An autumn rain has somewhat resolved some of the summer drought, and the land has finally been blessed with rain, and the dry soil has finally become a little slippery.

For the people, this is a great benefit.

Although there is still a shortage of food at the moment, and they can only barely survive on a bowl of gruel or dried fish porridge distributed by the government every day, this rain has finally brought hope to people.

In the fields, the peasants toiled with hunger.

Holding in his hand is the new-style Yuan Rang plow.

This new plough made Yuan Rang a well-known figure in the Tang Dynasty for a while, and Yuan Rang, who enjoyed this aura bonus, was bitter and unspeakable at the moment, and only a few people knew that this plow was not researched by himself at all.

And naming the plough its own name also has too much pain and bitterness.

Others can envy and compliment, but I hope that I can only live every day carefully, robbing the emperor of the credit, and being alive is the greatest luck.

"This winter wheat has a lot of benefits!" Wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead and planting a field full of wheat himself, Li Yuanji said with anticipation.

Winter wheat first appeared in the Han Dynasty, but it was limited by hardware conditions, so it has never been developed on a large scale.

For hundreds of years, winter wheat has been so tepidly preserved.

Fortunately, it is not extinct, otherwise Li Yuanji really doesn't know where to find such a thing.

The development of wheat is not limited by its yield or other problems, compared to corn, wheat production is higher, and winter wheat also has the advantage of overwintering, so basically there is no need to take care of it, and there will not be too many weeds in the field to compete for nutrients.

Because it is wintering, heavy snow in winter has become the best fertilizer, and a snow is equivalent to an irrigation.

So in general, if there are two snowy winter wheat, the yield of one acre of land will almost reach nearly two stones, although one stone in the Tang Dynasty is only more than fifty kilograms, and the output of one acre of land is less than two hundred catties if it is well cared for.

However, compared with the current corn yield of only one stone per mu, this yield is still much higher.

The real reason for restricting winter wheat cultivation is actually the processing problem in the later stage.

Wheat needs to be peeled to eat, and at this time, peeling is a big problem, there is no large mill, which means that the processing of wheat will be difficult, and the wheat husk is difficult for the human body to digest, and it is even more difficult to swallow.

But now, this problem does not exist.

The same piece of land was divided into hundreds of shards of equal size, and hundreds of people were busy with their heads down.

The cultivation techniques are a little immature, and they even need the guidance of others to know what to do, and the gray-haired old men don't even know the basic farming steps.

"The imperial court must negotiate a charter to protect the purchase price of wheat, and in addition, each warehouse must include wheat in the target of closing from next year, and the quantity cannot be less than half of the current year's position." Li Yuanji said to a few busy people around him.

"Your Majesty, wheat is not a daily crop after all, where is the location of the pricing? Moreover, the yield is higher than that of corn, and a large amount of wheat into the warehouse will bring countless costs, where will the money come from? And I don't know if the people can accept it, so we might as well try planting on a small scale first, and use three or five years to let the people slowly accept wheat as a crop. Wei Zheng wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, a touch of dirt stuck to his face, and he was lazy while he was talking.

In order to let the ministers experience the hardships of the grassroots people, Li Yuanji specially asked the household department to set aside such a piece of land outside the city, and the officials above the fifth grade each have a piece, and this land must be cultivated by himself.

In addition, each department also has a piece, which is organized by the department boss, and the officials below the fifth grade in the department work together to cultivate it.

Although this model has caused officials to complain, it is generally a good thing, and despite the dissatisfaction, no one has come forward to oppose it.

"The minister also thinks that this is a bit inappropriate, and the people should be allowed to choose freely, after all, winter wheat, corn and other crops cannot be planted." The elderly Pei Lin also took the opportunity to hammer his old waist and said his thoughts.

"No, Pei Gong's words are wrong, I ordered people to consult thousands of information, and visited more than 1,000 farmers, and learned that planting soybeans can help restore the fertility of the land, and with manure and other fertilizers, winter wheat can be the mainstay, and soybeans can be used in summer, so that the land can be fully utilized in a year." Fang Xuanling explained with a smile.

For such a thing, he has been busy for more than half a month, he is already in charge of the Ministry of Officials, as well as Zhongshu Province, plus a problem of personnel removal, and now there is another investigation, Fang Xuanling can be said to be busy with his feet on the ground.

But it's also very down-to-earth, and when I finish doing this, I know that farming can still be like this.

"Soybeans? That's what animals eat, so how can a man eat it? Pei Ju, the head of the household who still had to work in person with the support of his subordinates, couldn't help but roar.

It's okay not to mention soybeans, so bullshit miscellaneous cakes, in order to hide people's eyes, only say that they are made by mixing several grains together.

When the drought passed, I learned that the so-called miscellaneous cakes not only had soybeans and special rations for livestock, but also locust powder and the like, and the disgusting Pei Ju couldn't eat for two days.

"Pei Gong's words are wrong, the reason why soybeans are considered to be eaten by livestock is because we didn't know his efficacy before, according to my understanding, soybeans are only beneficial to people's bodies and not harmful." In this strange cabinet meeting place, Li Yuanji kept making demands.

Since soybeans are mentioned, wouldn't it be better to simply do both things at once?

"By the way, the price of soybeans is also set, this is a good thing!"

If the imperial court wants to promote a crop, the best way is to set a guaranteed price, so that the people will be more rude and simple to realize the benefits of planting, so that more people will choose to plant.

The people have no culture, you talk to him about nutrition, he doesn't understand anything, only when he sees the immediate benefits, he will really understand.

"No money...... Rao is Fang Xuanling, who wholeheartedly supports Li Yuanji, can only spread out his hands at this moment.

I want to go up and insert a lever when I encounter anything, but now Datang is still poor and white, and it is nothing to ask for.

The price is set, and those grain merchants don't collect it, so your official warehouse has to collect it according to this price, otherwise the people won't want to, if you don't have money, do you collect it or not? How to receive?

"Money? Soon it will be available! Li Yuanji looked up at the east, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing an incomprehensible smile.

The emperor should do this, how good is it to bask in the sun and plant the fields?

Worrying about this and that all day long, annoying can also annoy people to death.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty......"

Someone in the distance was calling for him, as if he had sensed it, and Li Yuanji looked up.

"Isn't this Nima? This goods is finally back......" Seeing that Nima, who was jumping in a hurry, was blocked by the guards, Li Yuanji was a little excited and difficult to speak.

Sister, I waited for more than a year, and finally waited for this goods back.

There were guards running towards here, but Li Yuanji couldn't wait any longer, so he hurriedly waved his hand and signaled the guards to release them.

The bag that Nima was carrying was snatched by a guard, and then under the watchful eye of several guards, Nima was 'escorted' to Li Yuanji's side.

"Your Majesty, the villain has finally lived up to expectations, and after a lot of hardships, he finally brought what His Majesty needs most from the countries of the Western Regions." As soon as he saw Li Yuanji, the excited Nima was already a little incoherent.

This trip can be described as extremely difficult for him, not to mention the difficulty of doing things, it is the hardships along the way that can make a person collapse directly.

"Tell me what good things you've found?" Li Yuanji is also very interested in Nima's harvest.

Nima took the bag in the guard's hand and directly opened it and collapsed on the ground, several small bags, and a piece of iron.

"This is a chili pepper that His Majesty wants, it is about the same length as a finger, but it is not as thick as a finger, this thing is too difficult to find, because it is too spicy, the locals basically do not grow it, and the small one hired many people to look for it in the nearby field, and finally found such a little seed. However, this thing reproduces very quickly, and one grain can breed a seedling, and can produce dozens or hundreds of peppers, and if these are cultivated for two or three years, the number of seeds is considerable. Nima pointed to one of the bags, then to the other, and said:

"This is also a chili pepper, but the spiciness, and the size is also very large, long, pointy, green and red."

"And this piece of iron, this is really going to die, Gao Changguo's control of iron is very strict, and he can't get in touch with those craftsmen at all, the little one stayed there for three months, and he even caught a craftsman by bluffing, and let him refine this piece of iron on the way, this person is now in Chang'an, and he is watched tightly by the villain."

Li Yuanji was speechless in an instant, and the ministers were even more speechless than Li Yuanji.

If it weren't for this Nima who said as soon as he opened his mouth that he was ordered by Li Yuanji to go to the Western Regions, these ministers really wanted to drive this goods out directly.

What a thing!

The dignified Heavenly Empire, you even bluffed and deceived? If you can't get the technology, forget it, and catch people back? Spread it out, where will Datang's face go?

For Nima's active thinking, Li Yuanji can only say with a capital letter.

If you can't get the technology, you can catch people, in fact, it still means that the craftsman knows every step, although there is no literature, but it is the same through oral narration.

Although his methods may not be more advanced than Datang's, because those techniques have been improved by themselves, there is a comparison to know where there is still room for improvement.

"Not bad! I'm very satisfied! "Shame is shame, Li Yuanji is still very satisfied with Nima's performance, in addition to chili pepper and iron, Nima also brought some other things, some Datang has, some don't.

"Your Majesty, the ...... Little one heard of Taipingfang? Can the little ones ......?"