Chapter 46: The Search for Crops

The family finally got together, which made Li Shen still a little grateful to His Majesty Li Er, if he didn't let go, he didn't have the slightest way, and he thought about whether he wanted Su Haitang and Li Xiang's mother and son to threaten him as hostages, but now it seems that he is a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

Fortunately, he spent a few days happily, and the snow outside began to melt slowly with these few days, the snow was not cold, the snow was cold, and Li Shen felt that the temperature suddenly seemed to drop by more than ten degrees, which made him a little unbearable for such a cold weather.

Shrinking in the room and watching Zhuo Wenyan hand it over with a bitter face, the news collected these days swept his eyes slightly, basically it was an inconsequential matter, Li Shen put the letter on the table, looked at him, and said lightly: "Didn't you say that there are more than three hundred people over there?" Li Ke, you can arrange for someone to keep an eye on at random, I have something to explain, as long as you can get this matter done, I will believe you in whatever you say in the future? ”

Li Shen thought badly: Anyway, now he is not short of silver, and it doesn't cost much silver to build two big ships that can sail, and some things must be done by someone, and it should be sooner rather than later.

Champong rice, produced in the Indochinese Peninsula, is a high-yielding, early-maturing, drought-tolerant rice variety, which was introduced into China during the Song Dynasty and quickly popularized in the Jiangnan region. Champa rice, also known as early grass or Zhanhe, belongs to early indica rice. There are a lot of features. One is "drought tolerance". The second is strong adaptability, "born regardless of location". Third, the growth period is short.

Crops such as corn, yams, tomatoes, etc., are also collected.

Li Shen only has a rough map of the world in his mind, although it is not very accurate, but the difference is not very big, he can still distinguish where it is, but he doesn't know if the earth's crust has moved in the past thousand years, he used to remember whether it was Zhejiang or a town over there, it was still an ocean in the Song Dynasty, and finally with the movement of the earth's crust, it became land.

"Childe, you said, as long as I can do it, I will do it."

Li Shen smiled proudly and said, "It's not very difficult, it is estimated that it will take about two or three years." Then he took out a map from the drawer, spread it on the table, and said, "I want you to go to a few places and find something to come back." ”

"Childe, what is this?" Zhuo Wenyan looked at the map and felt a little bad feeling in his heart, feeling that he was going to fall down this time.

"It's a map of the world."

"World map? What is a world map? ”

Li Shen looked at Zhuo Wenyan's somewhat evasive gaze, and said with a smile: "Don't run away from this matter, no one else can do it, and the only thing that can get rid of it is only, originally I also wanted to wait for a few years, and then arrange for someone to go over when the time is ripe, but time waits for no one, and I have no choice." ”

Li Shen pointed to the location belonging to the Tang Dynasty on the map, and explained to Zhuo Wenyan: "This is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, here is the Tibetan, Turkic, Great Food, and this is Persia...... That's probably all the things I need. ”

Zhuo Wenyan swallowed, looked at the map on the table with some disbelief, raised his head to look at Li Shen, and stammered: "Childe, you said that our Datang is so big?" ”

Li Shen nodded and said, "The world is very big, the land accounts for twenty-nine percent of the entire earth, and the rest is all oceans. ”

"Oh, but Childe, why is this one you drew round? Isn't it the heavens round? ”

"The earth under our feet is actually round, you see the sun rises and falls every day, why does it rise in the same position and fall in the same position every day? That's because it turns to our back, so it blocks the sun, and we become black here, and daytime on the other side. ”

Li Shen paused and said: "I'll tell you what to do with these messy things, just do as you are told, and you can do whatever I say." ”

"Childe, are you going to go to these places to find something? How do you know where it is? You haven't been there either, this ......" Zhuo Wenyan cried and marked the map with his hand, and said, "Our Datang is so big?" It's enough for me to run for a few months, which... Will I ever have my life back? ”

Zhuo Wenyan raised his head and looked at Li Shen, and begged, "Childe, can you change someone?" ”

"Aside from you, who do you think I can trust this matter to now?"

"But ......"

"It's casual if you don't go, if you don't go, you won't appear in front of me in the future." Li Shen said lightly.

Three years, if there is no accident, he should be able to return, and after three years, it will be the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, and at that time, although he can't compete with His Majesty Li Er, there should be no problem with holding the safety of his family, and these things can also be used at that time.

"Childe ......"

"Zhuo Wenyan, although the road ahead is dangerous, but you must know that the place you go to this time will be responsible for the future of our Datang and our Han people, don't you want the people to live a better life? I think you used to be an orphan, right? Why didn't anyone adopt you at that time? It is not that the burden on the people's families is too heavy, but that one more person is one more burden. ”

"Childe, I'm ......"

"Zhuo Wenyan, I know that you are a good young man, even if it is not for me, for the sake of the people, you have to agree to this favor. You know that although the journey to this trip is difficult, as long as you come back, you are destined to become a hero of our Datang, and your three words Zhuo Wenyan will always be famous through the ages. ”

"But I don't understand anything?"

"Go to the people who are often fishing at sea, take them with you, and it will be much safer to sail in the sea."

"Childe..."

Li Shen sighed and said, "Zhuo Wenyan, Childe believes that you can overcome all difficulties. ”

Li Shen still doesn't have to worry too much about the ship, the shipbuilding industry is also very developed now, and Datang also has a naval army, and large ships should be able to sail in the sea for a long time.

Li Shen was actually forced to have no choice, he originally wanted to wait for him to get the steam engine out of this thing, and then go sailing, looking for crops around the world, although Datang is a lot of land, but some crops are too few, his favorite tomato egg noodles, he really wants to eat it, if he doesn't look for it now, he doesn't know how many years it will be delayed.

Anyway, if he wants to do it all these years, it is impossible to have it, it is better to do all the preparations and then talk about it, that is, to satisfy his appetite, and at the same time to improve the dining table of the people of Datang, and increase some food, at least these are gathered, even if the people of Datang are in a disaster year, there will be no starvation death.