Through many inquiries, Prince Zhenla learned a piece of news. Zhu Lu Hou was very interested in 'seeds', and he once spent 1,000 yuan to buy a seed called "potato" from a South Vietnamese merchant, which claimed to yield thousands of catties per mu.

With such an exaggerated figure, Prince Zhenla naturally didn't believe it. But this also reminded him that although he did not have "potatoes", he also had seeds, rice seeds. With the mentality of giving it a try, Prince Zhenla decided to use it as a stepping stone to try his luck when he went to see Li Mu. However, he didn't have much confidence in this seed, because Datang also has rice, and the staple food of Datang is wheat and corn, rice is not the mainstream food, and the conditions required for planting rice are much harsher than those for growing wheat and millet, and Zhuluhou may not like it.

But even so, Prince Zhenla must give it a try, because he can't afford to wait. If it drags on any longer, it will be like what the head of Honglu Temple said, it will take two months before he can see His Majesty the Tang Emperor, and Zhenla may have long ceased to exist.

……

Li Mu had just washed his hands and prepared to eat when he arrived at home, and the porter Zhao Youcai came to report that a guest had come to visit. Dare to visit at dusk, Li Mu is still an important person, and when he came out to see, it turned out to be a little bald head. There was a "dwarf ugly" standing next to him, exuding a very humble stench, Li Mu guessed with his toes, this person must be an important figure in the Japanese Mission, the corners of his mouth hooked up, and he didn't pay attention to him, raised his hand and touched Yixiu's little bald head, and said: "Little bald head, you love to take care of adults' affairs." But I'm a person who only recognizes money and doesn't talk much about feelings. Even if you bring him, I don't want to give you face. ”

Inougami Mita has long heard of Li Mu's temper, and said that he will turn his face, and his temper will come up, no one has face, and when he saw it today, he quickly bowed to the ground: "The ambassador of the Japanese country, Inugami Mita, came to see the Hou of Zhulu, and took the liberty to come today, and asked the Hou Ye to forgive his sins!" ”

Li Mu glanced back and squinted, and said, "The ambassador is too polite, now there are more than 20 days left until the New Year, and you pay New Year's greetings in advance, and there is no reward." It's better to go where to go, don't get out of my way. ”

Inugami Mita blushed and opened his mouth, wanting to say anything, but he couldn't say anything. Li Mu's roll, as if he had stuffed a piece of in his mouth, had already blocked his words.

"Chase the deer!"

Yixiu suddenly spoke, Li Mu stopped, looked back at him, and said, "Little bald, my impression of you is indeed quite good." But it's only good, you're a kid, it's better to leave the adults alone. Otherwise, the good impression you left on me would be gone. ”

Yixiu looked up at Li Mu, his eyes were bright: "I just don't understand, why do you want to speak ill of each other when we are courteous?" I heard the master say that the kingdom of heaven is a state of etiquette, but why is it that after we came to Chang'an, the kingdom was rude everywhere. I don't understand, and I ask Master Hou to solve my doubts. ”

Inougami Mita Yun's face turned green with fright, and he quickly covered Yixiu's mouth and fell to the ground in horror: "The child is talking nonsense, please forgive the Hou Ye...... Forgiveness ......"

"Hahaha......" Seeing the completely different reactions of these two Japanese people, Li Mu suddenly laughed. He pointed to his chair and said, "It's just time to be free today, so I'll tell you what kind of 'dog' it is, and it doesn't hurt for you to listen to it." ”

Inougami Mita hurriedly said: "Thank you Hou Ye, thank you Hou Ye!" ”

Yixiu didn't sit down, still standing in front of Li Mu, waiting for his answer. Li Mu saw incomprehension and complaining in his eyes, and he could understand this feeling. This is roughly how it feels when a person, for an event or a place, is full of fairytale fantasies, and the reality is seriously inconsistent with his fantasies.

"Ikyu, let me ask you a few questions first."

"Excuse me."

"You and I didn't know each other, and I didn't allow you to come to my house, but you still came. When you hear that I am polite, you want me to be polite to you. But I don't recognize you, and you and I are not friends, so why should I be courteous to you? ”

"Well...... "Well" Yixiu couldn't answer, but after all, he was a smart child, and he rolled his eyes and said, "But in the Analects, it is said that it is very happy to have friends from afar......

"That's right, there are 'friends' from afar. The Wa Kingdom and the Tang Dynasty have never had any contacts, how can we talk about the word 'friend'? Li Mu said coldly: "You are not 'friends' for Datang, nor are you

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'Guest', you come unannounced, uninvited. Do you know why my Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty doesn't want to see you? If I remember correctly, when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was in the previous dynasty, the ambassador of the Wa Kingdom once said that the King of the Wa Dynasty was 'the Son of Heaven at the sunrise', and called the former Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty 'the Son of Heaven at the sunset'. ”

"I, Datang, are in charge of the world after the Sui Guoyun. According to this saying, if I see you, isn't it also 'the son of heaven at sunset'? It is a small country, arrogant and arrogant, and does not measure its own strength. There has been no more rudeness than you in the barbarian country throughout the ages. So when I heard the word 'li' from your mouth just now, I thought it was very ridiculous. Barbarians dare to talk about etiquette? It's ridiculous! ”

Inougami Mita was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak, but he was a child's heart, although he was smart, he didn't know the severity and didn't know how to look at it. Hearing this, he said: "I think it's right, can't the Son of Heaven of our country be called a monarch?" ”

"Can't!" Li Mu said loudly, and he was stunned for a while, and said, "Why can't you?" ”

"Son of Heaven, Jun also. "Zhou Li" has a saying that the country of a thousand times can be a marquis, and the country of ten thousand times can be a king. Ride, chariot also. In ancient times, four horses pulled a chariot, with three soldiers on the chariot, seventy-two foot soldiers under the chariot, and twenty-five conscripts, a total of 100 people. The Tang Dynasty has more than one million soldiers, and there is no doubt that it is a country of ten thousand times. Therefore, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty can be called a king. The country of Wa is full of calculations, and it is difficult to make up enough for a hundred times. In such a small place, dare to be arrogant? Even the princes are not qualified! ”

"......" The little bald head was so angry that he pursed his lips and thought for a long time, and quibbled: "We don't have to follow the "Zhou Li". ”

Li Mu sneered and asked, "Who did you learn from the characters you wrote, the books you read, the seasons you used, and the calendars you used?" ”

"Yes......" Ikkyu stopped talking.

"Don't you feel a little shameless, little bald? Use our words, learn our knowledge, live our seasons, use our calendar, and now you tell me that you don't need to follow the "Zhou Li", who taught you this fallacy? ”

Yixiu was silent for a long time, bowed down, and said, "The little monk is wrong, thank you for your advice." ”

Li Mu laughed, touched his bald head, and said, "It's okay, it's not easy to know that you're wrong." Knowing your mistakes can improve a lot, this time I won't bother with you, go back and reflect on it, the time has come, Your Majesty will see you, the time is not right, it's useless to be smart. ”

Li Mu glanced at the cold sweaty dog Mita next to him, and said, "Does the ambassador think what Ben Hou said is right?" ”

"It's extreme, it's extreme, Hou Ye's words are fine, and they can't be more right."

Li Mu snorted coldly, interrupted him, and said, "If there is anything, don't expect the child to do it." No matter how smart a child is, he is just a child. Teach your children more, don't make good children, they are all like you, don't think I don't know your details, the person you are really loyal to is the king of the Wa Kingdom? ”

"Ahh Inugami Mita was shocked, he looked at Li Mu in horror, and his whole person froze.

Li Mu was also a little surprised when he saw his reaction. In fact, he didn't know anything, but he was just a lie, because he had the impression that the so-called emperor was just a puppet of the shogunate in Japan. In fact, his memory is blurred, and the shogunate era is still far away.

Li Mu snorted coldly, pretending to be profound, and stopped talking. Seeing this, Zhao Youcai came to see off the guests. Yixiu bowed deeply to Li Mu again, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, and left with Inoukami Mitaku.

Li Mu yawned and just got up to go back to the backyard. Zhao Youcai turned around again, Li Mu looked at him, and said angrily: "You are really a porter...... What use do I want from you! ”

Zhao Youcai looked aggrieved, but he didn't dare to speak up. Li Mu waved his hand irritably and said, "Call in!" ”

Zhao Youcai came in with Prince Zhenla, Li Mu glanced at him, and said, "Where did you come from, what are you looking for?" If you have something to say, if you have a fart, let it go! ”

"......" Prince Zhenla didn't expect Li Mu to be so 'vulgar' that he was too frightened to speak. It was the bearded Duolou next to him who signaled him with his eyes, and he reacted, hurriedly gave a deep salute, raised the cloth bag in his hand above his head, and respectfully presented it to Li Mu, and said: "Xiao Wang is from Zhenla country, I heard that Hou Ye likes to collect seeds, so I came to offer rice seeds from the country, please Hou Ye smile." ”

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nbsp; "Seeds?" Li Mu has always been very interested in seeds. Especially rice seeds, as a person who crosses over, a person who grew up eating rice, it is really difficult to adapt to the 'corn' eaten by the Tang Dynasty, this thing is not the same as the millet he ate before crossing, strictly speaking, it is a bit like the seeds of a dog's tail grass, and the taste of eating is indescribable.

It's still good rice, but there are too few rice in Datang. And he doesn't know what's going on, the rice grains in Datang are very small, and they are really unpalatable.

At this time, someone offered rice seeds, how could he not arouse his interest?

Li Mu took the cloth bag and waved his hand, Zhao Youcai invited Prince Zhenla and Hu Duolou to sit, and asked Xiaozhu to help bring two teas. Prince Zhenla was flattered, and he looked at the face of Inugami Mitaku, who had just walked out, and was already desperate. Unexpectedly, I got courtesy, and the tea of Zhuluhou is something that ordinary people can drink? I heard that the prince of Gaochang smashed 20,000 yuan, so he barely drank a lamp.

Li Mu opened the cloth bag, reached out and grabbed a handful of rice, and when he saw the long and narrow grains of rice, his eyes suddenly lit up.

This kind of rice is infinitely close to the rice he ate in his previous life. At the same time, a hint also appeared in his mind.

【Champa Rice】.

It's a very familiar name, but Li Mu can't remember it for a while, where have you seen it. But since it's something that is systematically certified, it's bound to be a good thing. Li Mu glanced at Prince Zhenla, remained silent, put the rice seed aside, and put a smile on his face.

Seeing Li Mu looking over with a smile, Prince Zhenla, who was sipping tea, hurriedly put down the tea cup and sat down looking at Li Mu, like a primary school student waiting for the teacher's criticism.

"Don't be nervous." Li Mu smiled and said, "Prince Zhenla, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, Xiao Wang Motorcycle."

"What?"

Prince Zhenla thought that Li Mu didn't hear clearly, so he repeated again: "Xiao Wang motorcycle." ”

"......" Li Mu was a little stunned again, and it took two seconds to react, this guy's name is 'Moto', and he couldn't help but smile dumbly, and said, "Good name." Then, Prince of Motorcycles, if you offer me rice seeds, you must have something to ask for. If you have no merit, what do you need, say it. For the sake of rice seeds, I can help, try to help. Maybe if we have a good chat, we can still talk about a business. ”

The motorcycle was overjoyed and stood up excitedly: "If this is the case, then thank you so much to Hou Ye, Hou Ye is very kind, the motorcycle is toothless and unforgettable, thank you Hou Ye!" ”

"Don't be busy and excited." Li Mu pointed to the chair, the motorcycle hurriedly sat down honestly, and Li Mu said, "Let's talk about things first." ”

"Xiao Wang wants to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and ask His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to send troops to aid the Zhenla Kingdom!"

After listening to the motorcycle, Li Mu understood what was going on. Zhenla country, which can be traced back to the Qin and Han dynasties, has always had such a country. However, from the day of its birth, Zhenla was a vassal state of another country in the Indochina Peninsula, the 'Funan Kingdom'. Although for hundreds of years, the successive lords of the Zhenla Kingdom have never given up the idea of independence, but they have not been able to realize it. Zhenla has always been oppressed by the Funan Kingdom, and it would be nothing if it continued to be like this, and it would have been used to it for hundreds of years. But when it came to the generation of the father of the motorcycle, the lord of Funan was no longer satisfied with oppression, and they wanted to annex Zhenla.

The Zhenla country could not resist the army of the Funan country, and was defeated and retreated, and the surrounding countries were afraid to send troops to help the Zhenla country because of the threat of the Funan country. Seeing that the country was about to fall, the lord of Zhenla had no choice but to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and sent his son to come to Datang with a heavy gift bypassing Funan, hoping that Datang could send troops to help. Although the lord of Zhenla himself knows that the mountains are high and the road is far away, Datang may not necessarily help, but this is also a helpless way. At least, he sent his son out, even if he died and the country was destroyed, the bloodline would at least survive.

Moto cried as he spoke, and when he mentioned his father, he was even more sad and wept. Li Mu is not too interested in this, he is from the Tang Dynasty, even if Zhenla is destroyed, it has nothing to do with him, and rice seeds are what he cares about.

Li Mu looked at the motorcycle and said, "I already know about you." This is not a trivial matter, and it has to be considered in the long run. As he spoke, he turned the topic to the rice seed and said, "Let's talk about this rice seed, is this rice seed easy to plant?" Do you know what the yield is? ”