In Concubine Yang's palace, a team of internal officials came early, and today is the time for the palace to distribute degrees to concubines.

Her personal female official Wei Xi'er took the maids to check the meter nervously, for fear that there would be a significant decrease compared to before, and Concubine Yang's situation in the past few years has been so difficult, so they can't help but worry about it.

"Gold and silver utensils seem to be a little less than they used to be, but they are within the normal range, what is this."

Wei Xi'er, who is in her thirties this year, has been following Concubine Yang, although she is not married, she is still white and beautiful, looking at most in her early twenties, her fingers lifted a bag of about five or six catties, and after the officials left, she opened it and looked at it, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

I saw that there was half a bag of potatoes and a small bag of dried chili peppers, these two things may not have been known before, but who doesn't know these days?

This is an excellent delicacy, which can make the arrogant Turkic Khan obediently transport sheep and horses to the Tang Dynasty in exchange for the existence of the Manchu Dynasty's high-ranking officials, no matter what their origins and how many mountains and rivers they have walked, all praise these two delicacies.

Even the old man Wei Zheng was gagged by this delicacy, and for the first time he did not reprimand His Majesty for using the Taiji Hall as a kitchen, the preciousness of this thing can be imagined.

His Majesty will definitely not have too much in his hands, after all, he has never heard of any planting in Datang, and being able to obtain this kind of reward can not only enjoy the blessings of the mouth, but also represent the place of the Holy Family.

Wei Xi'er couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly went back to report the happy event to Concubine Yang.

In fact, Concubine Yang was suddenly called by His Majesty to have dinner together as early as yesterday, and she probably guessed this result.

After all, the relationship between His Majesty and Empress Changsun is not something that ordinary people can imagine, even the born prince and princess, except for one exception, Princess Yuzhang, the treatment of the children of Empress Changsun is unimaginable to other princes and princesses.

She naturally knows more than Wei Xi'er, and she can't help but be grateful to Chen Chulai, who she has never met, and the change in His Majesty's attitude towards her is inseparable from Chen Chu's words.

As for why Li Er suddenly became intimate with Concubine Yang again, the reason is also very simple, Chen Chu deliberately said that Jieli and he both had the wife of a princess of the previous dynasty, which was to compare the two.

On the grassland, Princess Yicheng married four khans successively, which had a great impact on the situation in the grassland, and even today's Jieli's frequent use of troops against the Tang Dynasty has her great credit.

can be compared to Concubine Yang, whose status in the previous dynasty was even higher than that of Princess Yicheng, but now she is treated like a cold reception, which makes the arrogant Li Er how comfortable it is, so although he didn't say anything on the surface, the actual actions already represent his thoughts.

Wang Yanyu, the Qing of Sinong Temple, squatted on the ground at this time, looking at the dirt in front of him with a suspicious expression.

Behind him stood other officials, large and small, each with all sorts of mistrust in their eyes.

"Chen Chu, can this thing really produce thirty stones per mu? Don't frame us, you will waste potatoes in vain, and you can't afford to blame your majesty. Wang Yanyu said to Chen Chu.

Chen Chu was just a small official who was arranged to Sinong Temple, but he had to manage all of them.

He Wang Yanyu is from the third grade, and in the Tang Dynasty, he is from the second-grade court official system, and he is definitely a big member, although it is inconvenient for Wang Yanyu to find fault on the surface, but he is still very unhappy in his heart.

"Blame?" Chen Chu looked at Wang Yanyu in wonder, where did this Nima start.

The potatoes are mine, and it is a credit to grow them, and you can't blame him if you can't plant them, if you really want to punish him, then you all drink the northwest wind in the future.

"Yes, so many bags of potatoes are put in the ground, how good it would be if they were distributed to the officials and generals of the court to go back and enjoy them, who knows if this pimple thing can be grown?"

Wang Yanyu said bitterly, and he didn't think that this thing that looked like a stone could blossom and bear fruit.

I've never seen this thing before, and this piece behind Sinong Temple is a wasteland, there is no nutrition, how can this kind of delicious thing be grown?

Chen Chu was too lazy to talk to this layman, in fact, he was also a little drumming in his heart.

Although he comes from modern society and the cultivation of potatoes is simple, he is not a farmer after all, and he can only hope that reality will not disappoint him.

"Lao Wang, there are still some wasteland near Sinong Temple, and there are some houses that no one lives in, why don't you use them to cultivate crops?"

Chen Chu asked, it is a waste to have so much empty land, this is located in Chang'an City, it is good to grow a vegetable, maybe he will have to plant other things in the future, no land.

Wang Yanyu almost smiled: "Chen Chu, you can figure it out, our Sinong Temple is not a department for planting vegetables and land, there are so many farmers in the world, we are officials who take money, why do we have to do such a cheap job?" ”

Fuck, Lao Tzu from the third grade, he called me Lao Wang?

Wang Yanyu was really a little annoyed, and a wave of anger came out of his heart.

His parents have never called themselves like this, if you don't shout, Lord Siqing at least has to bring a table, Lao Wang, what the hell is it, am I so close to you?

Chen Chu scolded in his heart, so he said, the people of this Sinong Temple may not listen to him.

Lao Li and Lao Sun still swear, your guarantee is a fart, I will say that no matter how the officials of Chang'an County are promoted, the official position will not be so big that it can make a department directly under the central government like Sinong Temple obedient.

Chen Chu didn't bother to say anything, he was busy with his own work, except for the hired people and some small officials, the others pretended to be helping, and most of them didn't even bother to move.

Early the next morning, Li Er received a follow-up report from Guanzhong.

The spring ploughing in Guanzhong is indeed over, not only is there no precipitation, but some lakes that are already small are drying up.

However, during this time, there are few cloudy days, and the sun shines every day at the beginning of spring, and drinking water has become a problem in some places, and it needs to be pulled from other places.

This made Li Er's heart pinch at once, the food loss in Guanzhong Prefecture was destined to be irretrievable, and what should he do about the upcoming drought.

Chang'an itself has a lot of food, but more than one million people eat and drink Lazar every day, which is a huge loss, not to mention the cost of transportation.

At the court meeting, everyone discussed for a long time, but there was still no eyebrows, Li Er was a little tired, and asked, "How is the situation over there in Sinong Temple?" ”

An insider stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, Chen Chu has already led someone to plant the potatoes completely, saying that they will be harvested within three months." ”

"Three months." Li Er was happy in his heart, this speed was fast.

The thought that in three months he could decide whether the potatoes could be planted on a large scale across the country made him anxious, and that time was probably the worst time for the drought in Guanzhong Prefecture.

Chen Hao said very clearly, this potato is not picky to the ground and water, and it can be planted in Guanzhong at that time, and there is no snow in September, and the drought in Guanzhong will be completely solved if there is a harvest.

"But ......" The inner detective hesitated, not knowing whether he should continue to speak.

"Don't spit out, just say what you have to say!" Li Eryi slapped the table.