Datang: Begin with Li Shimin as a father

Chapter 137 My harem is full of idiots

This is his prince!

Like Li Shimin, he has a heart for the world!

"Chumo, Gen'er means that this sweet potato can still be planted right now?"

Li Shimin asked excitedly.

"Your Majesty, when I went, His Highness had already started raising seedlings. He said that in half a month, His Majesty would send someone to fetch the first batch of sweet potato seedlings."

"He also asked me to go to Jingyang to send sweet potato seedlings to His Majesty."

Cheng Chumo glanced at Li Shimin and said in a low voice.

Li Shimin's eyes were red, he naturally knew why Li Gen sent sweet potato seedlings to Jingyang.

"Chumo, I wrote a letter in my hand, and you will send it to the manor in a few days."

Cheng Chumo nodded and agreed.

"Chumo, how can this sweet potato resist drought and locust plagues? Did Gen'er ever say that?"

"Your Majesty, Your Highness said that after transplanting the sweet potato seedlings, you only need to water each plant with a little water. When the locust plague comes, the sweet potato seedlings will spread out."

"Because the sweet potato seedlings have a large area, locusts are easy to catch and kill when they land on the ground. Even if the locusts eat up the sweet potato seedlings, His Highness said that it can also regenerate from the roots, and it will not affect the growth and maturity of sweet potatoes!"

"Okay, God help me!"

Li Shimin stood up excitedly.

"Your Majesty, it is His Highness who is helping you."

Cheng Chumo's words made Li Shimin nod with a smile.

"Chu Mo's words are justified. This time, Chu Mo went to the manor for me and made a great contribution. I will definitely reward you in the future."

The corners of Cheng Yaojin and Cheng Chumo's mouths twitched.

This set again?
Is it interesting to draw big cakes every day?

"Chu Mo, did you ever bring me some sweet potatoes back?"

Li Shimin finally showed his true colors, staring at Cheng Chumo with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I have brought half a carriage for you!"

"Oh, where is it now?"

"It's just outside the Imperial Study Room."

When Cheng Chumo's words fell, Li Shimin was already walking towards the outside of the imperial study.

In the carriage, there was indeed a half-carriage of sweet potatoes.

Cheng Yaojin, the dog day, the other half must have been swallowed up by him.

However, Li Shimin has no reason to be really angry, after all, this cart of sweet potatoes was given to Chu Mo by Gener.

"Chu Mo, how to eat this sweet potato?"

"Your Majesty, raw food is sweet and crispy, cooked food is soft and sweet, and the taste has a long aftertaste, making it unforgettable for a long time!"

Li Shimin and Cheng Yaojin looked at each other with admiration for Cheng Chumo's rhetoric.

"Zhijie, have you seen that Chumo and Gen'er are together, and their speech is getting better and better. This is all influenced by Gen'er!"

After being praised by His Majesty, Cheng Chu silently went to wash the sweet potatoes.

"Your Majesty, try something new!"

Chu Mo picked one, the biggest and smoothest, and handed it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin took it with a smile, opened his mouth and bit it, crunchy!
"Hey, it's really sweet and delicious."

It is hard to imagine such a delicious food with such a high yield.

"Your Majesty, if this food is cooked, it will be so sweet to your heart."

"Oh, come here, send the sweet potatoes to the Imperial Dining Room immediately. For today's lunch, tell the concubines, princes and princesses to come to Lizheng Palace for dinner!"

"Chu Mo, go get some more sweet potatoes."

Li Shimin thought of Guanyin's maidservants, Gao Ming and Qingque, and left a few raw ones for them to taste first.

Li Shimin took Cheng Yaojin and his son to the Royal Garden.

Chu Mo explained the method of harvesting in detail.

And he also practiced it personally and demonstrated it with his own hands.

"Stop it, don't let me unplug it."

Li Shimin saw Cheng Chumo bent over and pouted, stretched out his hand to grab the roots of the sweet potato seedlings, and immediately stopped him.

This thing, Li Shimin must pull out the first plant himself.

"Zhijie, tomorrow morning, you bring a basket of sweet potatoes to the court."

"At that time, all you need is this..."

Li Shimin explained it himself, and Cheng Yaojin naturally agreed.

Watching Cheng Yaojin and his son leave, the corners of Li Shimin's mouth curled up.

Look down at the five sweet potato seedlings in the imperial garden.

Tomorrow is also here, and it is time for them to come out.

Drought, locust plague.

Sweet potatoes are not afraid!
Live for the people!
Cultivate all the sweet potatoes into seedlings and dedicate them to His Majesty!

What Li Gen said that Cheng Chumo brought echoed in his mind.

Li Shimin was energetic, picked up the sweet potatoes left behind, and strode towards the Lizheng Hall.

"Guanyin maidservant, what do you think this is?"

Li Shimin walked into the Lizheng Hall with a smile on his face.

Empress Changsun is such a smart person. She suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Li Shimin had said that he had sent Chu Mo to the manor to investigate the harvest of sweet potatoes.

"Erlang, seeing how happy you are, could this be a sweet potato?"

"Guanyin maidservant is really smart, this thing is sweet potato, come, how would you like to taste it?"

Li Shimin picked a large piece of the washed sweet potato and handed it to his queen.

"Erlang, it's so big that the concubines can't eat it. The small one will do, and the big one will be reserved for Gao Ming and Qingque."

"Ah."

Li Shimin knew that she felt sorry for the two princes, so he changed a smaller one and handed it over.

As soon as the sweet potatoes entered the mouth, Empress Changsun's eyes lit up.

"It's really sweet, as crunchy and delicious as fruit."

Li Shimin looked at Guanyin's servant girl with a smile, and finished eating a sweet potato.

The two sat opposite each other, and after entering the manor from Chumo, they started talking!
When she heard that the product yielded more than forty stones per mu, Empress Changsun burst into tears.

"Avalokitesvara, I didn't expect that this thing turned out to be the answer to the imperial examination for the life of the people."

"The sweet potatoes in the manor have already been harvested. When Chumo left, the roots had already started to grow seedlings. He wanted to dedicate all the sweet potato seedlings to me so that the people of Guanlong could survive the severe drought and locust plague this year and next. "

When Li Shimin said this, his eyes became hot, and Empress Changsun wept with joy.

"Erlang, Gen'er is such a good boy, is this sweet potato tolerant to drought and not afraid of locust plagues?"

Li Shimin nodded solemnly and said.

"It is drought-resistant and not afraid of locust plagues. Even if the common people hunt and kill the locusts uncleanly, the sweet potato seedlings can still regenerate from the roots after the locusts eat it. It can be said to be a natural locust-resistant species!"

call!
Empress Changsun stood up excitedly and threw herself into Li Shimin's arms.

"Erlang, not only can we survive the two years of famine, but the common people can finally fill their stomachs..."

"Erlang, not only we should thank Gen'er, but the people of the world should also thank him..."

Li Shimin hugged the Guanyin servant girl tightly, what the Guanyin servant girl said was exactly what Li Shimin thought in his heart!
A sweet smell began to float over the palace.

All the concubines and many princes and princesses moved to the Lizheng Hall together.

Serve the steamed sweet potatoes as maids and servants.

With Li Shimin's order, the Lizheng Palace started eating sweet potatoes.

The soft, glutinous and sweet taste makes everyone happy.

All the sweet potatoes were wiped out, not even a drop of dregs left!
This is a half-carriage sweet potato!

Li Shimin raised his head and sighed!
I deeply understand a truth!
My harem is full of idiots.

Following the Chang'an County Government and the Wannian County Government, the morning bells rang!

Hundreds of officials began to set foot on the road to Tai Chi Palace.

In Xiande Hall.

Li Shimin is sitting upright, wearing a dragon robe, showing the air of a domineering king!

"Xuanling, Keming. Are all the officials here?"

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Prime Minister Du Xiang began to look behind him one by one.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Su Guogong is temporarily in charge!"

"Oh, it's this Cheng Yaojin again? Cheng's mansion is very close to the imperial palace, why does he always come late? If there is no suitable reason, I will never forgive him this time!"

Li Shimin's words made Baiguan's heart tense. It seems that His Majesty is not in a good mood today.

I don't know that the concubine did not serve His Majesty well last night!

Yu Chigong and Qin Shubao prayed in their hearts.

Lao Cheng, Lao Cheng, you run, don't be late again!

Fang Xiang and Du Xiang were about to intercede for Cheng Yaojin.

Seeing His Majesty's gloomy face, the two looked at each other, and they both fell silent.

At this moment, Cheng Yaojin was carrying a bamboo basket in his hand, humming a little tune leisurely, and stepped on the steps outside Xiande Hall.

Xiande Hall was completely quiet at this moment, Cheng Yaojin's ditty was clearly heard by everyone.

There are still five steps to step into the Xiande Hall.

Cheng Yaojin paused the ditty and straightened the crown on his head.

With head held high, she appeared outside the gate of Xiande Hall.

Hey!
When some of the officials looked back, they couldn't stop in Bengbu.

Is Cheng Yaojin going to the market to buy vegetables?
He also entered the hall with a bamboo basket on his shoulders.

This is the Xiande Palace, the palace of the Tang Dynasty.

How can I allow you to buy vegetables with a bamboo basket!

Li Shimin almost couldn't hold back, looking at Cheng Yaojin's appearance, if not for the official uniform and crown, he would look like a commoner who went to the market to buy vegetables.

However, Li Shimin can't laugh!

His face was stern, with a cold look in his eyes.

Yu Chigong and Qin Shubao looked at His Majesty's posture.

Good guy, Cheng Yaojin, just ask for blessings!

"Zhijie, do you know your mistake?"

Li Shimin scolded sharply!

"Your Majesty, please listen to the minister to explain slowly."

Seeing that Li Shimin was angry, Cheng Yaojin immediately bowed and said.

"Explanation? Or is it like last time, you got up early again, then went for a stroll on the street, and saw the girls from Pingkangfang group out, so why don't you just buy some food this time?"

"Are you taking care of both business and private affairs? You can go back to the house and wait for dinner in the next court."

Li Shimin's analysis was reasonable and reasonable, which made civil servants and generals nod their heads one after another.

High, really high.

His Majesty's analysis is as if he saw it with his own eyes.

"Your Majesty, you have really misunderstood me. I don't have vegetables in this bamboo basket?"

"This is an excellent high-yield species for drought relief and locust plague!"

As soon as Cheng Yaojin's words came out of his mouth, the hall of Xiande was shocked!

Yu Chigong and Qin Shubao both shook their heads, they felt that Cheng Yaojin's head was definitely kicked by a bull.

Otherwise, it would not be full of nonsense.

It is also an excellent high-yielding species for drought relief and locust plagues?
Suddenly Yu Chigong and Qin Shubao both remembered one thing.

The two stared at the basket in Cheng Yaojin's hands with wide eyes.

Li Shimin looked at Cheng Yaojin like a fool.

"Zhijie, do you know what you're talking about? The drought is so severe now, and the land of Guanlong is thousands of miles away. For this reason, I have to ask the local government to order all autumn planting to be suspended. I am worried that if it is planted once , people, you can’t even return the seeds!”

Li Shimin spoke excitedly, and there was something glittering in his eyes.

The ministers were also silent.

This year's severe drought is true and only seen in my life.

"Your Majesty, what Zhijie said is true. This was brought back by Chu Mo early this morning. Chu Mo's words are convincing. I saw with my own eyes that this thing yields forty stones per mu."

"Lan Tianhou told Chu Mo to hand over this thing to His Majesty, and frankly said that this thing is for the life of the people!"

call!
Cheng Yaojin's voice fell to the ground.

The entire Xiande Hall could hear needles drop!
Hou Lantian?
It's Lantianhou again!
Fang Xiang and Du Xiang are all smiling.

Hejian County King Li Xiaogong also stroked his beard with a smile.

Wei Zheng and Ma Zhou's hearts were pounding with excitement.

The corner of Changsun Wuji's mouth twitched, his heart turned into a storm.

"Knowledge, present it to me quickly."

Li Shimin waved his sleeves and stood up directly from the dragon chair.

Li Shimin picked up a huge sweet potato.

The ministers looked at this species as thick as an arm and as big as a palm in shock, and all of them opened their mouths wide in surprise.

"Zhijie, Lan Tianhou can tell you, what is this thing? How to eat it?"

Li Shimin glanced at the ministers, seeing that everyone was shocked, he felt very relieved.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Lan Tianhou named this object Sweet Potato, implying that it is booming and seeing the dawn again."

Hey, Li Shimin looked at Cheng Yaojin with incredible eyes.

This guy has something in his stomach!This sentence was not given to him by Li Shimin.

"Okay, it's booming, and the dawn is coming again! My heart is so comforted, my heart is so comforted!"

"Your Majesty, this food is sweet and delicious when eaten raw, and soft and sweet when cooked. It is really a rare delicacy in the world!"

After listening to Cheng Yaojin's words, Li Shimin nodded with a smile.

There are quite a few civil and military officials who have begun to speak fluently.

After all, they are all hungry all night and just woke up not long ago.

"Come here, send these sweet potatoes to the imperial dining room, cut them all into pieces, and let the ministers taste it."

"Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty Shengming!"

The hall of Xiande shouted loudly.

Everyone feels at ease!
At least, I didn't make a trip in vain this morning.

It is also a very happy thing to be able to have a good meal.

Soon, a row of court ladies slowly entered the Xiande Hall with trays.

"My lords, hold up the sweet potato in your hand and taste it with me!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Each of the ministers has a piece of sweet potato, although the size is different, the gap is not very big, after all, they are all cut into chunks.

"Sweet, so sweet!"

"Crispy, really crispy!"

"Well, it's not bad, it's sweet and crispy!"

As soon as the sweet potatoes were eaten, all the ministers began to discuss.

"It's true, I also think this product is very delicious, but the yield of forty stones per mu, I can't believe it no matter what!"

When Li Shimin's words fell to the ground, the officials also began to discuss.

Let alone forty stones per mu, even four stones per mu is enough to make people overjoyed.

Li Shimin listened to the discussions of the officials, and felt more and more comfortable.

Just be skeptical, I will show you a good show later!

Li Shimin looked at Cheng Yaojin, and it was time for him to speak up.

This guy is still eating sweet potatoes.

Seeing Li Shimin's eyes coming straight to him, Cheng Yaojin came out of class and saluted.

"Your Majesty, whether the output is true or not, we can find out now!"

"Where did Zhijie say that?"

"Could it be that you are going to let me move to Lantian Hou to take a look?"

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Cheng Yaojin said with a smile.

"Don't bother Your Majesty to go to war, in fact, there are in this palace."

Cheng Yaojin's words stunned Li Shimin!
The officials were stunned for an instant!

This time, Cheng Yaojin, why was his mind twitching today?

Many people seriously suspect that Cheng Yaojin should go to Yankangfang to have a look.

"Your Majesty, it's so hard that you forgot that Chu Mo brought you five sweet potato seedlings more than three months ago?"

Li Shimin looked suddenly enlightened.

"Zhijie, you mean, the five green seedlings brought by Chu Mo are sweet potato seedlings?"

Li Shimin's expression of astonishment made Cheng Yaojin have to admire, this goddamn, you really want to pretend!

"Well, those five plants are the ones. At that time, Chu Mo first met Lan Tianhou, and the two hit it off right away, and they had a very happy conversation. Lan Tianhou invited Chu Mo to be a guest in the mansion. Chu Mo was very surprised to see this green sweet potato seedling. Lan Tianhou said that this was something he got by chance, and tried to see if it could be planted and survived. As a result, His Majesty told Zhijie and his son that day, you saw the sweet potato seedlings in Chu Mo's hands very fresh, so you asked Chu Mo to plant them in the Imperial Garden gone."

It has to be said that Cheng Yaojin, a big fool, cooperated with Li Shimin, a super big fool.

When the two sing together, the dead can be fooled into life.

No, even Fang Xiang Du and the others were taken aback by the two of them.

Not to mention those unaware civil and military officials.

"Zhijie, I really remembered what you said, there really is such a thing!"

"Yes, let Chu Mo plant it in the Imperial Garden, I don't know if it survived?"

"Your Majesty, hurry up and take a look. If you survive, what is the output? Isn't it clear at a glance?"

After listening to Cheng Yaojin's words, Li Shimin nodded with a smile.

"My lords, follow me to the imperial garden."

Li Shimin took the lead to walk outside the Xiande Hall in high spirits.

Civil and military officials naturally followed closely.

Imperial Garden!
Five sweet potato seedlings lay quietly on the ground, and the vines were all over the place. The green leaves showed their vigor and vigor.

Li Shimin squatted, took a deep breath, and reached out to grab the roots.

Driven by both arms, twisting the waist and sending the stride together, the whole sweet potato plant directly breaks out of the ground!

call!
call!
call!
Everyone was stunned.

What did everyone see?
At the root of the sweet potato seedling in Li Shimin's hand, seven or eight sweet potatoes are densely connected together.

Some of them are as big as a palm, some are as thick as a calf, and some are as long as chopsticks!

Oh my god!

Seeing is believing, hearing is believing. !
When the facts were in front of their eyes, everyone still couldn't believe their eyes.

Even Li Shimin himself was taken aback.

He did not expect that there would be so many sweet potato fruits.

The sweet potato in his hand was heavy, and Li Shimin felt a heavy joy in his heart.

"Your Majesty, there are more here, there are more!"

Wei Zheng rushed directly to the pit that Li Shimin had pulled out just now.

Because a piece of sweet potato had already exposed its head, when everyone was staring at the sweet potato in Li Shimin's hands in shock, only Wei Zheng was observing the situation of the mud pit.

Everyone's eyes focused on Wei Zheng again.

I saw Wei Zheng lying on the ground, pawing and pulling vigorously with both hands.

A sweet potato was pulled out by him.

Two sweet potatoes were pulled out by him.

Wei Zheng pulled again crazily, his hands were covered with mud, even his official uniform was soiled, and the crown fell on the ground, but he didn't care about it.

As far as this appearance is concerned, if other officials are seen by Wei Zheng, they will properly refer to you.

"There's another one, Your Majesty, there's another one... To make a life for the people! To make a life for the people! What a life for the people..."

Wei Zheng held a large two small three sweet potatoes in his hand, slumped on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.

Many officials were in tears.

The ones who shed tears are naturally those officials who suffered and were starved when they were young.

"Your Majesty, it would be great if this sweet potato was born earlier. We, the Yuchi family, won't starve to death so many people!"

The iron-clad man Wei Chigong even cried out in grief.

All of a sudden, the imperial garden was full of sighs.

Li Shimin did not expect such a scene to happen.

With this situation, Li Shimin's eyes turned red.

He could understand the feelings of those who came from poor families.

"My lords, don't be sad. Seeing you like this makes me feel very sad. The past is over, now we must look forward."

"Now, the severe drought is a foregone conclusion, and the locust plague is about to strike. I, like all your lords, are thinking about the people. Let's take a look at the sweet potatoes today. How much is the yield?"

Li Shimin said something.Really boosts morale.

Li Shimin pulled up a sweet potato seedling again.

call!
The officials are still staring round.

Because the yield of this sweet potato is comparable to that of the one just now!

Five sweet potato seedlings in succession were all pulled up by Li Shimin!

Wei Zheng gained something again in the mud pit.

The output of the five sweet potato seedlings made the bamboo basket in Cheng Yaojin's hands stand out.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true that this thing yields forty stones per mu!"

Fang Xuanling saluted respectfully and said.

At this time, the officials had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Because the facts are there, the sweet potatoes harvested in this bamboo basket are the best answer.

"Come here, take all these sweet potatoes to the Imperial Dining Room, clean them, and send them to the Hall of Xiande. I want to celebrate the joy of this harvest with all your lords!"

Li Shimin gave an order, waved his sleeves, and moved to Xiande Hall.

Wei Zheng opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he still didn't say it.

Now that Lan Tianhou is raising seedlings, Wei Zheng also decided not to stop His Majesty's wasteful behavior.

The officials followed Li Shimin into the Xiande Hall, and the cut sweet potatoes from the imperial dining room were also delivered.

The ministers once again gorged themselves on the food.

The Xiande Hall instantly had a peaceful atmosphere.

"Zhijie, you just said that the Marquis of Lantian is breeding seedlings, and I will give all the sweet potato seedlings that have been bred to me. I am very pleased and happy to make my life for the people! Marquis of Lantian has done it!"

"I want to ask you, even if the sweet potato is drought-resistant, there will be locust plagues after the severe drought. Don't sweet potato seedlings be afraid of locust plagues?"

After listening to Li Shimin's words, all the officials nodded in agreement.

As we all know, the locust plague is more terrible than the drought, and the harm it brings is also greater.

The people affected by the drought can still save some crops.

This year, because His Majesty made timely preparations and made preparations for drought prevention in advance, the harvest of the people is not much different from the good weather.

But the plague of locusts is different. Wherever the swarms of locusts pass by, they are all shockingly bare!

Even the bark can be eaten clean, not to mention the crops!
"Returning to Your Majesty, according to what Lan Tianhou said, locust plague? Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."

Cheng Yaojin's words shocked everyone in Xiande Hall instantly!

(End of this chapter)