Zhao Shuo was anxious in his heart, but he was not in a hurry on his face, he was extremely calm and busy dealing with the big and small affairs at hand every day. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Shuo waited, but Zhang Boyu couldn't wait. The Li Dynasty is now in danger, if it is too late to go back and no rescue is found, then the Li Dynasty is likely to be destroyed.

So, after lying down for a day, Zhang Boyu got up in front of him and came to visit Zhao Shuo again. This time, only Zhang Boyu was alone.

On this day, take care of Zhao Shuo's word swallow dance. Yan Wu is good at cooking, so when Zhang Boyu arrived, Zhao Shuo was eating Xiaozao.

Seeing Zhang Boyu, Zhao Shuo beckoned and said. "Master Zhang, come on, how about tasting my food here."

Zhang Boyu came to ask Zhao Shuo for help, how dare he sit and eat on an equal footing with Zhao Shuo. He bowed deeply and saluted. "Lord Wang, the minister has come to request, I hope that the prince will take action and save the Li Dynasty."

"Have you forgotten what this king told you last time?" Zhao Shuo added your mouth, chewed and said. "It's not that this king doesn't help, it's that this king really can't help it."

"The minister heard that the prince was building ports and warships in Dengzhou and Laizhou, but I don't know if there is such a thing." Zhang Boyu has not been idle in the past two days, and at this moment he said the news he had inquired about. And what he didn't know, these news were deliberately revealed to him by Zhao Shuo.

Hearing Zhang Boyu's words, Zhao Shuo looked a little embarrassed. "These subordinates, their mouths are not strict, it seems that they have to find a time to discipline and discipline them well."

Zhao Shuo did not answer positively, but talked about disciplining his subordinates, Zhang Boyu was slightly stunned, and guessed the reason, the news he asked this time was true and useful.

"Lord Wang, there is a Great Song Dynasty on the road, but you can directly reach the Li Dynasty by sea." Zhang Boyu bowed down and said.

Seeing Zhang Boyu say this, Zhao Shuo shook his head and said helplessly. "Although the waterway can reach the Li Dynasty, but if we have to pass through the frontier of the Great Song Dynasty, will they allow us to pass through at will?" After saying this, Zhao Shuo stared at Zhang Boyu and continued. "Also, you should have seen it on the way here, I have a lot of refugees here, and I won't tell you the truth, the purpose of my port and warship is to go out to sea to get some fish and shrimp, and then alleviate the refugee crisis. If they are all sent out, what will my refugees here eat in the future, and how will I survive this food crisis? ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Shuo turned around and ate a few more mouthfuls of food before continuing. "Don't let me starve my own people to death in order to help you Li Dynasty."

As soon as Zhao Shuo said this, Zhang Boyu already understood. Zhao Shuo is asking for conditions. Although the Li Dynasty is not rich, in order to keep the Li Dynasty's country, it is okay to call the ministers and pay tribute, and what is the calculation of giving some food.

"If the prince is short of food, I, the Li Dynasty, can provide some of it, but this grain is in the treasury of the Li Dynasty, so I have to trouble the prince to send someone to get it." Zhang Boyu said.

"Go to the Li Dynasty to buy food?" Zhao Shuo tilted his head and looked sideways at Zhang Boyu. "I remember that Master Zhang didn't say that the Li Dynasty is now suffering from earthquakes and tsunamis, and the people are rebelling one after another?"

"Exactly!" Zhang Boyu owes his body. "Because of this, the minister came to ask the prince for help."

Zhao Shuo scratched his head. "Did the people resist because they didn't have enough to eat?"

Zhao Shuo didn't say it explicitly, but Zhang Boyu still understood what he meant. The people resisted, and many times they couldn't survive. And Zhang Boyu said that the Li Dynasty treasury had grain, but the people were resisting. Zhao Shuo's meaning was obviously asking whether it was because of the brutality and inhumanity of the Li Dynasty, regardless of whether the people lived or died, that the people were provoked.

"Lord Wang, the people rebelled because Shenzong was not the son of Renzong, but his nephew. Renzong had no heirs, but he chose Shenzong temporarily, which made many people unconvinced. For the sake of rights, many royal clans privately smeared the Divine Sect, and after the Divine Sect succeeded to the throne, natural disasters continued, which further aroused the dissatisfaction of the people, they believed that these disasters were all because the Divine Sect angered the heavens, and it was the punishment of the Divine Sect by the heavens. As a result, under the condition of continuous natural disasters, the people rose up, resulting in the current situation of the Li Dynasty. ”

After listening to Zhang Boyu's explanation, Zhao Shuo nodded slightly. "I see!"

After a pause, Zhao Shuo thought of another question. "I heard that the land area of the Li Dynasty is not large, and there is not much arable land, and your treasury, even if there is grain, should not be much."

Hearing Zhao Shuo say this, Zhang Boyu hurriedly said. "The prince doesn't know, although the land area of the Li Dynasty is not large, and there is not much land, in the past, when he planted rice, it was indeed barely enough to eat, but when he encountered natural disasters and man-made disasters, hungry people were everywhere, and they resisted constantly. But a few years ago, Renzong introduced a new grain crop from Champa, which had a much higher yield than rice, which changed the grain structure of the Li Dynasty in one fell swoop. And now, the grain depots of the Li Dynasty are all full. ”

After listening to Zhang Boyu's words, Zhao Shuo asked Yan Wu to bring a pen and paper, and then drew the appearance of the sweet potato on the paper, and then asked Yan Wu to hand it over to Zhang Boyu.

After Zhang Boyu took the paper, Zhao Shuo asked. "If I'm right, this is what you're growing."

Zhang Boyu looked at the paper in his hand and listened to Zhao Shuo's words, and the whole person was stunned. Zhao Shuo painted the crops they planted. This crop, after the Li Dynasty changed its national conditions, has been listed as a state secret and is forbidden to be taken out. And the Champa in the south of the Li Dynasty, after seeing the changes of the Li Dynasty, regretted the consent of this crop to the Li Dynasty, and subsequently chose to ban exports.

As far as Zhang Boyu knows, this kind of thing was introduced by Zhancheng from Ma Yi, could it be said that Zhao Shuo learned about it from Ma Yi's mouth. But it's impossible to think about it. Mayi is an island country that flutters overseas, and can only be found by the people of Champa.

Li Chaocheng sent several waves of people to the sea to look for it, but in the end they all returned in vain, and over time, Li Chaocheng had doubts about whether this Ma Yi really existed.

"What? Am I drawing wrong? Seeing that Zhang Boyu didn't speak, Zhao Shuo asked.

"Could it be that the prince knows the people of Ma Yi?" Zhang Boyu has been thinking about Ma Yiren's question, and as soon as Zhao Shuo opened his mouth, he was stunned and asked this question.

"Ma Yi people?" Zhao Shuo thought for a moment before he said. "Could it be that this crop was first discovered by the Mayi people?"

Hearing Zhao Shuo's question, Zhang Boyu said. According to legend, the Mayi people have lived on a desert island for a long time, and have been poor for generations, in order to change this situation, they often send people to the sea to find a new way out. The taste was crisp and demanding, so he dragged the broken boat back to Mayi. Since then, Mayi has solved the food problem and changed people's lives. The Cham people went to Mayi again, and the king of Mayi brought this crop as a hospitality, and the Cham people bought some and brought them back to Cham. Later, the Li Dynasty introduced this crop from Champa. ”

Zhang Boyu finished explaining, and Zhao Shuo smiled.