Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 128 Advances in Hybrid Rice

The next day.

Li Chengqian got up early in the morning to wash, and under the service of the maids, he put on the prince's clothes, with a Futou on his head and a jade belt around his waist.

"Did King Jin get up?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Lang Jun! His Royal Highness King Jin woke up early in the morning, and he should be waiting outside the Hall of Xiande by now." Wang Quan said.

This was the first time Li Chengqian summoned officials after returning to Chang'an.

When the prince supervised the country, the officials of the East Palace were the officials who handled the national government affairs, and issued documents to the whole country in the official document format of the prince system.

Therefore, Prince Jianguo did not summon his officials in any palace in Da Nei, but discussed state affairs in the Xiande Hall of the East Palace.

The place where all the officials went to court was changed from the original Taiji Hall to the Xiande Hall in the East Palace.

Of course, the crown prince is not the emperor after all, so it is impossible to go to the court every day. Except for major events, there is no need to go to the court at other times.

Li Chengqian had just returned to Chang'an last night, all the officials would naturally go to the Xiande Hall to court and report political affairs to the Crown Prince.

All the officials went to Xiande Hall early in the morning to wait for the prince's arrival.

"His Royal Highness is here!" Wang Quan's high-pitched voice came from outside the hall, and all the officials hurriedly stood up according to their ranks.

With Wang Quan's support, Li Chengqian got down to his seat and did a good job, and all the officials saluted.

"I have seen His Royal Highness!"

"Exemption, gentlemen!" Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Baiguan stood up and knelt on the mat.

When all the officials were seated, Li Chengqian nodded towards Wang Quan. Wang Quan took a step forward, holding Li Er's edict with both hands and began to read.

"Decree of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty: King Jin is the right concubine of Youchunfang, East Palace."

Such a personnel appointment must not only be announced in Luoyang, but must also be announced again in Chang'an, so that officials in Chang'an can know about the appointment.

"The widow just returned to Beijing last night! I don't know if you have something important to play?" Li Chengqian said after Wang Quan finished reading.

Now that the national power of the Tang Dynasty is at its peak and the society is stable, there are no major issues. The minor issues are handled by the original three provinces and six ministries, and transferred to the Eastern Palace subordinate official system.

There is no need to bring this up to talk about things.

"The minister has a book to play." The agricultural official got up and went out, saluting.

"What did you play?" Li Chengqian asked.

But I was secretly guessing in my heart, is it possible that the research on hybrid rice has achieved results?
As Li Chengqian thought, the research on hybrid rice has already achieved preliminary results.

The research on this hybrid rice has always been one of Li Chengqian's greatest concerns.

If hybrid rice can be successfully researched, it will be an epoch-making feat and will drive the agricultural development of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Completely solve the population and food problems of Datang.

In this way, there will be no increase in population after the Wu Zhou Dynasty, coupled with land annexation, leaving the people without land to cultivate and fleeing.

As long as the problem of food is solved, the problems brought about by population growth can be solved.

Moreover, the increase in food production can also drive economic development, and the increase in food production has solved the problem of population growth.

"Report to Your Highness! After the hard work of the minister and several colleagues, the hybrid rice His Highness mentioned has achieved some success." The agricultural official said.

"Oh!" Li Chengqian said with great joy when he heard the words: "I don't know how much the yield will be? How much can the yield be increased per mu?"

Everything else is false, and only the increase in production is the real thing. Letting them talk about the hype is not as good as the increase in food production.

How much food can be added determines how many people can be fed.

"Except for barren land, Shangtian will increase production by three buckets per mu, and Zhongtian will increase production by one bucket per mu."

"This is just an experimental stage. If the thorough research is successful, I estimate that the upper field can increase the yield by more than one stone per mu, the middle field can increase the yield by one stone, and the barren land can increase the yield by about four or five buckets." The agricultural official said.

Don't underestimate the small increase in production per mu. The increase in production across the country is not a small amount.

The increase in production after the successful research mentioned by the agricultural official is still a conservative estimate, and it may even exceed the conservative value.

In the case of no increase in land, there is no need to worry about population growth.

These growing population, in addition to let them engage in agriculture, can also let them engage in handicrafts and other walks of life.

With the development of agriculture, it will drive population growth, and then the population growth will drive the development of industries such as handicrafts.

The improvement of people's living standards increases the consumption level of the people and promotes the sustainable economic growth of the entire empire.

This is a grand blueprint, and everyone needs to work together to realize this grand blueprint.

Therefore, the first step is to increase food production. Only when people's food and clothing problems are solved, people will have free time to do other things.

The increase in food production can also ensure that the national army can cope with the invasion of foreign enemies and the response to disaster years.

"How long will it take you to successfully research hybrid rice?" Li Chengqian asked.

Once the research on hybrid rice is successful, he will be able to issue decrees as the prince of the country to vigorously promote it in areas where rice can be grown across the country.

Hybrid rice can not only increase yield, but also have higher disease resistance and various comprehensive shapes than non-hybrid rice.

"Your Highness! Now we have experience, but we will have to wait until the second season of rice is sown at the earliest before we can successfully study it." Nongguan said.

"That is to say, it is impossible to sow hybrid rice during next year's spring plowing period!" Li Chengqian said.

He thought he could plant the first batch of hybrid rice next year when he plowed in the spring, but unexpectedly, he still couldn't do it.

"Yes, Your Highness! Our research on hybrid rice is still immature, and there are still many flaws. Even if we plant it forcefully, let alone increase the production, it may result in no harvest due to poor operation." The agricultural official said.

"Okay! It's a pity to promote this technology since it can't be plowed in spring! But it's okay, you must research hybrid rice as soon as possible to benefit the people of my Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian said.

"It's Your Highness!" the agricultural official said, "Your Highness! These are the records and data of our research on hybrid rice, as well as our research direction on hybrid rice. Please read it, Your Highness."

After the agricultural official finished speaking, he took out a small book, which recorded his scientific research achievements during this period.

Wang Quan hurried forward, took the small book from the agricultural official's hand, turned back to Li Chengqian, and put the book in front of Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian took it over, flipped through it for a while, and said: "The matter of this hybrid rice will be handed over to you in the future. From now on, you only need to do one thing for me, which is to research this hybrid rice. I won’t bother you with other trivial matters.”

"No!" said the farm official.

Li Chengqian closed the book, handed it to Wang Quan, and asked him to pass it on to the agricultural officer.

"Is there anyone else, gentlemen, who wants to play something?" Li Chengqian asked.

"I have nothing to do." Everyone said in unison.

"Then, everyone leave!" After Li Chengqian said, Wang Quan hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Chengqian get up.

He left the Xiande Hall in the sound of the minister's respect.

(End of this chapter)