Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 631 Corn and Potatoes
Facing his younger sister who was getting more and more worried, Gao Ming had nothing to do but deep introspection.

"Why did the well-behaved and obedient little girl turn into what she is now? It is impossible innately, so she must have learned from others, and the person she usually contacts the most is... me?"

Thinking of this, he immediately shook his head.

"Impossible, how could it be possible that she imitated me, and besides, she doesn't count as an imitator. As far as the Tang Dynasty is concerned, she is a bit mischievous at best!"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming's mood immediately improved a lot.

After having a warm and harmonious lunch with his wife and daughter, he returned to the Ministry of Military Industry and continued to deal with the railway and bank affairs.

At the same time, the planting of potatoes and corn also started vigorously in Datang.

According to Li Shimin's instructions, after Cheng Yaojin arrived in Lingnan, he left [-]% of the potatoes and corn planted by Liu Bing and the others to the Governor of Lingnan, and transported the rest back to Chang'an.

And on the way back, according to Gao Ming's instructions, he took out [-]% of it and distributed it to the Zhechong prefectures along the way, asking them to be responsible for planting and raising seedlings, and after the harvest, he distributed it to the local veterans. some perks.

As for the rest, they will be distributed along the way, and only [-]% of them will be taken to Chang'an and handed over to the Ministry of Industry for cultivation and promotion.

After all, this is something that Gao Ming asked Liu Bing to find across the ocean, and there is a precedent for Liu Bing's successful planting in Lingnan, which allows everyone to ignore it and directly invest in planting.

For a while, the Ministry of Industry, which was originally deserted and deserted, suddenly became very popular. Officials from major families almost broke the threshold of the Ministry of Industry. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a bustling market.

For such a situation, both Gao Ming and Li Shimin adopted a laissez-faire attitude.

Because in their view, these aristocratic families are for their own benefit, but no matter what, as long as potatoes and corn can be promoted, it will be beneficial to the development of Datang.

And the fact is exactly the same, because of the intervention of the major families, the promotion and production of potatoes and corn have developed by leaps and bounds.

When the Mid-Autumn Festival came, the corn and potato harvests from various places piled up on Li Shimin's desk one after another. He was so happy that he was smiling for several days in a row.

At the court meeting, he directly announced the lifting of the prohibition on wine making, allowing ordinary people to have the right to make wine.

Seeing this, Gao Ming also took advantage of the heat and announced the method of making vermicelli from potatoes and then preserving them for a long time.

As a result, after the court meeting was over, the military generals rushed out of the court hall, and many of the usually gentle and elegant civil servants also ran with their clothes hem up.

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin was both funny and helpless.

"Da Lang is really generous. If this method is kept, it will bring in a lot of money, enough to cover the expenses of the palace for decades."

"Haha, impossible!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming immediately laughed, and waved his hands while laughing.

"This method is too simple. Others can figure it out as long as they ponder a little. Let the aristocratic families do it. At least it can increase the income of the common people. This is the most important thing!"

Hearing what he said, Li Shimin thought for a while and nodded.

"That's true, and not only that, the common people can use the dross from corn wine to feed livestock. Maybe in a few years, Dalang won't have to eat cows that fell to death, hahahaha!"

"Uh……"

Hearing what Li Shimin meant, Gao Ming was stunned for a moment, and when he turned around, he found that Li Shimin had left the court with a smile.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing.

"The old man is in a good mood, but it's no wonder. After all, Datang is getting better and better. I just don't know what's going on with Wang Xuance. Counting the time, it's time for news, right?"

While muttering, he returned to the East Palace.

But what he didn't expect was that before he finished his lunch, he saw Shi Jian hurried in.

"Too...His Royal Highness...His Majesty calls urgently!"

"Well, I'll go right now!"

Hearing her words, Gao Ming didn't care about eating anymore, and hurried to the imperial study immediately.

As soon as he entered, he saw Li Shimin holding a booklet, his face full of disbelief, and he kept mumbling.

"Really...it's actually true...he actually did it!"

"What did you do? Brother, what did you say?" Hearing his nonsensical words, Gao Ming couldn't help frowning immediately.

Datang called his father "Ye Ye", "Brother", and "Grandfather", in short, he didn't call him Dad, not only among the people, but also in the palace.

So Gao Ming did as the Romans did.

Hearing his words, Li Shimin, who was reading the notebook, suddenly came to his senses, then stood up directly from his seat, and handed him the notebook in his hand.

"Look, this is a note handed over by Wang Xuance. It said that there was a civil strife in Tianzhu, and Alonashun rebelled. Fortunately, King Jieri's sister, Princess Ragashuri, rescued him and escaped. Now Alonashun has been beheaded, and he has controlled [-]% of the land of Tianzhu Kingdom, and now he is ready to return to court!"

"what?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming quickly took the folder in his hand, then scanned it three times, and then frowned.

"This Wang Xuance is really confused, how can he withdraw at this time?"

"Huh?" As soon as Gao Ming said this, Li Shimin suddenly showed a puzzled expression, "Since we won, why can't we withdraw?"

"Because of Tubo!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming explained to Li Shimin while playing Wang Xuance's notes.

"Wang Xuance borrowed soldiers from Tubo in the name of envoys from the Tang Dynasty. In name, Tubo borrowed troops from Tubo because they were related to our Tang Dynasty, but in fact it was to take the opportunity to eliminate the worries of Tianzhu. If Wang Xuance withdraws troops now, Tubo, without any worries, has become a trouble for my Tang Dynasty, and it will seriously affect my next plan!"

"Uh..." Hearing Gao Ming's explanation, Li Shimin couldn't help blinking his eyes immediately, "Tianzhu can control Tubo? Is it that powerful?"

"Of course!"

Seeing Li Shimin's unbelievable expression, Gao Ming immediately showed helplessness.

"Don't underestimate this country just because Wang Xuance borrowed troops to take down Tianzhu. If it weren't for their civil strife, this would have been impossible. Let me tell you this!"

Having said that, Gao Ming walked to Li Shimin's desk, picked up his brush and drew a rough map on the paper, and at the same time opened his mouth again.

"If we take this opportunity to swallow the entire Tianzhu, and then take down the surrounding countries such as the mudra country and the bodyguard country, we can surround Tubo in the middle and eat it. At that time, the land of the Tang Dynasty will be Doubled!"

"The land of Datang... doubled?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's eyes widened immediately, and then he shouted at the guard outside the door.

"Pass down the order to let Cheng Yaojin, Li Ji, Tang Jian and Su Dingfang come to see me in the Imperial Study Room!"

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)