You Truly Are My Treasure

At night, Xiao Zetian looked at Su Li's innocent face and tapped her nose: "You little schemer, you actually have such a powerful trick hidden."

Su Li stuck out her tongue: "Who asked her to piss me off."

Xiao Zetian coughed twice: "But you can't keep me in there for half an hour, I'm almost suffocating!"

Su Li smiled slyly: "That princess cares the most about you. She wouldn't let you stay in there longer, so she wouldn't dare poke her thick skin."

Xiao Zetian rubbed his nose, thinking it was true. That Princess Mingyu was thick-skinned no matter what he said, but now that she lost such a big person, would she leave?

Su Li changed to a comfortable position and said to Xiao Zetian: "I want to ask to borrow some hands, is that okay?"

"Oh? Asking me to lend hands?" Xiao Zetian raised an eyebrow, suddenly interested. Su Li was usually very independent and solved everything herself. Now she had her own gold mountain backing her, so why did she want to borrow hands?

"I want to build a granary," Su Li sat up and said, "As the saying goes, having grain in hand keeps the heart calm. I plan to store 70% of the harvest from my land in the granary and sell 30%. This 70% can save people in famine years, and in case of emergencies, it can save ourselves."

Xiao Zetian's eyes lit up: "Wife, are you saving military supplies for your husband?"

"Pah, what military supplies? Look at you showing off." Su Li blushed, spat, and turned her head, refusing to admit it.

Xiao Zetian looked at Su Li's proud yet shy expression and felt deeply moved.

Ordinary women, like Princess Mingyu, only knew how to compete and squander; but Su Li not only had business acumen but also a more valuable big-picture view.

Su Li's vision was far beyond ordinary people.

Xiao Zetian had long thought about building a granary himself, but he only had silver, which couldn't be instantly converted into grain in emergencies.

But back then, he didn't have large tracts of land, and buying grain everywhere in large quantities would definitely be noticed.

If the emperor found out that a general with heavy troops was hoarding grain, it would be like handing the emperor a knife to slaughter himself!

But now Su Li has large tracts of land, and with the gold Xiao Zetian gave her, she got Yuan Jie to help buy good farmland all over the country.

These good farmlands grow high-priced off-season vegetables in winter, making big profits; the other three seasons grow regular grain. Since the grain is from their own land, they quietly stockpile it without anyone noticing!

What Xiao Zetian had wanted to do but never managed, Su Li actually brought up, which surprised and thrilled him so much that he grabbed Su Li and gave her a fierce kiss: "Wife, you really are my treasure!"

Su Li, covered in his saliva, pushed him away hard and spat: "It's just stockpiling grain, what's the big deal? Haven't you heard the saying, 'Build high walls, store plenty of grain'? When the common people have a good harvest, they build their walls higher and sturdier and stockpile more grain, so in famine years they can resist refugees and keep their families from starving."

Su Li applied this saying to her own situation. The full saying includes 'then proclaim kingship,' but she didn't say that because although Xiao Zetian was a powerful general, he was still a subject. That last part was a strategy for warlords in chaotic times, and saying it aloud could be seen as rebellion.

But just the words 'Build high walls, store plenty of grain' made Xiao Zetian repeat them over and over, his eyes gradually shining.

These seemingly plain six words were like golden rules!