Chapter 612 Where to Dig Potatoes?
I don’t know how the news of Li Mu’s plan to travel far away spread, but in a few days, there was nothing I didn’t know about Chang’an City.
Some people are happy and some are worried. Naturally, they are happy because they are hit by Li Mu and lying on the ground and can no longer get up. As long as Li Mu is in Chang'an City, even if he doesn't do anything, it will be like a sword hanging on his head, which puts a lot of pressure on them. Being cut is not scary, at most it will hurt, but I don't know when it will be cut down. This feeling is too uncomfortable, so Li Mu wants to travel far and leave Chang'an, which is right for them.
There are also many people who are worried. First of all, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the people from the Nine Bureau and One Defense are all novices. They don’t know what to do for many things, and they also have to ask questions from time to time to ensure that there is no mistake. Although Changsun Chong grew up quickly, he has not yet reached the point of being the only one. He represented the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the court to participate in the court discussion, and is far from being the opponent of the old foxes of the three provinces and six ministries. Fortunately, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is self-sufficient. If he lived on a budget like the Ministry of War, he would have been exploited like the Ministry of War.
The most annoying thing was Li Shimin himself. Li Mu was about to leave, and Li Shimin suddenly realized how indispensable Li Mu is now. With Li Mu here, although something happened every now and then, it made him uneasy, but without Li Mu here, who would take care of this big business? Now that he is not missing it, it will be impossible!
Some people may think that before Li Mu came to Chang'an, the three provinces and six ministries were in operation, the court was also running well, and they won the war with the Turks. But that was before, when Li Mu did not come, there was no Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Works had no reforms, and there was no factory, so there was nothing wrong, so it was naturally worry-free. But after Li Mu came, he got all these things out, and no one had done them before. Without him, who knew what would happen?
It is true that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a money cow that makes money every day, but it is based on Li Mu's settlement of merchants and family forces. If Li Mu is not there, who can suppress these people? If they can't suppress them, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not be against the will of heaven? At that time, it will not be the court that controls merchants, but the merchants threaten the court.
There is also the Datang Salt Industry workshop, which has been built near Chang'an City, and will start producing fine salt soon. How to sell fine salt, and how much price is, Li Mu will inevitably make the decision.
The same is true for Datang Mining. Spring is coming and the permafrost is loosening. It is the time to start mines. It is not the Datang Mining that has the final say, but the Office of the Internal Affairs. The Office of the Internal Affairs is now the only buyer of minerals. Whether to open an iron ore or a coal mine, copper or silver ore, must have a charter? Who is qualified to establish this charter? Who can convince the public? It must be Li Mu!
Hearing that Li Mu had already started packing his luggage, Li Shimin couldn't sit still, so he asked Eunuch Gao to issue an order and called Li Mu to the Tai Chi Hall. Li Mu was digging potatoes, and half of them were digging. Eunuch Gao came and said he would let him go to the palace no matter what. Li Mu didn't want to go and insisted on digging the potatoes. Eunuch Gao had no choice but to force Li Mu to catch up. Several eunuchs obviously had practiced kung fu, and they were quick to carry Li Mu and ran away.
"Mr. Forgive me, please forgive me. We have no choice. Otherwise, if you bring you, your Majesty will chop off our heads..."
"Okay, Eunuch Gao, please don't do this. You have served Your Majesty for more than 20 years. No one will cut you down if Your Majesty cuts you." Li Mu was holding two big potatoes in his hand, his hands were covered in mud and had not washed them all the way. Eunuch Gao apologized when he saw this: "Haven, wait, our family will ask someone to bring you water."
'Forget it." Li Mu shook his head and signaled to Gao Gong’s open door, saying, "Just go in like this, just show His Majesty my new achievements."
"What new achievements are you going to talk." Li Shimin's voice came over. Eunuch Gao quickly opened the door. Li Mu walked in with two potatoes. Suddenly he paused for a moment, pulled open his clothes, and stuffed the two potatoes into his arms. Eunuch Gao saw that his chest suddenly bulged and couldn't smile bitterly, but he couldn't stop it. He had to watch Li Mu walk in like this.
"Li Mu, it's not that I'm talking about you. Why do you think you are leaving on a whim? I'll allow you-" Li Shimin came up and nagged. Suddenly he saw Li Mu's chest and took three steps back, and said in horror: "Li Mu, what's wrong with you? I haven't seen you for a few days, you..."
Li Mu clamped his throat and said, "Your Majesty, I am not hiding it. I have a strange disease and am no longer a man. I am speechless in facing the world, so I think of going back to my hometown and planning to build a hut to live this life."
Of course, Li Shimin would not believe his words and said angrily: "Stop talking to me, what a mess!"
Li Mu smiled and took out the potatoes from his arms, and said, "Please look at your Majesty. This is my new achievement. This thing is called potatoes."
Seeing that the potato was covered with soil, Li Shimin frowned and said, "What kind of style is it! Why don't you wash your hands? High-ranking trunks, hold a basin of water!"
"Your Majesty, don't underestimate this potato!" Li Mu reached out and pulled Li Shimin's hand, stuffed the potato into his hand, making his hands dirty. Li Shimin couldn't shake it away, and said angrily: "Li Mu, don't mess around!"
"Your Majesty, I am not making a fuss. I have mentioned potatoes to Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Food is the most important thing for the people, this is the food for the people!"
Li Shimin frowned and thought for a while, remembered it, looked at the potatoes in his hand, and half-believed and half-doubted: "This is what you said, one acre of land produces three thousand kilograms of grain?"
"I've been talking big, but the actual output is not three thousand kilograms."
Li Shimin sneered, weighed the potatoes in his hand, and said, "I just said, what kind of food can be three thousand pounds per scene? Are there immortal seeds?"
"It's only 2,200 kilograms."
Li Shimin almost carried it over in one breath, with a shocked look on his face and looked at the potatoes in his hand: "What did you say? This thing can produce 2,200 kilograms?"
"Just in the 'Crystal Palace' where His Majesty lived, potatoes are planted. The Crystal Palace of Chenna is about three parts of the land, with a yield of about 600 kilograms. According to the area, one acre of land is about 2,100 kilograms, which is absolutely impossible to be wrong."
"How is this possible..." When growing rice, Datang, where corn yields only 100 to 200 kilograms per mu, can a crop produce 2,000 kilograms. What is this concept? If this thing can be eaten, will there be hungry people in the world?
Li Shimin stared at the potatoes and murmured: "Can this thing be eaten?"
"Of course I can eat it, so why can't I eat it?"
"It, does it grow in the soil? How do you eat it? Wash it and eat it when you bite it?"
Li Mu smiled. He liked to see Li Shimin's appearance that he had never seen the world, and was full of a sense of vengeance. Li Mu's eyes rolled, and he nodded, saying, "I guess so, I haven't eaten it before."
"I'll try!" Li Shimin was impatient and rubbed the soil on the potatoes. At this moment, he didn't dislike it and bit it down in one bite!
Chapter completed!