Gongsun Changming had a stack of folds under his armpits and a plate of snacks in his hand. He smiled and entered Li Ze's general office. Li Ze, who was burying his head to review the official documents, raised his head and said with a smile: "Sir, what delicious food has you made? It's rare that I actually remembered me!"

Putting the plate in front of Li Ze, Gongsun Changming smiled without saying a word.

"Fried locusts!" Li Ze glanced at it, picked up one and threw it into his mouth with a smile, and chewed it crispy. "It's not bad, the craftsmanship is good, crispy but not burnt, and the spices are properly placed, and the original taste is not taken away. Whose craftsmanship is this?"

"I fried it with my own hands." Gongsun Changming smiled and said, "I originally wanted to surprise you, Li Xiang, but I didn't expect that Li Xiang would dare to eat this thing. I thought that Li Xiang, you have been pampering since childhood, and you definitely dare not eat this thing!"

"A great snack! Why don't you dare to eat it?" Li Ze picked up another one and threw it into his mouth. "Mr. My wife has been looking for me. I have only been in the past year and have gained a lot of weight and my complexion has improved a lot. The most important thing is that I cleaned up my husband and could never smell the sour smell on you again."

"That's right, this is my own choice." Gongsun Changming laughed. "Li Xiang, although the locusts have risen, because of our early efforts, they have not caused any great harm. They have basically been controlled. The only remaining ones have either become food for chickens and ducks, or become food on our plates. The governments in various places encourage the people to hunt and kill, which costs ten cents per pound. This thing is dried and beaten into powder, which is also good feed."

"Fortunately, I started early. If I hadn't done so much work in the early stage, I would have really become a big problem." Li Ze smiled and said, "When we work together, as long as the whole nation mobilizes, there is nothing that cannot be solved."

"But there are also sequelae. The prices of chickens and ducks in the market have plummeted, and the prices of eggs and ducks have also fallen continuously!" Gongsun Changming said.

"Let the governments in various places increase their procurement efforts!" Li Ze smiled and said, "First of all, we can give them to officials as part of the benefits. In the past six months, we have been fighting drought and preventing locusts, and we have worked hard. Secondly, we can provide schools in various places for free. Our schools do not provide lunch for free. I heard that the food in some places is really not good, and it can be considered as giving our children some food. The third aspect is to let the Ministry of War increase its procurement efforts. The army is the big one. As long as they eat more, they should consume a lot. After all, this time, the market has caused the price to fall because of our reasons."

"I'm afraid the Ministry of War will not agree, but the military's food has always been very good." Gongsun Changming said with a smile.

"Then it's better." Li Ze smiled and said, "It's a thousand days to raise soldiers. Now is the time for us to raise soldiers!"

"Okay, I'll go back to communicate with the Ministry of War." Gongsun Changming said: "In addition, Jing Xiang wrote me a letter, the general idea was to thank us for the reminder that they had done some prevention work. Although they were also affected by the disaster, they finally got through safely."

"There is no need to thank you. Locusts do not distinguish between enemies and us. To save him is also to save ourselves." Li Ze waved his hand and said.

"It's the reason." Gongsun Changming nodded and said, "Sinong Temple has already made a name for the promotion of new crops. Corn has been promoted in two counties in Zhenzhou. A total of 500 mu of corn was planted, with a yield of about 500 kilograms per mu. Liu Xin of Sinong Temple was overjoyed. He never expected that the yield of corn planted on such poor ridge fields would actually exceed that of wheat."

"About 500 kilograms, it's very good, it's very good." Li Ze was also extremely happy. "It has always been difficult to promote new crops, and ordinary people are generally unwilling to take risks. Sinong Temple did a good job this time!"

"Sinong Temple promised that if the harvest is not available, it will fully compensate the people for the losses. Now all of these corns are recycled by Sinong Temple. These will be fully promoted as seeds. Next year, our land that could not harvest any grain can also harvest a lot of food." Gongsun Changming said enthusiastically: "And this corn pole is also a good thing. It is much better for feed for livestock than wheat pole."

"Tell Sinong Temple that we must work hard to cultivate better seeds. Unlike wheat and other grains, we already have a mature system for cultivating seeds. After all, corn has just been introduced. This is at most the second generation of seeds. Sinong Temple should not be blinded by the yield of 500 kilograms per mu. We should continue to work hard. In my opinion, even seven or eight hundred kilograms or thousands of kilograms are possible. As long as they can cultivate seeds that are more suitable for our land and water." Li Ze knocked on the table and said.

"Thousands of pounds? This is impossible!" Gongsun Changming was dumbfounded.

"As long as we work hard, everything is possible!" Li Ze said: "We invest so much money in Sinong Temple every year and allocate the best land to them as experimental fields. Isn't it just that they work hard to cultivate good seeds? In the past two years, Wuwei Academy has also provided them with a lot of good students. We need to produce more results to be worthy of our investment!"

Gongsun Changming laughed: "Your instructions came to the Temple Agricultural Service. I'm afraid that Liu Xin will be worried about his hair being whiter again."

"If you are invincible, they will be satisfied with the current achievement." Li Ze said: "Jin Mantang's fleet has been going to sea for almost a year, and there is no information. I hope nothing will happen to them!"

Li Ze suddenly remembered that Jin Mantang was of course not without reason. New species like corn were brought back by Jin Mantang's fleet. Now that the corn has been successfully tried to grow, Li Ze remembered this guy again. I hope that he can bring some surprises to himself this time!

"Don't worry, Jin Mantang's fleet is a large fleet of dozens of ships, and they are all experienced sailors, so it should be okay!" Gongsun Changming comforted.

"I hope!" Li Ze waved his hand: "Actually, when we are on the sea, we can't help him. We can only rely on himself, and God wants to do the same. Let's talk about the second thing!"

"The second thing is sent by Xue Ping, the Western Regions Pacifier." Gongsun Changming handed the document to Li Ze and said, "Xue Ping has recovered Gaochang, so he requested the reset of the Anxi Protectorate."

"Have you recovered Gaochang?" Li Ze was so happy that he grabbed the document and read it carefully. He couldn't help laughing: "Okay, it's very good. Xue Ping is capable and capable. When he went to the Western Regions, he finally effectively combined Yuan Chang, Peng Shuangmu and others. Once Gaochang is recovered, the entire Western Region will fall into our hands will not be far away."

"If you recover Gaochang, you can indeed reset the Anxi Protectorate Mansion." Gongsun Changming said: "But Xue Ping's meaning in the document is that he wants to come back, otherwise he would not strongly recommend Yuan Chang as the Protectorate Mansion."

"What do he want to do when he comes back?" Li Ze laughed: "If he leaves, I'm afraid that Yuan Chang and Peng Shuangmu will play their own trumpets and sing their own tunes again. He told Xue Ping that Xu set up Anxi Protectorate Mansion, but only he can hold this position as a vassal. Now he can do so well. How can he change his general halfway? If he doesn't return to the Western Regions, he will stay where I will stay. When will the Western Regions be recaptured, I will let him come back."

"Li Xiang really loves this Xue Ping! Unfortunately, he himself can't understand it." Gongsun Changming shook his head and said.

"If he comes back now, he will inevitably fall into this quagmire and cannot extricate himself. After all, he fought with us in the most difficult time. And I really appreciate this person, so I will press him to the Western Regions. After everything goes down here, I will consider calling him back." Li Ze nodded and said, "I don't want this person to be destroyed by me. Please reply to him in my name, with more precise words."

"I understand! The third thing is Zhang Jia's case about the construction of Hetao city." Gongsun Changming opened the third memorial, "Now the progress is going smoothly. Now the war in the Tubo area is chaotic, and a large number of Han people have begun to escape. The Sima family played a huge role in this, opening up a route to escape from Tubo to Hetao. In just half a year, tens of thousands of people fled from Tubo, and Zhang Jia has compiled these people in the book. At the same time, there are also many Tubo slaves and the poor who fled to effectively supplement the problem of insufficient staff in the Hetao area. However, Zhang Jia is still not sure whether these Tubo people are as good as a gift."

Once the resignation is the same as the Tang people in the mainland, they can directly divide them into the fields and enjoy various benefits of the Tang people. They are protected by the Tang Dynasty. It is natural that there is no problem for the original Han people in the Tubo territory to enter directly, but Zhang Jia dared not make any decisions about the Tubo people, but in fact, he still has a great demand for these people now.

Li Ze pondered for a moment and said, "Tell Zhang Jia that the fleeing Han people can directly enter the house, and the benefits that the Tang people should have should not be missing. As for those poor Tubo people and slaves, first give them a qualification as a quasi-Tang people, and enjoy the rights of the Tang people at half the price. Once an assessment is conducted every year, you can pass the assessment for three consecutive years, you can enter the house."

"This is great, let them see the huge gap between the Tang people and not the Tang people. I think these people will work harder." Gongsun Changming nodded.

"In addition, Zhang Jia's request for merit for Sima in the memorial is also correct. Allow the Sima family to send two direct descendants to Wuwei Academy to study directly! Tell them that as long as they are willing to do things in this way, the court will not forget their contributions."
Chapter completed!