Chapter 20: Blood Sacrifice
Faced with this emperor who broke out in the ground, Medi sat on the only intact furniture rattan chair, and pondered the origin of Tang Taizong's liver fire while protecting the shuddering Shuo Fangling.
The plague of locusts is overwhelming.
Who has ever seen the formation of more than a dozen flying locusts lying on every green grain? Who has ever seen the formation of locusts devouring all the locusts over the rice fields? In the second year of Zhenguan, Tang Taizong Li Shimin faced such a disaster, and this time passed after his Xuanwu Gate killed his elder brother Li Jiancheng and his younger brother Li Yuanji forced his father Li Yuan to abdicate for two years.
Very, this force value is off the charts, full of sword qi can shoot sword qi does not belong to the official history of Tang Taizong believes that this disaster is not directly related to his position, in ancient times it was very popular to say that the heavens and men sensed the divine power of the monarch, the king was immoral, there was a vision to warn, if you do not repent, there will be a catastrophe to come.
Even if Li Shimin himself doesn't believe in this set, he can't bear a lot of people who look at him unpleasantly and put this black pot on his back, and he himself will believe it a little bit over time.
Well, to sum up, it can be synthesized that the Tang Dynasty is sick, and the name of the disease is locust plague, so this Tang Taizong, who was in a hurry to seek medical treatment, patted his head to find himself to blame, as for why he was angry with himself?
It seems that there has never been a reason for this thing, and it is completely understandable that people are grieving and making wise moves.
But that doesn't mean you can need it.
Medi silently pulled out the 'persuader' pinned to her waist and looked at the emperor.
"Your Highness Taizong, why are you so sure that I can solve your doubts? You should blame the sky for the locust plague, either it is a drought or a lack of snowfall, and it has nothing to do with you and me. β
"Then do you want me to blame the heavens?!"
Li Shimin held the sword with a hideous face, and said with a sour heart: "The common people in Guanzhong are wailing all over the field, Yi Zi cannibalism, and even respect the locust as a god, day and night incense offerings, in some areas and even a big sacrifice, the words of the disaster news sent by the courtiers are oozing with blood, eating away at my heart, every time I think of these, I can't sleep and eat, even if I eat the locust meat, I can't relieve my hatred, but I don't know, who is to blame for all this? Who is to blame!"
Bang!
In the midst of Li Shimin's roar, a gunshot rang out, and the persuader's bullet flew out, accurately hitting the sword held by Li Shimin in his hand, and the huge impact tore Li Shimin's tiger mouth and knocked the sword away.
"What a fallacy not to ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods!"
Medi put away the persuader, looked at Li Shimin, who was covering his hands and slandered his mouth, and said lightly: "Have you calmed down a little, Your Highness Taizong?"
Is that thunder the death of the legendary Taoist Five Thunders? some kind of secret weapon?
Li Shimin looked at his bleeding hand with some confusion, the unique loud noise and pain recalled a trace of wisdom to him, and after slowly exhaling the resentment in his chest, he quickly regained his self-denial.
He ran away violently because of the white-clothed showman's indifferent expression 'Emperor of the Ages'
That is only the Qin Emperor Han Wu, worthy of the title, and he Li Shimin only obtained the throne by killing his relatives, and two years after taking the throne, a locust plague broke out, in this environment, he is not a small group of people who are called mediocre and immoral, even the most stinky people dare not call him the emperor of the ages at this time.
This white-clothed showman said it naturally.
That demeanor, that posture, as if he was talking about a natural fact, the question is that if this white-clothed Xiushi is not an immortal who can know five hundred years in advance and five hundred years later, how can he dare to judge him Li Shimin's achievements in the future?
Since they are immortals, why do they ignore the locust plague, do they not admonish and do not govern, are their hearts made of stone?
It was precisely because of this series of reveries, coupled with the fact that he had been holding back his grievances for too long recently, that he lost his mind for a while and made the practice of drawing his sword from the immortal.
"Xiushi, it's me who is wrong, I have been blinded by resentment for a while, and I have forcibly blamed you for the fault, and I will compensate you for the loss I have become here. β
Looking at the destruction around him, even Li Shimin himself felt embarrassed.
"That's what it means, but I'm nervous that I just heard you say that you ate locusts raw?"
Medi interrupted Li Shimin's words and asked with a strange expression.
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and nodded silently.
"Idiot, some of that thing is non-toxic and some are poisonous, and they are eaten raw without treatment, haven't your courtiers persuaded you?"
Medi frowned and condemned herself, don't you know how nervous she will be if she dies?
"Idiot? are you talking about...... I?"
Li Shimin was angry and ridiculous, he simply tore his clothes, bandaged his injured arm a little, and then looked at Medi and said, "For the sake of my fault first, this crime of disrespect will be forgotten." β
After speaking, Tang Taizong put on the dragon cannon and walked towards the wooden door.
The words of this white-clothed showman woke him up, and Li Shimin realized what a ridiculous thing he had done, not asking the common people to ask the ghosts and gods, what a good one not asking the common people to ask the ghosts and gods!
Now, when the locust-infested land is in need of its own control, it is really unwise to stay here and spend its time extravagantly.
"Slow down, Your Highness Taizong, I have a product I want to show you. β
Seeing that Tang Taizong was a little depressed, Medi suddenly remembered that he did have something to sell to this Tang Taizong, who lacked nothing, that is, he planted it in Namek, and a small batch could survive and his vitality was incredibly tenacious......
Potato.
"Ling'er, give the cloth bag in the corner of the north wall to Mr. and I'll bring it. β
Hearing the call, the little Lori hesitated for a moment, then leaned out from behind her carefully, and then ran to the corner of the wall with small steps, groping the air with her delicate hands, and the stupid look saw Li Shimin Zou frown, he took a few steps forward and said: "It's just a little thing, why be embarrassed by the person who loses his eye, I will take it myself." β
The girl simply slapped his hand away angrily, made a grimace and handed him the cloth bag in front of Medie.
"Haha, please don't mind His Royal Highness Taizong, the protΓ©gΓ© is naughty, I, Miaoyuan, will discipline him well. β
Li Shimin looked at the Xiushi with a blushing face and took out a snack to reward the disdainful little girl, which was really a good posture of discipline.
Although he is very sure that this Xiushi is an unpredictable person even if he is not an immortal, Li Shimin really doesn't think that the other party can give him anything, he lacks nothing if the other party comes up with the secret method of immortality, he Li Shimin will definitely continue to draw his sword and cut people.
I saw that the Xiushi smiled, and went straight to open the cloth bag, and took out a few gray and round things, which looked like they had just been pulled out of the ground not long ago, and there were similar buds growing on them...... A certain dedge plant?
"It's just a worthless gadget, I only have these dozen potatoes left in hand, you bring it back and cut the sprouted part into pieces, and then plant it, these potatoes are about nine yuan and two cents, ink keeping, I'm a little black-hearted, count your price a hundred times, just leave the sword, this burrow also has to be renovated." β
Medi lightly wrote down the precautions and yields of many planted potatoes on a piece of paper and handed it to Li Shimin in a vague manner.
"Stop, Grand Duke!"
At this moment, the wooden door opened, and the wisdom staff dragging a coffin found it again, and after seeing Medi's movements and Tang Taizong, it instantly used its clever brain containing the heavens to think clearly about what was happening, and quickly rushed forward with a wail.
"Are you crazy? Sure enough, you sold this cultural-level artifact at this price?!"
Li Shimin, who just wanted to take the manual, was taken aback, and then sentimentally worthy of being a fairy family, even a cane can make such a neutral sound, a cultural-level artifact?
"It's just a few potatoes, just buy it. β
Medi stepped forward and grabbed the scepter without saying a word, and then said that Li Shimin was going quickly, His Royal Highness Tang Taizong was clearly aroused, and he began to look at the notes about potatoes written by Yiren word by word.
In ancient times, there are countless examples of people dying due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, and these potatoes can make this approximate low to the limit, and this one is known as the artifact of the town, not to mention that it can make the productive forces of culture qualitatively surge, and culture has self-castrated against its own nation due to insufficient food and population explosion, do you know?
Even the nationality to which you belong is also, the population of the Western Han Dynasty was 70,000, and the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, until the Ming and Qing dynasties, did not exceed 100 million, because the output of the land is limited, it is impossible to support so many people, when the population is overcrowded, there will be a battle, and tens of thousands of people will die to balance the land, and the potato is a cultural artifact that can break through this tragic cycle. β
The fast-talking wisdom staff looked angrily at the prodigal son of his own grand duke, the gold brick in the past, forget it, it was the stone brick that became really worthless, and the potatoes were different, if the potatoes could change the rise and fall of a country, then the dynasty that obtained the potatoes could only be described by mourning its pity and anger.
"The dynasties that obtained potatoes were the Ming and Qing dynasties, one played the piece and did not go to the sea, the other played the seclusion of the country, consolidated the class and the birth of new skills, caused the population to become more and more impoverished, and it was impossible to start the reform of the family, and the emperor in front of you ......"
The wisdom staff pointed at the fascinated Li Shimin and yelled at Medi: "Once he obtains this potato, then he will be one step ahead of any other country to carry out the reform of the family, and then Wu Zetian will replace Elizabeth as the empress of the seven seas, so that there is only one China in the world, and there is no difficulty at all! Do you know? Do you really know?!"
After roaring, the wisdom staff planned to pounce on and grab the cloth bag that Li Shimin was carrying, but Medi still tried to stop it, and said lightly: "Why do you think I don't understand this? As I said, these are my goods, and the price is set by myself." β
Zhiscepter froze, it couldn't believe that its Grand Duke really knew this, and it was still happy to sell this potato to the Tang Emperor at the lowest and lowest price......
What the hell is the Heavenly Emperor Factor doing in the Grand Duke's body?, have you all been purified by that damn holy light?!
The wisdom scepter didn't notice that Li Shimin, who was full of tension, breathed a sigh of relief slightly, just now he clearly felt the breath of death blowing on his face, he didn't question it at all, as long as this scepter wanted to kill him, the emperor, at any time, the owner of this scepter didn't want to, so he survived.
After narrowly dying, Li Shimin still firmly held the cloth bag with potatoes, if the talking immortal treasure really wanted to be robbed, he Li Shimin didn't mind fighting for his life to protect the potatoes and send them to Datang.
What the immortal treasure said, he swallowed the dates, but the yield of potatoes written on the paper by Xiushi made him almost faint.
Sixty stones, sixty stones per mu!
Although Emperor Li Shimin has also farmed, he knows very well what the view of sixty stones is, this thing is enough to make the Tang Dynasty no longer hungry and burning, and the arrival of Taiping is no longer a utopia.
After arguing, the Scepter seemed defeated and stopped talking, and the Showman leaned down to pick up the sword he had dropped, and examined the weapon.
"The name of the sword is Chixiao, and it is said that it is the sword used by Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, when he beheaded the white snake and rebelled. β
Li Shimin was excited in his heart, and now he had begun to worry, this potato was so precious, what price did he have to pay to get it? It was ridiculous that he used to boast that he was not short of property, but now even if he searched the palace, he would not be able to buy these potatoes.
"A hundred thousand lives and blood sacrifice is the lowest price. β
On the other hand, the wisdom staff said exhaustedly: "Since my grand duke said that the sword is worth it, then so forget it." β
Sensing that something was wrong, Medi pushed the Tang Emperor out of the wooden door without saying a word, and then locked the wooden door, a step too late, and the words of the wisdom staff had already reached Li Shimin's heart.
"The next method of strengthening the army, 'special forces training', the method of governing the country, Mao Xuan's method of strengthening culture, and 'household innovation' are not so cheap. β