow, red and white, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

The emperor returned to the palace in early October, and it was already the autumn harvest time, such as Lingnan and southern Fujian, which had a bumper harvest half a month earlier than Hunan. Naturally, he could not wait until the end of October to deliver it, but arrived early.

This is also in line with the practice of previous years, and it is not surprising that Li Jia is.

This year, the three Lingnan prefectures handed over 3.9 million stones of grain to the imperial court, and the population of 1.5 million is considered a relatively large number. Although Lingnan has fertile land and abundant sunshine, this is also the result of passing through the fields and registering households.

However, the southern Fujian Prefecture, which has a population of nearly two million, has only one million shi of summer grain, which is also a huge difference, and the reason why it has not been spent on the field accounts for the majority.

"How much does it cost to pay in total for the three Lingnan prefectures?"

When Li Jia heard that the money and food had arrived, she didn't care about her waist soreness and hurried to the Political Affairs Hall for inquiries.

"Your Majesty, this year, many areas began to plant rice in Chameng City, and the grain produced was a little more, totaling about 4.2 million stones, adding nearly 300,000 stones!"

Sun Zhao was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, and he quickly exclaimed.
Chapter completed!