Li Shi was in the study this time to review the music, and when he saw the three of them passing together, he was a little surprised, and asked, "What is the matter with the prince and the two of them?" ”

"Father! General Wei and General Li have made a great contribution this time! Li Yu said excitedly.

"Oh?" Li Shi put down the song and asked, "What's the merit?" ”

"Father, look!" Li Yu handed over the pieces of paper and said, "Father, please look at these strange symbols on them, this is another way to write from one to ten......

Li Yu relayed the words of Fang Cai Wei Renshi to Li Shi, Li Shi was not stupid, so he naturally understood immediately.

"Good! That's a good idea! If it is used in the army, you don't have to worry about the military intelligence report being intercepted by the enemy! Good way! Li Shi looked at Wei Renshi and said with a smile: "Wei Qing, I just promoted you to the first rank, and you have made a great contribution to me!" How should I reward you? ”

After that, Li Shi looked at the paper again, frowned, and asked again: "This mentioned the Huanguo Kingdom and rice seeds, and there are three crops a year, what is this written?" ”

Li Yu took a deep breath and said, "Father, compared to the things written on this, the credit of General Wei's ciphertext cannot be smaller. ”

"Huh?" Li Shi was puzzled and asked, "Why do you say this?" ”

Li Yu said: "Father, half a year ago, my son and General Wei said that the people of the Tang Dynasty are short of food, and the people of the Tang Dynasty are not rich in food, so the food in the imperial court will not be abundant, so the food that can be given to the Sixteen Guards will not be abundant. At that time, General Wei told the child that in the kingdom of Huan, there was a kind of rice seed, called Zhancheng rice. This rice variety is extremely drought-tolerant and adaptable, almost "growing on any location", and the more humid and hot the place, the faster it grows, and the more times it can be planted in a year. Like the land around the kingdom, you can plant three crops a year and harvest three crops that year. To the north, I am the southern part of the Tang Mountains, and it can also be three seasons a year. Further north, in the south of the Yangtze River, it may be two seasons a year. Guannei, Longyou and other roads, can be a season a year. Further north, and even in the eastern Liaodong region, it can also be a season a year. The yield of this rice seed is higher than that of the grain grown in Datang today. General Wei conservatively estimated that if there are three seasons a year, one acre of land can produce seven or eight stones of grain, and in two seasons, one acre of land can produce five or six stones of grain, which is one season, and one acre of land can produce as much as three or four stones. Moreover, because its requirements for land are not very high, it can be widely planted in my Datang. This yield is still calculated according to the harvest of the ring kingdom, but in fact, the ring kingdom is very backward, the local people are not educated, and the farmers of its country are very extensive in farming. After planting, drought does not seek water, waterlogging does not dredge, there is no dung soil, and it is not sluggish, and it is far less careful than the cultivation of the people of my Tang Dynasty, and its country is also, and there is no Si Nongqing to supervise agriculture like my Tang Dynasty, and guide the people to persuade agriculture and mulberry, but even so, the people of the Kingdom of Huan never knew what the word famine was. Therefore, if Zhancheng rice is in the hands of our Datang farmers, its yield per mu will only be higher than that in Linyi Kingdom! ”

"Three harvests a year?!" Li Shi's eyes widened, paused, and said, "It's just nonsense, how can there be three crops of rice in the world that can be harvested in one year?" What a joke. ”

Li Yu added: "When the child first heard it, he also thought it was a joke at all, and he didn't believe it. But General Wei's words were conclusive, and the child began to think about what if it was true? So he sent ten people disguised as the Ring Kingdom to find the rice seed in General Wei's mouth. At that time, because the child did not believe it, he did not report it to his father first, thinking that if it was really found, it would not be too late to report it to his father. Half a year later...... Father, the contents of the paper in your hand are the reports from those who went to the Kingdom to investigate! ”

"What?!" Li Shi was startled, and the paper in his hand fell to the ground.

But Li Shigu was not allowed to let others pick it up, so he bent down to pick it up and looked at it again.

After a while, Li Shi looked like a dream, raised his head, looked at Wei Renshi, and asked, "Seven or eight stones per mu?!" This...... Wei Qing said that even if it is the same as today's rice seeds, it can only be harvested once a year, and it can have a yield of more than three or four stones per mu. ”

Li Shi asked in a daze, his mouth open so that he could stuff an egg inside.

"Smack!" Li Shi slapped the pieces of paper on the table heavily, his face turned red, and he said with some gasp: "Quickly send the ministers of the three provinces to see me!" ”

Liu Guangqi hurriedly went out to spread the news.

Li Shi's eyes revealed a complicated look, some excited, some unbelieving, some greedy, and some ruthless......

He stared at Wei Renshi deadly, almost gritting his teeth and saying, "Wei Qing! Wei Qing dares to guarantee that this is true?! If it is a deception, it is a deception...... If Wei Qing dares to deceive me, then I will ...... It's going to ......"

Wei Renshi looked at him without changing his face, bowed, and said, "The minister's words are true, these people also planted a stubble in the Ring Kingdom with their own hands, and witnessed that it only took more than fifty days for the rice to ripen. Because the Huan Kingdom is most suitable for planting this kind of rice, as far as the Tang Dynasty is concerned, Ryukyu, Lingnan, Annam Prefecture, Qiongzhou and other places can be the same as in the Huan Kingdom, and the further north you go, the fewer seasons can be planted in a year. ”

Li Shi took a deep breath and calmed his mood.

Not long after, the chief officials of the three provinces, and several prime ministers of Tongping Zhangshi arrived at Li Shi's study.

"Your Majesty." A few people saluted.

Li Shi pointed at Wei Renshi and said, "Wei Qing, tell Zhongqing about rice seeds." ”

Wei Renshi nodded, and told them about Zhancheng rice again.

When everyone heard this, their first reaction was disbelief. None of them believed that there would be such a seed of rice in the world.

It was Jia Tan, who thought about it and said: "Wei Xianzi has seen and heard a wide range of things, far beyond the old man, maybe there are such miraculous rice seeds, but we don't know it." Your Majesty has summoned the ministers and others to come, maybe it is not just to let the ministers know about this? ”

When the other people heard Jia Tan say this, they all looked surprised and looked at Wei Renshi in surprise.

"I want to teach you to know that this rice seed has now been found, and after listening to what General Wei said, Gu Chu sent more than ten people to find and verify. Now these people have sent back a letter to report that they have found this rice seed, and they have personally verified that it only takes more than 50 days from planting to harvesting in the Huan Kingdom, and the yield per mu is only higher than what General Wei said! They have already bought some rice seeds and will arrive in Guangzhou in the near future. Li Yu said.

"What?!" Everyone was taken aback, Wei Renshi saw with his own eyes that Du You, who was brushing his beard, was so shocked that he pulled out several beards and bared his teeth in pain.