In June, the sun is scorching.

Back at Bashang, putting aside official duties, Li Chao enjoyed a leisurely leisure with his family.

The second phase of the resort in Xitiangou has been completed, and a thousand new courtyards have been built, covering both sides of the 20-mile valley of Xitiangou. Three or five sets are one piece, seven or eight sets are arranged in batches, and there are scattered.

There are blue bricks and green tiles, fenced courtyards, and even a few caves dug in the back. There is a river in front of the door, a floating pier, and a yacht and a black boat.

The second phase was very popular, and even just started construction, countless people came to pre-order it. A car of cash came to buy a set in Whale Gully.

But it's too hard to buy.

The cash is useless, and the price increase is still useless. It is useless to move out of my house in a certain place, and my husband is an official in a certain department. These thousands of houses are basically sold internally, and are reserved for major families and nobles and high-ranking officials. However, although they are reserved for them, the price is not discounted at all.

If you think it is expensive, then give it to others. The people you want are lined up in the long queue.

Some people originally proposed to start the construction of the third and fourth phases immediately, and make a big profit while taking advantage of this momentum. But Li Chao denied Zhang Ji's proposal to build a project. There are 2,000 small courtyards on both sides of the 20-mile river section, which is already a lot. After all, this is not a residential area, this is a resort. We must try our best to maintain the original ecology here and make people live comfortably. There are people everywhere and houses everywhere. How can we be quiet and comfortable?

That's just like the scenic spots in later generations, with crowds of people and being pushed away. What's the point?

Li Chao didn't want too many people to come and pollute the green mountains and clear waters.

By the water, there is a very unique vacation villa built. This was built by Li Chao for himself and designed by himself. It is a real vacation villa.

Li Chao only built 36 such villas, and Li Shimin blackmailed one. Then the prime ministers ordered one from Li Chao in the political affairs hall, and the rest were the Dukes who were married to the Li family.

In the morning, I went out yawning.

The weather was very cold and I was in a holiday villa again, so Li Chao also abandoned those robes and clothes, only wore a vest and beach pants, tied his hair casually, yawned with his shirtlessness, and stretched his waist first when he went out.

What hit me was the extremely fresh air, and the air even contained the fragrance of rice, fishy fish and the smell of soil.

"Good morning, in-laws!"

A sound rang out inappropriately.

Li Chao was startled like a ghost. He looked in the sound and saw Li Shimin carrying a fishing rod, wearing a straw hat on his head, a willow basket tied around his waist, and a stool in his other hand.

I'm going to go fishing for this dress.

No, the person who wants to go fishing is Li Shimin.

"The weather is so good, but Wen Yuan is sleeping at home, wasting a lot of time!" Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, shouldn't you be in charge of politics in the capital at this time?"

What Li Chao wants to say is, aren’t you the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the Minister of the Secretariat? Shouldn’t you discuss matters with the prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall of the Minister of the Secretariat?

Why do you have time to let go of national affairs and come here to take a vacation?

"I've held a morning court meeting and then came over."

Li Chao was speechless.

"Your Majesty is fishing?"

You can’t fish when you fish. There are many places in the palace that can fish, so why do you go to the bathing ditch?

"Just allow you to be lazy, but I won't allow you to take some time off?" Li Shimin showed Li Chao his equipment, "Look at how I have this equipment?"

"Your Majesty, if you want to fish, it's better to get a big parasol. Well, it would be better if you bring a bucket."

"A parasol and bucket? Then you can bring it with you."

Li Chao wanted to say that he didn't plan to go fishing, but when he met someone like Li Shimin, he had to nod helplessly.

When Li Chao returned, he carried out the oversized oil-paper-rolled parasol, and carried a wooden barrel in one hand. He found that there were several more people outside.

Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Gao Shilian, Yu Wenshi, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, and Li Chao, all came.

Everyone is dressed in a fisherman, and they are all dressed casually, and it really looks like that.

Seeing that Li Chao was coming, Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Go and go fishing."

People fish for purity. Li Shimin didn’t forget to bring all his eight prime ministers with him. It’s so shameless.

There are many fish in the bathing ditch. In addition, after the dam is built to store water, the water surface here is wider, and the water is deeper, and there are naturally more fish. After the dam is built to store water, the bathing ditch has never been dried in the winter, so many fish are big fish for several years.

The feces for raising pigs, chickens and ducks also serve as feed for fish, as well as silkworm sand for raising silkworms, and lotus roots grown in the river make many fish in the bathing ditch very fat.

I found a place to go back to the bay, then stood up my umbrella and put down my stool.

There is no need to make a nest, there are a lot of fish here.

A row of fishing rods were inserted and waiting for the fish to take the bait.

There are many mulberry trees planted on the bank of the river, but they are not tall yet, but they are quite cool in the morning. With an umbrella to keep the sun shining directly, it is not too hot.

Li Shimin is not a good fisherman.

He made three fishing rods and inserted them into a row.

As soon as the fishing rod was moved, he immediately picked up the rod, not at all like the commanding Li Shimin.

"Wenyuan, I went to make a pot of tea to drink. I was a little thirsty and forgot to bring water just now."

"Remember to go to Longjing, I like to drink that."

Li Shimin didn't feel at ease when fishing. He asked Li Chao to catch earthworms for him and then asked Li Chao to make tea for him. He was a dignified emperor and did not allow an eunuch to follow him, but he insisted on trying to mess with Li Chao.

Li Chao had to run one trip, and of course he didn't do it himself. He went to the back and sent the message to the eunuchs.

Li Shimin was very satisfied and leisurely while drinking the newly soaked Longjing. Although the other prime ministers had caught several fish, they had some carp chains, fish, grass carp, fat-headed fish in their buckets, but Li Shimin's bucket was lined with small white strips, which were not as many as others.

But Li Shimin was very interested.

As soon as he pulled the rod, another white strip as big as a finger was lifted up. However, he still smiled and went to catch the fish, and deliberately laughed very loudly. As a result, a big fish that Yu Wenshi had bit the hook, but was scared away.

Yu Wenshi was unhappy.

"Your Majesty, you can't fish loudly, otherwise the fish will be scared away."

"Why fishing, the willing one takes the bait, what does it matter if they are loud or not?" Li Shimin argued.

Li Shimin sat there and took off the small white strips from the hook, and was proud.

"Wenyuan, I remember your fried little white strips are the most delicious. I'll make this for me later."

"Your Majesty, it is not healthy to eat too much fried food. I recommend you roast small white strips, which are also delicious. Of course, the rice-flowered fish in the rice fields are the most fattest. After eating rice-flowered fish for a season, they are fat and tender. Catch a few rice-flowered fish, whether they are roasted or killed or marinated with salt in a bucket, it will be very delicious."

Li Shimin asked, "You still have fish in your rice fields?"

"Well, I have raised some. My family now has a special fish fry farm and a fish pond to raise fish fry. Therefore, all the fryes are laid in our rice fields, and the ones are laid in crucian carp and carp."

"Can you raise fish in the rice fields? Isn't there too much water?" Li Shimin was very interested in this.

" Raising fish in rice fields is actually very simple. Leave a few ditches in the field, which does not need to be too deep, but it can allow the fish to grow well. In addition, leave a corner in the field, set a fish pond to connect with several ditches, so that the fish grow better. Of course, it is okay to leave no ditches and ponds, but if there are no ditches, the fish will be difficult to survive. Moreover, there are no ditches, and before the rice is harvested, the fish will not be raised. If there are ditches and ponds, even if the fields are dry, the fish can continue to be raised. Fish raised in rice fields can still eat insects and rice flowers. Generally, before harvesting the rice, there are already one or two pounds of fish. It is also very good to make straw pickled flowers. Our rice pickled fish is still selling well now!"

"I have also eaten rice-flowered fish and osmanthus fish, which are all delicious." Li Shimin smacked his lips.

"Well, rice-flower fish is the fish that eats rice-flowered in the rice fields. Osmanthus fish is the fish that is one or two pounds of fish that I pickled in August every year, and add osmanthus and other seasonings to make spices. They are all pickled fish, but the taste is unique and delicious."

"Can fish be raised in rice fields, how many fish can be harvested per acre?"

"One acre of land is usually more than one hundred kilograms." Li Chao replied.

"More than 100 kilograms of fish, I'm making a lot of money into rice-flowered fish. I'm smart."

"Your Majesty, the fish scales raised in rice fields are very delicate, and the fish scales in reservoirs and ponds are relatively hard. Moreover, fish farming in rice fields eats insects and rice flowers in rice fields, and the taste is even more tender. On the other hand, fish farming in fields can eat pests, and fish manure can also fertilize the fields. According to our experience, fish farming in rice fields will not only not reduce yield, but also increase the yield by 100% of grain. If you add a 100-pound fish harvest per acre, it will increase the yield a lot."

“Cultivating fish can actually increase rice yield?”

"Yes."

"This is amazing. The agricultural fertilizer you promote, especially the slurry, can not only fatten the fields but also kill insects. Now there is another fish farming and eating insects and fattening fields. Your Li family not only grows rice on Guanzhong Ba, but also increases the yield a lot." Li Shimin exclaimed.

"Your Majesty, the rice is growing well today. It has been grouted and headed. The yield can basically be estimated. Our family's rice this year can basically guarantee the yield of five stones per mu."

"Five stones? Remember that last year your rice didn't produce four stones?"

"Well, this year the fertilizer is more abundant, and the weather is good this year, and the weather is good. In addition, fish are raised in the rice fields, so the growth this year is particularly good. However, our rice fields are standard 240 steps per acre. In addition, Wushi Valley is the wet valley yield."

Li Shimin was shocked when he heard this. Even the yield of wet valleys was amazing. This was a season, and the yield of rice in one season could actually reach the yield of wet valleys of five stones. It was amazing.

One acre of land produces five stone valleys in one season, and can also harvest 100 kilograms of fish. You can also grow soybeans in the second half of the year.

"Growing beans can restore fertility. I plan to plant rapeseed for another season after the beans are harvested, and then the rapeseed canola is squeezed."

"This is equivalent to planting crops three seasons a year, can you keep up with the fertility?"

"There are fertilization to make fertilizer, and you can follow it." Li Chao said confidently.

Rice, soybeans, rapeseed, and fish. This Li family’s acre of land is equivalent to four outputs a year. It was still a barren slope a few years ago.

These are thousands of acres of terraced fields in this bathing ditch, and the output of the Li family is equivalent to two or three times that of others' farming.
Chapter completed!