Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 235 Li Shimin's Inquiry
The family had a happy meal, and Li Shimin asked Li Tai to stay. Li Chengqian looked at it with a bit of displeasure on his face.

After all, he is now the prince and has the right to participate in politics. In his opinion, there is nothing he can't listen to.

But since this was Li Shimin's order, he could only drag his legs and walk towards his East Palace step by step.

Li Shimin looked at Li Tai's energetic appearance, and was very satisfied in his heart. He said to Li Tai,
"Qingque, I called you back because Cen Wenwen reported that the experiment of the "Seed Project" in Youzhou area has been successful.

So I want to know when it will be possible to plant in the area north of the Yin Mountain, and turn the foreign race into my Chinese people. "

"I think it's a bit too early to conduct the experiment directly north of Yinshan Mountain!" Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Tai finally understood the reason for Cen Wenwen, but this was his own idea, but Li Tai didn't want to means to conceal.

Li Tai thought for a while, looked at the disappointed expression on Li Shimin's face, but explained further:

"A foreign race has never seen this kind of farming model. If it is forcibly implemented on the pastures of the foreign race, it may cause the rebellion of the foreign race, and even the opposition of the traditional nomadic forces of the foreign race.

The second is that I don't have enough technicians, and it is very difficult to implement the corresponding technology on a large scale, and if I want to implement it in a place of a foreign race, I need a certain amount of force to protect the technicians.

As for the third point, I think this kind of thing is related to a century-old plan, so we need to act with caution.

Go directly to the place of the foreign race to experiment. If it fails, it will be more difficult to implement it in the future.

Rather than this, I think we can conduct experiments from the border areas where my Tang Dynasty borders other alien races, so as to ensure that the grass species can adapt to the corresponding environment and avoid the occurrence of oranges growing in Huainan.

In addition, it also exerts influence on the aliens in the border area, making it easier for them to accept it in the future. "

Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Shimin couldn't help stroking his beard, and lamented that it was Li Tai's cautious nature.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Since you already have a draft in mind, it's a good thing. Where do you plan to verify it?"

Li Tai said solemnly: "Because this is more about assimilating foreign races through economic and cultural means, it requires communication between the two parties.

In terms of environment, Lingzhou, where Helan Mountain is located, and Fengzhou, where Hetao is located, are fine.

We in China do not lack places to conduct experiments, but it is still not enough to implement the "Seed Project" in these places.

I think we need to rebuild the roads, communicate with Fengzhou, Lingzhou, and form a favorable control over these places. This is the key.

Because the transportation between Chang'an and the frontier is too difficult, the two sides cannot form effective economic benefits, so even if these two places are raised, if they cannot continue to grow after reaching a certain scale, it will actually drag down the economic development of Datang.

If the mutual economic interests are not large enough, then there may be voices opposing the plan in the imperial court one after another. "

Although Li Taijiao did not understand the corresponding knowledge of Li Shimin, Li Shimin still understood some economic concepts.

At least Li Shimin knows that Li Tai attaches great importance to the economy. Of course, in Li Shimin's understanding, the economy is money.

Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Shimin smiled wryly, "It's not enough for you to graze on the frontier. Do you still plan to rebuild the Qin Zhidao?"

"I would like to, but the current Tang Dynasty cannot support such a project." Li Tai shook his head and said; "If it is really going to be built, it must take Chang'an to Fengzhou as the axis to form the main axis, and then Lingzhou, Yanzhou, Xiazhou, etc. State, Yinzhou is Lianheng.

Based on such a cross skeleton, the traffic lifeline that runs through the entire Loess Plateau will be built.

To be honest, it may be a big project no less than the Grand Canal, at least Datang can't undertake it now! "

"You really want to build it!" Li Shimin listened to Li Tai with a bit of regret and a bit of eagerness, but found that his son seemed to have a bit of Yang Guang's demeanor, even crazier than Yang Guang.

If the courtiers knew about Li Tai's thoughts, they might line up one after another to find him a dead remonstrance.

"Datang's current national strength cannot support such a project." Li Tai evaluated it, and said helplessly,
"Even the most basic straight road is difficult to build now, even more difficult than Qin Xiuqin straight road!"

"Why?" Li Shimin was somewhat puzzled when he heard Li Tai's words.

To be honest, when it comes to building things, it is the first time I see my son showing embarrassment. After all, even if it is Zheng Baiqu, Li Tai will renovate when he says it is refurbished.

And Li Tai said, "In order to choose a suitable location for pasture planting, I have inquired about the geographical information of this area.

Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, deserts and even deserts have appeared in this area, so if you want to build the Qin Zhidao, you must first control the sand.

Otherwise, the cost of maintaining the road every year will be very high, so high that it is not worthwhile. "

""Shui Jing Zhu He Shui San": "Yu Ya, south of Nanhe, Beihe and Anyang County, there are sands and Fuer, but there is no Tuoyi mountain. "

Li Shimin seemed to think of something when he heard Li Tai's words, and directly recited it to Li Tai.

Seeing this scene, Li Tai's eyes widened. This is where the ancient people were awesome.

After reading the book, I can at most just have an impression of these things, and probably know what they are, but Li Shimin can actually recite them directly.

Obviously, Li Shimin enjoyed Li Tai's eyes full of shock and admiration very much.

After all, I was honestly shocked by my son, and now I have to pretend it back, this is a normal father-son relationship!

"Then do you mean Lingzhou and Fengzhou?" Li Shimin frowned after listening to Li Tai's words.

"Yes and no!" Li Tai said, "The terrain of these two places is naturally very suitable.

But if we can't control the wind and sand and build a thoroughfare, then in the future, not to mention the alien race, just some people rebel, I'm afraid there will be the trend of Shu.

At that time, it will be very troublesome to take these two places back! "

"You mean, my Tang Dynasty will lose its land!" Li Shimin looked at Li Tai with a serious expression.

"This matter is a century-old plan, so naturally everything must be taken into account!" Li Tai looked at the coercion coming from Li Shimin, but he was not afraid.
"I naturally hope that the Tang Dynasty will last forever, but since ancient times there has been no dynasty that has never been destroyed.

My ambition is only to hope that Datang can jump out of the cycle of dynasty collapse, and I invite Aye to learn from me! "

Li Shimin looked at Li Tai, Li Tai also looked at Li Shimin without fear, what kind of pretense is he pretending in front of Li Shimin!
If it were another emperor, Li Tai would not dare to speak so directly. If it were another emperor, Li Shimin might have someone drag him out and chop him up.

But just because the emperor is Li Shimin, Li Tai is his own son with the eldest grandson empress.

Facing Li Tai's stubbornness, what can Li Shimin do!

Of course I forgive Li Tai!

Li Shimin coughed and said, "Father and son should talk about these things in private, don't put these words in court!"

"Obey!" Li Tai immediately replied to Li Shimin when he heard Li Shimin's words.

But Li Shimin felt a headache. Originally, Li Shimin felt that Li Tai was leading him in Youzhou, and his development was too fast.

This made Li Chengqian face an impenetrable separatist force when he took over the position in the future, so he could only pull Li Tai back.

But it seems that there is a problem with bringing Li Tai back to Chang'an. Li Tai is good at everything, but he just has a mouth.

He has suffered a lot from his mouth since he was a child, but he can't change this problem when he grows up.

Li Shimin had no doubt that if Li Tai stayed in Chang'an for a long time, he might cause some trouble because of this mouth again!
"We still have to find a way!" Li Shimin sighed in his heart, waved his hand at Li Tai and said, "Go on!"

Li Tai also came back to his senses, and didn't continue to struggle, but continued:
"So my idea is that compared to the two places where the road construction has not been completed, I am more inclined to try it in Longyou Road.

From Tianshui, Qinzhou, it slowly develops all the way to the west, and at the same time, it is convenient to transfer supplies when conquering the four counties of Hexi in the future!
More importantly, if the Silk Road can be reopened like in the Han Dynasty, then the livestock, cattle and horses produced will immediately have a place to use, and there is no need to dispatch them from Lingzhou, Fengzhou, or even Youzhou. . "

"The four counties of Hexi..." Li Shimin did not expect that his son had just returned, and his buttocks were still hot, but he had already started planning the four counties of Hexi, and even if he was thinking about political affairs, he would think about it from an overall perspective.

Although from the current point of view, both Xiazhou and Fengzhou are the best places to implement the "Grass Seed Project", but if you add the Silk Road, then try the "Grass Seed Project" in the direction of Longyou Road It became inevitable.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said, "You first draw up a plan. The plan for Lingzhou Fengzhou needs to be made, and the plan for Longyou also needs to be made. When everything is done, hand in a copy."

"Make two copies!" Li Tai asked with a bit of a headache when he heard Li Shimin's words.

"Why, you don't want to do it?" Li Shimin said in a low voice when he heard Li Tai's words.

"Do it!" Li Tai took a deep breath and said helplessly, "Then I'll go back and make plans."

"Wait first!" Li Shimin shook his head and said, there is still something to ask you, "You explain this matter first."

"Huh?" Li Tai listened to Li Shimin's words, and looked at Li Tai suspiciously.

"Lv Cai is at Zheng Baiqu's place, bringing the students from the agricultural school to train you?"

Li Shimin said to Li Tai straightforwardly, to be honest, Li Shimin felt that he really didn't need to make sidelines, after all, Li Tai's military training itself was a mistake!
"Military training? I'm wronged!" Li Tai said to Li Shimin with a mournful face,
"That's trying to transfer the military talent of the war department to civilian use. I just want to increase the productivity of crops, so I choose the talent of the war department for agricultural production!"

"Legion talent is necessary for farming..." Li Shimin looked at Li Tai suspiciously, wondering if Li Tai should be condemned for being extravagant.

"How many are there!" Li Tai looked at Li Shimin and said,

"I think that troops that can produce legion talents are at least stronger than ordinary farmers in terms of organization and discipline.

As for farming, it doesn't matter if you only farm alone, but if you work in a group, with organization and discipline, you will be much more efficient than ordinary farmers.

For other farmers, it is the limit for one person to cultivate hundreds of acres of land.

However, if we use talented farmers, proficient masters of various agricultural production tools, and cooperate with a tacit understanding of the group, their efficiency will definitely exceed [-] times that of ordinary farmers. "

"Twenty times..." Li Shimin was somewhat surprised by the conclusion drawn by Stereo Love, and said, "How did you get this data?"

Li Tai explained: "The few thousand hectares of my Zheng Baiqu were handed over to Lu Cai and about 5000 people to take care of them.

So by comparing and calculating, although there will be some discrepancies in the data, there must be a gap of twenty times.

Even in the future, with the improvement of tools, the agricultural group with the talent to control will be more efficient in farming! "

"This is why you chose to control the talent? To facilitate these farmers, can you quickly adapt to the various novel agricultural tools you introduced?" Li Shimin asked Li Tai back when he heard Li Tai's words.

"Yeah!" Li Tai thought for a while and said, "I have also inquired about various talents in the war department, including the cooperation of Yangzhou soldiers, the decathlon of Shuofang, and the inheritance of skills inherited from Youzhou, etc.

But in the end I chose control, because I trained them not for fighting, but for farming, and letting them use various production tools to the extreme is more suitable for them! "

"Is military use converted to civilian use..." Li Shimin thought about it when he heard Li Tai's words.

To be honest, Li Shimin didn't take this militia seriously, because it really couldn't threaten him.

And retreating [-] steps, this army is cultivating in Zhengbaiqu, and if it wants to affect itself in Chang'an City, even to what extent will the whole Tang's military system collapse.

What Li Shimin just didn't understand was that this army hadn't even killed anyone, and apart from the influence of military music, it didn't necessarily have continuous military training. How did the talent of the army come into being? This is what Li Shimin was most curious about.

After all, Li Shimin's own military attainments are also extraordinary. Knowing whether there is a legion talent is almost the essential difference between elite soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers. Therefore, if his family can stably produce troops with the talent of the war department, Li Shimin said that he can fight everything!
Li Shimin thought of this and said to Li Tai: "Qingque, since the talent of this team is control, then I will let Xuanjiawei choose a column of hundreds of people to guide this... The militia can control the talent, what do you think? "

"Qing Que thanked Aye for his concern, this matter Qing Que couldn't wish for. If they can get some advice from Xuanjiawei, they will definitely be able to master the talent of the war department more skillfully, so as to better complete the technological transformation from military to civilian use." Li Tai Hastily said.

Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction when he heard Li Tai's words.

Li Tai wasn't in Chang'an back then, so he didn't care if Zheng Baiqu had an extra militia.

But now that Li Tai has returned to Chang'an, it is natural for this pair of forces to be monitored.

And it was obvious that Li Tai was a sincere person after all, and his heart was full of calm.

Li Shimin patted Li Tai on the shoulder and said, "Since we're back in Chang'an, let's rest for a while, don't worry about the plan."

"Thank you!" Li Tai responded immediately when he heard Li Shimin's words.

(End of this chapter)