"Sir, I hope you can cultivate these seeds called corn well, if you can really yield four or five hundred catties per mu, I think the people of the Tang Dynasty will no longer have hungry people." The queen stood in the cornfield, touched a small corn cob, and said to Fang Jing.

"Queen, don't worry, cultivating new good seeds, this is what I have been doing, this morning, the group of officials we just sent away, they came to our Fangjia Village to learn, rice and soybean planting methods and management models, I want to come to the saint and the queen are all knowing, my Fang Jing was originally a lazy person, in order not to be hungry, I chose to breed better good seeds."

Fang Jing is also telling the truth, since he came to the Tang Dynasty, he has a thin body, in order to fill his stomach, even a bowl of wild vegetables can eat a bowl of meaty people, in order to really fill his stomach, through some of his own behaviors, or even his own efforts, he has today's good life.

Li Shimin and his wife may not be able to imagine, let alone go to some poorer villages to inspect, which of the village households in those villages is not so poor that they have no food? He was so poor that he could only drink a bowl of water to fill his stomach, or dig some wild vegetables and cook porridge with a handful of rice or two.

Now that the world is peaceful, there are no foreign enemies to worry about, and there are not so many government soldiers who have been conscripted to fight, and there are parents and grandparents, and children under them.

"Sir has worked hard, if you need anything in the future, please write to me and let me know, I will do my best." Li Shimin knew very well the importance of food, and saluted Fang Jing and said.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, although it was said to be a uniform field system, after all, there were many scholars, gate valves, families, and village elders, at least nearly half of the people were attached to these people, and the people in the world could own their own land, only more than half, but those who had their own land, the taxes were so heavy, and there were all kinds of forced labor, and they would be exploited by all classes, so it can be said that it was good to be able to drink a bowl of gruel.

The uniform land system is a land distribution system from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, that is, the land is distributed according to the population, part of the land is owned after how many years of cultivation, and part of the land is returned to the government after its death, and on the basis of the uniform field system, the government military system was created, and in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, due to the increasingly serious land annexation, to the Tang Tianbao period, the government can no longer grant land equal distribution, until the Tang Dezong period was replaced by the 'two tax laws'.

And for those poor people who are attached to the gate lords of the Shi clan, it can be said that they have sold their own family and a half to them, and they have to go out to work every morning, and after the harvest, they can only get only two or three percent, and the better owners may be able to leave them forty percent, but this tax still needs to be paid by them, and after paying the taxes, these farmers and farmers, who still have a few mouthfuls of food to eat, have to send their children to the owner to work in exchange for some food, or marry these rich people as concubines.

In the concubine room of the Tang Dynasty, it can be said that there is no status at all, except that it is the object of being played, it can be given to others at will, or transferred to other subordinates, even if it is killed, or killed a subordinate, it is only a corresponding fine of some money, so in this Tang Dynasty, the Zhuang family may not be as good as a wild dog, maybe this is a bit heavy, but the actual situation may be worse. (Of course, the families who can afford to marry concubines are either rich or noble, not to mention the network.) ）

"Sir, what is planted in that field?" Li Shimin turned to a few acres of potato and sweet potato fields not far away and asked.

"Father, I know, I know, that field is planted with potatoes, which is delicious to cook, and there are sweet potatoes planted in that field, which also taste very good, but Brother Jing doesn't let us eat more, saying that it is a seed left." Lizhi heard her father ask about the potato and sweet potato fields, and hurriedly jumped out to answer.

"Oh??? What is a potato? What is a sweet potato? Li Shimin felt strange in his heart, walked towards the potato and sweet potato fields, and said to Lizhi in his mouth.

"Father, potatoes are the size of a duck's egg, sweet potatoes are a little bigger, but not much, but potatoes and sweet potatoes can be boiled and eaten, and potato stewed pork ribs are the best." In the eyes of beauty, there is only a distinction between delicious and undelicious, but it doesn't matter how to eat it.

"Sir, are these potatoes and sweet potatoes just a vegetable? Why is this so much more than corn? Li Shimin's curiosity was lured by Li's words.

"Shengshang, these potatoes and sweet potatoes are some overseas crops, both are in the process of cultivating good seeds, both crops are also grains and vegetables, and they are relatively larger, but they are still only the size of duck eggs, and they can only be slowly cultivated to better varieties." Fang Jing really didn't want to explain too much, who asked Lizhi to answer first, at the moment, he really couldn't deceive Li Shimin and his wife as children, just explain a few words if they can.

"Food and vegetables??? Seriously? How's the harvest going? How long does it take to mature? Is it easy to grow? As long as Li Shimin heard that the crops that could be used as food, he was as happy as if he had been stimulated, his face was flushed, and he didn't consider Fang Jing's mood at this time.

"It can be used as a staple food, or as a vegetable, with a yield of about a few hundred catties per mu, and the maturity time is relatively longer, which is not much different from corn, and it is easy to plant, but it is also different depending on the place, and the harvest will be different." Fang Jing had to explain to Li Shimin sentence by sentence, maybe it would be simpler.

"Okay, okay, there are these three crops, after I think about it, why do I have so many people in Datang who are suffering from hunger, sir, please accept a gift from my husband and wife." After Li Shimin shouted hello twice, he pulled his wife and made a big salute to Fang Jing.

"Don't, Holy Lord, Queen, this is not good, I can't afford this gift, it's better to keep it simple, besides, this is still being cultivated, how long will it take, I don't know for the time being, I don't dare to accept this big gift from the Holy Lord and the Queen." Fang Jing originally didn't plan to spread these crops, but now that even Li Shimin and his wife knew, it would be difficult not to spread them.

"Sir, you can afford this gift, I thank Mr. on behalf of the people of Datang." Li Shimin pulled the queen and saluted him again.

Fang Jing was really helpless, so he had to accept it, thinking that this crop would really be promoted in the future, although the people under the world were full, they still couldn't change the fate of the Tang Dynasty, and the land annexation would eventually cut off the Tang Dynasty.

"Father, mother, look, there are watermelons and melons grown by Brother Jing's family over there." Lizhi said a word at a very appropriate time, which can be regarded as offsetting Fang Jing's embarrassment.

"Oh? Then let's go over and see the watermelons and melons planted by Mr., Guanyin, you like to eat, and I think you will need to plant more on the royal land in the future. Li Shimin looked in the direction pointed by Lizhen, one or two acres of melon land was not far away, and he raised his legs and walked towards the melon field.

"Sir, thank you for everything you have done for the people of this world, Erlang he is also happy, you don't blame him, I used to think about how to pacify this territory, now the world is calm, but this food shortage, we came here on the way, saw a lot of refugees, poor villages, Erlang he was very sad, this just knew the crops planted by Mr., my heart was happy, I said something more, and please Mr. Don't go to my heart." The queen walked behind and said softly to Fang Jing, afraid that Fang Jing had something in her heart.

"Queen, you are too careful, I don't have any ideas, you can just be happy." Fang Jing didn't want Li Shimin and his wife to have anything more, an emperor of the world, a virtuous queen of the world, and a talented woman, Fang Jing wanted to guard against them, they were a little difficult, it was estimated that they were sold, and they were still counting the money there happily.

"Sir, this watermelon is quite big, when we leave tomorrow, take a few with you, and eat them on the way to quench your thirst, sir, don't be stingy." Li Shimin went down to the melon field, touched this with his hands, and patted that one.

"It's okay, if the saint and the queen don't have anything important, they can rest in Fangjia Village for a few more days, and you don't have to be too anxious to hurry." Fang Jing heard that Li Shimin was leaving tomorrow, and hoped that they would leave early, but they didn't stay at home, if they stayed in the afternoon, they would lose several crops, and if they stayed for a few more days, it was estimated that he would know everything at home.

"Sir, if you can come to Fangjia Village, you don't need to make this trip, I hope Mr. will cultivate more crops in the future, so as to solve the food shortage in my Datang." Li Shimin went to Jiangnan on this trip, first, to inspect, and second, to see the people's situation in Jiangnan.

"I will, then let's go back, we have to cook dinner for a while, and we will go to the residence of the Holy Lord and the Empress in a while." Fang Jing had to hurry up and take Li Shimin and his wife home, otherwise the peanuts and peppers not far away would have to be discovered, and Fang Jing didn't want to expose them too much.

"Okay, then let's go back first, it seems that Fangjia Village has a good life, that's really good, I heard Qian Shi say that every household in Fangjia Village can eat a big bowl of rice, and eat some meat from time to time, it seems that Fangjia Village must be led by Mr. to live this good life." Li Shimin raised his legs and walked towards the road where he came, and the little babies were basically holding a watermelon or melon in their arms, which was also a snack after dinner.

"The saint laughed, I don't have that much ability, I'm not as good as the villagers, I'm not as good as the villagers, I'm not as good as them when I raise pigs, I only come up with ideas at most, I'm just a lazy person, even when I go to the field to farm, my uncle and aunt are helping me." Fang Jing followed behind Li Shimin and his wife, the little babies followed behind Fang Jing with melons, and only Li Dexian and Li Mengjiang were led by the queen.

After returning home, Chen Erlin and his wife also came back from the field, and Fang Jing hurriedly called Zhang Xiaoxia to clean up her own building and prepare to live for Li Shimin and his wife tonight.

Chen Erlin also followed Zhang Xiaoxia, Fang Jing had to start packing up her things and preparing to cook dinner, of course, Fang Jing hadn't cooked for a long time, and the meals at home were basically handled by Zhang Xiaoxia.

Daying and Datou came to the stove room to help, Li Shimin and his wife sat in the hall to rest, surrounded by a few of their own little babies, Fang Yuan also sat not far away, holding his chin, thinking about why his Xiong Er hadn't come back yet, and it was estimated that he would definitely come back from the bamboo forest when he had dinner in a while.

This Xiong Er, sometimes it's really careless, Fang Yuan just thought about Xiong Er, Xiong Er walked towards home with his little short legs, shaking his head, completely looking like I am a national treasure, I am the cutest pet in the world.

When Xiong Er first arrived at the door, he scared Li Shimin so much that he protected Guanyin and a few little babies, fortunately he didn't have a sword on his body, otherwise he would have to pull out his sword and fight with Xiong Er.

"Guanyin, Qingque, Lizhi, Dexian, Meng Jiang, you stand back, be careful of this iron-eating beast biting, all stand back." Li Shimin stared at Xiong Er nervously in his heart, shouted to a few behind him, and casually picked up a chair from his side as a weapon, looking like he was going to fight Xiong Er for 300 rounds.

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