Beiyuan has collected 2,589 corn cobs in three parts, and according to Li Xiao's preliminary estimate, at least 800 catties of dried corn kernels can be harvested.

Looking at the basket of corn cobs, there was also a willow basket that the emperor had just picked himself.

"The corn is immediately taken to dry and then threshed for seeding." The emperor was still holding Li Xiao's hand at this time, and asked the courtier with a smile, "Li Qing, can you plant another season this summer?" ”

"Yes."

Li Xiao's answer was very concise, he really wanted to shake off the emperor's hand, what did the two big men look like, especially Li Xiao was still wearing a pink official robe, which was even more suspicious.

The weather is still so hot, it is said that the temperature in the Tang Dynasty is one or two degrees higher than that of later generations, and on a hot day, you have to wear a robe, which makes Li Xiao very uncomfortable. If it weren't for the impeachment of the imperial history, he would even want to invent a few short-sleeved vests and cropped pants to wear.

"Then these corns should be dried and threshed quickly, and they should be sown quickly."

"Your Majesty, the total number of corn plants sown in the experimental field this spring is less than 4,000, and it is estimated that less than 8,000 cobs of corn can be harvested. Nearly one acre of land has been planted in seven corn plants this spring, so if all the corn harvested now is sold, it will be possible to plant 1,11,200 acres at most. Li Xiao reminded the emperor.

"Can you plant 1,1200 acres? It's good and enough. The emperor was very satisfied with this number, and in the blink of an eye, seven corn cobs became nearly eight thousand, which is more than a thousand times. These nearly 8,000 corn cobs are planted to more than 1,000 acres, and after the harvest, they will be able to be planted all over the world next spring.

"Li Qing, Chang'an's 480,000 soldiers and civilians have a huge food consumption, especially now that the northwest border is restless, the Tuyuhun rebellion is impermanent, and the countries of the Western Regions are also instigated by the Turks and Tubo, looting the trade routes from time to time, and the imperial court has long intended to use troops in the northwest, sweep the Western Regions, and restore the old frontier of the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, but the food supply is difficult. If corn can be popularized in an all-round way, only in the land of Helong in Guanzhong, the production can be greatly increased, and then not only will the Beijing division no longer need to rely on the transportation of grain from the eastern part of the country into Beijing, but even the border army will be able to rely on the military and civilian tuns to solve the food needs on the spot. ”

The emperor patted Li Xiao on the back, "Li Qing, as a corn supervisor, has an important mission." ”

The base of the substructure determines the height of the superstructure of the economy.

Datang has gone through three generations, although the government is invincible, and Chang'an in Guanzhong is becoming more and more prosperous, but Datang has still reached a bottleneck until now.

In the northwest, although the Tang Dynasty was fertile in the Central Plains, and after defeating the Turks, it recovered Hetao Pingfei and occupied the Hexi Corridor, but it was difficult to move forward, although it had entered the Western Regions at the time of Taizong, and the Gaochang State was established in Xizhou, but at this time, the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the northwest, not to mention the restoration of the vast Han Dynasty, did not even reach the heyday of the Sui Dynasty.

After all, the Sui Dynasty also destroyed Tuyuhun, marched into the Western Regions, and established four counties, such as Xihai and Jimo.

Theoretically, the Tang Dynasty could never be inferior to the Sui Dynasty, but in fact, it was difficult for the Tang army to continue to expand outward, and it did not even directly annex Tuyuhun, which was infrequently rebellious, but appointed Tuyuhun as a new khan every time he sent troops.

These key points are still that it is difficult for the army to gain a long-term foothold in Qinghai, the Western Regions and other places, after the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the population of the west of the Longyou River is sparse, let alone the land of the Western Regions of Qinghai.

If the army wants to be stationed for a long time, it needs food, and if it is transported from Guanzhong, it is not only far away, but also the grain in Guanzhong itself cannot be self-sufficient, and it has to be transported from Guandong, which leads to the scale of the Tang Dynasty's garrison in Longyou Hexi and other places cannot be too large, and even cannot use troops on a large scale in the Western Regions, Qinghai and other places.

The three armies did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

This is just like the fact that after the dynasties destroyed the steppe nomadic khanate, they could not really occupy the steppe, which was not an agricultural area, and the steppe nomadic area could not grow food, so it could not adapt to the agricultural civilization of the Central Plains.

If you can't garrison the city and garrison the army, you can't settle in the fields, and naturally you can't really occupy it.

Longyou, Hexi and other places can be immigranted, but there is undeveloped, sparsely populated, although there is a lot of land, but there are few people, water conservancy is not prosperous, food output is limited, and too many troops can be raised.

Although it is said that when Zhenguan was three or four years old, there was no disaster in the world, and there was a great harvest year after year, and the low price of Dousu was only three or four dollars, although this is a fact, there is actually another fact, that is, although there is a bumper harvest of grain in all parts of the world, if you want to transfer grain, it is very troublesome.

Especially in the Tang Dynasty, the largest grain producing areas were concentrated in Henan and Hebei, and the rice producing areas of Jianghuai also began to become important granaries.

Although Shuzhong is also an important grain producing area, the road to Shu is difficult, even if there is a lot of grain, it is difficult to get out of Shu.

Since the founding of the country, the problem of food shortage in Guanzhong has plagued the emperor and his courtiers. In fact, since the Han Dynasty, the Wei and Jin dynasties moved the capital to Guandong, and the Western Wei Dynasty established the capital Guanzhong Chang'an, and several dynasties established by the Guanlong group were centered on Guanlong, which led to the problem of food supply in Gyeonggi.

After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he also felt this, so he built a new capital in Luoyang, excavated the north-south canal, and built the east and west capital system of Luoyang, Chang'an, so that the center of gravity of the empire shifted eastward, and while strengthening the control of the north and south, he also used the Grand Canal to solve the problem of grain transportation.

Li Zhi is also building the eastern capital of Luoyang, but the center of gravity of the empire is still Chang'an, and with the rise of Tibet, the security situation in the west of the empire has been seriously challenged.

Now that there is such a high-yield crop as corn, Li Zhi is eager to replace millet, the main grain crop in Guanlong, with corn immediately.

The most planted in Guanzhong is millet, and then wheat, and even there are five millet and three wheat, and rice millet is one point each, millet is planted in a positive and wide area, but the yield has been very low, but the Guanlong area is dry and rainless, and many places can only grow millet and millet in many places, and can not plant wheat and rice that need more water.

"Now that the corn trial has been successful, I think that all the 8,000 corn harvested this summer can be planted in Beiyuan. The fields of Beiyuan are fertile, easy to irrigate, not afraid of drought, and can ensure the maximum yield of corn. Si Nongqing Liu Xiangdao suggested to the emperor that now the seeds are precious, since the experiment has been successful, there is no need to try to plant everywhere as before, and even plant in the saline-alkali land of the sand garden, it is a waste.

All 8,000 corn cobs are planted in Beiyuan, which can ensure the maximum yield at that time, and after the autumn harvest, the seeds can be planted in 100,000 acres. Collect one more stick, and next year there will be more than 1,000 seeds.

"Li Qing, what do you think?" Li Zhi is very precious Li Xiao now, he feels that Li Xiao is the lucky star sent to him by God, the treasure given to him by God, and the auspicious rui like corn.

Otherwise, how could Li Xiao and the commoners be able to sacrifice Pingliao Ce, and how could they say that the elders of the eldest grandson Wuji would hand over power, let alone now offer corn and Quyuan plows.

"Li Qing, you don't seem to have a word yet?" Li Zhi asked suddenly.

When the ancients became adults, they would take the table characters. Generally, it is taken by the teacher, the ancients called themselves names, or the elders called their names, and the table characters were called by their peers.

Men are crowned at the age of 20 and have a coming-of-age ceremony, in which the man ties his long hair into a bun and puts on a hat.

A man has twenty crowns and words, and after being crowned, he is given a word by his elders, and he is called an adult.

When writing letters or calling from the bottom to the top, the humble to the honored can be called, but it must not be named, especially the name of the monarch or his parents and elders, and he can't even mention it, otherwise it is "great disrespect" or "great rebellion"

In ancient times, due to the special emphasis on etiquette, the name and character were very particular. In interpersonal communication, the first name is generally used as a humble and humble title, or a title of upper to lower, long to less. Peers refer to each other by their names only if they are very familiar, and in most cases, it is considered rude to refer to each other or to be called by their first names. Between peers, calling each other is considered to be a sign of politeness.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has not yet spoken." Li Xiao replied truthfully, the previous Li Sanlang left home at the age of sixteen or was not crowned, so he did not express his words, and later wandered outside, and at the age of twenty, he happened to participate in the peasant uprising in the south of the Yangtze River, playing hide and seek with the officials and soldiers all day long.

After returning to Guanzhong, he didn't pay much attention to it.

When the emperor mentioned it today, he suddenly realized that he really didn't even have a table.

"How can people have no words, words are the embodiment of virtue, Li Qing, why don't I give you a word, how about it?" Li Zhi said with a smile.

Li Xiao always felt that the emperor's smile was a little bad and seemed to have bad intentions.

But the emperor wants to give the table, that is an honor, and others can't ask for it. Although Li Zhi is not a few years older than Li Xiao, he is a gentleman.

Heaven and earth are the king's teacher, but the king is only after heaven and earth, and is still above his father and teacher.

"Your Majesty, please give me a word!"

Generally speaking, words are related to names.

Qu Ping, the word original. Cao Cao, the word Mengde. Liang Qichao, the word Zhuoru. Yang Guo, the word was changed.

Hei and Yuan, the meaning is the same, this is the juxtaposition. If there is a mistake, it will be changed, and the meaning of the word and the name are opposite, which is contradictory.

Cao Cao, the word Mengde, "Xunzi Persuasion" said: "Life is due to yes, death is due to yes, and the husband is called moral exercise." In a sentence, the word and the name are combined into virtue, that is, moral conduct, and the word makes a decorative explanation and supplement to the name.

There are also extended, such as Li Bai, the word is too white. Too white refers to too platinum star, which is an extension of the meaning of white. There are also auxiliary types, such as Zheng Qiao and Yu Yuzhong. Qiao is for collecting firewood, and fishing is for fishing, and they are often companions and assist each other.

The word and the name are related, but the emperor's expression is very interesting.

"I give the word auspicious!"

Li Xiao thought to himself, does Xiangrui have a half-treasure relationship with Xiaozi? Li Xiao Li Xiangrui, why don't you just give me a table name called Big Baby?