Chapter 1300 The iron-eating beast is actually a vegetarian? What the hell is it eating bamboo? (Please subscribe and vote)
On the second day after arriving, Li Shimin issued an order that those who purchased land in Jiaozhou were not allowed to plant three-crop rice and other staple foods for ten years.
In order to prevent the low price of grain from hurting farmers and disturbing Jiaozhou's development plans, of course, except for staple crops, you can grow anything you like.
Within these ten years, the court will not collect taxes from you. This will not only avoid low prices and hurt farmers, but also allow those who went to Jiaozhou to purchase land to breathe a sigh of relief.
Although you can't grow food, you won't be taxed for ten years and you can grow other crops. Although you won't make much, you can still be tax-free.
After the news spread, not only could it not stop those wealthy families with considerable wealth.
On the contrary, it made people understand that the land there was actually able to produce three crops a year.
Those with deep pockets will think that it doesn’t matter if they don’t plant anything for ten years.
As long as you can get three crops a year, even if you are gone ten years later, your children and grandchildren will be able to enjoy such a blessing.
There is a saying that the more you don't let those people do it, the more people will think about it. Once they think about it, it is easy to go down the road of no return.
This made Li Shimin very proud. As the saying goes, people are in high spirits when happy events happen, so this big thing was solved.
Good news came from the other side. The iron-eating beast had been captured and was being sent to the palace.
As a kind old father, Li Shimin naturally wanted to see with his own eyes the gifts he wanted to give to his daughter.
Immediately, he rushed over and soon saw the large cages escorted by the Imperial Army on the other side of Xiyuan.
There were two stupid iron-eating beasts squatting inside, looking around in confusion.
Li Shimin strode forward, stroking his long beard, and looked at the iron-eating beast, which was so naive and even more adorable than the doll Cheng Sanlang gave him.
"Is this the iron-eating beast? Why do I think they look very unintelligent, and they are not afraid of strangers at all."
"Your Majesty, this is what these iron-eating beasts are like. I heard from the hunters that they are actually not very courageous."
"After being caught, as long as you give them something to eat, they will stay calm."
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Li Shimin nodded suddenly, and when he glanced around, he saw a car behind him. The car was filled with freshly cut bamboos, and he couldn't help but wonder.
"You...wait a minute, why did you get so many bamboos here?"
"Your Majesty, the food of these iron-eating beasts is bamboo." The leader of the Forbidden Army bowed to Li Shimin and replied.
"Bamboo, you mean, iron-eating beasts eat bamboo?" Li Shimin's face gradually darkened. He felt as if he was not as famous as he was when he met him.
Li Shimin remembered that he had read records about iron-eating beasts in the "Shen Yi Jing" compiled by Dongfang Shuo of the Han Dynasty.
According to rumors, these iron-eating beasts are very ferocious. They eat iron and drink water. Their excrement can be used as weapons. Their sharpness is like steel. They are called iron-gnawing beasts.
It is said that these iron-eating beasts were once the mounts of Chi You, the leader of the Jiuli tribe in ancient times. They accompanied Chi You on the battlefield and made countless achievements.
As a result...this thing is actually vegetarian? What the hell, is it eating bamboo?
What can you pull out by eating bamboo? That thing...well, there are lumps of green poop in the cage.
Seeing this scene, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty felt deeply deceived.
Bamboo, eating bamboo, Li Shimin suddenly trembled, and his face became darker and darker.
Isn’t my favorite square bamboo just a type of bamboo?
"Your Majesty..." The leader of the imperial army saw that His Majesty's face looked very ugly, and he couldn't help but wonder whether he had said something wrong.
Li Shimin made a face, and was no longer willing to use the high-end and murderous name of Iron-eating Beast to call these two stupid and chubby people.
"How much bamboo can these two idiots eat in a day?"
When the leader of the Imperial Guard heard His Majesty's disgusting name, he immediately changed the name of the iron-eating beast as well.
"One...one fool can eat thirty or forty pounds of bamboo a day."
"...I've eaten so much and I'm not afraid of holding on. That's all. Send it over quickly."
"By the way, you just have to fetch bamboos from outside the palace to feed them. You are not allowed to touch my square bamboos, otherwise I will only ask you."
Hearing this, all the imperial soldiers and eunuchs couldn't help but trembled, and quickly agreed loudly.
When I saw the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty leaving, his back looked a little angry, and the other people had extremely strange expressions.
"If Your Majesty is so unhappy, why do you insist on catching this thing to raise?" A Forbidden Army soldier couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.
"Haha, that's not because of this. We have to start with Cheng Sanlang of Duke Lu's Mansion."
As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of the Imperial Guard soldiers who did not know the inside story suddenly lit up and they asked curiously.
"Why are you involved with that kid again? Hasn't he already gone to Luzhou, Jiannan Road to take up his post?"
"That's right, but who is Cheng Sanlang? He is a talented man who is known to everyone even though he is far away and can still make trouble."
"A few days ago, he sent an animal doll to Her Royal Highness Princess Jinyang, which looks like an iron-eating beast."
"Princess Jinyang likes it very much. Think about it, it is the apple of His Majesty's eye.
Princess Jinyang likes the iron-eating beast doll given by Cheng Sanlang so much, do you think Your Majesty will be happy with it?"
Hearing these words, all the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army suddenly realized that they were right. Your Majesty's attitude towards Princess Jinyang can be described as holding her in the palm of your hand for fear of falling.
The kind that is afraid of melting when you hold it in your mouth. Her Royal Highness Princess Jinyang likes it so much as a gift from others.
Your Majesty is most likely jealous, so in order to please Princess Jinyang, he will naturally find a way to make it happen.
"Okay, as long as you all understand what's going on, please do your work honestly and don't spread it randomly. Otherwise, if it spreads, be careful with your heads."
"Yes, yes, of course we don't dare to spread the secrets of the palace..."
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Not long after the meeting, Li Mingda, who was practicing calligraphy in the Zhengzheng Hall, received the news that the panda had entered the palace, and he was immediately overjoyed.
I quickly took my mother with me to look at that stupid and round girl.
The two giant pandas, which were brought into the palace in large wooden cages, looked curiously at the political center of the Tang Dynasty.
Several guards were pushing the car forward with two fat men in black and white.
When we arrived at the place located on the north side of the West Sea, a deep pit with a radius of nearly an acre and a depth of ten feet had been dug.
Next to the pit, bluestone railings were specially installed to prevent onlookers from accidentally slipping and falling.
Soon the two giant pandas were driven into the deep pit through a passage by the guards holding long poles.
Then the door was locked, and the two chubby giant pandas looked curiously at everything around them, slowly patrolling their new territory.
Li Mingda finally arrived here with Queen Changsun, and stood on the railing, curiously admiring the giant pandas inside.