Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

Without further ado, Li Shimin sent an order: "I am looking for a place to grow sweet potatoes, and I want to see for myself whether it is as he said."

"Yes!"

After a while.

The soldiers led Li Shimin and others to a place full of sweet potato vines, and reported as they walked.

"Your Majesty, after interrogation, I learned that this sweet potato can be planted for two seasons, and the yield per mu is forty or fifty shi.

In front of you is the sweet potato vine, the young leaves and stems can be used, the old vines can be fed to horses and donkeys, and the sweet potato grows in the ground.Just dig it out. "

Looking at the green sweet potato leaves in front of him, Li Shimin's eyes showed fire. If there were sweet potatoes, Tang would not have to worry about food problems at all.

"Is this sweet potato ripe?"

"Report to Your Majesty, these are sweet potatoes planted in April, and now it's almost August. If the Baekje people are right, they should be ripe."

"Okay, you go down." Li Shimin was very satisfied and ordered directly. "Dig out all the sweet potato fields in this acre, and I want to see with my own eyes whether the yield is so high!"

Chapter 223 Are They Aren't Afraid of Death?

"Yes!"

Following an order, countless soldiers began to pick up small hoes, walked into the field, carefully lifted up the sweet potato vines, and began to dig the sweet potatoes in the soil bit by bit.

Soon one of the soldiers dug up a huge sweet potato, and said with a look of surprise: "Such a big one weighs five taels!?"

Another soldier directly dug out the connected sweet potatoes and showed them: "Look at my big bunch~"

As more and more dug, the exclamation of the soldiers continued.

Li Shimin and the others couldn't hold back any longer, rolled up their sleeves, and took a closer look: "Show me!!"

"Yes!"

As a result, Li Shimin looked carefully at the sweet potato vines in front of him. There were four or five of them on one root, which added up to more than a catty, and a complete vine had roots in several places.

There are too many fruits!

At this moment, there is no doubt about everyone's question about the production of sweet potatoes, and there is only excitement and excitement.

Li Shimin rolled up his sleeves excitedly, and dug up the sweet potatoes together, followed by Niu Jinda and others.

"My one is bigger, I'm afraid it's eight taels heavier!"

"Be careful, don't break the skin!!"

"···"

Amidst the laughter, everyone worked together to dig out an acre of sweet potatoes and pile them aside.

"I don't know how many catties this sweet potato weighs!" Li Daozong patted the dirt on his hands and asked.

"Weigh it and you'll know!"

"I heard that this sweet potato vine can be fed to horses, and the sweet potato leaves and stems can be eaten. It is really a treasure all over the body!"

"Why doesn't my Tang Dynasty have such a fetish?"

A group of people discussed and weighed the sweet potatoes over and over again.

"Four two..."

"two two"

"Your Majesty, the sweet potatoes weighed [-] catties in total!" Changsun Wuji told Li Shimin excitedly.

"It's really five thousand catties!" Li Shimin was full of satisfaction, looking at the sweet potatoes in the field with hot eyes like looking at treasures, and praised. "Okay, okay, okay, with this fetish, there will be no more famine in the Tang Dynasty!!"

All civil servants and military generals showed smiles and congratulated together: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, you have won the sweet potato fetish!"

"Haha~" Li Shimin couldn't help laughing, holding the sweet potato tightly, as if he had seen the time when there would be no famine and no refugees in the Tang Dynasty.

"Bring a pen and ink."

"Yes." Yu Linjun brought his pen and ink.

Li Shimin wrote [I attacked Baekje and got a magical thing named sweet potato, with an yield of [-] catties per mu. I hope the Imperial Academy of Pediatrics can study sweet potatoes and plant them in Datang...]

"Ai Qing interrogated the prisoners of war here as soon as possible, and tortured them on how to grow sweet potatoes, etc., and captured a thousand prisoners of war and sent them to Chang'an as soon as possible by warships, and handed them over to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Science!!"

"The minister takes orders." Li Daozong saluted.

Everyone did not expect that Li Shimin would directly use warships to send the sweet potatoes to Chang'an, which was extremely important.

However, they expressed their understanding that anyone who can meet high-yield crops that can be used as staple food will pay attention to it.

"Tonight, I will have a sweet potato feast. After returning to Chang'an, I will be amnesty for ten days to celebrate my sweet potato."

Not long after, twilight fell, and the sky was gradually shrouded in hazy twilight.

In the city lord's mansion, Li Shimin and others are forming a circle, and the tables are full of sweet potatoes, including roasted sweet potatoes, steamed sweet potatoes, fried sweet potato stems...

"Everyone, have a taste of this sweet potato!!" Li Shimin smelled the taste, and took the lead to pick up a sweet potato and bite it down: "This raw sweet potato is crisp and refreshing, sweet and juicy, really good!!"

"This roasted sweet potato is also delicious. It's fragrant, soft and soft, like sugar brocade. It's delicious. It's really delicious."

Everyone praised without hesitation, and ate sweet potatoes.

After a while, Niu Jinda burped and said, "I feel like I'll be full after eating three!"

"Food bucket... I'm full after eating one!" Changsun Wuji said, looking at the imageless Niu Jinda.

Li Shimin looked at everyone and sent it with emotion.

"Earlier, I wondered how the King of Baekje would dare to attack Silla, and how dare he dare to go to war with me!

Now I understand that if you have sweet potatoes, you don't need to worry about military rations, and you can afford millions of soldiers.

If I hadn't come, the King of Baekje might be able to rely on this thing to dominate Silla and Goguryeo, and eventually become a big worry for the Tang Dynasty. "

"It's a pity that he met His Majesty and Su Dingfang. Despite his great ambitions, he could only end without a problem." Niu Jinda said.

"That's right, he met me." Li Shimin nodded and looked around the crowd, his eyes fell on Su Dingfang, and toasted: "I respect Aiqing for a glass."

"Thank you for the gift, Your Majesty." Su Dingfang hurriedly got up, raised his head and finished his work, and said modestly: "Even if there are no ministers, with the strength of the ship and the guns, Your Majesty can still take this Baekje."

"Haha, let the ship be strong and the guns powerful, and you must have someone to do it." Li Shimin waved his hand.

"Ah~"

While everyone was talking, there was a sudden scream from outside, which immediately dispelled the atmosphere.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, looking out of the door for no reason.

Li Shimin, who was disturbed, suddenly stood up, frowned, and shouted directly: "Come on!"

"The minister is here!" A royal guard appeared in front of Li Shimin.

"Go and see what's going on outside!!"

"Yes!" The Imperial Forest Army led the order and left quickly.

Li Shimin sat down again, and said to everyone: "Come on, since you are full, drink more wine, do it!"

"Do it!" Everyone raised their glasses one after another.

Soon, the Royal Forest Army hurriedly appeared in front of Li Shimin, and said with a strange expression: "Your Majesty, it was our soldiers who were attacked by the Baekje people."

"Baekje attack?"

Li Shimin frowned when he heard this, and continued to ask: "How many people are there and what is their equipment? How about our casualties? Have you captured any prisoners?"

"Your Majesty, there are no casualties in our army, and the prisoners have been captured, it's just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that all the old and weak women and children from Baekje were caught." Yulinjun said hesitantly.

Li Shimin frowned and looked at the imperial army suspiciously: "Old and weak women and children? Are you sure they are old and weak women and children, not the hidden rebels?"

"Your Majesty, it's hard for me to explain clearly. Please move your majesty to watch it for yourself." The Imperial Forest Army lowered its head. At this moment, he himself could hardly imagine that it was the old and weak women and children who came to attack the army.

"What are the old and the weak, women and children attacking me for?"

"Yeah, are they stupid?"

"You have to know that I still open warehouses during the day to release food and maintain order in the city, so why would they attack me?"

The Tang Army and Baekje are hostile. The King of Baekje is dead, but he will still have loyal subordinates, so it is normal for rebels to take advantage of the darkness in the city.

But these are generally organized teams, not old and weak women and children.

What's more, the two countries were hostile, and the Tang army did not conduct insane operations such as massacring the city. On the contrary, they opened the granaries, maintained order, and even opened the city gates to let them leave.

As a result, these old and weak women and children not only did not escape, nor did they have self-knowledge, but they were unconscious and took advantage of the night to attack Tang Jun?

Isn't this sending you to death?

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to understand the reason and purpose of the old, weak, women and children attacking them.

Chapter 224 Takeover of Juba City

Li Shimin was very dissatisfied: "Go and interrogate the prisoner, and then report to me!"

"Yes!"

After a while, the Yulin Army appeared in front of Li Shimin with a confession and said, "Your Majesty, the prisoner has been recruited. This is the confession. Your Majesty please read it."

"Yeah." After Li Shimin turned a few pages, his frown suddenly relaxed, and he shook his head and laughed, "I never thought that this Baekje man would be so stupid."

Everyone who was curious looked at each other. What happened to make Li Shimin scold Baekje people directly?

"Your Majesty, why did you say that?"

Anyway, it's not a big deal, Li Shimin explained the so-called confession roughly without hesitation.

"The group of people who attacked were old and weak, women and children, and most of their children were called by Buddhism to join the war.

But Baekje was defeated in the battle of Xiongjin City. These old and weak women and children were worried about their children, and at the same time they remembered the Buddhist words of consummation of merit and virtue, so they took advantage of the night to attack our army. "

As Li Shimin spoke, the corners of his mouth kept rising and twitching.

"Hahaha~" Niu Jinda laughed unabashedly.

Li Daozong also found it ridiculous, but at the same time felt very puzzled.

"Their sons and daughters went to war because of the call of Buddhism, so that their life and death were unknown, but they came to attack us again for the sake of consummation of merit. Aren't they afraid of ending up in the same end?"

"The Baekje people all believe in Buddhism, which is a bit difficult."

Niu Jinda shrugged his shoulders, and said with contempt: "What's the trouble, at worst, it will be closed for two days, and they will naturally obey."

"That's true." Li Shimin nodded, and greeted casually: "All loves, continue to drink, don't disturb your elegance because of such a stupid thing."

"Yes!"

At this moment, hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

"Report~, Your Majesty, the Baekje people have replied."

"Send the messenger." Li Shimin said with a hint of joy when he was put down.

"Yes." The Imperial Forest Army saluted and brought in the messenger outside the door.

As soon as he entered the door, the messenger held the letter and saluted, "Report to Your Majesty, I have brought the letter back."

"Okay." Li Shimin took the letter, opened it, and asked, "How is the situation in Juba City?"

The messenger looked thoughtful and said: "I met a lot of refugees and bandits along the way, but after I mentioned the reputation of the Tang army, the bandits and refugees fled everywhere.

Blessed by His Majesty's reputation, I arrived at Juba City safe and sound all the way. I saw the city gate was closed tightly. As soon as I appeared, I was discovered by spies. They regarded me as a refugee bandit and raised their bows to shoot.

The minister hurriedly reported to his house and explained, which scared the people on the tower into a commotion, thinking it was the Tang army calling, and after some explanations, the minister entered the city.

Many doors in the city are closed, there are few pedestrians, and most of them are still carrying baggage. They seem to want to leave and escape, but the eunuchs and maids in the palace are all there. "

Hearing the messenger's words, the people present analyzed in a low voice.

Li Daozong thought for a moment and said: "Refugees are everywhere, bandits are rampant, the gates of Juba City are closed, and the defense is quite strict."

Niu Jinda on the side showed disdain and said: "After losing twice in a row, I was frightened when I heard the news. If our army sends people to go, they will lose without a fight."

"In such a big defeat, there is no chaos in the city, the city walls are still strictly guarded, and the order in the palace is not chaotic. It seems that there are still a few capable people in Bacheng."