Datang ancient martial arts system

Chapter 300 Northwest
This year, the biggest harvest of the people in the two prefectures is the lotus root in the fish pond and the vegetables grown.Not only does every family have vegetables to eat, but many pickles are made in clay pots and sold to other places. Now that the autumn harvest is underway, many vegetables are also being made into pickles.

Pickled vegetables can be said to be the favorite of the army. It not only supplements salt, but also goes well with meals. For the soldiers guarding the border, this is one of the best foods.

Moreover, when pickled vegetables are sold in the grasslands, the market is better and the price is more expensive. They can be sold as refined salt. Grassland tribes can grow vegetables there, and a little wild vegetables are precious, let alone vegetables from thousands of miles away.After selling it for half a year, after going through Longyou Road, Tuyuhun, Turks, and the Western Regions, tea, pickled vegetables, and salt have been included in the best commodities, and they are ranked in front of salt.

The pickled vegetables from the two prefectures were not only sold to the grasslands in large quantities, but also sold a lot in the Tang Dynasty. After all, there was a shortage of salt in the past, so how many people were willing to make pickled vegetables. In the past, the common people used to dry vegetables and make dried vegetables.Therefore, pickled vegetables are considered a very fresh food, especially its diversity, that is, any vegetable can be pickled, not to mention the radish with the largest output, which tastes very good when pickled.

But it won't be sold for many years. After all, it is very simple and easy to learn. With the abundance of salt in the Tang Dynasty, every household will inevitably make it by themselves.

Of course, Situ Changfeng didn't care about this. After all, vegetables were just to improve the food diversity of the people and reduce food consumption. Besides, vegetables were not only used as pickles.It is not counted as the main product of the two states.

The biggest output of the two states this year is sucrose. The sucrose produced by Situ Changfeng is as white as snow and as fine as sand, and it is called white sugar on the outside.The appearance of white sugar directly made the previous yellow and bitter sucrose unmarketable, and the price plummeted.

Li Shimin even hand-picked Yuezhou white sugar as a tribute, which made the white sugar famous in Guanzhong, and it was snapped up as soon as it was shipped, especially in Luoyang and Chang'an, as long as it was shipped, it was sold out.

As for the Jiangnan family, this year they had a good harvest and made a lot of money in tea. The sugar cane in Lingnan, Jiangnan, and Nanyang were all bought.

Although it is difficult for ships to sail far away, there is still no problem in offshore navigation, especially the Sun family in Nanyang, which has the largest ship in the world. They only need to transport sugar cane to Guangzhou and sell it to the Xiao family.Because in Guangzhou, there is a workshop jointly established by Situ Changfeng and Xiao Jia to make white sugar.

This year, the aristocratic family has achieved a good harvest, and the people have also benefited. Everyone is looking forward to the coming year, and the support of the people of the two states for the Dudu Mansion has reached a new height.

Yuezhou built a new official road and repaired the old road. The first stage has been completed, connecting Langzhou, Jingzhou, and Ezhou. The same is true for the waterway. A village can at least allow horse carts and ox carts to pass through, otherwise it will be a big loss if the production cannot be transported out in the future.

Because of the huge demand in the two states, not only did they purchase a large amount of grain this year, but also demanded a lot of other materials, such as meat, which drove the nearby counties and counties, not to mention coal and salt, which were also transported from various places, making this road more prosperous. .

Just after the two prefectures were busy, the Chang'an City Palace was also full of joy. After two years of promotion, the cotton harvest was finally bumper. Empress Changsun's textile workshops not only spread all over Chang'an and Luoyang, but also went out of Guanzhong. Nearly [-] women were working for her. , In this way, the manpower felt insufficient, so in desperation, five thousand court ladies were transferred from the palace to enter workshops in various places.

This year, the grandson’s cotton-padded clothes were sold all over the Tang Dynasty, and almost all the poor people in Guanzhong received a thin cotton-padded jacket from the Queen of the Tang Dynasty. This made Li Shimin and his wife buy a lot of people's hearts.

Not only cotton clothes, wool is purchased by major families, nobles, but sweater production, except for Yizhou, only the workshop under the name of the eldest grandson has that technology. It's too big, it's better not to do it, so I gave up.

As for Li Shimin, the addition of salt alone has filled the national treasury a lot, not to mention coal, which made his waist straight. According to Situ Changfeng's suggestion, he let go of his hands and feet all over the country to make a lot of money. pilot states and counties.The most important thing is that several pilot states and counties have received good news, which will greatly promote local development.

But for Li Shimin, perhaps the biggest gain is slaying the dragon!The huge Jiaolong head was transported back to Chang'an, which caused a huge sensation, and the failure of Qin Huang and Han Wu to slay the dragon is well known.Being able to do what Qin Huang Han Wu hadn't done, Li Shimin's face has greatly increased, especially offsetting a large part of the legacy of the Xuanwu Gate Change.

Of course, this is only one of the effects. Li Shimin's physical fitness has greatly improved after bathing in dragon blood. According to rumors, His Majesty now has several concubines at night, and the upright Wei Zheng has repeatedly spoken out against him, asking His Majesty not to seek pleasure.

The reason why the common people feel that this is true is because there are rumors in the palace that several concubines are pregnant with dragon seeds.

"Your Majesty, the Xiongnu in the Northeast have begun to fight among themselves, the Turks in the West are keeping their own place, and the Western Regions are in chaos. Only the people sent by the Northwest Court have made little progress, because there is always a force blocking it." Fang Xuanling respectfully reported in the imperial study.

"Humph!" Li Shimin's originally smiling face suddenly turned dark, and he couldn't help but snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty calm down, this is all expected, but under the temptation of interests, their loose alliance will sooner or later be broken." The thin Du Ruhui comforted quickly.

"Aiqing's intention is to increase the intensity of wooing and differentiation?"

"No, I think the opportunity is ripe. Next year, Your Majesty might as well stop buying wool from the Northwest and strictly control the flow of salt, tea, cotton, and coal into the Northwest. They won't be able to sit still." Du Ruhui clasped his hands and explained.

"Keming's words are reasonable, and the old minister seconded his proposal!" Xiao Yu stood up and agreed.

"What is Mr. Xiao's opinion?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, after two years, they have become accustomed to exchanging useless wool for a large amount of supplies, and suddenly cutting it off means that the people have no income, so naturally there will be complaints, not to mention that it is easy to go from thrift to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. , this is human nature." Xiao Yu replied.

"That's right, Mr. Xiao's analysis is good. This year, a large amount of salt has poured in, and the northwest has dropped to fifteen cents a catty. What's more, the cotton clothes and coal keep the northwest from being cold. If they suddenly disappear, the common people have no reason to complain." Fang Xuan Ling continued.

"But in this way, it is the common people who suffer after all, and doesn't this give them a reason to rebel." Yuwen Shiji said awkwardly.

(End of this chapter)