Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

Three days later, Li Shimin came to the manor with more than a thousand soldiers.

Only Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin accompanied Li Shimin to the manor today.

All the sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and peanuts planted in the manor were harvested from the fields.

Why did they send soldiers? Because all the strong men in the manor who could participate in physical labor were recruited by Changsun Chong to build roads.

Two days ago, Changsun Chong summoned 6,000 people from Chang'an again. They went to mine gravel in advance along the planned route.

Su Chen drew maps of those abandoned mines and marked which ones could be used for mining gravel.

The twelve family masters set up cement and red brick factories along the way. Only a few counties in Shanxi that were far away had not been built yet.

However, it would not delay the construction progress. The road was built from Chang'an to Shanxi.

If the 30,000 to 50,000 disaster victims in Shanxi came to Chang'an, they could be directly asked to follow and build the road together.

The Chang'an people who had previously participated in the construction of cement roads and had experience were divided into four construction teams to work in sections.

"Boy, how will you arrange the harvested grain?" Li Shimin looked at the soldiers busy in the field, feeling excited.

"Leave some to continue planting in the manor, and your majesty can decide the rest, but I suggest that the victims of the disaster in Shanxi plant a batch first.

In addition, Henan Road, Hebei Road, and Jiangnan Road can plant more appropriately, as the climate conditions there are good."

Su Chen said to Li Shimin as he had thought before.

"Boy, I want to thank you for bringing such high-yield crops to the Tang Dynasty." Li Shimin patted Su Chen's shoulder and said sincerely.

"You are now a third-rank county marquis, and I will confer you the title of second-rank county duke, how about it?"

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he looked at Su Chen with a smile.

"Second-rank? How much a month?" Su Chen felt that the second-rank was too high, and the salary should be quite high.

Li Shimin immediately changed his face and looked at Su Chen with disdain. This kid didn't know the difference between a title and an official position.

"Without money, being granted a title is an honor. Fu Ji and Xuan Ling are third-rank officials, with an annual salary of 60 guan."

Su Chen then showed a look of disdain. What's the point of being granted such a high position without money? He now has 6 or 7 million guan that he hasn't spent yet.

Li Shimin was not interested in discussing the title with Su Chen.

Twenty people were responsible for weighing the sweet potatoes and potatoes. Three mu of land was measured for each sweet potato and potato to calculate the yield per mu.

Soon the sweet potatoes of three mu of land were harvested, and the yield per mu was more than 9,000 jin.

Three mu of sweet potatoes yielded 27,800 jin. Based on one thousand mu, the total harvest of sweet potatoes was nearly 10 million jin.

When the sweet potatoes were planted in these one thousand mu, 10,000 jin of sweet potato seeds were used.

The yield of potatoes was similar to the previous estimate, with a yield of 10,000 jin per mu. The yield of corn was about 2,000 jin per mu.

Li Shimin suddenly remembered that Su Chen had said that these crops could be planted for two seasons.

"Boy, you said before that sweet potatoes and potatoes can be harvested twice a year. I wonder if you can plant another season this year?"

Su Chen smiled and said, "Yes, it's just in time. Plant them from July to September next season. It's best to plant them after August. The weather is too hot now and it may be difficult to survive."

"Okay, then I have an idea." Li Shimin nodded and replied.

...

Soon, Li Shimin and Su Chen left the field and came to the pavilion beside the manor pool.

"According to the morning report of the auxiliary machine, the victims will arrive in Chang'an in five days, with a number of more than 30,000 but less than 40,000.

How do you plan to resettle these victims?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Changsun Chong is worried about not having enough manpower. There are only more than 6,000 people taken out of Chang'an. In addition to the more than 30,000 victims, it is not enough. We need to recruit workers in the prefectures and counties along the way."

Li Shimin had already thought that Su Chen should let the victims participate in road construction.

"Boy, there are many women and children among the disaster victims, and even a lot of elderly people. What arrangements will you make?"

"Your Majesty, don't forget that the people who are building the road also need to eat. It should be no problem for the elderly and women who can't do heavy work to be responsible for making fire and cooking."

Su Chen said with a smile.

Li Shimin thought about it and felt that this arrangement seemed to be okay. "How to solve the accommodation problem for so many people who are building the road?"

"The elderly, the weak, women and children can pay to stay in the homes of the surrounding people. There are also tents. It's summer now, so there is no need to worry about freezing."

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction after asking, "You kid, the disaster victims ran all the way to Chang'an, and your arrangement sent them back to Shanxi."

Su Chen also laughed and said, "Yes, so there is no need to worry about the disaster victims not wanting to return home."

"What you said makes sense... It may take a year to build this road?"

Su Chen thought about it, nodded and replied, "Almost. In fact, the most difficult section to build is not in Shanxi, but in Jingzhao Prefecture. The terrain here is flat and it is inconvenient to obtain materials. On the contrary, it is difficult to build materials in Shanxi.It is better to use local materials. "

"However, there are three big mountains in Shanxi, which are difficult to construct, and there is no way around them, so we can only open the mountains by manpower."

Su Chen sighed in his heart. It was a pity that he couldn't get explosives. It sounds simple to say "one nitrate, two phosphorus, and three carbons", but he has never done it!

If there are explosives, it would be great to mine gravel and use them to open mountains.

At least it can shorten the construction period by three to five months.

"It doesn't matter. I can wait for a year. I need to go back to Chang'an to arrange important things in advance. You can go to the palace when you are free. The emperor often talks about you."

After Li Shimin stood up, he continued: "In a few days, I will send people to transport sweet potatoes and potatoes to various prefectures. You can keep the required quantity yourself."

"Okay, I know. Li Zhi and I will go to the palace together in two days. "Su Chen stood up and replied.

...

After Li Shimin left, Su Chen came to the peanut field again. At this time, only the villagers were picking peanuts in the field.

After digging the peanuts out of the ground, they need to be picked by hand. Some villagers are also picking peanuts. Some peanuts are easy to fall off after they mature, and they need to be picked again when they are left in the field.

"A great snack!"

Su Chen looked at the full-grained peanuts and thought of peanuts.

"Wang Chao, let the servants get 100 kilograms of flowers to dry first, and it will be fine for a day. Wait until tomorrow to peel off the shells after drying, and then I will make a snack for you to try."

"Okay, Lord!"

"Ma Han, go and tell the village chief that each household of villagers will get 500 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes, and 100 kilograms of peanuts. "

Su Chen didn't plan to give too much to the villagers. If they planted again next season, everyone would have enough.

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It was almost dusk at this time. Su Chen went to the pig farm to see how the 1,000 pigs were doing.

I heard that the palace sent three eunuchs to castrate the pigs, but I don't know if they killed them.

Not long after, Su Chen came to the pig farm and heard the pigs screaming from a distance.

"Oh, brother-in-law, you're here!" Li You saw Su Chen walking towards the pig farm and hurriedly greeted him.

"How is it? Did you kill any pigs this time?"

Li You smiled mysteriously and whispered:

"The eunuchs who came from the palace this time have good skills. They also made some herbs into medicine juice. After the pigs were castrated, they applied it to the wounds. Hehe, no pigs died. Now it has been more than ten days. "

Su Chen smiled and said when he heard that there were no dead pigs, "That's good! "

"Brother-in-law, there is something else. The pig feed is amazing. No matter what wild vegetables you mix with a little pig feed, the pigs will eat them deliciously."

Li You said excitedly.

Su Chen felt that this kid's interests were different from others. He could stay in the pig farm every day in such a hot day.

"I say, kid, don't stay in this pig farm every day!"