Officials of the Tang Dynasty have been squatting on the ground for a long time.

There is no image at all. Open your eyes and look around. Hundreds of people are squatting in a row. If you didn't know the noble status of this group of people in advance, you would think that they are a group of stupid idiots.

In fact, not only the officials are like this, but Li Shimin, who always pays attention to image, is also like this.

Who dares to believe that the soon-to-be Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is squatting on the ground?

It’s just squatting on the ground, but the posture is still so weird. This posture is very common among the people. Usually when people have a stomachache, they run into the fields, spread their legs, inhale and hold back their strength, and then there is a landslide.

Tsunami, a comfortable moan came out of his mouth.

At this time, if you hold another piece of dirt in your hand, the image will be pure and simple.

Li Shimin just happened to be holding a piece of rubbish in his hand, and he was about to throw the rubbish down to try...

In front of him was a ditch, only a foot wide at most. The water in the ditch was gurgling, and occasionally some grass was floating there. It was said that there was nothing to see in this scene. The officials of the Tang Dynasty had never seen anything like this before, but everyone was squatting in the ditch.

On the other side, I have been watching it with concentration for half an hour.

From time to time, someone followed Li Shimin's lead and tried to throw a piece of trash down to see what happened. Then they listened to the sound of water flowing, and watched with admiration as the trash was crushed to pieces by the water flow.

Because some old farmers couldn't help but come, they stood far away and plucked up the courage to shout, angrily saying: "Whoever dares to throw garbage into the river again, I will drown in the river. My life is cheap, you are the nobles,

I dare not trade my life with you, but I will bring bad luck to you if I die in front of you... If you still throw it away, you still throw it away, that fat man..."

The official, known as the fat man, retracted his hand and put the rubbish on the ground in a pretentious manner. But when the old farmer didn't pay attention, the fat man picked up the rubbish again with his quick hands, threw it into the water with a bang, and suddenly burst into laughter.

The Tang officials stretched their necks together and stared into the ditch attentively.

The old farmer was trembling all over, his eyes had turned red and overflowed with tears. He suddenly sat down on the ground with a thud, shouting at the sky and the earth: "What a crime, what a crime, why doesn't God open his eyes and kill him..."

It's a pity that the farmer was timid, and even though he was angry, he still didn't dare to curse out the next words. He only dared to bury his head and cry not far away. Instead, a little granddaughter beside him glared at him.

Li Shimin glanced at it from a distance, and suddenly said with emotion: "It can make a loyal and honest farmer angry and force him to muster up the courage to curse. It can be seen that this artifact in the ditch is more important in the hearts of the people.

Their lives still matter."

"Can it not be important? This is simply an artifact."

Next to him, Li Xiaogong spoke subconsciously and said sincerely: "With this thing, people no longer need to look at the sky when farming. Even if there is a severe drought, there is still no risk of crop drought. This means that drought will never lead to a reduction in food production."

, and what is food? Food is the life of the people."

Li Shimin nodded slowly, then shook his head, and said with a solemn face: "Xiao Gong made a mistake in saying that food is not only the life of ordinary people, even our royal family will die without food. So I understand that very well.

Old farmer, it’s a good thing he didn’t jump over and scold me.”

As he spoke, he looked at the officials beside the canal, especially those officials from the aristocratic families, and said meaningfully: "I don't know if people from aristocratic families care about it. After all, the family has a big business and is not short of food."

The group of officials from the aristocratic families looked at each other and suddenly raised their hands together and said: "Your Highness, please don't tease us. How can we not care about food? To be honest, the aristocratic families have the most land in their hands. Although we are known as the heirs of poetry and calligraphy,

However, no one can escape the fate of throwing food into the soil. We do not shy away from greed, and we care about the harvest of the land more than anyone else..."

After finishing speaking, these officials from the aristocratic families looked at the people in Tiance Mansion and sneered and said with a sneer: "I don't know if the other group of people care. After all, some people are good at robbing. Others have worked hard to accumulate for generations, and then they gradually became wealthy.

However, some people are used to being poor for generations, and when they see the good things in other people’s homes, they want to snatch them away. People with a bandit nature don’t know the pain of accumulation, so naturally they don’t care about the harvest of the fields.”

"Who the hell are you talking about?"

Most of the officials from the Tiance Mansion faction were Wu Xun. When they heard this, they immediately yelled at the top of their lungs and said angrily: "If you dare to accuse Sang and Huai, believe it or not, I will throw you into the ditch. Fill your belly with water and stop your mouths.

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The family officials sneered and did not take these threats to heart at all.

Li Shimin looked calm and seemed not to care about the quarrel between the two groups of officials. It could even be said that he deliberately caused this quarrel.

Li Xiaogong's face was also calm, as if he didn't see the officials scolding each other. He suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled up a person. It was the guy who was called a fat man by the old farmer just now. He asked this person: "Brother Duan Lun, it's been half a year since you were transferred to the Ministry of Works."

Okay, looking at all the officials in the court, you should be the one who comes into contact with the object most often. Just now you squatted on the ground and looked at it for so long. Among all the people, you are the one who throws dirt and rubbish. Do you know the way? Hurry up and do it.

Let’s talk, everyone.”

The fat man was Duan Lun, who was a relative of the emperor just like Gu Tianya. However, Duan Lun was the consort and married into the Li family, while Gu Tianya married Zhao Ning and was not technically a consort.

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However, Duan Lun, as the prince-in-law, was not in a situation where he would be criticized by his wife. This fat man had a rich family background. His ancestors were from the Xianbei royal family. His father had served as Minister of War in the Sui Dynasty, and his status and power even surpassed that of Li Yuan.

Before the Tang Dynasty was established, this fat man had already married a daughter of the Li family. After that, the Li family raised an army in Jinyang. This fat man used all his family wealth as military supplies. The Tang Dynasty was able to be established, and his contribution was not small.

Therefore, although he is now the Prince Consort, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty rarely regard him as a bride-in-law. Even the Li family regards this guy as the core figure of the royal interest group.

Looking at the entire court, no one would underestimate this fat man.

Because he is the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Industry.

You must know that the Tang Dynasty followed the Sui Dynasty's system of three provinces and six ministries, and all the bosses in total were only nine people.

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But they saw that although Duan Lun was pulled up by Li Xiaogong, the fat man was really too fat. He was panting and wiping his sweat while still looking straight at the ditch.

His pair of small mung bean eyes have clearly become round on the outside and square on the inside, just like two copper coins, shining brightly.

Li Xiaogong was so disgusted that he couldn't help but shouted coldly: "Wipe your cock, don't act like a country bumpkin, the dignified Minister of the Ministry of Industry, have you never seen the world or what?"

"Have you seen it? If you had seen it, you wouldn't ask me."

The fat man didn't even urinate in Li Xiaogong's pot, and directly slapped Li Xiaogong in the face.

However, the fat man looked so arrogant, which made Li Xiaogong's eyes light up, and he came up to him excitedly and said, "No way, do you really see how this thing works?"

"I can see a little bit, but I'm a little unsure."

The fat man hesitated for a moment, then pointed at a whirlpool in the ditch and said, "Have you seen the constantly rotating iron wheel? We all smashed it with earth and rubbish just now, but the rotation of this thing has not slowed down at all, and it has been providing a steady stream of energy.

Power, precisely because of the power it provides, drives the wooden leaves to continuously rotate, from low to high, and back and forth. Through such continuous circulation, water is continuously sent to high places, and then extends along a ditch.

To the areas that need irrigation..."

Li Xiaogong obviously didn't understand, but that didn't stop him from continuing to ask questions, saying: "What if when the next ditch reaches the end, the terrain of some fields is higher than the ditch?"

"It's very simple. Just get another device like this and continue to carry water."

The fat man agreed absentmindedly and continued to stare into the ditch. Suddenly he turned his head and looked into the distance, looking at the ditch at the end of the field, and murmured: "It's really magical. Using the power of water flow to drive the water flow, under such a continuous cycle, even

It can carry water up high mountains."

At this time, Li Shimin had already stood up and was looking at the ditches in the fields. After a long time, he took a deep breath and said: "The dry fields have turned into paddy fields. One acre of land can yield at least fifty kilograms more grain."

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This is the real reason why all the officials squatted on the ground and watched for half an hour.

One mu of land yields an extra fifty kilograms of grain, and ten acres of land equals five hundred kilograms of grain, which is enough to feed an adult man for a year. However, the land-acre system of the Tang Dynasty was more than just ten acres.

Ever since Gu Tianya made the move to compete for the land of the aristocratic families, the aristocratic families in the world have returned 20% of their fields. Only these 20% of the fields have given the people enough to cultivate.

A family is given land according to the number of sons. Among them, the male son first has a share of permanent land, which is as much as 30 acres. Secondly, there is also a share of land, which is surprisingly as much as 70 acres. Two shares

The total acres of land are exactly one hundred acres under the equal-field system.

Then women can get about 40 acres of land, and then children and the elderly can also get 40 acres of land.

According to this rough calculation, a family of five people has at least three to four hundred acres of land. If there are children in the family who are over 18 years old, they will immediately be allocated an additional 70 acres of land. So on average, a family of one person will have 70 acres of land per person.

Each household has no less than 500 acres. [Contained in the History of the Tang Dynasty]

If each acre of five hundred acres of land can yield an additional fifty kilograms of grain, how much would that be? That would be 25,000 kilograms.

Equivalent to 250 stones.

What is the minimum amount of food required by a household in the Tang Dynasty for a year?

The Ministry of Household Affairs once made detailed statistics.

The food is half full, and a family of five only needs 10 shi of food.

To have one full meal out of two, a family of five would need about 15 kilograms of food.

If we eat two full meals, or even add one meal during the busy farming season, how much will it be? 25 shi of grain is completely enough.

But now, everyone sees the hope that a family can harvest 250 shi of food a year.

What does it mean to have enough for everyone?

What future does every family have if they have food?

At that time, the people will no longer have to worry about hunger, and there will be no need to worry about the taxes of the court. With the treasury being full, there will be no problem in raising as many soldiers and horses as possible.

What does that mean?

It means that Datang will have unparalleled power to dominate the world.

Now that the power is tyrannical, why should we hide at home and enjoy the happiness?

Haha, the ancients were much more ruthless than the people of later generations.

Now that I'm rich and powerful, I won't try to show off to foreigners with a smile on my face.

I couldn't afford to offend the grassland Turks before, but now I really want to beat you up. The reason is very simple. Your grasslands are full of cattle, sheep and horses.

Now that I am powerful, it is up to me to enjoy this wealth.
To be continued...