"Since rice can't be transplanted to Chang'an, why don't we transplant wheat to the south, and after the rice harvest in the south, we will plant wheat, so that there will be two harvests a year. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

As soon as Tang Zhou said this, everyone's expressions suddenly changed, and they all looked surprised.

They only thought about how to plant other places near Chang'an, so they didn't think much about transplanting the plants near Chang'an to other places, although the land south of the Yangtze River is far away from Chang'an, and many places are not prosperous and rich, but if they can really grow rice and wheat in that place, it can also increase a lot of food for the imperial court.

"The little marquis is reasonable, if wheat can really be successfully planted in the south, it will be equivalent to increasing the grain output of the imperial court." Zhou Nong was very excited, standing under a tree and waving his hands, completely uncaring about the scorching sun shining on him.

Ning Cheng had been to Jiangnan, but he was not as excited as Zhou Nong, because he realized that although Tang Zhou's words were feasible, there were also some problems, and if these problems were not solved, it would be difficult to really grow wheat in the south.

"Little Hou Ye, there are difficulties in planting rice in the north, and it is not easy to plant wheat in the south, so my subordinates feel that nothing can be taken for granted, and we must conduct experiments in the south to see if it is feasible before we can decide whether to transplant wheat to the south."

Tang Zhou nodded, but he thought in his heart that when the Song Dynasty crossed to the south, he had planted wheat in the south, so there should be no problem, so he said: "You are right, in this case, after the Hou Yuming is sage, how about sending you and Zhou Nong to bring a batch of wheat seeds and find a test field in the south for experimentation?" ”

Ning Cheng turned his head and glanced at Zhou Nong, Zhou Nong bowed slightly, Ning Cheng saw this, so he nodded and said: "Since the little marquis trusts the two of us so much, then why don't the two of us go to the land of the Southern Barbarians." ”

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, many places in the south of the Yangtze River did not have the prosperity of later generations, so few officials wanted to go to those places to serve, Ning Cheng and Zhou Nong must be difficult and dangerous to go, Tang Zhou saw that the two of them were not afraid of these at all, and couldn't help but appreciate the two of them even more, and said: "Okay, when you return from your success, Ben Hou will personally ask for a reward for the two of you." ”

After discussing the proposal to plant wheat in the south, the question was finally put again on what the people of the Central Plains would plant after the wheat harvest.

For them, this issue is even more important because it is close to them.

"After the wheat harvest, there are not many things that can be grown in our place, except for some vegetables, the most we grow is soybeans, but even so, there are not many people who are really willing to grow soybeans." Zhou Nong said after everyone discussed this issue.

After he finished speaking, Tang Zhou was a little puzzled and asked, "Since you can grow soybeans, why not plant them?" ”

Zhou Nong shrugged: "Little Hou Ye doesn't know, after the people harvest the wheat, it will take at least a month to peel and dry, where is there time to plant soybeans again?" Furthermore, what do you do with soybeans? ”

Hearing Zhou Nong's words, Tang Zhou was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled, and said, "What do you do with soybeans?" Shouldn't soybeans be used to make tofu? There are so many soy products, so they are quite useful. ”

Tang Zhou really can't understand that he also made a tofu banquet in later generations, only one dish of tofu, there are too many things that can be made, and in comparison, the nutritional value of tofu is so high, there should be many people who like to eat it, right?

After Tang Zhou asked like this, Zhou Nong smiled helplessly: "Tofu? The little marquis is really good at laughing, in the whole Chang'an City, except for those tofu shops, who will make tofu? And only the soybeans grown by those few tofu factories are enough for their own use, and if other people grow soybeans, they can only end up in their own hands. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Nong said: "To be honest, although tofu is good, it is still too tasteless, and it is only suitable for some elderly people to eat, like my subordinates, I am not very keen on tofu." ”

After Zhou Nong finished saying this, Tang Zhou had already realized the problem.

Tofu was invented in the Han Dynasty, and now it is only a few hundred years away from the Tang Dynasty, in these hundreds of years, tofu may derive a lot of practices, but because of the limitation of cooking level, in these hundreds of years, soy products are not particularly rich.

Moreover, the people who planted soybeans could not get money in exchange, and they did not know how to eat soybeans themselves, so in the end, although they could grow soybeans, not many people planted them, and they would rather let the land be wasted for a few months than plant something that was useless.

After understanding this, Tang Zhou touched his chin and thought about it, and then said with a smile: "If it is just these few problems, it will be easy to solve, in this way, while the wheat has not yet been harvested, send someone to publicize, and say that Cuiminglou will buy a large number of soybeans after the soybeans are ripe, and the price will definitely satisfy them." ”

After Tang Zhou finished saying this, everyone present looked at each other, and Luo Shi looked at Tang Zhou and said: "Lord Tang, although we all know that Cuiming Building has your industry, but if you want to set off the enthusiasm of the people to plant soybeans through a Cuiming Building, I'm afraid it's impossible, right?" And Cui Ming Lou doesn't need so many soybeans, so if you do this, it will make your own business difficult, why bother? It's just a matter of what to plant after wheat, and if we can't grow soybeans, we can plant other things. ”

Luo Shi still admired Tang Zhou, a young man, so he didn't want to see Tang Zhou go to Cuiminglou to make up for the losses caused by this because he just wanted Xingnong Society to have some achievements, although in his opinion, Cuiminglou might not care about these.

Tang Zhou also understood Luo Shi's intentions, but he smiled lightly and said: "Lord Luo is too worried, I think Cuiminglou will really need a lot of tofu in the future, since this is the case, why not announce the news of the purchase of soybeans in advance, and do this with one stone, why not?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't believe Tang Zhou's words, Cuiminglou needs soybeans?

These people have all been to Cuiminglou, and they dare not say that they have eaten everything in it, but with their relationship with Tang Zhou, they have also eaten a lot, from these dishes they have eaten, it would be good to find two things made of tofu, Cuiminglou will need a lot of tofu?

Therefore, they believed that Tang Zhou was doing this to help the Farmers' Society, and although they were grateful to Tang Zhou for this behavior, they didn't agree with it in their hearts.

"Little Marquis, I think we should think of other ways." Qian Mi will not let go of such an opportunity to win people's favor.

But Tang Zhou shook his head: "No, do as I say, the day after tomorrow, everyone will go to Cuiming Building, and I will invite everyone to dinner." ”