Datang Nongwang

Chapter 735
"Xiao Langjun, the land here is really fertile. If I have such land in Tang Dynasty, I'm afraid that I can plant anything casually and have a good harvest." Xing Ba held a handful of soil.

With the completion of the construction of the camp and even the construction of the simple pier, Li Chongyuan led thousands of people and began to enter the depths of this piece of land.

Along the way, although there are traces of human activities, but no one, or any aborigines can be seen.

This made Li Chongyuan wonder whether he had already been discovered by the natives when he came to this area a few days ago, and he had left this area with his family.

At least.

Li Chongyuan and the others had already traveled fifty miles from the sea.

Fifty miles away, there should be someone there anyway.

but.

In the past two days, let alone human beings, I have not seen a single human hair, only some traces of human beings' life.

Yes, it was.

And this past was not within these two days, but seven or eight days ago.

A little longer, Xingba and the others will not be able to judge it.

but.

Here is really as Xingba said, the land is fertile, so fertile that a handful of seeds can be harvested.

Indeed.

There is no country here, no huge population, and it has never been cultivated.

Li Chongyuan even believes that this piece of land has never been cultivated or planted since it appeared.

Hundreds of thousands, even hundreds of millions of years, where no crops have been planted, can she not be fertile?

The fat ones are a little oily.

Li Chongyuan squatted down, picked up a handful of soil, and said: "Good land. It's a pity that this place is far away from my Tang Dynasty. If my Tang Dynasty has such land, how can the people of my Tang Dynasty suffer from hunger? Selling children and selling daughters, how can it be possible to exchange sons for food. Alas! The region determines everything, and the region determines the property."

"Xiao Langjun, why don't we present the map of this place to the Holy Majesty after we return to Chang'an, let the imperial court send troops to come, and then move some people here. In this way, my Tang Dynasty will no longer be short of food. " Xingba rolled his eyes, and blurted out a bold idea.

Li Chongyuan smiled, "You can really think about it. We are very lucky to come here from Datang. When we passed the island chain, we were not buried in the bottom of the sea. We have to thank God for not accepting our lives. This place is tens of thousands of miles away from my Tang Dynasty. People from my Tang Dynasty migrated here to open up wasteland and farm land. Do you know how many ships and how much money are needed to complete this matter? Even if there are enough ships, enough With a lot of money, whether you can cross the ocean and arrive here safely depends on fate."

It's dumb.

For Xingba, the land is everything to him.

After all, he was originally an ordinary farmer in the eight families.

Only after following Li Chongyuan did his family undergo some changes.

But even so, his family still has some fields, but they are tenanted to others for cultivation.

So, naturally, when he saw such a fertile land, he couldn't help wanting to occupy this fertile land.

but.

What Li Chongyuan said deeply pulled him back to reality.

Continue to explore.

After walking for twenty or thirty miles, Li Chongyuan and the others would definitely stop, and the Xiang family officers and soldiers would send personnel to scout, and then continue on the next day.

This is the safest way of searching.

Li Chongyuan's actions of thousands of people, the movement is really not small.

In the northeast direction, there is also a team of hundreds of people exploring the past.

This team is led by Chen Juan.

In the southeast direction, there is also a team of hundreds of people, led by Chen Huan.

Soldiers divided into three groups to search for Li Chongyuan needed crops. This is Li Chongyuan's plan to start the treasure hunt.

Why not divide the army into ten groups, or dozens of groups to find it?

All for safety.

Li Chongyuan didn't want those who followed him to this foreign land to die because of his goal.

For safety reasons.

Soldiers split in three.

The middle team, led by Li Chongyuan, is also the team with the largest number of people, reaching thousands.

The most of them are the officers and soldiers of the Xiang family, as well as the people sent to him by Li Yuan.

Chen Juan led the brothers from Qingfengzhai, and Chen Huan led some people who came out from Zhongnan Mountain.

Those staying in the camp and guarding the boats included soldiers from the Xiang family, some people from Qingfeng Village, and some bandits who came out of Zhongnan Mountain.

The leader is naturally Liao Xian whom Li Chongyuan trusts the most.

even.

For the safety of the fleet, Li Chongyuan left Liu Xiangdu in the camp.

Li Chongyuan has already drawn some colorful pictures about finding Li Chongyuan's target this time.

One of them is sunflower seeds.

The second thing is groundnuts.

Third, it is naturally a pumpkin.

Fourth, corn.

The fifth, the sixth, the seventh and so on.

In short.

Li Chongyuan has not only one goal, but dozens of goals.

Of course, there is nothing more than chili peppers that Li Chongyuan has always dreamed of.

but.

Many of the targets Li Chongyuan was looking for were not in Li Chongyuan's current location, but in South America.

but.

In North America, there are still targets that Li Chongyuan needs to look for and explore.

Anyway, Li Chongyuan was not in a hurry when he had time.

After going hundreds of miles, if you don't find the target, then go back and look for it at the next point.

As long as there is enough time and enough people, Li Chongyuan will definitely be able to find the target he wants to find.

This is not.

When Li Chongyuan and the others went two hundred miles deep, they found a target, sunflower seeds.

"Hahahaha, I finally found one, I finally found one." When Li Chongyuan saw a crew member appearing in front of him holding some melon seeds, he was so excited that he couldn't find himself.

Although melon seeds are not food, besides being a snack, they can also be used to extract oil.

Tang country is short of fuel, this is not a realistic problem.

Although sunflower seeds look small, their oil yield is extremely high.

Leaving aside whether to squeeze oil or not, at least with this kind of thing, Li Chongyuan can move a small bench from time to time, sit on Chang'an Avenue, and be a crowd eating melon seeds.

Even if you look at beautiful women.

Xingba saw Li Chongyuan laughed happily, took the melon seeds from the crewman, looked at them for a long time, but didn't understand what the melon seeds in front of him were, "Xiao Langjun, this is a bit like the melon seeds in the picture you drew , can this be used as food?"

"For your credit, let's go, take me to see where you found it." Li Chongyuan didn't have time to respond to Xing Ba, pointing to the crew member who found the melon seeds and shouted, while walking, he explained to Xing Ba and everyone, " This thing is indeed a melon seed. Although it can't be used as food, it can be squeezed for oil, and it can be eaten as a snack. Try it, it tastes very good."

The crew members who were told by Li Chongyuan to remember their meritorious service were even more excited.

While leading the way, he pointed to the front and introduced how he found this melon seed.

Li Chongyuan said that he remembered his merits, but this is not just talking about it.

Before landing, Li Chongyuan stopped talking.

As long as anyone finds one of the patterns he sent out, Li Chongyuan can recommend a member of his family to enter the official career.

Even if you can't be an official because of illiteracy, you can still get a subordinate position.

Although Li Chongyuan is only a county king, at the moment, the county king is fully qualified to elect some of his own officials as officials.

Moreover, Li Chongyuan was only recommended for an official career, but he didn't say how high he was.

The fifth rank is an official, and the ninth rank is also an official.

And below the ninth rank, there are still outliers.

These are officials.

Although he is an official, he has officially entered the official career.

Therefore, under Li Chongyuan's promise, the crew's enthusiasm for searching was aroused.

This promise is more stimulating than rewarding money.

In the present moment, those who can enter the official career must be some scholars, some aristocratic families, and people from local clans.

Ordinary people, if they want to be officials, they don't even have the threshold.

After the crew brought Li Chongyuan to a place, Li Chongyuan looked around and saw a small piece of sunflower facing the sun like a thriving sun, receiving the warmth of the sun.

On the ground, some sunflowers that have grown old and fell to the ground were eaten by unknown animals.

What the crewman showed Li Chongyuan just now were those old sunflower seeds that fell on the ground, not sunflowers.

After all, the picture drawn by Li Chongyuan is just the appearance of a melon seed, but he forgot to draw a sunflower.

Li Chongyuan looked at the small piece of sunflower in front of him, and he was very glad that someone found this thing. This made Li Chongyuan make up his mind that he must draw the original plant next, so that others can find it.

Xingba stepped forward and picked a sunflower, "Xiao Langjun, there are melon seeds on it, can I take it back to make seeds?"

"This can't work, this one just grows. Come on, quickly pick up these on the ground and pack them up. I'm going to take them back to my Datang to make seeds. Also, go look for them and see if there are more melon seeds." .” Li Chongyuan shook his head and gave another order.

The small piece of sunflower in front of me has only blossomed and bears fruit, and it cannot be used as a seed at all.

The ones in the underground are either from last year, or a few years ago, or decades ago.

Fortunately, some of them died of old age last year. Although they were eaten by some birds or animals a lot, at least some melon seeds can be obtained as seeds.

There is a small piece in front of you.

There must be some nearby, this is what Li Chongyuan is very sure of.

As for how close it is, it depends on how far everyone is looking.

Following Li Chongyuan's order, the crowd dispersed and walked around.

Just as Li Chongyuan affirmed, a large patch of sunflowers was discovered three miles away from where the patch of sunflowers was located.

The seeds of melon seeds are already there.

It weighed no less than a hundred catties collected by Li Chongyuan.

to this end.

Li Chongyuan's goal has been changed to another one, which is peanuts.

continue searching.

But for the next half month and a month, nothing was found.

A lot of sunflowers have been found, and Li Chongyuan has also collected a lot.

now.

Li Chongyuan and the others were already five hundred miles away from the camp.

Although, every fifty miles, Li Chongyuan would definitely send people back to the camp to spread the news, but he did not lose his way.

When Li Chongyuan and the others left the camp for five hundred miles, Li Chongyuan ordered to turn back.

Five hundred miles, another half a month.

At this time, it is already the middle of July.

After several months, Li Chongyuan even crossed the ocean and came to North America, which is tens of thousands of miles away, looking for the crops he needs.

At this time, Chang'an City began to welcome a group of scholars and students who were catching up for the second year's imperial examination.

every year.

Chang'an city will hold scientific examinations.

The scientific research in the Tang Dynasty was different from that in the Song Dynasty and subsequent dynasties.

Like the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, etc., all three years are a test.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, the exam was held once a year, and there were many subjects in the exam.

Therefore, every year in September and October, scholars and students from all over the world will come to Chang'an.

Why did you come to Chang'an in September and October?
One is because of time, because I will report to the Ministry of Rites in November.

The second is because participating in the scientific examination requires going to the Ministry of Rites to go through all the procedures.

Three, you also need to participate in a big ceremony of the Imperial College, which is to pay homage to the statue of Confucius.

Although the scientific examination is in the first month or February of the second year, the specific time is determined by the emperor.

But time is tight, various procedures have to be done, and various ceremonies must be attended, as well as exchanges with various students, so students and scholars from all over the world will arrive in Chang'an half a year in advance.

There are several types of scholars and students who take part in the scientific examination.

One kind, of course, is the students who graduated from Guozijian, Chongwenguan, Hongwenguan, and government-run academies in various states and counties.

Students of this type are called disciples.

For example, students who study at home or are self-taught, they have to apply to the local government to take the county-level exam, and those who pass the exam will then go to the state level to take the exam.

After passing the exam, you will be eligible to participate in the imperial examination, which is called Xianggong.

There is another category, which is the extraordinary talents selected by the emperor temporarily, which is called Zhiju.

Of course, there is another kind, that is, people recommended by court officials, or guests of various houses, retainers and others.

People in this category could have been recommended as officials, but they needed a title, so they took part in the imperial examination.

As long as the grades are not too bad, it is basically a certainty for him to enter the official career.

This year, the students who participated in the imperial examination came earlier than in previous years, and likewise, there were more students than in previous years.

Moreover, these students came much earlier this year than in previous years, two months earlier.

After these students came to Chang'an, they didn't do anything, didn't read any books, and they appeared in groups in the cultivation workshop.

In the palace, Wang Li hurried to the palace where Li Shimin usually handles official business.

After a while, Wang Li walked into the hall quickly, and hurriedly reported to Li Shimin, "My lord, something urgent happened."

"What's the matter!" Li Shimin heard the sound, put down the file in his hand, and raised his head.

Wang Li took a step forward and bowed, "Li Chongyuan's mansion was smashed by a group of students. All the halberds were smashed, and more and more students are rushing to the cultivation workshop .”

"What!!! These scholars are really lawless!" Li Shimin was shocked.

(End of this chapter)