Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 183 Li Ji's Memorial

Since Li Ji wanted to ask such a question, Sun Xiangfu had no choice but to use his professional knowledge to speak, and organized his language before saying, "General Governor, in fact, places with lush weeds on the grassland are very suitable for farming, especially The Hetao area is rich in water resources, and there are basically no major droughts or floods. Chang’an’s popular melons and cotton are actually more suitable for planting here. Moreover, there are more valuable things that can be planted here, that is spices.

Merchants from the Western Regions transported fennel worth more than a catty to Chang'an. I call it cumin. That thing can be grown here, and the yield is extremely high, and the yield per mu can reach more than one stone. "

"How much is a stone per mu? How much is a catty? That is to say, if you plant an acre of cumin, you can sell it for more than 100 yuan?"

"Well, if you calculate it that way, you're right."

The data given by Sun Xiangfu is relatively conservative. The yield per mu of cumin in later generations can easily reach more than 100 kilograms, which is about two stones. If Sun Xiangfu grows the same yield as later generations, the economic value of the yield per mu may reach 200 Duoguan, you know, the spices in Chang'an were not less than [-] qian at the lowest time, and even sold for [-] guan for [-] catty when they were out of stock in winter. Anyway, people who can afford spices don't care That little money.

Hearing Sun Xiangfu's confirmation, even Li Ji, who is not very greedy for money, swallowed his saliva. To make such a big profit, let alone those rich people, he can't wait to get some money to invest.

"Well, you can't mention this matter to outsiders, the old man wants to report to His Majesty."

"Please do your own thing, please do your own thing, anyway, that's what I'm saying."

Just be a pusher behind the scenes. Sun Xiangfu doesn't want everyone to come to him for advice. Now he is a commoner. If those huge forces are impatient, he, a little fish, will not be able to survive.

Interest can guide almost everything. When the big guys know that spices can be planted on the grassland outside the pass, the land here will become more valuable, and many forces will want to carve it up. This will jump into the huge pit designed by Sun Xiangfu.

You grow spices, don't you need hands?Don't you need security protection?Don't you need infrastructure?Therefore, before planting spices, you must first make a large round of investment. After the investment is completed, the grassland here will become a fortress of ten miles, and a city of one hundred miles, then this place will become the place where Han people live. It is difficult for nomads to take away the inherent land.

Especially in the Houtao area near Shanxi, where coal reserves are abundant, and a little development can solve people's winter survival problems. Therefore, the prospect is very bright and the feasibility is very high.

What did Li Ji tell Li Shimin in the memorial? The first problem to be solved is that the law and order in a half-Hu half-Han area like Shuozhou is not very good. After returning to the imperial court, this place cannot continue to be so chaotic. Therefore, in terms of political management, the imperial court still needs to send people here Li Ji and Da Jun will not leave until all aspects of work are completed. If they don't leave, people like Sun Xiangfu will naturally not leave either.

The city gate cave and the city gate tower have become the temporary residences of the death row camp. Li Shimin has more strategic intentions in putting Li Ji here. The people in the death row camp are not qualified to know. The armor must be repaired, and the damaged and collapsed places also need to be repaired. Even if it is the cold winter, it is not the time for them to be lazy.

"Junmai, spread our hands out and see if there is any coal nearby. If you find it, use a plow truck to pull some back."

Sun Xiangfu's personal guards were not death row prisoners, and the supervisors could not control them. In fact, after Liang Shidu's death, Sun Xiangfu was no longer a member of the death row camp, because he only needed to go through one battle to be able to Exempt from death, now, it's just that the time for his hundred-day shackles has not yet come, otherwise, he would already be a free man.

"Why are you looking for coal?"

"Fire kang! Don't you think it's hard to sleep without that thing here?"

Every time Sun Xiangfu goes to a place, he hopes to make that place more livable. He thinks this is his contribution to everyone. The kang was only developed in Chang'an last winter, so naturally it has not spread to this place. The cities under the rule of Tang came, so Sun Xiangfu wanted to get this thing out to make the winter of the people here easier.

The meal time is the happiest time for these people in the death camp, not only because they can rest at this time, but also because they can gather around Sun Xiangfu at this time, and no longer have to worry about those soldiers who greedily look at their cotton armor He will look for opportunities to snatch the cotton armor on his body, which is very warm to wear on his body.

"There are only so many parts of the city wall that need to be repaired. I think that after the repairs are completed, what else does he want us to do?"

After a busy day, Tang Fengyi, whose fingers were a little frozen, returned to the city gate. When he saw the noodles that Sun Xiangfu cooked for everyone, he immediately grabbed a bowl in his hand, swallowing and saying.

"The city wall has been repaired, let's repair the houses! In Shuozhou, there are many places that need to be built. However, the emperor's imperial decree will come down soon, and you should not be doing this kind of work here endlessly."

Sun Xiangfu knew that Li Ji would definitely pass on the content of his previous conversation with Li Shimin as quickly as possible. After Li Shimin knew the news, he must have a new treatment for him. Moreover, after learning about the situation in Shuozhou , I will definitely give credit to the death row camp. It is hard to say whether this credit can save them from death, at least it will definitely be better than the current situation.

However, what Sun Xiangfu didn't know was that the Wa country actually responded to the Luoyang September [-]th incident in just over two months. It was Wa country's Prince Shotoku who replied to Li Shimin, because at this time Emperor Tuigu was seriously ill. , about to hang up.

The content of the reply was as expected by Sun Xiangfu. Stableto first admitted that Inugami Ertian was a scum of the Japanese country, not only this time in the Tang Dynasty, but also in the Japanese country before. Therefore, the Datang was right to kill him. Stable House felt ashamed of Emperor Tuigu's improper employment, and apologized to the people who were hurt by Datang.

Then, next summer, the Wa Kingdom will send a larger mission to the Tang Dynasty to meet His Majesty the Emperor, and will bring gifts of no less than a hundred ships to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and hope that the cultural exchanges between the Datang and the Wa Kingdom Don't cut off business contacts, etc., words are much more humble than the letter of credence issued by Emperor Tuigu.

This letter from the Japanese was opened by the servant in the hall and read out in the hall, and all the ministers were in an uproar when they heard it.

When did it become reasonable for Datang to kill other people's envoys, just because of that big drama?
Li Shimin was naturally the one with the most expressive expressions. He didn't expect that Sun Xiangfu had guessed all of this in advance.

"Your Majesty, since Sun Zhengming killed the evil envoy of the Japanese country before and did not damage the country's reputation, then his charges are not established. The old minister requests that Sun Zhengming's title be restored."

Wei Zheng is a fair man. Earlier he persuaded Li Shimin to temporarily pardon Sun Zhengming, but Li Shimin sentenced him to a [-]-day shackle. At first he thought it was a bit unfair, but later he sentenced him to a death row camp, which is heavy enough. Under such circumstances, it is very difficult for such a death row prisoner to come back alive, which is no different from being sentenced to death.

But now, the prince of the Japanese kingdom and the next emperor have written letters admitting their mistakes. This shows that what Sun Xiangfu did before did not damage the country's reputation, but was an act of punishing evil and promoting good. Since he has been punished, he should be rewarded. This is a fair scale in Wei Zheng's heart.

After hearing Wei Zheng's words, Sun Xiangfu's interest allies naturally jumped out to speak for Sun Xiangfu. Now no one has any reason to object to Wei Zheng's words, because before that, it was the officials from the seven clans and five surnames who were helping Sun Xiangfu to sing meritorious deeds. Push it into the rank of courtiers and deprive him of the management rights of various large industries in his hands.

However, there is one person who disagrees, and that is Li Shimin. He didn't worry about whether it was right for Sun Xiangfu to kill the Japanese envoy. The ministers of the imperial court acted without authorization and out of control, so what should he, the emperor, do?
But coincidentally, at this time, Shuozhou Babaili Express also arrived. This was the official report sent by Li Ji three days ago.

Shuozhou victory, the head of Liang Shidu was sent to the Taiji Hall together with the memorial of Li Ji, the governor of Bingzhou.

"Check the head and read the good news."

At this moment, Li Shimin was in a very good mood, not only because Li Ji had won the battle, but also because the good news came so timely that it could just confuse the matter of Sun Xiangfu's canonization, at least enough for him for a hundred days. Let yourself vent your anger.

However, the next moment, Li Shimin's jaw almost dropped to the ground. Li Ji's good news was too brief, and it was a bit bizarre.

The core content in it is just a few sentences. On November [-], [-] riders from the death row camp of the vanguard of the army arrived at the city of Mayi in Shuozhou. More than a hundred people fled, and encountered a group of people from the death row camp at the gate of the city. They were blocked by random arrows, and no one escaped. The whole territory of Shuozhou.

Li Shimin really wanted to imitate Sun Xiangfu's appearance of killing the enemy in front of the battle, but he really found it ridiculous and unimaginable, so for the time being, he believed Li Ji's words first.

Originally, he wanted to directly discuss the follow-up work in Shuozhou with the ministers, but Wei Zheng jumped out again.

"Sun Zhengming made great achievements in beheading the bandits. His Majesty should restore his title as soon as possible and award him, so as not to chill the hearts of those who serve the country."

"Recovery is irreversible. Since Sun Zhengming has made two meritorious deeds, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War will discuss and reward him again."

In fact, if it was someone else who jumped out, Li Shimin might have agreed, but it turned out to be Wei Zheng who jumped out, Li Shimin was upset, and deliberately found an excuse.

Hearing this, Wei Zheng also felt that what Li Shimin said was reasonable. Both of them had made great contributions. If it was just a rejudgment and no reward, it would appear that the court was a bit mean. Afterwards, he also shut up and did not bring up the matter again. Discussed the political issues of people's livelihood in Shuozhou with the big guys. It was not until the end of the morning court an hour later that the servant king took out an envelope from his sleeve and said to Li Shimin, "British public secret."

(End of this chapter)