Chapter 248: The high-spirited Li Shimin
In the blink of an eye, it was mid-September.
Originally, the corn was almost ripe in a hundred days, but Ye Mu said that for the sake of insurance, he would wait for twenty more days.
The reason why I waited for twenty days was because Ye Muzhong's summer potatoes and potatoes were exactly one hundred and twenty days ripe.
As for dozens of other vegetables and condiments, the time is different, and Ye Mu has already harvested a batch. Except for taking a part as a seed and eating a part, the rest is basically handed over.
Li Shimin didn't care about this either, and let Ye Mu go. After all, these things are not meant to be popularized to ordinary people.
It was first enjoyed by them, the royal family and nobles, and high-ranking officials, and slowly popularized. After all, ordinary people, it is my problem to be full, and who would waste land to grow vegetables, fruits and condiments.
That's something you don't think about until you're full.
Now the most important thing is to plant corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes in large quantities as soon as possible, and popularize the entire Datang as quickly as possible.
On this day, the emperor and his ministers discussed together and decided to take matters into their own hands and witness the high yield of this grain in person.
So early in the morning, as usual at the time of the court, the ministers at the gate of the palace waited for the emperor to come out of the palace with his sons and the queen with his entourage.
Except after the nineteenth century, in any era before that, farming was extremely important. Especially now, when there is grain with such a high yield per acre.
This is a sacred thing for the entire imperial court.
Since it is a sacred matter, then the emperor's family naturally has to participate, and in the era of divine authority of the monarch, the emperors will find ways to prove the legitimacy of their status, not only from the inheritance system and bloodline.
It is also necessary to prove from God that he is the reincarnation of the son of God, and his rights are also given by God, and his status is also given by God.
So this time, the old Li family can be said to be out of the nest.
On the ridges, on the path next to the field, and in the field next to which someone else's family has finished harvesting, there are human heads everywhere.
As soon as the news of the harvest of this high-yield grain began, it immediately attracted a large number of people, ordinary people, small traders, and miscellaneous servants on the streets.
Some people are praying that these seeds are real, and that the yield per mu is really 2,000 catties, 3,000 catties or even 5,000 catties as the rumors say, while some people are just watching the excitement.
I don't know who shouted that the emperor was coming, and the crowd became a sensation.
Although he lived on the root of the imperial city, the emperor was extremely noble among the people, and the existence of divine majesty was not something they could usually see. The palace with high walls and golden tiles makes everyone who can't see it feel awe from the bottom of their hearts, let alone its owner.
The people were crowded, everyone craned their necks to take a look, and when they heard that the emperor's sisters and daughters were here, they also wanted to see what these high-blooded girls looked like.
The guards maintained law and order, while Li Shimin showed a friendly smile and stood in the car looking at his father and fellow villagers.
When the people saw that the emperor actually smiled at them so kindly, one of them was excited and moved.
Finally breaking away from the army of ordinary people, Li Shimin reached the edge of the field in the package of several court officials and guards.
"Whew~" Exhaled lightly, Li Shimin looked at the potatoes, the lush branches and leaves in the sweet potato field, and the corn field where the branches and leaves had half withered and yellowed, and his heart was bumpy and expectant.
If the problem of things can be solved from his tenure, then the description of him in the history books will inevitably be much better. Moreover, it can also make the Tang Dynasty more long-term and stronger.
Since the Three Kingdoms competed for hegemony and finally replaced Jin, this land began to weaken continuously, and it was not until fifty or sixty years ago that the emergence of the Sui Dynasty was much better.
And he wants to make this country, this land, prosperous and strong again, and stand up again, and the solution of food is undoubtedly the strongest heart booster and the best medicine, it can solve too much.
There are people in charge of ceremonies and divination, and a short ritual is held here.
After the event, Li Shimin ended up with a small shovel, and then went to the ground with his family members who also held the shovel.
With the help of some farmers and women who had already learned how not to hurt potatoes and sweet potatoes, the work began.
The princes and princesses are basically the first time, so they all feel full of fun and are full of interest.
And the emperor and the empress, one king in the world, and the other in the world, all began to work together and solemnly.
Soon, a potato plant was dug up completely by Li Shimin, who had some experience, with the assistance of the farmer.
Looking at the fruity bunch of potatoes, Li Shimin was a little sluggish, and the ministers around him who were waiting for the emperor to start, and then they were also a little sluggish.
As if in disbelief, Li Shimin picked up a potato plant. Feeling the heaviness in my hands, I was a little relieved.
Turning the potato upside down, Li Shimin seemed to be dreaming, and asked the old farmer next to him dreamily: "This... This one, I'm afraid it's ten pounds up, right? ”
Although the old farmer had already dug up some potatoes, he was still excited at this moment, and it seemed that even the dignity of status had been forgotten by him under this heavy fruit, and the old farmer said excitedly: "Yes! This string can have ten pounds! ”
Li Shimin did not care about the old farmer's attitude of talking to him, there was no respect and awe, but raised his eyes to estimate the size of an acre of land, and then roughly estimated how many potatoes were in an acre of land.
One acre of land in the Tang Dynasty was about 0.81 acres in modern times, that is, about 540 square meters. Li Shimin's estimate immediately calculated that there were about 250 potatoes in this acre of land.
Two hundred and fifty potatoes, which means that this purpose can have at least two thousand catties of output! What is this concept?
A family of three, exaggerated, eats a total of ten catties of potatoes a day, eats potatoes all the time, can eat 200 days of full food, save a little, eat eighty percent full, and eat for a year!
That's an acre of land! According to this calculation, as long as potatoes are popularized, Datang's finances will soon be greatly improved, and the treasury will be truly full.
As long as the treasury is full, he can vigorously build the country. For example, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did it, opening the Grand Canal, and the people would rebel there, but if he did the same thing, he wouldn't! Because he can afford to pay the people, and he can also feed them and work!
Thinking about it this way, it seems that many groundbreaking undertakings can become possible because potatoes can make the people have enough to eat. Then there are sweet potatoes and corn, which are also very high-yielding grains, which in turn ensure a certain degree of diversity.
At this moment, carrying a bunch of potatoes and feeling the heavy weight in his hands, Li Shimin was full of spirit and top gun!