Chapter 634: Corn and Potatoes (Part II)

In the face of his sister who is becoming more and more unconscious, Gao Ming is helpless, and only deep introspection remains.

"Why is the little son who was well-behaved and obedient at the beginning the way he is now? It is impossible to be born by nature, so it must be the day after tomorrow to learn badly from others, and the person she usually comes into contact with the most is...... I? ”

Thinking of this, he immediately shook his head.

"It's impossible, how can it be that she learned bad from me, and besides, she doesn't learn badly like that, judging from the Tang atmosphere, she is a little naughty at best!"

Thinking about it like this, Gao Ming's mood suddenly improved a lot.

After having a warm and harmonious lunch with his wife and daughter, he returned to the Ministry of Military Industry and continued to deal with the affairs of the railways and banks.

At the same time, the cultivation of potatoes and corn is also vigorously carried out in Datang.

According to Li Shimin's instructions, after Cheng Yanjin arrived in Lingnan, he handed over the potatoes and corn they had planted to the governor of Lingnan and handed them over, and all the others were transported back to Chang'an.

On the way back, he took out one percent of it according to Gao Ming's instructions and distributed it to the Zhe Prefecture in various places along the way, so that they were responsible for planting seedlings, and then distributed them to the local veterans after the harvest, which was regarded as some benefits for them.

As for the rest, it was distributed along the way, leaving only 20% of it to take to Chang'an and hand it over to the Ministry of Industry to be responsible for cultivation and promotion.

After all, this is something that Gao Ming asked Liu Bing to find across the ocean, and there is also a precedent of Liu Bing's successful planting in Lingnan, which allows everyone to avoid caring about it and directly invest in planting.

For a while, the Ministry of Industry, which was originally deserted and full of doors, suddenly became hot, and the officials of the major families almost broke the threshold of the Ministry of Industry, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a market.

In response to such a situation, both Gao Ming and Li Shimin adopted a laissez-faire attitude.

Because in their opinion, these families are certainly for their own interests, but no matter what, as long as potatoes and corn can be promoted, it will be beneficial to the development of Datang.

And this is exactly the case, because with the intervention of major families, the promotion and production of potatoes and corn have developed by leaps and bounds.

In the autumn, the folds of the corn and potato harvests in various places were piled up on Li Shimin's desk one after another, and he was so happy that he was smiling for several days in a row.

At the court meeting, he directly announced the lifting of the law prohibiting wine-making and opening up the rights of ordinary people to drink-wine.

Seeing this, Gao Ming also took advantage of the hot iron to make vermicelli from potatoes and then store them for a long time.

As a result, after the court meeting was dispersed, the generals rushed out of the court directly, and many of the usually gentle ministers also ran wildly with their feet pulled out of the hem of their clothes.

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin was amused and helpless.

"Da Lang is really generous, if you stay in this way, it will be a lot of money, enough for the palace for decades."

"Haha, impossible!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming suddenly laughed, and waved his hand while laughing.

"This method is too simple, as long as others can figure it out with a little thought, let the families do it, at least they can increase some input for the people, this is the most important thing!"

Hearing him say this, Li Shimin thought about it and nodded.

"That's true, and not only that, the dregs of corn brewing can be used by the people to feed their livestock, maybe in a few years, Dalang will no longer have to eat the cows that fell to death, hahahaha!"

"Uh......"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming was stunned for a moment, and when he turned around, he found that Li Shimin had already left the court with a smile.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing.

"The old man is in a very good mood, but it's no wonder, after all, Datang is getting better and better, I don't know what happened to Wang Xuance, calculate the time, it's time to come to the news, right?"

He muttered as he returned to the East Palace.

But what he didn't expect was that before he finished his lunch, he saw the sword rushing in.

"Too ...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... Your Majesty is urgently called! ”

"Well, I'm going here!"

Hearing her words, Gao Ming didn't care about eating, and immediately hurried to the imperial study.

As soon as I entered, I saw Li Shimin holding a fold, his face was full of disbelief, and he kept chattering.

"Really...... It's true...... And he did! ”

"What did you do, brother, what did you say?" Hearing his brainless words, Gao Ming couldn't help frowning.

The Tang Dynasty calls his father "yes", "brother", "grandpa", in short, he is not called father, not only the people, but also in the palace.

So Gao Ming also followed the customs.

Hearing his words, Li Shimin, who was watching the excerpt, suddenly came back to his senses, then stood up directly from his seat and handed him the fold in his hand.

"You see, this is the excerpt handed by Wang Xuance, saying that Tianzhu was in turmoil, Alona Shun rebelled, fortunately the sister of the king of the day was rescued by Princess Raga Sri to get out, and then he borrowed troops from Tubo and Nibra to fight back, and now he has killed Alona Shun, and controls seventy percent of the land of Tianzhu State, and is now ready to return to the dynasty!"

"What?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming hurriedly took the fold of his hand, and then swept it at a glance, and then frowned.

"This Wang Xuance is really confused, how can he withdraw at this time?"

"Huh?" As soon as Gao Ming's words came out, Li Shimin suddenly showed a puzzled look, "Since you won, why can't you withdraw?" ”

"Because of Tibet!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming played Wang Xuance's excerpt with his hand while explaining it to Li Shimin.

"Wang Xuance borrowed troops in the name of the Tang Dynasty envoys like Tubo, and the name of Tubo was because he was related to our Datang, so he lent troops to Wang Xuance, but in fact, it was to take the opportunity to eliminate Tianzhu's worries, if Wang Xuance withdrew his troops now, Tubo without worries would become a trouble for my Datang, and it would seriously affect my next plan!"

"Uh......" Hearing Gao Ming's explanation, Li Shimin couldn't help blinking his eyes, "Tianzhu can actually control Tibet?" Is it that powerful? ”

"Of course!"

Looking at Li Shimin's look of disbelief, Gao Ming suddenly showed a look of helplessness.

"Don't underestimate this country because Wang Xuance borrowed troops to defeat Tianzhu, if it weren't for their civil strife, this thing would be impossible, let me tell you so!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming walked to Li Shimin's desk, picked up his brush and drew a rough map on the paper, and opened his mouth again at the same time.

"If we take this opportunity to swallow the entire Tianzhu, and then take down the surrounding countries such as the Mud Bora Country and the Dart Country, we can surround Tubo in the middle, and then eat it, and at that time, the territory of the Tang Dynasty will be doubled!"

"The land of the Tang Dynasty...... Doubled? ”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly widened, and then he shouted at the guards outside the door.

"Pass the order down, let Cheng Yanjin, Li Ji, Tang Jian and Su Dingfang come to the imperial study to see me!"

"No!"