After beating Li Tai, Li Ke's mood calmed down a lot. Hey, no wonder the tough guys in the army would come for a five-kilometer walk or engage in fighting and confrontation. This is indeed the best way to vent their energy.
Changsun Chong is indispensable to the fact that he has been able to be so calm and did not do anything wrong these years. Let's treat him to a meal some other time.
Abandoning Li Tai, Li Ke naturally went to find Li Shimin. When he heard that he was taking Sizi and the others, Li Ke was speechless. Good guy, I was playing with my sisters and you disliked me. Then you asked me to supervise the country. You and I The girls play, right?
The old father is willful.
When Li Ke came over, he found that Li Shimin was riding a horse with Si Zi and the others. Naturally, they were riding the pony Li Ke had prepared for Si Zi and the others.
Seeing Li Ke coming over, Li Shimin couldn't help coughing twice, feeling a little embarrassed. After all, Li Shimin was still yelling when Li Ke rode for Si Zi and the others, but now he rides the horse himself.
Mainly, Li Shimin also discovered the benefit of Sizi and the others' crazy play, that is, over the past year or so, the health of these little guys seemed to be getting better and better, and they didn't get sick much, unlike before.
So Li Shimin didn't stop them, and just let them have fun as long as they were absolutely safe.
"Why is His Highness the King of Qin here? Didn't he skip the court and go to Zhuangzi outside the city?" Li Shimin glanced at Li Ke sideways, "That couplet, oh, I should say that the poem is well written, Spring Night is Too Short When the sun rises, the king will not come to court early from now on?"
"Hey, Comrade Your Majesty, I don't want to either. I'm born to work hard and can't take any time off. I went outside the city, but then I remembered something. I can't do it until I come back." Li Ke waved his hand helplessly.
"His Royal Highness King Qin, that's okay. If you say you're fat, you're out of breath. What do you mean by this comrade?" Li Shimin sat down on a chair nearby.
"Your Majesty, I mean we are like-minded." Li Ke waved his hand feebly.
"Tell me, His Highness King Qin has any advice." Li Shimin took a sip of tea.
"Comrade Your Majesty, it's about farming." Li Ke sighed helplessly, then took out a piece of information from his arms and handed it to Li Shimin.
This is a survey report by Yuelai Commercial Bank on the shortage of private livestock and farm tools. According to this report, about 30% of the land of the people in the world is almost uncultivated, which means there is no income.
But when it comes to collecting taxes, it is impossible for the people to evade the 30% land tax, they must pay it.
Li Shimin took it and started to read it. About a quarter of an hour later, Li Shimin raised his head and asked in surprise: "If I remember correctly, isn't this something you asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to jointly investigate about a month ago? ?The results will be available so soon?"
"Comrade Your Majesty, what are you thinking about? Don't you know how efficient your officials are? You told me before that the tasks given to these six departments are too heavy." Li Ke slumped in his chair and spoke lazily. Picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"Then what are you doing?" Li Shimin looked at the report in his hand. The investigation content in it can be said to be very detailed. In each of the ten provinces and states in the world, where there is no animal power, and the lack of animal power and farm tools are all included. There are detailed statistics.
"My firm did it. My firm originally had branches in various states. You also know about the establishment of the school. Before the Night City, I asked my firm to contact local businessmen, small aristocratic families, and small merchants. They all know people in the local area, so there is no problem in finding these people.”
"I passed the news on, and the shopkeeper of my business found people from these aristocratic families and merchants. They went to the countryside to inquire about the news, and then compiled it and passed it on quickly." Li Ke said helplessly.
Li Shimin was silent for a moment. The Tang Dynasty court could not compare with the efficiency of a trading house. This...
"Then you came to ask the six departments to reform?" Li Shimin asked after thinking about it.
"What does it have to do with the six departments? It's none of my business that they are exhausted. I'm here for the people." Li Ke sighed, "The people are the foundation of my Tang Dynasty. I don't care about other things, but they are closely related to the people. , I can’t care less, if a policy is implemented one day earlier, tens of thousands of people may be spared the death of a major disaster.”
Looking at Li Ke, Li Shimin said nothing on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart. This is what he was satisfied with Li Ke. He may have behaved a lot like a jerk, but he will always maintain this attitude toward the people of the world. A pure heart.
Such a lazy person could immediately come back from outside the city to discuss something with him when he thought of something. It is conceivable that he was tired on the surface, but in his heart it was related to people's livelihood, but he never relaxed at all.
"This thing... there's no way to solve it." Li Shimin sighed, "Do you want to exempt this part of the land that cannot be cultivated from taxes?"
"Forget it, this will increase the workload of the Ministry of Civil Affairs." Li Ke thought for a while, but still rejected it, "The court's policy is well-intentioned, but there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. You will never exempt the tax exemption from the bottom. I don’t know whether it is the land of the common people or the land of some people with ulterior motives.”
"So forget about the tax exemption and find a way to let the people use this part of the land." Li Ke said.
"What can be done? They don't have enough time to plant the food now." Li Shimin frowned.
"Promote cash crops." Li Ke said, "It just so happened that I signed a contract with the people this time to plant mulberry and hemp, which inadvertently filled up this part of the vacant farmland. In these places where animal power is insufficient, I will ask people to increase cooperation with the local people. The contracted acres for each household. Hemp crops can be planted in one year and harvested in many years. These lands can be left alone."
"In the future, they can be encouraged to plant rapeseed. The planting time of rapeseed is different from that of wheat or corn, but the oil pressed from rapeseed now has a sufficient market in Datang. People can sell it for money."
"Third, I am going to promote a brand new crop, alfalfa." Li Ke said.
"Alfalfa?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment.
"A high-quality pasture with a large yield. Like ramie, it is grown annually and is a perennial crop, and its young shoots can be eaten as vegetables. In addition, it can be used for people to raise sheep, and it can be chopped into pieces to feed Chickens, ducks and other poultry can even be fed to pigs, which allows the people to eat a little meat or meat oil for a year! The most important thing is that alfalfa can fertilize the fields!"
"Some relatively barren land can be turned into good fertile land by planting alfalfa for two to three years. Then, if the crops are rotated, the grain output can be increased." Li Ke took a deep breath and said.
To a certain extent, alfalfa is really an artifact! This thing can be fed to livestock, poultry, and pigs, and it can also be used to fertilize fields. It can be grown year-round and perennial without having to worry about it. It is rich in all the amino acids needed by humans and animals, as well as rare amino acids. Of course, you don’t expect it to be as good as feeding pigs. The pigs of later generations grow so fast, but if they grow slowly, then they are just raised!
"There is such a crop?!" Li Shimin was dumbfounded. This is simply a perfect crop.
