In contrast, Li Shimin rewarded these heroes with a large amount of land, which was basically located in Shuozhou or north of Shuozhou, which was not so eye-catching.

"Aye, congratulations to you for ranking first on the merit list."

Changsun Chong stood beside Changsun Wuji with a smile.

"Low-key, keep this matter low-key, don't show our complacency in front of outsiders."

Changsun Wuji stroked his mustache, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

Speaking of which, the ranking of these twenty-four heroes has caused a lot of troubles, and there are many people in the court who are not convinced that they are ranked first.

Moreover, it is obvious that these heroes are mainly former generals of the Qin Palace. Many of the heroes who followed Li Yuan to conquer the world are not included.

Although there is still a list of seventy-two people, there is a gap between this list and the list.

"Aye, you have worked hard for the Tang Dynasty. His Majesty sees it. The opinions of some villains are just jealousy."

In Changsun Chong's eyes, Aye's contribution must be the greatest.

Not to mention other things, if Aye hadn’t planned and promoted the Xuanwu Gate incident, it’s hard to say who would be today.

Of course, you can just think about these words yourself, but they are not suitable to be said even between father and son.

"This Li Kuan has finally done something serious after all these years. It's a pity that such a good proposal was not proposed by His Highness the Crown Prince."

Changsun Wuji was a little surprised when he thought about Li Shimin's rewards and awards this time.

It was different from when Li Yuan was in power. After Li Shimin registered, in addition to generously awarding a number of meritorious officials in the first year, he was actually very cautious, or stingy, with various lords and rewards later on.

This time, it was contrary to the norm.

"What is more regrettable is that the land rewarded is all in the north of Shuozhou, and generally reaches the boundary of the Yunzhong Governor's Mansion. This is a bit useless."

"Each of the twenty-four meritorious officials will be rewarded with thirty thousand acres of Yongye land. Each of the seventy-two meritorious officials will also be rewarded with ten thousand acres of Yongye land. They are also allowed to purchase one acre of land for one silver coin, not exceeding one hundred thousand acres."

acres of farmland, this level of reward is unprecedented. If it were not placed in the border areas of Shuozhou, where would there be so much fertile farmland on Guanzhong Road?"

Changsun Wuji's vision naturally looked further than Changsun Chong.

Obviously, there is a special meaning behind Li Shimin's move.

Coupled with the official document just announced by the imperial court to immigrate to Hedong Road, and the regulations that do not allow large-scale cotton planting on Guanzhong Road, they are basically telling everyone: I will reward you with these lands for growing cotton!

"That's true, but fortunately it's Shuozhou. If this award is directly sent to the Western Regions, it would be meaningless. Now there is a cement road from Chang'an to Shuozhou. It only takes more than a month to go back and forth by horseback.

, but it’s barely acceptable.”

For the nobles of Chang'an City, the safety of the Shuozhou area is not their biggest concern.

After all, the Tang Dynasty was now so powerful that no one would dare to provoke it in a short period of time.

What they care about is whether these lands have value and whether they can create wealth.

"Chong'er, I asked you to inquire with various companies about the income from cotton planting. How did you confirm it?"

On that piece of land in Shuozhou, if everyone had grown corn in the past, the input and output would not be very valuable.

After all, the land rewarded by the imperial court was not ready-made fertile land. It was said that most of it was barren grassland, and there was no way to put it directly into use.

To put it bluntly, if the Changsun family did not invest tens of thousands of dollars first, there would be no way to directly turn this land into fertile farmland.

This is also an important reason why Li Shimin was so generous this time.

If those lands are said to belong to the Tang Dynasty, they also belong to the Tang Dynasty.

It is said that it is not from the Tang Dynasty, but it is actually not from the Tang Dynasty.

If after being rewarded to meritorious officials, it could really turn into fertile land for the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court would finally make a profit.

It can be said that this is a win-win situation.

"Aye, I have inquired clearly. Cotton cultivation is really huge profits. Except for the sugar cane planted by the Prince of Chu in Guangzhou, planting anything else is not as good as cotton. If all these fields rewarded by the imperial court are used,

If you come to grow cotton, the harvest in one year may be much greater than the income of our iron-making workshop."

Changsun Chong couldn't help but admire Li Kuan's ability to turn stone into gold.

Thinking about the recent content of Datang Daily, combined with recent events, Li Kuan's pattern is no longer comparable to his own.

"Your Majesty has placed me at the top of the list of meritorious officials. Publicly and privately, I will support the imperial court's plan to plant cotton there. Now it seems that this cotton planting is profitable, even if it is far away.

The investment is a bit larger, but the final output is still very impressive. If all the land rewarded by the court this time can be turned into fertile farmland for cultivation, this will be of great significance to the stability of our Northern Territory of the Tang Dynasty."

Changsun Wuji is now more and more afraid of Li Kuan.

However, in this matter, we can only cooperate.

It can be said that Li Kuan's plan to promote cotton planting, although it is not known how much benefit the Chu Palace has behind it, is very beneficial to the Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!