Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 708 Qingyuan Army and Champa Rice

When the missions from Qian Yue and Nantang arrived, Zhang Tie naturally knew that they were here to congratulate Zhang Shengren on his 36th birthday.

Not only did they come, but the Qingyuan Army Jiedu envoy Liu Congxiao who controlled Zhangzhou and Quanzhou also sent people to come.

It was not an envoy who came, but Liu Shaoji, the adopted son of Liu Congxiao.

This is the reason why Zhang Tie didn't let Qian Yue and the Southern Tang mission enter the city. Now he is staying as a servant of the Southern Tang Dynasty in name.

Although even if Li Jing knew about it, there was a high probability that he would not have the guts to attack Liu Congxiao.

Liu Congxiao is not a soft persimmon, and may not be able to withstand the attack, but one more thing is worse than one less thing, so don't make trouble for Liu Congxiao.

Those who are familiar with me, Saint Zhang, know that those who can get my Saint Zhang's attention are at least famous people with a good reputation in history, such as Liu Congxiao.

According to the history of the Song Dynasty, Liu started from humble beginnings, served his mother with filial piety, knew books, was good at the art of war, knew people's sufferings, and loved the people with diligence and thrift.

Daxing cultural and educational undertakings in Erzhou, developing Quanzhou, renovating the city port, inviting overseas merchants to trade, recruiting homeless people to reclaim wasteland, using soldiers to cultivate fields, and building water conservancy to develop agriculture.

In just two years, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, where the people were displaced when the Southern Tang Dynasty broke the king of Fujian, regained their prosperity and made great contributions to the development of southern Fujian.

Later, during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the maritime trade in Zhangzhou, especially Quanzhou, flourished, which was the foundation laid by Liu Congxiao. Later generations of Quanzhou still have temples dedicated to Liu Congxiao.

Liu Shaoji is only 20 years old this year, and he can be called handsome. Although he is Liu Congxiao's adopted son, he is no different from his own son.

Because Liu Congxiao himself is infertile, and Liu Shaoji is not the adopted son of an outsider, but the son of Liu Congxiao's elder brother Liu Congyuan.

When Zhang Tie told Li Wan'er that he wanted to marry her to Quanzhou, he was not trying to scare her.

Liu Congxiao secretly submitted more than ten times in these years, and the tribute money exceeded [-] guan. For the small Qingyuan army, [-] guan was quite a lot.

And Liu Congxiao tried so hard to curry favor with Zhang Tie, besides wanting to take advantage of the situation, he also hoped to keep Shaoji for his adopted son and ask to marry a noble daughter of the court.

Most of my Shengren Zhang’s daughters haven’t grown up yet, and Liu Congxiao didn’t have the extravagant hope to marry Zhang Ting’s daughter, so I set my sights on the three families of the Zhang family, the Cao family in Shazhou, and the Li family in Khotan.

What Liu Congxiao thought was that if such a daughter-in-law stayed in Quanzhou, Li Jing would not dare to come to Quanzhou if he had the guts to do so.

This is not a married daughter-in-law, it is completely married to a Bodhisattva!

"I heard that your father built a mansion for Wang Yanzheng's two daughters in Quanzhou, and provided servants and food?"

Zhang Ting took a look at Liu Shaoji's appearance, and felt that it was quite passable, so while chatting with Liu Shaoji, he quietly asked Dong Shaojian to inform Li Wan'er to come and have a look.

In any case, Liu Congxiao is also the leader of the local separatist regime, and it is somewhat inappropriate for his son to marry a daughter of the Cao family.

Zhang Huaiqing's more than a dozen unmarried daughters among the close branches of the Zhang family were almost married to Zhang Tie, and even two of the widowed daughters were married off, so there was really no suitable one.

As for the Zhang family's Yuan family, it's even more inappropriate. They are so submissive, wouldn't it be a bit humiliating for you to marry a Yuan family to him.

Therefore, after all the calculations, the daughter of the Li family in Khotan is the most suitable. With the signboard of Li Shengtian, the Li family is a wealthy clan like Zhang Zhou.

Moreover, most of the power of the Li family is in Anxi and Hezhong, and marrying the granddaughter to the son who stayed behind does not affect the court structure.

"Although the prince is too harsh on the people of Fujian, King Zhongyi enzes all the people of Fujian. The ancestors of my Liu family came to Fujian with King Zhongyi, so that they survived the troubled times and endured seeing their granddaughter die of cold and hunger."

Wang Yanzheng is the last monarch of Wang Min, who is now detained in Jiangning by Li Jing, and King Zhongyi refers to the king of Min, Wang Shenzhi.

After Wang Yanzheng was taken away by the Southern Tang, his two daughters lived among the people without food and clothing, and once lived on begging in the market. People in Fujian were afraid of Southern Tang's revenge and did not dare to help.

It was not until after staying in power in Quanzhou that they built a house and provided food for them.

"Your father did a good job, this is what a loyal person should do!"

Zhang Tie praised him greatly, but at the same time he despised Li Jing extremely in his heart.After conquering the enemy country, it would be such a big deal not to take away such an important spoil as the princess of the enemy country.

"On behalf of my father, I would like to thank the sage for his praise." As he spoke, Liu Shaoji took out a secret letter and handed it to Zhang Tie himself.

"A few years ago, the sage ordered the minister's father to go to the South China Sea to search for high-yield rice, and now there are some signs."

"Oh! Are there any maritime merchants in Quanzhou now running to the South China Sea?" Zhang Ting was overjoyed, and immediately took the watch and began to read it carefully.

Liu Congxiao said in his letter that in December last year, he dispatched the head of the Qingyuan Army navy, and his nephew Liu Shaoquan led a hundred elite sailors to Champa to search for rice seeds under the leadership of the great sea merchant Lin Aju.

In May, Liu Shaoquan returned by boat and brought back twenty shi of rice seeds.

Although the rice planted by Liu Shaoji was still immature when he set off, but according to experienced farmers, the yield should be higher than that of Fujian's rice seeds just by looking at the growth and the appearance of the scion.

Liu Congxiao immediately ordered Liu Shaoquan to lead the elite sailors again, trying to go to sea against the wind.

This time I plan to bring back fifty stones, and will try to plant them in high-grade paddy fields, medium-irrigated fields and low-grade dry fields.

After the statistics of the per mu yield of his two plantings were clear, he immediately handed over the planting method and rice seeds to the imperial court.

Zhang Tie was overjoyed. Originally, he expected that Liu Congxiao would get him the Champa rice seeds. Zhang Tie planned to try planting it himself, but he did not expect that Liu Congxiao was so careful and had already started to try planting it. up.

In this way, the promotion of Champa Rice can be greatly pushed forward.

Now is the time when all kinds of things are waiting to be done. The population of 8000 million in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty is only 200 million, and more than 2000 million people are not enough to expand the living space of Xiajun Yimin. Not enough.

Therefore, in the next 30 to [-] years, it must be an era of rapid and explosive growth of the local population.

People at this time regard having many children and grandchildren as a blessing, and Zhang Ting will definitely boost the growth, so there is an urgent need for a high-yield grain to meet the needs of population growth.

At this stage, the only options available are the drought-tolerant Champa rice and the yellow rice that can grow in swampy areas, among which Champa rice is the most important.

Thinking of this, Zhang Tie patted Liu Shaoji on the shoulder in satisfaction, "Go back and tell your father not to be burdened, and to work hard.

The two prefectures of Zhangquan and Quanzhou belong to the land of the country, and they will definitely be taken back in the future, but my father is loyal, gracious, diligent, thrifty and caring for the people.

If it is difficult to leave the homeland, you can let your descendants be officials in Quanzhou! "

Liu Shaoji knelt down with a thud, Zhang Tie's words could be called heart-to-heart, and for the first time, he also allowed the children of Liu's family to continue to be officials in Quanzhou in the future.

Although the seat of the separatist leader is gone, Liujia can still become the undisputed wealthy family in Quanzhou in the future.

"After I go back, I will definitely convey the words of the saint to my father, the whole family of the Liu family, and the people in the two prefectures and fourteen counties of the Qingyuan Army. They are looking forward to listening to the holy voice day and night."

Zhang Tie helped Liu Shaoji up again with his own hands, "I have never been stingy with high officials and rich salaries for meritorious ministers.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and Champa rice is related to the people's livelihood in the world. It must be the most important thing for the Qingyuan Army. If it is done, I and the people of the world will owe you the kindness of the Liu family. "

Hearing what Zhang Ting said, Liu Shaoji, who had just been helped up by Zhang Ting, knelt down again with a plop.

The Liu family couldn't bear this kindness, because the emperor mentioned this thing first, and they were just the executors.

If you dare to take the emperor's merits as your own, you are courting death!

So Liu Shaoji quickly replied on the ground: "There is Zhancheng Rice growing thousands of miles away, it was discovered by a sage with discerning eyes.

The Qingyuan army is located in the East China Sea, and is easily disturbed by early drought. If Champa Rice can resist the early drought, there will be countless people alive.

Therefore, it is not the credit of my Liu family, but the great favor that the sage gave to the people of the Qingyuan army and the people of the world. "

What I said was in line with Zhang Shengxin's wishes, and I couldn't help laughing three times, and I was also very satisfied with Liu Shaoji.

But behind the curtain, Li Wan'er was immediately paralyzed with fright.

Although Liu Shaoji seems to be a good-looking talent, his father is the lord of the two states, and one side is handsome.

But Qingyuan Army is too far away from Hexi!The customs and customs are different, she doesn't want to marry so far away.

So, taking advantage of Zhang Tie not finding out, Li Wan'er quickly slipped away.

However, she could escape the first day of the junior high school, but not the fifteenth day. Li Wan'er thought about it, and only her grandfather who loved her could save her life, so she turned around and ran to Li Shengtian for help.

Li Shengtian was returning from a safari, and Zhang Ting gave up the Yongshou Palace where his aunt, Empress Dowager Ciyou lived, to Li Shengtian to live in. After the couple arrived at Chengtian Liangzhou Mansion, they stopped mixing with Zhang Ting.

Instead, he picked up a ticket for the youth of Liangzhou Xunchen. He would drink and have fun every day, or go hunting in the Tianti Mountain in the south of the city or even the Qilian Mountains farther away, or go boating and fishing in the Baiting Sea in the north.

It's so cool to play!

Zhang Ting didn't ask too much, and even sent Li Shengtian a lot of money, guards, maids, and cooks, just to make Li Shengtian have more fun.

My uncle was supposed to go to Shazhou at the end of last year, and then returned to Khotan in the early spring of this year.

But Zhang Tie was dawdling, and he was dawdling, until he arrived in Liangzhou with Zhang Tie, and he didn't say anything about leaving these days.

This Yuchi family seems to have engraved their liking for Zhongyuan into their hearts.

But anyone with the surname Yuchi doesn't want to go back when they arrive in the Central Plains, it's the same for the younger and younger Weichi, it's the same for Yuchi Sheng, and it's the same for Li Shengtian now.

Moreover, a few days ago, Li Shengtian revealed to Zhang Ting privately that he no longer wanted to be called a Khotanian, and suggested that Zhang Ting let his subjects call the Khotan Yuchi family the Xianbei Yuchi family in the future.

Zhang Ting couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this. Among the Khotan people of the Saiyan people of Li Shengtian's ancestor, there was indeed a group of people who followed Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty into the Central Plains.

The big names and Yuchi Gong and the big and small Weichi all belonged to this tribe called the Xianbei Yuchi tribe.

But Zhang Ting thought about it and refused. Now, after the efforts of Emperor Xiaowen, the Gao family of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and even the efforts of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, the Xianbei people are finally no different from the Han people.

There is no need to separate the Yuwen, Yuchi, Murong, Duan and other tribes of Xianbei now, that would be asking for trouble.

Li Shengtian may have realized at the time that there were some problems with this, but he didn't want his family to continue to be called Khotanese.

After some consideration, Zhang Ting suggested that the surnames of the world should be recompiled in the near future, and the Yuchi family, such as the Murong family, would be directly added to the Han Chinese surnames, and the Yuchi family would be ranked at the top. Li Shengtian was satisfied.

When Li Wan'er found Li Shengtian, Li Shengtian was shooting at a fat mule, excitedly massaging the flesh and blood of the mummer who had slept like a baby.

Li Wan'er didn't start crying directly, but knelt down to help her grandfather massage the deer. '

Not to mention that although this little girl is a bit willful, her craftsmanship is really good, much better than Li Shengtian.

Li Shengtian could see that Li Wan'er was really thinking about it, but he held back and didn't ask.

Until Li Wan'er couldn't hold back anymore, she wowed and told the news that the sage who didn't know who was called cousin or uncle was going to marry her to Quanzhou, the host country in the south of the Yangtze River, and squeezed out a few strings of pear blossom belts tears of rain.

Cao Yuanxin, dressed in men's clothing, hurriedly drove the guards and maids away. Of course, the ghostly Cao Yuanxin deliberately left a few eunuchs sent by Zhang Tie to serve them.

Moreover, this eunuch was not sent by Zhang Tie, but was forced by her.

Cao Yuanxin understands a truth very well, Li Shengtian can have no scruples with Zhang Yu, because this is what Li Shengtian deserves.

But the people around Li Shengtian, don't think about enjoying this kind of treatment, or there will be big problems in the future.

Li Shengtian slowly brushed the venison that Li Wan'er had cleaned and cut with oil, and prepared it for grilling, while asking, "What does Liu Shaoji look like? Is it still attractive?"

Li Wan'er just wanted to roll her eyes at her grandfather, you didn't listen to a word of affection just now, but she didn't dare.

"You're pretty good-looking, but grandfather, Wan'er doesn't want to marry into the Qingyuan army, and go to the barren place over there, so I won't see you old man in the future."

Li Shengtian pushed Li Wan'er's head away with disgust, "It is true that the Qingyuan Army is a little farther away, but it is also the leader of two prefectures and thirteen counties with over 10 people. What are you dissatisfied with?"

When Li Wan'er heard this, it was the end!Quickly, there was another burst of coquettishness.

Now Li Shengtian couldn't stand it any longer, he could only spread his hands, "If that's the case, then go back to Khotan with your grandfather, who will find you a good husband-in-law in Khotan."

When Li Wan'er heard this, she immediately became embarrassed.

She dislikes Quanzhou being far away, but she doesn't want to go back to Khotan either.The little girl is now fascinated by the prosperity of Liangzhou, Luoyang, and Tokyo, and she doesn't want to go back at all.

"Look! He also said that he was reluctant to part with his grandfather, and once he said that he would go back to Khotan, he would not want to!" Li Shengtian teased Li Wan'er a few words, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"You are really from my Yuchi family! When you come to the Central Plains, you don't want to go back."

The sound of horseshoes sounded in the distance, Cao Yuanxin stood up and took a look, and then said to Li Shengtian: "You nephew, you are really careful, I am not afraid that your uncle will get angry, so I sent someone here immediately."

Li Shengtian snorted, "Naturally, this old man is not Zhang Huaiqing.

But we can't give too much color, the saint's nephew of a certain family is the best at putting his nose on his face.

If you get used to him, he dares to make the marriage of our granddaughters like Zhang Huaiqing's daughter. "

Cao Yuanxin thought of the fact that Zhang Huaiqing's dozen daughters and granddaughters were all married off by Zhang Ting, and nodded with deep sympathy.

Li Wan'er next to her saw that her grandfather and grandmother had reached a consensus, and now she was really anxious and burst into tears.

Cao Yuanxin couldn't help but take a look at this granddaughter who looked smart but was actually stupid.

"Grandmother, I have been smart all my life, how did I get you, a silly granddaughter, do you think the emperor will let you go to Quanzhou?
You are going to Quanzhou, and now you are still obediently staying with Xiao to gain leverage, but I don't know if you will change your mind.

You just wait, the emperor will definitely let Liu Shaoji stay in the court, and after the major events are basically confirmed, he will put Liu Shaoji back and exchange Liu Congxiao back. "

(End of this chapter)