Ji Tang

Chapter 896 Crazy Potatoes

Early the next morning, in front of Zhuque's door, to everyone's surprise, some old princes who had rarely shown up in the past all came this time.

This made everyone feel scared, knowing that something big was about to happen. They originally wanted to chat with their familiar colleagues to kill time, but they immediately became quiet and waited for the court meeting to start!
"go!"

When the Suzaku Gate opened, Li Jing stood at the head of the military attache and headed inside.Qin Qiong, Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin and others walked in silently.

"What's going on today? But something big happened?"

Chu Suiliang walked a few steps quickly and came to Fang Xuanling's side and whispered.

"Nothing's wrong, just go to court with peace of mind!"

Fang Xuanling didn't even raise his eyelids and said expressionlessly.

"It's Meng Lang who is the lower-ranking official. Please forgive me, Mr. Fang!"

Hearing Fang Xuanling's words, Chu Suiliang's eyes flashed with anger, but in the end he held it back and retreated immediately!
As soon as Chu Suiliang left, Lao Du stepped forward and said with a smile: "What's wrong? I just can't bear to ignore him. There's no need for this!"

Fang Xuanling snorted angrily and said: "You are a lackey of a family. I can't help but be angry with him. After today, he will become the biggest joke in Chang'an!"

"Just wait. During this period, there have been rumors in Chang'an saying that Your Majesty is unfair and that high-yielding grains are made out of nothing. If this matter has nothing to do with him, I would write my last name backwards!"

This is just blatantly against him. Who doesn't know that this matter was spread by him?He dared to make small moves behind his back. This simply ignored him, the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty. How could he not be angry?
It's just normal. I won't be angry, and at most I won't pay attention to him.

But the current Chang'an scandal is very detrimental to Ji Qing and others. His Majesty originally wanted to make them famous, but now it has become a joke!

"Okay, okay!"

Du Ruhui advised: "That boy Ji Song is not in a hurry about this, so why are you anxious? That boy is despising Ji's popularity, and I'm afraid he wants to thank those people. You, there is no need to be angry!"

Fang Xuanling said dissatisfied: "Ji Qing and others are his disciples after all, but he actually stood aside and did nothing. Is this how he treats people as a teacher? Where is the courage to throw people down when they disagree?"

Du Ruhui gave a bitter smile and fell silent. Fang Xuanling didn't know why she was so angry. Just wait, facts speak louder than words, and everything will be useless in the face of facts!

Today's morning meeting was very strange. Only a few officials started to announce a few things, and then everyone dispersed. A few big shots were silent, as if they were waiting for something!
It was not until the next court that what was even more strange was that all these big guys went to see the emperor.Is there anything that cannot be said face to face and must be discussed after going to court?

But Li Jing and others had no intention of explaining. They went directly to the Imperial Garden under the guidance of Chen Shou. What they wanted to see was right there!

Changsun looked at the ten large tanks curiously. The vines that were lush and green a few days ago were now withered, even dead.

After discovering it today, I felt very uneasy. I heard that this was a high-yield grain brought back by Ji Qing and others. If something unexpected happened in my own hands, wouldn't I become a sinner?

So, I found a few old farmers who had cultivated the land and asked them to take a closer look at what was wrong!
But to his disappointment, the old farmers saw nothing.

Neither soil nor water is in short supply, so why does this problem occur?

It wasn't until Jinyang, who was studying in the academy, came back and saw the Hou Mansion that he woke up the dreamer with one word!
"Are you saying that things are mature?"

Changsun glanced at Jinyang suspiciously, somewhat disbelieving!

Jinyang rolled his cute eyes and said helplessly, "Queen, you see, the ripening date is in these days, the moisture and soil are fine, it was fine the day before yesterday, but now it suddenly turns yellow, it's like the fruits on the fruit tree are ripe. Finally, the leaves fell and the truth came to mind, what’s impossible about this?”

The eldest grandson tapped Jin Yang's forehead angrily and said angrily: "Don't I know this? Are you still talking about it? Go and play. If you hurt these things, let's see how I deal with you!"

The eldest grandson was immediately annoyed by his daughter's words. He immediately pushed the responsibility aside and even slapped him!
Jinyang felt extremely wronged, but he didn't dare to say anything anymore, so he could only sulk on the sidelines!

Can the eldest grandson say that he has never farmed since he was a child?Of course not. As the mother of the Tang Dynasty, she should be omnipotent. Haven't you seen her going to the fields with His Majesty every spring plowing?

Although it was only half a day, it was still farming!

After a while, there were chaotic footsteps outside, and Li Shimin was followed by the princes!

When everyone saw the queen watering several large tanks with a watering can, both Qin Qiong and Niu Jinda were shocked.

"Young lady can't do it!"

The two of them came forward in two steps and took the watering can carefully. Niu Jinda gently stroked the withered leaves as if he were seeing his own wife. When he saw the others looking like this, he suddenly felt sad. !

"Okay, my dear, this thing is already mature. How much water did you use to water it? If you water the seeds again until they germinate, this thing will not be edible!"

They stayed in Ji Mansion last night and didn't go back. They spent the night reading the books brought back by Ji Qing and others, which were all about the habits and planting methods of these crops.

"That's not enough, is it?"

The eldest grandson was a little dumbfounded. If anyone else dared to speak to her like this, they would have taken it out to feed the dogs long ago. How can you wait until now?

"My dear, you don't know that in autumn, the newly harvested grain cannot see water or even moisture. If you are not careful, it will sprout again overnight, but you cannot eat the sprouted grain!"

Niu Jinda looked at the moist soil, and his heart was bleeding!
If one of our own people dared to do this, they would have been whipped long ago.

Ji Song looked on and twitched, then came to the emperor, whose face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and whispered: "Your Majesty, you won't let your Majesty take care of these things, will you?"

That look and action made Li Shimin's veins bulge, and he wanted to beat this kid.

"What, can't you?"

Li Shimin looked at Ji Song with a dangerous look, as if he was going to beat him up if he said anything wrong. Ji Song immediately shut up and stopped talking.

"This is my negligence. Fortunately, I brought a lot of grain this time, and I even harvested a crop on the way back. If there is something wrong with these grains, I will become the sinner of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Shimin opened his mouth and took over the responsibility and took the queen out. If this matter spread, it would be bad for the queen's reputation. Although these people are close confidants, there is no airtight wall in the world, so you can't be careless!
"Your Majesty said something serious, Lao Niu was also in a moment of impatience, so now"

Cheng Yaojin stepped forward to intercede for Lao Niu, but was stopped by Changsun.

I saw the eldest grandson coming to Niu Jinda, bowing slightly and saying: "It's all my fault. I should have found someone to take care of it a long time ago, but I was lucky, and this almost caused a catastrophe!"

After saying that, you have to salute again!

"No, my dear, you must not!"

Whether it was Niu Jinda or others, they were shocked. If this ceremony was really carried out, how would Lao Niu behave in the future?

With Lao Niu’s temperament, he must wipe his neck!

Except for the emperor, there is no one in this world who can make the queen salute!

"Okay, okay! Today is a happy day, why are they all like this?" Li Shimin said nonchalantly: "This matter ends here, no one should say anything more!"

After speaking, he came to the big tank, walked around the big tank a few times, and asked Ji Song, "How do you collect this thing?"

"Dig it! If you can eat it all at the root, of course you have to dig it!"

After saying that, he was about to step forward to dig the soil, but Niu Jinda pushed him aside and looked at everyone warily like he was protecting a calf.

"Don't move!"

Then he looked at Ji Song and said with disdain: "You are the one who makes me look down on you the most. How can you, a noble boy, know how to collect grain?"

"And you, all of you are big and rough. Is this something you can do?"

"I have to do this. Before I joined Your Majesty, I was a farmer. I have been farming for more than ten years. Over the years, I have led everyone to farm the land at home. Who is the most qualified here? , who else besides me?"

Li Shimin and others were almost furious when they heard this. Who are they looking down on?

"No, I was also a farmer back then, you can't be the only one in this matter!"

Cheng Yaojin quit immediately. This was an opportunity to leave his name in history. How could he let it go?As he said this, he was about to step forward, but was blocked by Niu Jinda, who even boasted that he wanted to go over and have a fight first!
"All right!"

Li Shimin said with a dark face: "They are all important officials of the imperial court. What have they become?"

"When Zhijie comes back, let him do this!"

In the end, everyone compromised. At that time, Lao Niu's family all starved to death, and he was the only one left in the family. No one here knew better than him what this high-yielding grain meant.

After hearing this, Lao Niu walked towards the vat. He first observed it carefully, and then carefully groped around the roots!

His movements were very gentle, as if he were caressing a beautiful woman, for fear of being injured if he used too much force.

Suddenly, Niu Jinda felt something on his face, as if he touched something. He carefully pushed away the soil, and saw a yellow-skinned thing appearing in front of his eyes.

After that, he didn't care about anything else. For the sake of convenience, he directly smashed the vat with his fist.

boom!
The vat burst, and Daniel Jinda's fist was covered in blood, but he could no longer care about that at this time.

Because something the size of a human head and a fist appeared in front of him. It looked like it weighed at least a pound. This was still the largest. There were seven or eight things scattered around, adding up to at least ten pounds. But this was just one thing. Plant!

Ten stones, at least the output of ten stones, just a lot more!

Li Shimin ignored the dirt on the ground and walked directly to it. He looked at the things on the ground with trembling hands. When he pulled up the vines, he found that there was something inside?
Oh my god, fifteen stones!

When everyone used their hands and feet to clean up all the soil, and dug out more than a dozen potatoes of different sizes, ranging from one or two kilograms to large ones and about half a kilogram of small ones, everyone looked at each other for a while, not knowing what to say. !
boom!
Suddenly, the big tank next to it also cracked.

When they saw Cheng Yaojin digging like a groundhog, Zhong En immediately reacted. The generals hit him with their fists and kicked him, and some even directly drew out the horizontal sword of the guard next to him and slashed him.

Wen Chen was more polite here and asked the guards to smash the jar open and then started digging!
Ji Song had a lot of free time. Someone had loosened the soil in these large vats and it was very soft. In Li Shimin's eyes, Ji Song lifted it with his hand and saw a series of potatoes appearing in his eyes!
Then when I looked at the blood on the hands of some old guys, I suddenly burst into tears!
"boom!"

Ji Song was kicked, and Li Shimin cursed: "It's so simple, why didn't you tell me earlier!"

After saying that, he also pulled out the tank next to him!

After all the large tanks were cleaned up, everyone looked at the hills of potatoes on the ground and felt at a loss!
"Pinch me down and see if I'm dreaming?"

Fang Xuanling said blankly to Du Ruhui on the side.

"hiss!"

Fang Xuanling glared at Lao Du and said, "You are so aggressive. It hurts me to death!"

After saying that, he quickly rolled up his sleeves, only to find that his arms were purple and blue. Obviously, Lao Du didn't hold back his hands!

"Your Majesty, I am a little dizzy!

Li Shimin quickly supported the queen, but he was not much better!

"Jisong, didn't you say that the output of this thing is only ten stones?"

He pointed at the hill-like potatoes on the ground, his face flushed and said, "But I think this is more than fifteen stones!"

"Oh my god, how can there be such high-yielding food in this world? Is it God's blessing on the Tang Dynasty?"

Ji Song was also very surprised and said a little puzzled: "That shouldn't be the case. Logically speaking, something that has never existed in the Tang Dynasty shouldn't have such a high yield of grain?"

He looked carefully, and when he saw the soil, he suddenly understood!

"Look, Your Majesty!"

Everyone was attracted by his movements and looked over quickly!

"The soil is very fertile and has been carefully taken care of. But under normal circumstances, everyone wouldn't be able to take care of it so carefully!"

"Think about it, if you plant one acre or ten acres, how can the farmer have so much energy to take care of it carefully?"

"So, this doesn't mean anything. Only after large-scale planting can we accurately assess the yield. But judging from the current situation, even if it is extensive planting, the yield will not be low!"

Everyone was a little disappointed at first, but in the end they felt happy!
Even if it doesn't work, it will still be much better than the current yield per mu!

As long as the Tang Dynasty is promoted on a large scale, the people of the Central Plains will no longer have to worry about hunger. By then, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty will have arrived!

This will be an achievement that far exceeds that of their predecessors, and they will be immortalized for it!
"By the way, there are also sweet potatoes!"

Li Shimin seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly became excited.

"That's right, not only are there sweet potatoes, but there's also corn!"

"Last night we read a lot of books on these three crops, which introduced their habits in detail. According to calculations, although the yield is not as large as that of potatoes, it is not bad. Sweet potatoes can have about seven or eight dan, and corn can also have [-] or [-] dan. ."

"As long as it is popularized, people will no longer need to go hungry, and no one will starve to death!"

When Niu Jinda said this, he burst into tears. Thinking of his family who had starved to death, and looking at the mountains of food in front of him, he hated it. He hated why these good things only appeared now.
If it had been a few decades in the morning, his father, brother, and sister would not have died, none of them would have died!
(End of this chapter)