"Is this a potato?" Dai Zhou looked at the big lump still covered with mud on his hand.
These were dozens of carts of potatoes that Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng personally escorted to Sinong Temple. It was also the first time that Dai Zhou saw the true appearance of this magical crop.
It is unknown how these dozens of carts of crops suddenly appeared in Chang'an City.
Because even the driver pulling the cart was a member of the Xuanjia Cavalry. As long as they didn't say anything, no one would dare to inquire, not even Hou Junji, the Minister of War.
"That's right, you all know the breeding method, right? In order to prevent you from making mistakes, this Wang and Zhou will give you guidance."
The Wang family and Zhou family brought by Li Jiancheng were the two people who guarded the seedlings in Shanghe Village.
This meeting stood behind Li Yuanji tremblingly. The two of them were country women and had little knowledge.
I didn't expect that this time I would be invited to Chang'an to teach adults how to grow potatoes.
You must know that the people under this Sinong Temple are either officials or officials. For ordinary people like them, they are really adults.
But Li Jiancheng was right when he said he was invited. The two of them came here to teach them how to breed, but they were paid, and the wages were not low.
They were picked up and dropped off by cars every day, and they were always accompanied by two Xuanjia Cavalry soldiers to prevent anyone in Sinong Temple from asking inappropriate questions.
The two of them were timid at first, but they soon let go because they found that these adults were too polite. They didn't know if they had been beaten, and their words could no longer be described as soft. It's not an exaggeration to say that he is groveling.
So they tried their best to give guidance and couldn't help but sigh at how powerful their boss was.
They are not really stupid enough to think that these adults are so polite to them for no reason. It can only be because of the boss behind them.
Potato breeding is not too troublesome. Under the guidance of the two people, the fifty tons of potato seedlings were basically completed in just a few days.
Then Dai Zhou will arrange the distribution, so Tang Ping naturally doesn't have to worry about these things.
Then there was good news from the East Yue Kingdom. The conditions proposed by the Tang Dynasty were impossible for them to refuse. The only point of disagreement between the two sides was how much iron was exchanged for how many ducks.
In the end, Datang added 50,000 troops to the Tang-Vietnam border and adopted a "take it or take it" attitude, allowing East Vietnam to successfully compromise.
And in their opinion, no matter how they change, they will still make money. If a batch of ducks are sent to China, a batch will be hatched immediately.
That iron ore can be mined a little less.
At this time, the entire Tang Dynasty still adopted a confidentiality policy regarding the coming locust plague.
The reason for keeping it secret is mainly because it is afraid of causing social panic and someone taking the opportunity to hoard and drive up prices.
At the same time, Datang officials began to send Doulu broadband to contact neighboring countries, preparing to use Datang's existing resources to continuously purchase food to replenish local government treasury.
"This is Chang'an City!"
A young man dressed as an ethnic minority stood outside the city of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. He was the prince of the Miao people in the southeastern part of the Tang Dynasty. There was a man named Li Caichen from the Central Plains.
The purpose of bringing the envoy to Datang this time was to trade with Datang.
The Miao Man were in the southeast of the Tang Dynasty, and Dongyue was in the south of the Tang Dynasty, which meant that the north of the Miao Man was the Dongyue Kingdom.
The East Vietnam Kingdom traded a lot of iron ore from Datang this time, which is not good news for them.
Fortunately, Datang soon released the news, hoping to trade with Miao Man.
So he brought his people to Datang, and among their group, there was a tall man with blond hair and blue eyes, who was his teacher Franji.
This Franji has the title of National Master in Miao Man. It is said that he came from the other side of the distant sea and brought many magical things.
The recent development of the Miaoman is inseparable from what he brought, so his status in the Miaoman is very high. The Miaoman king even asked his son to worship him as his teacher.
And Franji was slightly distracted when he saw the majestic Chang'an City. No wonder everyone said that this was the largest city in the Central Plains.
"Let's go in!" Li Caichen waved his hand and led the delegation into Chang'an. What he was thinking about was that one day, the Miao barbarians would plant the royal flag on the top of the city of Chang'an.
As for the Tang Dynasty, they still attached great importance to Li Caichen's arrival.
Although they are located in the wild land of Lingnan, the climate there is warm and the sunshine is abundant.
This also makes the Miaoman land even have two crops of food a year.
What Li Caichen didn't know was that he was planning to take control of Chang'an, and the first circle Li Shimin drew on the globe was also in Miaoman.
That night, Li Shimin hosted a banquet in honor of Li Caichen and his party.
"I really want to thank His Majesty Tang for coming here this time."
After drinking for three rounds, Li Caichen smiled and said.
"Oh, where do you start talking about this?" Li Shimin asked curiously.
"Because our land of Miao people has many types of farming, and the Tang plow and keel waterwheel promoted by His Majesty are really magical tools for farming, and the Miao people have benefited a lot!"
Although Li Caichen said this with a smile, many Tang Dynasty generals began to curse MMP in their hearts!
Although it appeared to be a thank you on the surface, there was a hidden meaning in his words that he was ridiculing the Tang Dynasty for not keeping secrets when things happened and spreading such powerful farming tools to the outside world, which strengthened the national power of the Miao barbarians.
"Hahahaha!" Li Shimin seemed unaware, and laughed boldly and said: "You're welcome, where are the people... who are not the people?"
The meaning of this sentence is quite intriguing.
At least from Li Jiancheng's point of view, his second brother was telling the other party that your people will also be my people from now on, and there is nothing wrong with living a better life now.
I don’t know if Li Caichen understood it. He waved his hand and a man walked to the middle holding a box.
"I came in a hurry this time. I only had time to prepare a small gift. I hope your majesty will be considerate!"
Although Li Caichen said it was a small gift, Tang Chen present knew that it was probably not the case.
This Miaoman prince showed a kind of arrogance in every aspect, how could he really give a "small gift"?
Li Shimin nodded, and an attendant went down and took the box from Li Caichen's people, and then carefully placed it on Li Shimin's desk.
"This is……"
"These are dragonfly eye glass beads!" Li Caichen said proudly: "They are made by our own craftsmen using a secret method, which means good luck and good luck!"
"Although it's not a valuable item, it's still rare to see outside of my Miao Man family!"
This thing is actually a primitive artificial glass product. It was first brought to China by some nomadic people during the Han Dynasty.
However, after the Wuhu chaos in China, the trade routes were cut off, and this thing was basically very rare in the Central Plains.
And what Li Caichen sent was re-fired by their Miao craftsmen under Franji's guidance.
Li Shimin said calmly: "That's how I thank the prince. I wonder if the prince can ask for anything?"
"I dare not ask for anything, but I have long heard that there were many skilled craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty..." Li Caichen raised his head and smiled: "I am also most interested in these exquisite gadgets."
