The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 411
Wu Meiniang's real name is Wu Hua, and the sun and the moon are in the sky is the name she created for herself.

As for Zetian, that was the name Sima Guang gave to others when he wrote Zi Zhi Tong Jian.Anyway, in the history of Tang Dynasty, the word Zetian has never been seen.

And Mei Niang is her nickname.

Those who can call this name are naturally very close.

When Wu Meiniang was in power in Lijiazhuang before, she was still a little shy.

But when Li Yunze gave her a nickname, Wu Meiniang immediately began to arrange various affairs generously.

The Wu family also successfully obtained the project route from Yunyang to Fangzhou, and the attention of her family is also rapidly increasing.

In the fifth year of Zhenguan, the weather is still smooth, and the autumn harvest is naturally another round of bumper harvest.

Grain prices kept falling, even to the point where you could buy a bucket of grain for four fen.

This is something unimaginable in a famine year.

It is precisely because of this that many people in the court are calling Shengshi, Dazhi and so on, and they can't take care of themselves after being spit on by Wei Zheng.

Since the overjoyed Li Er had set up Wei Zheng's men, he naturally couldn't dismantle the situation by himself, he could only swallow his anger.

He wants to be a wise king and prove that he is better than his father and elder brother, so he has to endure it.

Fortunately, Changsun Wuji hurried back from Jiangdu and reported to Li Er the good news that Champa rice could be harvested twice a year, which made him very happy.

Hurrying out of the city with Changsun Wuji, Pegasus headed straight for Li's Village.

Lijiazhuang was still as lively as ever, with countless convoys coming and going to deliver supplies, the busy scene made Li Er smile from ear to ear.

In his opinion, the more things like materials, the better.

When he found out that Li Yunze was not in the village, but went fishing in the fish pond, Changsun Wuji was very surprised, "Do you still use the fish in his fish pond?"

Li Yunze used an excavator to dig Nuo Da's fish pond, and diverted water from the Chan River to form a large fish pond.

Since it is a fish pond, the number of fish in the fish pond is naturally super large, and fishing is meaningless in this kind of place.

There is no need to make a nest, and the fish can be caught by throwing down the hook, which is boring.

On the way to the fish pond, I met Zhuang Ding who was making fish feed.

Everyone in Lijiazhuang recognized Li Er and hurriedly saluted the emperor.

Li Er frowned and stepped forward, looked at the feed being stirred in the Nuoda utensil, and asked with a little doubt, "This is grain?"

Zhuang Ding, the leader, quickly responded, "It's the grains. The germinated grains are highly nutritious, and the fish grow faster after eating them."

Looking at the germinated grains that almost filled half of the tank in front of him, Li Erqiang held back his anger and continued to check.

"Green grass, is this salt, and wine? Bran, bean cake, corn, so many earthworms"

Looking at all kinds of things in front of him, Li Er asked uncertainly, "Is this for fish?"

There are so many good things, not to mention feeding fish, people couldn't eat them in times of famine in the past.

At this time, Changsun Wuji stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, there is no staple food in Li Family Village."

Apart from Nuo Da's pastures and fish ponds, Lijiazhuang's fields are all planted with cash crops.

Not only Lijiazhuang, but even the rented fields.

Li Er narrowed his eyes when he heard the words, "Where do the grains come from?"

"I bought it in the city. Mrs. Wu said that the food in the city is cheap, and I buy it to feed fish and livestock. There are also many villages who come to Zhuangzi to buy things and pay directly with grain. The Zhuangzi can't finish eating, so they use it to feed. Livestock."

The dark-faced Li Er suddenly flicked his sleeves, and walked towards the fish pond without saying a word.

He was really angry.

Such a good grain, actually used to feed the fish, is really violent.

Li Yunze said it was fishing, but in fact he was basking in the sun.

Putting up a sunshade on the shore of the fish pond and pulling out the deck chair, lying on it and reading a book leisurely, is naturally very comfortable.

Li Er, with his hands behind his back, came to the side, picked up the lemonade on the stool and sat down directly, "How many fish are there in your fish pond, and how much do you need to feed each day?"

Li Yunze, who closed the book, took a few glances at Li Er, and then turned his head to look at the place where fodder was being made not far away, "Your Majesty is blaming food waste?"

"You do know."

Li Er snorted, "You come from an extraordinary background, so you must have never tasted the taste of starvation. But the people of the world have only had a good life for a few days after the war. Food is so precious, you actually use it to feed fish?"

"It's not just fish." Li Yunze simply sat up and responded, "Livestock and poultry are also fed."

After "you" got angry, Li Er gradually calmed down, "Why?"

"Purchase is very expensive and it hurts the people. It is very cheap and it hurts the farmers. If the people are hurt, they will be separated, and if the farmers are hurt, the country will be poor." Li Yunze said, "The price of grain is too low. Farmers lose their profits. I pay for food to help them.”

"Ha~~~"

Li Er laughed angrily, "The price of food is too cheap, so it's still a bad thing? You were in chaos in the last years of the previous dynasty. How much was the price of food? When the soldiers surrounded Luoyang City, inside the city"

"One hundred thousand dollars for Doumi, I know."

Li Yunze waved his hand, "Food prices are cheap, which is a good thing for all non-agricultural people. They can obtain the necessities of life at a lower cost. But for farmers, the price of food is too low to sell. You can't get many things without enough money
necessities. "

"The price of grain in Chang'an City has dropped to the level of four Wen a bucket, and this is Chang'an City. When the grain is harvested in the countryside, there are even three Wen."

He spread his hands, "Farmers need to dress, build a house, marry a wife, raise children, get medicine for illness, diesel, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc. If they don't have enough money, they don't have these things. This affects It is not only farmers who work in agriculture, but also people in related industries,

If things cannot be sold, there will be a chain of bad luck. "

Li Er fell into deep thought, and Changsun Wuji who followed him said, "Then is there any good way to solve this problem?"

"It's very simple." Li Yunze immediately gave the answer, "The imperial court researches how much money is needed to obtain the necessities of life, then calculates the average number of acres of land and grain production, deducts the tax payment, and then comprehensively calculates the price, and fully opens up the purchase of surplus grain at a guaranteed price. have
Charge as much as you want.Not only can it solve the problem of low grain prices hurting farmers, but it can also promote economic development. "

As soon as this remark came out, Li Er became even more silent.

Over there, Changsun Wuji shook his head again and again, "It's indeed a good idea, but the problem is that the imperial court doesn't have that much wealth."

There are so many acres of land in the Tang Dynasty, if they buy surplus grain according to Li Yunze's proposal in a good harvest year, everyone from the emperor to the ministers will become pants and they will not be able to buy them all.

"If you don't have wealth, you have to find a way to earn it." Li Yunze just smiled when he heard the words, "It's just precious metals. Open mountains to mine and refine them. If it doesn't work, go to business to earn it back. If it doesn't work, then go grab it."

"How can the kingdom be robbed?"

"Why can't we snatch it?" Li Yunze's smile was slightly reserved. "If the barbarians can snatch it, we can't snatch it? Who made this rule, beat him to death."

There was no way to answer this, Changsun Wuji could only turn his gaze to Li Er.

Li Er, who was quiet for a while, finally spoke, "What if, as you said, you bought surplus food but couldn't eat it all?"

"This involves a reasonable overall arrangement for the cultivation of acres across the country." Li Yunze's smile became more and more relaxed. emergency reserve

.What kind of economic crops should be planted in the extra acres, and so on.In short, this is a very complicated statistics that requires a large number of talents who are proficient in calculations and have in-depth folk understanding experience. "

Speaking of this, Li Yunze picked up the lemon juice, "The way of governing a country cannot be accomplished by shouting a few words from a sage. The knowledge in it is too great, and the trash who only cares about others can't do it."

Not only was Li Er not angry when he heard this, but he burst out laughing, "It's as if you were an emperor. Now the food in Datang is probably not enough for the whole world to eat. Let's solve this matter first and then talk about other things. "

Changsun Wuji, who is very discerning, talked about Champa Rice very timely.

Hearing that the experimental fields around the south of the Yangtze River have indeed achieved double ripening for one year, Li Yunze raised his hand and slapped his thigh, "What a coincidence, I also received a letter from Lingnan here. The Champa rice I left over there barely made it It's three crops a year."

Li Er, who squinted his eyes, was full of longing in his words, "If all the fields in the world are cropped twice or even three times a year."

"Don't dream, the climate is different, the soil fertility is also different, and there are too many external objective conditions." Li Yunze chuckled twice, "Instead of focusing on how to make two crops and three crops a year, it is better to go directly to the Grab a site that can be cooked three times. How simple

things. "

"You mean, Champa?"

"It's not just Champa." Li Yunze simply stood up, "The world is far bigger than you think. There are so many places suitable for farming, and there are so many mines."

"Aside from other things, there is a huge copper mine in Luzon. There is so much copper there that it can be cast into copper coins to cover the Tang Dynasty."

With the success of the Spice Islands ahead, what Li Yunze said is naturally credible.

Li Er, who suffered from copper deficiency, immediately opened his eyes.

"The temperature in the south is high, which is suitable for large-scale planting of champagne rice and rubber spices. And most places are rich in minerals. Why not take this kind of heaven-sent land?"

Changsun Wuji beside him gave a wry smile, "Even if it's a good place, it's a place of smog over there."

"Isn't it just parasites and epidemics?" It's the same thing, and Li Yunze feels uncomfortable, "Then find a way to kill the insects, find a way to restrain the pathogen. With a genius doctor like Sun Daozhang, help him overcome these problems That's it. Even smallpox can find anti-

There is nothing to be afraid of if there is a cure. "

Li Er got up, waved his hand to stop Changsun Wuji who was about to say something else, "According to what you said, the south is suitable for growing grain and mining, so what is the northern grassland suitable for?"

"Northern grasslands naturally raise cattle, sheep and horses to provide meat, wool and animal power. Of course, it is necessary to control the scale within an acceptable range. As for those tribes, it is feasible to reduce the population."

After listening to Li Yunze's plan to reduce the population, Li Er nodded in satisfaction.

Then he asked, "How do you think the countries in the Western Regions should deal with it?"

"Destroy the country, occupy the land, grow cotton, and return to the middle land."

(End of this chapter)