"This is the concrete road, right?"

On a road outside Banzhou City, Li Mingwu, who was in a wheelchair and was pushed by Li Zuo, looked at the straight and smooth road under his feet and said with some sighs: "This road surface is smoother than that in Chang'an City!" ”

Li Zuo smiled when he heard this, and replied while pushing the wheelchair forward: "Don't hide it from the old man, this is the cement road, now, such a road has run through Banzhou, Yizhou, Zhen'an Prefecture and Qinzhou, and the cement road connecting Feizhou and Nanzhou is also under construction." ”

Hearing this, Li Mingwu nodded appreciatively, and said with a smile: "Very good, with this sharp weapon, it can be much more convenient." ”

"Haha, of course." Li Zuo laughed when he heard this, and said with some pride: "Don't hide it from the old man, Furong Pass, Wujiang Pass and Shaoming Pass were poured with cement, and the project that used to take several years was now completed in about a year." ”

"Good, good, good!" Hearing this, Limingwu immediately smiled and praised: "With such a road connection, communication in various places can be much more convenient, and this can be regarded as a good deed for the people." ”

Li Zuo smiled when he heard this, didn't talk much about this topic, and instead said, "Old man, there is a new crop field not far ahead, do you want to take a look?" ”

"New crops? That grain called potatoes is a good thing, but you have other new crops here? ”

Li Mingwu was a little surprised when he heard the words "new crop", he knew that potatoes were high-yield grain with a yield of more than 30 stones per mu.

"Don't hide it from the old man, I still have two new crops here that can be used as food, and now the stock is not enough, and it can't be promoted on a large scale."

The potatoes are because Li Zuo brought not only more than 30 catties of fresh potatoes of various varieties, but also two bags of seeds of potatoes weighing more than five catties, called "Youshu No. 1", such seeds are smaller than sesame grains, and one catty of seeds can be planted about five acres of land.

"Oh?" When Li Mingwu heard that Li Zuo still had new food, he was suddenly a little curious: "If there is new food, you have to go and see it!" ”

While being pushed away by Li Zuo, Li Mingwu asked, "Potatoes have been promoted to the people this year." ”

Li Zuo nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Because there are not many grain seeds, this year we have started to try planting for the people in Banzhou, Yizhou and Zhenzhou." ”

Hearing this, Limingwu nodded suddenly, and then asked curiously, "No one objected?" ”

"Why doesn't anyone object?" Li Zuo smiled and said: "But we only ask the people in the three places to plant one acre this year to try, and I only ask them to return the seeds they gave them after the autumn, so that no one will object, and it is precisely because of the small number of seeds distributed to each household that this can be promoted in the three counties at the same time." ”

"Good means!" Hearing this, Li Mingwu immediately smiled and praised: "When they know the yield of potatoes this year, I am afraid they will rush to plant them every year." ”

Li Zuo nodded with a smile when he heard this, and said: "This has another advantage, that is, it is promoted quickly, each household only gives one acre of seeds, and you can promote several more households at the same time, and then wait for the seeds to be taken back after the autumn, and in the coming year, you can promote the land of several states at one time, and wait for the second year of the farmers' seeds, I am ready to let them pay three to fifty percent of the grain tax with potatoes for five consecutive years, even if each household pays ten stones per mu of potato land every year, at most five years, I can let the land of Qianzhong and Bashu be planted with potatoes." ”

"Good, good, good." It can be seen that the old man Li Mingwu is really happy: "In this way, I am afraid that there will be no famine in this world again." ”

"Famine cannot be stopped." Hearing this, Li Zuo shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Famine is not determined by grain varieties in many cases, but with new grain varieties, famine can be reduced a lot. ”

Li Mingwu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then sighed and said: "Yes, the political corruption of the imperial court, the corruption of officials, the incompetence of the emperor, the drought and floods in the weather, everything can lead to famine, and it really has nothing to do with the grain." ”

After a pause, Li Mingwu suddenly turned his head to look at Li Zuo with a heavy face and asked, "So, you should be preparing to rebel, right?" ”

Li Zuo didn't expect Li Mingwu to suddenly ask such a question, and after being slightly stunned, he immediately reacted, and nodded and replied while pushing the wheelchair to continue walking: "Don't hide it from the old man, I am indeed preparing to raise troops to overthrow this rotten imperial court, so, I'm sorry, I can't agree to your request to recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors." ”

For the old man Li Mingwu, there are some things he doesn't want to hide, and there is no need to hide them.

"Well, forget it." Dawn Wu sighed when he heard this, and said, "I don't care, but I'm afraid that other people in the clan will object, since you don't want to, then I won't force it." ”

After a pause, Li Mingwu continued: "However, the old man is very confident that you will be able to succeed, but the old man can't see the day when the prosperous era under your rule will come. ”

Hearing this, Li Zuo suddenly felt that his nose was a little sour, and after holding back, he smiled and comforted: "Old man, you can't have such a mentality, people, you should work hard to live, and if you have a goal, you should work hard to think about how to live, I believe that you will be able to live a long life, old man." ”

"Haha, I've borrowed your good words." Li Mingwu smiled heartily when he heard this, and said: "Then you have to hurry up, the day when you see the prosperous world as soon as possible, maybe I can live another one or two decades when I am happy old man." ”

"That's right, in life, how can you think about death and death every day?"

In the old and young talking and laughing, after passing through several levels along the way, they finally came to a valley.

It was morning, and the fields were full of hustle and bustle.

Seeing Li Zuo coming, a middle-aged man wearing a straw hat hurriedly ran over and bowed his hand and said, "Subordinates see King Ming!" ”

This middle-aged man in his thirties, named Jing Zhe, is of medium stature, with a square face, and the skin on his face looks very rough due to working in the fields for many years.

Jing Zhe was a scholar, but unlike others who studied the Four Books of Classics, he liked to study miscellaneous studies, especially agriculture.

Three years ago, when Li Zuo first crossed over, he planted fresh potatoes and sweet potatoes in a piece of land on the Iron Mountain Mountain, and happened to be seen by Jing Zhe who traveled there, and he became Li Zuo's tool man since then.

Now three years have passed, and the original handsome son is no different from the old farmer.

But at this time, he looked as if he hadn't slept peacefully for several nights, and his eyes were deeply sunken.

Seeing this, Li Zuo couldn't help but ask with concern, "What's wrong?" It's like you haven't rested in a long time. ”