Anyone knows how important rice is to Datang, which has a large population and a food crisis, especially in this era, when natural disasters occur frequently, and the people are hungry.

Especially in the north, if it were not for the opening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the south and the north would have slightly alleviated the food crisis in the north, but no one would dislike the abundance of food.

Which dynasty also knows the importance of food, as long as there is food, the people are not hungry, the rule of the dynasty will be extremely stable, which dynasty in the past dynasties is not to make the people have no livelihood, can not live, this is the rise of the pole, rise up rebellion.

With this good seed, at least it can ensure that Datang has no worries about food for a hundred years, and this kind of pouring credit can be said to be heartwarming to everyone, but it was taken by Merton, and everyone can only envy it, but today it is a truncated beard.

"Isn't this the kind of rice that Mo Jiazi said about the Western Regions Conference?" The officials in the main hall talked a lot, pointing to the bag of rice seeds carried up by the eunuch and said, even Su Lingnong had already rushed forward impatiently to check it himself.

On the same day, at the Western Regions Conference, Merton was tempted by heavy money, and Johor businessmen were greedy for money, which revealed that Johor had this three-cropping rice in a year, which spread throughout Chang'an City at that time, and everyone had heard of it.

"Yes, this is the Johor rice that the Johor merchants said three times a year at the Western Regions Conference." Feng Zhidai said proudly, he only said that it was a Johor businessman who deliberately downplayed the role of Merton.

"The rice that crops three times a year is real, if it can be promoted, I am afraid it will be the blessing of my Datang!" The ministers exclaimed, and the eyes that looked at Feng Zhidai suddenly became a little more playful.

This is the first time that Murton lured Johor businessmen to say it at the grand event in the Western Regions, but now it has been offered by Feng Zhidai, and the twists and turns in this are probably thought-provoking! ”

Feng Zhidai couldn't help but show a smug smile, when the matter of the Western Regions Conference reached his ears that day, he was suddenly excited, others were skeptical about this rice, but his Feng family has lived in Lingnan Road for five generations, so he naturally knows that the further south the rice, the faster it matures, and the rice that is three crops in a year is very likely to be true.

Johor is a country in the South China Sea, and Lingnan Road is the southernmost point of the Tang Dynasty, which can be described as unique. His Feng family's status is embarrassing, on the one hand, he is reused by the imperial court to control Lingnan, and on the other hand, he is guarded by the imperial court.

If he can personally get this excellent rice seed, he will definitely be able to make a great contribution, and he will definitely be able to show his loyalty in front of the emperor, and even let him return to Lingnan.

Although he enjoys the glory and wealth in Chang'an, he must live in a foreign country, how can he call for wind and rain in Lingnan Road, and come happily.

So he personally wrote a letter and hurried to Lingnan Road to persuade Feng Ang to retrieve Johor rice from Johor as quickly as possible.

As soon as Feng Ang heard this, he readily agreed, if this matter is true, then his Feng family will definitely make a great contribution! If this matter is false, then they have nothing to lose, at most they run for nothing, the risk is small and the benefit is big.

His Feng family does not lack wealth and status, what he lacks is the opportunity to declare loyalty to the imperial court, and at this moment, a great opportunity is in front of him, how can he not firmly grasp it.

Moreover, in the land of Lingnan, there is no shortage of merchants who run to the sea, and when he sent a caravan to Johor, he really inquired in the local area, and there is indeed a three-year-old rice.

Immediately ecstatic, after being transported back to Lingnan, he did not stop, and quickly transported it to Chang'an City, and presented it to the imperial court on the occasion of Li Yuan's birthday.

As for Merton, in their opinion, one is just a yellow-haired child, which is related to the interests of several generations of his family, and he does not hesitate to offend the Mo family, after all, he is the prince of the country, and Merton is just a marquis.

"The benefits are moving!"

The magnates of the Manchu Dynasty suddenly sighed in their hearts, but they knew in their hearts that in the face of such a great achievement, who could hold it? Some people even lamented in their hearts, why didn't they think of it earlier? Instead, Feng An, an old fox, was robbed of the credit in advance.

"As far as we know, Johor rice was lured by Merton with a lot of money at that time, and the Johor businessman said that it is not good for the Feng family to be greedy for merit!" Cheng Jin suddenly said loudly.

Li Shimin suddenly looked at Feng Zhidai with scrutinizing eyes, Feng Zhidai panicked in his heart, and immediately knew that if he lied, he was afraid that the emperor would not like it, so he nodded calmly and said: "Yes, this Johor rice is indeed the first to be discovered by the Marquis of Mo, but Weichen knows very well how important this rice is to the Tang Dynasty, if there is this rice seed, my people in the Tang Dynasty will never be hungry again, such an important thing, how can it be pretended to be in the hands of mercenary businessmen." ”

Feng Zhidai secretly changed the concept, although he admitted Merton's first credit, but he deliberately picked a bone in Merton's eggs, picked out Merton's mistakes, and thought that Merton had missed the opportunity and put gold on his face.

As soon as Feng Zhidai said this, many ministers immediately nodded, this era is really the status of a businessman underground, the reputation is not good, and the rice seed that is so important to the Tang Dynasty was decided to be in the hands of a businessman, which made everyone suddenly biased towards Feng Zhidai.

"Weichen couldn't rest assured, tossing and turning, so he asked him to write a letter to his father, asking him to exchange this good rice from Johor as soon as possible, and immediately send it to Chang'an City to present it to the Emperor Taishang as a birthday gift." Feng Zhidai Zhenzhen said.

"This is the best gift I've ever received."

Li Yuan immediately laughed, such things that can stabilize the Tang Dynasty as a birthday gift really make Li Yuan extremely satisfied.

"How do you confirm that the rice that grows three times a year is true, and you are not afraid to run empty?" Li Shimin's eyes narrowed.

Feng Zhidai said proudly: "As long as it is useful to Datang, even if there is a glimmer of possibility, my father and son will not give up." ”

Everyone sighed in their hearts, this time, it really made the Feng family pick up a big bargain, such a credit, as long as it is confirmed to be correct in the coming year, the Feng family will definitely be able to Jane in the emperor's heart, as long as this rice is there, the Feng family will definitely benefit immensely.

Merton suddenly sneered in his heart, no matter what Feng Zhidai said, he couldn't hide the fact that he grabbed the credit. What he really cared about was not the credit of Johor rice, but the fact that after the Feng family obtained the rice, they didn't even say a word to him, trying to monopolize the credit.

At this time, he remembered that he was afraid that in the convoy that entered Chang'an City a few days ago, I am afraid that there would be Johor rice, and for two whole days, Feng Zhidai did not inform the Mo family, which shows that Feng Zhidai's ambition to monopolize the credit has already been set.

"Don't blame Lord Mohou, this matter is in Xia Yue's substitution, this rice appears in Datang one day earlier, and my Datang will benefit one day earlier." Feng Zhidai turned around and arched his hand towards Merton, and said meaningfully: "Doing this is also dedicated to the country." ”

In the dedication of rice, it seems that Morton just moved his mouth, and he didn't even spend fifty taels of gold, but the Feng family went to the ocean, took Johor rice, and took a big bite on this great achievement.

"Feng Aiqing is indeed loyal to the imperial court."

Li Shimin nodded secretly in his heart, and did not object to the courtiers competing for merit, although the Feng family was suspected of competing for merit, but in the end, it was the Tang Dynasty that benefited.

Mo Dun smiled slightly, and said with a natural expression: "Lord Feng said that he laughed, this Johor rice is not unique to my Mo family, and Mo has no qualifications to blame the adult." ”

Feng Zhidai suddenly showed a smug smile, in his opinion, Lingnan is the closest to Johor, and this Johor rice should be the credit of the Feng family, but it was just the Mo family who took the lead, and now it is just the Feng family to get back his due credit.

He deliberately offered it on the birthday of the Emperor Taishang, that is, even if Morton was not satisfied in his heart, he would not dare to make trouble at the birthday banquet of the Emperor Taishang, and after today, the credit of the Feng family has been confirmed.

Many courtiers suddenly sighed in their hearts, after all, the Mo family is still young, if he gets the news and immediately goes to Johor to plant this rice, he will definitely be able to take the credit for himself, but he just wants to sit back and enjoy the success, let the Johor businessman transport it himself, who is to blame if he is robbed of the credit?

Merton's words turned, and he sneered: "However, Mo Mou once said in the Western Regions Conference, who can bring good seeds to the Tang Dynasty will be rewarded, this matter was first proposed by Johor businessmen, the Feng family was transported back from Johor, since the two families divided the fifty taels of gold equally, after the birthday of the emperor, please also invite Lord Feng to Mojia Village, twenty-five taels of gold will be given in full, and the Feng family will not work in vain."

"Twenty taels of gold!" The Manchu Dynasty Wenwu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly couldn't help but laugh.

Merton's move was too insidious, making all the efforts of the Feng family suddenly become a farce, and the Feng family went to the ocean, how could it be that what they asked for was twenty-five taels of gold.

Twenty-five taels of gold seems like a lot for ordinary people, but for the Feng family, who controls the land of Lingnan, it is just a drop in the bucket, how can it be put in the eyes!

"My Feng family is dedicated to the country, how can you use these things to measure the Mo family." Feng Zhidai said with a change of color. Their Feng family went to the ocean, and what they asked for was the merit of pouring the sky, even if they couldn't do their best, they had to occupy most of the credit, how could they let the Mo family use a little gold to send it away.

"Okay, what I admire most is a loyal person like Lord Feng." Merton applauded.

The people in the palace looked at Merton in surprise, and they didn't understand that Merton was so excited to be robbed of his credit, so he shouldn't be confused!

I saw Merton nodding proudly and said: "The Feng family is so loyal, working hard for the Tang Dynasty, it is really my Datang luck, now there is a fruit tree in Persia and other places that is apples, which is extremely delicious, once it is introduced, it will definitely benefit the people of my Tang Dynasty; The pyramid national medicine skills are superb, if the Feng family can get it back, my Tang Dynasty will be able to live countless people: there is a chrysanthemum in the country of the far west, which can repel mosquitoes, if the Feng family can take it, the people of the world will no longer be afraid of mosquito bites in summer, and typhoid fever will be greatly reduced. ……”

"Persia in the Western Regions, the country of the pyramids, the country of the extreme west, ......" Feng Zhidai suddenly opened his mouth wide, his original plan was to get a monstrous credit for the Feng family, but he didn't expect to go to the distant country of the extreme west.

"I haven't been to any of these places before!" Feng Zhidai suddenly wanted to cry without tears, such a distant place, it was almost thousands of miles away, if he went there, he would definitely die nine deaths, no, ten deaths.

Morton smiled indifferently and said, "Didn't the Feng family say that if there is a glimmer of possibility, they will go to the soup and die without giving up?" ”

"Ugh!" Feng Zhidai suddenly stammered.

"These should have been brought over by a steady stream of merchants from the Western Regions, didn't Lord Feng say that they could be handed over to mercenary merchants?" Merton asked.

Feng Zhidai's face turned red suddenly.

Seeing this, Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "The country of the extreme west is too far away, let's let the merchants of the Western Regions bring it!" If it is useful, I Datang will definitely not skimp on money. ”

Merton sighed: "The Emperor Taishang didn't know anything, this matter must have been possible before, but now it doesn't work, you don't hear about "Zigong Ransom". ”

""Zigong Ransom"" Feng Zhidai's face turned pale suddenly, he loves Confucianism, and naturally knows about "Zigong Ransom".

According to legend, there is a law in the Lu State that if a Lu person becomes a slave in other countries, and the merchant redeems it, he can go to the treasury to reimburse the ransom, and Confucius's disciple Zigong (Duanmu Ci) ransomed a Lu person abroad, and refused to accept the state compensation after returning home. When Confucius found out, he said: Zigong did something wrong. From now on, the people of Lu will not redeem slaves from other countries. Receiving compensation from the state will not damage your character; But if he does not receive compensation, there will be no one in Lu to redeem his compatriots who have been killed. “

Zilu rescues a drowning man, who thanks him for sending a cow, and Zilu accepts it. Confucius said happily: "From now on, the people of Lu will definitely have the courage to save those who have fallen into the water." At the scene, a great Confucian recounted the matter of Zigong's ransom.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were different when they looked at Modon and Feng Zhidai, this time, Feng Zhidai did a tribute, and Morton did a sub-way.

Merton used a lot of money to attract foreign merchants to bring all kinds of useful seeds to the Tang Dynasty, which seemed to be a long way and extremely slow, but because of the heavy profits, it was endless.

And Feng Zhidai went directly to Johor to get seeds, seemingly dedicated to Datang, but cut off the way for Datang to introduce foreign seeds, if foreign merchants can't get benefits, how can they be willing to bring seeds for Datang.

At this moment, everyone's eyes when they looked at Mo Dun suddenly changed, and they sighed in their hearts, Mo Jiazi is worthy of being Mo Jiazi, and he can endure the temptation of such a merit, everyone is limited to the future, and Mo Jiazi can see so long-term.

Without the Feng family, Datang would still be able to obtain Johor rice, and it would have harvested even more. And the Feng family just advanced this time a little.

Suddenly, Li Yuan looked at Feng Zhidai with a little more disappointment, although he had abdicated, he was also concerned about the future of Datang, after all, this was the country he had defeated.

"In the past, there was a sub-road to save people, and now there is a Moton to buy seeds, well, it is worthy of being my Tang Dynasty boy!" Li Yuan looked at Merton and praised it, Merton's move really impressed everyone, who would have thought that Merton would be like a long-term plan.

"The minister is loyal to the country, and he also asks the emperor and the emperor to see it." Feng Zhidai said in panic.

And Li Shimin suddenly remembered that for the same important cotton thing in the Tang Dynasty, although it is only in the country of Gaochang, it is much simpler than crossing the ocean, but Merton still did not skimp on money and bought cotton seeds from Gaochang merchants.

"What you do, although the starting point is different, but they are all considered by the Tang Dynasty, I am very comforted in my heart, your loyalty, the court will be aware of it, today's birthday of the emperor, regardless of others." Li Shimin said.

After all, on the bright side, the Tang Dynasty still earned, and Feng Ang guarded Lingnan, and the imperial court relied on him a lot, so it was naturally not good to punish him, so he could only end the game.

But everyone knows that the Feng family wants to take the credit for pouring the sky has already been beaten, and now it is estimated that only the hard work of crossing the ocean is left.