Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 89

Before the imperial order came, Li Tai lay down in the agricultural academy to observe the cultivation and planting of alfalfa.

The name of this thing sounds fancy, but it’s actually called Clover. Most people have heard of it even if they haven’t seen it.

The first time Li Tai knew about alfalfa was not because readers knew about some four-leaf clover stories.

It's because of the special feed that this thing used to feed pigs when it was a child. When there was no money to buy feed, it used this alfalfa on top.

For Li Tai, with this bumper harvest in Gaoling, he has basically integrated his use of various planting techniques of the Tang Dynasty.

If you want to further increase food production, it is definitely not a one-day effort, but it takes a long time to grow.

So Li Tai just asked the people in the agricultural sciences to continue to pay attention to inventions, waiting for technological breakthroughs in the future, so as to increase production.

But Li Tai began to focus on animal husbandry. Although poultry breeding is increasing day by day, it has only reached 20. Li Tai has not expanded the scale of breeding. Not only is the problem of food, but also there is room for breeding.

For ducks, as well as chickens, it needs space for them to move outside.

With the increase in scale, it is impossible for Li Tai to provide such venues around Chang'an indefinitely.

During this process, the advantage of chickens not needing water began to emerge, so the scale of chicken breeding began to expand, even similar to the ducks that Li Tai raised at the beginning, and now it has a scale of [-] to [-].

However, modern chickens can rely on feed and hormones, do not need to see the sun outside at all, and there is no problem in raising them directly in the house from birth to death.

But chickens in this era are not good, they also need room for movement.

Otherwise, if you stay for a long time, you will be depressed and sick, and there may even be chicken plague, which Li Tai wants to avoid as much as possible.

Therefore, in the development of animal husbandry, there are two problems facing Li Tai now.

One is that it is necessary to research suitable feed, preferably one that can be harvested like leeks.

In addition, livestock with small living space but large meat production are raised.

Naturally, the pig appeared in Li Tai's mind.

It is easy to talk about raising pigs, but it is not too much to spend five or six hundred kilograms of feed for a pig from birth to two hundred catties for slaughter.

If they are raised by ordinary farmers, then naturally they don't need to worry about what they eat.

From spring to winter, it is enough to feed some wild vegetables to the pigs every day, and to kill the pigs directly for the New Year, which is considered a reward for the whole family.

But if you want to raise pigs on a large scale, it is basically only possible if the court comes forward, and ordinary people and even landlords will not be so extravagant.

Because even if an acre of land can produce two stones, a pig needs about three mu of land to grow up.

In ancient times, large-scale breeding was about one hundred heads, and six hundred mu of land was needed for grain.

There are [-] acres of land, normal landlords don’t rush to raise the walls of the yard, recruit servants to guard the house, and if you keep a hundred pigs, aren’t you afraid that the government will take it and ask for it, and you are not afraid that the peasant uprising will stare at your house?
Therefore, if you want to raise pigs on a large scale, the first thing you need to solve is the problem of feed.

There must be a stable supply of feed to start a pig raising business, otherwise, where the feed for pig raising comes from, it is impossible to expect the people to cut wild vegetables to feed the pigs.

At this moment, someone from Chang'an came, and Li Tai was somewhat puzzled.

Originally, he planned to report the matter of the medical camp in a few days, but he didn't expect that Aye would come to him first.

Li Tai didn't dare to delay, so he hurried to Chang'an.

The next day, when Li Shimin's morning court was over, Li Tai came to Tai Chi Palace to wait, and soon saw Li Shimin.

Li Tai looked around, and it seemed that the top figures from the three provinces and six ministries were all there, each of them seemed to be dealing with the government affairs at hand, but in fact, each of them looked up at him from time to time, as if waiting for his own test.

"Meet Aye!" After Li Tai saluted, he asked Li Shimin curiously, "Aye, why are you looking for Tailai?"

Li Shimin saw Li Tai coming, but he couldn't help smiling, and said:

"This time the pharmacist was victorious in his crusade against the Eastern Turks and captured Jieli Khan, which can be called a great victory.

During this process, whether it is the jerky you gave or your medical camp, it will work wonders!

You have made great achievements, but you need to get something, let’s talk about it, so Aye can reward you. "

"This time, thanks to Aye, you have a good leadership, Commander Li Shangshu is useful, and the soldiers of the three armies work hard.

At most, Tai just sent two icing on the cake gifts, which is what kind of credit.

Even without me, the Eastern Turks would have been destroyed, and Jieli Khan would have been captured, and Taidang would not have made any contribution. "

Li Tai gave way politely, and honestly told the ending that would have happened even if he hadn't been there.

Hearing this, Li Shimin stroked his beard in satisfaction, but looked at Li Jing.

I am not the person involved, so I am embarrassed to praise my son, but you are the person involved, so you should come out and give some compliments.

Maybe he felt Li Shimin's gaze, maybe Li Jing also understood that there are some things that need Li Tai's help.

At this time, Li Jing came out, saluted Li Shimin first, and then said:
"Your dried meat, King Yue, greatly increased the continuous combat of the cavalry.

It seemed small, but the ministers took advantage of this to hold back Jieli Khan's troops, thus creating an excellent opportunity.

He teamed up with Li Ji, the governor of Bingzhou, to besiege and kill Jieli Khan, so there is no need to underestimate yourself if you invite the King of Yue! "

When Li Tai heard what Li Jing said, he only saluted Li Jing and said some ordinary polite words.

But Li Jing said, "Jing wants to ask King Yue about something. I wonder if King Yue can answer?"

"Please Li Shangshu please speak!" Li Tai said to Li Jing when he heard Li Jing's words.

"The effect of jerky is quite good. If the military department wants to purchase jerky from the Yue Palace steadily, it is best to be able to satisfy..."

Li Jing heard Li Tai's words, but spoke to Li Tai.

But Li Tai stretched out his hand to stop what Li Jing wanted to say, Li Tai interrupted:

"I understand Li Shangshu's meaning, if the imperial court needs the recipe of jerky, I can offer it right away.

After all, I am a member of the Great Tang Royal Family, so I understand my responsibility as a member of the Great Tang Royal Family.

For me, the size of my poultry farm is not enough to feed more than [-] cavalry jerky, so it is the best choice to hand over the jerky formula to the imperial court. "

Li Shimin nodded more satisfied when he heard Li Tai's words, his son was as knowledgeable as he was.

And Li Jing is not Cheng Yaojin, nor Yuchi Jingde, these two guys, one is a scoundrel, the other is arrogant, even if they take advantage of Li Tai, they will take advantage of it. Could it be that Li Tai will bite back.

But Li Jing is a person who can handle things clearly. Is it so easy to take advantage of a prince?
I'm not afraid of offending the prince, but I'm afraid of being entangled by the prince, and I won't be able to get rid of it when the time comes.

So Li Jing hurriedly said: "The king of Yue has made contributions to the country, but he has not yet conferred a reward. Now if we seize the secret recipe of the king of Yue, how will others view the majesty of the court? I think our military department will buy it directly from the king of Yue."

"Li Shangshu, let me finish my words first! I have a reason to hand over the secret recipe to the imperial court." Li Tai said: "

This thing is so important to the cavalry, then all cavalry must be equipped with such jerky in the future.

But my poultry farm can't meet the needs of the entire cavalry, so it's better for me to hand over my skills to Taipusi. "

"Can't your chicken farm and duck farm continue to expand?!" Li Shimin frowned when he heard Li Tai's words.

To be honest, if possible, Li Shimin would rather allow Li Tai to make a profit through dried meat, rather than let Li Tai directly hand over the secret recipe.

After all, Li Tai had worked so hard, and in the end he also accepted Li Tai's secret recipe skills, which had a bad influence.

Even if Li Tai is willing to hand it over, the point is not what Li Tai is, but what others think.

After all, the imperial court is so mean to the prince, so how can they win the trust of the people and make them support the imperial court.

After all, Li Shimin has the bearing of a superior, especially Li Tai is still his very reliable son, so he needs to help him more or less!
Li Tai looked at Li Shimin's appearance, but further explained:
"In the Gaoling area, although the area of ​​poultry farms has not reached the limit, the cost continues to increase, and the benefits are too little!
If Aye wants me to continue to expand the poultry farm, then I need to further increase the cultivated area, after all, there is too little food on hand. "

Hearing Li Tai's words, Dou Jing, who had already returned to Sinong Temple, came out and said:
"The king of Yue means that the poultry farms have always used grain for feeding!"

"One catty of meat, three catties of grain!" Li Tai said calmly to Dou Jing:
"Although it is not necessary to raise five grains, it is the five grains that we cultivate the most.

For example, the husks or dregs of five grains can be used to raise poultry, which can be regarded as feed.

Realistically, we want to raise anything on a large scale, and the larger the scale, the higher the weight of the feed will be. "

"I don't know whose theory this is!" Hongluqing Tang Jian stood up and said, "I saw that the grassland tribes live by water and grass, and they can have millions of cattle and sheep. I have never heard any words that there is enough food."

Because the Turkic tribes were going to be resettled near Shuozhou, it was Tang Jian who made arrangements for the Turkic tribes one by one in the past, and returned with the army after these were settled.

Confucian scholars have always hated Li Tai, and seeing the flaws in Li Tai's words, Tang Jian didn't want to stick to Li Tai's intentions.

"Yeah!" Li Tai nodded and said, "The foreign race doesn't know how to raise them, so they can only live in aquatic plants.

If we can provide them with a steady supply of feed for their cattle and sheep, let's see if they are willing to chase aquatic plants, and they are more willing to take shelter in the city! "

"Huh?" Li Tai didn't mean what he said, but Li Shimin was interested in the listener. At this moment, Li Shimin seemed to have caught something, and asked Li Tai suddenly at this moment,
"Qingque, do you mean that the feed can change the habits and customs of alien races, from living by water and grass to living in the city?!"

"This is only in theory!" Li Tai explained after hearing Li Shimin's words:

"We Han people obtain food through farming. The foreign races feed on the dairy products of cattle and sheep through grazing cattle and sheep.

For them, the first thing is to ensure the survival of the livestock, and then feed on the livestock, probably so! "

Li Tai looked at Tang Jian, and Tang Jian said proudly:

"The king of Yue still doesn't understand the foreign race. They don't all eat cattle and sheep, and occasionally eat some short-growing grains from the north."

"It doesn't matter, but no matter how you say it, cattle and sheep are the foundation of their existence!" Li Tai said looking at Tang Jian.

Tang Jian heard Li Tai's statement, but he didn't refute it, but nodded and said, "That's right!"

"Then if we can't directly control the alien race, can we find a way to control the cattle and sheep!"

Li Tai stretched out his fingers calmly, as if drawing a beautiful blueprint for the future, and said: "

I was wondering if it would be possible to research some forage grasses that could be fed to livestock continuously, like leeks.

Maybe the land in the north is barren and it is difficult to grow five grains, so it is not all useful land for our Tang Dynasty.

But another way of thinking, these useless wastelands cannot grow grains, that is not to grow some forage grass that cattle and sheep can eat.

Let the people of the foreign race scatter a handful of seeds, as long as they grow the pasture and fodder needed by these cattle and sheep.

Then will they be able to change customs? In my opinion, planting grass is similar to planting grains! "

Hearing Li Tai's words, the important officials present were all stunned, and all of them looked at Li Tai with different eyes for a moment.

To be honest, what is the biggest difference between the foreign race and the Han nationality is that they live after water and grass as their foundation, and they bring a completely different life style from the Chinese culture.

If it is really like what Li Tai said, it can help the aliens to produce pastures that can be planted, then the impact of this will directly change the life style of the aliens.

After all, if they are also farming, they will naturally gather, and if they gather, they will form a city.

They have a city... The Tang Dynasty is still afraid of them, almost one generation or two, what kind of foreign race cannot be assimilated by Chinese culture.

At this time, not to mention Li Shimin's eyes shining, even Confucian civil servants looked at Li Tai with a bit of brilliance in their eyes.

Because the most difficult point of educating foreigners has always been solved by Li Tai.

Yes, can't the area north of Yinshan be occupied? !No, it cannot be used as arable land after occupation.

For the Han and Tang Dynasties, as long as the land can be used as arable land, as long as it is occupied and developed, it will not be thrown away.

But now hearing Li Tai's words, the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty naturally had other ideas.

That is, it is not necessary to grow five grains on this cultivated land, it is enough to grow grass in these places.

Because grass can also make herdsmen love the land deeply.

And such herdsmen are afraid that there is no way to Sinicize!Such a land is afraid that there is no way to rule it!
"Qingque, do you have grass that can be planted north of Yinshan Mountain?!" Li Shimin couldn't help but said to Li Tai.

"No?!" Li Tai shook his head and couldn't help looking at Tang Jian, saying:
"However, this minister is not saying that alien races live in water and grass, so it shouldn't be difficult for them to get some grass seeds.

With the seeds, my agricultural school will cultivate them for a few years to see if they can produce pastures that can be cultivated. "

In an instant, everyone's eyes were on Tang Jian, which put Tang Jian under great pressure!

(End of this chapter)