Li Shimin

Chapter 829 Another Autumn Harvest

"The princess is pregnant?"

Both Li Xuan and Xue Rengui were taken aback.

"Back to Uncle Wang, this morning, the palace doctor just checked it, so it's absolutely certain!"

Although Li Chengqian was a little surprised why Li Xuan and Xue Rengui had that look on their faces, his face was filled with excitement when he thought that his princess was pregnant with his eldest son or eldest daughter.

"Very good!"

Li Xuan was also overjoyed.

"Today, my Tang Dynasty has double happiness!"

"Double Happiness?"

Li Chengqian was a little puzzled.

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, at noon, several doctors from the medical school also came to Xuejiazhuang and diagnosed that Princess Xiangcheng is pregnant!"

Xue Rengui explained directly.

"Miss Huang is also pregnant?"

Li Chengqian stared with great joy.

"congratulations!"

"Haha, I also congratulate Your Highness!"

Xue Rengui quickly saluted.

Then, the two looked at each other and burst out laughing.

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Soon, the news that the princess was pregnant spread throughout the court.

All the civil and military officials in the dynasty were full of joy.

Li Xuan also heard that when they heard the news that the Crown Princess was pregnant, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun directly brought a lot of belongings to the East Palace to see the Crown Princess and rewarded her generously.

Even Li Yuan, the Supreme Emperor, was laughing out loud in Tai'an Palace!

Later, they also sent people to give many things to the princess.

Of course, Li Shimin, Empress Changsun, Li Yuan and others did not forget the reward from Princess Xiangcheng.It's just that there are not as many rewards as the crown princess.

Li Xuan, on the other hand, directly asked Xue Rengui and Li Chengqian to choose the objects they wanted in various workshops in Lijiazhuang.

They can pull away two large carts for all kinds of necessities of life.

At first, Xue Rengui was a little embarrassed.

However, driven by Li Chengqian, take whatever you see!
For example: soft and white paper specially used for going to the toilet, or pens made entirely of gold, or fragrant and delicate soaps, and even all kinds of exquisite dishes, reclining chairs, iron basins...

After hearing this, Li Chongyi, Cheng Chusi and the others were immediately filled with envy.

However, they soon became envious.

In the next few days, Li Xiaogong, Cheng Zhijie, Fang Xuanling and the others seemed to be stimulated and began to urge their marriages.

Even Li Baoding, although he is the king of the county, was still pursued by his father, Li An, the king of Pingyuan, to urge him to marry him.

In just one month, before the autumn harvest, the wedding dates were set for their parents.

However, people like Chang Sun Chong who have already been engaged to each other get married directly.

It seems that the nobles of the entire Tang Dynasty, in an instant, began the era of competing with their grandchildren.

At the same time, since the concubine was pregnant, it seemed that Li Shimin had forgotten about Li Chengqian's delegating to the surrounding counties and governing a county.

The entire Chang'an City also began to slowly fall into a quiet and busy.

Only the back mountain of Lijiazhuang heard a few loud bangs from time to time.

Time passed.

Soon, it will be late September.

In the rice fields of Guanzhong, in addition to the golden rice and wheat, there are also more corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes!
However, corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes need to wait until after October if they want to harvest and mature.

Therefore, this year's autumn harvest will be much easier for the people of Guanzhong.

When the first rice plant began to turn golden yellow, the whole Lijiazhuang also began to enter the tense atmosphere of autumn harvest.

All rice fields are planted one acre after another.

Therefore, it is possible to harvest several acres of rice a day, and then to harvest tens of acres or even hundreds of acres of rice in one day!

This kind of big event involving the whole village naturally aroused Li Chenglu's excitement.

Seeing this, Li Xuan directly gave Li Chenglu a task, leading a group of servants in the house to prepare cold water and cold melons for the farmers in the field, and even supply each person with two bottles of ale a day.

With a sense of participation, Lee Seung-rok is even more excited and enthusiastic.

Regardless of the sun exposure, he wore a bamboo hat made of rice stalks, followed by twenty small dogs, running around the entire rice field.

Li Xuan, on the other hand, was sitting on the balcony on the third floor of his house, with a big umbrella on his head, holding a pot of steaming melons and fruits in his hands, gnawing on them.

From time to time, I picked up the binocular clairvoyance beside me and looked towards the fields in the distance.

Then, lie down again.

After an unknown amount of time, a beautiful lady walked out with a little kid in her arms.

Behind him, there is also a lady who is not bad in appearance, holding a little girl by the hand.

"Aye!"

"Aye..."

Seeing Li Xuan, the two little guys were overjoyed, and immediately became dishonest.

Struggling, he wanted to pounce on Li Xuan.

Seeing this, Cui Mi directly placed the child on Li Xuan's body, while Zi Yun let go of the girl in his hands.

So, before Li Xuan got up, he was surrounded by two brats.

I could only sigh helplessly in my heart, "Mi'er, Ziyun, it's so hot outside, why did you come out?"

"Sanlang, the weather is so hot, why do you let Lu'er run outside like this? If you have a heat illness, what should you do?"

Cui Mi also sighed, and said slowly, his eyes were full of worry.

"Mi'er, don't worry, Lu'er is in charge of the ale and cold water in the village right now, as long as he drinks plenty of water, he won't suffer from heat stroke."

Li Xuan chuckled and comforted him: "In addition, all the households in the village, including the children of those households, are also busy in the fields.

He would not be reconciled if Cheng Lu was not allowed to interfere with such a big battle.

Moreover, let him also experience the hardships of farming, so that he will treat those farmers kindly in the future. "

"In the morning, I found that Chenglu's arm had already shed its skin!"

Cui Mi's face was filled with distress.

"It's just shedding, Mi'er doesn't need to do that!"

Li Xuan didn't feel as distressed as Cui Mi thought, and his face was relaxed.

"It's much safer to let him run outside and bask in the sun than to stay in some house in the village and mess around!"

Li Chenglu, who was already six years old, was already a cub that even a dog would hate.

When curiosity is at its peak, as soon as you get out of the sight of Li Xuan and Cui Mi and the others, needless to say, specify where to drill, demolish houses, pluck dogs, ride pigs, chase chickens and ducks, catch fish... …

Anyway, not learning.

After a month, there are always a few more scars on my body.

In this regard, Li Xuan was also helpless.

Even with the contract with Cui Mi, the two taught Li Chenglu face to face for one day and started the next day.

That brat will simply forget what Li Xuan said, and start another crazy day.

After several visits, Li Xuan and Cui Mi were also exhausted, so they could only tell the people in the village to pay special attention when they saw Li Chenglu.

Li Chenglu is not allowed to enter especially dangerous places such as forges, breweries, and martial arts training grounds.

Hearing what Li Xuan said, Cui Mi opened her mouth, but didn't say anything more.

They each sat on the chairs on one side, watching Li Jinyun and Li Wei making a fuss over Li Xuan.

For ten days in a row, the entire Lijiazhuang was busy harvesting rice.

During the period, there were only two showers, and after half a day, the dark clouds began to dissipate.

After one night, the soil in the field was not so sticky, and the farmers in Lijiazhuang began to wear bamboo hats and burlap clothes again, harvesting rice in the field.

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"My lord, [-] mu of rice has been planted in the village this time, and a total of [-] shi of rice has been harvested!"

"A total of [-] shi of corn was harvested from [-] acres of corn!"

"There are two thousand acres of sweet potatoes, and twenty-four thousand stones of sweet potatoes are dug out from the ground!"

"Three thousand acres of potatoes, [-] shi of potatoes dug from the ground!"

"Your Majesty, these grains add up to 12 shi, which is [-] shi more than the [-] shi of rice in the past!"

"Your Majesty, this is a great harvest, and it's time to announce the good news to His Majesty!"

After the rice, corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes in the field were all harvested, Li Chang took an account book and reported to Li Xuan excitedly.

How could he have imagined that just turning the rice fields into corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes would produce so much more food!

The whole Lijiazhuang was beaming with joy.

"Your Majesty is busy with so many government affairs, so you don't need to bother with such trivial matters!"

Li Xuan shook his head slowly, "This amount of grain is enough for the farmers in the village to eat for a year. You distribute the grain to the farmers according to their respective proportions. Next, start composting these fields and prepare to start planting vegetables With peppers, potatoes, sweet potatoes!"

"In winter, these potatoes, sweet potatoes, and vegetables, especially peppers, are enough to make a lot of money for the farmers in the village. As long as His Majesty does not personally ask about the harvest in the village, there is no need to tell His Majesty.

In addition, if others ask, don't pay too much attention to it! "

Li Chang also calmed down, and quickly nodded in response.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Ok!"

Afterwards, Li Xuan confessed some words to Li Chang, and Li Chang withdrew.

However, Li Xuan still underestimated Li Shimin's curiosity.

The next day, Li Shimin, who did not know where he got the news, brought Li Chongyi, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others to Lijiazhuang directly.

As soon as he entered the room, Li Shimin asked impatiently.

"Xuan Ba, I heard that the [-] mu of land in your village has a bumper harvest. I wonder how much grain you have harvested?"

Hearing this, a trace of helplessness flashed in Li Xuan's eyes, and he directly handed Li Shimin the account book that Li Chang left in the house.

"This is the account book for this autumn harvest in the field. Please read it yourself, Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin didn't mind either, and took the ledger directly, and began to flip through it page by page.

On the ledger, when did the grain harvest start, how many days were harvested, how many acres were harvested, and how many stones were harvested for each type of grain?It's all clearly recorded!

Therefore, Li Shimin can easily see how many stones of grain Li Jiazhuang has harvested!

"12 stones!"

After reading it, Li Shimin's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it.

He had already made bold predictions, but he didn't expect that there were still fewer predictions!
"so much?"

On the side, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others also looked expectantly at the ledger in Li Shimin's hand.

Perhaps feeling something, Li Shimin directly handed the ledger in his hand to Li Xiaogong beside him!

Li Xiaogong quickly took it, and looked at it seriously.

After reading it, I was as surprised as Li Shimin.

Afterwards, he handed the account book in his hand to Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others beside him.

After a while, everyone had the same shocked expression.

"Your Majesty, if you convert it like this, one mu of land can yield six stones of grain!"

After bowing his head and counting for a long time, Du Ruhui said with a face full of surprise.

"Six stones per mu!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin, Li Chongyi and others all looked happy again.

In this kind of farming society, as long as each mu of land can be harvested by one catty more, it will be a great joy, enough for the whole country to celebrate!

But now, it's a lot more than the previous two stones per mu!

"Okay, if all the fields in the village are planted with sweet potatoes, wouldn't it be twelve stones per mu?"

Li Xuan looked helpless.

"There are five thousand acres of sweet potatoes and potatoes, and sweet potatoes and potatoes can only be used as supplementary food, not staple food!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and the others had their eyes clear, and then they came back to their senses.

indeed!

They were all shocked by the harvest amount on the ledger just now, but they didn't think about it.

Moreover, this year's Zhuangzi's harvest in each of their families is also good.

Although it is not as amazing as Lijiazhuang, it is still one stone more than before!
"Your Majesty, you came here on such a hot day, shouldn't you just ask about the harvest in my village!" Li Xuan asked directly.

"Ok!"

Li Shimin didn't continue to go around in circles, and looked up at the huge map of the Tang Dynasty hanging on the side wall of the main hall.

"Xuan Ba, Gao Ming told me the county he wants to govern a few days ago, and I'm here to ask for your opinion!"

"Oh?"

Li Xuan was a little interested, and asked directly: "Which county does Gao Ming want to go to?"

"Weinan!"

Li Shimin said.

"Weinan?"

Li Xuan thought for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"It's a hundred miles away from Chang'an, and you can get there in an hour on a fast horse!"

"Today, there are more than 2 households and 7 people in Weinan County."

"It's not too far from Chang'an, and the population is moderate, just right!"

"Xuanba actually knows how many people there are in Weinan?"

Li Shimin was a little surprised.

"This data was found out by Cheng Qian and others during their inspections. If you told me, I will write it down!" Li Xuanhao didn't take this matter seriously.

"I see!"

A flash of understanding flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and then he said: "In this way, Xuan Ba ​​also thinks that Gao Ming can go to Weinan?"

Li Xuan glanced at Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, as long as it is an hour or two hours away from Chang'an, Gao Ming can go there!"

"Moreover, the most important thing is which county does Gao Ming want to go to?"

"In this way, Gao Ming will be the county magistrate of Weinan!"

Li Shimin didn't think about Li Xuan's words, but nodded directly.

On the side, Li Xiaogong, Fang Xuanling and the others also had twinkling eyes, looking at Li Shimin hesitating to speak.

"Xuanba, Gao Ming is the county magistrate, so what about people like Chongyi, Chusi, Yizhi, Baoding, and Rengui?" Li Shimin asked again.

"Forehead!"

Li Xuan couldn't help but glanced at Li Shimin in surprise, "Your Majesty, Xue Rengui is the captain of the Musket Battalion, Cheng Chusi is the captain of the Bomb Battalion, and Li Chongyi is the captain of the Arrow Battalion! The three of them are lieutenant generals, so they can't go there. Rule the people!"

"And Baoding is the king of the Tang Dynasty, so he can't be a county magistrate to govern the people?"

"The remaining people are Yizhi, Changsun Chong, Du Gou, and Xuan Ce. If His Majesty is worried about Gao Ming, you can let these boys be Gao Ming's deputy, or county magistrate, county lieutenant, Or as an official of the Jingzhao Mansion, he can secretly take care of Gao Ming on weekdays."

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(End of this chapter)