Li Chengqian's expression relaxed after seeing this, and he asked Qingwan:
"This fourth brother prefers food and drink. Please don't take what he just said to heart. Madam Qingwan. Oh. By the way, why haven't you seen the Qin County man? Where is he?"
Xiao Qingwan was relieved after hearing this. She pointed to the door of the greenhouse and said:
"My young master is in the greenhouse, instructing the tenant farmers to plant rice. Your Highness, please wait a moment. My maid will go inside and call my young master to come out."
Li Chengqian waved his hand and said:
"No need to go to such trouble. I'm also very curious about the new grain. I just want to go in and have a look."
Sishe's eyes lit up when she heard this. She finally had a chance to go in openly. She hurried to the door of the greenhouse, stretched out her hand to lift the thick curtain and said:
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Yue please come in."
After Li Chengqian and his party entered the greenhouse, they immediately felt a kind of heat rushing towards their faces.
He was surprised:
"This, this greenhouse is as warm as spring? Why is this?"
Xiao Changxi heard Li Chengqian's question after she came in. She hurriedly explained the principles of the greenhouse to Li Chengqian and his group before Xiao Qingwan could speak.
After hearing this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but praise:
"I see. If the Imperial Palace also had such a greenhouse, then the Queen Mother wouldn't be so uncomfortable."
Li Tai's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he rarely agreed with his brother's words. He thought for a while and asked Xiao Changxi:
"Butler Xiao, can you arrange for me to have someone who understands the structure of the greenhouse and let him take me to have a good tour? I will personally help my mother design such a house."
Xiao Changxi's face suddenly showed a look of embarrassment when she heard this. This greenhouse was related to the property of Huaxia Vegetable Shop in the mansion. She didn't know how to answer this for a while.
Li Chengqian seemed to have guessed what Xiao Changxi was thinking. After all, in this era, money-making skills or unique skills are often the foundation of each family's business.
Although he has lived in the East Palace for a long time, he still knows a thing or two about the Huaxia Shop in the East City of Chang'an City.
So he smiled and said:
"We'll talk about this later. I'm even more curious now about what kind of fine seed it is that is actually planted in water."
After speaking, Li Chengqian pointed to several figures sowing seeds on the ridges of the fields in the distance.
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Qin Ming bowed respectfully to Li Chengqian and Li Tai and said:
"I, Qin Ming, a man from Lantian County, have met His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King of Yue."
Li Chengqian saw this and hurriedly helped Qin Ming up. In fact, he had already had the idea of getting to know Qin Ming.
Not to mention Qin Ming's talent and earning power, his father and grandfather regarded him as their junior and wanted to marry both of his sisters to him.
He didn't dare to underestimate this person who was only two years older than him.
Li Chengqian smiled and said:
"Brother Ming, please get up quickly. You are still injured, so don't be too polite. Gu Ke heard what Sizi said, even when my father comes to Zhuangzi, he will treat you as an uncle and nephew. So in the future, as long as you are here According to Zhuangzi, I will call you Brother Ming, and you will call me Gao Ming."
Although King Li Tai of Yue was fat, his brain was brighter than that of Li Chengqian. He was very clear about Qin Ming's position in the heart of his imperial grandfather. Of course you have to make friends with such people.
He patted his choppy chest and said:
"Brother is right. Brother Ming can just call me Qingque. However, when you marry my girl, you must change your name and call me Fourth Brother!"
When Qin Ming heard this, he looked at the two of them in surprise. He did not expect that the two of them would say this.
But Qin Ming is a person who has lived two lifetimes. Although his body is relatively young, his mental age is already very mature after all.
So he just hesitated for a moment and then said with a smile:
"Okay. Let's make an agreement. From now on, Zhuangzi, we will be friends."
Li Chengqian smiled and nodded when he heard this. Then he pointed at the tenant farmers who were cultivating the paddy fields and asked:
"Brother Ming, I heard that you are planting new grain seeds? I wonder if you can show me what the grain seeds look like, and by the way, tell me the difference between this grain type and our Tang Dynasty grain?"
Qin Ming nodded when he heard this. He grabbed a small handful of rice from the side, then spread his palms and introduced to Li Chengqian and Li Tai:
"Gao Ming, Qing Que, you see, this is Champa rice. Because it can take root and germinate in water and cannot live without water during its growth, it is also called rice."
Hearing that rice needs to grow in paddy fields, Li Chengqian couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He said:
"Brother Ming, according to you, the growing environment of this rice is too harsh. There are not many paddy fields in the world, right?"
Qin Ming nodded slightly when he heard this and said:
"There really aren't many paddy fields in the north of the Tang Dynasty, but the east and west roads south of the Yangtze River, Jiannan Road, Lingnan Road and Central Guizhou Road have lots of water, so are they very suitable for growing rice?"
"Maybe we are also growing rice in some places in Datang, but because the yield is not high, it is difficult to spread it to every household."
"But as long as we can cultivate high-yielding rice, we can promote rice to the south of the Tang Dynasty. In this way, more people will cultivate paddy fields. In this way, in less than ten years, the south will become the center of the Tang Dynasty. Don’s granary.”
Li Chengqian was shocked when he heard this. Yes, why didn't he think that rice could be grown in the south?
He took Qin Ming's arm and said excitedly:
"Brother Ming, are you telling the truth? Do you really have a way to increase the yield of this rice? Can you tell me how much grain this rice can produce per acre of land?"
Li Chengqian just caught Qin Ming's wound. He hissed, reached out and patted Li Chengqian and said:
"Gao Ming, don't get excited, you touched my wound."
When Li Chengqian heard this, he quickly let go of his hand, cupped his hand towards Qin Ming, and said apologetically:
"Sorry, I was so excited that I forgot that Brother Ming, you are still injured."
Qin Ming waved his hand and said:
"It doesn't matter."
"I'm not sure how much the yield of this Champa rice can be increased, but I only know that the current yield of this Champa rice should be around five stones per mu."
Li Tai was shocked when he heard this.
"Five stones? Isn't that higher than the yield of corn? Nowadays, the yield of corn on good good land is about four stones per mu. Even if the yield of this rice is only four stones per mu, wouldn't it be difficult to promote it in the Jiangnan area? "
Li Tai's words suddenly reminded Qin Ming that he was only thinking about hybrid rice with a yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu.
I actually forgot that in this era, a yield of five dan per mu was already a very productive crop.
Li Chengqian asked anxiously:
"Brother Ming, what you said is true. Can this Champa rice really achieve a yield of five stones per mu?"
Qin Ming nodded and said:
"This is correct. My servants specifically confirmed this with the merchants in Champa."
Li Chengqian couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Qin Ming's determined look. He excitedly grabbed Qin Ming's arm again and said excitedly:
"That's great. If that's the case, then the people of the Tang Dynasty will never have to go hungry again."
"Brother Ming, you are indeed a good brother-in-law."
Qin Ming: "Hiss..."
Li Tai: "Brother, how can you steal my lyrics?"
Xiao Changxi: "Your Highness, please let go of my young master's arm first!"
At the same time, Xiao Qingwan and Si She also glared at Li Chengqian.
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