Looking at the rice seeds spread on the ground, Fang Fengzhu looked at them again and again excitedly, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, this is the kind of rice you are talking about... um, rice that can be harvested twice a year?"
"Haha, that's not necessarily the case!"
After laughing, Li Yuanjia shook his head and said happily.
Jiaozhi, Champa, or Linyi... In Li Yuanjia's memory, there are many versions of the origin of the rice that is harvested twice a year. It is not clear which one is true. The only thing that is certain is that it should not be far away from China.
It's too far away, otherwise it wouldn't have spread during the Song Dynasty.
Anyway, it must be right to ask people to find rice that can be harvested twice a year.
But what Li Yuanjia didn't expect was that it would happen so quickly. How long after he issued this order, someone would actually send rice seeds?
only……
Originally in the midst of excitement, after hearing her husband's words, Fang Fengzhu's smile suddenly froze: "Huh? Why not necessarily?"
"Haha, because I haven't tried it before."
Blinking at the confused princess, Li Yuanjia said with a smile: "You know, what I want is not so easy to find, otherwise... Haha, why is there no one for rice that is harvested twice a year?
Have you ever discovered it? But this time it didn’t take long for the results to come out..."
"Ah? You mean..."
Hearing this, Fang Fengzhu couldn't help but opened her eyes wide and shouted softly.
But after covering her mouth for a moment, she immediately shook her head and said, "No, it's impossible, isn't it? Is there really someone so bold as to dare to deceive the king?"
"Haha, what's so daring about this?"
After listening to her words, Li Yuanjia suddenly became happy: "Money can make all the difference. There are many people in this world who dare to kill people for one or two dollars, not to mention the reward I gave is at least a thousand dollars...
Well!"
As he spoke, Li Yuanjia's voice broke.
Because he found that he had said the wrong thing again - the saying "money can make the world go round" was not a "common saying" that should have appeared during the Zhenguan period. But it was too late to come to his senses at this time, because Fang Fengzhu obviously paid attention to
When he came to this sentence, he blinked his eyes desperately and said with a look of amazement: "Money can make the world go round... This sentence is really good, and it points out the most important point at once! But... are they...
Aren't you afraid of your anger?"
"Haha, what are you afraid of?"
Taking a look at the rice seeds on the ground, Li Yuanjia's expression was somewhat intriguing: "This is not something else. You can tell whether it is genuine or not by just looking at it. This is rice seed. It must be planted. It will take a few months to know."
As a result, do you know where they will be when the time comes?"
"this……"
Fang Fengzhu was slightly startled when he heard this, and Fang Fengzhu was immediately speechless.
Well, she really didn't think about that.
But after pouting, Fang Fengzhu's eyes brightened up when she looked at her husband - Your Majesty can think of the key points at once, which is really amazing! You know, this is rice that can be harvested twice a year.
Plants, Fang Fengzhu, who has been "popularized" with relevant knowledge before, is very clear about the importance of this thing, so if he first hears the news that someone has sent rice seeds, he will definitely be excited.
Where do you think about whether the rice seeds are real or fake?
Sure enough, the king is still awesome!
Li Yuanjia didn't know what the princess was thinking at this time, or even if he knew, he wouldn't care, because he had seen and heard too many of the same things in his previous life. Especially in a hospital where almost the entire society is concentrated.
All contradictions and even more unbelievable things are commonplace, not to mention fraud to get credit?
Who knows what this legendary Champa rice looks like?
The only way is to find a place to actually plant it and see, and then give rewards after confirmation... The only question now is, are those people willing to wait?
"Go back to your Majesty, they said they can't stay in Chang'an for long!"
After returning in the afternoon, Han Lucheng immediately came to Li Yuanjia and said with a gloomy face: "I told them that if they stayed in Chang'an, we would provide them with food and accommodation, but... they kept saying that they had parents to take care of at home, and they had to take care of them.
Go back quickly!"
"hehe."
Smiling softly, Li Yuanjia didn't say much.
It would be a lie to say that he was not disappointed at all. After all, when he just heard that someone had sent rice seeds that were harvested twice a year, he was really ecstatic and laughed in the yard. Later, he thought of his previous life.
He asked Han Lucheng to ask about his experience, and the result...
Anyway, when he looked at the rice seeds on the ground again, Li Yuanjia's heart no longer wavered.
They were in charge of food, drink, and housing, and just asked them to wait for the results of the experimental planting in Jiangnan, and then they could get a large bounty. Where could they find such a good thing? The result was that they had parents to take care of at home.
It is self-evident what it means to be unwilling to stay.
So after laughing, Li Yuanjia couldn't help but sigh softly.
To be honest, it’s very annoying!
Seriously speaking, he actually never thought that he would get the legendary Champa rice so early. After all, this thing was not available in the Tang Dynasty, which means it must be in a very remote place, or that the Tang people have not yet set foot in.
place, otherwise if I knew there was such rice, I would definitely take it back and give it a try!
But this group of people gave themselves a false hope, which made people very irritated.
Seeing that the king was unhappy, Han Lucheng's eyes flashed coldly and he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I will send someone to take them down right now..."
"Take it down? What are you doing with it?"
Although he was very unhappy, after hearing what the housekeeper said, Li Yuanjia still frowned and asked angrily.
"this……"
He was stunned for a moment, but before Han Lucheng could speak, Li Yuanjia continued: "I sent rice seeds all the way and didn't do anything else. And there is no conclusion whether the rice seeds are true or false. Tell me, you
Is there any reason to take them down?"
"But……"
After hesitating for a moment, Han Lucheng said in a dry voice: "Since they are unwilling to stay and wait for us to try planting, isn't it a sign of guilty conscience?"
"Haha, so what?"
Glancing at his butler, Li Yuanjia said angrily: "In any case, we have no evidence that they sent fake goods, so there is no reason to take them away. Do you understand?"
"……yes."
The corners of his mouth twitched twice, and Han Lucheng was suddenly speechless.
Although he did not dare to continue to refute, this reason was really hard to convince him, and... you are the prince of the Tang Dynasty, so you need evidence from a few liars? Isn't this too embarrassing for them?
This time Li Yuanjia saw his butler's thoughts, shook his head slightly and said calmly: "Han Lucheng, you have to remember that what I want is rice seeds that are harvested twice a year! As long as you can get rice seeds, spend more
It doesn’t matter whether you’ve been cheated of money once or twice... Especially in a situation like this, you absolutely can’t just take money from people without any evidence, otherwise who will dare to help me find rice seeds in the future?”
"……yes."
After thinking about it for a while, Han Lucheng nodded this time with some understanding.
Even if the other party is a bold liar, you can't take people at will, especially when the king attaches great importance to that rice seed. After all, people's words are terrible, and the truth cannot be publicized, so many people
I'm afraid I'll only hear about people offering rice seeds and then having them taken away by the King of Han. If it's a bit exaggerated, there might even be rumors about people being beheaded directly!
This would be very detrimental to the king's plan.
So after pondering for a moment, Han Lucheng asked: "Your Majesty, what about these people? Where are the rice seeds?"
"Haha, didn't you say that the rice seeds were left in part of Jiangnan?"
"Yes, I left a lot."
Nodding, Han Lucheng said in a low voice: "When I first heard you say that it was impossible to plant rice in the north, I made a reservation and asked them to keep half of the rice seeds in the south of the Yangtze River."
“Not bad, very good!”
Nodding with satisfaction, Li Yuanjia said with a smile: "Then send the order and let them start planting. Try a few more times! As for these people, let them leave an address and then give them a round trip fee.