Tang Dynasty: Tubo signed for ten years and returned with millions of troops

In order to curry favor with Qin Mu, the lord of the Yue Clan offered the seeds of sweet potatoes to Great Qin.

Qin Mu quickly understood what this sweet potato seed meant.

During the Tang Dynasty, most of the crops in the Central Plains were wheat and rice.

The emergence of sweet potatoes will greatly increase the diversity and yield of grains.

Qin Mu ordered Shen Wansan to reclaim land in Yizhou and plant a large number of sweet potatoes.

In a very short period of time, Shen Wansan planted sweet potatoes in most of the wasteland in Yizhou.

It's not hard to imagine.

By the time the sweet potatoes are harvested, what an exaggerated amount. Daqin's grain depot is estimated to be insufficient.

This is the first wave of sweet potatoes to be harvested.

"Wow, this sweet potato is delicious!"

Changle feasted on sweet potatoes.

The sweet and soft texture makes her love it.

"I didn't expect such delicious food in this world. "

The eldest grandson, Wuji, was also amazed.

What a long insight!

"Your Majesty, Shen Wansan has arrived. "

"Call him in. "

"Yes!"

Shen Wansan walked into the imperial dining room and respectfully saluted Qin Mu: "Weichen see Your Majesty!"

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, the sweet potatoes and adult pigs have all been harvested. Among them, a total of 300,000 tons of sweet potatoes were harvested, and a total of 150,000 pigs were to be slaughtered!"

Rumble!

When Shen Wansan reported this data, the faces of the eldest grandson Wujian and Wu Meiniang changed instantly.

Oh, my God!

300,000 tons of sweet potatoes!

150,000 pigs to be slaughtered!

What is this quantity?

As the former queen of the Tang Dynasty, the eldest grandson Wujian knows these data well.

Generally speaking.

The total amount of grain harvested each year in Datang will not exceed 10,000 tons!

The harvest per mu of field is 300~400 catties.

Coupled with various natural disasters, it is even more difficult to have a good harvest.

The Quyuan plough mentioned by Qin Mu in that ancient strange article also helped Datang increase its output a lot.

Compared with Daqin's output, there is still a world of difference.

In such an era, what does abundant food represent?

Population!

Explosive growth of the population!

As long as there is food, people can continue to reproduce.

It can be expected.

Perhaps in a few years, the population of Daqin will increase several times or even dozens of times.

A veritable superpower!

"The harvest was not bad. "

Qin Mu bowed slightly, not showing too much surprise.

The reason why so much grain was laid out in advance was for the sake of Daqin's future.

The Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty was a very evil year.

Various droughts and floods continue, and most of the neighboring countries are military powers.

Whether it is to stabilize domestic law and order or to fight abroad, the most important thing is grain and grass!

Stockpiling enough food is necessary to ensure preparedness.

After all, it is impossible for Daqin to stay in a corner of Yizhou forever.

The Turks in the north and Siam in the south will be the land of Great Qin sooner or later.

At that time, Daqin will have a larger population, and the food needs will also increase exponentially.

With the current grain production, even if all the Turks and Siam are defeated, there will be no shortage of grain and grass.

This is the reason why Qin Mu personally came to the imperial dining room!

It is to test the quality and yield of pork and sweet potatoes in an all-round way.

At the moment, it seems.

It should be considered a great success!

"Husband, I really didn't expect this small sweet potato to have such a high yield, so that our grain depot in Daqin will be abundant. The people will never go hungry again!"

Li Xueyan suddenly felt that the sweet potato in her hand was heavy, and it seemed to weigh tens of millions of catties!

"And that's just the beginning. "

"The next step is to promote the cultivation of baobab trees, as well as the cultivation of super cotton. "

Qin Mu smiled faintly and began to plan his next step.

Yizhou is not suitable for growing crops such as wheat and rape on a large scale, but it is suitable for growing baobab trees due to abundant rain and dense forests.

Baobab is a very cost-effective food crop, and it has been introduced before.

From the skin to the roots, it is a treasure!

But the most important thing is the cultivation of super cotton!

Qin Mu plans to plant all the rare fields in Yizhou with super cotton.

Before, Shen Kuo and Song Yingxing inferred through celestial phenomena.

This year's winter will be an unprecedented one.

In order to prepare in advance, it is necessary to promote super cotton as soon as possible.

"Hey, are you still going to eat, if you don't, I'm going to eat it all!"

When Qin Mu and others were talking about political affairs, the little gluttonous cat Changle had already eaten a large plate of dumplings.

"Giggles!"

Seeing her cute appearance, bursts of laughter like silver bells came from the imperial dining room.

......

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is summer time.

After months of rectification, today's Yizhou has already become a veritable land of abundance.

The streets and alleys of various counties are full of vendors and crowds.

All kinds of shouts and shouts came one after another.

Selling books, selling sweet potatoes, playing tricks, singing operas, you name it.

There are also various storytelling jokes, which emerge endlessly.

The tens of millions of people who migrated from the Tibetan Plateau have greatly enriched all parts of Yizhou, and they have become more and more prosperous everywhere.

All kinds of precious books printed by Song Yunxing are now flying into thousands of households at extremely cheap prices.

If you pass by a house, you can hear the sound of reading from the window.

Everyone has a book to read, and in such an era, it can be called an impossible miracle.

People in the streets and alleys are brisk and smiling.

The atmosphere was extremely cheerful and happy.

Under the rule of Qin Mu, Yizhou no longer had the oppression of the family, no longer the corruption of officials, and no longer starved to death on the streets.

The road is not left behind, and the house is not closed at night, and now it has become a standard form of public security in Yizhou.

The common people's initial worries about the rule of Great Qin have now turned into desperate support.

In this place, if someone dares to say a bad word about Da Qin or Qin Mu, it is estimated that they will be beaten to death on the road!

Just as the development scene of Daqin was in full swing, an unprecedented catastrophe was quietly spreading to all parts of the Central Plains.

On the outskirts of Chang'an City.

Night.

A farmer rushed home with a hoe and took advantage of the moonlight.

"Master, you're back?"

A village woman came over, took the hoe from the farmer's hand, and said with a smile: "How is it?

Since the introduction of the Quyuan plow, the cultivated land is much easier than before, and it is even possible to cultivate two acres of land. Today is also a good day, and in a few days, it is estimated that there will be a bumper harvest. "

Zhuang Jiahan wiped his sweat and said with a smile.

This year.

Isn't the meaning of life to stutter?

"Thank goodness for being able to live a full year. "

The village woman clasped her hands together and kept muttering.

That's when it happened.

Suddenly, there was a shuddering sound at the door.

"Master, did you hear anything?"

"What's the sound?"

"Outside the window! Don't you hear?"

The village woman was a little curious, and couldn't help but open the window a crack.

Suddenly!

A black dot quickly popped in, startling the village woman.

Take a closer look.

It turned out to be a locust!

"This ......"

The farmer grabbed the locust, frowned, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Subsequently!

Another locust popped in outside the window.

Second, third......

"Not good!"

The dealer seemed to sense something, and suddenly opened the window.

But the scene in front of him almost scared him away.

Under the moonlight.

The locusts that filled the sky were like crucian carp crossing the stream.

Dense, covering the sky and the sun!

The "buzzing" sound of their wings flapping collectively makes even people's eardrums a little unbearable.

The banker's face turned pale, and he sat on the ground with his buttocks, and there were words in his mouth.

"It's over! It's over! It's a locust plague!!

Overnight.

Disasters are everywhere in Datang.

The crops that should have been harvested were eaten up by the damned locusts in a matter of days.

The common people cried and grabbed the ground, desperately grabbing the grain.

But the speed of their harvest is far from keeping up with the speed of locust destruction.

The number of locusts has snowballed, and it is unimaginably large.

Whether it's a county or a village in the countryside, the density of locusts is tingling.

Even the official roads in the suburbs are paved with a dense layer of locusts, like a re-poured yellow road!

Finally, there was a bumper harvest year, which was directly destroyed by locusts.

The common people were completely devastated.

After a whole year of hard work, how much blood and sweat was shed, it was not easy to get a little food.

The result?

Gone!

It's all gone!

Some people even can't think about it, so they commit suicide by throwing themselves into a well.

As the disaster spreads, there are more and more refugees in Datang.

Like snowflakes, the concerts from all over the country fell on the imperial case of the Manna Temple.

Inside the Tai Chi Temple.

Hundreds of civil and military officials gathered.

Everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word.

Li Er paced back and forth in front of the dragon chair, his face was hard to see.

A few days ago.

All parts of the Tang Dynasty began to play the imperial court non-stop, saying that the counties had suffered a serious locust plague, and asked the imperial court to quickly allocate funds for disaster relief.

Li Er looked at those pieces and instantly realized the seriousness of the problem.

The locust plague is worse than any before.

And much more serious!

The situation of disasters and the number of refugees in various places have completely become a bottomless pit, and no matter how much food is used, it is impossible to fill this black hole.

What makes people even more desperate is that this black hole is still expanding.

Thinking of this, Li Er felt that there were tens of millions of catties of shackles smashed into his heart, making people breathless.

"Now that the disaster situation in Datang has appeared, all of you Aiqing work together, let's all work together to get through this difficulty. Let's talk about it, what do you think? "

Li Er stopped and looked at the civil and military officials in the main hall.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and their expressions are gloomy.

"Your Majesty, this disaster is no worse than before, and the severity is rare in a century. We must come up with a practical policy to be able to treat the victims. "

Fang Xuanling stood up first.