"What is this?" Although Li Shimin is the emperor, it is a pity that there are not nothing that he has never seen, let alone a "lowly" thing like potatoes. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Principal Rabbit didn't plan to give Li Shimin a popular science, what is a potato, he only said one sentence, this thing can improve the food and clothing problem of Datang, and it also has a great effect on the army's marching food.

This alone is enough to make Li Shimin's eyes shine, this is not to say that he has never seen the world, but to show that the problem of food and clothing and grain and grass are indeed the top priorities in this era.

He got up and walked down from the dragon chair at the top, leaned over to look, this thing looked very ordinary, round or not, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled, "Is it really so amazing?" ”

Could it be that this thing came from heaven?

Li Shimin thought so, and felt that it was unlikely, so he couldn't help but chuckle, with some banter in his eyes, could it be that these people hadn't thought of a solution for a while, and just found something to perfunctory themselves?

"Your Majesty, don't look at this potato as inconspicuous, it can be very useful." Principal Rabbit was still smiling, not caring about the banter in Li Shimin's eyes, and slowly explained: "Potatoes are easy to grow, and they can be used as food, and if they are stored properly, they are more than a hundred times stronger than ordinary military food." ”

Sure enough, Li Shimin was interested, and motioned for him to continue, how to solve the problem of recovering the right to operate salt.

"For the surname Bai, light food is not a big deal, anyway, there are only a few laborers in the family, as long as their physical strength is guaranteed, the rest does not matter. But that's because there's no way, but if you can, who wants to eat those bland and tasteless meals? "It's not just a matter of enjoying the appetite of the tongue, all white surnames can become laborers, and if women can also get enough salt, then can they also become laborers?

Salt is changed to state-run, and the real damage will not be the surname Bai, plus they can eat enough food and salt, they must be 100% supportive. In this way, those merchants who run the salt industry will become a small number of opposing voices, and it will be much easier to appease or suppress them.

Li Shimin listened to it, but he still didn't understand what was the direct relationship between this potato and salt, and if he still had to suppress those salt merchants in the end, wouldn't it be a waste of work?

Seeing Li Shimin's puzzlement, Principal Rabbit stood up, blessed his body, and said: "Taking back the management rights of all salt merchants and selling them at a unified price by the state not only ensures the minimum amount of salt used by the army, but also the salt sold to the outside world will not sit on the ground and raise the price, and the people can afford to buy and eat salt, which is a merit." If anyone opposes it, then it will be detrimental to the whole country, oh, that is, to the society, and such a person will naturally be spurned without His Majesty's stepping up, and will finally compromise under the pressure of public opinion. ”

"The pressure of public opinion?" This word is new, and Li Shimin has never heard of it.

"Aha, this is not the point, the point is that those salt merchants will definitely support His Majesty's state-run salt policy at that time." Principal Rabbit didn't have the patience to explain what potatoes are and what is the pressure of public opinion, anyway, he just knows that this is a merit.

"Do you still remember the so-called natural disasters predicted by Yuan Tiangang during the Chinese New Year?" Principal Rabbit looked at Li Shimin, and when he heard this, Li Shimin's face sank for a moment, even if he recovered quickly, it also made Principal Rabbit see that this was a piece of his heart.

Not long after Li Shimin ascended the throne, if a natural disaster befell and the people suffered, it would be unfavorable for him.

"Wouldn't it be a merit if the cultivation of potatoes was promoted while recovering the right to manage salt, and even if a natural disaster really came, the country would be able to provide enough food for disaster relief. Your Majesty! ”

"Is that true?" If you want to talk about disaster relief, it is really a headache for Li Shimin, and if you do it well, it is a political achievement, and if you can't do it well......

At this time, when he heard that Principal Rabbit had linked potatoes to disaster relief again, he really didn't dare to underestimate this unsightly potato, so he stretched out his hand to take it, and looked at it seriously for the first time, and was surprised in his heart, is this thing really so magical?

"It can't be fake." Principal Rabbit spoke confidently, and his firm tone was convincing.

Potatoes of unknown origin!

Take back the right to operate the salt!

You can't prevent natural disasters, but you can help them!

These three points left a heavy mark in Li Shimin's heart, so that he had to look at the fair-skinned and thin man in front of him again, hesitated for a while, and asked: "State-run salt, but the gods have specific countermeasures?" ”

Don't say anything about taking this potato for the right to operate.

"The direction is already there, but the specific countermeasures, please send a good pen to my house, I will tell him in detail, let him make a plan for His Majesty to see, how about it?" Headmaster Rabbit wasn't going to waste his tongue here, seeing that it was almost noon, he wanted to go back and see how much stock those big cannibals still had.

Mastermind?

Another fresh word.

Li Shimin also knew that the other party was unwilling to say more, it seemed that this Taiji Hall was not so worth mentioning in the eyes of others, and it couldn't be kept.

Since this is the case, he generously sent people out, leaving alone in the main hall, playing with the potatoes in his hands, with deep eyes.

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"Lord Immortal, are you back...... Yiyi almost rushed out with tears in her eyes, and saw that she was about to crash into the arms of Principal Rabbit, but he held her up and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

You must know that Yiyi's current status in the mansion is not an ordinary maid, no one should dare to bully her, why does she look like she is about to cry.

"They, they brought back a lot of people and a bunch of things, those people, those people shed a lot of blood, eyes, nose ......" Yiyi said while gesturing, she has been in the Tai Chi Hall since she was a child, where have she seen so many people who have been beaten with blue noses and swollen faces, and they are all talking words that they don't understand, no wonder she is scared.

"Haha, don't be afraid, take me in to see how big a bunch of things they brought." Principal Rabbit pinched Yiyi's little face, is this girl getting more and more squeamish by herself, and people don't have her much, so she is scared like this.

In the courtyard, thirteen or fourteen big cannibals are either sitting or lying on their stomachs, with a pig's head and a panda's eyes.

Lafang and Ye Xiaojun looked at it, happy, and turned their heads to look at Zhang Xiaoguang, is this going to open a zoo? And a rabbit eye!

Seeing that the four of them were back, the guards hurriedly pushed one person out and reported: "Your Highness Qiqi, three adults, harvest a lot of potatoes, a pile of peanuts, and a small pile of peppers. ”

Principal Rabbit took a look at the situation when he heard this, and sure enough, he saw three piles of things piled up in the courtyard, and smiled, "Yes, yes, a little more than I imagined." ”

"Robber!"

"Bandits!"

The big cannibal scolded in a low voice, but unfortunately Lafang, who had sharp ears, heard it, he plucked out his ears and said, "Yo ho, are you praising us or praising us?" I think chengguan is a little better. ”