In Li Daozong's courtyard, there is a small pond, and on the edge of the pond is a large garden, with more than 3 acres of land. Now it has been turned into a field with all wheat in it.

Li Shimin walked quickly into the garden, looking at the golden wheat waves in front of him, although he had expected it, he was still overjoyed.

He leaned down, reached out and folded off an ear of wheat, taking it in his hand and examining it carefully. He saw that the ears of wheat were much fuller and more numerous than he had ever seen before.

He saw two old peasants kneeling on the ground and said, "Get up." ”

The two old peasants stood up tremblingly and stood to the side with restraint.

Hundreds of ministers poured into the garden, all amazed by the scene in front of them.

Li Shimin looked at the densely planted wheat in front of him, and his heart was in a trance, he knew by feeling that the yield of these wheat far exceeded the wheat before the Tang Dynasty.

The eldest grandson Wuji was the first to step forward and said, "Congratulations to the emperor." ”

The ministers said in unison: "Congratulations to the emperor! ”

Li Shimin grinned widely, smiling like a flower on his face. He suddenly stretched out his hand, slapped a palm on Li You's head beside him, and said, "Quick, give me a sickle!" ”

Seeing this scene, Li Ke and Li Tai were envious to death. They wished that Li Shimin's palm was on their head.

Li You hurriedly took a scythe and handed it to him.

Li Shimin personally went to the field to harvest the first bunch of wheat.

After harvesting for a while, Li Shimin sweated. Li Chengqian and others had already prepared tables and chairs for him and put up a sun umbrella for him. Cold drinks such as cola are placed on the table. Xiao Wanyu and Murong Ling also took the female officials of the research institute to bring a plate of sorbet to the ministers.

The weather was hot and dry, and Li Shimin waited for the harvest to bear fruit, refusing to go into the house to avoid the scorching sun. He had a sun umbrella, but the other ministers didn't, and the strong sun made them dizzy, and if it weren't for the cold drinks, I was afraid that a few would have fainted.

Li You understood Li Shimin's feelings, and he organized people to make an all-out assault on the wheat on three points of the ground. With the yield of wheat on these three points of land, the yield per mu can also be estimated.

There is great strength in numbers, and soon the wheat harvest is finished.

At this time, several big men came out with a drum thresher, which was the drawing that Li You had collected from the science and technology library and asked the Ministry of Industry to build, but the electric drive was changed to manual hand cranking.

Li Shimin was very curious, he walked over to take a look, he couldn't help it, and he also stepped forward and shook it a few times. When he saw the wheat grains falling easily, he happily praised: "Good things, it's so convenient, the Ministry of Industry wants to promote it." ”

Finally, the weighing began.

The crown prince Li Chengqian, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials Sun Wuji, the head of the Ministry of Officials Gao Jingming, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites Huang Furui, and the Ministry of Rites Tang Jian personally weighed.

Li Shimin sat on the chair, feeling uneasy. He wanted to hear good news, but he was afraid to hear unsatisfactory news.

Soon, the weighing was finished. The eldest grandson Wuji and other ministers came over, and they came to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin asked eagerly: "What is the output?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji and the others knelt down together, crying and said, "Your Majesty, 632 catties!" (The average yield of wheat per mu in modern Xi'an is 1200 catties)

"What?" Li Shimin stood up excitedly and said, "Say it again? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji repeated: "632 catties, Your Majesty." ”

Li Shimin clenched his hands into fists and swung them fiercely in the air twice. said: "God bless Datang, Datang is worry-free!" ”

All the ministers knelt down together and congratulated, "Congratulations to Your Majesty." Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live! ”

Li Shimin was extremely excited, and he said: "Prince, Li You, you have done a good job, and you must promote wheat planting to the whole country as soon as possible." He was anxious again, and he wanted to plant high-yield wheat all over the country at once.

Li You said: "Father, this matter has been arranged by the prince's brother, and the officials will notify the state capitals and send people to come to Chang'an County to study at the planting base and promote it to the whole country." ”

……

Two ceremonial halls, study.

Although Li Shimin was happy today, he felt that things were too dramatic and a little weird. He can't be kept in the dark, he has to start with the prince and others to find out the truth of the matter.

Therefore, he called the crown prince Li Chengqian and Li You to his study and questioned them.

Faced with Li Shimin's inquiry, Li Chengqian didn't know how to answer. As for the secret cultivation of wheat in Li Daozong and Xiao Qian's mansion, Li Chengqian also only learned about the news before the early dynasty.

Li You has experienced such a long period of court struggle, and he has long been accustomed to the cruelty of the prince's struggle for the throne during the Zhenguan period. He believes that such a major matter as grain planting, which has a bearing on the people's livelihood of the country, is a great merit and cannot be smoothly attributed to Li Chengqian.

Last autumn, in order to ensure that there were no accidents in grain planting, he secretly discussed this matter with Xiao Qian and Li Daozong.

Only a few people such as Xiao Qian and Li Daozong knew about this matter.

Li Chengqian's city mansion is too shallow, and telling him about this matter is equivalent to telling the whole world. Therefore, Li You strictly guarded this secret.

Now, when Li Shimin asked, Li You knew that this matter could not make Li Shimin suspicious, otherwise, any credit would be nonsense.

He said: "Father, my son has heard a proverb - eggs cannot be put in one basket. Therefore, at the beginning of the establishment of the planting base, Erchen discussed with his uncle and Lord Xiao, and secretly planted high-yield wheat in their mansion.

The prince's brother is benevolent and filial and too generous, so he didn't tell him about this matter until this morning.

Father, if you think that your son has deceived you, please punish your son for the crime of bullying the king. This matter has nothing to do with the prince's brother. ”

As he spoke, he fell to his knees.

Li Chengqian was worried that Li Shimin would blame Li You, and he also knelt on the ground. said: "Father, the fifth brother is wholeheartedly worried about his father, he is not intent on deceiving his father, if you punish him, he will punish his son." ”

Li You's words, Li Shimin basically believed it. The character of the crown prince Li Chengqian, Li Shimin is clear. It was difficult for him to keep such a big secret secret for so long.

For Li You, Li Shimin now has absolute trust, he nodded and said, "Chengqian, You'er, get up, sit down." ”

After they sat down, Li Shimin said: "You are good children, my father has no intention of punishing you, not only that, but also rewarding you." ”

Li You said: "Father, the son of the emperor has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not? ”

Li Shimin said: "You can talk about it." ”

Li You said: "Father, don't you think that the court is becoming more and more abnormal now? Why would someone destroy something like growing food that benefits the country and the people? ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin's mood was very bad. 8)