When Li Shimin left, Pei Ji apologized to him again, but Li Shimin was very magnanimous. Not only did he not blame Pei Ji, he also comforted him a few words and told Pei Ji to send someone to search for him tomorrow because he found that the tiger he shot to death was a mother and seemed to have just given birth. In other words, there should be a nest of tigers hidden in the mountains and forests. The tiger raised in Beiyuan in the palace was just old, so Li Shimin asked Pei Ji to find the tiger and sent it to Beiyuan to raise it.

Finally, Li Xiu and Pei Ji sent Li Shimin out of the villa together. After watching Li Shimin's team walk away, the two turned around and returned to the villa. At this time, the servants in the mansion had already lifted the dead tiger in the hunting ground. Li Xiu also stepped forward to watch it, but the tiger's belly was shriveled, but the two rows of ** under the belly were very full, and it was obviously a female tiger feeding the tiger.

"No wonder there are two big insects. The last time I shot a male tiger. The tiger whip was already soaked in wine, but I didn't expect that there was still a female tiger hidden. It was probably after the male tiger died, the female tiger had to come out to find food, but she didn't dare to go far. As a result, she couldn't catch her prey and was hungry. Only then dared to attack us!" Pei Ji stepped forward and kicked the tiger's stomach, then said with fear.

Fortunately, Li Shimin was the emperor at the moment, so he shot the tiger to death by only a few arrows. And even more fortunately, he and Li Xiu walked around the hunting ground twice in order to see Li Yuan, but during this period he did not encounter this tiger. It was a blessing and a great life.

Li Xiu also thought of this and was also a little scared at this time. After all, he and Pei Ji do not have the ability of Li Shimin. If they meet a tiger, they will probably only be the food of the tiger. From this perspective, it is not that he saved Li Shimin, but that Li Shimin saved him and Pei Ji.

"Skin the skin of this big worm. If the stinum is done, I will give it to the palace in person. I will apologize to Your Majesty again. As for how many dishes to cook for tiger meat, I and my husband will be shocked!" Pei Ji said at this time. Although the female tiger with a tiger was born as a tiger, it was the prey captured by Li Shimin. When Li Shimin left just now, he also called on the name to ask this tiger skin to go back for the souvenir.

Li Shimin's great-grandfather was named Li Hu, one of the eight pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, and was named Duke of Tang. The name of the Tang Dynasty also came from this. Therefore, after Li Yuan ascended the throne, in order to avoid Li Hu's taboo, tiger was also changed to big insects. However, big insects are titles on the official side, and many people still use the old name tiger in private. After all, the imperial court's laws are not omnipotent, especially folk titles, customs, etc., even if the imperial court has laws, it will not work overnight.

Li Xiu originally wanted to go home to rest, but when he heard that Pei Ji asked someone to prepare dinner, he had to send someone to report a letter, and then went to the living room to have tea and chat with Pei Ji. After a while, the servants brought the prepared tigers, roasted or steamed. There were quite a lot of styles and the taste was good. It seemed that Pei Ji had eaten tigers a lot before.

"The world is stable, the people are living and working in peace, and the population is increasing. It is difficult to see such a tiger near Chang'an now!" Pei Ji said with some emotion while tasting the tiger's flesh. Looking at him, he seemed to think of the scene when he and Li Yuan first entered Chang'an, but found that nine out of ten rooms around Chang'an were empty, and wild beasts were shuttled between towns.

"When the Tang Dynasty was first established, there were indeed a little more wild animals around Chang'an. However, now the population is increasing, and the wild animals have retreated to the mountains and forests. In fact, the taste of tiger meat is rough, and I think it is not as delicious as pork. However, many people like to eat it. I heard that there is a special tiger meat house in Chang'an City. It uses tiger meat dishes as a signboard. There are diners every day. But I guess if I continue eating this way, I am afraid that the tiger will be eaten up by them in the future. In the future, the imperial court may even legislate to protect the tiger so that the tiger will become really extinct." Li Xiu also tasted the roasted tiger meat and smiled.

"The prince-in-law is really good at joking. Big insects hurt people and animals. Every time a tiger appears in various places, it is called a tiger disaster. The local government has to pay for someone to kill tigers. How could the court protect the tiger?" Pei Ji laughed in silence when he heard Li Xiu's words. Although he was known as the first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, his eyes were still limited by the times, so naturally he could not be as long as Li Xiu saw.

When Li Xiu saw Pei Ji not believing, he smiled and did not explain. In fact, it was normal to think about it. The Tang people could not understand the actions of later generations to list tigers as protecting animals. It is estimated that later generations could not imagine that Li Xiu actually disliked tiger meat as pork. In fact, this is the truth. However, eating tigers has a psychological bonus, which is like conquering one of the most ferocious beasts in the world, so he thought tiger meat was delicious.

But after just halfway through the meal, Pei Ji suddenly waved his back, then went out to check it out in person, and then asked Li Xiu in a low voice: "Mr. Prince Concubine, it's really strange that His Majesty suddenly came to me today. Did Your Majesty notice something?"

Pei Ji's words were actually what Li Xiu had always been suspicious in his heart. He also showed a silent expression after hearing this. After a while, Li Xiu slowly said: "I'm not sure, but Your Majesty suddenly came to you for no reason, and he didn't go anywhere. He just hunted in the hunting ground for a long time. At that time, my heart was hanging in the air, afraid that he would really find it."

"I am the same. I am also nervous when I accompany Your Majesty to hunt this afternoon. Although I have encountered many storms in my life, I have been dying and dying in the past, if I talk about danger, today should be the best!" Pei Ji also smiled bitterly at this time, "Accompanying the king is like a tiger, but in comparison, Pei Ji feels that tigers are much safer than emperors.

"But although Your Majesty's actions were a bit strange, with his personality, if he really knew something, he would definitely not leave so easily. So I think Your Majesty may be a little suspicious, but there is no evidence!" Li Xiu thought about it at this time and spoke again. He made the above guess based on his understanding of Li Shimin.

"This is true, but for safety reasons, it is better to send people away as soon as possible so as not to cause more trouble!" Pei Ji nodded when he heard Li Xiu's words, and then spoke again, as long as Li Yuan was sent out of the Central Plains, even if Li Shimin suspected that the one lying in the imperial tomb was a fake Li Yuan, he could not find any evidence. As for his and Li Xiu's identity, as long as there was no evidence, Li Shimin could not do anything to them. Then he and Li Xiu would be completely at ease.

"Well, whether Your Majesty knows it or not, since he didn't say anything when he left just now, let's just pretend that he doesn't know. What should he do!" Li Xiu gritted his teeth and said with a firm heart. He also had the same idea as Pei Ji. Anyway, he had sent Li Yuanji and Li Chengdao to America before, and it was not the same as Li Yuan.

After dinner, Li Xiu said goodbye and left. However, after returning home, Princess Pingyang, Yi Niang and others were shocked when they knew that Li Xiu was injured in hunting. However, although the holes drawn behind Li Xiu were very long, they were not deep. At this time, they had stopped bleeding and scabs. It was estimated that it would be fine after a while, and they would not even have a scar left. This made Princess Pingyang and the others relieved. However, they told Li Xiu not to stop guarding him again. Not to mention this time, they still remembered Wang Junkuo's last time.

Three days later, a caravan in Pei Ji's mansion left Chang'an. It was late spring and early summer, and it was the busiest time of the business road. There were countless caravans like this one in and out of Chang'an City in a day, and even the government could not count them. Moreover, many of these caravans had a noble background, and no one dared to make things difficult for the road.

Pei Ji's mansion first operated a tea business with Li Xiu's family, and later intervened in other business operations. There are business from Pei's family all over the country, and there are also many caravans sent to other places every year, so such a caravan is not eye-catching, but Pei Ji and Li Xiu knew that some of the most core people in this caravan were the dead soldiers entrusted by Li Yuan to raise.

Originally, according to the plan of Li Xiu and Pei Ji, Li Yuan would leave Chang'an with this caravan. However, after Li Yuan knew that Li Shimin had come to Pei Ji's mansion, he was suspicious and changed his mind at the last moment. The original caravan still left as planned, but he himself took eight dead soldiers and did not go south with the caravan. Even Pei Ji and Li Xiu did not know their whereabouts, but this would be safer.

After Li Yuan left Chang'an, Li Xiu was a little worried a few days ago, but there was no bad news later. Even the caravan arranged by Pei Ji was very smooth, which made him finally relieved and even started to work on the Ministry of Agriculture. Last year, he had harvested a considerable amount of cotton seeds, and this year it was also the key to promoting planting. The Ministry of Agriculture has selected a suitable county in the west of Chang'an and started to plant cotton on a large scale.

Originally, the Tang Dynasty had very strict management of arable land. Although arable land was divided into people's farming in the form of Yongye fields, in order to ensure grain output, arable land was generally only allowed to plant grain crops, such as wheat, rice, etc. If someone changed grain crops to vegetables, fruits and other cash crops without authorization, they would definitely be severely punished by the government.

However, with the promotion of sweet potatoes and corn, and later potatoes, the grain output of the Tang Dynasty has risen sharply in recent years, especially sweet potatoes and potatoes. The yield is too high and they cannot be eaten. Therefore, the court also relaxed some bans related to food, such as the release of private brewing, and even people feed livestock with excess grain. Li Xiu obviously felt that the pork sold on the market was getting fatter and fat. At this time, he regretted that he had developed the technology of castrated pigs, which caused farmers' pigs to eat only and their fat naturally grew faster.
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