Chapter 66: Harvest Time
Li Xiaogong's courtyard, which was the mansion of the former Sui Dynasty Taifu that Li Shimin rewarded him, has always been idle, and is usually guarded by only a few old servants. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoAt this time, there are many strong soldiers guarding the inside and outside.
As soon as Li Shimin arrived at the place, he saw that Li Su, Huang Qi and Du He were already waiting at the gate of the courtyard. Seeing Li Shimin coming, Li Su and the others hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"See Father." Li Su said.
Li Shimin smiled and pointed his finger at Li Su, and said, "You kid, wait for me, go back and clean you up." "He now knows that this kid can surprise himself. The new varieties of grain reported by the prince and Huang Qi and others must exist.
However, these people fought such a big ambush, which made Li Shimin feel sad for a long time, and he was still a little unhappy in his heart.
Li Shimin said eagerly: "Where is the grain, take me quickly." ”
At this time, Li Ning'er ran over and said, "Uncle Emperor, I'll take you there." As he spoke, he jumped and ran ahead.
In Li Xiaogong's courtyard, there is a small pond, and on the edge of the pond is a large garden, with more than 2 acres of land. Now it has been opened up into a field, in which an acre of wheat is planted, and the other field is planted with green plants, I don't know what it is.
Li Shimin walked quickly into the garden, looking at the golden wheat waves in front of him, although he had expected it, he was still overjoyed.
He leaned down, reached out and folded off an ear of wheat, taking it in his hand and examining it carefully. He saw that the ears of wheat were much fuller and more numerous than he had ever seen before.
He saw two old peasants kneeling on the ground and said, "Get up." ”
The two old peasants stood up tremblingly and stood to the side with restraint.
Hundreds of ministers poured into the garden, all amazed by the scene in front of them.
Li Shimin looked at the densely planted wheat in front of him, and his heart was in a trance, he knew by feeling that the yield of these wheat far exceeded the wheat before the Tang Dynasty.
The eldest grandson Wuji was the first to step forward and said, "Congratulations to the emperor." ”
The ministers said in unison: "Congratulations to the emperor! ”
Li Shimin grinned widely, smiling like a flower on his face. He suddenly stretched out his hand, slapped his palm on the head of Li Su beside him, and said, "Quick, give me a sickle!" ”
Seeing this scene, Li Ke and Li Tai were envious to death. They wished that Li Shimin's palm was on their head.
Li Su hurriedly took a sickle and handed it to him.
Li Shimin personally went to the field to harvest the first bunch of wheat.
After harvesting for a while, Li Shimin sweated. The prince and others had already prepared tables and chairs for him, and put a sun umbrella on him. Cold drinks such as cola are placed on the table. The students of industrial schools such as An Ning and Li Ning'er also brought trays of sorbets to the ministers.
The weather was hot and dry, and Li Shimin waited for the harvest to bear fruit, refusing to go into the house to avoid the scorching sun. He had a sun umbrella, but the other ministers didn't, and the strong sun made them dizzy, and if it weren't for the cold drinks, I was afraid that a few would have fainted.
Li Su understood Li Shimin's feelings, and he organized people to make an all-out assault on the wheat on three points of the ground. With the yield of wheat on these three points of land, the yield per mu can also be estimated.
There is great strength in numbers, and soon the wheat harvest is finished.
At this time, several big men came out carrying a drum thresher, which was a drawing that Li Su searched from Baidu, and asked the Ministry of Industry to build it, but it was changed to an electric drive and a manual hand crank.
Li Shimin was very curious, he walked over to take a look, he couldn't help it, and he also stepped forward and shook it a few times. When he saw the wheat grains falling easily, he happily praised: "Good things, it's so convenient, the Ministry of Industry wants to promote it." ”
Finally, the weighing began.
The crown prince Li Chengqian, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials Sun Wuji, the head of the Ministry of Officials Gao Jingming, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites Huang Furui, and the Ministry of Rites Tang Jian personally weighed.
Li Shimin sat on the chair, feeling uneasy. He wanted to hear good news, but he was afraid to hear unsatisfactory news.
Soon, the weighing was finished. The eldest grandson Wuji and other ministers came over, and they came to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin asked eagerly: "What is the output?" ”
The eldest grandson Wuji and the others knelt down together, crying and said, "Your Majesty, 712 catties, 712 catties!" (The average yield of wheat per mu in modern Xi'an is 1200 catties)
"What?" Li Shimin stood up excitedly and said, "Say it again? ”
The eldest grandson Wuji repeated: "712 catties, the emperor." ”
Li Shimin clenched his hands into fists and swung them fiercely in the air twice. said: "The sky has eyes, Datang is worry-free!" ”
All the ministers knelt down together and congratulated: "Congratulations to the emperor." Long live the emperor, long live, long live! ”
Li Shimin was extremely excited, and he said: "Prince, Li Su, your research institute is very useful, and you should promote wheat planting to the whole country as soon as possible." He was anxious again, and he wanted to plant high-yield wheat all over the country at once.
At this time, the crown prince Li Chengqian said: "Father, do you want to see other grain crops?" ”
"Oh? And what kind of food? Li Shimin asked in surprise.
"Please come with me." Li Chengqian said.
Li Shimin and others followed Li Chengqian and Li Su to a greenhouse, the top of the greenhouse was built with glass from Li Su's Taobao, and the inside of the greenhouse was bright.
The greenhouse is full of all kinds of vegetables: cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, celery, etc., which dazzle Li Shimin and others.
Li Su has a seed bank in the institute, and he has found hundreds of grain and vegetable seeds to grow in batches in greenhouses and open fields.
Li Shimin was led to a field with yellow leaves, and Li Su introduced: "Father, this is a potato." ”
Potatoes are also grown outside, however, they are not harvested until a month later. For the sake of dramatic effect, Li Su specially planted a plot of potatoes in the greenhouse.
Soon, the potatoes were also dug up, and when the yield per mu came out, although Li Shimin was already mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the number of potatoes per mu.
"6428 pounds!" (The yield of potatoes per mu in Shaanxi is about 9,800 catties, and the yield per mu in some areas of Xinjiang is 12,000 catties) Changsun Wuji shouted hoarsely.
Li Shimin covered his chest with his hands and took a few breaths before he came to his senses. There was an almost fanatical light in his eyes, and he also had the confidence to be proud of his predecessors, and he was confident that he had taken solid steps on the road to creating an unprecedented prosperous world.
"I will definitely become the Emperor of the Ages!" Li Shimin shouted in his heart.
It was already noon, and Li Xiaogong arranged for Li Shimin and the ministers to have dinner in his courtyard.
Datang is not allowed to slaughter ploughing cattle. Coincidentally, yesterday, a ploughing cow in Chang'an County accidentally fell into a deep ditch and died, and was bought by Li Su at a high price.
The Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers tasted the delicious potato roast beef for the first time, and naturally they were full of praise, and those fresh vegetables also made them extremely happy.
In the afternoon, Tai Chi Hall.
In Li Shimin's study, the crown prince Li Chengqian and Li Su were standing at the punishment station, and Li Shimin asked sharply: "Say, what the hell is going on!" ”