At present, no one has discovered its benefits in Datang for many reasons, first of all, the news is closed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Datang is very large, running thousands of miles from north to south, north to Yunzhou, Fengzhou, south to Jiaozhou, Tangzhou. It can be said that the territory is vast, and the ancient transportation and communication is not very developed, starting from Chang'an to the extreme south or the extreme north, the road often has to walk for several months to half a year, at this time there is no high-speed rail and airplanes, all rely on walking or horseback riding, of course, the transmission of news is also slow, especially the kind of news that does not seem to be very inconspicuous, such as the southern Zhancheng rice.

Secondly, although the territory of the Tang Dynasty is large, but in addition to Guanzhong and Jiangnan and other places, many places are still barbaric places, it is a bit exaggerated to say that it is "inaccessible", but the population is definitely very scarce, most of them are local aborigines, lack of communication and interaction with the outside world, and even each village has its own legislative power and judgment power, even the government has no way to take them, and the people are fierce, and it is a battle of life and death at every turn, so every time a criminal is sentenced by the government to "exile Qiongnan", this disposal result is basically not much better than beheading the public, Half a life is lost on the road.

As a result, some good things that are beneficial to the country and the people are often not valued by the government and the imperial court, because the imperial court has never even heard of them.

It is for this reason that the rice that occupies the city has not been taken seriously by the imperial court and the government.

Fortunately, Li Su vaguely remembered this thing in the memory of his previous life, he knew that this was a treasure, high yield, full, drought and flood resistance, and born regardless of the place, compared to the rice and wheat commonly planted in the Tang Dynasty today, whether it is the yield or the growth period, or the size of the particles and the ability to survive, etc., Zhancheng rice is much stronger than those inferior grains.

An originally ordinary marriage incident has developed to the current situation, Li Su suddenly found that he could no longer withdraw from it, because this incident involved a good thing that has important significance for the country's society and the toiling people for generations.

The pearl is covered with dust, and Li Su is willing to wipe the dust with his own hands, so that it can bloom in front of the world.

"Do you have a sample?" Li Su stared at Shi Neyan and asked.

"Huh? Sample? Shi Neyan was stunned.

Li Su was a little anxious: "Sample...... Have you brought rice from your country? ”

Shi Neyan was obviously frightened by Li Su's appearance, was silent for a moment, and said: "Yes, my father sends an envoy to Chang'an every year to congratulate me, and by the way, I have lived in Chang'an for a long time, and I am homesick, and the envoy will always bring me rice produced in Zhenla Country to comfort me with homesickness." ”

"Bring it to me." Li Su said politely.

"Well, in the residence of Chang'an City......"

"Send someone to get it!"

Until now, Shi Neyan's mind was still confused, he really couldn't understand why Li Su always held on to the rice produced in their country, and Shi Neyan had never thought about Li Su's intentions, after all, he was a pampered prince, and he was too unfamiliar with farming, Li Su had been so eager, but he hadn't thought about it in that direction.

The rice sample was sent quickly, and the entourage was very careful, not only brought rice from Chang'an City, but also brought three rice ears, Li Su couldn't wait to grab a handful of Zhancheng rice from the hands of the entourage, approached the front of him to look at it carefully, twisted his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, raised his voice to call Steward Xue, and ordered him to take a handful of rice produced locally in Guanzhong from his own granary, grab a handful with one hand, spread it out in front of each other to observe and compare.

In fact, in today's grain planting, rice is relatively backward, people often say the idiom "five grains harvest", this "five grains" is not the same, the original "Zhou Li? Heavenly Official? The "five grains" defined in the "Disease Doctor" chapter are "hemp, millet, millet, wheat, and beans", which does not include "rice", which shows that at that time, rice was still a relatively unpopular crop, and later, the definition of "five grains" changed, "Mencius? The five grains defined in Teng Wen Gongshang" are "rice, millet, millet, wheat, and soybean", look, rice is very competitive counterattack, from the name of Sun Shan to the first place on the list, and later, "Chu Ci" also defines the five grains, which are "rice, millet, wheat, beans, hemp", and rice continues to maintain the first place very competitively.

It can be seen that in the historical evolution of rice for thousands of years, rice has gradually changed from an unpopular crop to an indispensable staple food for people. The difference is that the north is accustomed to wheat pasta, and the south is accustomed to rice.

Of course, in this era, there is no problem of eating habits between the north and the south, and in the era when food and clothing are difficult to maintain, except for the elite class, who cares about the taste of food? What can be squeezed into the mouth is a good thing, but because of the soil climate, the crops grown in the north and south are not the same.

Today's Datang also grows rice, and the planting area is very wide, the most is the Yangtze River basin in the area of Jianghuai Jinghu, followed by the south of the line from the Qinling Mountains to the Huai River in Guanzhong, and there are also Bashu and Lingnan areas. Its planting areas are distributed throughout Jiangnan Province and Youzhou in the north, Bingzhou, Jiangzhou, Tongzhou, Yongzhou, Longzhou, Weizhou and other places.

Because the latitude is too high for rice cultivation, although the rice cultivation area in Datang is very extensive, basically the land crops in the north are still millet, millet and wheat.

Li Su is holding a handful of rice in each hand at the moment, the left hand is produced in Guanzhong, and the right hand is Zhancheng rice.

Li Su knows very little about farm work, but when the two kinds of rice are spread out in their hands, they compare each other, and even the blind can see the obvious difference.

The rice grains produced in Guanyuan are slightly smaller, the color is yellow, and there are some black spots mixed with the rice grains, which is obviously not pure in texture, and the rice ears are also slightly curved, and the number of rice grains in a single ear is relatively small.

The right hand of Champa rice grains are large and full, the color is snow-white and crystalline, the rice ears are pressed by the weight of the rice grains, bent to the extreme, the ears are long and mangless, hanging down almost level with the rhizome.

Li Su then picked off the grains on the ears of rice in Guanzhong and Zhancheng one by one, put them together into two piles, first spread them in the palm of his hand, felt the difference in weight, and then counted them down one by one very seriously.

After counting, the difference in numbers became more and more obvious, the same ear of rice, Zhancheng rice than Guanzhong rice grains nearly one-third, and then calculated that the fullness of each grain of rice of the two kinds of rice is different, so the weight of each grain of rice is also different, and this extra third may have to add an extra weight number......

Taking a deep breath, Li Su's face gradually turned red, but his tone was very calm.

"Brother Shi, do you know, what is the yield per mu of rice in this city?"

Shi Neyan couldn't help but defend: "It's obviously 'Zhenla Rice', when did my Zhenla Country get the light ...... of Linyi Country?"

Looking at Li Su's murderous eyes, Shi Neyan wisely changed his words: "My Zhenla country is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and its measurement system is also the same as that of the Tang Dynasty, according to the mu system of the Tang Dynasty, the yield of this rice per mu is about three stones......

Li Su frowned, and called Steward Xue in a loud voice, and as soon as the butler's fat figure appeared outside the door, Li Su split his head and asked, "Do we grow rice?" ”

Steward Xue was stunned for a moment, and said: "Master Hou, our family has thousands of acres of fields, according to the master's orders, most of them plant wheat and millet, and only plant more than a dozen acres of rice......

"How much rice does our family grow per mu every year?"

Steward Xue thought for a while and said, "This year's situation is moderate, and the figures reported by farmers are about two stones per mu of rice. ”

Li Su hung his head and folded his fingers to calculate, there are always some differences in the measurement system of each dynasty, according to today's Tang system, one stone is about 170 catties of the Tang system, two stones per mu is 340 catties, and more than 3 stones per mu of Zhancheng rice is equivalent to more than 170 catties per mu.

After calculating the differences, the corners of Li Su's mouth gradually showed a bright smile.

Each mu yields more than 170 catties, how many lives can be lived!

With the support of real data, Li Su felt more and more that it was a wise decision to meddle in Princess Wencheng's marriage.

Li Su always felt a little weak and guilty about destroying other people's marriages before, although his original intention was just, but after all, it was a lack of morality, but at this moment, Li Su suddenly felt that there was no psychological pressure, for the extra 170 catties, he dared to kill people and set fires, not to mention destroying the marriage. For the sake of the food and clothing of the people of the Tang Dynasty, Songtsan Gampo of Tubo had to be aggrieved, and the princess of the Tang Dynasty didn't want to marry, at most she would send him a fake one, anyway, after turning off the lights, the same bazaar hey.

As long as anything is supported by a righteous reason, there will be an inexplicable and righteous courage for no reason, and no matter how immoral things are, it will be like doing the right thing for heaven.

Li Su is in such a state of mind now.

Shi Neyan watched Li Su from the side, sometimes comparing rice, sometimes counting fingers, sometimes muttering to himself, Shi Neyan never dared to interject, but after all, he was a monkey who had read the book of sages, Li Su's series of unbelievable actions, no matter how stupid he was, he thought of Li Su's purpose, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "Li County Hou, do you want to promote the planting of this kind of rice in Datang?" ”

Li Su came back to his senses and grinned at him: "Do you think it's feasible?" ”

Shi Neyan said deliciously: "This is not the point, the point is Princess Wencheng...... What is the relationship between rice and Princess Wencheng? ”

Li Su sighed and said, "After so many years of sage books, you have read them all in the dog's belly?" O rice! Champa rice! O rice that is a specialty of your country! ”

Shi Neyan looked at him blankly.

Li Su sighed heavily: "What's the difference between your appearance and asking for rice with a golden rice bowl?" Brother Shi, remember, this kind of rice is your bargaining chip, your bargaining chip to negotiate terms with Your Majesty! Do you understand? You're going to marry a princess, and Datang needs high-yield food, and everyone has their own needs, do you understand what I mean? ”

"Datang needs peace, so there is a policy of harmony, but from the root, Datang needs the people's food and clothing, if you want to implement Zhancheng rice, Datang can't get around your Zhenla country at all, because only you know how to plant, only have a special farmland veteran guidance, there is a steady stream of rice seeds, the people's food and clothing is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty for thousands of generations, at present, what they need to pay is just a princess, not to mention, it is still a princess who is happy with His Royal Highness the prince and promises each other for life......"

Shi Neyan was stunned for a moment, and then overjoyed.

"I see! Li Xianhou woke up the dreamer with a word, I will go to ask His Majesty the Tang Dynasty Khan and talk to him about Princess Wencheng! Thank you Li County Hou for dialing! ”

After speaking, Shi Neyan saluted Li Su excitedly, then turned around and ran out.

Seeing his back disappear into the house in an instant, Li Su stayed for a long time before shaking his head and sighing.

"It's still a sage, even if you've read more than ten years of sage books, it's just a sage who has read sage books, and it's not ......ambiguous when it's time to be stupid."

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Shi Neyan to walk back again, his face full of despair.

“…… I forgot, it is not so easy to see His Majesty the Khan. ”

Li Su smiled: "Otherwise, why do you think you are bankrupt and begging me?" ”

Shi Neyan hung his head and sighed silently.

It is said that he is also a prince, but Li Shimin is really not easy to see, His Majesty the Heavenly Khan has strict rules for summoning foreign envoys, even if you are a prince, you didn't report to the Ministry of Rites according to the rules, and went to Shangshu Province to entrust people, how could you meet Li Shimin? After completing a set of procedures in Shangshu Province and the Ministry of Rites, Lu Dongzan had already taken Princess Wencheng on the road.

Li Su smiled even more happily, cocked his thumb, pointed at himself, and said: "At this time, you need me to help, many years ago, His Majesty issued an order to grant me the right to enter the palace at any time, and I heard it clearly, it is 'anytime'." ”

Shi Neyan looked up and looked at him with hope in his eyes.

"It's worth it to break the bank and ask me for help, right?"

Shi Neyan nodded like a chick pecking rice, if it weren't for the dark complexion, it would look really cute.

"If you have a kind and righteous friend like me in life, is it worth going bankrupt again? If you don't have the money to write an IOU, it's fine. (To be continued.) )