"Goo-dong!"

After listening to Li Yuanjia's words, Han Lucheng couldn't help but swallow hard and spit hard, and then said in a trembling voice: "Big, king, this ...... Isn't it too high? That's a thousand! ”

In his opinion, his own king is undoubtedly another brain pump......

Ahem!

Although it is disrespectful, in Han Lucheng's heart, this is what he thinks!

Rice?

Although the northern part of the Tang Dynasty prefers to eat corn or pasta, and because the distance is too far, rice is expensive after it is transported to Chang'an, and only a few people can afford it, but at the level of the king, it is not as much as you want?

The rice with the best taste and the best taste is also a matter for Han Wangfu?

So as a loyal and honest housekeeper, Han Lucheng really couldn't understand why his own king had to let people go to find rice seeds further south in Jiaozhi, and he also offered a thousand heavy rewards!

Is it because there are too many copper coins in the treasury and you want to spend some of them?

Seeing the housekeeper's bewildered look, Li Yuanjia didn't bother to sell it to him, so he said directly: "Han Lucheng, do you know when the southern rice is sown and harvested, and it lasts for several months?" ”

"This ...... The great king forgives his sins, but the little ones do not know. ”

After a pause, Han Lucheng quickly shook his head.

He is a purebred northerner, and he has never been in the farmland since he was a child, even if he later became the steward of the palace, he is now the actual housekeeper, at most, he knows how much land is in the king's name and what crops are planted. For him, it is already very good to know the farming time of corn and wheat, and by the way, knowing the sowing and harvesting of tea and cotton is enough to cope with his own king, and what to do with rice?

Of course, Li Yuanjia knew this, so he shook his head after laughing and said: "Buying a rice seed for a thousand guan does sound quite high, but if you know what kind of rice seed I am looking for, you won't feel that a thousand guan is too much...... Hehe, in fact, if I can really find the rice seed I want, let alone a thousand guan, even ten thousand guan are worth a thousand yuan! ”

"Sizzle......"

After listening to his words, what else could Han Lucheng say? Naturally, a breath of cold air was pumped in, and the whole face changed!

10,000?!

Just to buy seeds for one type of rice?

After a few thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, Han Lucheng hurriedly whispered, "King, but...... But what's so special about that rice seed? Is it a particularly high yield? ”

Shaking his head, Li Yuanjia said with a smile: "Yield? Hehe, I don't know this, and I don't know if this rice tastes good or not when it is grown. ”

"Huh?"

With a soft sigh, Han Lucheng's face showed a look of doubt at the right time.

He didn't continue to ask, because Han Lucheng knew that even if he didn't ask, the king should explain it to him, especially when he put on a puzzled, but very interested expression.

After following the king for a long time, Han Lucheng has now discovered this.

If, like my father did at the beginning, he just felt that the king's decision was wrong and wanted to persuade him, then the final result would be nothing other than being reprimanded. But if you have a keen interest in what the king has to say, he will usually explain it to you with great interest......

Whether you agree with it or not, at least you can understand why the king did that.

It was after understanding Li Yuanjia's habit that Han Lucheng let his expression and eyes fully cooperate, and sure enough, he suddenly provoked his explanation**.

"Nothing else matters, the key is when this rice matures!"

After squinting his eyes and smiling, Li Yuanjia patiently explained to his housekeeper: "This king also saw it in a book by chance, saying that there is a kind of rice in the south of Jiaozhi, which is drought and waterlogging-resistant, and more importantly, it only takes two months from planting to harvesting...... In other words, if you plant this kind of rice first, you can grow a late rice season when it is mature......

"Sizzle......"

When he heard this, why didn't Han Lucheng understand what Li Yuanjia meant? A breath of cold air was inhaled, and his face changed instantly: "King, you ...... You mean to say that two crops of rice can be harvested in a year?! ”

While saying this, Han Lucheng felt as if he was listening to a mythological story.

Two seasons a year?

If this is true, doesn't it mean that you can harvest twice as much food?

And seeing the shocked expression on Han Lucheng's face, Li Yuanjia grinned, and could understand the other party's thoughts at this time - for the Chinese of this era, the concept of two seasons a year is indeed too exaggerated!

Spring sowing and autumn planting, thousands of years of habit.

Don't forget that this is the Tang Dynasty, a thoroughly agrarian society.

It can be said that the whole country and society, as well as more than 95 percent of the population, have been revolving around the land all their lives; Most of the others are also in the service of the land, or simply to protect it. Moreover, because the yield of corn and other crops is extremely low in this year, and only a few dozen catties per acre of land, ordinary people often work hard for a year and cannot eat enough, and they are miserable.

For them, nothing is more important than food!

If they knew that there was such an amazing rice in the world, they could grow two crops a year......

Anyway, after shrugging his shoulders, Li Yuanjia chuckled and said, "I just said that this was all seen by chance in a book, and I can't be sure if it's really true." But...... What if it's true? Try it with a thousand, even if it's fake, it's just a loss of money, but what if it's real? ”

I heard him say two words in a row, "Is it true?" Han Lucheng felt that he was going crazy!

With such a rice seed, I still think I have to give a thousand times?

From beginning to end, Han Lu Chengdu never doubted the truth of the king's words, because from the beginning of the Quyuan plough of the year, to the glass, papermaking, movable type, as well as Tianzhu numbers, cotton, etc., everything that the king saw from the book and insisted on doing, has there ever been a failure?

So after taking two deep breaths in a row, Han Lucheng immediately nodded and said, "I understand, king, I will personally explain this matter!" ”

And if it's true?

That's a big deal!

Anyway, in Han Lucheng's opinion, if his own king can really get this kind of rice seed, it will be a much greater credit than the sum of the Quyuan plow and the overturner!

Not to mention the north, there should be a lot of places to grow in Gangnam Province, right?

Looking at the housekeeper who kept changing his face, Li Yuanjia smiled and put his mind at ease.

Again, this is the Tang Dynasty!

To be honest, it is not so easy to get the rice seeds of Champa rice from South Vietnam hundreds of years in advance, in addition to the bounty of thousands of times, I am afraid it will take a long time, just like the cotton seeds of the year!

So after licking his lips, Li Yuanjia opened his mouth and ordered: "Don't be in a hurry at this time, just take your time like looking for cotton seeds...... Hehe, but don't forget, go back and send someone to Jiangnan and ask them to inquire about it......"