Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 129
After reading the letter sent by Yuan Tiangang, Li Shimin finally nodded in agreement with Wei Zheng's proposal.

Although the content of Feige's biography is short, it mainly asks Yuan Tiangang to ask Sun Simiao to go to Lingnan for help, but it reflects the real situation in Lingnan. Feng An did not rebel, but put down an internal rebellion. Sun Xiangfu and his party are helping him heal Patients in Lingnan.

"Unexpectedly, Sun Xiamu has the ability to cure belly disease. Your Majesty, the old minister suggested that we should send Wei Shuxie and Li Gongyan to bring several imperial physicians and a large number of medicinal materials to Fulingnan." After circulating Li Chunfeng's letter, Wei Zheng hurriedly road.

"There are quite a few patients with this belly disease in the whole country. It is an incurable disease. The imperial doctor went to Lingnan to learn the treatment method, and many people in the whole country can be saved. It can be called a great merit! The ministers and others agree." Fang Xuanling He and Du Ruhui and other ministers who originally supported Li Shimin's troops also changed their tone and spoke out.

"I also suggested that Feng An send his son to be an official in Beijing." Changsun Wuji also said at this time.

What he said was being an official, but in fact it was a hostage. Changsun Wuji's sense of crisis was appreciated by Li Shimin.

"I have approved all the performances of the ministers, let's issue the decree!"

Things in the south were developing in a good direction, Li Shimin also heaved a sigh of relief, dispersed the officials, and then went to the harem to visit the eldest grandson empress who was in confinement.

The crucian carp sent by the Fisheries Department for milking was very big, so Xiao Dongyang had enough to eat. He was already chubby in less than half a month after he was born. sleep.

"Your Majesty, it's hot, let the concubines do these things!"

"It's nothing, isn't it the fruit smoothie sent by Wangjiang Tower! I coax her to sleep and eat another bowl, and the heat will disappear."

Speaking of this fruit smoothie, Empress Changsun felt distressed. If Li Shimin had followed Sun Xiangfu's suggestion and let these crops be grown in the fields of the Royal Farm, she would have made a lot of money now.

Several kinds of melons planted in spring have reached maturity now. The yield of the kind of watermelon with flowery skin that a woman can’t move has reached nearly 2 jin per mu. You must know that people in this period like sweets, and the market in Chang’an The watermelon on the Internet is at least five pennies in previous years. This year, the watermelons produced by Qin Qiong’s tens of thousands of acres of watermelon land hit the market, and the price dropped to three pennies. However, even for three pennies, the output of one mu of watermelon land is at least more than [-] yuan Money, this is more than [-] pennies!It is directly more than ten times that of growing grain, so can she not feel distressed.

Not counting watermelons, the courgettes, which are called Hami melons by people in Xingfu Village, are all sold on a case-by-case basis. A melon produced for five hundred yuan per acre can sell for nearly a hundred melons. Moreover, even at this price, The dignitaries in Chang'an rushed to buy it, because in the past, this kind of courgette was a tribute that only the emperor could eat. Although there were a small amount of goods delivered by Hu merchants in the market, they were all snapped up by the nobles for one or two yuan.

Therefore, the guard team of Xingfu Village has been very busy recently, there are too many melon thieves, and Qin Qiong, who is smiling crookedly, can't wait to mobilize all the left and right guards to the fields to guard these melons. Now, he can challenge Yuchi Gongxungui The position of the first rich man.

Of course, the two great door gods will not fight for wealth, only Li Shimin, who is entangled, can't wait to eat back all the lost wealth.

Seeing Changsun Wuyou's depressed look, Li Shimin knew that she had remembered something sad, and said a little embarrassedly, "Next time, next time, I will definitely not let such a good thing of making money go to other people's homes."

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. The concubine is just thinking about whether to give that boy more power. Li Xian is too lazy. He occupies the position of the Chief Shepherd, but he has never done anything. He should be replaced." Changsun Wu Worry is serious.

"Replacing Li Xian, I'm afraid it will make Uncle Sun Chang feel sad." Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Your Majesty loves your courtiers and concubines, and your concubines know it well, but there is no need to be too kind to your relatives. If things go on like this, it will be detrimental to the country!"

There is Zongzheng Temple above the Animal Husbandry Supervision Office. This Changsun Chang is one of the main leaders of Zongzheng Temple, and he is a famous corrupt official. Li Xian is one of his subordinates who amassed money. They are relatively strict, but they are very lenient when it comes to their own property. Relatives don’t care about making small fortunes. There is even a case where the eldest grandson Shunde embezzled the property of the palace, and Li Shimin not only did not punish him, but rewarded his property. .

After Sun Xiangfu arrived at the Animal Husbandry Supervision Office, he didn't like to touch other people's interests. People who deal with him can often get some benefits. Therefore, no one in the Animal Husbandry Supervision Office said that he was not good, but if Li Xian's position was taken , but it touched Changsun Chang's interests. Although it was not his subjective wish, he didn't know what others thought.

Sun Xiangfu, who was in Lingnan, had no idea that Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were discussing his promotion in the palace of Chang'an. At this time, he was watching the first batch of test drugs with Feng An outside the patient camp. Stomach patients.

"Father, your belly is getting smaller again. Are you getting better soon?" Ah Yue, who was wearing new clothes, happily looked at Ah Shan who lifted her clothes up for Li Chunfeng and Xuanzang to check her stomach.

"Well, Daddy feels that his strength has recovered a little these days, and his stomach is not as hungry as before."

Hearing this, both Li Chunfeng and Xuanzang nodded, and said to Feng An, "Mr. Yue, as long as these patients persist in taking the medicine, their pot belly disease will be cured within a month or two at most."

"Hahaha, okay, this is good news for all the people in Lingnan, Fuze Wanshi! I want to build temples and Taoist temples for the two, and enshrine the statues of the two, so that the Lingnan people... ···”

"Mr. Yue doesn't need to do this. All this is due to Mr. Sun. You should thank him." Li Chunfeng was a little moved, but Xuanzang delayed.

Through some of Sun Xiangfu's remarks, he knew that the great construction of Buddhist temples would cause some harm to the Tang Dynasty, which would make Buddhism even more disliked by the monarch. Therefore, before he thought of a way to change Buddhism and make it more suitable for this country When using the method, it should not be too eye-catching.

"This old man must know, so, in the memorial to His Majesty, I asked His Majesty to leave Zhengming to be the governor of Guangzhou." Feng An said with a smile, but he didn't know that this seemingly innocuous request, Li Shimin actually asked He might not agree, and Sun Xiangfu would not agree either. Before Datang solved the matter that courtiers were not allowed to do business, he didn't plan to be a courtier, because he was not a politician and even hated politics.

"Mr. Yue, I believe that after these people are cured, they will be of great use to Mr. Yue." Sun Xiangfu changed the subject.

"What's the use?" Feng An looked at him and asked doubtfully.

"During the time in the concentration camp, these patients were subjected to stricter control than the military camp, and they had already gained considerable experience in how to prevent and treat pot belly disease. After that, the Yue Gong could send them to various villages and villages to teach them by example. In this way, various diseases in the south of the Five Ridges can be reduced a lot, and someone called him a hygiene preacher." Sun Xiangfu replied.

"Hygiene preacher? Oh, I understand. What you mean is that you have become a doctor after a long illness. These people are already half a doctor after a few months of experience here?"

"Uh, that's probably what it means! But what they have learned is the knowledge of prevention. When they can identify the several medicines they take and roughly remember the dosage, they will be able to treat these diseases by themselves. Later, when they return to their own After going to your own village and tribe, you can help the people in the same village and tribe to heal."

Let everyone know the cure of this common disease is the best defense against this common disease. This is the lowest-cost method that Sun Xiangfu thought of to help the people of Lingnan fight against the harsh environment.

"Well, that makes sense."

After discussing with the patients in the patient camp for a long time, Sun Xiangfu took Feng An out of the city again. Lingnan is his preferred base for planting Champa rice, so he needs to do a good job in advance regarding the fields. get ready.

If it is said that the head of the Tang Dynasty has absolute power, then only Lingnan Dao is the only one. The land of the twelve states is all decided by the great chief Feng An. If Sun Xiangfu wants to enclose the land, he only needs to point it out. , Feng An can make a final decision, this place will be his from now on.

Therefore, Sun Xiangfu could not waste this opportunity, and had to complete all the land property documents before the arrival of the Jiedu envoy sent by the imperial court to decentralize power. This will cost money in the future.

The water source is something that rice must guarantee. Moreover, the rice plantation requires flat land, which can ensure that the soil moisture is equal. Therefore, Sun Xiangfu has to choose a place that has a water source and is sufficiently open and flat.

After two hours of horse racing, Sun Xiangfu finally found such a piece of land, and decisively pointed to the stretch of water beyond the horizon, "Here it is!"

"Hehe, you will choose. The name of this place is Baiyun Lake, and the surrounding area of ​​[-] miles is relatively flat. The old man has long wanted to develop this place as a good farmland, but he suffers from lack of suitable farm tools. Now he has Quyuan. The plow, but you have taken a fancy to it, no matter what, the old man will give it to you within a radius of thirty li."

Hearing that Sun Xiangfu was overjoyed, he cupped his hands and thanked Feng An.

A radius of [-] miles, according to the current calculation method, is about [-] mu of land. Calculated according to the area of ​​one mu in the Tang Dynasty, it is about [-] to [-] mu. Excluding some water areas and places that cannot be cultivated, at least Fifty thousand mu of land can be cultivated into rice fields, which is big enough.

"Mr. Yue, I don't have any manpower to cultivate this land. Don't you know if you can hire people from Lingnan? 3000 people are enough."

To turn wasteland into rice fields, it is necessary to repeatedly plow the fields and open ditches for irrigation. Although Sun Xiangfu has not brought back the Champa rice seeds, these tasks can be started first, so he told Feng An discussed.

"Hire? Why do you need to hire? If the old man sends out a requisition order, even tens of thousands of people can be recruited for you, and this land can be reorganized for you in a few days." Feng An waved his hand easily.

"Hehe, Duke Yue misunderstood. 3000 people are enough. I want them to learn the techniques of field cultivation in the process of cultivating the fields, and select a few of them who are smart and willing to work as long-term workers to help me manage this field. There are many people, but it is not beautiful." Sun Xiangfu smiled and said.

He didn't just leave after one season of planting in Lingnan. After all, he still doesn't know the characteristics of Champa rice in this period. He still needs to do several seasons of research to maximize its yield.

(End of this chapter)