My servant in the Tang Dynasty is Li Shimin

Chapter 100 Sweet Potato, Miracle Crop!

The reason why Li Shimin asked this was not because he was greedy, but because he felt that this thing could be used as rations.

You must know that although the Tang Dynasty defeated the Eastern Turks, the hearts of the people in the country have been stabilized, and there are food reserves from the aristocratic family, so there will be no riots due to temporary natural disasters.

But the real problem - food production is still not solved!
As long as this problem is not resolved, the endless natural disasters will always be a sharp knife on Datang's head, and it is unknown when it will fall.

The origin of Li Shimin's throne is very bloody. If he can't deal with these natural disasters well, there will definitely be a lot of rumors and rumors spreading secretly.

Perhaps this so-called special product of the palace will have some surprises.

"Of course! You can eat whatever you want!"

Wang Yuan was very polite, he asked Uncle Ming to bring out the sweet potatoes, just to feed Lao Li and the others.

"Thank you sir!"

Li Shimin thanked him, and carefully picked up another piece of roasted sweet potato.

He studied it carefully for a few seconds before breaking off a small piece to eat.

When I first tasted it, the taste was just like what Queen Changsun said, glutinous and sweet, it was indeed surprisingly good, and the most important thing was the feeling of fullness!

This thing seems to be able to be used as rations!

Thinking of this, Li Shimin immediately became excited, and quickly asked: "My lord, what is this?"

"Well, you can call it sweet potato. It just grows in the ground. It is cold-resistant and easy to live long."

"It can be planted every April and August."

After thinking about it, Wang Yuan casually introduced sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are indeed a very good food, not only cold-resistant, but also the yield is amazing, the minimum annual yield per mu can reach [-] shi.

In the Tang Dynasty, one stone was nearly one hundred kilograms, and twenty stones per mu was a full four thousand kilograms.

In fact, when the Roasted Sweet Potato Conference was held last night, Wang Yuan took the opportunity to recommend this new crop to his neighbors.

But the actual effect is not very good.

It's not that the yield of sweet potatoes is too low, on the contrary, it's that the yield is too high, so high that no one can believe it!
This is four thousand catties per mu!

And there is such a strong environmental adaptability.

How could there be such a terrifying crop in the world! ?
Could it be that these sweet potatoes grew up eating soil directly?
Simply outrageous!
So even though these people trust Wang Yuan very much, they are also very grateful for what he has done to Lantian County.

But still no one dared to take this risk, gave up the original spring plowing, and planted sweet potatoes.

In the early Tang Dynasty when the land equalization system was implemented, the fields and food were the lifeblood of the people, and without these, everything would be lost.

Let alone a year, even if you don’t plant the land for just one season, there will be no harvest, and the whole family will starve to death!
Wang Yuan could understand the thoughts of the people in Lantian County, so he didn't force it.

Instead, they plan to plant it by themselves first, and when it is harvested next year, the people in Lantian County will naturally see the reality and completely accept this new crop.

"What about its output?"

After receiving Wang Yuan's affirmative reply, Li Shimin's eyelids twitched wildly, and he felt a little excited inside.

According to Wang Yuan's description, this so-called sweet potato is like food specially prepared by the heavens!

"Is this the problem?"

"It's about twenty shi. If God rewards the food and the weather is good, it should be thirty shi."

Wang Yuan rubbed his chin, what he said was very understatement.

In fact, he is not very clear about the specific yield of sweet potatoes, he just knows a general idea.

But these words fell to the ears of Li Shimin, Li Yuan, and Empress Changsun, but it was like a thunderclap, and the sky fell apart, and the whole person was completely stunned!
What did they hear just now?
"My lord, what did you just say?"

Li Shimin asked tremblingly, his mouth trembling like he was about to bite his tongue off.

Empress Changsun and Li Yuan also looked like they had seen a ghost.

They are different from the people in Lantian County, even Li Yuan, he has already convinced Wang Yuan, a god-man in this world.

Especially Li Shimin, although this big dog is usually idle, thinking about eating and waiting to die all day long, he is leisurely, and squeezes himself crazily.

But he has never lied when it comes to right and wrong!

Wang Yuan said that there are twenty stones, so there must be twenty stones!

Gods in this world don't lie!

"It's twenty stone!"

Wang Yuan was so annoyed that he repeated it, and then looked at the three of them suspiciously:

"By the way, why are you so excited? What's so surprising about this?"

Still not surprising?

This is a full twenty stone!

At this moment, let alone Li Shimin, even Li Yuan and Empress Changsun stared blankly.

It was the first time they saw such a "modest" person!
If this sweet potato can be promoted to this Tang Dynasty, the sky will fall, and no one will starve to death on the streets.

This matter is really too shocking!

This crop is simply a miracle!

Li Yuan, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun glanced at each other, and they all saw the same message from each other's eyes!
This sweet potato must be promoted to the entire Tang Dynasty!
And it must be done quickly, at all costs!
The three of them were very excited, and Li Shimin couldn't wait to run back to Chang'an City immediately to carry out this matter!
He did not forget that a few months ago, Wang Yuan had personally said that there would be a super locust plague this year.

Since this sweet potato grows underground, doesn't that mean that even if their leaves are eaten up by locusts, they won't be fruitless?

really!

Every time you come to Lantian County, you will have a big harvest!

Prince Wang is simply the lucky star of Datang!

"Look at you like this, it's as if you have never seen the world."

"Of course, the younger generation is not talking about Mrs. Zun and the old man, but Lao Li."

Seeing Lao Li's surprised expression, Wang Yuan snickered and teased, thinking it was very amusing.

"Old Li, can't you imitate my son's demeanor of not changing color even before the landslide?"

"It's only a mere [-] shi. It's the same as Quyuanli. It's not a big deal."

The ancients just didn't have much insight, and even these trivial things would be frightened.

Hearing these words, Li Shimin rolled his eyes for a while, but he didn't react too radically.

After all, he is used to it. Every time he comes to Prince Wang's place, he will be slandered, it's just more or less a problem.

Wait!
Li Shimin suddenly remembered something, and his expression immediately became very strange.

He looked at Wang Yuan, frowned and said:

"Prince Wang, why do you know Quyuanli?"

"Ah!"

At the same moment, in Chang'an City, in Changsun's Mansion, an old fox who was dealing with reform affairs sneezed violently.

"Strange."

He talked to himself for a while, then he didn't take it seriously, and continued to work.

　Chapter 100 is here, and it will be commemorated on February 2021, 2.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)