Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 172 Liu Shenwei Returns

In the Hall of Liangyi, he stated his goals and stated his policies, and Li Shimin asked Li Tai to go back to the Yue Palace first.

Although Li Shimin didn't promise anything, seeing that these ministers didn't say anything, Li Tai understood that the test was over.

After all, for these ministers, Li Tai's departure from Chang'an was the most important thing in itself.

As for where Li Tai ends up going, relatively speaking, it doesn't seem to be that important.

Not to mention, Li Tai's plan is not to send troops to Goguryeo without saying a word after arriving in Youzhou.

It is a kind of mutual trade, mutual transactions, and peaceful means to plan Goguryeo.

Moreover, it is only necessary to give Li Tai the right to internal affairs, not to give Li Tai military power. To what extent can an internal affairs right be affected.

The most important thing is that Li Tai made a promise, saying that he can prepare for the conquest of Goguryeo without the court's funding.

To be honest, is there any more caring words for the prime ministers present?
Even Fang Xuanling was very curious about how Li Tai would blow up this money to the bitterly cold place in Youzhou.

After all, even though the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has been dredged to Youzhou, the reality is that Youzhou has always been a frontier town for confrontation with aliens. Because of its urban functions, Youzhou's military development far exceeds its economic development.

So, although Youzhou is not going to be abandoned, this border city is really not rich.

But Li Tai didn't stay long in Chang'an, so he returned to Gaoling and continued to make corresponding arrangements.

For example, some land that is not in the core area began to be sold. For example, he said that he started to review the talents of the agricultural college, and Li Tai even asked Peacock to transfer some weavers to go north.

At the same time, Li Tai also started to reduce the size of the factories that were originally built around Zheng Guoqu, and transferred some of them to go north with him.

All in all, Li Tai actually took an inventory of his belongings, thinking about what to bring and what not to bring.

Since he is planning to go to Youzhou to do a big job, he will not be able to cross the river if he only brings money to Youzhou!

Just when Li Tai was conducting a comprehensive inventory, Cheng Zhijie returned with the army, and also came back with him, as well as the medical camp led by Liu Shenwei.

After receiving the reward, all the doctors in the medical camp naturally returned to the hospital.

However, Liu Shenwei didn't care about getting tired, and brought the prescriptions and herbs he had recorded in Lingnan, as well as the farming diaries accumulated by Master Yuan Ke, to the agricultural school as soon as possible, and asked them to copy these things first. stand up.

Afterwards, Li Tai brought Ma Zhou, Du Chuke, Lu Cai and other old people from the agricultural school to meet Liu Shenwei.

After drinking for three rounds and eating five flavors, they also asked Liu Shenwei about Lingnan Road.

Liu Shenwei also calmly told everyone what he had seen and heard in Lingnan Road, expressing that he had gained a lot of knowledge.

"That is to say, it is true that Lingnan can do three crops a year!" Li Tai said after hearing Liu Shenwei's words.

"Yes!" Liu Shenwei nodded and said, "But we need a special kind of straw called early rice.

I also got some rice seeds, and I want to try them in the experimental field in Chang'an to see how well they can be grown here. "

"Yeah!" Li Tai nodded when he heard Liu Shenwei's words, "I understand, you can just carry out the experiment according to the usual practice!"

To be honest, Li Tai also knows what Champacho said, which is the key to Huaxia breaking the population limit of 6000 million to [-] million.

But in reality, Li Tai has never grown Champa rice, let alone seen Champa rice, so he doesn't know how many different rice species there are in this world.

So of course I don't know that the so-called early rice is Champa rice, but now that Liu Shenwei thinks that this kind of rice is better, let's plant it first, after all, the agricultural test field itself needs a lot of experiments.

In the end, it doesn't matter what the name of the rice is, as long as the yield is high and can feed more people, then the rice is worth the money.

And it is not so easy to promote a rice seed, even if it is dominated by the imperial court.

It's like wanting to change millet to wheat. It's been six years since Zhenguan had a good harvest in three years, but it hasn't been promoted in the whole Guanzhong, at most it's promoted around the Weihe River.

After all, this thing is related to food. Originally, the inertia of planting corn is very great, and the common people are unwilling to change it without seeing the benefits.

Under such circumstances, the promotion of any kind of new food will be hindered by the instinct of the people who enjoy stability.

"However, the imperial court can despise the special environment of three crops a year in Lingnan, but our agricultural school can't despise it."

Lu Cai, who was sitting by the side, took a sip of his drink and said.

Hearing this, everyone looked at Lu Cai curiously, and Lu Cai said calmly:

"Because of the replacement of agricultural wheat species, it would take at least a year.

But if there are three crops a year in Lingnan, no, as long as there are two crops a year, then the speed of seed iteration in the agricultural college can be doubled, and this is the value. "

Hearing Lu Cai's words, most of the people present were from agricultural colleges. Even Du Chuke, who didn't care about agriculture the most, nodded at this moment, with a dignified look on his face.

Such a reminder, who does not understand the significance of this land.

"Indeed!" Li Tai nodded, "This value alone is worth the investment from the Agricultural Institute to Lingnan.

But investing in research requires a lot of money and materials, and we can't expect Chang'an to transport them there, so we need to further develop the economy! "

"Does King Yue want to increase investment in sugar cane?" Lu Cai asked Li Tai curiously.

"It's not a smart idea to compete with Lingnan King for sugar cane income!" Li Tai shook his head and said,

"Even if Datang has the ability to destroy Feng An at any time, we don't need to make enemies with Feng An.

He earns his cane sugar money, and I eat my channel fee. Only by cooperating with each other can the business be done in the long run.

As long as sucrose makes money, he will find a way to increase the number of acres! "

"Then what do you like, King Yue?" Liu Shenwei asked Li Tai in doubt.

"I want to plant tea trees on the hills in the South of the Five Ridges. They should have some unique tea tree varieties!" Li Tai said.

"Indeed, the heat in Guangzhou is unbearable, especially in summer, people have the habit of drinking herbal tea to clear away heat and detoxify!" Liu Shenwei replied to Li Tai after hearing Li Tai's words, recalling what he had seen and heard in Guangzhou.

Li Tai nodded and said, "In the next batch of teachers and students, I will increase the proportion of people who understand tea and develop the tea fields in Guangzhou."

"But compared to selling tea, I think it's better to sell wine! Tea is so bitter, who wants to eat it every day!"

Hearing Li Tai's words, Ma Zhou objected. After all, the tea in this era is basically tea foam, and various things are added to it. It is more appropriate to call it tea soup than tea water.

There's no other way, since Lu Yu's grandfather hasn't been born yet, then he can only do his part to improve his tea skills!
"Go, go, drink, forget it. If you want to sell alcohol in a deal with a foreign country, I'm afraid that Aye will break my leg!"

Li Tai shook his head and said, "It's still a large-scale planting of tea leaves, and then the tea leaves are fried to seal the umami taste, and you only need to soak them in hot water to drink them directly.

In this way, tea can be transported over longer distances like sucrose, and it is also convenient to open trade routes. "

"Is this method really reliable? It sounds quite simple?" Ma Zhou looked at Li Tai thoughtfully when he heard Li Tai's words.

Apparently Ma Zhou already understood that Li Tai would definitely not use this technology if he did not plan to plant it on a large scale.

But now he is planning to go to Youzhou for development, so Li Tai is preparing a blockbuster product to prepare for opening up the situation in the future.

Li Tai explained calmly: "High-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods.

A drink that will be popular throughout the Tang Dynasty, naturally find a way to cook it in the simplest way! "

Hearing Li Tai's self-confidence, everyone was skeptical that they hadn't seen the real thing.

But no matter how you say it, with Li Tai's long-standing reputation as a guarantee, it is not difficult to carry out this experiment.

"We'll wait until the students from the agricultural college graduate this year." Li Tai shook his head and said, "Compared to that, the acres I got in Zhengguoqu need you to take care of them, and I plan to plant more herbs, like some kind of qi tonic Essence of blood.

In short, you go and see what medicinal materials are missing in the medical house, this field allows you to grow medicinal materials as much as possible! "

"Zheng Baiqu has been refurbished?" Liu Shenwei was a little surprised, how long he had been back and forth, probably less than a year.

How could it be so fast, Zheng Baiqu was built in sevens and eighties, Liu Shenwei looked at Ma Zhou in astonishment.

"Not yet, at least there is still the last section of the canal, and some hand tails."

Ma Zhou watched Liu Shenwei look at him, as if he knew Liu Shenwei's admiration, and said,
"It's just that the Zhengguo Canal is not a whole canal, but segmented.

So some of the repaired canals can be put into use first, and there should be about a month left for the rest of the project! "

"Is it only one month? So fast!" Li Tai was even more amazed when he heard Ma Zhou's words.

Hearing Li Tai's exclamation, Ma Zhou sighed: "King Yue, you want to supervise the construction of the Zhengguo Canal.

No one else knows when Zheng Baiqu will be repaired, but don't you know? ! "

"Ahem!" Li Tai coughed a few times, and said, "I think, King Bin, you have always done things safely.

This Zheng Baiqu doesn't need me to worry, so I don't care too much. "

Hearing Li Tai's somewhat partial speech, Ma Zhou was still very moved after all.

Especially since the superior had almost supported him all the way, Ma Zhou was even more moved to see Li Tai's trust in him.

"The king of Yue needs to take a good look at it when he goes back!" Ma Zhou still advised Li Tai after all.

"I'll watch it when I get back, I'll watch it when I get back!" Li Tai raised his hands in surrender, expressing that he should work hard.

"King Yue, are you sure you want to seal Youzhou?" At this moment, Du Chuke changed the subject first, and after hearing this, everyone present became serious.

"Hmm!" Seeing Du Chuke's question, Li Tai couldn't help but look serious, and answered Du Chuke frankly.

Obviously, some secrets are not secrets at all to the family.
For example, Du Chuke was born in the Jingzhao Du family, which was regarded as a first-class family in the Tang Dynasty. Du Chuke paid attention to the news about the rumors at the beginning almost as soon as they appeared.

Du Chuke understood that these rumors would not hurt Li Tai under normal circumstances.

But what Du Chuke didn't expect was that Li Tai would leave Chang'an smoothly and choose to be sealed.

So Du Chuke inquired a little bit, others dare not tell, Tang Jian would still reveal a little bit, and then he knew that Li Tai chose Youzhou on his own initiative.

To be honest, Du Chuke was fooled the first time he heard the news.

After all, one must be by Li Shimin's side to win the heir. If Li Shimin was in a place like Youzhou, how could it be possible to win the heir? This is probably not a rebellion!
However, Du Chuke thought about it for a while, and it seemed that Li Tai's choice to block this road was not bad.

For others, being by Li Shimin's side and being loved by Li Shimin is naturally the key.

But for Li Tai, perhaps it is indeed the most correct path to continue to accumulate meritorious service outside.

After all, Li Tai is only 12 years old now, and as for Li Shimin, he is in good health, unless Li Shimin never sees Li Tai in his life, but at least Li Tai cannot still stay in Youzhou when he is 16 years old, he must be back.

And as long as Li Tai comes back, it is undeniable, whether he will go to Youzhou again at that time, but no one can say for sure.

Therefore, when Du Chuke saw that Li Tai had made up his mind to go, he cupped his fists and said, "Please rest assured, King Yue, I will definitely guard the land of Gaoling!"

"Me too!" Lu Cai couldn't help but smile when he heard the determination in Du Chuke's tone, and said,
"I will also protect this agricultural school for the King of Yue. You will always be the sacrificial wine of the school!"

To be honest, compared to other people, as the head of the agricultural school, Lu Cai already understood the role of the agricultural school.

That is to provide a steady stream of talents for the king of Yue and become the backbone of Li Tai's command.

These people can read and write, know how to observe discipline, and even understand arithmetic.

The position of agricultural officials is more of a cover. In fact, it is definitely not qualified to let them be officials, but it is definitely very good to let them be petty officials.

Moreover, after ten or twenty years of honing in the position of agricultural officials, they may not be able to rely on their experience to embark on the road of officials.

To be honest, Lu Cai still couldn't feel these things when he was not the head of the agricultural school.

But when he became the head of the agricultural school and really managed the students' stay, Lu Cai could vaguely feel that the King of Yue was cultivating his own solid foundation with this subtle and silent method of moistening things.

However, Lu Cai didn't mean to say these words.

After all, as a teacher from an agricultural college, even a mountain leader, Lu Cai also hoped that Li Tai could go further.

In this way, students from agricultural colleges will have a better future!
As the head of the agricultural school, it is right to think more about his students!

"King Yue, I also offer you a toast!" Lu Caigao raised the wine glass in his hand and said to Li Tai.

Li Tai looked at Lu Cai who was inexplicably drinking, and raised his glass to respond, muttering that he should just drink it for pleasure.

After all, at this party, apart from Li Tai who drank honey water, everyone else drank wine mixed with alcohol, and Li Tai drank it down one by one.

Li Tai easily completed the four kills, and then asked Bai He to arrange them to rest in the Yue Palace, and then go back after sobering up.

(End of this chapter)