Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 167 Sweet Potato Potato Corn
In the afternoon, Li You took Li Mingda, Li Zhi and others back to the villa. After lunch, everyone went to take a nap. After all, they played a little crazy in the morning.

However, Li You couldn't sleep at this time.

Li You found a terrace and sat on it. Looking down from the terrace, he could see more than 100 mu of fields below the villa. At this time, all of the [-] mu of fields were sown with wheat.

It's just that Li You looked at the well-growing wheat at this time, but he had a different emotion in his heart.

At the beginning when Li You came to the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan period, he thought only of himself. He never thought about the common people, because Li You believed that the common people in the prosperous age should live well, but today, Li You saw another side of the prosperous people. .

This could not prevent Li You from thinking.

At this time, Li You thought of a poem by Bai Juyi, "It was a year of drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and people in Quzhou cannibalized people." Originally, Li You thought this was a poem that was exaggerated, but now it seems that it should be a real poem.

In fact, what Li You didn't know was that in ancient times, famine was a common natural disaster, and there were several large-scale famines in history. Famine, extermination, loss of human nature, "father and son, brother, husband and wife eat each other".The scenes described in these words are like purgatory on earth, which shows the horror of famine.

This is mainly because our country has a vast territory and has been a populous country throughout the ages.

The huge population creates a huge demand for food. However, in ancient my country, due to the backward farming machinery and irrigation restrictions of water conservancy projects, overall food production was very limited.

Not only that, the imperial court and the local government will also expropriate part of the grain.If there is a famine year, the supply of food will naturally be in short supply, and famine will break out in some places.

"Food is the paramount necessity of the people", if even the basic food and clothing are not available, it will naturally arouse the dissatisfaction of the common people.Therefore, when the famine is severe, the local people often rise up and cause rebellion, which is also the main factor causing political turmoil in ancient times.

If the people can have enough food and drink, who would be willing to rebel at the risk of being beheaded? Only by solving the food problem can we truly achieve peace and prosperity for the country and the people.

However, the long harvest cycle of ancient grains, the great influence of diseases and insect pests, and the low farming efficiency are all important factors that caused the reduction in production. In addition, the singleness of crop types also greatly restricted the production.

In ancient times, rice and other grains were the main crops, most of which had high requirements for planting and could not be grown on dry soil.Therefore, when a drought occurs, thousands of miles of bare land will be starved and starved.

The Tang Dynasty was already considered a good dynasty, at least it was much better than the Ming Dynasty. Now Li You is sitting on the terrace, thinking whether he can bring a food crop from modern times.

Li You considered several kinds. Sweet potato, potato, corn Sweet potato is a very familiar crop, but it is not a native plant in our country, but was introduced in the Ming Dynasty.

The sweet potato is an extremely high-yielding, fast-growing crop with a high edible portion and is particularly filling.Because sweet potatoes are not picky about water and soil and are easy to grow, they have become a life-saving food in times of famine.Although modern people seldom use sweet potatoes as their staple food, in ancient times, the little sweet potatoes that traveled across the oceans saved countless lives.

Potatoes and corn were also imported during the Ming Dynasty. Among them, the yield of corn is good, but the yield of potatoes is great. The normal yield of potatoes is about 3000-5000 catties per mu. If high-quality potatoes are used for planting, plus After careful management in the later period, the general yield per mu can be as high as about 8000 jin.

The most important thing is that potatoes can start to germinate now, which means that now is the best time to plant potatoes. Li You needs to choose one of these three high-yielding crops.

While Li You was looking at the fields below the mountain and wondering what to plant, something very interesting happened in Pingkangfang in Chang'an.

Everyone knows that Pingkangfang, Pingkangfang, is also divided into grades. The prostitutes in Pingkangfang in Chang'an City, "there are those who are clanging among the prostitutes, and most of them are in Nanqu, and the middle one follows the wall, and the place where humble prostitutes live is quite For Erqu lightly denounce it."

It means that most talented prostitutes in Pingkangfang live in "Nanqu" and "Zhongqu", while ordinary prostitutes with mediocre talents can only live in "Yiqu" near the wall of the square.The place where they lived became the standard for classifying prostitutes in Pingkangfang.

In the song at this time, a man dressed as a scholar shouted drunkenly: ""Han Ju" was written by me, but it was a pity that it was taken by King Qi and became his famous work. I hate it. Yeah, but I can't help it Xiaolan, I'm sorry for you, originally this time I could win the first prize in the poetry meeting and get His Majesty's brocade robe, so I will definitely be on the list this time.

At that time, I will come back to marry you. Who knows. Who knows.? "

The man cried loudly while leaning against a young girl. At this time, the girl who listened to the scholar man's words also shed tears. However, the girl did not reprimand the scholar man, but hugged the man tightly. , said very gently: "Shao Lang don't need to blame yourself, Xiaolan believes in your talent, even if that shameful king of Qi robbed you of a famous poem through the ages, you can still be named on the gold list.

Xiaolan still has some personal money here, all of which can be given to Shao Lang, and Shao Lang can use it to make some connections. A slave who is a prostitute does not dare to expect Shao Lang's eight-carrying sedan chair, but only hopes that after Shao Lang's title on the Gold List, he can be accepted by Shao Lang. Buy it home, so that Xiaolan can serve Shao Lang forever! "

"Xiao Lan. Don't worry, I, Shao Qiusheng, swear that I will never let you down in this life!" After speaking, Shao Qiusheng turned around and hugged the prostitute Xiaolan. Xiaolan showed a look of comfort and happiness.

This Shao Qiusheng hiccupped and fell asleep contentedly.

After a while, a tortoise slave came in and said, "Xiaolan, you are going to pick up the guests!"

"Got it, I'll come right away!" Xiaolan happily looked at Shao Qiusheng who was already asleep in her arms, then gently placed Shao Qiusheng on the bed, and walked away carefully go out.

"Xiao Lan, this Scholar Shao owes a lot of money again, will you still pay for him?" Gui Nu asked Xiao Lan who walked out.

"I'll pay, I'll pay!" Xiaolan nodded again and again: "Wait a minute, Big Brother Yu will follow me to get the copper coins!"

"Xiao Lan. Hearing my brother's persuasion, this Shao Scholar is not worthy of you!" Gui Nu reminded softly.

"Thank you, Brother Yu, but don't worry, Brother Yu, Shao Lang has real skills. If His Royal Highness King Qi hadn't robbed his poem this time, then Shao Lang would have won the first prize at the poetry meeting and won His Majesty's brocade robe. "

"Xi Xiaolan, is it true or not, His Royal Highness King Qi's "Han Ju" plagiarized this Scholar Shao?" Gui Nu frowned.

"It's true, Brother Yu, Shao Lang said it himself, Xiao Lan can still lie to you!"

After Xiaolan finished speaking, Gui Nu's eyes lit up slightly.

(End of this chapter)