Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 482 Journey to the South of the Ridge

Li Chengqian stayed in Jiangzhou for a period of time, during which he urged the governor of Jiangzhou to lead the people to open the way.

If you want to get rich, you must first open the way, and plant a large number of Yunwu tea, develop Jingde porcelain, lacquerware, and develop pine smoke ink, etc.

Vigorously develop Jiangzhou's economy, and at the same time order people to study canned food, and make canned fruits, fish, etc., so that there is no need to worry about these things not being able to be preserved for a long time and causing them to rot.

This is a huge project that cannot be completed in one day and overnight, and it will take more time to complete these projects.

Li Chengqian was destined not to stay in Jiangzhou for too long, and handed over these projects to the governor of Jiangzhou to deal with, while he himself left Jiangzhou by boat and headed for Lingnan.

Li Chengqian's next stop is Guangzhou in the south of Lingnan.

Guangzhou is the Taoist government of Lingnan Road, and it is also the prefectural government of the Guangzhou Dudufu.

Li Chengqian's fleet landed at the port of Guangzhou, and the governor of Guangzhou, Lu Yuanrui, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed to meet him.

"The minister of Guangzhou, Lu Yuanrui, welcomes His Majesty the Emperor!" Lu Yuanrui saluted and paid homage.

"Exemption! Flat body!" Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Yuanrui stood up and thanked.

"Let's go! Go to your governor's mansion and talk about it." Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty, please come with your ministers." Lu Yuanrui said, he led the way for the emperor in front, and asked people to clear the way, so as not to surprise the holy car by idlers.

A group of people came to the Governor's Mansion, Li Chengqian sat on the main seat, Lu Yuanrui and other officials of the Governor's Mansion had another visit.

"During this journey, I have seen the prosperity of Guangzhou and the people live and work in peace and contentment. I am very satisfied that you, Lu Yuanrui, have managed Guangzhou well. You have done a very good job!" Li Chengqian praised.

"These are what I should do. Guangzhou is a major port for foreign trade. Merchants from all over the world load goods at the port and ship them to all parts of the world."

"A lot of goods are transported by sea from all over the world to Guangzhou, and then sold to other places in Datang through Guangzhou."

"The exchange of trade has driven the prosperity of Guangzhou. In addition to the Han people, there are also Hu people from all over the place." Lu Yuanrui said.

Guangzhou was able to become the largest port of the Tang Dynasty, a cosmopolitan oriental port city, because of foreign trade, many commodities passed through Guangzhou and were sold to all parts of the world.

"Among the Hu merchants, there are things sold that look like horse bells and sticks, but there are grains of rice on it, and the rice grains inside are either yellow or white." Li Chengqian asked.

Both corn and potato are important food crops, and they are one of the four major food crops like rice and wheat.

Potatoes and corn are both high-yield foods, among which corn can not only be eaten by humans, but also an important source of feed for animal husbandry, aquaculture, and aquaculture.

Corn is not only an important source of food for people, but also the best feed.

If these two kinds of food really exist, after the Tang Dynasty, there will be no need to worry that people will have no food to satisfy their hunger during droughts. These two kinds of food are both drought-resistant and cold-resistant foods.

"I have never heard of it, so please send someone to investigate." Lu Yuanrui said.

As the governor of Guangzhou, he had to deal with a lot of affairs on weekdays, how could he have the energy to pay attention to these things.

"Go! Report any news to me as soon as possible." Li Chengqian said.

"No!" Lu Yuanrui replied, and immediately sent someone to the port to find out if there were any of the two things the emperor said.

The officials who went to the port to investigate soon came back and reported the results of the investigation to Lu Yuanrui.

"How's the situation? Have you ever found me mentioning two things?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Return to Your Majesty! I have ordered people to investigate at the port, and found nothing that matches what your Majesty said." Lu Yuanrui replied truthfully.

"I know!" Li Chengqian said.

It is normal that there are no potatoes and corn now.

Corn was introduced to the Central Plains in the [-]th century, and potatoes were introduced to the Central Plains later.

Potatoes are still grown in the Andes Mountains of South America. They are the food of the local people. They have not yet spread and are still grown in South America.

In the mid-[-]th century, potatoes were brought to Europe from South America by a Spanish colonist. At that time, people always admired the beauty of its flowers and regarded them as a decoration, but never thought that such a thing could be eaten.

After several centuries of evolution, Europeans discovered that this thing can be eaten, and it can also be made into bread and other foods.

As a result, the potato, which could only be used as an aristocratic ornament, became an important food crop in Europe and solved the European food problem.

In the 17th century, potatoes had become an important food crop in Europe and had spread to the Central Plains Dynasty, and began to be planted in various places in the Central Plains Dynasty.

It seems that a large fleet needs to be organized to sail across the ocean to America to see if potatoes and corn can be introduced to the Central Plains dynasty in advance.

"That's all for today, you step back first, I'm a little tired!" Li Chengqian said.

"promise!"

"Your Majesty! Do you need me to order someone to keep an eye on the port at all times, and once there is something His Majesty said, present it to His Majesty immediately!" Lu Yuanrui asked.

"No need! I've also heard people say that overseas barbarians use these two things to feed their hunger. I'm just curious for a moment. It's best to have it. It doesn't matter if you don't have it. Don't waste energy on it." Li Chengqian said.

Potatoes and corn have not been seen yet, and they are still growing in North and South America, and the chance of appearing in Guangzhou is almost zero.

In this case, why waste energy staring at it, it is better to do something meaningful.

"Weichen understands!" Lu Yuanrui said, he wanted to take the opportunity to flatter him, if he could really find out these two things, it might be a great achievement.

When the emperor is happy, it would be great to give him some rewards.

Now that the emperor has spoken, he doesn't have to do it many times, but let people pay attention to whether these two things will appear.

"Your Majesty! I have already set up a banquet for His Majesty. Tonight, I will clean up the dust for Your Majesty and welcome His Majesty to come." Lu Yuanrui said.

"I really want to try your Guangzhou food." Li Chengqian said.

In this way, he agreed, Lu Yuanrui was overjoyed immediately, saluted and retreated.

That night, Lu Yuanrui set up a banquet and invited Li Chengqian to come to the banquet.

Li Chengqian walked into the banquet hall and took his seat at the main seat, while Lu Yuanrui and other officials from the Dudu's Mansion took their seats on the left and right sides.

The food at the banquet was all Lingnan specialties. When Lu Yuanrui learned that the emperor was coming, he worked hard to get these things to entertain the emperor.

Whether it was flying in the sky, swimming in the water, or running on the ground, as long as it could be served on the table, Lu Yuanrui would spare no effort to get it and present it to the emperor.

(End of this chapter)