Chapter 88 A man sits at home, and the reward comes from heaven
"Thousands of catties per mu ??!"
Li Shimin's lips opened slightly, and he couldn't believe that there would be such a miraculous crop in the world.
"In addition, General Li Yan also discovered a kind of winter wheat that can yield hundreds of catties per mu during his time in Fengzhou, and a variety of vegetables that grow in winter......"
Li Shimin continued to read the urgent letter from Fengzhou, and the expression of surprise on his face became thicker.
"This ......"
After reading the whole letter, Li Shimin's whole person was a little sluggish, he couldn't believe that there were so many strange crops in the world, and they all had a huge effect on Datang.
"Bring these crops to the main hall now!"
Li Shimin decisively ordered, according to the description in the letter, the letter delivery team brought a considerable amount of seeds and mature products along with the letter.
Li Shimin couldn't wait to see these things to confirm the authenticity.
After receiving Li Shimin's order, Wang De immediately left the main hall and went to Xuanwu Gate.
These things could not enter the imperial city before Li Shimin's permission, so Wang De had to personally bring these things into the main hall.
Ten minutes later, the hundreds of officials in the court and the central government were still arguing with each other, and Wang De led several eunuchs to walk up to the main hall with several kinds of agricultural products.
If Li Yan was here, he would definitely be able to recognize that these were the crops he had given to Wujia Village to plant, with seeds of winter wheat and various vegetables, among which Wang De personally held a potato in his hand.
"Your Majesty, these are the crops sent by Wang Yu Thorn History."
Wang De's movement attracted the attention of the hundred officials, and their argument stopped for a while, and they all looked intently at the group of eunuchs in the middle of the main hall.
"Dai Guan, do you recognize this?"
Li Shimin began to name him, and the person he called was the current Dasi Nong, who was in charge of agriculture.
Hearing Li Shimin's words, Wang Dedang immediately sent the potatoes to Dai Guan.
"Back to Your Majesty, I don't know you."
Dai Xuan is in charge of agricultural production in the world as a big farmer, but he obviously doesn't know such a thing as potatoes.
"Wang Yu, the assassin of Fengzhou, wrote to me to tell me that this thing can be eaten, and it matures in three months, and the yield per mu is thousands of catties."
Li Shimin said lightly.
He didn't blame Dai Guan, after all, this thing was discovered for the first time, and what he needed was for Dai Zhou to tell him about the authenticity of this thing.
"This ......"
When Dai Xuan heard this, everyone was stunned.
Thousands of catties per mu? Funny right!
You must know that the crop with the highest yield per mu in Datang is less than 200 catties, how can there be crops in this world with a yield of thousands of catties per mu.
Dai Xuan frowned after finishing his sluggishness, although he didn't know how much the yield per mu of this thing was, but he could still judge a little about whether he could eat it.
Dai Xuan decisively took the potato in Wang De's hand, broke it hard, deducted a small piece and threw it into his mouth.
Such a decisive behavior is also quite a bit of Shennong's style.
Although the potatoes are raw, after eating them, Dai Zhou also feels a taste similar to that of cereals.
"Your Majesty can order someone to steam it, and then the old minister can judge."
After tasting it, Dai Zhou subconsciously felt that this thing seemed to be really edible, that is, it had to be like a grain, and it could only be really hungry after steaming.
"Yes."
Li Shimin waved his hand and motioned for Wang De to do it.
Wang Yu's letter did state that this item needs to be steamed and cooked before it can be eaten.
When Wang De sent it for steaming, Li Shimin once again asked Dai Zhou to identify winter wheat and various vegetables.
After learning that winter wheat can yield more than 500 catties per mu, people are a little stupid.
"Your Majesty, regardless of the yield of this thing, if it can really grow in winter, then the grain that my Datang can get every day can be at least twenty percent more."
Dai Zhou was also unable to judge the yield before he was actually involved in the planting, and now he can only give a conservative opinion.
A few minutes later, Wang De brought the boiled potatoes.
Dai Xuan took it in front of him, and before he could eat it, he asked about the aroma.
At this moment, he knew that this thing must be edible!
Sure enough, after tasting the potatoes again, Dai Xuan directly gave a conclusion.
This thing is indeed edible!
"In this case, Qing immediately opened up fertile land, tried to plant, and planted all the things sent by Wang Yu, if it can really yield thousands of catties per mu, it will definitely solve the danger of my Datang!"
Li Shimin decisively ordered.
As long as Wang Yu did not lie in the letter, then perhaps from now on, Datang will never be bothered by the food crisis again.
In the future, even if Datang encounters drought and flood, it will be able to collect enough food from other places for disaster relief.
This is definitely a monstrous contribution to the benefit of all generations.
"Li Yan, ah......"
Li Shimin thought of the description in the letter.
These miraculous crops were discovered by his eldest son.
Since then, Li Shimin has become even more congested.
You must know that although his eldest son has outstanding ability and has also made extraordinary achievements, he resigned, looking like he didn't want to be an official in the court.
Li Shimin: The more I think about it, the more heart-wrenching it becomes!
"Your Majesty, Yu, the king of Fengzhou, has made this merit and deserves to be rewarded."
The eldest grandson Wuji suddenly spoke.
He thought about it, that Fengzhou Assassin Wang Yu seemed to be from the Taiyuan royal family, so he didn't mind opening his mouth to remind the emperor and send a favor.
"Your Majesty, Zhao Guogong is extremely true in what he said."
"The ministers seconded the proposal."
The veteran aristocratic officials who have supported Changsun Wuji for many years spoke at the same time, and stood on the same side as Changsun Wuji.
"Your Majesty, although these crops have not yet been verified, even if the yield is a little inflated, they can still bless the people of my Tang Dynasty."
Dai Xuan told the truth and was not biased.
"Since Zhongqing said it, then it really should be rewarded."
Li Shimin thought for a while and nodded.
"Wang De, the intended purpose."
"Fengzhou Assassin Wang Yu, report meritorious service, official promotion one level, after the expiration of Fengzhou's term, transferred to the household department."
"Dingbei Hou Li Yan, when you find such crops, you should have a great merit, give you thousands of dollars, and cloth five horses......"
Li Shimin naturally began to reward him.
As the presenter, Wang Yu was directly promoted to the next level, and got the coveted opportunity to come to Chang'an after the three-year term of the assassin expired.
As for Li Yan's reward, Li Shimin took into account his unwillingness to enter the court as an official, so he could only give some material rewards.
Of course, because the current Datang treasury is really empty, Li Shimin really can't give too many rewards.
Therefore, Li Shimin chose to accumulate the remaining merits, and after Li Yan made great contributions in the future, he would be crowned a prince directly!
Just when Li Shimin said Li Yan's name, the original smile on the eldest grandson Wuji's face gradually disappeared.
He didn't see the urgent matter in Fengzhou with his own eyes, so he naturally didn't know the content of the punishment.
He really didn't know that Li Yan was involved in this matter, and he also took the lion's share.
The behavior of the eldest grandson Wuji is simply supporting Li Yan, a new nobleman.
Because of this, the officials of the eldest grandson Wuji and his family all glanced at him in an instant.
Seeing this, the eldest grandson Wuji could only look at his nose and nose, pretending not to know anything......