After Li Shi finished speaking, Du You said again: "Your Majesty, if this rice seed is true, then you must start preparing for trial planting." With the method of talent, it is better to pick out where to try planting first. ”

Li Shi nodded and said, "Du Qing's opinion coincides with me. Come to think about it, where is it more appropriate to choose as a pilot? ”

As he spoke, Li Shi glanced at Liu Guangqi next to him and said, "Go get the map." ”

Liu Guangqi immediately went to the back bookshelf and took out a map and spread it out on the table in front of Li Shi.

"Come, all of you will come and see." Li Shi greeted everyone.

The people saluted, and then gathered around.

The map on the table is the map drawn by Jia Tan, which not only has the various provinces, states and cities of the Tang Dynasty, but also the rivers and tributaries, mountains and lakes, grasslands, deserts, mountains and forest roads, although it is naturally far worse than the maps of later generations, but in this era, it is already unexpectedly detailed.

"Zhancheng rice can not be immediately popularized and planted on a large scale, before the promotion, the pilot is particularly important, which is related to whether the rice seed can be implemented in my Datang, so the selection of the pilot is of great significance." Li Shi also stood up and stared at the map together: "What do you think about how to choose a pilot?" ”

Li Shi, who looks like this, finally has the appearance of a monarch. Maybe he was like this when he first ascended the throne when he was young?

Anyway, this is the moment when Wei Renshi has seen Li Shi since he met Li Shi is most like a Ming Jun.

Everyone looked around the map for a long time, and Gao Ying said: "Your Majesty, since Wei Xianzi said that the hotter the rice plant, the faster it grows, and the more seasons can be harvested in a year. Nachen thought that the pilot should be placed in Lingnan Road, the southernmost part of Datang. For example, Jiaozhou, which was originally under the jurisdiction of the Annam Metropolitan Protectorate, is very close to the Huan Kingdom, and the weather must be similar to that of the Huan Kingdom, so it is the most successful trial. Secondly, places such as Leizhou and Yazhou are also the southernmost places in my Datang, and the further south you go, the hotter it gets, and these two continents may be able to mature more than a year. ”

Wei Xianzi also said that the further north this rice seed goes, the fewer seasons it can plant. However, it is still due to the high yield of the rice seeds that are planted today. The minister thought that he should also choose a few places in the north to try planting. Zheng Xunyu also said: "In the land of Guanzhong, it seems that the old minister might as well choose Weinan." Weinan is the fief of Wei County, and Wei Countyzi is the person who knows this rice seed best in the court at present, so it is easy to take care of it in Weinan. ”

Everyone nodded their heads.

"If you want to push it away in Datang, it must not be possible to just go to the south and the Central Plains. We should also pick a few more places like Liaodong and other places. It is best to choose a few places in the east, west, north and south, plus a few places in the Central Plains. Du You pondered: "In this way, almost the entire Datang can be included, and after trial planting, you can know the results of this rice seed planted in various places in Datang, and you can also try how it should be dealt with differently in various places." ”

In the end, it was decided that Jiaozhou, Yazhou, Guangzhou, and Chaozhou in Lingnan Road, Huainan Prefecture, Jiangling Prefecture, and Chengdu Prefecture in Jiangnan Province each chose one state, in addition, Jingzhao Prefecture chose Weinan County, Henan Prefecture chose two counties, and in the north, Youzhou chose one county, and Fengxiang Mansion in the west to try to plant Champong rice.

Once the place has been chosen, it is time to decide.

Jia Tan saw that Wei Renshi didn't say a word, so he asked, "Why don't you see Wei Xianzi talking?" What does Wei Xianzi think about these trial rice planting places? ”

"The places you have chosen are very thorough, and the lower officials don't have a better opinion." Wei Renshi hurriedly said.

"Hehe, the old man doesn't seem to be very happy when he looks at Wei Xianzi." Wei Renshi was the only one he didn't know, and said, "Could it be that Wei Xianzi thinks that the place chosen by the old man and others is uncomfortable? ”

Wei Renshi shook his head and said, "Xia Guan didn't feel uncomfortable. ”

Li Shi looked at Wei Renshi, paused, and asked, "What does Wei Qing think, you can speak freely." ”

Wei Ren bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have no opinion on the places chosen by your superiors, and these places are already very suitable. The minister is just not very willing. ”

"Unwilling?" Li Shi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why are you unwilling?" Where are you not reconciled?"

Wei Renshi sighed and replied, "Your Majesty, in the Huan Kingdom, as long as it is not on a steep mountain, or a stone wall without soil, anywhere else can be planted three crops a year. Not only the Huan Kingdom, but from the Huan Kingdom to the south and southwest, there is a large area of land that is no less than the entire Tang Dynasty, where all of them can be planted and harvested three seasons a year! Moreover, that land was almost full of mountains of gold, and the stones were all red, and gold was born in them. The golden night flies out, like fireflies. and tortoiseshell, shell teeth, gibery, and agarwood incense. Jibei, the name of the tree also, when its bloom is like a goose, draw its thread and spin it to make cloth, white and cloth is not different, also dyed into five colors, woven into a spotted cloth also. Sinking wood, the native people cut it, accumulate years, rot and the heart is alone, put in the water is sinking, so the name is called agarwood. It was a land of great bounty! What a pity! It's all uneducated barbarians, alas, it's a pity that it's such a big piece of treasure! ”

Hearing Wei Renshi say this, the eyes of the people around him suddenly widened and their faces were surprised.

Indeed, the place where grain can be ripened three times a year is in the hands of the Huan Kingdom, and the current Tang Dynasty is very short of grain. This kind of feeling, to use a bad analogy, is like a man seeing a beautiful woman who looks like a flower, but only to marry a toad who is ugly, lazy, stupid and poor.

Wei Renshi said this deliberately.

The purpose is to make the emperor and the courtiers jealous, to make them angry, to make them greedy for that place, to have the idea of trying to take that land for themselves!

It is like the mysterious Orient that was "full of gold" in the eyes of Europeans in later generations. This dream encouraged many European adventurers and navigators to find ways to go to the East. And in fact, the East really did not treat them badly. The wealth and technology from the East enabled the Europeans to quickly open up new shipping routes, start the Age of Discovery, complete the primitive accumulation of capitalism, and promote the later scientific and technological revolution. It can be said that wealth is always one of the most powerful internal drivers of progress.

Wei Renshi hoped that the Tang Dynasty would occupy the area, which would provide the Tang with a large area of land suitable for cultivation, and that the climate would ensure that Champa rice could be harvested three times a year. And this ensured the food supply of Datang, reduced the burden of the people on the land, and the constraints of the land on the people.

If you want to bewitch them, you must bewitch them thoroughly. So Wei Renshi said again: "Your Majesty, please give me a pen and paper!" ”