Datang: Eight-year-old general

Chapter 469 Your Majesty Can Eat Leaves

Knowing that it is difficult to persuade Li Longji.

Fatty An, who would lose his mind if he talked too much, had no choice but to lower his head to cover up the fierce light in his eyes, and said in response, "I obey the order."

"So, you will follow me back to Chang'an." Li Longji sat on the dragon frame, waved his hands and said, "Come here, leave some Qianniu guards here to wait for the king of Tang. If you go back to the old farm, return to the palace as soon as possible. I!"

But after walking a few steps, Li Longji suddenly shouted, "Stop."

Gao Lishi, who provoked the officials and the driver, suddenly reined in the horse's reins, his head turned sideways to show doubts.

I saw Li Longji turned sideways, beckoning to the black and white guards at the gate of the old farm, "Wait for the two of you to come forward, I have something to ask."

"What's the matter, Your Majesty?" The black and white guards were a little confused, and Bai Wei asked.

Li Longji raised his finger to the field not far away, and said, "I have traveled all the way, and saw that there are a lot of good fields around the old farm. Why don't you plant corn, rice, and miscellaneous grains, but those green leaves?"

"Why is this?"

In fact, Li Longji had some guesses, thinking that Li Yi was sowing herbs.

However, what kind of herbal medicine made Li Yi so fancy and planted on such a large scale, this is Li Longji's greatest curiosity.

I didn't care about seeing it before, but today is different from the past.

He had to figure out what Li Yi was doing in private.

"Return to Your Majesty, this is food." Bai Wei replied without hesitation.

Because this is not a secret.

He didn't say it clearly, Li Longji would check it out and learn from the people outside Chang'an City.

Rather than concealing it and making Li Longji suspicious and guessing about his owner, it is better to answer him frankly to avoid misunderstanding.

"This is food?!" Li Longji was shocked.

Not only him, but even the officials stared wide-eyed in bewilderment.

They have never seen such a strange food.

No, it should not be expressed in terms of food, but fruits and vegetables. (both vegetable and fruit collectively)
Vegetables they think.

Li Longji, who was astonished, frowned and asked, "Is this green leafy vegetable and fruit edible? Why have I never seen a vegetable and fruit like this?"

"Your Majesty, this is something the owner of the village obtained by chance in the Great Food Kingdom, and it is not my Tang Dynasty's property."

"I don't know the specifics. I only heard from the owner that this stuff can become the food of the world, so that the people of Tang Dynasty will not be hungry in the future."

As he spoke, Bai Wei pointed to a field and said, "Look, Your Majesty, that field is a sown potato. There are several, dozens of fruits growing from its roots, which are bigger than a fist. The yield per mu is 25 hu (3000 Jin) to about 40 Dendrobium (5000 Jin).”

"And over there." Bai Wei pointed again, "It's sweet potatoes that have been pressed for seedlings, and they are also grown in the soil. They are bigger than two potatoes. There can be more than a dozen of them on one vine, and the yield per mu is 32 dendrobium (4000 catties) ) to about 40 Dendrobium (5000 catties)."

"Now……"

"Wait, wait..." Li Longji's head was dizzy from the numbers thrown by Bai Wei, and he quickly stopped Bai Wei's words.

He has to slow down.

And the officials behind him trembled even more, and even sat on the ground in shock, staring at the green area not far away, pale in horror.

Even Fatty An, Li Linfu, and Yang Guozhong all stood still with reddish eyes.

little time.

Li Longji finally regained his composure, and asked Bai Wei in agitated voice, "What you said is true?!"

No wonder Li Longji didn't believe it.

Everyone present had doubts, suspecting that Bai Wei was exaggerating with them.

Datang's grain, the highest yield is only six or seven dendrobium per mu, which is five or six hundred catties.

How could they understand the sudden emergence of thirty to forty hu and four to five thousand catties of grains per mu?

"Your Majesty, there is absolutely no lie in your humbleness." Bai Wei said seriously, "The people outside Chang'an City have already planted seeds, and they will be able to harvest potatoes and sweet potatoes in one month."

"Not only that, but a lot of two kinds of seeds have also been sent to Beiting, which have already been sown. It is estimated that they will be harvested in one to two months."

"The Turkic people who can be provided for storage, so that Beiting will not have to worry about food panic."

"Also, just two months ago, the village received an order to transport all the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the village to Anxi for sowing."

Speaking of this, Bai Wei couldn't help straightening his back, proud of being under Li Yi's command.

Of course there are injustices.

My master, silently paid so much for Datang, but in the end?

The emperor was questioning his master's loyalty to Datang, and he felt a little worthless for Li Yi.

"Okay, okay!!" Li Longji received a firm reply, his face flushed with excitement, and he shouted again and again, "Tang Wang, Tang Wang..."

He even felt guilty in his heart.

His shouting also caused everyone present to wake up, and they shouted in unison, "Tang Wang, Tang Wang..."

The sonic boom was miles away.

The ministers were even more excited and incoherent.

"If this is popularized in the Tang Dynasty, within three years, our Tang Dynasty will surely make the people rich and the country strong. In this world, who dares to mess with my Datang!!"

"This is laying the foundation of my great Tang Dynasty forever, His Royal Highness Tang Wang's achievements will last forever!!"

"His Majesty Tang Wang is righteous, I am ashamed, ashamed!!"

"..."

Among them were ministers who were loyal to the people, wept with joy, and really wanted to fly to the fields where potatoes and sweet potatoes were sown, and observe carefully.

It was because of Li Longji's presence that they suppressed their impulse.

"Alas..." Li Longji clenched his fists and let out a deep sigh.

No one knew what he was thinking.

He just looked at the field in the distance and asked, "You mean, two months ago, Anxi sent an order for you to transport potatoes and sweet potatoes to Anxi for sowing?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Bai Wei responded suspiciously, wondering why Your Majesty asked this again?

Unexpectedly, after Li Longji heard about it, he said, "Then I know where King Tang is."

As he said that, Li Longji shouted loudly, "The bad guy listens to the order, immediately send the bad guy to Anxi, and invite Tang Wang back to Beijing!"

"The minister obeys the holy order!"

Whoa!
As soon as this remark came out, the officials suddenly realized.

Immediately, his face became even more joyful.

Today is really double happiness.

They thought that they could not find any trace of King Tang, and they had to live in fear for a while.

Didn't think about Li Longji's impromptu idea, asking about the crops in the field, not only got the world's food, but also got the trace of Tang Wang Li Yi.

Is this what God meant?

After arranging the unscrupulous people to go to Anxi quickly, the worry on Li Longji's brows finally faded a little, and he asked softly to Bai Wei, "Do you know the taste of these potatoes and sweet potatoes?"

"I don't know about this." Bai Wei shook his head helplessly, "Returning to Your Majesty, apart from the farm pavilions in the village, some people outside Chang'an City have eaten it, and I have never tasted it."

"Even the owner has never eaten it, because the owner said that if he eats one less, he can sow more food."

"Give it to Nongge to let them improve the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes, and give it to the people to let them know that these two things are better than other grains, so they can sow seeds with confidence."

"If your majesty wants to taste it, you won't be able to eat potatoes and sweet potatoes, but your majesty can go back and let the imperial chef fry the leaves of sweet potatoes."

(End of this chapter)