"Well..." Li Ke wanted to say something else, but his personal guard came in, walked to Li Ke's side and whispered something.
"Huh?" After listening, Li Ke was also a little happy. Of course, the news he got was actually just news about the Tang Dynasty's food harvest. Although Li Ke already knew it when he gave out the seeds, he was still happy when the news came out.
"Your Highness, is there any happy event? I wonder if I can share it?" Li Yinan knew it was a good thing by looking at Li Ke's face.
"Of course you can. This year the Tang Dynasty has a bumper grain harvest. Just over 30 million acres of land is enough for everyone in the Tang Dynasty." Li Ke said happily.
As soon as Li Ke's words came out, Li Yinan was somewhat shocked. He had also been a khan after all. Although the grassland people were not good at planting, they did have some understanding of these aspects.
In the past, the land in the entire Tang Dynasty was not enough for the people to eat, but now only more than 30 million acres of land is enough? Calculated based on one hundred acres of land per household in the Tang Dynasty, this is only 300,000 households! The current population of the Tang Dynasty cannot be only 300,000 households.
"Are there any high-yielding seeds here?" Li Yinan paused and asked directly.
"Of course, brand new wheat seeds, and a brand new crop, potatoes." Li Ke said with a smile. Li Yinan is now a member of the Tang Dynasty, so of course he has the right to know.
"Congratulations, Your Highness." Li Yinan immediately smiled and congratulated.
"Congratulations on what I am doing, it should be congratulations to everyone in the world, just like you. Although it seems to have nothing to do with you, the people are no longer short of food. Once they have money, the food can be used to brew more sweet spirits. And by producing more food that consumes more grain, you will naturally be able to eat more delicious food, which is a good thing."
"If nothing else, in the future, people all over the world will probably pursue eating some good pasta, such as white flour or rice. Naturally, those bran can be used to feed pigs, chickens and other poultry and livestock. There will be no shortage in the world. If we eat meat, we can eat more food." Li Ke said with a smile.
"Indeed, I am a bit stupid." Li Yinan thought, this is of course a good thing. If they eat well, the skin of the young ladies will naturally be more delicate, and their minds will naturally be greater and broader. These are all good things!
"But I still have something to do here, so I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go to the palace." Li Ke said with a smile.
"Then I will retire. In addition, I have a merciless request. If your Highness can have time, I would like to ask you to give me a favor." Li Yinan said quickly.
"What's the matter? Tell me." Li Ke was in a good mood. In any case, the most critical one of the problems he wanted to solve has now been solved, especially the one that has been completely solved, which of course makes him happy.
"I heard that whenever there is a happy event in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, guests will be entertained. I have been in Chang'an for more than two or three months, and I am familiar with Chang'an. Therefore, in order to celebrate being able to live in a prosperous city like Chang'an, I would like to entertain a guest. It’s just that I don’t know many people in Chang’an.”
"When I was in the grassland, I heard that Your Majesty and His Highness liked to watch the Turks singing and dancing like us, so I wanted to invite Your Highness to come to my banquet, and I also performed some of our grassland dances for His Highness." Li Yinan said with a smile. .
Good guy, Li Ke was speechless. He learned so quickly that he even took the initiative to learn how to dance. This Zhenzhu Khan is quite interesting.
"If I don't have anything special to do, I will go to your banquet." Li Ke said with a smile.
"I'm very grateful." Li Yinan said with a grateful face, "I don't dare to disturb His Highness anymore, so I will leave now."
After sending Li Yinan away, Li Ke also went straight to the palace.
When Li Ke arrived at Liangyi Hall, it was rare that there were many ministers there today.
Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Qin Qiong, and Huo Gang are all here.
"I have met Your Highness." Several people present saluted Li Ke.
"No courtesy, Dad, there are so many people today." Li Ke said with a smile.
"It's such a big good thing. Of course, people have come more fully. After all, this matter today is quite important." Li Shimin said with a smile, "I just discussed with them before you came. Although this year's grain harvest is bumper, with the harvest this year As for grain, next year basically anywhere in the Tang Dynasty that can grow wheat will be able to grow this high-yielding crop."
"Including potatoes, they can be promoted freely, but I think this matter cannot be taken lightly no matter what. I just told Qin Qiong and Huo Gang that this high-yielding wheat and potatoes must not be leaked, such as Goguryeo and Western Persia, Tibet and other places in India cannot allow them to obtain seeds."
Everyone's eyes were naturally focused on Li Ke. After thinking for a while, Li Ke nodded and said: "Actually, even if it is leaked, it is not a big problem."
First of all, the current production scale of these seeds is extremely terrifying. Even if the Tang Dynasty strictly enforces smuggling, it is naturally impossible to check everyone. This era is not like later generations, and all national borders are difficult to cross.
In this era, there are a lot of uninhabited places on the national borders. If you go wherever you want, if you really want to bring good breeds with you, it is actually easy to take them out.
However, the number brought out is not large, and it will take a long time to achieve scale. It may not take more than ten years to achieve scale.
In addition, like potatoes, if they are not detoxified, the yield will be completely reduced after three or four years of large-scale planting. Although the temperature difference detoxification method is simple, it cannot be operated casually.
In fact, Tudou is not afraid of leaking it.
Therefore, it is not that important whether these high-yielding seeds are leaked or not. Of course, if we can control some of them now, we must control some of them. If we can delay their spread for a few years, it will be beneficial to Datang.
After telling everyone and his father about his thoughts, everyone thought about it carefully and found that this was indeed the case.
"Compared with the risk of leakage, I feel that we need to pay more attention to our internal problems, especially in the first year of this year's grain harvest. Tang Chu Grain must make all preparations." Li Ke said.
"Your Highness, there is no need to worry about this matter. We have already explained that the Tang Dynasty Food Reserve will begin to formally reserve grain. According to the orders of His Majesty and His Highness, the amount of grain reserves will be sufficient to feed the entire Tang Dynasty for two years. "Fang Xuanling said immediately.
"This is a good thing. I have trained a group of people for the important point of grain storage. Tang grain storage can be run directly. The Tang Dynasty will not appear now, but the province is here." Li Ke looked at Wei Zheng.
"Your Highness, please speak."
