Datang Nongwang

Chapter 816 Potato Harvest

Li Shimin heard that the high-yielding grain crops are growing very well, which is good news for him.

As for the crops in Lizhuang, he, Li Shimin, has visited twice in the past few months, and he saw that the crops in Lizhuang are growing very well.

This also made him believe in the high-yield grain that Li Chongyuan said in his heart.

Although he has also seen the high-yield grains that Li Chongyuan brought back from the Eastern Continent, he has never tasted them, and he has never seen how those high-yield grains will grow. Is it really as Li Chongyuan said, with an yield of dozens of stones per mu? .

After Li Shimin asked Li Chongyuan how he was, he turned to the Feng family's affairs, "Your young master asked you to return to Chang'an to deliver a letter. I think you should know the situation of the Feng family, so come and tell me."

"This...Returning to the Holy Father, the young one is just a small guard who knows little about the affairs of the Feng family. Moreover, my little lord also confessed that we are not allowed to inquire about the affairs of the Feng family, nor can we talk nonsense. So the younger ones are not very clear about the affairs of the Feng family." The guard did know a little, but it was really difficult for him to say that he was ugly.

What he knew, he only knew that the Feng family sent someone to find Li Chongyuan to talk about cooperation, and that the Feng family had raised a business gang in Lingnan, but he didn't know much about other things.

At this time, when Li Shimin asked about the Feng family's affairs, he couldn't say much about it, besides, Li Chongyuan had already confessed about the Feng family's affairs, so they kept their mouths shut.

Even when Li Shimin asked about it, he felt that the matter was not that simple, so he had to say that he knew very little, so as to save himself trouble.

Even though he was Li Chongyuan's guard, he still had some selfishness.

The matter of the Feng family is so big that he, a little guard, really dare not talk about it casually.

In his response to Li Shimin's question in this way, besides being a little selfish, it was more because he really didn't know too much about the Feng family.

Similarly, he also expressed an attitude to Li Shimin. His little man is responsible for answering Li Shimin's questions about the Feng family, and he, a small guard, just helps Li Chongyuan deal with some small things. Chong Yuanzhi's subordinates are very strict.

After hearing this, Li Shimin stared at the guard coldly and said, "You really don't know!"

The guard still shook his head in response.

At this point, Li Shimin confirmed that the guards might really not know about the Feng family, so he had to send the guards out of the palace.

When the guard returned to his home, the steward immediately stopped him and asked, "The Holy Majesty called you into the palace, is it about a letter?"

"Yes, but I don't know what was written in the letter, so the Holy Majesty called me into the palace, and he just asked about the little man." The guard replied.

The housekeeper nodded, "Then you go to rest first, it is very hard to drive all the way from Zhenzhou back to Chang'an."

The guard went down to rest.

The butler was curious about what was written in the letter.

I am even more curious why Li Shimin summoned guards into the palace for interrogation after reading the letter.

The housekeeper couldn't think of a reason, so he had to give up.

Soon.

Hundreds of people quietly left at the gates of Chang'an City.

These hundreds of people seem to be dressed like ordinary people, but those who know their identities know that these hundreds of people are the hidden guards of Baiqi Division.

The dark guard is a member of the Baiqi Division established by Li Shimin.

It is said that he is a member of Baiqisi, but he is independent of Baiqisi and belongs to the jurisdiction of Wang Li, the general manager of the inner city, and he directly serves Li Shimin in all matters.

Moreover, these hidden guards are all skilled in martial arts, good at riding and shooting and scouting for news.

Under Wang Li's order, these hundreds of people left the capital and went to Lingnan to find out what Li Chongyuan said in his letter and the situation of the place.

As soon as the hidden guards in the Baiqi Division left, Wang Li went back and reported, "Your Majesty, I have sent three hundred dark guards to Lingnan, and the news will be sent back within a month and a half at the earliest. However, according to the letter from King Li Jun, Feng The family is powerful in the south of the Lingnan, so it is impossible to use weapons, if the hidden guards are discovered by Feng's family, it is afraid that the weapons will have to be used."

"That's it for now. We'll wait to see if the investigations of the hidden guards are in line with what Shande said before we make a decision. At present, there is not much movement in the Feng family. If they really want to turn against us, our Tang soldiers will definitely pacify Lingnan and destroy The three families of the Feng family are not allowed." Li Shimin's hatred for the Feng family may have been accumulated for a long time.

When Feng An was there, many people accused him of treason, and he almost sent troops to attack Lingnan.

At that time, Li Shimin was very unhappy with the Feng family.

But now, hearing that the Feng family has privately opened iron ore, copper mines and other mines, privately trained troops, privately minted copper coins, etc., this has already shown that the Feng family may have prepared for a long time ago.

The facts are yet to be closed.

Once it is closed, no one knows what will happen to Li Shimin.

But right now, Li Shimin has listened to Li Chongyuan's opinion in the letter, that is, he did not summon ministers to discuss the matter, nor did he invite military generals into the palace to discuss sending troops to attack Lingnan.

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At this time, Li Shimin could listen to Li Chongyuan's opinion.

Actually it is.

At the beginning of the Eastern Expedition, Li Shimin had to consider the current situation.

If one really wanted to see Li Chongyuan's letter and know the Feng family's intention to rebel, he would directly send troops to attack Lingnan. I'm afraid that Lingnan will not be settled in a short time, and the Eastern Expedition may be missed.

Although the Eastern Expedition has not yet officially started, the armies are already ready to go, and they can go to Yingzhou after Li Shimin's order is issued.

However, everything is still under preparation, and everything has to wait for Li Shimin's will.

Under the operation of the officials of the various dynasties, the grain and grass had already been secretly transported to Yingzhou.

Therefore, at this time, Li Shimin considered Li Chongyuan's opinion, and did not send troops to Lingnan as soon as he heard that the Feng family had the intention of rebelling. It was precisely because of the Eastern Expedition.

For this reason, he asked Wang Li to send the secret guards of Baiqisi to leave Beijing and go to Lingnan to investigate.

As for what to do with Li Shimin in the future, I am afraid that he may come to level up the Feng family in Lingnan after the Eastern Expedition is over.

Of course, it is also possible that Li Shimin will slow down the Eastern Expedition. It is not impossible to take down the Feng family first and then the Eastern Expedition.

At this time, Li Zhuang.

Qiao Su was reporting the situation to Li Yuan, "My lord, the potatoes planted by those young gentlemen in the field seem to have matured. When the young gentleman left, he told him that as long as the leaves under the potatoes turned yellow, they could dig Yes. My lord, do you see?"

"Oh? Potatoes are ready to be dug?" Li Yuan got up from his chair after receiving Qiao Su's report, and wanted to leave the courtyard and go to the fields.

The golden servant quickly followed, and Joe also quickly took the hoe to follow.

After a while, Li Yuan came to the edge of the potato field. Looking at the several acres of potatoes, he wondered whether there were dozens of stones of potatoes in the soil under the seedlings, as Li Chongyuan said.

The taste of potatoes is still fresh in Li Yuan's memory, and he has never forgotten it.

The taste of potatoes is the most special thing among the dishes and meals he has eaten, and it is the first time he has tasted it, and the taste really impresses him deeply.

And this time.

Wan'er, who was picking some green peppers in a pepper field not far away, saw Li Yuan coming to the edge of the field, and hurriedly picked up the basket and walked over, "Uncle, you have also come to the field. Uncle, look, I picked it again today." Some green peppers, ready to eat chili fried meat at noon."

"Forget it, I'm really not used to this chili, it's too spicy, today I'm going to eat potato stewed ribs." Li Yuan really doesn't like chili.

The peppers have already grown a lot.

As early as more than a month ago, since the chili peppers grew on the chili tree, Wan'er picked some, and according to Li Chongyuan's instructions, asked Qiao Hui to fry a plate of chili fried meat.

And since she ate chili fried meat, Wan'er can be said to eat chili with every meal, and she can't miss any meal.

But after Li Yuan ate it a few times, he no longer wanted to eat chili peppers.

In Li Yuan's words, it's so spicy that my mouth isn't even my own.

From being transplanted in March, to fruiting in June, and now almost August, this chili Wan'er is a meal, eaten every day.

She even said that if she didn't have this pepper to eat in the future, she would not live.

Since these peppers bear fruit, except for Wan'er and the others who eat some, the others have to stay on the pepper tree to continue growing.

Before Li Chongyuan left, he confessed that these chili peppers are used for planting, and it is not afraid to eat a few of them, but they cannot be picked and eaten in large areas.

For this reason, every time Wan'er picks, she only picks those peppers that are not good-looking to her, and she thinks that they may not grow up.

Wan'er is so delicious and spicy.

If Li Chongyuan knew, he might doubt whether Wan'er came from the same hometown as him in her previous life.

Speaking of spicy food, Li Chongyuan's hometown in his previous life can be said to be a place that eats a lot of spicy food.

There has been a debate on the Internet about which place people can eat spicy food the most.

But as far as Li Chongyuan knows, the most spicy food should belong to the western Jiangxi area of ​​Jiangxi Province.For example, Yongxin, the hometown of Li Chongyuan in his previous life, and the area around Pingxiang.

As for how spicy it is, only those who have been there can know a thing or two.

Li Yuan said that he would not eat chili today, but stewed pork ribs with potatoes. Upon hearing this, Wan'er immediately put down the basket in her hand and said, "Uncle, do you want to dig potatoes today? Then I will come too."

Digging potatoes, Wan'er dug a plant privately as early as half a month ago.

At that time, the potatoes could be said to have grown, and Wan'er dug up several of them, and simmered and ate them with a few of her friends in the village.

Having eaten stewed potatoes, she naturally knows how delicious these potatoes are.

Now that I heard that Li Yuan was going to dig potatoes, there was no time to wait.

Li Yuan laughed and said: "Okay, let's start this acre of land today, and see how much potatoes can be harvested from this acre of land. See if it is as your fourth brother said, one acre can produce potatoes Dozens of stones."

With Li Yuan's instructions, whether it was Jin's servant or Qiao Su, he immediately called a few guards and followers.

Each took a hoe and started the happy time of digging potatoes.

"Wow, this is so big, it's bigger than my eating bowl. Uncle, uncle, I'll eat this today." When Wan'er dug out a potato that was bigger than an adult's fist, she picked it up and came to Li Yuan excitedly. in front of.

Li Yuan saw that the potatoes in Wan'er's hands were very big, and seeing that the skin had not been damaged, he said with some distress: "Let's keep them as seeds, let's just eat smaller ones."

After hearing this, Wan'er had no choice but to put down the big potato in her hand.

Of course, she also knew that potatoes were precious, and Li Chongyuan had already confessed before he left that the plants planted in the field were all precious, and they were basically used as seeds.

Otherwise, when Wan'er was picking peppers, she wouldn't choose those ugly or small peppers to eat.

If this was done a few years ago, Wan'er might still be choked up and cause damage or something.

But at the moment, she has grown into a big girl, she knows the seriousness, and also knows that there are some things to do and some things not to do, and she no longer behaves like she was when she was a child.

Potatoes vary in size, but taste is basically the same.

Moreover, Wan'er had secretly dug a plant half a month ago and ate boiled potatoes. She prefers to eat smaller potatoes that were boiled thoroughly.

For this potato, which is bigger than an adult's fist, I don't want to eat that much.

"Collect all the potato seedlings. I heard from Yuan'er that these potato seedlings can be boiled and fed to livestock, so don't waste them." Li Yuan shouted as he saw some potato seedlings being trampled on the ground when everyone was digging potatoes.

After hearing Li Yuan's words, Qiao Su immediately assigned someone to start harvesting potato seedlings.

Dozens of people cut the seedlings in the one-acre potato field, dug the potatoes with hoes, and then picked the potatoes, wiped off the mud, and put them aside.

Such a scene has already recruited the villagers of Lizhuang.

Even some villagers joined in.

This is not.

An acre of potatoes was almost dug up in Sishi.

Standing by the edge of the field, Li Yuan was very happy looking at the piles of potatoes that had been wiped clean, "Yuan'er really isn't talking big. With just this one mu of field, it looks like he can harvest at least twenty stones of potatoes."

"Uncle, there's a lot. There's still a small area that hasn't been dug. After the digging, it's estimated that there should be as many as 25 stones." Wan'er finally stopped and came to Li Yuan's side.

Li Yuan was very happy and nodded in satisfaction.

Not long after, almost at the end of the time, all the dug potatoes were asked by Li Yuan to be taken to the small courtyard.

When all the potatoes were piled up in the small courtyard, Li Yuan asked people to put them into baskets and bring a steelyard no matter whether it was noon or when.

Weighing, this is what Li Yuan wants to do most at the moment.

Scales appeared in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and were widely used in the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, the Ministry of Industry also specially set up a school supervisor to manage the inspection and calibration of weighing instruments, and only with a seal can they be allowed to be used.

Li Yuan anxiously wanted to know how many potatoes an acre of land could produce, and shouted to everyone, "Hurry up and weigh them, I want to know how many potatoes an acre of land can produce."

Basket after basket began to weigh the potatoes.

The Jin servant at the side urged, and recorded it himself.

After a busy trip, all the potatoes were weighed, and the waiter Jin reported: "My lord, the potatoes are a total of 720 and [-] catties. If the water is removed, it may only be [-]%."

"No, no, the fourth brother said that potatoes do not need to be dried like wheat and rice. There is no need to remove the water. You only need to remove the soil, and then let the dug out potatoes dry in the shade for a while. The water stains on the surface are the yield. "Wan'er, who was on the side, immediately said after hearing the words of Jin's servant.

Li Yuan was rewarded by Jin's servant, and after hearing what Wan'er said, he recalled what Li Chongyuan had said, nodded excitedly and said: "Wan'er is right. One mu of land can produce more than [-] catties of potatoes, which is really amazing." High-yield grain, this is the fortune of my Tang Dynasty, the prosperity of my Tang Dynasty."

"Uncle, isn't this a big harvest? We still have four acres of potatoes. If we calculate it like this, we can produce more than 3000 catties for five acres of potatoes. The high-yield grain brought back by the fourth brother is amazing. !" After hearing this, Wan'er saw that she didn't have the name of her fourth brother, so she immediately added it.

(End of this chapter)