Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 174 Farming is the foundation of the country
Steward Chen with a gloomy face was left behind, Eunuch Yang brought his servants, and the guards began to deliver vegetables and fruits. Those sold to the palace and those sold to the common people were directly transported to several city gates.

It is worth mentioning that Feng Daiwen specially recruited hundreds of Khitan people to deliver vegetables once, so that they could experience the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and plant some seeds.

In the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin had just come down to the court, and a close servant came to report: "My lord, the prince, the king of Wu, the king of Wei, the princess, the son-in-law arrived in Chang'an an hour ago."

"Oh, why don't you come to see me, but at the queen's place?" Li Shimin asked happily when his son and daughter came back.

"Still at the city gate, heading towards the palace." The servant replied truthfully.

"Why haven't you entered the palace for so long, but what happened?" Li Shimin asked with a frown.

"Your Majesty is wise, it's just a good thing. The princess brought back a lot of vegetables and fruits. It is said that there are hundreds of carts." The servant said with a smile. With so many vegetables entering the palace, everyone can get some rewards no matter what.

"Vegetables, my warm soup supervisor also has them. Why are they more than me? Is there a huge warm soup in western Liaoning!" Li Shimin asked suspiciously.

"I don't know." The servant shook his head and replied.

"Let's take a look!" Li Shimin suddenly became interested, and led the people towards the gate of the palace.

At the same time, Li Yuan also got the news and made the same decision, so the father and son met at Suzaku Gate with a tacit understanding.

"I've seen my father!" Li Shimin saluted Li Yuan in a daze when he saw Li Yuan.

Li Yuan didn't expect to see Li Shimin either, so he asked in a daze, "Erlang is this?"

Li Shimin said calmly: "Oh, I heard that Guang'an is back, and she is pregnant again, don't worry, come and see, Father, what is this?"

"Haha, I'm the same, don't you see that this is a rush for four generations to live together, haha!" Li Yuan said with devilish laughter.

"Hey hey, hey hey!" Li Shimin accompanied Li Yuan, and the two looked very happy and laughed together.

At this moment, the convoy transporting vegetables and fruits arrived at the gate of the palace, and the guards stepped forward to salute and were about to check.

Li Yuan strode forward and yelled at the guards: "Get out of here, don't help me pull in those who don't wink at you."

Feng Daiwen and others rushed forward to greet Li Yuan. At this time, the eldest grandson also arrived. This time, she did not bring her precious son. After the eldest grandson stepped forward to greet Li Yuan, he turned around and pulled Guang'an, looking at him non-stop.

Seeing that Guang'an was even shy, he said: "Well, it's good, I'm not thin, and it seems that I've taken good care of it. I still think that if I lose weight, I will take care of Weiguo." After finishing speaking, he gave Feng Daiwen a look.

Feng Daiwen had nothing to say except a wry smile, and Guang'an said generously: "My husband treats me very well, mother, you can see that my daughter has gained weight a few times."

"The brat dares to treat you badly, I won't let him go." Li Yuan said equally viciously on the side.

"Guang'an knew that Grandpa Huang was the best for me!" Guang'an said coquettishly, holding Li Yuan's arm.

"Haha, that's right, people are much happier when they get married." Li Shimin said with satisfaction.

"Okay, let's go back and reminisce about the old days. It's quite cold outside." Although Li Yuan is in his early 60s, he has eaten a lot of sea cucumbers and abalones this year. , On the contrary, he lived younger and younger. He used to have gray hair, but now more than half of it has turned black, and he looks radiant.

On the contrary, Li Shimin, who was busy with government affairs, looked older than before, and said that he was going back to the palace, but Li Shimin and the others did not move, but concentrated on looking at the baskets of vegetables in the carriage.

It's not a problem to just look at it, Feng Daiwen picked up a basket of cucumbers from the passing carriage, grabbed one casually, wiped it with his hands, took a bite and said: "Grandpa, try it, it was picked the day before yesterday, and it's still fresh." Very fresh."

The servant next to Li Yuan spoke first: "My son-in-law, let this old servant taste it."

Feng Daiwen knew that this was the loyalty of his servants, and according to the royal rules, the emperor had to try everything he ate first, so he didn't mind and motioned for him to take it himself.

As soon as Li Yuan pulled it away, he grabbed one and gnawed it. It felt good, and he handed another one to the waiter and said, "Take it, you old man, eat as much as you can."

Li Shimin imitated Feng Daiwen and wiped it with his hand, put it in his mouth and bit it and asked, "What is this, why haven't I seen it before?"

"Father, this is a melon produced in Tianzhu. Because it turns yellow when ripe, it is called cucumber. Merchants in the Western Regions found seeds. My son planted them last year and tried them. They were not bad, so they grew a little more," Feng Daiwen introduced. road.

"It tastes good. It is both a fruit and a vegetable. How about the yield? Is it troublesome to grow it?" Li Shimin always pays attention to the yield.

"The output is average, but the biggest advantage is that it doesn't take up any land. You can just build a shelf on the edge of the land in front of the house and behind the house. The result is as long as two or three months, which means you can eat it in two or three months." Feng Daiwen explained. road.

Seeing that although he knew the styles of many dishes, but many of them were not the right size, Li Shimin asked, "I have also done farm work, why do many of your dishes have to be bigger? Could it be that the warm soup in western Liaoning is better."

"Father, this is not Wentangjian's kind of food, it's greenhouse vegetables, that is, you build a shed in the field to grow vegetables. As for your question of size, there are two main reasons.

First of all, these are seeds from different places. Although they are all the same shape, they have different varieties and tastes. For example, the wax gourd in Zhenla is so huge, and the wax gourd with many burrs before Datang could not grow. Such a big one, and this hand melon. The seeds in Lingnan are bigger than those in Jiangnan, but the best ones are in Central Sichuan.

The second reason lies in the care, intensive cultivation, and calculation of the appropriate input density. If it is too dense, the fruit will not have enough nutrition, so it will not grow naturally, and if it is too sparse, it will not be cost-effective. "Feng Daiwen explained carefully.

"So that's it. I didn't expect that there is so much knowledge in farming, and many old farmers are not as good as you. I asked the Ministry of Households to arrange people to study there in western Liaoning, and let them teach them to promote the country in the future." Li Shimin thought for a while.

"Okay, I must teach them well. I have learned a lot about farming, and my son only knows a little bit about it. It's just that the old farmer only thinks about planting his own land every day. My son thinks about how to farm the land. The thinking is different, and the result is naturally different. "Feng Daiwen explained.

"That's right, it's just that the height of the standing is different, that is, if you are not in your position, you don't plan for your own affairs. I still understand this truth." Li Shimin nodded in agreement.

"Let's go, bring the cold melon, and we're talking in the hall." Li Yuan greeted again when he saw that the dishes were almost ready.

　Thank you Wangwang, I read the monthly ticket of Big Brother Dong, thank you friends for recommending tickets, thank you, I wish you all a happy New Year's Day and happy every day.

　　
　
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