Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 697

In the Jinghu area of ​​later generations, every twelfth lunar month, the people’s homes will definitely make several kinds of food, one is to boil maltose to make hemp leaves, and the other is to make noodles and fried dumplings. This kind of dumplings are not boiled dumplings eaten in the north, but steamed dumplings. , is to add salt, or sugar, or chopped garlic sprouts to the dough, roll it into a dough, cut it into small pieces, cut a hole in the middle, turn one end of the dough through the hole in the middle, and put Crispy flip dumplings fried in oil pan.

Usually, when people fry this kind of dumplings, they also fry another kind of food. The transliteration of the local dialect is called "Yula Chips", which is later commonly known as potato chips. They are fried with sweet potatoes and fried with potatoes. The method is the same.

It is to peel the boiled sweet potatoes or potatoes, put them on a door panel covered with a steaming cloth, use a rolling pin or the back of a knife, press and smooth them, dry them, cut them into small pieces, and fry them in an oil pan. It is crispy and crispy. After it cools down, it is like dumpling. Put it into the popcorn popped out of rice to ensure that it is crispy and crisp. As long as you tie the mouth of the bag well, you can eat it until the next summer. question.

When Sun Xiangfu was a child, every household would make this stuff. During the winter vacation, he would go to various houses to help turn over dumplings and deep-fry jade slices. This self-made eating activity gradually decreased or even disappeared.

Therefore, making sweet potatoes and potatoes into food is not difficult for Sun Xiangfu. It is to make sweet potato flour. In fact, the process of making rice noodles in Shannan Road is not much different. It is nothing more than washing, crushing, filtering, exposing, and beating. Paste and missing thread are all things that can be done with some wooden tools in this period.

In a few days, after hundreds of mu of sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, peanuts, tomatoes and other crops were harvested, some of the better-looking ones were kept for seeding, and most of the rest were shipped. Among them, there were Quite a lot, sweet potato flour, potato chips, cornmeal, etc. have been made to eat.

Then, the entire Lingnan team set off, plus more than 3000 athletes who went to Jiangling to participate in the sports meeting, and more than 300 people who were trained by Ah Yue to go to Jiangling City to perform songs and dances, members of the art troupe, the entire fleet has a total of [-] There are many large ships, which are very huge.

At this time, the representative teams of the countries in the Western Regions had just arrived in the territory of Shannan Road. Li Chengqian had consumed enough of them, but they basically did not complain. , did not make them feel bored at all, because the more they read, the more they learned. For them, Datang's planning of the city and the management of the people are full of knowledge, especially when they see When those green turf-covered embankments.

"My God, you Tang Dynasty, do you rely on such high slopes to prevent floods?"

The fleet has been walking on the river for more than an hour. The scenery that can be seen on both sides of the bank has always been the green embankment with the same height and slope. , are man-made.

The artificial canal that was thousands of miles long had already amazed them. They never thought that this eastern empire would dig such a long river due to transportation needs. The amount of engineering involved was simply beyond their reach. imagine.

But now, when they saw these embankments, they were even more confused. In terms of engineering volume, it even far exceeded the Grand Canal. This is a masterpiece made by millions of laborers over several years.

Li Chengqian was a little proud of seeing the shock that these country bumpkins erupted after being slow for a few beats. He also heard what the translators explained to them. The explanation was too vague, and Li Chengqian felt that Function, at present, Datang needs to show its strength to everyone, so that in the subsequent unification battle, more people will surrender.

So, he took up the conversation and said, "In addition to preventing floods, diverting river water, making irrigation more stable, and water transportation more developed, these embankments are also roads connecting counties. After the overall design and planning, after forming a network, It is the most important infrastructure here that can greatly improve the overall agricultural efficiency of the entire Shannan Road lake area, and it is precisely because of its existence that the rice production here is the number one in the world."

The word 'infrastructure' has appeared in the ears of people like Heraclius more than once. The concrete roads of Datang were said to be infrastructure construction, and the canal was also said to be infrastructure construction. The embankments in front of them The embankment is also said to be infrastructure construction. It seems that the reason why Datang has developed so rapidly is because they pay attention to infrastructure construction.

Moreover, from their point of view, this embankment has more advantages than that. There will be a farm cattle every tens of meters on the embankment slope, which feeds on the forage on this embankment slope.

As for what Li Chengqian said about No. [-] in the world, most of them already have some basic Chinese and understand it. No one will doubt the authenticity of this title. They just want to see, see, the so-called most productive rice field in the world. What is it like.

So, Heraclius said, "I don't know His Royal Highness, can you take us to see the best field in the world?"

Li Chengqian smiled slightly, "Why not?"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to the servant and asked, "Where is the frontier?"

The servant returned to the mansion, "Reporting to Your Highness, it is Jinan County, Yingzhou."

"Hehe, it turns out to be under the rule of my King Wu, so when we arrive at the pier, we can board the boat and dock! It's okay to let them see it."

Yingzhou is a new Xiongzhou in the Tang Dynasty, and Jinan County is its seat. Moreover, this is a new city built when the embankment was built. Those state cities along the canal are still much more upscale.

Not long after Li Chengqian made this decision, the fleet arrived at the wharf in Jinan County.

"It's a pity that the teacher is not in Jiuyuan County, otherwise, Gu would have to go to see him." He knew that Jinan County was adjacent to Jiuyuan County earlier, and after passing Jinan County, he arrived at Jiuyuan County. After entering Jingzhou, Li Chengqian sighed after seeing the sign on the route sign on the pier.

"Master Sun may have already set off from Lingnan, and we will meet in Jiangling City in a few days." Ma Zhou was considered to be the highest-ranking member of Li Chengqian's entourage, and he followed him while answering the conversation. Show him with your eyes that you can't take these people to Jiuyuan County for a visit, especially the Jiuyuan County School. The things taught there should not be passed on to the outside world until the Tang Dynasty has achieved great unification.

Li Chengqian understood what he meant. In fact, he let these people go ashore for a casual stroll, and had no intention of entering the city. After all, he knew that not only Jiuyuan County has completely reformed the content of education, but also several people in Shannan Road. All of Yuantian County has also reformed the teaching content, but he has never been to the south, and he has not seen what Yuantian looks like with his own eyes, so he is a little curious.

Unexpectedly, just as he took people off the boat, crossed the pier and climbed up the embankment, Li Ke's car had already greeted him.

"My brother has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Li Ke now has an official position, and seeing Li Chengqian, who is the crown prince, is a courtier's courtesy.

Li Chengqian and Li Ke, who haven't seen each other for more than four years, were still a little dazed when they saw each other on the first day of junior high school. Fortunately, they both had ceremonial clothes on their bodies, otherwise, at first glance, they might not recognize each other. After all, the past four years or so have been their developmental period, and their height, appearance, and voice have all undergone major changes.

"Brother Wu does not need to be too polite, and Gu is just a temporary idea. I will lead all the representatives of Fanbang to visit the fields under your rule. I didn't want to but alarmed you. It just so happens that Gu has not seen you for a few years. We can watch while you go. Let's talk." Li Chengqian helped Li Ke up, who was slightly bowing and saluting, very affectionately.

Feeling the friendship conveyed by Li Chengqian, Li Ke relaxed a little. Just now, when Li Chengqian said 'visiting the field', he deliberately used a little force on his hand, which immediately made him understand what Li Chengqian meant. People look at the fields.

"You came at the right time. This year's rice has just entered the autumn yellow period and is about to be harvested. You can follow me to have a look."

It depends on the field, it’s simple, all within the embankment, no need to prepare.

At this time, the heads of state who climbed onto the embankment had already seen the boundless rice fields inside the embankment. The fields here are as neat as a knife cut. When the wind blows, the ears of rice will be like waves. The slight ups and downs are very spectacular.

"This, is this a rice field?..."

"Why is it so dense?..."

"The ears of rice are so long and full..."

For a while, they didn't need Li Ke to take them down, they expressed their sighs in various languages, rushed down the embankment, and wanted to get closer to see clearly.

"This is just a rice field planted by ordinary people in Jinan County. It is incomparable with the experimental field in Jiuyuan County. Everyone, you can follow me to the rice field for a closer look." When they were on the boundless rice fields, they exchanged a few words with Li Chengqian in a low voice, and after understanding his intentions, they nodded and said loudly to everyone.

So, under the leadership of Li Ke, the large team walked towards the cement road under the embankment slope.

The denseness and plumpness of the ears of rice in the rice fields can only be felt when they are close by. Letting these people see Datang's amazing grain output with their own eyes is also a means of promoting national power.

Therefore, Li Ke's words immediately caught the clue of Abu Bakr, who has a very high level of Chinese, and asked, "Isn't this the most productive rice field in the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Ke nodded and replied, "Of course, the paddy fields planted by these ordinary people can only reach about ten stones at most. The best experimental field in Jiuyuan County may have an output of ten stones and five stones per mu this year. .”

"Ten stones, eleven stones and five..." After hearing these two numbers, Abu Bakr quickly converted them into the counting weight of their big cannibals. After the calculation, he looked shocked. I looked at those rice fields.

Strictly speaking, one stone in the Tang Dynasty was 59 kilograms, or 118 catties. However, when people do calculations, they would directly round it up to 120 catties.

"My God, why does God favor you Datang people so much..."

It is not only Abu Bakr who is also calculating, but also Yi Siqi, who is more proficient in Han culture than him. It is no wonder that Datang has been able to sell grain to Persia for tens of millions of stones in the past few years. With such a high-yield paddy field in hand, it is easy to produce so much grain.

"No wonder you put so much effort into building this embankment. God, we only need to open up 100 million mu of rice fields like yours in the country, and we can grow 1000 million shi of grain every year. There will be no more food. worry." Po Ni also screamed after Yi Siqi.

Li Chengqian was very satisfied with the shock they showed, and continued, "Well, Mrs. Poni, you may have misunderstood, such a paddy field, one year, can grow two seasons of high-yielding rice, that is to say, 100 million mu In the Tang Dynasty, 2000 million shi of rice can be produced in one year. Now, in Datang, there are eleven counties with nearly 2000 million mu of such high-yield rice fields. These eleven counties alone can produce rice in one year. Four hundred million stones of rice."

"Four billion stones..."

When everyone heard this number, most people were a little dizzy. At the same time, they thought that Datang used millet, sorghum, soybeans and other grains that can be used as staple food to feed cattle and horses, paved roads with cement, and decorated palaces with the best transparent glass. , Equip the army with full-width fine iron steel knives, etc., everything has been explained, people are so rich that they have too much food to eat, and so much money that they have nowhere to spend.

(End of this chapter)