Datang first village

Li Yuanxing is not a scholar, but he has a strong team of scholars.

In modern times, Li Lanshan's top academics can at least be armed as a company. The direction of their research is not only history, but also humanities, customs, political surnames, and climate.

If the average temperature is one degree lower, the northern grasslands will move a hundred miles south.

One degree higher, there will be more farmland one hundred miles to the north.

Around the ninth century A.D., from several decades to 100 years before the decline of the Tang Dynasty in history, there was a slight ice age, and the climate seriously affected the grain harvest.

But in the seventh and eighth centuries, it was a warm and humid era.

Compared with the ice age, the average temperature is four to five degrees higher.The temperature is about one and a half to two degrees higher than the modern temperature.

At that time, Xiazhou City had lush water and grass, continuous fields, and countless rivers.

"Corn, next year centered on Xiazhou, at least 300 million mu will be planted. Is there any problem?" Li Yuanxing asked.

Sun Shunde didn't dare to answer, and neither did Liu Hongji.Because the available land in Xiazhou is only 270 million mu, plus the surrounding counties, even if they go to Yanzhou and Lingzhou, 300 million mu is extremely difficult.

Li Yuanxing said again at this time: "Do not destroy forests, do not destroy mountains, and do not destroy waters."

This is more difficult.

"I would like to give it a try. I think that the water power can be repaired when the water slows down in winter. This alone can increase 50 mu of fertile land, plus land reclamation, water diversion, and those flooded river beaches all year round. I, Xiazhou, gritted my teeth, and there will be 420 million mu of land in the next year, of which 300 million mu can be planted with corn. Although it is difficult, it is worth a try!"

Ma Fuyin stood up after thinking for a while.

"Very good, with determination, courage, and wisdom. The surrounding states and counties raise a large number of pigs, sheep, and chickens. The king will send people from Chang'an to fertilize the fields. You don't have to worry about the seeds. Come to Chang'an during the New Year. This king will give you seeds." Li Yuanxing was very satisfied.

This is not just shouting slogans, but a realistic plan.

"How long will Your Highness stay here?" Liu Hongji asked.

"One day!" Li Yuanxing gave only one day, which surprised Liu Hongji. Did he detour hundreds of miles just to say a few words in person?To put it another way, Li Yuanxing could have called himself and his grandson Shunde to Lanzhou for a meeting.There's really no need to run this lap.

However, Li Yuanxing said: "When I was speaking here, thousands of people had already obtained first-hand materials from all over Xiazhou. The report on the feasibility of the farmland will be completed before noon tomorrow, and the analysis will be made tomorrow night. The king left. Calculated, it should be a day and a half!"

Is one day enough?

Liu Hongji didn't ask, he was a little embarrassed to ask, this represents efficiency, the efficiency of his subordinates.

Li Yuanxing handed several letters to Liu Hongji himself.There is a person's name on each envelope. Just by looking at the name Liu Hongji, you can tell that this is the name of the guards of the main military strongholds in the north.

In the next two years, your task.

"The general will not disappoint His Highness!"

Fame is earned, and Li Yuanxing's experience is getting deeper and deeper now.It is definitely not because of how high your title is that you can convince these generals, but because of how far you can do in war.

After closing the door, Li Yuanxing discussed the way to get rich with several major officials in Xiazhou all afternoon.

In modern terms, it is three-dimensional agriculture.In addition to food, Xiazhou can supply several military strongholds on the frontier just by growing vegetables, which is a huge benefit.

In the military strongholds on the frontier, the income from goat milk can ensure that they have enough coins to buy more.

In the evening, around ten o'clock, Cui Yingying and the others came back.

"Your Highness, Your Highness. We saw the red sandstone mountain. On Dadun Mountain, to the north there are deserts and grasslands, to the south there are green trees and forests, and to the east there are many big rivers. What a wonderful sight. Yes, and..." Cui Yingying and Cui Yanyan chattered non-stop.

Later generations of Li Yuanxing also came here when they explored the terrain.

I heard the cabinet master say what the Danxia landform is called here, it seems to be very characteristic.

Li Yuanxing didn't feel anything at all, but listened with a smile on his face, and occasionally asked a question or two, which made the two girls even more excited.

In fact, Li Yuanxing really didn't know what to see there.

But since they have never traveled far since they were young, they were also arranged in very tight compartments from Qinghe and Boling to the capital. Now that they finally have the opportunity to travel by themselves, how can they not make the two girls excited.But their maid was so tired that she didn't even have the strength to stand up.

"Let me tell you, there is another impressive place here. On the north bank of the Dading River, the capital of the "Great Xia Kingdom" was established vigorously. This is the only city left by the Huns. You can go and see it. Let Yan The old man Shigu will go with you, and then..." Li Yuanxing took out a watch from his handbag with a smile.

"Go make a copy and apply to the Ministry of Rites to protect this city. This is history, protect it."

Cui Yingying and Cui Yanyan took the watch in Li Yuanxing's hand and read it. It was already written, but the words were not elegant enough.

"Your Highness, there is the city of the Huns. The Huns used to be the enemies of the Han Dynasty. According to what Your Highness wrote, this city was built more than 200 years ago. At that time, it should be the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Huns are still enemies. Why should they protect it? Their city. Yingying really doesn't understand!"

"It's not wrong to be the enemy. But this is the only thing left by the Huns in the world, and it's left for the children and grandchildren to see. It's left for the children and grandchildren to understand. We should have tolerance for the enemies that have disappeared. After all, ordinary Huns People have had brilliance, and enemies who can fight against the Han Dynasty are worthy of respect!"

After Cui Yingying listened, she nodded half-understanding.

Then he asked again: "What Your Highness said, can you add it to the seal!"

"Okay. After you go, don't come back. Let Lu Maofeng study the route. We will turn to the northwest direction the day after tomorrow and just meet up on the road."

The next day, the two concubines Yingying and Yanyan went out before dawn, and Lu Maofeng personally led a team of guards.Li Yuanxing still has Wu Bin by his side, not to mention there are generals such as Liu Hongji here, so there won't be any problems.So hold on to thinking, Li Yuanchang.Princess Kinderman of Silla also went with her.

And Li Yuanxing started meeting with Xiazhou officials again.

"General Liu, I want to ask you. Is it better to cook beef with potatoes or mutton with potatoes. Or, do you prefer braised pork and potatoes?"

Li Yuanxing suddenly asked a nonsensical question.

Liu Hongji only thought that Li Yuanxing was joking, after all the formal meeting had not started yet.

After thinking for a while, Liu Hongji replied: "Your Highness, I don't think so. Qin Wangzhuang's red spicy peppers are added with spring onion and ginger chicken pieces. Then add potato pieces and add more juice. You must use His Highness's snow salt It’s just fine. Finally, it’s the most delicious to use fine white flour noodles. I’ve tried it, but it doesn’t work without potatoes. It seems that something is missing. The soy sauce is also an important seasoning, and some raw sugar must be added to make it more delicious. "

Liu Hongji's description made all the officials present salivate.

You know, there are many things that Xiazhou officials have never eaten, and the snow salt is only two catties per person per month, which is still two catties with the bamboo tube attached.

Because of the weight of the snow salt, someone has already scolded Li Daozong for being dark.

In fact, it was not that Li Daozong was black-hearted, but that Li Yuanxing put it into a bamboo tube with a kilogram of the weight of later generations.Then he said it was a catty, so Li Daozong weighed it, thinking that the snow salt was the weight of the bamboo tube.

Xiazhou officials have heard of potatoes, but have not eaten them.

"General Liu, the sandy land in Shuozhou City. How about planting [-] catties of potatoes a year for the king?"

"Two, twenty million catties?" Liu Hongji really thought he heard it wrong, and twenty million catties surprised him.

Li Yuanxing shook his head lightly: "It's not much, but it's the output of tens of thousands of mu of land. The sandy land in Shuozhou is very suitable for planting. If I let the king manage it himself, [-] mu of land, [-] million catties is the minimum." It is not surprising that the yield is [-] catties." Li Yuanxing is not talking nonsense, the modern carefully managed potato fields have a maximum yield of five tons.

Ordinary poor fields also have a yield of two tons.

Shuozhou is there, just a little north of modern Yulin, very close to Inner Mongolia, but it is not yet the location of Inner Mongolia.In later modern times, Yulin had a mythical output of five tons per mu. Of course, these five tons are at the level of a laboratory, and two or three tons in ordinary land is no problem.

One hundred thousand mu and twenty million catties are really nothing.

"Your Highness, this kind of seed is not afraid of being stolen by foreigners. If a few thousand acres can be managed by the generals, if it is a hundred thousand acres, there is nothing they can do to steal some of the generals."

"Steal, let them steal. The only people who can steal are the people on the grasslands, as well as the Goguryeo people. When they are full, they will think about fighting. Remember a sentence, food and clothing and silver desires! Let's talk about Goguryeo people , this king does not believe that they will be able to eat enough potatoes within three years."

Liu Hongji nodded.

Xin said, King Qin seems to be determined to destroy Goguryeo. After Goguryeo, he will definitely change hands to deal with East Turks.

One thing Liu Hongji agreed with Li Yuanxing was that the Turkic nobles wanted to go south to rob things, but the Turkic ordinary people might not, especially after they had enough food for the winter, they definitely had no interest in going south to rob.

"The last general takes orders!"

"This is not just your task. Let the government officials of Shuozhou work harder. [-]% of this is your military field, and the remaining [-]% is done by the people of Shuozhou. The way of preservation and the method of planting, There are also seeds, you can go to Chang'an Benwang Village to get them during the New Year."

Li Yuanxing didn't have enough seeds last year, but after a year, he has the four main grains.Corn, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Pumpkins.It is not a problem to plant a few states and counties at will. (To be continued.)