People in Datang have been expelled from school

Chapter 82 The Smart Child

Li Shimin was a little dumbfounded when he saw the popcorn in front of him, but after eating one, it tasted quite unique.

After eating the first one and the second one, Li Shimin grabbed a handful and ate them one by one.

The taste is not very dripping, but the taste of the taste makes people a little unable to stop.

Li Lizhi also gave Fang Xuanling some points.

"Thank you, Princess Xie." Fang Xuanling took the popcorn.

Li Lizhi returned the courtesy wisely and said, "Uncle Fang is welcome."

Fang Xuanling ate the popcorn and said, "It doesn't have a special flavor. I remember that His Royal Highness King Wei also sent some potatoes in those days, but it's novel but I don't know how to cook."

Li Lizhi said: "I have eaten potatoes, and they are delicious after they are cooked."

Li Shimin looked at Li Lizhi, does this little girl just eat Li Zheng's things so casually?
Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "Really? Chen's wife has been tinkering with her for a long time last night, but she didn't see the potatoes being cooked."

Li Lizhi nodded and said, "It's really not easy to cook. I watched Li Zheng cook it on a high fire. After cooking for a long time, he brought pork with him, and the pork was completely boiled."

"Pig...pork." Fang Xuanling looked at Princess Changle in surprise. Could it be that Princess Changle ate pork?
I heard that His Royal Highness King Wei eats pork before, and there are even rumors in the palace that Empress Changsun also ate pork to prevent miscarriage.

I used to think that this kind of thing has always been a rumor, but now I think about it, is it true?

I always thought it was a rumour.

"Cough cough..."

Li Shimin cleared his throat awkwardly and said, "What do you think Fang Xiang has eaten?"

After Fang Xuanling ate a few popcorns, he said, "It really has a different flavor."

Li Shimin took a sip of the tea soup and said, "It's just that my mouth feels dry after eating it."

What is the concept of food that can be grown in wasteland.

According to the current yield per mu of the Tang Dynasty, if one mu of land has ten stone grains, it is a good field.

It is not that the Tang Dynasty did not reclaim wasteland.

In fact, the wasteland has been cultivated for thousands of years.

There are even many wastelands that have been reclaimed hundreds of times.

Either because of soil quality, or because of lack of water.

Even constant irrigation will just make the wasteland grow weeds.

And because of insufficient fertility, even weeds can't grow tall.

The area of ​​wasteland around Chang'an is more than half.

In addition to the place where they live, the land that can be cultivated is only one-third of the land in Chang'an.

This is not to mention some bad land with poor harvests all year round.

Li Shimin asked, "How much food can Jingyang have in a year?"

Fang Xuanling thought about it and said, "If the whole county of Jingyang is good for a year, it will be less than a thousand stones, but more than five hundred stones."

Jingyang County is next to the Jingyang River. Among the several counties around Chang'an, Jingyang has a good harvest.

However, the north of Jingyang is mostly dry land.

Much of the land is wasteland.

Up to now, most of the [-] acres of land given to Li Zheng are wasteland.

And it was these wastelands that Li Zheng cultivated.

Li Shimin looked at Li Li and asked, "Is this edible food really grown by Li Zheng?"

Li Lizhi stood aside and nodded, "Li Zheng really planted food in the wasteland, and the lush greenery looks good. I don't believe the father and the emperor will see it for himself."

After speaking, Li Lizhi took the food box and bowed slightly before leaving the Manna Hall.

Li Shimin watched her leave, this little girl didn't like her very much recently.

It was because of the marriage that Li Lizhi often said that I was wrong beside her mother.

It's up to her to be petty.

Li Shimin sighed deeply.

Fang Xuanling said, "Your Majesty, do you want to visit Jingyang?"

Li Shimin stood up and said, "I will go and see for myself what Jingyang looks like today."

Without preparing for the carriage, Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling were escorted out of Chang'an City by Li Junxian as usual.

Walking all the way to the outskirts of Chang'an City, many villagers living in the outskirts came to Chang'an to find work and earn some money to support their families.

The ongoing war in Liangzhou is too far for these people.

Along the way, you can also see many officers and soldiers with lazy expressions, who are guarding the stalls to collect food.

But not a single person came to sell food.

Li Shimin stopped a man who was counting the money in his hand, as if he had just received his wages and was planning to go home.

"Brother, why don't you go to harvest grain from the DPRK?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, the middle-aged man looked at the well-dressed Li Shimin and said, "You are also a wealthy family, why don't you sell food?"

He glanced at Li Junxian, who was carrying a knife beside Li Shimin again, "And the accompanying guards, you rich people don't want to pay for the government, and you come to ask us poor people what's the reason, we have a lot of life these days. not easy."

His words made Li Shimin blush.

Fang Xuanling also avoided his eyes, feeling a little ashamed in the face of these words.

What he said was indeed correct. Some rich and noble families in Chang'an did not produce food, so why let these poor people sell food first.

The villager walked away vigilantly in the face of Li Shimin.

Seeing that Li Shimin looked bad, Fang Xuanling persuaded him, "Your Majesty, let's go to Jingyang first."

Nodding a little, several people walked towards Jingyang.

Enter the woods and walk along the trail for half an hour, and then get out of the woods.

The scene in front of him suddenly brightened.

At a glance, it is full of a scene full of vitality, which is completely different from the yellow earth outside.

After careful calculation, it has been more than four months since he came to Jingyang.

Now let's take a look again, the crops in the original barren dry land are neatly arranged in one row.

In the distance, there are three huge waterwheels that continuously introduce the water of the Jingyang River into the ditches, and from the ditches to irrigate the fields of one mu.

The villagers were chatting and laughing with each other while working in the fields.

Walking into the village, as far as the eyes can see, it is orderly.

The smiles of the villagers and the joy of the children here.

It can't be said to be lively, but the first feeling here is that it is quiet, clean and orderly.

Involuntarily relax.

Compared with the lively and bustling Chang'an City, it is more peaceful and comfortable.

Li Shimin thought to himself that it was no wonder that Qingque often came to this place. Who would like to face trivial matters all day in such a peaceful place.

Several children were gathered by the roadside to read a book.

Li Shimin watched the children talking about a tree.

Looking at the fun, Li Shimin stepped forward and asked, "Kids, what are you doing?"

Daniel saw Li Shimin and said, "Aren't you the old brother who looked for the teacher before?"

Hearing the child calling him that, Li Shimin didn't care much but said with a smile, "You're a big cow, I remember."

Daniel grinned and said, "Let's measure how tall this tree is."

Li Shimin looked up at the big tree in front of him, and said to Li Junxian, "Climb up this tree and help the children measure how tall it is."

(End of this chapter)