Guanshishan Academy Agricultural College now has more than a thousand teachers and students, making it second only to Gewu College.

Xie Linmao returned to Chang'an from Ezhou after a bumper harvest of early rice and successful sowing of late rice this year.

Originally, according to his plan, Aye Xie Tianwu hoped that after Xie Linmao came back, he would be able to enter the agricultural supervisory department and become a public servant.

However, after a year and a half of training, Xie Linmao has completely fallen in love with the days of dealing with rice. He feels that being an instructor at Guanshishan Academy and studying the planting and improvement of rice is much more interesting than working as a agricultural supervisor.

Already.

Xu Jingzong did not treat him badly and established a rice research institute under the College of Agriculture and made him the director.

Today is the day when the Rice Research Institute is unveiled.

As a support for the Rice Research Institute, Li Kuan personally attended the unveiling ceremony and also asked Xu Jingzong to establish a research base for the Rice Research Institute in Xiangzhou, Ezhou, Suzhou, and Guangzhou to study the improvement of rice seeds.

"Lin Mao, I have an idea, you can refer to it."

After a brief speech, Li Kuan visited the newly founded Rice Research Institute, taking this opportunity to give Xie Linmao some "reinforcement".

"Your Majesty, please give me instructions!"

Xie Linmao looked at Li Kuan with bright eyes.

Although he is very interested in rice cultivation and improvement, he also has some research ideas.

But in the entire Guanshishan Academy, who doesn’t know that Li Kuan’s creativity is the most unique and most productive.

If I can get guidance today, maybe I will have a place in the Agricultural Science Award of the Datang Royal Science and Technology Award in the future.

"No matter what we do in the cultivation and improvement of rice, the ultimate goal is to increase rice yield. In the next few hundred years, this goal will not be shaken. To increase rice yield, the current situation is actually

It’s very clear, there are just a few.

One is what Yao Yuan of Gewu College is doing, which is to see how to make rice grow better to increase yields; the other is to improve rice seeds and increase rice yields from the root, just like the Nanyang rice promotion started last year;

One thing is to consider how to reduce pests and diseases and see if there is a way to find a solution to get rid of the bugs growing on the rice."

Li Kuan put forward three routes to increase rice production in one breath.

No matter how great the results are, any new breakthrough in a certain area can bring rice production to a new level.

Otherwise, the gap between current rice production and that of later generations is really huge.

Even with the introduction of Nanyang rice, the actual yield per mu is only about 30% of that of later generations.

Of course, Li Kuan did not expect to be able to achieve the output of future generations. After all, it was the result of countless scientific and technical personnel's loneliness and hard work.

As long as the rice output of the Tang Dynasty could reach half of that of later generations, Li Kuan would be satisfied.

If this goal is achieved, coupled with the introduction of potatoes and sweet potatoes from the Americas in the future, at least 500 million people in the Tang Dynasty can be fed.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty was definitely an empire on which the sun never sets.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, our Rice Research Institute must conduct in-depth research on these three routes to increase yield, and we will continue the research with Yao Yuan; as for the cultivation of new varieties, we are also considering going to Nanyang to select rice seeds with higher yields.

As for the method of getting rid of the insects, we don’t have a clue yet, but we will also make various attempts. Your Highness, King Chu, do you have any suggestions?”

Xie Linmao found some clues in Li Kuan's tone.

You may not know the direction of some things, but His Royal Highness the King of Chu may not know the direction.

Judging from the development of Shishan Academy in recent years, many achievements were achieved under Li Kuan's explicit or covert guidance.

If the Rice Research Institute can receive specific guidance from His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the research progress may be directly improved several times.

"There are indeed some suggestions. I have already explained the first route in the lecture before, and Yao Yuan is also studying it. You just need to cooperate well. As for the second route, in addition to the method you mentioned, I also have

It’s an idea, but it’s time-consuming and labor-intensive to operate, and it may not be effective for a while. However, as long as the results are achieved, maybe it can directly increase the rice yield by a few percent.”

"His Royal Highness King Chu, we are not afraid of hardship, tiredness, trouble, or wasting time and effort."

Xie Linmao is like a man who has been hungry for several days and his mouth is watering when he sees a table full of braised pork.

Obviously, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has another novel idea to come up with.

"Actually, this method itself is not complicated. I am thinking that there are often some differences in rice varieties in different places; some rice grows thicker and is not easily blown over by the wind; some rice has a smaller number of rice grains.

There are many, but they may not be full enough; some rice plants produce long and full rice, but the ears are very short; other rice plants may not be susceptible to disease, but the yield is very low.

Can we try to cross-breed different rice seeds and try to breed a rice seed with multiple advantages?"

"Students heard that some farmers around Chang'an City raise pigs, and they often find some particularly good-looking boars to breed with their sows, so that the piglets will grow better. This method of His Royal Highness the King of Chu,

It seems to be similar to this one."

Different approaches but similar results?

Not your sister!

What’s not a good example to give? Let’s take a boar...

Why does it feel so weird?

"Ahem! That's about right. Anyway, you should study it carefully."

Li Kuan coughed twice, not wanting to continue discussing this topic with Xie Linmao.

"Clang!"

At this moment, Liu Jie rashly opened the door and walked in. He was sweating, and he obviously ran here.

"Liu Jie, what's going on? How old is he? He's not stable at all."

Xu Jingzong took a quick glance at Li Kuan and found that he had no intention of getting angry, so he called Liu Jie two gentle words.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, something happened to Xu Canjun! Several students from the Agricultural College were beaten, and they have just been carried back."

Liu Jie didn't care if he was rude just now, so he quickly told the matter.

"What did you say? A student from the Agricultural College was beaten? What happened? Was it done by people from Qujiang Academy or Weishui Academy? Didn't everyone calm down recently? Besides, who can be so cruel in a fight? This is

Do you want to completely break up?"

Xu Jingzong asked several questions one after another with an unhappy expression.

Since the establishment of Qujiang Academy and Weishui Academy, there have been constant conflicts and fights among the students of their respective schools.

But everyone was very measured and didn't cause any big trouble.

Coupled with the subsequent promotion of football and polo, these students who had nothing to do from time to time finally found a place to vent their energy, and fights rarely spread to Xu Jingzong.

As for whether they are really so harmonious in private, we don't know.

"Xu Canjun is not from Qujiang Academy, nor from Weishui Academy. It was the guards of Chai Lingwu, the Prince Consort, who did it. These people were too ruthless. Although they did not draw their swords, the scabbard kept pointing at key parts.

Instead, we, a few students from the Agricultural College, just argued with them for a few words, and then... just..."

"Where are the people?"

Li Kuan asked with an unkind expression.

Liu Jie: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, their people should still be in the West City. They even told them before they left. If you don't agree, just go find them!"

"I'm not talking about Chai Lingwu's people, I'm talking about the students of the Agricultural College."

"I just brought it back and sent it to the medical school for them to help with treatment."

"Come on, let's go over and take a look."

Although Li Kuan wanted to take revenge now, it was also important to confirm the situation of the students of the Agricultural College and comfort them first rather than seeking revenge.

Of course, on the way there, you should also understand the ins and outs of the matter, so that you can judge the intensity of the counterattack.

Anyway, Li Kuan often helps his relatives but not his parents.

If you are in the wrong, control the strength of your counterattack appropriately and just vent your anger.

If it's the other party's problem, then if you don't give them a severe lesson, everyone will think that the people from Guanshishan Academy are easy to bully.

Don't tell me that the person who took action was the bodyguard of Chai Lingwu, the commander-in-chief of the Prince Consort. Li Kuan didn't want to give any face to the Chai family.

Although Chai Lingwu Aye was the only one among Li Yuan's many sons-in-law to be included in the list of meritorious officials, his mother-in-law was an extraordinary woman who had made great military exploits for the Tang Dynasty, and she was also Li Shimin's beloved sister.

But so what?

The more awesome you are, wouldn't it be better if you kill the chicken to scare the monkey?

"So, these students from the Agricultural College are helping Wen Guang try to sell honey?"

The situation is not that complicated, it can even be said to be very simple. Before Li Kuan and his party arrived at the medical school, Liu Jie explained the process clearly.

"Yes, Wen Guang is the student who took the lead in studying artificial beekeeping in our Agricultural College. Artificial beekeeping is now being promoted in Shuozhou and a large amount of cotton honey is produced. The first batch of honey this year has just been shipped back to the farm a few days ago.

In college, several Wen Guang classmates took the honey to the West Market to try selling it to see how the market went.

But less than half a day after the sale, Chai Lingwu knocked on the door with his guards and asked the students of the Agricultural College to either sell the honey to their shop at a low price, or to keep it at home and drink it themselves. Our students are just

After a few words of retort, Chai Lingwu's guards took action. Your Majesty, this Prince Consort Chai Lingwu doesn't take our Guanshishan Academy seriously."

Liu Jie and Guanshishan Academy now have a relationship where both prosper and suffer.

Regarding Chai Lingwu's provocation to the students of Guanshishan Academy, he naturally hoped that Li Kuan could make a strong counterattack.

As for what the consequences would be, he didn't want to think about it.
To be continued...