Datang: Stop pretending, you are a peerless expert

To the west of Anshi City.

Su Yu stood on a high ground, holding a blueprint in his hand.

Li Shimin watched from the side and asked, "My dear brother, where did you find such an accurate map?"

The map in Su Yu's hand was taken out from the system.

Mountains, rivers and rivers are all available, and Li Shimin has never seen such a good map.

Ancient surveying and mapping technology is not as good as modern, so it is impossible to be so accurate.

Su Yu said: "What is this? If you can live for more than 1000 years, you will be able to see that the earth is actually full of water."

Li Shimin thought Su Yu was lying to him again.

"My lord, the trees in this forest are enough to be cut down, and most of the places here are reeds and bushes, so it's not easy to cultivate them."

Old Chen said.

The land of Liaodong is very desolate, and no one thought of farming here before.

Whether it is Buyeo, Mohe, or Khitan, they are all just hunting here.

Su Yu said: "We didn't plan to reclaim all the places in one year, we adopted the strategy of cannibalization."

"Start from here, every ten miles is a village, and each village will use the cut wood to build a house, and then grow crops in the surrounding land."

"After repeating this, all the wasteland will definitely be reclaimed within ten years."

"Then collect people with less land from the Central Plains, and no tax will be collected for ten years."

"This place will soon become Datang's granary."

Li Shimin thinks that Su Yu's idea is good.

But I heard that there will be no taxation for ten years, and I feel that it is not worthwhile.

"Brother, I have spent a lot of money to cultivate it, so I just give it away for nothing?"

"These troops need money and food to feed them."

Li Shimin said.

As the emperor, he couldn't ignore this account.

Su Yu knew that Li Shimin was right, but his calculation was too small.

"Old Li, there were not many people who came here at the beginning. You have 40 coolies, and the food you produce in a year is enough to feed these people."

"Also, there are enough troops from Anshi City, Liaodong City, Youzhou and Duhufu."

"You don't need to transport food from the Central Plains anymore, and there is still surplus food to be transported to Chang'an City."

"Aren't you satisfied?"

Su Yu said with contempt.

The land of Liaodong is known as the black land, and only Su Yu knows how high the yields grown here are.

Li Shimin muttered: "This kind of wasteland, can it work?"

Wei Zheng looked around with the binoculars, shook his head and said, "My lord, the tree can be cut down, but where are these reeds and weeds?"

Cheng Yaojin said: "Burn it, burn it all with one fire."

This method is relatively straightforward, but as a good young man in modern society, Su Yu would never agree.

"Set fire to the mountain and sit in prison."

Su Yu said.

Cheng Yaojin scratched his head and thought for a while, then said, "No, there is no such thing in the laws of the Tang Dynasty."

Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui thought for a while and said, "There is no such thing in the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty."

In ancient times, there was the crime of arson, but there were no regulations on such things as burning mountains.

Because there were many mountains in ancient times, the farming method was primitive.

Burning mountains and replanting land is a common practice.

Su Yu looked back at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin understood immediately, and said with a slight smile, "I have made a rule now, set fire to the mountain, and sit in prison."

Cheng Yaojin and the three were speechless.

Does this work?
Cheng Yaojin asked: "Then what do you say?"

Su Yu said: "There are so many captives, why keep them? Eat rice? Let them cut them off."

According to the drawings, the Goguryeo captives began to cut down.

While reclaiming wasteland, build a house.

Li Shimin supervised the work with a telescope at the head of Liaodong City every day.

Su Yu lay down in the city, waiting for the reclamation of the wasteland to be completed.

In just a few days, the first piece of farmland was completed.

Su Yu took Li Shimin and his gang out of Liaodong City,
Stepping on the black soil, Wei Zheng grabbed a handful of soil.

"I have never seen a land of this color."

Wei Zheng said in surprise.

Du Ruhui squatted down and grabbed a handful, and said, "This soil is extremely fertile, no wonder the son-in-law said that this place can be used as a granary."

The black soil is very soft and has a lot of humus, the land in Guanzhong is not as good as this.

Li Shimin said happily: "My dear brother didn't cheat me this time."

Su Yu snorted coldly: "Old Li, I don't cheat on you, are you not used to it?"

Li Shimin laughed and said: "How come, we are good son-in-law like this."

The land has been reclaimed and the weather is getting hotter. Su Yu immediately took out the seeds and planted them separately.

Rice, corn, soybeans, all three crops are planted.

Potatoes are a little late in the planting period, so they were not planted for the first season.

Everything was done step by step, and Su Yu ignored it.

They all know the planting techniques, and Li Shimin leads Wei Zheng and others to work in the fields every day.

Su Yu was salting fish in the room.

The weather is getting hotter and the crops are growing better and better.

Li Shimin came in from outside with a straw hat and unlined clothes.

Su Yu was enjoying the coolness under the shade of a tree, lying on a rocking chair.

Li Shimin sat down and said to the soldiers, "Bring me a bottle of cold beer."

The soldier immediately went to the cellar, where there was ice.

After a while, the soldiers came over with two bottles.

Li Shimin said coldly: "You are sensible."

After receiving the beer, Li Shimin opened a bottle himself, and gave Su Yu another bottle.

After taking a sip of cold beer, Li Shimin closed his eyes and said it was cool.

Su Yu took a sip slowly and looked at the blue sky.

"Lao Li, compared to Chang'an City, it's much cooler here."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "That's right, Chang'an City is sweltering in summer, and it's very uncomfortable."

The temperature in Guanzhong is definitely higher than that in Liaodong.

Su Yu said: "You can build a summer resort here, and you can come here from Chang'an City in summer."

"You can be a hunting tour around the world, and you can also choose a court lady from the Koryo Peninsula"

Li Shimin showed a wretched smile, nodded and said: "You have a good idea, build a Hanfeng Palace on the mountain east of Liaodong City."

Speaking of Hanfeng Palace, Li Shimin immediately shut up.

What a shame what to say.

"If I didn't say it, you come up with the name."

Li Shimin quickly took a sip of beer and blocked the crow's mouth.

Su Yu said: "The name is anything you want, the key is to let Korean beauties sing and dance."

On this issue, the son-in-law and the father-in-law were in agreement.

Li Shimin immediately allocated 1 people to build a summer resort.

When Wei Zheng heard about this, he wanted to speak out.

Now there are not enough people to farm the land, and Li Shimin has to transfer people, Wei Zheng is naturally unhappy.

Lao Chen told Wei Zheng that this was Su Yu's idea.

Wei Zheng was worried about fraud, so he stopped talking.

Time passed in a flash, and soon autumn arrived.

All the rice, corn, and soybeans planted have a bumper harvest.

Standing on the top of the city, Li Shimin looked to the west, and there was an endless supply of food, which was golden.

"Zheng Guogong, have you ever seen such a good crop?"

Li Shimin asked with a smile.

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "I've never seen it before."

"The land of Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, unlike the Central Plains where there are many people."

"The land here is contiguous, and the harvest in one season is enough to feed 10 people here for several years."

"We can find landless people from the Central Plains."

Li Shimin said: "Okay, you can do it."

"Collect the first season's grain first."