What kind of bad intentions can the little prince have?

It's not that Li Yue doesn't want to promote the new type of textile machine, but mainly because he doesn't want to launch it now.Again, the grain output is really too low now. One mu of fertile land can produce three to four hundred catties of grain a year, which is amazing, like ordinary land, which is two to three hundred catties.Under such circumstances, it is necessary to maintain a considerable amount of arable land to ensure that everyone will not be hungry, and to store enough food for future crises.

For so many years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has actually taken a lot of light from the Sui Dynasty.Among other things, although the Sui Dynasty was not a good country, it was precisely because there were not too many wars that it was possible to have the rule of Kaihuang and accumulate a lot of wealth. Even Yang Guang, the prodigal son, did not really lose. Not to mention, the grain stored in the six granaries of the Sui Dynasty, Xingluo Cang, Huiluo Cang, Liyang Cang, Guangtong Cang, Heyang Cang, and Changping Cang is an astronomical figure.During the Zhenguan period, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued. The reason why they were able to survive without causing too many disasters was that they relied on the large amount of grain left over from the Sui Dynasty. Even if it was old grain, it could fill their stomachs. The victims who had no harvest starved to death, or were extremely hungry, and directly raised their flags to rebel.

In fact, the grain in those granaries has not been eaten up to now. However, it has been several decades, and most of the grain in it cannot be eaten. There will be no good things in the Zhenguan period in the future. If you want to deal with various natural disasters, or want to use troops abroad, you have to store enough food again.Under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to change farmland to mulberry fields.Therefore, the new-style looms must not be used for weaving silk. Only when a large amount of cotton is grown in the northwest, Li Yue is willing to take out the new-style looms.

That's what Li Zhi called Li Yue for, and Li Yue didn't play tricks, but directly stated his own considerations.For the sake of profit, those aristocratic families will not consider the life and death of the people. Anyway, they have a lot of food in their families, and when there is a famine, they can make a fortune.The good year is good, and it can barely guarantee that there will be no problems, but the south of the Yangtze River is not a place where the weather is smooth all the year round.Just like the Yellow River, the mother river, has always been irritable. The Yangtze River in the south of the Yangtze River is actually not much better. Even though the Yangtze River is quiet, there is a lot of rain in the south of the Yangtze River. It has not been further developed these years, so floods are very frequent. .And when the farming is busy, if there is a heavy rain, the collected grain sprouts and becomes moldy, so it cannot be eaten.However, taxes cannot be reduced. At that time, will the people who have no stock be eating mulberry leaves like silkworms?

Li Zhi nodded. When he reached his status, he would naturally not only consider economic issues. Yes, if the textile industry is very prosperous, the court can indeed receive more taxes. However, in times of disaster, Relief for those victims will only cost more, and Li Zhi will still settle this account.

One reason why Datang has been able to maintain a stable political situation is that grain prices have always been stable. It's so expensive that no one can afford it.Anyway, the disaster victims don’t need to eat new grain. As long as the grain is not moldy, it doesn’t matter if the taste is not good.

When Li Zhi was the King of Jin, he also encountered a plague of locusts, so he was actually very sensitive about these things.At that time, there were really many disasters and disasters, and Li Zhi naturally had a sense of crisis about it.The grain in those Changping granaries is almost exhausted now, and they didn’t replenish much during the Zhenguan period. Fortunately, there have been no serious natural disasters since he took office, so he has been ordering the local government to take the old grain from the Changping granaries nearby. Come out and replace it with the new grain of the year, but compared to the grand situation of the Sui Dynasty when the grain warehouse was full, it is still far behind.Li Zhi still had wild ambitions in his heart. When he was the prince, Li Shimin himself said that he was benevolent and cowardly, not like a king. After becoming the emperor, many officials still didn't take him seriously and looked down on him.Therefore, Li Zhi had secretly vowed a long time ago that he must do a few major things to let his father know that the emperor himself has done a good job, and some things are better than him!

For example, Goguryeo, my father has always been worried about it, and even visited it in his later years, but in the end he still didn't do his best.In addition, there is Tubo, which is also a troublesome place. It relies on the plateau, and the Tang army is not used to the climate there. The daughter was named Princess Wencheng and married and married, only to find out later that Songtsan Gampo had a wife. It's too deceiving!

And these years, Tubo has not stopped much. It is a pity that although Li Zhi has a heart, he does not have enough prestige in the court, so naturally he cannot make a decision casually.

No matter where you fight, logistics is very important, and you can't let soldiers go to war when they can't even fill their stomachs.Therefore, whether it is for the stability of the people or for the long-term future, cultivated land cannot be lost.

"I'm afraid they won't give up so easily!" Li Zhi took a sip of tea soup, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said.

Li Yue, however, was holding a cup of sugarcane syrup and didn't drink it. He just said, "Silk production can't be increased casually, so the quality should be increased!"

Although today's textile technology is already very strong, people in later generations often say how is the current textile technology, such as how light and thin the unearthed silk is, and a piece of clothing is less than 50 grams. Li Yue still remembers that when he was in school, the history book said that the Tang Dynasty A certain prime minister wore more than 20 layers of clothes, and he could still see moles on his body.

However, the lightness and thinness of silk is not necessarily a problem of textile technology. It may also be that the current silk fiber is originally thinner than the later one.

In fact, it was only after the Song Dynasty that the textile technology reached a certain height. For example, the later carved silk and brocade, definitely reached a certain peak in technology.As for Tang Chao at the moment, he was still a little bit off.

Li Yue is not sure about other things, but Li Yue has actually seen the weaving machine of Yunjin. In later generations, when he traveled to Jinling, he visited the Jiangnan Weaving Mansion, and saw the weaving machine that was as big as a room, and the weaving technology of Yunjin. After recovering it, he also saw the weaving demonstration of Yunjin, and after he went back, he specifically checked the relevant information. Although he can't remember some details clearly now, but after making it, he will know where there is a problem, and this, Instead, it can be used to shock those aristocratic families.

Yunjin can't weave much in a year, even if it needs high-grade silk, but it needs so much, so it won't force Shandong Jiangnan to wantonly raise silkworms, this is enough.

"Actually, it's better to find a way to increase the production of grain!" Li Yue sighed as she said that, grain cannot be sold for a price, cash crops can make money, and land annexation is unavoidable. The high profits will naturally plant commercial crops wantonly, and they will not be able to starve them anyway. In the end, it is the poor people at the bottom who are unlucky.

Regarding this point, both Li Zhi and Empress Wu actually understood, but after so many years of intensive farming, the grain output has actually been fixed, and no matter how hard it is, it cannot be increased.Li Yue didn't study agronomy in her previous life, even if she knew about hybrid rice, but it was like a mountain across the country, and Li Yue's eyes were darkened when he thought about how to hybridize this thing.However, Li Yue vaguely remembered that Champa rice had already been introduced to the south during the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Li Yue couldn't help asking.

As a result, Li Zhi was at a loss: "Champa?"

Li Yue recalled it for a while, and also said with some uncertainty: "I also heard from a businessman from Lingnan that a place called Champa in Annan produces a kind of early rice. It seems that the maturity period is relatively short, and the yield It’s not bad, Annan can cook twice a year, or even three times if conditions permit.”

Li Zhi became concerned when he heard it. Now Datang only grows one season of grain a year. After the wheat or rice is harvested, it can only be left unused. If it can be harvested twice a year, it means that the grain output can be doubled. In fact, even if it doesn't double the amount, it's still profitable to collect an extra stone of grain per acre of land, so this matter really needs to be taken care of.

Li Zhi quickly made up his mind and planned to ask Lingnan to inquire about Champa Rice.Now Lingnan is actually still in the hands of the Feng family. Fortunately, the Feng family is still in peace. In other words, the Feng family is not a big deal in Lingnan. It's just orthodox.If they had other intentions, the imperial court could send a few lobbyists to encourage those natives to fight against the Feng family.Besides, since Datang mastered the sugar-making technology, Lingnan is no longer just a place for exiles for Datang, it is a cornucopia.Therefore, in recent years, the imperial court has also mixed sand into Lingnan, so as to avoid the separatist regime in Lingnan, and Datang will lose a lot of money.

Lingnan is bordered by Annan, and they send people there to familiarize themselves with the road, which can also reduce the acclimatization of the water and soil, and reduce the impact of miasma. After all, Lingnan's own environment is similar.

"If this is true, Shiwulang, you will have made another contribution to the Tang Dynasty! It's a pity that your title has reached its peak, and I really don't know how to reward you!" Li Zhi said very sincerely, he It's really a pity at the moment, Li Yue is not his son in name, if he is, he is a good candidate to be the crown prince.

Li Zhi said that he had no intention, but Li Yue was taken aback. Damn, if you don't bring such a person, even if you don't know much about history, but those few people who got Feng Wu Ke Feng, which one will end well? , Next, should I keep it safe, or find more alliances of interest?Or should I find a way out, and go to the Western Regions to toss on my own if it doesn't work?