My whole family was in exile, and I relied on my space to buy half of my country.

Chapter 331 Surprise!
At this time, when he heard about the way the refugees hunted locusts, Xiao Ye couldn't help but exclaimed in his heart: How wonderful!
After sighing for a while, he felt a lot of dissatisfaction with the officials in the court.

Why didn't they think of such a wonderful idea?
In fact, it sounds wonderful at first, but if you think about it carefully, isn't it just catching locusts with a net, then drying them and then eating them?

Is it possible that no one in this room full of officials can figure it out?

They watched helplessly as the people of Dazhou suffered from locusts, watched as the people scolded him for being fatuous and incompetent, and batches of refugees flowed to Lingnan.

Or are these officials, like those aristocratic families who fled to Lingnan, already harboring alien intentions?

Xiao Ye's eyes suddenly turned cold.

However, the officials who came to report the situation were too excited and did not notice his cold eyes. Instead, they talked about the information they had found out with great interest.

"They actually found a way to use seawater to grow rice. The refugees were very interested and full of energy. They said they would follow General Lu to go to the seaside to grow rice. They said they would not be afraid of running out of food in future droughts."

This news immediately shocked all the officials in the hall.

Someone shouted, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How can you grow rice in seawater? Rice cannot survive in seawater. It must be those refugees who are talking nonsense."

"It's true that these refugees worship land thieves as gods and don't even make up good things about them. No one will believe such a big boast!"

Some people think that this is a conspiracy of the Lu family, in order to show how capable they are in front of the refugees, so that more courtiers and people in the Zhou Dynasty will be shaken, and they will all run to Lingnan.

This is to win without fighting, shake the foundation of the Zhou Dynasty, make the people completely lose confidence in the Zhou royal family, and make everyone feel that the Emperor of Zhou is a fatuous and incompetent emperor.

Xiao Ye was furious.

I wish I could send out troops now and capture the Lu family and cut them to pieces.He regretted for the ten thousandth time in his heart that he did not directly kill the Lu family, but instead exiled them to Lingnan.

The official who came back to report saw that the atmosphere in the court was not right, and reacted belatedly, but still said bravely: "But... the refugees have all seen the rice grown. I heard that the people in Lingnan call it rice." Sea rice. It grows taller than ordinary rice. After peeling off the husk, the rice is not white, but dark red. The cooked rice is more fragrant than ordinary rice."

"The more you say it, the more outrageous it becomes. How come the rice is dark red?"

"That's right! I've never heard of dark red rice."

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All the officials agreed, and some even felt that if rice was really grown in Lingnan using sea water, the relatives and friends who moved to Lingnan would definitely not get any news back.

If nothing else, Lin Shangshu has great confidence in his nephew.

If Lingnan really used seawater to grow rice, his nephew would definitely send a message back and ask him to find a way to get dozens of acres of land to grow rice.

When there was a drought in the first year, everyone was not too panicked. After all, they had food in stock.But if the drought has passed for a year, the food stock at home is decreasing day by day, the drought has not been alleviated at all, and a locust plague has broken out.

The farms of many officials' families were abandoned, tenant farmers and slaves began to run away, and the food at home became more and more shabby.

At this time, unlike modern times, black rice and other varieties had already been cultivated, and everyone was accustomed to rice of various colors.

Everyone thinks this is a conspiracy of the Lu family, or that sea rice is just a beautiful thing imagined by the refugees.

I came back to report to the official before and said weakly: "Some refugees secretly said that while the land husband... the thief was showing them, he secretly kept a few handfuls in his trouser pockets. I exchanged some meat with the refugee for some. Why don't you guys take a look?"

Speaking of which, he felt a little distressed.At first, the refugee was unwilling to sell the sea rice to him. He kept raising the price and even said he could raise the terms.The refugee was finally moved, but he didn't want any money and asked him for twenty pounds of meat.

He was really distressed to exchange just a few handfuls of rice for twenty kilograms of meat!After the drought, his family also lacked meat!
This was all paid for out of his own pocket!

But at this moment, no one heard the official’s inner cry.Everyone's eyes fell on the sea rice.

When the rice is taken out, it should naturally be presented to the emperor for inspection.

Xiao Ye's eyes were heavy and he immediately called Da Sinong to identify it.Everyone looked at Da Sinong nervously.

After a while, Da Sinong said: "Your Majesty, this is indeed rice. Although the appearance and color of the rice inside are somewhat different from ordinary rice, there is no doubt that it is rice."

The officials who had just said that it was impossible to grow rice from seawater in Lingnan felt ashamed, but soon, everyone no longer cared about face.

This is life saving stuff.

Everyone is concerned about how to grow rice. Can these rice be used as seeds?
If Lingnan can grow it, why can’t they?
At this time, the emperor asked the question they were most concerned about.

“Can these rice be grown?”

Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, Da Sinong sighed, "No, these rice are not fully mature when harvested. It is not a big problem to use it for eating, but it cannot be used for planting."

Everyone was suddenly disappointed and shouted that the Lu family and his wife were treacherous.

He deliberately used sea rice that could not be sown to enchant people's hearts and disturb the world.

Although everyone criticized the Lu family with their mouths, in their hearts they were thinking about how to get the rice seeds.

Someone suggested sending troops to take back all the cities with seas.Some people think it is too risky to send troops just with a handful of rice.

In the current situation of Dazhou, it can no longer withstand defeat.

Xiao Ye also considered this and ultimately did not send troops, but sent people to closely monitor every move in Lingnan.

Many officials are also busy contacting family members who have moved to Lingnan, or relatives and friends, and asking about sea rice.

After Xiao Ye stared at the sea rice, which was less than two taels, for a long time, he finally sent someone to the imperial kitchen, where he had the chef peel the rice and steam it into rice.

The rice bought from the refugees was already small, but after removing the chaff, there was even less in the end.

In the end, there was only a small bowl.

But on this day, half of the people in the palace smelled the strong fragrance of rice.

The palace is the most delicious place.Rice is a luxury item for ordinary people, but for the palace, it is the most common thing.

But this day was the most ordinary day for the nobles in the palace. They were even tired of eating rice, but this bowl of rice made their mouths water.

Xiao Ye has had a very bad appetite since his last serious illness.I have no appetite for anything on weekdays, so I can sit here unharmed only by relying on various tonics.

But at this moment, looking at the bowl of rice brought by the palace servants, a lot of saliva secreted from his mouth, and he had an appetite for the first time.

(End of this chapter)