Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

The next day, Li Shen followed Li You out of Rongzhou City and went to nearby villages to check on the crops.

Li Shen is riding a horse and walking among the fields. Now is the time when it is first ripe. It is golden and makes people feel comfortable after seeing it.

I still remember you saying that home is the only castle. As the Daoxiang River continues to run, I smile slightly. I know your childhood dreams.

Li Shen got off his horse and came to a field. He reached out and grabbed the rice ears and looked at them.

"Fifth brother, do you want to fertilize this land?"

"Most of them don't." Li You replied. Fertilizers during this period were limited to excrement, human, animal, etc.

"Fifth brother, the land is not fertile, and the food supply will certainly not grow well. We can burn the straw in the field, scatter it on the ground, and then plow the land for cultivation.

Go to the mountains and forests and pull back all the dead leaves on the ground. You can also leave them for a while to rot.

These are things that can be seen everywhere. There are high mountains and dense woods here, and there should be a lot of fallen leaves. "

Li Shen imparted his only knowledge to Li You, which was his experience in living in the countryside in his previous life.

In other words, it is the experience of the older generation.

"Is there such a method?" Li You was a little surprised. What Li Shen mentioned can indeed be found everywhere. The straw was taken home by people in the village and used for making fires.

Some of them are thrown aside before they are used up, and there are countless leaves. There are forests everywhere in this place.

"Fifth brother, everything in this world is interdependent. Haven't you heard that fire produces earth?" Li Shen acted enigmatic, but in fact he didn't know what the principle was.

Li Shen then rode horseback to several places and found that they were indeed growing well.

"Fifth brother, besides here, how many other places can produce three crops a year?" Li Shen asked.

"From here to the southwest, you can basically reach Sanju. However, not far to the southwest, it is not the boundary of our Tang Dynasty.

To the south is Nanzhao, to the southwest are Zhenla, Champa, Linyi and other places. "

Li Shen nodded after hearing this, which meant that there were not many places in the Tang Dynasty suitable for Sanshu, which was different from what he had originally thought.

"Tenth brother, we do have quite a few areas with two crops, and they last longer, and the yield is a little more than that with three crops, three stones per acre." Li You added.

"Well, Fifth Brother is right. Two acquaintances are not bad. Fifth Brother, you have made great contributions to the court over the past year.

The Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo was only able to persist until now thanks to the food provided by Fifth Brother.

I will definitely ask for credit from Fifth Brother when I go back. "

What Li Shen told the truth was that the gentle policy implemented during the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo required a year's supply of food for the people of Goguryeo in the occupied areas.

This placed a heavy burden on the court. If it weren't for the support from Lingnan, the court's food reserves would have been exhausted long ago.

"No matter what the tenth brother said, this is what a minister should do. Although I am a county uncle now, I am also Aye's son.

When I was young, I listened to the slanders. If my tenth brother hadn't gone to plead with Aye, I would have turned into a pile of dirt now.

Now I have nothing else to ask for, I just want to settle down and do my duty for the court and Aye.

To replace my inability to fulfill my filial piety. "

Li You sighed.

"Don't worry, Fifth Brother, Aye will see everything you do here.

It's actually quite good for you to be here. If you stay away from that place of right and wrong, I won't be able to do it. I can't leave now.

I'll go back and talk to Aye. It shouldn't be a problem to get you a duke. After a few years, you can make some achievements and it won't be difficult to restore your status as a prince. "

Li Shen comforted him with a few words.

After lunch, Li Shen followed Li You to the College of Agriculture. Most of the people here were researchers from Li Shen Research Institute.

In fact, they are just farmers and can read and write.

How can you do research without recording it?

When they heard that King Ji came to see them, these people were very excited and greeted them at the door early.

"See you, Your Majesty." Everyone saluted.

"Well, no courtesy." Li Shen nodded while sitting on the horse.

Looking at this group of tanned researchers, Li Shen felt a little sorry.

Li Shen was moved to a large hall, a place similar to a conference room. Li Shen stood on it and looked at the faces below. Li Shen sighed with emotion:

"Thank you for your hard work. I am ashamed that it took me so long to come and visit you."

"Your Majesty is serious. Your Majesty has to deal with many things every day and is so busy. Now he is able to come and visit us despite his busy schedule. This is already a great blessing."

"Yes, the prince is very busy every day."

Looking at these farmers who helped me find reasons, I couldn't help but feel a little guilty. What a simple people.

They left their homes and came to this place, a place they were unfamiliar with, just to complete the tasks assigned by the prince.

"No, I am ashamed of you. I already know your achievements here. I will never treat you badly for your contribution to the palace and the court.

Your wages will be doubled, and you can go home once a year. If you are willing, I can send your family here and let you settle here. "

Originally, Li Shen wanted to say some encouraging words, but seeing how simple these people were, Li Shen couldn't bear to lie to them.

But even so, these people still cheered after hearing Li Shen's words,

The wages for coming here are very high, otherwise who would be willing to leave their hometown and come to this smoky place.

Now it has doubled again. If you work for a few years, you will be a small rich man.

They are also allowed to go home once a year, which is an extra grace.

Afterwards, everyone took Li Shen to visit the Agricultural College.

There are rice from all over the country. Li Shen spent a lot of money to transport it over mountains and rivers, and then hybridized different types when it bloomed.

Regardless of whether it is successful or unsuccessful, it must be recorded, and then the improved seeds, even slightly better, can be continued to be crossed with other different species.

In the long run, we will continue to breed excellent varieties through continuous exploration. This is what the Agricultural College needs to do.

What Li Shen has to do is transport rice seeds here from all over the country every year for their continuous experiments.

This is a very long project, five to ten years or more.

Maybe this generation can't complete it, but they will write down their experience and wisdom and pass it on to the next generation.

Li Shen attached great importance to this project and admired these people. They were doing it for the imperial court and the people of the entire Tang Dynasty.

They experienced hunger, so they wanted future generations to be free from hunger.

Li Shen finally told them to find a kind of stone, a kind of crystal, which smelled very pungent. This kind of stone can make the land fertile and make the farmland grow better.

However, Li Shen also said that he didn't know how to use it specifically, and they needed to study and explore it themselves.

He also asked them not only to study rice, but also other crops, vegetables, fruits, etc.

As long as it is research, the palace's money will continue to be invested in it, and no matter what they want, the palace will find ways to send it to them.

Because Li Shen knew that food was the most important thing for the people.

(Old fellows, I’m stuck. I don’t want to write nonsense yet. I’ve been checking the information for a day and will continue to check tomorrow.)