God-level prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 321 Three Thousand Farmers (Fourth Change)

Li Chengqian walked all the way until he reached the outside of the cold palace. At this time, Li Shimin was standing at the pavilion, looking at all the potatoes in front of him.

It is getting closer and closer to the time when the potatoes are ripe. This time the potatoes are ripe, and you can eat them freely.

Behind him were five little ones, Li Tai and others followed Li Shimin.

Li Shimin only heard Li Shimin ask: "I heard from Gao Ming that there are fifty acres of potatoes here, which are grown for one acre of potato seeds. How about I come to test your numbers?"

Li Shimin heard from Li Chengqian that the Arabic numerals will start from the East Palace, and let the five princes learn first, so he intends to come out to assess these five people.

At this time, Li Ke said: "Your Majesty, Master Kong and Brother Huang are teaching us the methods of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division these days, and our brothers have learned it pretty well! It's easy to deal with some simple problems!"

What Li Ke meant was that you take the test, we have learned it before.

Li Tai also said: "Yes, Brother Huang's method is really good! If it can be promoted, then Datang will be even stronger!"

Li Shimin became even more interested when he heard Li Tai's words.

"Hahaha! Gao Ming really didn't let me down! Well then, I'll test you!"

The five said in unison: "Your Majesty, please write a question!"

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Then I will use the potatoes in front of me as the topic. If all the potatoes you see are promotional, how many acres can be planted?"

Li Ke said before everyone: "Two thousand and five hundred mu!"

Li Shimin nodded, indicating that the answer was correct, and then continued to test: "Okay! That one mu produces three hundred stones, how many stones can these fifty acres produce?"

At this time, the clever Li Tai took the lead and said, "It's fifteen thousand stones!"

Li Shimin continued to ask. "How many stones can be produced if it is [-] mu?"

The more questions are asked, the more difficult they are, and they have far exceeded their oral calculation ability, so the five people all lowered their heads and gestured with their small hands.

Suddenly there was a sound.

"75 stone, Your Majesty!"

"Good, good! 75 shi, each person eats three shi a year, how many people can be fed in a year?"

"15 people!"

The voice said so again.

15 people, that's a lot, as long as another season passes, then the rations of millions of people will not be a problem!
Only then did Li Shimin realize that the voice was wrong, not from the five princes.

Looking back, it turned out that Li Chengqian had appeared.

"Let me just say, how could these five people be calculated so quickly, it turned out to be Gao Ming, come here, Gao Ming, come and chat with me!"

Li Shimin lured Li Chengqian over.

Li Ke, Li Tai and the others bowed to Li Chengqian and said, "I've seen you, brother!"

"I have met Your Majesty! Hello, brothers!"

After Li Chengqian finished his work, he walked to Li Shimin's side.

Those five people looked at Li Chengqian with admiration, because it was calculated purely.

"Sure enough, it is the method of Arabic numerals introduced by Gao Ming. This calculation is also very fast."

Li Shimin couldn't help saying one more sentence.

"Your Majesty, Emperor Brother and the others are not very familiar with the structure of this number, so they will be slower."

"They did a good job. You know that there is no such thing as multiplication in the past, and it takes a long time to calculate with counting chips! Gao Ming, your method is very useful! It is worth promoting!"

Some time ago, Li Chengqian began to educate the princes, saying that he should start with his own family.

And Kong Yingda spends more time in the Imperial College to promote it. This method of mathematics can be spread to thousands of people. As long as one person knows it, it won't take long for thousands of people to know it. , Of course, this is just simple mathematics, if it is more difficult, I am afraid it will take more time.

However, ordinary addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are enough for them.

"This is due to His Majesty's full support, otherwise, I would not be able to promote it!"

What he said made Li Shimin very happy.

"Good things need to be promoted. My Tang Dynasty is tolerant, absorb good things, and make great use of them!"

As a generation of Mingjun, Li Shimin is really good to be able to do this.

"By the way, why did His Majesty let the minister come here?"

"Today, I just thought of going to Lenggong to see how these potatoes are growing. They happened to be studying, so I thought of asking you to come and take a look. By the way, when will these potatoes be ripe?"

There is a lot of nonsense in front of it, but the most important thing is to ask when the potatoes are ripe.

Why not be a little more straightforward?

"Your Majesty, according to my son's estimate, the Mid-Autumn Festival will be harvested!"

These potatoes are an early variety that can be harvested in sixty days.

"Okay! The Mid-Autumn Festival can be harvested, that's great! At that time, I will hold a potato feast for the ministers!"

Having said that, Li Chengqian had an idea.

He said: "Your Majesty, my son thinks that 3000 people can be selected from the people to witness this potato feast together, and it will be promoted in the spring of next year!"

Li Chengqian was very thoughtful, in fact, the ministers were no strangers to these potatoes, and it would be useless to hold any banquet.It's better to let people from the people participate, and there shouldn't be too many people. After all, there will be production next year, and there can't be too many idle people in the palace.

3000 people, [-] points per person, [-] points, that's better than anything else!

"Then where did these 3000 people come from? How are they selected?"

"I have a few points. First, they must be farmers. Second, they must be gathered from all over the Tang Dynasty. They can be promoted directly in the future. It is also good for them to be together. First, I will explain to them how to grow potatoes. , so that it can be promoted next year! Second, give them confidence. Farmers’ confidence is more important than anything else. Third, the ministers will give them a purchase price. Even if they don’t eat it themselves, they can sell it to the court, and then the court will distribute it uniformly.”

Li Shimin thought for a while and said: "Your thoughts are very mature, so do what you want! This person, I will help you solve it!"

If this is the case, it is naturally good.

It also saved a lot of things about Li Chengqian.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"It is I who want to thank you!"

Li Shi then said earnestly: "Gao Ming, your way of doing things is refreshing to me. I don't have so many worries about things that I didn't dare to do before. You are really a genius!"

"This is only under the great power of the Tang Dynasty, so I dare to do this!"

The way Li Chengqian spoke made Li Shimin admire even more, but the other five princes were at a loss when they heard it. How could they know what the two father and son were talking about.

"Haha, Gao Ming, follow me in your way of speaking!"

Li Shimin said very shamelessly.

Li Chengqian could only laugh dryly, but at this moment he suddenly noticed that Wei Zheng was rushing over.

(End of this chapter)