Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 153 Arrogant
Li Tai didn't wait long in the side hall, and was taken to the Liangyi Hall where political affairs were handled when he almost arrived at the palace.

After Li Tai saluted, seeing Li Shimin's exhausted appearance, he resolutely spoke first:

"Aye, yesterday's banquet lasted until late at night, today you have to get up so early to work, it's really hard work!"

Hearing Li Tai's praise, Li Shimin stroked his beard in satisfaction. No matter how he looked at it, he was very pleased with his son. Compared with him, Li Chengqian was not so considerate.

"King Yue, it's almost noon now!" Wei Zheng said emphatically from the side.

When Li Tai looked at Wei Zheng, he always felt that Li Shimin could hold back this guy by his side instead of strangling him to death. This is really something that only Ming Jun can do. If he wanted to change himself, he would have found someone to beat him in the dark He poked his head back, then dragged away.

"Ahem!" Li Shimin coughed, bringing everyone's attention back to their senses, and said, "Qingque, do you know why I announced you to come?"

"Qing Que doesn't know!" Li Tai shook his head frankly, but calling himself Qing Que by his name wasn't an important thing.

Li Shimin didn't speak but looked at Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling stood up decisively and said:

"That's right, Su Guogong sent a letter from Lingnan, saying that you are planning to establish an agricultural school in Lingnan, so I asked you about the regulations!"

It is impossible for Fang Xuanling to say that we think you are crazy, so I call you over to see if you are still normal!
"It happened this time, but I didn't expect it to reach your ears!" Li Tai was a little surprised.

After all, I just opened a branch school in Lingnan, and it turned out to be a little flattered by the attention of the country's top and second leaders.

In Li Tai's view, although this matter may become a very important layout in the future, for now, this move is really not very important.

"Qingque, let's start from the beginning!" Li Shimin said in a deep voice when he heard Li Tai's words.

"No! Aye!" Li Tai replied after hearing Li Shimin's words, "This matter will start from Feng An's coming to Chang'an from Shangzhu Kingdom.

Because I wanted to trade sugar cane, I decided to look for a place to grow sugar cane in Lingnan.

And send technicians from agricultural colleges to make some simple technical improvements in the past, hoping to produce sucrose in large quantities. "

Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling were a little dazed when they heard Li Tai's words, they didn't expect to have something to do with sucrose, Li Shimin came back to his senses, as if he had agreed to this matter not long ago.

Li Shimin quickly said, "I remember that you have already told me about this matter, but what does it have to do with Kaixuefu branch school?"

"This matter is an introduction!" Li Tai said as a matter of course, "I really didn't intend to open a branch school in Lingnan.

But I didn't expect that there would be a Liaoren rebellion in the Lingnan area, which gave me another idea.

I remember that Secretary Wei said that there was great chaos and great order. Since the Liao people rebelled in the Lingnan area this time, it must have had a considerable impact on the local area.

I want this group of students from agricultural schools to go to the Lingnan area to familiarize themselves with the local environment of Lingnan and spread advanced farming techniques.

The granary knows the etiquette and the food and clothing is sufficient but knows the honor and disgrace, the bureaucrats rebelled, the biggest reason should be that there is no food to eat! "

Hearing this, Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling couldn't help but look at each other.

To be honest, because Li Tai's performance has been too rational all the time, and his gaze has a taste of looking thousands of miles away.

When Li Tai said such a natural but unbelievable reason, both Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling couldn't help but feel ashamed for a second, and of course it was only for a second.

Fang Xuanling said without embarrassment, "The king of Yue is kind, it is a royal fortune to have such kindness and justice."

At this moment Li Tai shook his head and said, "It's not really fair or benevolent.

If I were only benevolent and fair, I might send people to Lingnan instead of establishing an agricultural school in Lingnan Road.

Because there is the value of establishing an agricultural school! "

"Oh!" Li Shimin couldn't help being taken aback when he heard Li Tai's words, but he knew that his son was quite capable of money.

It can be called value by Li Tai, so at least it is worth millions!
After all, the annual central fiscal revenue of the entire Datang is only 3000 to [-] million yuan.

Li Tai nodded and said, "Because the research of the Agricultural Institute in recent years has found that the growth of crops has a great relationship with temperature.

Although the south is unbearably hot and humid, it is a good place for farming affairs.

I wanted to see if the grain grown in the south of the Five Ridges could be cooked for more than a year, all of which required agricultural colleges to experiment.

And whether it can be successful, I am afraid that it will take two or three years of effort just like the cultivation of wheat.

So I decided to set up a branch there. "

"Have you known each other for more than a year?" Fang Xuanling couldn't help licking her lips when she heard Li Tai's words, and finally couldn't help saying,
"It's really possible to know that place in Lingnan for more than a year?!" There was even a bit of excitement in the words.

"I don't know! It's just a research on farming and temperature at the Agricultural Institute!"

Li Tai shrugged and said, "Whether it can be grown or not needs to be tested, and northern wheat is definitely not suitable for southern cultivation.

So I think it is necessary to improve the cultivated crops. I don't know when this research will be completed.

But the sooner it is arranged, the sooner it will be completed. "

Just as Li Tai was drawing the blueprint of a bright future, a hard voice came over again:
"However, it is really difficult to transport materials from the Lingnan area to Chang'an, not to mention Chang'an, as long as they can be transported to Yuhang, the Lingnan area will not be rejected by Chang'an.

In fact, the entire Jiangnan Road is classified as Jiangnan Road, isn't it because the taxes in these places can either pass through the Yangtze River or pass through Yuhang, and then be transported to Luoyang and then sent to Chang'an!

As for Lingnan, even if they are willing to pay taxes, it is difficult to transport them out! "

When everyone heard this very unsuitable words, they couldn't help turning their heads to look at the person who made the sound, to see who was so disturbing!

All I saw was Wei Zheng appearing upright in everyone's field of vision.

Oh, it's him! ?That's all right!
"Indeed!" Li Tai nodded in agreement, and did not refute Wei Zheng's words.

Then Li Tai put his eyes on Li Shimin, and said, "Aye, can I talk about the plan in Youzhou?"

After hearing Li Tai's words, several important ministers present couldn't help pricking up their ears, as if they wanted to listen carefully.

After all, Li Tai's plan was famous.In particular, the water transportation plan has brought a lot of money to the central government, and a group of people can't wait to develop the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal!

As for why they didn't do it right away, one was because Du Ruhui hadn't finished his inspection, and the other was that there weren't enough math talents under the unified weights and measures model, so let's put it aside for now.

But as long as the talents from the Jiangnan branch come out, it is basically time to fully dredge the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and establish rules for water transport terminals.

The imperial court didn't want the agricultural school to dominate, and the family members were unwilling to do the job, so they had to wait for the Jiangnan school.

At this moment, Li Shimin waved his hand and said calmly:

"The ministers present are all important ministers of the society, and even my confidantes. As long as it is for the country and the public, there is nothing that cannot be said to them!"

After hearing this, the few present all bowed silently to Li Shimin. They were still very moved by Li Shimin's attitude.

And Li Tai said, "Because I don't plan to go by land, I plan to go directly by sea!"

"Shipping?!" Hearing this, everyone present was stunned, but they didn't expect this answer.

"It's not easy to travel by sea!" Minister of Civil Affairs Dou Jing retorted to Li Tai at this moment,

"I have been to Youzhou and seen Shaohai, and I know that although the sea is vast, it is not a thoroughfare.

There are tens of thousands of ravines underneath, the sky is full of wind and rain, and going to sea is by no means a smooth journey! "

"En!" Li Tai nodded when he heard Dou Jing's words, "What Dou Shangshu said is true.

Even so, because land roads are too difficult, at least by sea, the grain from Guangzhou can be transported to Yuhang, and then Yuhang can deliver the grain to the imperial court. At least this is the only road at present.

In fact, there is no need for us to argue on this point, because what is said now is just empty words.

At least until the Guangzhou area can really grow more than a year's worth of grain, in fact, it is nothing but tasteless to my court.

But if there is really food that can be cooked for more than a year, I don’t think I need to say anything more. Even if the court does not act, the people will always find a way to open this way. "

Everyone heard the sarcasm in Li Tai's words, but they couldn't understand what the sarcasm was.

But Wei Zheng said, "Since the common people will open the way spontaneously, why would it involve Youzhou?"

Li Tai explained, "Although the people will spontaneously open up this business route, the size of the people themselves determines the size of the boat.

For them, transporting high-value items that are small and can be stored is the first choice, such as solid sucrose.

But unless there is a food disaster and the price of food rises, the people will not take the initiative to transport food, because it is not cost-effective!

Under such circumstances, large enough ships and even large enough fleets are needed to transport food.

Under normal circumstances, the country can be the bearer, and the warships in the navy that are constantly being retired are the best choice.

It is very important to have a team that can transport a large amount of grain to Yuhang at any time, and then transport the grain to various places through the waterway connected by the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.

If you want to go to Youzhou in the north, Yuhang in the south, and all the places where the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is located, even if there is turmoil, the court can calm it down immediately! "

To be honest, in Li Tai's view, there was no problem that food could not solve in the feudal era, if there was, then add another bowl of rice!

Li Tai's plan made all the ministers present speechless.

To be honest, some things naturally don’t feel anything when they exist, but after being exposed, the officials present feel that Lingnan’s value has greatly increased!
Of course, no one plans to dive into Lingnan even if the value increases greatly.

One of the very real problems is that all of this is based on the fact that the Lingnan region can harvest more grain in one year.

If this is not true, then all Li Tai's plans will be in vain.

Even if Li Tai has improved wheat cultivation and completely rectified the name of the agricultural school, if you want to say, it can really grow more than one year's worth of grain.

To be honest, the ministers in the court may not believe that what Li Tai said is true, so we should wait and see.

"King Yue, you said that using the warships that have been retired from the navy for commercial use is a bit too extravagant!"

At this time, Wen Yanbo stood up and said to Li Tai seriously, "It's not easy to build such a sharp weapon, let alone put it into commercial use!"

"Aren't warships just dumplings?" Li Tai said right now, "You guys take warships too seriously.

To be honest, warships should not be regarded as sharp weapons, but as dumplings for launching, so as to play the role of navy! "

"What are dumplings?" Wei Zheng couldn't help asking beside Fang Xuanling as he looked at Wen Yanbo who was being bullied.

"There is a kind of pasta in "One Hundred Ways to Eat Noodles" written by the cook of Yue Wang's family!" Fang Xuanling said softly.

"King Yue's words are so frivolous!" Wei Zheng said sternly, "Wen Yanbo's face has changed with anger!"

"Just shut up, you!" Fang Xuanling pulled Wei Zheng and said.

"King Yue, do you know how much people's fat and people's paste are needed to build a navy warship? In your eyes, it's just pasta!" Wen Yanbo said.

"Eh..." Li Tai was taken aback for a moment, then respectfully said to Li Shimin, "Aye, can you stand up for a while?"

"Qingque, what are you going to do!" Li Shimin hesitated a little when he heard Li Tai's words, but stood up, and said, "Don't mess around!"

Li Tai said seriously, "Aye, Qingque understands, Qingque just wants to tell everyone present.

It's not that I look down on you, it's just that the economic ability of the people sitting here is comparable to mine, which is like a firefly compared to a bright moon.

So don't use your thinking to think about my ability!

As long as I am the governor of Youzhou and have the right to manage Hebei Road, give me three to five years, and the warships will be dumplings! "

Seeing Li Tai's arrogant and domineering posture, for a while, everyone was a little bit from ear to ear, and the whole hall was quiet.

Because they really didn't expect Li Tai to be so arrogant, and they didn't expect Li Tai to say this.

Even Wen Yanbo, who came out to refute, blushed at this moment, wanted to say something, but couldn't answer.

Because everyone can see the changes in Gao Ling, and because they know Li Tai's ability, it's hard to refute Li Tai's arrogant words now.

No one knows whether Li Tai can let the warship serve dumplings, but Li Tai has really developed the barren land of Gaoling to almost the most affluent place in Guanzhong in three years.

It can be said that rich businessmen gather together, and they are drunk with money!
"Saint, since the King of Yue intends to govern Youzhou, how about letting him govern Youzhou!" Fang Xuanling jumped out decisively.

"Yes, yes!" Wen Yanbo glanced at Fang Xuanling gratefully, and reacted,

"This is how to display the talents of the King of Yue! After all, don't the saints hope that my Tang warship will be launched into the water like dumplings!"

"This..." Although Li Shimin felt that Li Tai was exaggerating a little too much, he shouldn't kick Li Tai to Youzhou directly because of this.

You people are really, you need to feel sorry for a child like this!

"The king of Yue has the wisdom of Cao Chong and the ability of Gan Luo. If you count it carefully, the king of Yue is twelve years old this year.

I believe that the King of Yue is willing to go to Youzhou to prove his ability! "Wen Yanbo said to Li Tai with a smile.

"Aye, when Zheng Baiqu is completed, wherever Datang needs green sparrows, the green sparrows are willing to go!" Li Tai accepted decisively.

"Qingque, you!" Li Shimin agreed when he saw that Qingque had come forward directly, and he didn't even have the room to refuse.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin gave Qing Que a hard look, and said: "Go back to Gaoling and reflect on this matter, we will discuss this matter later!"

"Oh……"

Li Tai's voice suddenly dropped.

(End of this chapter)