Chapter 129: Lingnan Rowing Fields

After reading the letter sent by Yuan Tiangang, Li Shimin finally nodded and agreed to Wei Zheng's proposal.

Although the content of the flying pigeon biography is short, the main thing is to ask Yuan Tiangang to ask Sun Simiao to go to Lingnan to help, but it reflects the real situation in Lingnan, Feng Ang did not rebel, but put down the internal rebellion, Sun Xiangfu and his party are helping him heal the sick in Lingnan.

"I didn't expect Sun Xiamu to have the ability to cure potbelly disease, Your Majesty, the old minister suggested that at this time, Wei Shuhong and Li Gongyan could be sent to Xuanfu Lingnan with a few imperial doctors and a large number of medicinal materials." After circulating Li Chunfeng's letter, Wei Zheng hurriedly said.

"There are many patients in the country with this big belly disease, it is an incurable disease, and the doctor went to Lingnan to learn the method of treatment, so many people in the country can be saved, which can be described as a great merit! The ministers seconded the motion. Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui and other ministers who originally supported Li Shimin's dispatch of troops also changed their tone and spoke.

"The minister also suggested that Feng Ang send his son to Beijing to be an official." The eldest grandson Wuji also spoke up at this time.

What he said was being an official, in fact, it was for quality, and the eldest grandson Wuji's sense of crisis was very appreciated by Li Shimin.

"What you have played, I have approved it, and the draft decree will be issued!"

Things in the south were developing in a good direction, and Li Shimin was also relieved, dispersed the ministers, and went to the harem to visit the eldest grandson queen who was in confinement.

The crucian carp sent by the Fisheries Department to milk is very large, so Xiao Dongyang eats very much, and he is already fat after being born for less than half a month, Li Shimin holds the little guy who has just eaten and pats his back and coaxes him to sleep.

"Your Majesty, it's hot, let's take these things and concubines!"

"It's okay, isn't it a fruit smoothie that Jiang Lou is expected to send over! I coaxed her to fall asleep and ate another bowl, and the heat was gone. ”

Speaking of this fruit smoothie, Empress Eldest Sun felt distressed, if Li Shimin had followed Sun Xiangfu's advice and let these crops be planted in the fields of the royal farm, she would have made a lot of money now.

Several kinds of melons planted in spring are now in the mature period, the kind of big watermelon with the skin that a woman can't move, the yield per mu has reached nearly 10,000 catties, you know, people like sweets in this period, the watermelons on the market in Chang'an have at least five dollars in previous years, this year there are tens of thousands of acres of watermelons produced by Qin Qiong's watermelon land to impact the market, the price fell to Sanwen, however, even if it is Sanwen, the output of an acre of watermelon land is at least more than 20,000 yuan, which is more than 20 yuan! It's more than ten times more than the amount of food she grows, can she not feel distressed?

Watermelon is not counted, the kind of courgette called cantaloupe by the people of Happy Village, is sold individually, a melon of five hundred yuan, one acre of real estate can be sold for nearly 100 yuan, and, even at this price, the magnates of Chang'an are vying to buy it, because, in previous years, this kind of courgette was a tribute that the emperor could eat, although there were a small number of goods transported by Hu merchants on the market, they were all bought by the nobles for one or two dollars.

Therefore, the guards of Happy Village have been very busy recently, there are too many melon thieves, and Qin Qiong, who has a crooked mouth, can't wait to mobilize the army of the left and right guards to the fields to guard these melons, and now, he can already challenge the position of the richest man in Yu Chi Gongxungui.

Of course, the two gods will not fight for wealth, only the tangled Li Shimin is eager to eat back all the lost wealth, and it will be unhappy if he does not eat two or three bowls of smoothie cantaloupe a day.

Seeing the eldest grandson's somewhat depressed appearance, Li Shimin knew that she remembered something sad, and said with some embarrassment, "Next time, I will definitely not let this kind of good thing of making money fall into other people's homes." ”

"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, the concubine is just thinking about whether to give that kid more power, Li Xian is too lazy and occupies the position of the middle pastor, but he has never done anything, and he should be replaced." The eldest grandson is carefree, and he is serious.

"Replace Li Xian, I'm afraid that my uncle Sun Chang will be sad." Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Your Majesty cherishes the heart of your concubines, and your concubines know it well, but you don't need to be too kind to your concubines' relatives, and in the long run, it will be bad for the country!"

There is Zongzheng Temple above the Pastoral Supervision Office, this eldest grandson Chang is one of the main leaders of Zongzheng Temple, and is a well-known corrupt official, Li Xian is one of his subordinates who collect wealth, Li Shimin is more strict about the corruption and corruption of the imperial court, but for his own industry, he is very generous, his relatives make a little money, and he has never accounted for anything, and even after the eldest grandson Shunde embezzled the property of the palace was discovered, Li Shimin not only did not punish, but rewarded his property.

After Sun Xiangfu arrived at the Animal Supervision Bureau, he didn't like to touch the interests of others, and people who dealt with him often had some interests, so no one in the Animal Supervision Office said that he was bad, but if he took Li Xian's position, it would touch the interests of Changsun Chang, although it was not his subjective will, but I don't know what others think.

Sun Xiangfu, who was in Lingnan, had no idea that Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were discussing his promotion in the palace in Chang'an.

"Daddy, your belly is small again, is it about to recover?" Ah Yue, who was wearing new clothes, happily looked at Ah Shandao, who raised his clothes for Li Chunfeng and Xuanzang to check his stomach.

"Well, Daddy feels that his strength has recovered a little more in the past few days, and his stomach is not as hungry all day as before."

Hearing this, Li Chunfeng and Xuanzang both nodded and said to Feng An, "Yue Gong, as long as these patients insist on taking medicine, their potbelly disease can be cured in a month or two at most." ”

"Hahaha, good, this is good news for all the people of Lingnan, blessings for all generations! The old man wants to build temples and Taoist temples for the two of them, and enshrine the statues of the two of them, so that the Lingnan people can ······"

"Yue Gong doesn't need to be like this, all this is the credit of Lord Sun, you should thank him." Li Chunfeng was a little moved, but Xuanzang postponed.

Through some of Sun Xiangfu's remarks, he knew some of the harms of the construction of Buddhist temples to the Tang Dynasty, which would make Buddhism more disliked by the monarch, so when he did not think of a way to change Buddhism and make it more suitable for this country, it should not be too eye-catching.

"This old man must know, so in the old man's recital to His Majesty, he asked His Majesty to leave Zhengming to do the history of the Guangzhou Assassin." Feng Ang smiled and said, but he didn't know that this seemingly excessive request, Li Shimin might not agree, and Sun Xiangfu would not agree, before Datang did not solve the problem that courtiers could not do business, he did not plan to be a courtier, because he was not a politician, and he even hated politics.

"Yue Gong, in my opinion, after these people are cured, they will be of great use to Yue Gong." Sun Xiangfu diverted the topic.

"What's the use?" Feng Ang looked at him and asked suspiciously.

"During this period in the concentration camp, these patients were subject to stricter control than the military camp, and they had quite a lot of experience in how to prevent and treat potbelly disease. Sun Xiangfu replied.

"Health preachers? Oh, the old man understands, you mean that you have become a doctor after a long illness, these people have been here for a few months, and they are already half a doctor? ”

"Well, that's probably what it means! But what they have learned is only the knowledge of prevention, and when they can identify the several medicines they are taking, and roughly remember the dosage, they will almost be able to treat these diseases themselves, and then when they return to their own villages and tribes, they will be able to help the people of the same village and tribe to heal. ”

Let everyone understand that the cure for this common disease is the best defense against this common disease, which is the lowest cost method that Sun Xiangfu thought of to help the people of Lingnan fight against the harsh environment.

"Well, that's true."

After discussing the patient's affairs with everyone in the patient camp for a long time, Sun Xiangfu took Feng Ang to the outside of the city, Lingnan is his preferred base for planting Zhancheng rice, so he needs to prepare in advance for the field.

If it is said that the Tang Dynasty has the absolute real power, then there is only Lingnan Dao, the land of the twelve states, all of which are decided by Feng An, the big chief, Sun Xiangfu wants to encircle the field, just need to point it, Feng Ang can make a decision, this place will be his in the future.

Therefore, Sun Xiangfu can't waste this opportunity, and he must get all the field documents before the arrival of the Jiedu envoy sent by the imperial court to divide power, which will be done in the future, but it will cost money.

Water source is something that rice must be guaranteed for, and rice needs to be planted in patches, so as to ensure that the soil moisture is equal, so Sun Xiangfu has to pick a place with water source and enough to be empty and level.

After two hours of horseback fighting, Sun Xiangfu finally found such a piece of land, and decisively pointed towards the boundless water, "Let's do it here!" ”

"Hehe, you will choose, the name of this place is Baiyun Lake, the surrounding thirty miles of land are relatively flat, the old man has long wanted to open up here as a fertile land, but there is no suitable farm tools, now there is just a Quyuan plow, but you are looking at it, okay, this radius of thirty miles, the old man will give it to you."

Hearing that Sun Xiangfu was happy, he thanked Feng An.

A radius of 30 miles, according to the current calculation method, is about 50,000 acres of land, according to the Tang Dynasty period of one mu of area, about 670,000 acres, excluding some water areas and places that can not be cultivated, at least 50,000 acres of land can be cultivated into rice fields, but it is large enough.

"Yue Gong, cultivating this land, there are no people in Xia, I don't know if I can hire the people of Lingnan? Three thousand people are enough. ”

Wasteland into rice fields, must be repeatedly prepared the field, but also open a ditch to divert water for irrigation, although Sun Xiangfu has not yet taken back the rice seeds from Zhancheng, but these jobs can be started first, so he discussed with Feng An.

"Employment? Why do you need to hire it, the old man will issue a requisition order, even tens of thousands of people can be summoned for you, and this land can be put in order for you in a few days. Feng Ang waved his hand easily.

"Hehe, Yue Gong misunderstood, 3,000 people are enough, I want them to learn the techniques of opening the fields in the process of opening the fields, and select a few of them who are smart and willing to work as long-term workers to help take care of this field, there are many people, but it is not beautiful." Sun Xiangfu smiled.

He didn't just leave after planting a season of things in Lingnan, after all, he didn't know what the characteristics of Champa rice were during this period, and he still needed to do a few seasons of research to maximize its yield.