Chapter 3010 It’s better to suspend the war first and return to the front line of the Yalu River (3,500 words)
It seems that that boy Cheng Sanlang may have done something in Liaodong City to offend His Majesty.
Zhao Kun, who stood next to Li Shimin, saw what Cheng Sanlang had written.
The first sentence at the beginning is to greet your wise and powerful father-in-law with a warm and fawning greeting, and then to remind His Majesty in a serious way.
Said that the good news coming next will be very scary. I hope Your Majesty can prepare small pills and pay attention to controlling your emotions...
Zhao Kun's eyelids were twitching wildly when he saw it, and his bearded face was distorted and red as if he had been constipated for many years.
After hearing the words His Majesty cursed you as a little bastard, Zhao Kun nodded subconsciously. He deserved the curse.
Just as a group of civil and military officials were whispering again, suddenly, a sound of inhalation was heard, like a whale sucking in a river.
"hiss……"
All the people's astonished eyes fell on His Majesty's face, and they saw that His Majesty's face suddenly turned red.
And his eyes were so wide that they seemed ready to fall out of their sockets at any time. Zhao Kun was standing behind him.
His eyes were also bulging and his mouth was grinning exaggeratedly, as if he was frightened by something terrible.
Seeing the exaggerated expressions of the monarch and his ministers, as if they were performing a drama on the stage, all the ministers were confused.
What on earth did that boy Cheng Sanlang do to scare His Majesty like this? Well... he should have shocked His Majesty into being like this.
"Is it possible that what the messenger said is true?" Ma Zhou couldn't help but approached Li Jing and asked in a low voice.
"When I went to Liaodong Prefecture with Duke Wei, I heard Cheng Sanlang mention that he wanted to try growing new crops..."
"I also heard about it, but Quanzi didn't say anything in detail. He only said that those crops were high-yielding crops.
It’s just that Cheng Sanlang requested that no one should talk nonsense before the harvest is mature and the results are harvested, so as to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings..."
Li Jing's expression looked quite suspicious at the moment and he explained in a low voice.
"Perhaps it was Quanzi who got a bumper harvest in Liaodong from crops thousands of miles away, and the yield is quite gratifying."
"If that's the case, that's really great news, but there's no need to be so exaggerated, right?"
After hearing this, Ma Zhou nodded with deep understanding, feeling a little unhappy in his heart.
Could it be that that boy Cheng Sanlang had done so much that he got carried away and started doing whatever he wanted?
If this is the case, as a benefactor who has saved his life, I must quietly remind this kid to wake up a little bit.
Li Shimin's hands were a little weak as he placed the letter, which was obviously as light as nothing but seemed as heavy as a thousand pieces, on the eucalyptus.
Suddenly, my ears began to buzz, as if the blood rushing through my veins was roaring like a stormy wave.
Five thousand kilograms, more than 5,100 kilograms of potatoes per acre, and potatoes are a food crop side by side with rice, wheat, and millet.
Be a good boy... Li Shimin, who felt that his cerebral blood vessels were about to explode, quickly closed his eyes.
He covered his heart with his left hand and stretched out his other hand. Zhao Kun had been paying close attention to the changes in the expression of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Quite quickly, he picked up the small porcelain bottle at his waist, poured out a nitroglycerin tablet, and placed it in Li Shimin's palm.
Then he watched His Majesty put the small pill under his tongue, and his facial expression gradually relaxed as his breathing slowed down.
Many ministers also saw this scene, and their hearts were on tenterhooks at this moment.
Fortunately, everyone knows that His Majesty has medicine, which was given by Cheng Sanlang, and His Majesty has also taken the medicine.
Seeing that His Majesty's complexion gradually softened, the civil and military officers heaved a sigh of relief.
Yu Chigong, who was impatient, couldn't restrain himself and was the first to raise his voice.
"Your Majesty, what great changes have occurred in Liaodong Prefecture?"
The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who had finally recovered, had a slightly hot face. He raised his hand and waved it slowly to indicate that was not the case.
Damn it... It seems that that bastard Cheng Sanlang was right. Anyone who sees such extremely exaggerated good news would be extremely happy and upset.
Seeing that His Majesty was able to respond, Zhao Kun breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but whisper.
"Your Majesty, Cheng Sanlang, is it a clerical error?"
"Impossible." Li Shimin shook his head slowly, his voice trembled a little, but his tone was very firm.
"My beloved son-in-law dared to send people six hundred miles to deliver this letter urgently, which is enough to prove that everything he described in the letter is true."
His Majesty's analysis left Zhao Kun speechless.
After all, whoever made such a big noise would naturally want to share it with others.
That is to say, Liaodong Prefecture is very close to His Majesty's location. Otherwise, no one would dare to say anything even if we had to rush 800 miles away.
At this time, Li Shimin also noticed the strange behavior of a group of ministers and smiled.
"I'm fine. I was just shocked by the surprise from my beloved son-in-law."
"Surprise...scared?" This sentence once again made the civil and military officials use their brains. It is too rare to be able to scare His Majesty into such a surprise.
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At this moment, Ma Zhou was the first to stand up and saluted Li Shimin respectfully.
"Your Majesty, could this surprise be related to the harvest of food crops from the Yin Shang Continent?"
"Yes, it is the food crops that Li Lao Aiqing's Erlang brought back after going through all kinds of difficulties and dangers and traveling thousands of miles across the ocean.
Dear gentlemen, have you ever heard of a grain crop that produces more than a thousand kilograms per acre?"
Li Shimin stood up. At this moment, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty asked with great vigor.
"The yield per mu is over a thousand catties?" As soon as these words came out, the civil and military officials were in an uproar.
"Your Majesty, I only heard that if the Champa rice is grown in Jiaozhi, if it is rotated every year, it can produce a yield of six to seven hundred kilograms. Any more will be lost."
"Your Majesty, as far as I know, among the food crops in the Tang Dynasty, rice has the largest yield. As Minister Zhao said just now, the most is only six to seven hundred catties."
"The yield of wheat is only a little over two dan per acre, and that of millet is less than one and a half dan per acre. As for sorghum and soybeans, not to mention."
"Your Majesty, what you mean is that the Erlang of Li Weigong's family brought back from the Yin Shang Continent a grain crop with a yield of more than a thousand kilograms per mu?"
"No, no, no..." Li Shimin raised his hand, waved it, and said again.
"Then, dear gentlemen, have you ever heard that crops with an output of more than two thousand kilograms are acceptable, regardless of whether they are food crops or not."
"...Two thousand catties? This, how is this possible?"
At this time, Na Ma Zhou suddenly had a flash of inspiration and stood up and said a courtesy to His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, as far as I know, there is a kind of crop that can produce more than two thousand catties per mu."
"It's the persimmon. A single persimmon tree can bear more than thirty or fifty kilograms of fruit, or even fifty or sixty kilograms.
If we plant all the persimmon trees on one acre of land, it will cost us two thousand kilograms."
"Although this persimmon tree is not a food crop, but a fruit tree, if you dry the fresh persimmons and use them to fill your stomach, you can still have a full meal."
"Okay, okay, Ma Qing's family is indeed a well-educated family."
Li Shimin laughed, and then raised his fingers again.
"Are there any crops with a yield of more than 4,000 jins per mu, or even 5,000 jins per mu?"
"..." Looking at the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, whose face was glowing with excitement, and he kept walking back and forth excitedly beside his wife.
Everyone's little darlings couldn't help but start banging...
Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, suddenly shook his body. Fortunately, his younger brother Li Keshi who was standing beside him reached out to hold his brother in time.
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"Brother, are you okay?"
"No, it's okay. It's okay for my brother..." Li Jing's mouth was trembling a little as he forced a smile towards Master Li.
He took a deep breath, walked out of the crowd, and bowed deeply to Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, can it be said that the grain crops obtained from the Yin and Shang Continent can produce more than a thousand catties per mu?"
"Old Li, Ai Qing, it's not just a thousand catties, come and see... what is the potato yield per acre that my good son-in-law wrote on it."
Li Shimin copied the letter, came to Li Jing, looked at it, pointed at the row of numbers written on it and asked.
After Li Jing saw it, his eyes suddenly widened to the extreme, then he raised his fingers and rubbed his eyes vigorously.
"This, these more than 5,100 kilograms...how is this possible?! This is too exaggerated..."
"What?!"
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible? How can any food crop have such a high yield per mu?"
"Although the yield per mu of Chamcheng rice is extremely high, it can only have the opportunity to rotate two crops south of the Yangtze River."
"Then the yield may be ten acres. Think about it, potatoes and beans grown in the soil may be better than soybeans, but they shouldn't be so ridiculously strong."
"That's right..."
Seeing that the civil and military officials in the hall were starting to get into chaos, Ma Zhou quickly raised his voice and shouted several times before the noise in the hall quieted down.
At this time, the bag of potatoes had already arrived in Li Shimin's hands.
Li Shimin opened the bag and looked at the potatoes that were a little bigger than goose eggs inside. Li Shimin's expression looked a little confused.
"This is potatoes, a food crop with a yield of more than 5,000 kilograms per mu?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I had the honor to taste this product with Quanzi when I was in Liaodong City."
"After steaming, it will be very soft, glutinous and sweet, and it will fill your stomach when you eat it..."
With Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, narrating here, and His Majesty acting as a delivery model, he copied the potatoes and showed them in his hands.
Even though everyone still has many questions in their hearts, they can't help but not believe it.
After Ma Zhou rolled his eyes for a long time, he came close to Li Shimin's ear and whispered.
"Your Majesty, I think that since the leader of Goguryeo has just passed away, it is somewhat inappropriate for us, the Tang Dynasty, to launch an army to attack him at this moment.
It would be better to suspend the war for now and retreat to the front line of Yalu River..."
When Li Shimin heard Ma Zhou's words, his eyes suddenly lit up. Yes, at this moment, he really wanted to put wings under his ribs and fly to Liaodong City to see the potatoes and various crops from the Yin and Shang Continent.
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After all, Chu Bi's letter from Xian's son-in-law described the details of the crops that came from the Yin Shang Continent, and that they were about to be harvested.
If we can withdraw our troops in time, then I and a group of important officials of the Tang Dynasty can witness with our own eyes those wonderful treasures from the Yin Shang Continent.
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"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty actually agreed?"
Yeon Gae Suwen suddenly stood up with surprise on his face and shouted at his confidant.
"It's true that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was extremely benevolent and virtuous. After hearing the bad news about Goguryeo, he sent Prime Minister Ma Zhou to tell his subordinates."
"Let Da Molizhi just handle all the affairs of Goguryeo in peace, and wait until the matter is settled..."
Listening to the report from his subordinates, Yeon Gaesumun let out a sigh of relief and clenched his fists in excitement.
Great, as expected, whenever the Yuan family was in trouble and when their life was in danger, they would kill the king and sacrifice to heaven, which was indeed very useful.
Although the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty sent the prime minister to inform him of the matter, Yeon Gaesumun and Goguryeo did not dare to take it lightly, for fear that the other party would resort to other methods.
It was not until the afternoon of that day that the news that the elite of the Tang Dynasty voluntarily withdrew from the two fortresses they occupied, retreated to the Yalu River, boarded boats, and headed for the west bank of the Yalu River reached the ears of Yeon Gaesumun.
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Yuan Gaisuwen was silent for a long time, and then slowly spoke. "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is truly a trustworthy person..."
At this moment, Li Shimin couldn't wait to lift up his front and landed on the west bank. He was waiting for someone to bring his mount. Behind him, a large number of important civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty were also impatient.
Everyone wants to see if one acre can produce five thousand kilograms of potatoes. Are you bragging?