Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 689 The Lively Tang Dynasty Is Everywhere

In later generations, inviting people to eat a peanut meant to be executed by shooting. In this era, Li Shimin did this to his civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Therefore, when everyone ate a peanut, they deeply remembered the name of this crop, and because there were too many crops behind it, people who did not have a photographic memory could not remember all of them.

Naturally, Zhao He couldn't tell everyone about all the crops. In that case, he wouldn't be able to finish talking in two or three days. Later, he would just give you a brief introduction of the names of many types that can only be regarded as special crops. Later, after the children of farmers and agricultural students will determine the suitable areas for planting these crops and find out the whole set of planting techniques, they will promote the market.

In the last link, the animals with sharp eyes are naturally on the stage. Before the Chang'an Zoo is completely remodeled, some of them have to stay here in Jiangling. Among them, the anaconda, which needs a constant temperature place, is one of them. .

Coincidentally, the two largest anacondas that were transported were both in a state of starvation. After being lifted down by more than a dozen people on the boat in a newly built relatively strong cage, Zhao Long decided to feed them.

"Your Majesty, this snake is called Anaconda. The master said that it may be the largest snake in the world, and the few we caught were not the largest. We found it when we replaced it with a new cage in Lingnan. It has been raised in the cage for seven or eight months, and it has grown about a foot. Now, it should be hungry and looks a little irritable. We can feed it, and it will be quiet after eating. However, the scene may be a little bit Scary." Zhao Long explained to Li Shimin.

When Li Shimin saw this huge monster that was more than eight meters long and as thick as an ordinary person's waist, he was a little dazed, and the exclamation among the crowd of people watching was even more like a mountain roar and a tsunami. Some of them dared not see the difference. After listening to Zhao Long's explanation, Li Shimin asked curiously, "If it grows longer, will it grow horns or transform into a dragon?"

"Well, it shouldn't be. The evolution of species may last millions of years. I don't know the specifics. I need some people who do animal research to study slowly. If it is still a snake, it will take at least tens of thousands of years. Inside, it will always be in this form." Zhao He knew that Li Shimin would ask such a weird question, so he took up the conversation at the right time.

At the beginning, he also asked Sun Xiangfu a similar question, and this was the answer he got.

"Then it is better than Jiaolong?" Li Ke, who also came up to watch, asked.

Just now, when everyone was scrambling to eat the prepared dishes on the boat, he didn't move much. After getting a tomato, he ran to Sun Xiaomei who was watching in the crowd like a treasure, but unfortunately Sun Xiaomei didn't accept it from him. Tomatoes, let him eat by himself, because Zhao He will definitely leave some for the Sun Mansion.

But for those new crops, Sun Xiaomei told him a lot, and told him to prepare the fields. It would be best to use all the newly opened fields in the county to plant these crops. Highest.

And the dragon he mentioned just now is actually a crocodile. There were many such things in the Tang Dynasty during this period, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and around the Dongting Lake area. Crocodiles often attacked people. Therefore, I have a headache recently to solve this problem. Question, Li Ke, who made it more livable under the rule, asked curiously.

"The dragon is just one of its usual foods. When we were exploring the South American continent, we saw a scene of a big forest anaconda swallowing a dragon. The dragon was almost powerless in front of it." Zhao He gave Li Ke's answer immediately caused everyone to exclaim again.

"Then, what does he usually eat?" Li Yuanchang, who is most afraid of snakes, asked stutteringly.

Sun Xiangfu sent Wu Meiniang, who likes to play with these scary things the most, to manage the farming affairs in Suizhou under his rule. Now, he can't sleep well because of the trouble, and he actually said that snakes in the fields can play a role in hunting voles Well, people can't hunt and kill those snakes wantonly. Isn't this killing their own? It has a psychological fear of snakes until now.

However, it was not Li Yuanchang's turn not to follow Wu Meiniang's wishes, because as long as he dared to go against Wu Meiniang's wishes, there might be something weird in his office. You can throw it to Wu Meiniang, and let her decide all matters about agriculture by herself.

Hearing Li Yuanchang's question, Zhao He replied, "When we were at sea, we usually fed it the sea fish weighing more than 100 jins. Now, if we feed it a pig, it should be able to take care of it for about a month. .”

"One, a pig?" Hearing this, Li Yuanchang became even more frightened. He was watching from a distance of two or three meters away from the cage, but suddenly retreated to five meters away.

At this time, Li Ke answered, "Then he can eat people?"

Zhao He nodded and said, "Yes! Once a person is entangled by him, it is very difficult to escape. We captured it in groups of twenty people, so it would be more dangerous to release it in the wild. , if you want to use it to deal with Jiaolong, I'm afraid it won't work."

When they were chatting happily, Li Shimin pointed to the big forest anaconda that kept swimming in the cage and said, "I see it moving around, it's hungry and panicked, quickly find a pig and give it Feed."

Li Shimin is not as afraid of snakes as Li Yuanchang, and he likes to watch strange things. After he said so, Zhao Long had no choice but to order someone to bring up the live pig prepared on the boat. After being thrown into the snake cage, he was immediately entangled by the big forest anaconda. He only called out twice, but then fell silent. This guy has been kept in the cage for seven or eight months, and he is not afraid of humans at all. If it is hungry, it will eat, and the fat pig will be entangled to death soon under its thick body.

"Wow~"

Seeing the anaconda's mouth grow bigger and bigger, directly biting the head of the fat pig weighing more than 100 kilograms into its mouth, and swallowing the whole body of the pig bit by bit, many people were frightened. He closed his eyes, but Zhao Hanei was laughing in his heart. From then on, I don't know how many people will go to the zoo, scrambling to see this big guy.

A grand welcome ceremony ended slowly after the anaconda performed the performance of swallowing fat pigs alive. All the people who came to watch saw enough shocking pictures. Of course, the lively scenes were not only in the Jiangling City staged.

Li Chengqian finally led the teams from various countries in the Western Regions to Chang'an City. Along the way, these foreign leaders who had just entered the Tang Dynasty were too shocked. They couldn't imagine how a country could travel thousands of miles. All the roads have been turned into smooth and easy concrete roads. However, after arriving in Guanzhong, they realized that all the roads leading to all directions here are all cement roads.

It gave them a shocking feeling, as well as the knife-cut fields in the Guanzhong Plain, and the uniform brick and tile houses. Such a scene is not something they can see in any place, which fully proves the national strength of the Tang Dynasty The degree of tamping, even the living conditions of ordinary people, and the fields and industries can be taken care of so beautifully, so they can't guess how much wealth their upper-class people or the treasury will have.

This also made them more aware of the gap between their own country and Datang. Datang was rich enough to use millet, sorghum, soybeans, etc., which can be used as staple food for the people in their country. A country of cattle, horses and livestock, this is a country that can help anyone it wants to help, and can sell tens of millions of stones of grain to other countries at will.

After officially stepping into the capital of this wealthy empire, these people know what a powerful imperial capital should look like.

Hundreds of delegations, 10,000+ people, Li Chengqian, the prince of the Tang Dynasty who was in charge of receiving them, just waved his hand and told them to choose hotels and inns in the city according to their own economic conditions. After ten days, he will lead Everyone, go to Weishui Wharf together, set off by boat, and rush to Jiangling City, the city where this sports meeting will be held.

That is to say, the hotels and inns in this imperial capital can easily receive 10,000+ people from them, and even this kind of people is not worth mentioning in Li Chengqian's view.

Thinking that just one of the largest Wangjianglou main stores can accommodate tens of thousands of people, the leaders of these countries in the Western Regions will understand.

Compared with this city, which usually has nearly 200 million people, the arrival of 10,000+ people is just an increase of their population by about [-]%.

Usually, they receive merchant teams from all over the world, and domestic tourists start with ten thousand people. Now that Datang holds an imperial examination, more than 20 students from all over the country will come to take the exam. The people in the city have become accustomed to this. up.

Another aspect is that Datang dared to open its capital city to 10,000+ foreigners. You must know that their 10,000+ people are all young and strong, and most of them have armored weapons. In this world, I am afraid Only the Tang Empire dared to do this.

Some people are wondering in their hearts, how strong is the confidence in force!What if we people start a riot in the city?
But after they saw the way the city guards looked at them, they stopped thinking so. Datang had such confidence.

There are only 3 defenders in Chang'an City, and there are only more than 10,000 people on duty at each gate, but when they saw the [-]+ team at the gate of the city, not only did they not feel any tension , and can naturally hold their chests high, their eyes and facial expressions, and even have a look of contempt, as if, even if these people suddenly attacked them, they would have the confidence to kill them all.

Their self-confidence comes from their usual sufficient training and sophisticated weapons and equipment. You must know that riding horses is not allowed in Chang'an City. All the horses were deposited in the livestock custody as early as ten miles away from the city. The occasion is just infantry combat. With the equipment and combat quality of the Tang army, the more than 3 people on duty alone are confident that they can wipe out 10,000+ foreign sergeants within half an hour.

Because, for the 10,000+ enemy troops, for more than 3 Tang troops, it is just a few triggers for each person to pull the trigger of the crossbow. In close-range street fighting, the leather armor of these people cannot resist the Tang army's standard equipped with fine steel arrows. Repeater arrows.

Therefore, in the eyes of these people from the Western Regions, all the Tang people looked like they had a face that would never tolerate being bullied. They looked down at themselves and others with contemptuous and weak eyes.

Then, soon, they got another news that Li Shimin, Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was not in the city of Chang'an at this time. He had already taken the Manchu civil and military forces to the venue of this year's sports meeting, the central part of the Tang Dynasty, another city comparable to the capital city. The huge city of Chang'an, Jiangling City.

For a city as huge as Chang'an, there is actually more than one in the Tang Dynasty. This simply makes them want to look up and chase after them, but they can't see their tails.

After Li Chengqian saw the special car coming to welcome him back to the palace, he said to the leaders of the countries who were in the same car with him before, "Prince Heraclius, Mr. Abu Bakr, Crown Prince Yisiqi, and Prime Minister Poni, are alone here." Two days later, I will entertain you in the palace, and in the next few days, I will take you around the city of Chang'an. There will be a special vehicle to pick you up at the hotel you are staying at. After you have selected the place to stay, The translator I sent to you will report to me the location of your residence, and you all don't have to worry about it.

As for these two days, you can move freely. Chang'an City is a city that never sleeps. As long as you spend money, you can enjoy all kinds of eating, drinking and having fun at any time.

However, please tell your subordinates to abide by the laws of our Tang Dynasty. No matter what the situation is, don’t shoot anyone. If you encounter any unfair treatment, the public security bureaus in various parts of the city will help you solve your complaints. Once he breaks the law in my Tang Dynasty, no matter what his status is in your country, he will be sanctioned by my Datang law. "

"His Royal Highness, please rest assured that there are many students from our own country in your Tang Empire. They are more familiar with the situation here than us. With them leading us, we will definitely not cause you any trouble. Look, they are already here to welcome us " Heraclius said, pointing to the gate of the city, some foreign students wearing the costumes of the Imperial College students said.

Hearing what Heraclius said, Li Chengqian was relieved. Although these students who were sent to study abroad at a high price have only studied in Chang'an City for less than two years, they are not useless. At least, they have learned how to communicate with others. The people of Chang'an City deal with each other, how can they spend money and enjoy themselves in Chang'an City.

The reason why Li Chengqian is relieved is because he knows the actual situation of these overseas students very well. They have not learned much practical and useful knowledge here, and they have learned all the bad habits of Confucian children. Whoring and gambling is proficient in everything. When it comes to the speed of corrupting people, there is no place in the world that can compare with Chang'an, a city with the most complete entertainment items.

The reason why Li Chengqian didn't immediately hold a banquet for them was that besides some other plans, it was also because his first son had just been born. He was not the Li Xiang in history, and even the princess was replaced by Hou Jun. Ji's daughter, Hou Shuya, and son, naturally have nothing to do with history. He has correct views and has no problem with his orientation. Now he can't wait to see what his child looks like.

(End of this chapter)