Chapter 29 The Royal Manor
The appearance of potatoes directly brought Li Chengqian's military camp life to a temporary end, and was recruited back to Chang'an by Li Shimin overnight.
Li Shimin is now somewhat immune to his eldest son who is good at making trouble.
Just look at him when he was in the city, he was making toilet paper and restaurants. He didn't count on his business, but he also helped the military solve the problem of frequent damage to horse hooves. He had just been sent to the army and had trouble again.
First, a set of stage-based methods were used to directly increase the steel output by more than three times. Finally, I participated in a practical training and found new grains with huge outputs. If this was not the chosen son of God, Li Shimin, would first disagree. Those knowledge can be said to be the knowledge that Li Chengqian learned in his dreams, but meeting new grains on this road is good luck. Otherwise, why would others not encounter them?
In the Ganlu Hall, Li Shimin fiddled with the potatoes brought back by Li Chengqian and asked, "Can this thing really produce more than 20 stones per mu?"
"It's true. Twenty stones are less said. Basically, there is no accident. More than thirty stones is the norm, and even if the yield per mu reaches forty or fifty stones, it is possible." Li Chengqian said.
"What! Fifty stones?" After hearing Li Chengqian's words, Li Shimin stood up in shock.
Since there are such high-yield food crops, what disasters are there? Even if there are many disasters for many years, I am not afraid of starving the people.
"Can you be sure?" Li Shimin confirmed: "This is not a joke, it has a great impact on national policies!"
"It is certain that in the world where children dream, potatoes are just a very ordinary crop. Even if the people grow, they only plant a little bit and eat it as a vegetable. Although it can be used as a staple food, basically no one eats it every meal. This thing is different from wheat and rice. It can fill your stomach, but it will get greasy. Eating it all year round will only fill your stomach." Li Chengqian said.
Oh my God, in this year of disaster, who cares whether it is delicious or not? It’s good to have food, so it’s so good? It’s so good compared to the food and clothing that sells children and girls.
So far this year, there has been no rain in Guanzhong. The drought has been confirmed. Now some people have begun to sell their children and daughters publicly. Such young children are just when they want to enjoy a carefree childhood, but they have to go to the master's home to take care of people, just to avoid being eliminated by natural disasters. It is sad to think about it.
Moreover, there will be major disasters after a severe drought. Originally, Li Chengqian proposed that locust plague was really inevitable.
Li Shimin now complains about God. He has not stopped in the past two years since he ascended the throne. He was humiliated by the Turks in the first year, and this year he encountered disasters. Sometimes he wonders, is it really God who thinks that the Xuanwu Sect was too far away? But it is impossible for him to not do that. Are you waiting for someone to come to the door and eat it all?
However, this idea existed in Li Shimin's mind for a moment, and then he left it behind.
The humiliation of the Turks will be recovered sooner or later. Now there are many conflicts within the Turks, and it will not take a few years to destroy them. As for the disaster, it will pass. Moreover, there is a real child with a fairy relationship in the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty will only get better and better. Isn’t this the high-yield potatoes just coming!
However, Li Chengqian reminded: "It's just that we only have these few potatoes now. It will take at least several years to plant them all."
"Don't be afraid, as long as you have seeds, you can't rush anything. Take your time!" Li Shimin said: "In this way, you will take over the royal manor from now on. Be sure to develop high-yield crops like potatoes that can fill the stomach."
Li Shimin also considered this decision. Li Chengqian’s current education issues are no longer supervised. Since he has learned it in his dream, that is enough. Just take the time to study what he doesn’t know in the future.
Li Chengqian was a little surprised to hear that his father had assigned him such an errand. He could go out to play all the time? This is great. As for potatoes, it is very easy to grow. Just cut them, cut them into the farm, and you can also have your own time to do other things.
Li Chengqian immediately agreed.
The royal manor is in Xinfeng County. A large area near Mount Li is a royal manor. But a few managers were sent here. The farming was planted by hiring nearby people.
The yard of the Royal Village is in Xinzhuang. There are more than 300 households in Xinzhuang. The Royal Village has a large yard of ten-in-one areas, but there is no owner coming to preside over it, which seems a bit deserted, but the manager here is doing well with the people.
Li Chengqian took Feng Xiaoyou and He Huangbiao early in the morning to enter Zhuangzi under the trail of 100 guards.
The royal craftsmen were also following him this time. It was not easy for them to live in the palace. They happened to take advantage of the time when the prince came to the imperial village and followed them together. The yard of ten inches was very large, and it was easy to arrange them. There were not many people, only five men, women, young and twenty-six people, and they arranged them as soon as they entered the yard.
Walking on the dirt road in Zhuangzi, Li Chengqian felt much more comfortable than in the Eastern Palace. There were not so many rules and was much farther away from the control. A free atmosphere surrounded by the surroundings. It was fifty miles away from Chang'an, which was the biggest.
It was spring and there were a lot of work in the field, so there were no idle people in the village in the morning, only some elderly people sat in front of the house, squinted their eyes and basked in the sun.
"Where is the old man sitting?" After dismissing the guards, Li Chengqian took Feng Xiao to stroll in the village. To stay and develop here, you must first understand the situation in the village. Starting from the old man in the village is a good way.
The old man looked over seventy years old. When he heard Li Chengqian’s question, he looked up at him and said, “Yes, I’m old and can’t do anything anymore. Now that the children are old, they should do it.”
"Yes, I have to work hard all my life, and I have to enjoy it." Li Chengqian agreed.
Then he asked, "My father-in-law, is the surname Gui Geng this year?"
"I dare not take the name of noble character. The young man's surname is Zhou, and now he is fifty-seven." Zhou's father-in-law said.
He is only fifty-seven years old, and this age is not yet at the age of retirement in his later years, but he looks much older. But thinking about the average age of people living in this era, it is not surprising that he can be called an old man in his thirties. I guess his father-in-law’s grandson is older than him this week.
"Is the family still here?" Li Chengqian was concerned about his father-in-law's family situation again.
"It's been much better now. Unlike the chaos more than ten years ago, the emperor is good now. Every family has enough land. In addition, it's a royal manor. No one dares to find trouble here. As long as you are willing to work, it's okay to support your family. But this year is not sure. This year's age is not good. The rain is lacking, and the growth of the dealer planted is not very good. I'm afraid it will be inadequate." Mr. Zhou was bored while idle. Now someone talked to him and was just chatting. And this young man seemed to have an identity, otherwise there would be guards to follow him. Besides, there were only so many people in this farm, so who didn't know him.
"The year is not good, so I never thought about getting some side jobs?" Li Chengqian said strangely.
"Side job? What side job?" Mr. Zhou asked curiously.
"For example, raise some pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and other livestock. You don't need to feed them too much, just raise them freely." Li Chengqian said.
"What are you doing to raise these? People don't eat enough food from the fields. How can you give these livestock extra food? Isn't that a waste?" Zhou Laozhang said incomprehensible.
"But chickens, ducks, geese can lay eggs, pigs and sheep can be raised and sold, and can also improve the food for the family. What's wrong with it?" Li Chengqian didn't understand even more.
In his opinion, these domestic animals can be stocked in such a vast place now. Just wrap them up and let them find food for themselves. There is no need to bother. At most, they grow slowly. However, except for the money required to buy cubs, the other feeding costs can be completely negligible.
But this is the concept now. The people live on the harvest in the fields. This has been the case since ancient times. Every day's work is tiring enough. Who has the spare time to think about these things?
Chapter completed!