Empire's Summoning Generals System

Chapter 532 Jujube
When Liu De received the battle report, it was two months later. Li Yun finally succeeded in defending Danzhou, but a small part of Luzhou was indeed lost. The soldiers were exhausted from running around, Li Yun finally gave up this idea, but reduced his troops to cultivate health and rest.

The reason for Xiang Yu's retreat is very simple. Xu Siye from Huaizhou sent troops to attack Xiang Yu's hometown. Xiang Yu had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to Dongzhou. If he didn't return, his hometown would be demolished. Even if he could defeat Li Yun What's the use.

Li Yun was very lucky.

Liu De looked at the battle report and said with a smile. Although Liu De didn't know much about Xiang Yu, letting Xu Siye touch the door of his house this time would definitely make this Duke of Qi violent. It seems that for a long time, this His Royal Highness Qigong will focus on Xu Siye.

After all, Chen Shuo was already old. In this era, being able to live to seventy is considered a long life. The sorrow is over, and life will continue.

In order to respect Chen Shuo, Liu De ordered that during Chen Shuo's funeral, no drinking and merrymaking, singing and dancing, the bustling places in Beiping City were also depressed for some days.

He has been abroad for half a year, with Xun Yu in government affairs and Zhang Tianlang in military affairs, Liu De only takes control of some major issues, and let the officials do the rest of the small things, Liu De is responsible for everything If you deal with it, Liu De won't be exhausted!
Liu De is not willing to do this.

And now the court system and other aspects are considered perfect, even if Liu De is away on an expedition, he can basically guarantee smooth government affairs, which is enough.

And Liu De returned to the mansion to rest for a few days, to accompany his sister-in-law and a bunch of concubines, including a bunch of his children.

The eldest son Liu Zhao, the second son Liu Dun, and the eldest daughter Liu Ning are all four years old, and the third son Liu Ren is also three years old. Liu De has taken the school exam a little bit, and he looks good when he reads poetry and books.

Liu Zhao is like a little grown-up, while Liu Dun is more dull than others, but Liu Ren is well-behaved, a child, you can tell what's going on.

However, in Liu De's view, it was time to find a teacher for his children. He was often on expeditions, and his mother alone could not teach them much.

Liu De held the tenth youngest son, Liu Chong, in his arms, and gently touched the tip of little Liu Chong's nose from bottom to top with his fingers. A little piggy face appeared in front of Liu De. Little Liu Chong might feel uncomfortable , pulling Liu De hard with his small hands, but seeing that he couldn't move, his little mouth deflated, and immediately burst into tears, which made Liu De laugh out loud.

As Liu Chong's mother, Yang Yuhuan was also waiting on the sidelines, and handed the dates on the plate to Liu De's mouth. Liu De opened his mouth and let Yang Yuhuan carefully deliver the dates to his mouth.

Liu De chewed it twice, and spat out the date pit into the plate held by Yang Yuhuan. Liu De couldn't help but nodded: "This date is quite sweet, where did the date come from?"

Yang Yuhuan couldn't answer for a while, how could she, a young lady of a family, know this, Yang Yuhuan hurriedly looked at the nanny behind her.

The mother stepped forward and replied: "Your Highness, the people in Beiping planted these jujubes. There are one or two jujubes in the yard at home. When the mature ones come out and sell some money, the wives like to eat jujubes. But the jujubes There are too few, and you won’t be able to buy them if you go late. You can even eat some dates at this time of the year!”

Liu De nodded. People in ancient times liked to eat sugar, especially high-ranking officials, who had a great demand for sugar. Salt is an important strategic material, but sugar is also indispensable.

However, there are not many types of sugar now, and jujube is a rare sugar that can be eaten directly in the north, and oranges and pomelo in the south, all of which can be made into sugar.

What remains is caramel, the starchy sugar made from grains, which is commonly sold by street vendors.

There is also sugar cane, which can also be made into sugar, but because sugar cane is a product of the south, it is almost invisible in the north.However, although sugarcane can be made into sugar, its status is obviously inferior to caramel, which may be related to the taste. The sweetness of sucrose should not be compared with caramel.

Liu De picked up a jujube, and thought: This jujube may be able to increase the income of the Han court, and the dignitaries have a very large demand for sugar.

Liu De patted Yang Yuhuan's plump buttocks, and said, "I'm staying here tonight, so get ready!"

After finishing speaking, Liu De left Yang Yuhuan's courtyard.

Yang Yuhuan quickly squatted down on Wanfu, and happily responded.

Liu De directly summoned Mi Zhu, Minister of the Household Department, and asked, "Mi Aiqing, how much do you know about this jujube?"

"What do you mean, Your Highness?"

"Gu found that our demand for jujubes is very large, but the yield of jujubes is very average. We can plant jujube trees in places where we can't grow food. Not only can we sell dates directly, but we can also use them to make sugar. !"

Mi Zhu hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Highness's words are very true. Speaking of which, I also have two jujube trees in my house, and they were all eaten up by my wife in a few days. I have to go outside to buy them, but the jujube sellers outside Not much, so jujubes can indeed increase the income of the imperial court!"

"It's normal to have few jujubes. After all, there is not enough food. How can we have time to take care of the jujube trees? Why don't we let them grow, and let them grow as much as they grow! In this way, Mi Aiqing, go and investigate and see how much the jujube trees grow. Where can jujube forests be planted without affecting the grain harvest, open an experimental field first, and see the effect in a year to see if it can be promoted!"

Liu De said.

"I understand!"

"correct!"

Liu De suddenly thought of it and said, "If the Ministry of Households goes to plant jujubes, there may be speculators who will follow suit. It is fine to follow suit, but whoever turns the fields into jujube trees will be severely punished!"

"As ordered!"

After Mi Zhu got the order, he left Hangong Mansion and went to find his men to investigate the cultivation of Beiping jujube.

Liu De looked at the jujube in his hand and thought to himself: Weizhou is short of grain, but there are very few fields in Weizhou that can produce grain, but Weizhou is suitable for planting this jujube tree. If the economic benefits of jujube are good, at least it can help Wisconsin solves certain urgent needs.

The Qian family sent someone to look for Liu De, because Zou Yan has been successful in divination many times, so Qian now trusts Zou Yan very much, and Zou Yan is also good at talking about affairs. Zou Yan is a great talent and wants to introduce Zou Yan to Liu De.

However, Liu De has been away for a long time, and when Liu De came back, he caught up with Chen Shuo's death, so it was only now that the Qian family had the opportunity to recommend Zou Yan to Liu De.

Through his own means, Zou Yan finally met Liu De, the ruler of the Han Dynasty.

I have the opportunity to promote my theory.

The Yin-Yang School of Taoism may become a prominent school, instead of being bored in a mere Taoist temple.

　Thanks to Pindao for rewarding 2000 starting coins in Dujie, thank you~~
　　
　
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