Yipin Tang

Chapter 15 Revisiting Potatoes
As soon as Li Shimin's boat approached the boat, he heard a mournful voice coming from inside the boat. After listening carefully, it turned out to be a new song that he had never heard before. He reached out his hand to stop Hou Junji, who was about to step forward to shout, and just stood at the bow of the boat to listen. Come on.

When the sound of the song faded, he blurted out praise: "What a white fox, the lyrics are wonderful, the song is fresh, and the singer is even better."

Empress Changsun on the side nodded and said: "This song is quite different from the ones I usually hear in the palace, and the singer sang this white fox alive. No wonder that Prince Xin is reluctant to leave. I love this song." The woman is quite curious."

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Then let's meet the singer."

There was no need for Hou Junji to shout at the moment, but he stood on the bow of the boat and raised his voice: "I heard that there is a wine fairy called by the emperor on Jinguang Lake who can't get on the boat. Li Erlang from Chang'an City is here to pay a visit."

Li Erlang came to visit the Immortal of Wine?
Seeing that everyone was in a nervous mood, Ningxiang sang the white fox again, trying to relieve the tension in her heart, but she didn't expect to hear Li Shimin's voice coming from outside the painting boat as soon as the song was sung.

Wang Xiang first realized that if he didn't know the identity of Hou Junji, he might not have immediately thought that Li Erlang was Li Shimin, but since he knew the identity of Hou Junji, who else could Li Erlang be in Chang'an City? The other party also mentioned that Tianzi Hulai could not get on the boat. This was a poem he just wrote when he rejected Hou Junji.

After Hou Junji left, he was thinking that maybe Hou Junji would bring someone over after a while and take him away directly to interrogate him, but he didn't expect that Li Shimin would come in person, and even use the identity of Li Erlang from Chang'an City to visit him Myself, can it be a good thing for the emperor to visit me?

Although he was very disturbed, he didn't dare to neglect, Wang Xiang said bravely, "No, it's windy outside, please come in and have a seat." Will find it boring to expose Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was tall and burly, more than half a head taller than Wang Xiang, Hou Junji also had a hulking back, and with the addition of an eldest grandson empress, the small boat suddenly seemed a bit crowded.

Li Huiming changed from his previous dandy attitude, and moved to the side respectfully, Wang Xiang and Ning Xiang also looked very reserved.

When Li Shimin saw their reactions, he knew that they must know his identity. He glanced at Hou Junji dissatisfiedly, which made Hou Junji panic again and screamed in his heart. He really didn't reveal Li Shimin's identity, but It was Li Huiming who recognized him and guessed Li Shimin's identity.

"Today I am just Li Erlang of Chang'an City, everyone is not more cautious, what was before is what is now."

Li Er is telling everyone that he does not need the status of emperor today, but the emperor is the emperor, who dares to be casual, Li Huiming and Ning Xiang feel very uncomfortable.

Ningxiang is just a brothel girl. She is famous in Chang'an City for her beauty and talent, but she never thought that she would have the opportunity to meet the emperor. Although Li Huiming is the son of Hejian King Li Xiaogong, he is not the second son. He was not taken seriously, and he had no chance to meet Li Shimin before.

On the contrary, Wang Xiang was quite nervous before, but when he saw Li Shimin, he was much calmer than Ningxiang and Li Huiming. Rather than being afraid, he was more curious about what kind of person the real Li Shimin was.

"Are you the wine fairy?"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Wang Xiang quickly waved his hands and said: "Jokes, jokes, I drank too much and talked nonsense for a while, I don't remember what I said, haha, hahaha!"

Just make a joke and forget it?A hint of amusement flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and he said indifferently: "Raise your cup and look at the blue sky with your eyes blank. The princes and generals are just like waiting. The emperor can't get on the boat, and the wine is immortal on Jinguang Lake. You can make such extraordinary poems with nonsense. It seems that the immortal of wine is still the immortal of poetry."

Hearing Li Shimin's tone obviously increased when he said that the emperor would not board the ship, Wang Xiang's heart skipped a beat, and he thought, it seems that he is really asking for a crime.

"It's purely a joke. How could the Son of Heaven come to call me such a small person?"

"What if I really came to call you?" Li Shimin's mouth curled up, and Empress Changsun also smiled, as if she wanted to know how he would answer.

Depend on!It seems that there must be a choice between submission or arrogance.

In front of the imperial power, Wang Xiang gave in obediently, and said with a smile: "The emperor is calling, of course I have to hurry up."

Ning Xiang and Li Huiming breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words, they were really afraid that Wang Xiang would be so arrogant at this time.

Li Shimin shook his head and smiled, not knowing what it meant.

Empress Changsun at the side suddenly asked: "Just now I heard a new song outside, who sang it?"

Ning Xiang smiled slightly and said, "The little girl was singing just now."

Empress Changsun nodded and praised: "The lyrics and music are different from what I usually hear. It's refreshing. It's really rare for a girl to have such talent at such a young age."

Ning Xiang quickly replied: "I didn't compose this song, I just sang it."

Empress Changsun asked curiously, "Who composed this song?"

"Because Wang Gongzi won the first prize in the poetry competition, I asked Wang Gongzi for a song. This white fox was written by Wang Gongzi just now."

Empress Changsun glanced at Wang Xiang quite unexpectedly, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the Immortal of Wine is not only proficient in poetry, but also quite accomplished in lyrics and music. It seems that he has studied a lot."

Wang Xiang blushed and was about to say a few words of modesty, Li Shimin suddenly asked casually: "Have you ever heard of a grain that can produce twenty shi per mu?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone except Empress Changsun and Wang Xiang was at a loss. Why did they suddenly ask such a question when they were talking about poems, lyrics and music?Twenty shi of grain per mu?how is this possible!

Wang Xiang finally understood why Li Shimin came here in person, it turned out it was because of Tudou.

He knew how important this matter was to Li Shimin, so he hesitated for a moment before nodding his head and said: "I heard a western region businessman talk about a kind of grain called potatoes, if it is taken care of properly, it can produce [-] shi per mu. "

Li Shimin couldn't help being excited when he heard Wang Xiang's confession, and asked: "Then, can you believe what the businessman from the Western Regions said?"

It seems that he still has some doubts about the twenty shi per mu of potatoes. It is no wonder that in the Tang Dynasty, there was no grain yield of five shi per mu. No one would believe the yield of [-] shi per mu.

Sure enough, when Hou Junji heard Wang Xiang's words, he couldn't help but sarcastically said: "You can also believe such nonsense. If there is such a grain per mu, the tribes in the Western Regions would not use a lot of cattle, sheep and I, Datang, have exchanged food."

Li Shimin also became suspicious when he heard Hou Junji's words. He had been immersed in the surprise of twenty shi per mu before, but he never thought of such a level. Wang Xiang said that the potatoes were obtained from a Western Region merchant, but the Western Region It is true that the tribes exchange a large number of cattle and sheep with Datang for grain every year. Even so, I heard that there are often food shortages there. If potatoes really have such an astonishing output, why would the tribes of the Western Regions do this.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin's heart skipped a beat, and Wang Xiang could clearly feel a sharp knife-like gaze staring at him.

He could almost imagine the terrible anger he would face if he couldn't give Li Shimin a satisfactory answer. Li Shimin had placed too much in Tudou.

"Maybe I misremembered, that is not a merchant from the Western Regions."

"How can such a thing be remembered wrong!"

Although the stove was lit in the cabin, everyone still felt a chill, the chill from the bottom of their hearts, the emperor's anger was really extraordinary.

Li Shimin's tone was too harsh, and everyone realized that the matter was unusual, so they kept silent.

The atmosphere in the cabin was a bit cold, and Wang Xiang explained under Li Shimin's burning eyes: "The businessman looks similar to a Western Region merchant. I always thought he was a Western Region merchant, but now that I think about it, he said that he came to me from across the ocean. Datang's must not be some merchant from the Western Regions, but from other places."

Li Shimin obviously doesn't care where the merchants come from, what he cares about is whether potatoes can really produce twenty stones per mu.

"I just want to ask you, is it credible that you can produce twenty shi per mu of potatoes?"

After Li Shimin asked this sentence, he stared closely at Wang Xiang's eyes. He was relieved that he didn't see a trace of panic in Wang Xiang's eyes.

Wang Xiang knew that Li Shimin needed a guarantee from himself, so he immediately said with a serious face: "If it is cultivated in good land, I can guarantee that the yield per mu will definitely reach [-] shi."

"Okay!" Li Shimin sighed deeply: "Not to mention twenty stones, but if the production capacity per mu is ten stones, you and my Tang Dynasty will have great achievements in the world."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked, and Hou Junji couldn't believe it. Li Erlang was no ordinary Li Erlang, he was today, and the immeasurable achievements he said were really great. Thanks to the credit, how could this prince Xin He De actually make the emperor say such a thing.

Empress Changsun patted Li Shimin's hand lightly, she could feel Li Shimin's hand trembling slightly.

Li Shimin believed Wang Xiang's words.

Since he has guessed my identity and dared to make this guarantee, he must be sure in his heart. This Prince Xin is not only unlearned and incompetent as rumored, but rather talented. It seems that he and Si Nong Si are in charge of the Tudou matter. , I hope that there will be no more famine in Datang.

With a plan in mind, Li Shimin didn't want to stay any longer, he just said: "Wang Zixin, you are fine." Then he left with Empress Changsun and Hou Junji.

Wang Xiang was confused by the words he left behind, what do you mean you are fine?
Not long after Li Shimin left, Hou Junji came back with a gloomy face, and brought an imperial decree, and accepted the imperial decree in a daze. Wang Xiang secretly said: "What kind of sinong temple have I become the supervisor of?"

He didn't know what kind of place this Si Nong Temple was, or what the position of the supervisor was.

"Your Majesty asked you to report to Sinong Temple tomorrow after accepting the order. Zhengqing from Sinong Temple will explain to you when the matter comes."

Hou Junji coldly dropped a word and turned away without waiting for Wang Xiang to ask a question. He is a serious general, but today he came to deliver an edict to a supervisor of Si Nong Temple. ridicule.

"Master, you are now an official!"

As soon as Hou Junji left, Xiaoya yelled excitedly.

"Yes, I'm an official."

Wang Xiang sighed with emotion, but there was no hint of joy in his tone.

PS: The severe cold is about to pass, and at the beginning of the new year, Wang Xiang will also take up his post. The life of Yipin in Datang is about to begin. Friends who like this book, please bookmark it~~Recommendation ticket~~
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