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

"Your Highness, I wonder what poem King Ji wrote." Lu Chengqing's favorite poem asked unconsciously.

Li Tai glanced at them. Everyone is curious. "I told you not to tell outsiders. This is taboo in the palace." Seeing everyone nodding, he chanted: "I can't dream with tears wet in my turban. I sing in the front hall late at night. The beauty has not yet broken up with me, and I sit leaning against the smoked cage." Until tomorrow. Poor beauties always have a bad life, and the most ruthless emperor's family."

Several people savored this poem, which really described the life of the beauties in the harem.

"Now is not the time for you to lament. I admit that he has some talent, but it has nothing to do with me. What we have to solve now is how to promote a marriage." Lu Dongzan said dissatisfied with everyone's performance.

"The plan now is to restore our reputation. Let the people know that the marriage with Tibet is to stop the war, and we can also run a newspaper. We can afford the loss of dozens of customs every day." Wang Wei came up with an idea.

"Impossible, you know it takes at least half a month to print a newspaper just for engraving, and our paper cost is higher than his. I've done the math. The cost of printing a newspaper costs us five or six cents. . This is still the minimum budget. If a lot of engraving is wasted, the cost will be higher." Cui Renzhi rejected Wang Weiqi's idea.

"I think King Ji has new printing technology. But the materials also cost money." Everyone couldn't understand why Li Shen lost money selling newspapers.

"I have read the entire newspaper. Tomorrow we can only impeach him for criticizing the government. At that time, all the ministers will ask His Majesty to issue an order not to sell any more newspapers."

"Okay, let's do it. The family has sent a message. We will try our best to transfer King Ji away from Chang'an. If we let him continue like this, he may not cause any trouble in the future. We will have a way to deal with him after leaving Chang'an." Lu Chengqing agreed.

At this moment, Li Shen was also discussing things in the study room of the palace.

"Xuance, arrange some more people tomorrow, five people in a team, and hurry up to the south."

"Why did the prince go to the south?" Wang Xuance asked in confusion.

"Looking for something, tell them to leave the borders of the Tang Dynasty and go to the small countries in the south. Ask them to do two things. First, find out about the local crops. Is there any rice that is harvested three times a year? Second, find that there is a lot of food. Country. The sooner the better."

"There are three crops a year. Your Majesty, is there such rice?" Wang Xuance was surprised.

"Of course there is, and it may be in more than one place. Let them find out and report back immediately. I will send an envoy there to buy their grain and seeds. When we come back, we will try to plant it ourselves. Even if it is a double crop. In addition to rice, Pay attention to chestnuts and the like. Tell them who finds it. I will reward you heavily." The only thing Li Shen is thinking about now is how to increase grain production. First of all, the simplest is rice that has a short maturity period and is harvested three times a year in the tropics. Although it is definitely not a good idea to go to Chang'an. It should be cooked twice as much.

Secondly, it can also be hybridized with local rice. This requires experimentation. Because there were many rice varieties in our country during this period. But Li Shen has a lot of land. Experimental fields are abundant. It's just that time is tight. But as long as there are enough seeds, they can be planted in a large area. There is no shortage of food from his experimental field. At that time, it will be promoted to Jiangnan and other places.

The reason why Li Shen is so anxious to increase food is because what Li Shen needs to do next is related to food.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will let them get it done as soon as possible," Wang Xuance promised.

"Xuan Ce, we have too few people working now. Go and gather some. It is best to have people who can read and write. Or have a flexible mind and know how to adapt to changes. The salary will be more. You also know that the palace has too much money now. It's not a good thing. You have to spend what should be spent and what shouldn't be spent. I only want people who can handle things. You know." Li Shen now feels that there are too few people in the palace to handle things. Wang Xuance had already been asked to recruit people. But now there are still more than a dozen. The rest are non-staff, paid to do things.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I will recruit more people as soon as possible. However, the Royal Palace is recruiting people so aggressively, I'm afraid it will attract criticism." Wang Xuance was worried about arousing Li Shimin's suspicion, and was also worried that the Crown Prince and King Wei would think that Li Shen was competing for the throne.

"It's okay. You can write me a memorial later, saying that there are too few people in the palace going out to do things. I want to recruit some people who can do things. That's probably what I mean. Then ask Shitou to be sent to Zhongshu Province."

"My lord, are you planning this?"

"It's a conspiracy, it's just about showing off your face, you know, it's about being thick-skinned." Not only did Li Shen not feel ashamed, but he was proud of it in front of Wang Xuance.

"Your Majesty, I have to leave first." Wang Xuance didn't even look at Li Shen, who was in good shape. In fact, he understood what Li Shen meant. Since he couldn't be sneaky, luckily he was aboveboard.

"Tch, it's too boring." Li Shen had no choice but to give up when Wang Xuance refused to cooperate.

"Right. Let's go to Huangzhuang." Li Shen suddenly remembered that there was one more thing he had not done.

Since we want to increase food production, how can we do without agricultural tools? As a person who grew up in a rural area. Too familiar for the tool. Children born in the 80s in rural areas go from planting to harvesting. Don’t bring anything left behind every year. Otherwise I'll really get beaten. So Li Shen was very familiar with the plows used to cultivate the land. When Li Shen was a child, he used a curved shaft plow, but it was an improved version of the curved shaft plow.

The Quyuan plow first appeared in the Jiangdong area in the late Tang Dynasty, and was also called the Jiangdong plow. Each subsequent dynasty improved upon it.

When Li Shen arrived at Huangzhuang, he went straight to the blacksmith's workshop.

"The prince is here. I have met the prince." The craftsman in the blacksmith workshop is called Wang Yi, and everyone in the village calls him Wang Tietou.

"Tietou, I'm going to build something. You and the other craftsmen can come and take a look." Li Shen said and handed Wang Tietou the drawings he had drawn.

Wang Tietou called other craftsmen to look at it for a while. "My lord, this seems to be a plow for plowing. It's just different from the one we used before." Wang Tietou raised his head and asked.

"Yes, you can build one according to this style and take a look first. Remember to record every detail. It can be used when making improvements in the future." Li Shen said to Wang Tietou.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I promise to make it in two days." Wang Tietou promised, patting his chest.

After finishing here, Li Shen went to the carpenter's workshop. Today's carpenter's workshop is now in charge of Zhang Wang, the former manager of the workshop. A year ago, Zhang Wang was released from the palace due to his age, but Li Shen kept his promise and accepted Zhang Wang. Let him be responsible for the carpentry of the palace. Now all of Li Shen's gift boxes and the like are made here.

"I've met the prince, but I don't know what he is doing here this time." Zhang Wang was very enthusiastic when he saw Li Shen. The food and accommodation are good here in Li Shen. Moreover, Li Shen even arranged a godson for her to learn crafts from him. In the future, I will provide him with care until his death.

"Zhang Wang is pretty good. His face is glowing. He seems to be doing well."

"This is all thanks to the prince." Zhang Wang nodded and bowed.

"Okay, take a look at this and make it for me in two days." Li Shen took out another drawing of Quyuanli.

Zhang Wang looked at it for a while and then said to Li Shen: "Yes, Your Majesty. I will have it delivered to your house in two days."

"No, I'll be back in two days. It's not convenient for experiments at home." How much land does he have in his home for him to cultivate? Besides, every place in the house is decorated with great effort.

The reason why Li Shen chose to make wood was because he was worried that there would not be enough iron. If it were promoted nationwide, the quantity would be huge. After everything was settled, Li Shen returned to the palace. Wang Xuance reported to Datang Daily that the results were very good. Therefore, Li Shenjue's family had to take action. Just as Li Shimin said, he would definitely be impeached.

"Go and call Dalang from the Cheng family."