I don’t know how the news of Li Mu’s plan to travel far spread. Anyway, within a few days, everyone in Chang’an City knew about it.
Some people are happy and some are worried. The ones who are happy are naturally the wealthy family who were lying on the ground unable to get up after being hit by Li Mu. As long as Li Mu is in Chang'an City, even if he doesn't do anything, it's like there is a sword hanging on his head.
It made them feel a lot of pressure. Being cut by a knife is not terrible, it is painful at most, but it is too uncomfortable to know when it will be cut. Therefore, Li Mu wants to travel far and leave Chang'an, which is right for them.
Already.
There are also many people who are worried. First of all, the people in the Internal Affairs Bureau, the Ninth Bureau and the First Guard are all novices. They don't know how to do many things, and they have to ask for advice from time to time to ensure that they don't make mistakes. Although Changsun Chong has grown rapidly,
But it is far from being able to stand alone. It represents the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the court to participate in court meetings, and it is far from the opponent of the old foxes of the three provinces and six ministries. Fortunately, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is self-sufficient. If it had to live on the budget like the three provinces and six ministries, it would have been long ago.
Like the Ministry of War, he was exploited until there was no hair left.
The most troublesome thing was Li Shimin himself. When Li Mu said he was leaving, Li Shimin suddenly realized how indispensable Li Mu was now. With Li Mu around, although something happened every now and then, which made him uneasy,
But without Li Mu here, who would take care of the affairs of this big stall? Now it’s impossible without him!
Some people may think that before Li Mu came to Chang'an, the three provinces and six ministries were running smoothly, the court was running well, and all the wars with the Turks were won. But that was before, when Li Mu didn't come, there was no Ministry of Internal Affairs, no reform of the Ministry of Works, and no
There was nothing going on in the factory, so it was easy to worry about. But after Li Mu came, he did all these things. No one had done these things before. Without him, who knows what would have happened?
It is true that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a cash cow that makes money every day, but that is based on Li Mu's ability to balance the merchants, clans and other forces. If Li Mu is not here, who can suppress these people? If they cannot be suppressed, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will still
No longer rebel? Then it will not be the imperial court controlling the merchants, but the merchants threatening the imperial court.
There is also the Datang Salt Industry. A workshop has been built near Chang'an City and will soon start producing fine salt. Once the fine salt is produced, how to sell it and how much to price it, all of these require Li Mu's decision-making.
The same goes for Datang Mining. When spring comes and the permafrost loosens, it’s time to open mines. It’s not Datang Mining that has the final say on what mines to open, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is now the only authority on minerals.
Buyers, whether to open iron mines or coal mines, copper mines or silver mines, must have a charter? Who is qualified to determine this charter? Who can convince the public? It has to be Li Mu!
I heard that Li Mu had already started packing his luggage. Li Shimin couldn't sit still any longer. He asked Eunuch Gao to pass the order and called Li Mu to the Tai Chi Hall. Li Mu was digging half of the potatoes when Eunuch Gao arrived.
, he had to go to the palace no matter what, Li Mu didn’t want to go and insisted on digging out the potatoes. Eunuch Gao had no choice but to force Li Mu onto the top of Bu Chu. Several young eunuchs had obviously practiced Kung Fu and their steps were fast.
, carried Li Mu on his shoulders and ran away.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Please forgive me. Our family has no choice. If I don't bring you here, Your Majesty will chop off our heads..."
"Okay, Eunuch Gao, don't do this. You have served His Majesty for more than twenty years, and no one will chop you down." Li Mu was still holding two big potatoes in his hand, and his hands were full of mud and he had not washed them.
After working hard all the way, Eunuch Gao said apologetically: "Master Marquis, wait a moment, we will ask someone to bring you water."
"Forget it, forget it." Li Mu shook his head and signaled to Gao Gong to open the door, saying: "Just go in, just in time to show your Majesty my new achievements."
"What's the new achievement? Come in and talk." Li Shimin's voice came over. Eunuch Gao quickly opened the door. Li Mu took two potatoes and walked in. Suddenly he paused, opened his clothes, and stuffed the two potatoes in.
In his arms, Eunuch Gao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw his chest suddenly bulging, but he couldn't stop it, so he had no choice but to watch Li Mu walk in.
"Li Mu, I'm not talking about you. Why do you think you want to leave on a whim? I allow you." Li Shimin was nagging as he came up. Suddenly he saw Li Mu's chest and took three steps back in fright. He said in shock: "Li Mu,
You, what's wrong with you? We haven't seen each other for just a few days, you..."
Li Mu pinched his throat and said: "Your Majesty, to be honest, I have contracted a strange disease and am no longer a man. I am speechless in front of the world, so I want to go back to my hometown and build a hut to end my remaining days."
Of course Li Shimin would not believe what he said, and said angrily: "Don't talk to me about useless things, what's the point!"
Li Mu put on a smile, took out the potato from his arms, and said cheerfully: "Your Majesty, please see, this is my new achievement, this thing is called potato."
When Li Shimin saw that the potatoes were covered with dirt, he frowned and said, "What a shame! Why don't you wash your hands? Gao Gan, bring a basin of water!"
"Your Majesty, please don't underestimate this potato!" Li Mu reached out and took Li Shimin's hand, and stuffed the potato into his hand, which made his hands dirty. Li Shimin couldn't shake it away, and said angrily:
"Li Mu, don't mess around!"
"Your Majesty, I am not messing around. I mentioned potatoes to your Majesty, have you forgotten? Food is the most important thing for the people, this is the ration of the people!"
Li Shimin frowned and thought for a while, then he remembered, looked at the potatoes in his hand, and said dubiously: "Is this what you said, three thousand kilograms of grain for one acre of land?"
"I'm talking big words, but the actual output is not three thousand catties."
Li Shimin sneered, weighed the potatoes in his hand, and said, "Let me tell you, what kind of food can weigh three thousand kilograms per day, is it a fairy seed?"
"It's only 2,200 kilograms."
Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief and almost failed to carry it. His face was full of shock, and he looked at the potatoes in his hand: "What did you say? This thing can produce 2,200 kilograms?"
"In the 'Crystal Palace' where His Majesty lived, potatoes were grown. The Crystal Palace of Chena occupies about one-third of the land, and the output is about 600 kilograms. Based on the area, one acre of land is about 2,100 kilograms.
, absolutely can’t go wrong.”
"How is this possible..." In Tang Dynasty, where rice is grown and the yield of corn is only 100 to 200 jins per mu, what is the concept of a crop yielding 2,000 jins? If this thing could be eaten, there would still be hungry people in the world.
of people?
Li Shimin stared at the potatoes and murmured: "Can this thing be eaten?"
"Of course you can eat it, but why can't you eat the seeds?"
"It, it grows in the soil? How do you eat it? Do you wash it and bite it?"
Li Mu smiled. He liked to see Li Shimin's unexperienced appearance, full of the pleasure of revenge. Li Mu rolled his eyes and nodded, saying: "I guess so, I haven't eaten it either."
"Let me try it!" Li Shimin was impatient and rubbed the soil on the potato. Now he didn't dislike it anymore and took a bite!