If all this is true, the Tang Dynasty will usher in an unparalleled prosperous age and can almost create a foundation for eternity.
Well, of course, this is just Li Shimin's idea.
If it were Li Min, of course he wouldn't think so.
It is far from enough to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people.
Unreasonable systems and technology must also be developed at the same time.
Otherwise, if the West sets off a technological upsurge and they hold back, they will be beaten sooner or later.
But for Li Shimin and his ministers, the status of these three crops in their minds is really too important!
This achievement can be said to rival the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors!
The yields of these three crops are only hearsay at present.
Although the officials all felt that this number, even if it was artificially high, was not too much.
Otherwise, these three new crops, plus fishing, would not have solved the food shortage problem abruptly, causing the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes to suffer heavy losses.
However, they still couldn't believe it until they saw it with their own eyes or fully confirmed it.
However, it is certain that these three crops, especially sweet potatoes, are drought-resistant and high-yielding.
The most urgent task now is to ask the King of Shu, in which places are these sweet potatoes suitable for planting? It is serious to promote them as soon as possible.
Once the yields of these three crops are truly confirmed, then the King of Shu must be rewarded for his contribution.
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After sowing the winter wheat, winter has arrived before you know it.
Perhaps because of the drought, the cold air came later this winter.
In winter, most people are idle and have nothing to do.
At most, they can only go to the mountains to collect some firewood, make a pair of straw sandals and other trivial tasks.
But this year is different. This year we can build railways.
Now the business of Yizhou Zhonghua Commercial Bank is getting bigger and bigger, and it is really not short of money.
The construction of railways is now carried out in sections.
From Yizhou to Chang'an, construction started in many places along the way.
As long as ordinary people want to work, in addition to the first ten days of apprenticeship, which is five cents per day, the following are ten cents per day.
They also have three meals a day and eat meat every day.
On the construction site, we do about five hours of work a day.
It can be said that, let alone a salary as high as ten cents, even if you only have three meals a day, there will be a lot of labor coming to work.
You know, if there is enough left to chew for a winter, it is also a fortune.
Not to mention, on the construction site, the food they eat is better than what they eat at home, and they can eat more.
Haven't you seen that most of the people who work on construction sites all year round are fat?
The food is so good, it would be weird if I wasn't fat.
Previously, due to funding issues, there were not so many workers recruited on the construction site.
But now, because there are sufficient funds, everyone is welcome, the more, the merrier.
The influx of a large number of workers also led to a greatly accelerated railway construction speed.
After another two months, just before the Chinese New Year in January, the railway was finally completed!
After the entire site was completed, Li Min checked it through the system and found several defects. After ordering people to rectify them, it could be put into use.
In the following time, countless people's eyes were focused on the railway.
They all wanted to see what kind of car the Grand Governor would come up with that could run on this railway?
Can it also pull thousands of people or hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cargo at a time, as the Grand Governor said?
I'm afraid this is not bragging, right?
Let alone those civil and military ministers, let alone those common people.
Even in Yizhou City, the people of Yizhou, who regarded the King of Shu as a god, were somewhat dubious.
On the contrary, several of Li Min's apprentices, as well as Wu Meiniang, Li Yuanfang and others, firmly believed that he would be able to do it.
In the following time, Li Min ordered people to cover a large area on the Yizhou Railway side.
Prepare to lift the train crew onto the tracks.
In reality, of course, no one is needed to lift it, and the train has not been built in advance. This is just a way to hide it from others.
At night, Li Min ordered martial law and entered the Yizhou platform alone.
Then in the mall, a locomotive, ten passenger carriages and ten freight carriages were purchased.
After purchasing these, there is not much money left, but there is still a little bit left.
After thinking about it, Li Min went directly to Baihua Pond and used the remaining points to buy several sets of amusement facilities.
Of course, since there is no electricity yet, these entertainment facilities can all be controlled by human power.
The most important thing about these entertainment facilities is safety.
But just after Li Min purchased the rides, he got a system prompt:
Ding, because the host's spending value exceeds one million spending points, the system is currently being upgraded.
After that, the system suddenly went black.
Li Min contacted the system again and found that he couldn't be contacted.
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On the second day, Li Min first found someone to arrange the amusement facilities here.
Immediately afterwards, he came to the platform of Yizhou Railway Station and took off the covering tarpaulin, revealing the locomotive and ten passenger carriages and ten freight carriages inside.
Seeing such a huge thing, the people who were watching, the guards and others were all shocked to the extreme.
Even Li Min's disciples, Shangguan Yi and others are no exception.
In fact, the size of this train was completely beyond their imagination.
It seems that such a huge behemoth can carry thousands of people and pull hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cargo.
However, how can such a huge behemoth run?
Well, what Li Min exchanged this time was a steam locomotive that has been eliminated in later generations.
Commonly used in later generations are electric locomotives and fuel locomotives.
However, of these two types of locomotives, one uses electricity and the other uses fuel.
Under the current conditions, it cannot be used.
Therefore, Li Min could only exchange it for a steam locomotive.
However, the speed of this steam locomotive is not slow at all.
The locomotive Li Min exchanged was among the fastest among steam locomotives.
The maximum speed can reach 200 kilometers per hour. (Inspiration, the fastest steam locomotive in Britain, can reach 322 kilometers per hour)
And the speed of 200 kilometers per hour is already very fast in this era.
If it is not fully loaded, it will take about three hours from Yizhou to Chang'an.
In one day, you can drive from Chang'an to Yizhou and back.
Li Min decided to name this steam locomotive Pioneer.
Recently, it is the day of the Pioneer's trial voyage.
The first sea trial was, of course, conducted by Li Min himself.
However, as the governor, of course he could not do it himself every time, so he specially selected a group of students to learn train driving skills.
