Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

After picking, the stems and upper green leaves of the peanuts were cut off, leaving only the seed pods for weighing. The officials gathered in a group and looked at the officials responsible for weighing and statistics in front of them.

Every time a bag of peanuts is weighed, the officials in front start to report the number behind them. However, after experiencing the previous data destruction of potatoes, tomatoes, and sweet potatoes, it is obvious that the tolerance of the officials has been greatly improved.

"One thousand six hundred and forty-three pounds!"

Li Shimin was not sure whether the output was low or high. The old man and Yuchi Baoqi were muttering to each other, and Li Shimin leaned over to listen to the gossip.

"Early-maturing species are considered to have high yields. After all, if interplanted with corn, a lot of yield per mu will be lost."

The old man deeply agreed: "The corn is not mature yet, so this early-maturing species is actually quite high-yielding. Doesn't it mean that wheat can also be nested with peanuts? I will give it a try when the time comes, and the yield will increase again."

After listening to the conversation between the two, Li Shimin grinned from ear to ear. As the sole leader of the Tang Dynasty, he could never have too much food and gold and silver.

Seeing that the sun was almost setting in the evening, Li Shimin took advantage of his excitement and said, "You haven't been to this village much, have you? I invite you all to stay at the village today. Everyone will be happy."

Wei Zheng stood up and said, "Your Majesty, although Your Majesty is happy to have so many high-yielding crops, as a minister, I still need to remind Your Majesty not to get carried away with your pride. Your Majesty is the emperor of a dynasty, and you should not be overjoyed in everything."

Yuchi Baoqi coughed twice: "You mean the Tang Dynasty enjoyed the high-yielding crops, but you don't like it?"

Wei Zheng's old face stiffened: "No... This is not what the official is..."

Yuchi Baoqi picked his ears: "No, no, come on, a great scholar will come out to debate the scriptures for me. My Lord is going to arrange your stay today."

Seeing how arrogant Wei Chi Baoqi was, Wei Zheng was about to speak when he saw Fang Xuanling standing up with an abacus in his hand.

"Zheng Guogong, do you know what the yield of twelve thousand catties per unit is? If half of the fields in the world are used to grow high-yielding potatoes, do you know how much more the imperial court's tax revenue will increase in a year?"

Wei Zheng was speechless when asked, and Chen Shuda, the Minister of Rites, came out again: "The warehouse is full of etiquette. Even without these high-yielding crops, at least the number of crimes in Chang'an City and surrounding areas has dropped rapidly. Zheng Guogong believes that there are fewer criminals as a result of his conscience." Suddenly it grew?"

"Nowadays, the entire Central Plains is almost closed at night and the streets are not picked up. The people are civilized and modest. Children of school age, both male and female, have books to read and go to school. Is it possible to do this by your words, Zheng Guogong?"

The original Ministry of Etiquette had little say in the matter. It had nothing else to do except manage foreign envoys, sacrificial activities, and the weddings and funerals of various princes and princesses.

Since Yuchi Baoqi captured Tuyuhun and Tubo, and the Tang Dynasty captured Mobei, Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, matters related to various ethnic groups began to enter the Ministry of Rites in large quantities.

It can be said that the authority of the Ministry of Rites increased by an unknown amount overnight. Chen Shuda attributed the root of all this to the father and son Yuchi Jingde who settled the matter of Tuyuhun and Tubo.

Wei Zheng watched Yuchi Baoqi and Li Shimin stroll away from here, while he was surrounded by various officials and princes talking.

Li Shimin turned around every step of the way. Although he was very annoyed with Wei Zheng, a farmhand, he still didn't want anything to happen to him. After all, Li Shimin, who cherished his reputation the most, would not allow a loyal minister to have an accident because of him. It would be so ugly to be included in the history books.

Yuchi Baoqi pulled Li Shimin: "Let's go and see. What's going to happen? All the generals are outside and there are only a few civil servants in their pockets. If we really start a fight, we will only have to lie down for ten days and a half."

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The celebration banquet at Zhuangzi began in the evening. Fang Xuanling was sitting next to Du Ruhui with three scratches on his face. Du Ruhui was now in good health, but he had not returned to the court yet. I heard at the military hospital There is a banquet today, and Pei Diandian came over.

Wei Zheng turned sideways to prevent Li Shimin from seeing the black socket of his left eye, and his hair was messed up, which looked a bit funny.

Yuchi Baoqi held Yuchi Canglan in his arms and stretched out his hands to pick up food for Li Lizhi. The whole hall was drinking and drinking, and the officials were all very happy that Tang Dynasty had obtained high-yield and improved varieties today.

Li Shimin looked at the lively scene, and suddenly felt a little lonely. The brothers who had followed him all the way to fight were not here, otherwise Zhijie would have dragged him to drink at this time, and the black face was in front of him to block the drink.

Yuchi Baoqi looked at Li Shimin with something wrong: "Hey, it's not spring yet, why are you feeling springy?"

Li Shimin grabbed the chopstick holder on the table and threw it towards Yuchi Baoqi, but his movements were very gentle: "I miss your dad, don't you?"

Yuchi Baoqi stretched out his hand and touched the chopstick holder lightly. The chopstick holder flew back to the plate in front of Li Shimin's table: "Don't think about it. He will be back soon. Just wait. Those uncles and uncles will be back soon." ”

Empress Changsun also missed her two sons a little: "I don't know when Gao Ming will come back, and I don't know if it will be cold in Lingnan. I heard that there are many wild beasts in the mountains and forests. Alas, no one can worry."

Li Lizhi stood up and walked to her mother: "I don't know about Brother Huang, but Qingque should be back soon, and he will definitely be back in less than six months at most. By the way, husband. How many acres of land do you think there is there? ?”

Yuchi Baoqi spat out the chicken bones in his mouth: "There are more than two billion acres of available arable land. It's all in the Great Plains. It would be a damn pity not to use that flat plain for farming."

Fang Xuanling knew what Li Shimin was going to ask by looking at Li Shimin's posture: "Your Majesty, the current available arable land area in the Tang Dynasty is more than 900 million. However, due to the tax exemption in the Northeast in the past three years, it has not been included in the statistics. It is probably more than 1 billion. ”

Li Shimin didn't expect that there was so much wealth on the other side of the sea. Yuchi Baoqi moved Yuchi Canglan's position so that he could lie on her lap.

"The climate is good, and there are large and connected lands. I plan to develop a large farm model there and use a large number of agricultural machinery to take advantage of the vast land and sparse population to make up for the lack of domestic food production."

Queen Changsun was realistic: "There are so many lands, so let Qingque stop coming back first, and open up more lands before coming back."

After eating and drinking, the officials were taken to the bathing center by the service staff of Zhuangzi. Yuchi Baoqi and Li Shimin were regular guests. Each of these officials looked as if they were entering the city for the first time.

As the first contestant to surrender, Wei Zheng shouted out the advice that was most agreed upon by his colleagues in his life: "Your Majesty, I propose that officials can come here for free once a month to relax and better handle government affairs!"