"System, I want to check the reward!"

A set of high school textbooks will be awarded

Seeing the word that appeared on the panel, Li Kuan was stunned.

I bought a watch last year.

Here comes again, it was originally a set of nine-year compulsory education textbooks, and now it has become a high school.

Although this thing is not useless, after all, whether it is mathematics and physics in high school, or biochemistry, everything is more in-depth.

Even the so-called "College Physics" and "College Chemistry" taught in my freshman year are still similar to those in high school, but some of the content is explained with higher-level expressions such as points.

However, after all, there is still a big gap between this and Li Kuan's expectations.

After all, this road has been built for several years.

"Pick!"

Although he was dissatisfied, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, and Li Kuan still wanted this teaching material.

Award for "Junior Chemical Industry Skills"

Just when Li Kuan sighed in a depressed mood, another thing actually appeared on the panel.

This time, there is more than one reward?

The sun came out of the west, when did this broken system become so generous?

"Pick!"

Li Kuan decisively accepted the reward.

This thing is exactly what the workshops of the Chu Wangfu urgently need.

Whether it is the production of ordinary hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitrogen fertilizer, caustic soda, these are all basic chemicals, indispensable technologies to enhance national strength.

For the sake of the two rewards and the extra points on the panel, Li Kuan's depressed mood barely recovered somewhat.

I hope that the next task will not be so pitiful, and it will take a few years to do it.

"Second brother, second brother, my father called you!"

Just when Li Kuan was immersed in the system, Li Zhi pushed his arm on the side.

"Huh?"

Li Kuan looked up and found that everyone was looking at him.

"Second brother, just now we discussed the rice brought back from the South Seas by the East China Sea Fishery, as well as the straw carp raised by the tenants in your house, and also mentioned the promotion of rice in the South Seas, and I am going to let you inspect the rice promotion area as an envoy."

Li Kuan was a little stunned when he heard this.

Isn't it the birthday of the princess of Chu today, how can you talk about it, and actually talk about the promotion of rice?

Princess Chu Wang: "Kuan'er, the promotion of rice is beneficial in the present, and the merit is in the future." You are most familiar with this matter, and His Majesty asked you to be this dethroned envoy, which can be regarded as making the best use of your talents. ”

Hearing this, Li Kuan tasted a little.

I guess it's my grandmother who deliberately shifted the topic to rice.

After all, this is the most important and far-reaching event of Datang this year.

Obviously, letting yourself be this deposed envoy can not only achieve the purpose of the imperial court to promote new rice planting, but also let yourself, an idle prince, show his face.

After all, now I only have a position in the Governor's Mansion of the City, and I have a very low sense of existence in the power system of Chang'an City.

"I am a brick, where I need to move, everything is arranged by His Majesty."

Increasing Datang's grain production is the fundamental way to long-term peace and stability, otherwise, the stomach will not be full, and everything will be empty talk.

In addition, in the past ten years, the population of Datang has grown rapidly, if we do not develop Shannan Province and Jiangnan Province, everyone will be crowded in Guanzhong Road, and the per capita land will inevitably become less and less, and a large number of displaced people will appear in a famine.

Li Kuan still wants to live a good life.

"You kid, you always come up with strange things."

When the princess of Chu heard Li Kuan's words, she was also helpless.

"When you return home, prepare a little bit, and after a while, you will have a will."

Li Shimin was not in a hurry to let Li Kuan, the deposed envoy, set off quickly, after all, the promotion of rice had just started, and many Turks were still on the way to migrate south from Biansai.

In this way, Li Kuan passed the day in a daze.

When he returned to the Chu Palace, he remembered and forgot to ask Li Shimin, can he, the deposed envoy, bring his family with him when he takes office?

……

On the edge of Weishui, there is another landscape recently.

In the cotton field of the Chu Palace, a piece of cotton with white flowers covered the ground like a snow-white quilt.

"I didn't expect His Royal Highness the King of Chu to be a person who loves flowers."

In the past year, Zixia has basically stayed in Guanshishan Academy and the opera house next to it, living a life of pure heart and few desires.

In the past few days, I have been hearing from the people around me that a strange flower planted by the Chu Wangfu on the south bank of Weishui has bloomed, and it is very beautiful, so I can't help but come out with Yun'er to take a look.

"I planted more than ten acres of flower beds at once, which is really a big deal, and the key is this kind of snow-white flowers that I have never seen."

Yun'er came to the front of a cotton plant, leaned down curiously and sniffed, and found that there was no smell.

"This flower seems to be very soft to the touch, and it should not be easy to wither, but it is a good choice for flower arrangement."

Cotton was originally grown as an ornamental plant, so Zixia's judgment is really not a big problem.

In fact, until later generations, one of the uses of this cotton was also used for flower arrangement, but this use was relatively narrow.

"However, I heard that this flower has been blooming for a long time, and I haven't seen anyone come to pick it, seeing that if I wait any longer, this petal will wither, His Royal Highness the King of Chu won't be such a waste, right?"

Although her own girl said that this flower is a good material for flower arrangement, she also thinks it is very right, but the current situation seems to be a bit illogical.

"Your Royal Highness the King of Chu's thoughts, don't guess, you can't guess if you guess."

Zixia said a pun.

"Farmer, what kind of flower is this?"

At this moment, a farmer walked by, and Yun'er hurriedly stepped forward to inquire.

"Little lady, if you ask me, you are right, this flower is the only one in Chang'an City, and it was specially arranged by His Royal Highness the King of Chu to plant it, you see this flower, as white as snow......"

This farmer is completely different from farmers in other places.

If an ordinary farmer encounters two beautiful little ladies asking him questions, he will probably stammer.

However, the tenants of the Chu Wangfu can be said to be well-informed, and after a few years, their courage is different from that of other places.

"You haven't said what kind of flower this flower is?"

Yun'er looked at the old farmer in front of her with a look of doubt, if it weren't for the fact that he was not young anymore, she would still have to worry about whether this guy was deliberately talking to herself under an excuse.

"Cotton, this flower is called cotton, it is a seed that His Royal Highness the King of Chu got from Hu Shang in the Western Regions, and it is said that it was planted in the Baicao Garden of the palace last year."

"Cotton?"

Zixia couldn't help but think about it quickly in her mind, she really hadn't heard of this.

However, I heard the old farmer say that this cotton came from the Western Regions, and it was normal that I hadn't heard of it.

It is no secret that His Royal Highness the King of Chu likes to collect exotic flowers and plants from all over the world.

"Yes, I heard that the planting area will be expanded next year, and the royal steward of the Chu Wangfu has arranged for his subordinates to explain to the tenants that 10,000 acres of land will be set aside for planting cotton next year."

"Ten thousand acres?"

Even the well-informed Zixia was shocked by the numbers in the old farmer's mouth.

What kind of flowers, you need to plant 10,000 acres in one go?

Besides, even if all the cotton in front of me is used to make seeds, it can't grow 10,000 acres, right?

Countless questions rose in Zixia's heart.

"Girl, this cotton is good-looking, but compared with peonies, it is still a little worse, and the color is too monotonous. It's nothing to plant a dozen acres, but if you plant ten thousand acres, you can't sell them, right? ”

Yun'er didn't think that this old farmer was lying to herself, there was no need.

Besides, this kind of slander of the Chu Palace, where did he dare to do it as a farmer?

Is it really a cat or a dog when the prince of the Tang Dynasty is a cat?

"Let's go, Yun'er, let's go to the Chu Palace."

Zixia weighed it in her heart, and decided that she still wanted to go to the Chu Palace, and persuade her well, so that Li Kuan would not be impeached again at that time.

"Huh? Go to the Chu Palace? ”

Yun'er looked at her girl in surprise.

When was the last time I went to the Chu Palace?

Seems like a long time ago, right?

……

In the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, after tea and dinner, everyone added another gossip content.

Chu Wangfu wants to plant 10,000 acres of strange flowers in the Western Regions?

Even an old farmer knew the news, how could the nobles and people in Chang'an City not know?

Originally, the dozen acres of cotton on the edge of Weishui attracted many literati to watch, and everyone still thought that such a large-scale flower planting would have a great visual impact.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I turned around, people would come to 10,000 acres.

These ten acres or so, is it still large-scale?

The large-scale in the eyes of different people is a completely different concept.

"Ah Lang, I inquired clearly, asked several farmers, and they all said that someone in the Chu Wangfu had specifically told them that they would not plant rice next year, but plant something called cotton instead."

At Yang Benman's house, Yang Dong reported the news he had just inquired about with a little schadenfreude.

"The planting of rice has caused such a big noise, especially those rice fish, I thought that the Chu Wangfu would continue to plant it this year."

Yang Benman felt that this news was a bit magical. There was no reaction for a while.

"I also grow rice, but I don't plant as much as last year, and I heard that more farmers are starting to do this when it comes to straw fish farming. Ah Lang, then do you still want to impeach His Royal Highness the King of Chu? ”

Although the Yang family has made a lot of money because of roasting tea in the past two years, Yang Benman still impeached Li Kuan from time to time.

Yang Dong is naturally very clear about this situation.

"Look at it again, it's a bit weird. 10,000 acres of fertile land is used to grow cotton, this kind of thing, even if I don't impeach, there are other people who will impeach. But I have a hunch that this cotton may have other uses, otherwise Li Kuan wouldn't have gone crazy and wouldn't have done such a thing. ”

suffered a bit of a loss, and when it came to things related to Li Kuan, Yang Benman is now much more cautious.

"So are we going to find a way to get some of those cotton seeds back? Didn't Ah Lang say before, if there are any actions in the Chu Palace, we will all follow behind? ”

Yang Dong's proposal is the idea that many nobles in Chang'an City are actually implementing today.

Regardless of whether it is the eldest grandson's family, who has always been unable to get along with Li Kuan, or the families of Cui Wang Zheng Lu, they have all habitually followed the trend.

"Looking at the situation again, now in Chang'an City, I haven't heard of anyone who still grows cotton, and we can't rush so fast. I'll talk about it when it's clearer. ”

In the past few years, not everyone who has followed the trend has succeeded, and there have been many losses.

Yang Benman doesn't understand the situation at all now, and it's normal to be cautious.

Just when Yang Benman and Yang Dong were discussing the matter of 10,000 mu of cotton, in the Daming Palace, Li Zhong was also reporting the matter to Li Shimin.

"It's not enough to plant more than ten acres this year, but to plant 10,000 acres next year? Li Zhong, are you sure it's 10,000 acres, not 100 acres? ”

Li Shimin looked at Li Zhong suspiciously, which made Li Zhong feel extremely aggrieved.

It was precisely because he heard that the Chu Wangfu was going to plant 10,000 acres of that cotton, that he specially reported it to Li Shimin.

In Chang'an City, there has been a lot of discussion, and many noble families are waiting to see Li Kuan's jokes.

Of course, there are also some people who feel that a new opportunity is coming.

Are you going to plant it soon?

No matter what you think, everyone cares about this news anyway.

"Your Majesty, it's true, my subordinates also sent someone to confirm with Wang Xuance, a staff member of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, that next year, in the fields of the King of Chu's Mansion, in addition to a part of the rice that will continue to be planted, 10,000 acres will be set aside to plant this cotton. I heard that because there are not enough seeds now, His Royal Highness the King of Chu specially asked the Northwest Trade to send a caravan to the Western Regions and brought back a large number of cotton seeds. ”

"Specially sent someone to the Western Regions to find seeds?"

Li Shimin sensed that something was wrong.

This Chu Wangfu is already planting cotton, and there are still a lot of them, why are they not satisfied, and they have to send people to the Western Regions to continue to collect seeds?

Could it be ......

Li Shimin thought of the high-yield rice seeds brought back by the Nanyang trade, this cotton, wouldn't it be the same as rice?

But the cotton, I haven't heard that it can be eaten?

Although I heard that it looks beautiful, if it is simply good-looking, you don't need to plant 10,000 acres.

"Yes, the Hundred Cavalry Division did inquire that at the beginning of the Northwest Trade, a large caravan went to the Western Regions and returned a while ago."

"I'm already ready to let Kuan'er go to inspect the promotion and planting of Nanyang rice in Jiangnan Province and Shannan Province, next year, he will basically not be in Chang'an, and he won't appreciate planting so much cotton."

"Your Majesty, do you need your subordinates to send someone to invite His Royal Highness the King of Chu into the palace to explain to Your Majesty?"

Li Zhong felt that he really had no way to explain to Li Shimin why Li Kuan wanted to plant so much cotton in one go.

He is not a roundworm in the stomach of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

"No, look at the situation again, I think this cotton should have other uses, but Kuan'er doesn't say it, everyone doesn't know."

Li Shimin is now more and more confident in Li Kuan, even if he has doubts in his heart, he is willing to wait and take a look.

This can be regarded as a loss and a wisdom, right?