After returning to the palace, Li Yuan didn't even eat dinner, and he barely slept well all night, lying on the bed all night and tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, and his mind was always thinking about Princess Pingyang's request to dissolve the marriage, although he had almost decided not to agree to this matter, but in the dead of night, he also felt uneasy, and even regretted his previous decision several times, wanting to fulfill Princess Pingyang, but in the end he was still pulled back by reason. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was not until the second half of the night that Li Yuan squinted on the bed for a while, but he was soon woken up, because there was a court meeting today, and he could only beat his spirit in desperation, and after washing with cold water, he changed into a dragon robe and came to the Taiji Palace.

Speaking of the Tang Dynasty at this time, the court meeting was actually similar to the Han Dynasty, civil and military officials generally had seats, of course, kneeling, in the eyes of later generations, it is estimated that it is not as comfortable as standing, for example, if Li Xiu came to attend the court meeting, the general court meeting may take one or two hours, and he is kneeling for two to four hours, that kind of taste is better than killing him.

As the ministers sat down, someone immediately began to discuss the matter, because yesterday was the tenth day, so there was a lot of backlog of government affairs, Li Yuan also cheered up at this time to deal with it one by one, the simpler ones made a conclusion in the court, and the more troublesome ones were left to discuss with Pei Lin and others before dealing with them.

With the passage of time, the morning court meeting was about to end, and Li Yuan was also ready to breathe a sigh of relief and go back to eat something to make up for a good night's sleep, but at this moment, he suddenly saw a few people walking outside the hall, and the warriors outside the hall did not stop him, which made him stunned, and when he saw the people who walked in, his face couldn't help but be gloomy all of a sudden.

"Son-in-law, see father!" I saw that the princess of Pingyang, who was the leader, gave Li Yuan a deep salute, and Li Xiu, who was following her, also saluted immediately, Zhang Shiyi next to him was still a little uncomfortable, and he actually stood there motionless, and directly Li Xiu pulled him, Zhang Shiyi reacted and saluted like Li Xiu.

Originally, Li Xiu wanted the bearded guest to come with him, but the bearded guest was arrogant by nature, although he withdrew from the ranks of the Central Plains, but he always thought that he and Li Yuan were one of the heroes at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and they were equal from this identity, but now if he saw Li Yuan, he wanted to give him the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, which he couldn't accept at all, so he would rather not come, but sent Zhang Shiyi to represent him.

"Pingyang, why are you here?" Li Yuan said with a gloomy face at this time, he had already guessed what Princess Pingyang came for, especially when he saw that Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi were holding a tray in their hands, and the tray was still covered with a red cloth, he suddenly understood her plan, but it was too late to stop it at this time.

For the arrival of Princess Pingyang, the ministers in the palace are also very curious, and some people are even talking about it, because although Princess Pingyang has real power, she usually does not participate in court politics at all, unless it is a court call, she will be called to send troops, but in the past two years, the court has rarely used the women's army, because some ministers think that letting a woman lead the army is not the dignity of the court, so Princess Pingyang's women's army has almost no use. This also made the ministers in the court almost forget the heroic princess of the Tang Dynasty.

"Enlighten the father, the son is here for the common people in the world!" I saw Princess Pingyang looking at her father firmly at this time, she had sacrificed too much for Datang before, and now she wanted to fight for something for herself.

"You...... You have to think about it, don't be deceived! Li Yuan almost gritted his teeth at this time, and he kept glaring at Li Xiu next to him when he spoke, because he knew that with the character of Princess Pingyang, if no one encouraged him, he would never disobey him, and the only one who could encourage Princess Pingyang was only Li Xiu.

Feeling Li Yuan's sword-like gaze on him, Li Xiu was looking at his nose, nose, mouth, and mouth, and was unmoved as if his wife was in a fixed state, but he was secretly scolding in his heart at this time: Let you force Lao Tzu to marry last time, and now it is retribution!

"My daughter knows very well what she is doing, father, please see, my daughter is going to offer two crops to my Datang today, namely sweet potatoes with a yield of 3,000 catties per mu and corn with a yield of 500 catties per mu!" Princess Pingyang turned around abruptly as she spoke, and casually lifted the red cloth on the tray in the hands of Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi, revealing the golden corn and dark red sweet potatoes on it.

"Wow~" As soon as Princess Pingyang's words came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the court, and all the ministers of civil and military affairs showed shocked looks, especially several old ministers who were trembling while covering their chests, making people worry that they would fall down foaming at the mouth, fortunately, the people who can be officials in the Tang Dynasty are not ordinary people, and their psychological endurance is far stronger than that of ordinary people, and in the end, there was no sudden heart attack or anything like that.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, what you said is true, is there really a grain yield of 3,000 catties per mu in this world?" At this time, a white-haired old man stood up and said, this old man's name is Yang Nong, and he can be regarded as a legendary figure in the court, because whether it is the former Sui or the Tang Dynasty, he holds the position of the head of the household department, the household department not only manages the household registration, but also has field tax, warehousing, etc., it can be said that the fields in the world are also under the management of the household department, which also makes Yang Nong extremely familiar with agriculture, when he heard the princess of Pingyang say that the yield per mu is 3,000 catties, he is almost paralyzed.

"It's true, if Yang Shangshu doesn't believe it, you can come and take a look, this tray is sweet potatoes, one can grow to more than ten catties, and the yield of one acre of land is definitely more than three thousand catties!" Princess Pingyang said with a firm face, there was no turning back when she opened her bow, what she had to do now was to let everyone know the yield of sweet potatoes, so that everyone in the court would know her merits.

Hearing this, Yang Nong couldn't hold it anymore, stood up trembling slightly, and then came to Li Xiu, personally weighed the sweet potatoes, and felt that this string of sweet potatoes was definitely about fifteen catties, which made him say in disbelief: "It's really more than ten catties, but this seems to be wet weight, if it's sun-dried, it shouldn't be so heavy, right?" ”

"Yang Shangshu clearly observed, this sweet potato is indeed wet and heavy, but even if it is sliced and dried, the yield per mu is more than 1,000 catties, in addition, this sweet potato does not pick the ground, even if it is saline-alkali land and barren mountains, it can still grow, and sweet potatoes grow underground, not afraid of disasters such as hail, more importantly, other grains need to mature before harvesting, but sweet potatoes are different, as long as the rhizomes below grow, they can be dug out at any time to satisfy hunger, it is really an ideal crop!" Li Xiu praised with a smile at this time, he almost told the characteristics of sweet potatoes, so as to achieve the greatest effect.

Sure enough, with Li Xiu's words, not only Yang Nong was shocked, but the other ministers in the court were also dumbfounded, and for a while they couldn't accept that there were such food crops in this world.

"Li sacrificial wine, it turns out that what you said last time was true?" At this moment, Pei Lian, who was standing at the head of Wenchen, finally spoke, last time he had heard Li Xiu talk about the advantages of sweet potatoes, but he hadn't seen them with his own eyes, and Li Xiu didn't bother to explain, so he didn't know whether the sweet potatoes were real or fake, but he didn't expect to finally see the real thing today.

"Yes, the last time Pei Xiang went to look for me, the sweet potatoes had not yet reached the harvest time, so there is no evidence for you to believe my words, but now the sweet potatoes are finally ripe, and the princess still has several acres of sweet potatoes planted in the fiefdom, if the ministers don't believe it, you can go to the sweet potato field at any time after the next dynasty to dig some sweet potatoes and calculate the yield!" Li Xiu said with a smile.

Li Xiu's words once again attracted a lot of discussion in the court, and some people had doubts about the yield of sweet potatoes, but seeing Li Xiu's confident appearance when he spoke, especially many people had heard of Li Xiu's reputation, and knew that this young man was not a targeted person, if what he said was true, then for Datang, this sweet potato was simply a priceless treasure given by God!

"Is that corn, I think I saw it last time?" Pei Lin was also stunned for a moment, and then saw the tray in Zhang Shiyi's hand, and spoke again at the moment, he remembered that the last time he went to see Li Xiu, he was chased and killed by an old farmer, and it was because of this thing that he didn't know that this thing was called corn until he heard Princess Pingyang's words just now.

"Yes, this corn is also a high-yield crop, after my preliminary estimate, the yield per mu should be about five hundred catties, higher than wheat and rice, in addition, Pei Xiang has also seen corn before, should know that the corn stalk is very tall, as far as I know, for cattle and horses, this is a very good feed!" Li Xiu spoke again, of course, he had only heard of these things, after all, when he was a child, he rarely saw feeding large animals, and the corn stalks were generally burned as firewood, and later coal and gas were used, and as a result, the corn stalks could only be pulled away to make paper.

"Five hundred catties, even the best rice didn't have this yield before, and there is also a sweet potato with a yield of 1,000 catties per mu, this ...... This is simply a godsend, a godsend! Pei Lin also shouted with joy at this time, as the head of the civil officials, it was the first time for him to lose his temper in the court, but no one laughed at him, because other people were not much better than him, and even now there are still people who have not woken up from the shock.

However, compared to the excitement of others, Li Yuan's face sitting on the dragon chair became more and more gloomy, and even he wanted to stop Li Xiu's explanation, but he couldn't speak, because the yield of sweet potatoes and corn was real, and for Datang, this was indeed a priceless treasure, so it was impossible for him to stop Li Xiu's words.

With Li Xiu's explanation, the ministers in the court also slowly came to their senses, and they all discussed excitedly, and even many people rushed to ask Li Xiu about sweet potatoes and corn, to which Li Xiu also answered one by one, at this time Li Xiu also felt that the time was almost up, so he set his eyes on Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng who were standing at the front, and the next thing was to see them. (To be continued.) )