Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"Third Brother, Third Brother, are the candied haws ready to eat?" Jin Yang came over from outside, licking his little lips at this moment.

Obviously, for these little guys in Jinyang, they don't care about high-yield food at all, what they care about is eating.

"Third brother, take a look." Li Ke stood up and went out, brought back the candied haws that were drying outside, knocked on the icing attached to the outside, and when the icing fell off crisply, Li Ke was satisfied Nodding, he took out a hawthorn and handed it to Jinyang: "You can eat it, go."

"Wow! You can eat it!" Jinyang immediately stuck out his tongue and licked it curiously. When the sweet smell came in, Jinyang's small eyes lit up.

"Third brother, I want third brother too." Gao Yang and Cheng Yang also rushed over.

Li Ke gave them one by one, and everyone had them, except Li Chengqian.

Li Xiang, who didn't even have all his teeth, was gnawing on one of them, but he could only lick the sugar coating outside, and it was impossible to move.

"Brother, you can't eat it, you have to quit sugar." Li Ke said with a smile, no matter what type of diabetes Li Chengqian is, it is definitely right to quit sugar anyway, and then exercise properly, you don't need to exercise your legs Just let him do the pull-ups.

When Li Chengqian's symptoms disappeared, there would be no problem with eating normally.

"Aren't you going to explain this thing? How many seeds does it have?" Li Shimin ate a candied haws, and his eyes lit up. This kind of sweet food doesn't exist in Datang, but it looks more like it is for children , so Li Shimin also maintained his identity and tasted it.

"What we ate just now were seeds." Li Ke shrugged.

"What? You rebellious son!" Hearing this, Li Shimin almost died of anger!Have you eaten the high-yielding seeds? !

"Oh, dad, don't be angry. I haven't finished my words yet. Their roots are seeds, but these potatoes have been injured. I will definitely not be able to plant them until next spring. I will eat them. Good seeds Keep them all, like this kind of tubers, you can keep them for seeds. It’s about 200 catties of seeds.” Li Ke said.

"So many?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, after all, it is impossible to use so many seeds for conventional wheat.

"Because it needs a healthy tuber with a healthy germ or two, it's still time to cut it."

"I planted about two acres of land this year and harvested a total of 6000 catties of potatoes. I can plant about 30 acres next year. After the harvest next year, it can be promoted under the names of the people around Chang'an." Li Ke said.

This method of saving seeds is also a no-brainer, and Datang has no biological industry, so these seeds can only spread gradually.

But even so, its speed is not slow. Based on the calculation of a guaranteed minimum of 3000 catties per mu, about 15 mu can be planted per mu of land, and 450 mu of potatoes can be planted next year.In about five years, the number of acres of these seeds can be expanded to millions of acres.

After each additional year, the number of seeds can be continuously expanded.

On the contrary, sweet potatoes can expand much faster than potatoes because they can be propagated by stems and vines. However, sweet potatoes are different from potatoes in that they cannot be eaten as a meal, so we must give priority to promoting potatoes.

"These two crops not only have high yields, but also have a great advantage." Li Ke said with a smile.

"What?" Li Shimin asked.

"Drought tolerance, low requirements on land, some poor quality sandy land, barren land can be planted, although it affects the yield, but even if it affects the yield, they are far higher than ordinary wheat and the yield of corn. Of course, they can be used as a supplementary food for the food of the Tang Dynasty, and they cannot be used as a staple food, but their uniqueness means that in many barren areas, it is easier for people to survive." Li Ke said.

In fact, these modern varieties are not only resistant to cold, but also have been bred for resistance to insect pests and salt and alkali.

And in fact, it can really be regarded as a staple food. At least Europeans used to rely on potatoes to feed an unknown number of people.

"Let's talk about such important things in the future!" Li Shimin said with an angry look at Li Ke.

"Hey, no problem, but it's not that I don't say anything, but that I need to confirm the yield of this crop. Another point is that I have to use my personal power to promote it in the early stage. Otherwise, I'm afraid It caused some serious people to plot." Li Ke shrugged his shoulders.

"Who dares? I think he has a few heads to lose." Li Shimin sneered and said directly.

Li Ke thought for a while, and it seemed that no one dared to do this, because if this thing spread, the power would be greater than what Li Ke had done before, and whoever stood in the way would die.

"Well, next year, depending on the situation, I will select good cultivated land around Chang'an City to breed first. After the 11th year of Zhenguan, it can be transported to various provinces in the world for planting." Li Ke thought for a while and said.

"According to what you said, the 11th year of Zhenguan is not much, right?" Li Shimin was a little puzzled.

"In the 11th year of Zhenguan, more than 6000 mu can be planted. The land near Chang'an is enough, but according to my idea, it is distributed in different provinces across the country for planting. Priority is given to the provinces that are more prone to drought, and the average distribution in each province Some potatoes, in this case, spread faster. If they are gathered together, they can plant 12+ mu in the 10,000th year of Zhenguan, and when so many seeds are transported out, they will be easily damaged." Li Ke roughly explained .

Anyway, it is exponential growth. If the base is divided into branches at the beginning, it will be conducive to the later spread. Otherwise, it will be concentrated in one place. It will consume a lot of manpower and material resources just to transport the seeds in the middle and later stages. Daozhou as the center will bloom more.

"Okay, I will write an edict for this matter later and hand it over to Wei Zheng. He must be very concerned about supervising Li Tai for such an important matter." Li Shimin obviously knows who will do this matter most attentively. .

"You just have to come and see this father." Li Ke shrugged.

"Hmm... You're right. It happens that Li Tai is in charge of collecting data on war horses in Jiuyuan County and other places. There is also a summary of the disaster situation in various places. This year, statistics will be carried out, all of which will be included. Leave it to Li Tai, I thought I would hand it over to the three provinces to take charge of this matter after the next year." Li Shimin thought about it, and then simply gave Li Tai more courage.

Every year, the Tang court has a lot of trivial things to do. Li Shimin is also troublesome about these things, but they can't be completely handed over to the people below. For example, in the ninth year of Zhenguan, some disasters should be summarized.

These summaries not only include the disaster situation in previous years, but also the number of local households, the number of fields, and the specific situation of the disaster. This kind of thing is very troublesome. In fact, officials in various places do not Don't dare to make up your own mind.

Because of the successive years of disasters at the beginning of the Zhenguan Year, Li Shimin is very concerned about these things, so all places have to collect and report them, and then Li Shimin handles them personally, almost every year.

The past Nine Years of Zhenguan was actually a good harvest year as a whole, but not all places had a good harvest in the good harvest year. These situations need to be counted, and Li Shimin has to appoint and remove some officials who are good at these things to do things according to these situations. , so these things are very cumbersome and often last for a month or two.