When Li Shimin and a bunch of digging potatoes, the people around him were talking about it.

Although they couldn't see the specific excavation situation clearly, there were baskets of potatoes between the ridges, which could be seen clearly.

In this way, experienced farmers can also roughly estimate the yield of potatoes.

"Zan Siruo, we must find a way to get a batch of potato seeds back to Tubo to see if such high-yield crops are suitable for plateau planting.

Although Tubo has developed very rapidly in recent years, due to the geographical environment, our grain output has always been very tight. The yield of barley planted on the plateau is too low and there is no way to meet our requirements at all."

Wang Dengke was a scholar who could not survive in the Central Plains in the late Sui Dynasty and fell into Tubo.

Later, he was highly valued by Lu Dongzan and now he became an envoy of the Tubo Kingdom in Chang'an City.

Wang Dengke's assistant was Zan Siruo and Lu Dongzan's eldest son.

At such an important event today, they naturally came to the scene.

"Master, I think the Tubo country can learn from the Tang Dynasty, build a Yishu Academy, and specialize in cultivating our own talents. Especially in agriculture and animal husbandry, we need professional talents to guide farmers and herdsmen. For example, this potato, we need to arrange a group of specialized people to study how to plant and where to plant it is the most suitable."

If Zanxi, as the eldest son of Lu Dongzan, was naturally the true teaching of Lu Dongzan. Now he has been trained as the next great minister of the Tubo Kingdom, so his knowledge is not bad.

"Well, your suggestion is very good. If our Tubo country wants to become a real big country or a strong country, it is not enough to simply rely on burning, killing and robbing. There is a saying by the Tang people that it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to defend the country.

Building an academy belonging to our Tubo Kingdom has extraordinary significance for defending the country. Didn’t the Imperial College and Guanshishan Academy build Confucius Institutes in many places?

Even in our Luoshecheng, they have begun to prepare for the opening of Confucius Institutes. Taking advantage of this east wind, we will also establish Luoshe Academy. Maybe we can use the teachings in Confucius Institutes."

Wang Dengke is now thinking about the Tubo country.

If Zanxi is his disciple, he will be the great minister of the Tubo Kingdom in the future.

Whether it is public or private, Wang Dengke must support Zan Siruo's plan.

"The Tang Dynasty has now used steel to build railways in luxury, but the warriors of our Tubo Kingdom cannot even have a big knife. I will write a special letter to go back and remind my father again not to compete with the Tang Dynasty.

Unless the Tang Dynasty itself falls into chaos, our Tubo Kingdom will never have the chance to fight the Tang Dynasty. Of course, I believe that after continuing to annex the countries in the west and south, our Tubo Kingdom will sooner or later become a country comparable to the Tang Dynasty. Once we find the opportunity, it will be the time for us to ride the horses of Chang'an City."

Since the Tubo Kingdom was cleaned up once in Songzhou, it has been honest for many years.

Although Tuyuhun was ready to move later, after being taken over by the Tang army again, the Tubo Kingdom decisively gave up its direct confrontation with the Tang Dynasty.

For them, the enemies in the south and west are much weaker.

It takes only a little effort to conquer these places.

So they naturally would not foolishly attack the Tang Dynasty.

In the final analysis, the stability of a country is not based on the charity of others, but on its own strength.

"It's not in vain that you can think so!"

Wang Dengke was quite satisfied with Zan Siruo's performance.

This Zhasiruo has been worshipping her since she was a child, so that she can guarantee her status in Luoshecheng.

Now he almost obeys himself, so Wang Dengke was thinking about the Tubo country.

...

"Of the shopkeeper, our Wuheju is now famous in the Tang Dynasty for its unique dishes. Looking at today's appearance, a good potato harvest is almost an inevitable thing. I think Wuheju can consider launching some potato-related dishes."

In the crowd, looking at the mountains of potatoes piled up on the stage, an idea popped up in Pan Wei's mind.

"Do you think I haven't considered it? But although this potato is so high-yield, it has just entered the Tang Dynasty. It is very difficult for everyone to want potato seeds. How could it be eaten in large quantities?

If you want potatoes to become food on everyone’s table, you have to wait until next year or the year after. Now you may not be able to buy potatoes even if you have money.”

Pan Wangyi reluctantly moved her eyes away from the potatoes.

Based on previous newspaper reports, he still has some understanding of the situation of potatoes.

Looking at the fiery eyes of the farmers around him, he knew how intimate potatoes would become.

"Potatoes that can be used as seeds are naturally difficult to buy this year. However, the Chu Palace has planted 20,000 to 30,000 acres of potatoes. When all of them are excavated, many potatoes will definitely be damaged by hoes.

Moreover, there may be some potatoes that may not be suitable for seeds for one or another. At that time, we just need to buy this type of potato from the Chu Prince’s Mansion at a high price and launch a few potato-related dishes in Wuhe.

As Pan Wang's most capable assistant, Pan Wei is a very thoughtful guy, otherwise Pan Wang wouldn't have brought him to see the potato digging ceremony today.

No matter when, any person who leaders like to bring with them when they travel, they have some tricks.

Many people may think that such people rely on flattery and flattery, but is this really the case?

Even if this is true, it at least means that they have a relatively high ability to flatter!

"Purchase injured potatoes? This seems to be a feasible note, but I don't know if His Highness the King of Chu is willing to sell it."

Pan Wang seriously considered Pan Wei's proposal and felt that it seemed to be feasible.

Potatoes appear on the dining table, which is something that will inevitably happen in the future.

If this thing can happen first in Wuheju, the meaning behind it is actually very different.

Even if Wuheju doesn't make money in this matter, it's worth it.

Moreover, at the beginning, the potato feast must be expensive, so it may not cost much potatoes.

"It is naturally difficult for us to buy all the injured potatoes. But if we only want dozens or hundreds of pounds, it shouldn't be that difficult."

"Okay! I'll go to find the manager of the King of Chu's Mansion in person to see if I can buy some injured potatoes."

Thinking about the benefits this incident brought to Wuheju, Pan Wang was obviously moved.

...

"The yield per mu is more than 1,300 kilograms!"

"Oh my God, the yield per mu is really more than a thousand pounds!"

"This is a miracle!"

After Tang Jian reported the potato yield to Li Shimin on the stage, the news spread quickly.

This immediately caused a huge sensation.

Some people even knelt on the ground excitedly, thanking God for bringing such high yields to the Tang Dynasty.

"Aguno, do you think if we return to Zhenbei Road to develop, will His Highness the King of Chu support or oppose it?"

Seeing such a high-yield potato, Ayi's heart that had been sleeping for a long time moved.

As a Turkic man who stayed in Chang'an City, Ayi Na actually liked life on the grassland.

But he knew that it was very difficult for him to know the grassland.

However, the situation seems a little different now.

Zhenbei Road has been built, and His Highness the King of Chu supports everyone to go to Zhenbei Road to grow potatoes and raise cattle and sheep.

If you take this opportunity to buy more than 100,000 acres of pasture in Zhenbei Road, plant tens of thousands of acres of potatoes, and raise cattle and sheep the rest, and your life should be very good.

At least, Ayi felt that it would be fine to support a thousand people in such a large piece of land.

And on the grassland, a tribe with more than 10,000 people is considered a large tribe.

When Ayi's family was most glorious, there were only tens of thousands of people under his command.

"Master, if we are not Turkic people, then we should go to Zhenbei Road to develop, whether it is the court or His Highness of the King of Chu, we are definitely very supportive. The reason for changing the previous Governor's Office to Zhenbei Road is that the court already wants to truly incorporate that grassland into the rule of the Tang Dynasty and become the land of the Tang people.

Although we have basically gained everyone's recognition in Chang'an City over the years, except for the Turkic face, there is no big difference between the others and the Tang people.

Even the guys hired by Heytea shops in the mansion are basically Tang people. However, if we express our intention to return to the grassland to develop, it will definitely arouse the vigilance of many people.

Why did the Tang Dynasty move us Turks to Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road? It even spent a lot of money on this? I am not saying that the Tang Dynasty treated us Turks in this process. On the contrary, I have heard that many people who moved intravenously lived a comfortable life in Huainan Road and other places.

However, this indirectly proves that the Tang Dynasty did not want too many Turkic people to appear on the grassland. They would rather go there were Japanese people, from various countries in South China, from Silla people, or even from the natives of Nanzhao, but they just didn't want the Turkic people, Xueyantu people, and the servants who originally lived there to return there.

As Ayi's most capable assistant, Aguno finally lived a happy life, and he did not want his master to go on the wrong path.

It has been in Chang'an City for more than ten years. Aguno has fallen in love with this city. He thinks it is good to be in Chang'an City.

"Hey, you're right. Zhenbei Road is indeed not suitable for us. I just thought it was too simple. The biggest industry in our Ayi family is Heytea shop now, which is in the milk tea business. The two main raw materials are milk powder and tea.

Nowadays, we are not suitable for the milk powder industry, but there should be no problem with tea. While everyone's attention is on potatoes, I plan to purchase a batch of tea gardens and expand the scale of Heytea shops with only tea leaves."

Ayi is not a stubborn person.

Seeing that Tudou had no fate with him, he decisively changed his development focus.

"Well, this is OK. My little lady is at the Medical College of Guanshishan Academy. She must also know some people from the Agricultural College. At that time, she can ask her to find a few students from the Tea Research Institute to help me manage the tea garden. I see that there are many people who have made profits in the tea industry, but there is a lot of room for development."

Aguno breathed a sigh of relief.

No need to make things difficult for yourself.

...

"Yang Yushi, the output of this potato is indeed very close to what you expected. In this way, the price of rice contracts in the Datang Trading Center will definitely drop significantly according to your speculation."

Linghu Wujiang and Yang Benman naturally would not miss such an important event today.

In fact, except for the people in various yamen in Chang'an City, who were really unable to leave, the rest were basically on the scene.

If this is apart from some big mess, the entire management system of Chang'an City may be abolished.
To be continued...