"Don't worry about that."

"I'm not a money fan. How could I make money in a big way from the beginning? Everything can be done step by step."

"Besides, there is no raw material now, so the workshop can't be opened at all?"

"Then there's no need to worry now. Just take care of this matter first." Shen An patted the books on the shelf. The dust immediately rose, and Shen An was speechless.

Fox Zhi is indeed a person who makes the best use of everything!

The next morning, just after dawn, Li Zhi pulled him up. In the name of delivering food, he was disturbed.

As a prince, he has no leisure today. The Chongwen Hall has already arranged courses for him, considering that he has just been promoted to prince and is still young.

What Li Shimin meant was that he should first study in the Chongwen Hall with the nobles and his descendants, so that he could not only increase his knowledge, but also make a wide range of friends and gain more knowledge.

The key is that the little pheasant slave is not a person who can endure loneliness. No one understands this better than Li Shimin.

During the period when he first became a prince, it would be better for him to study with a few students first and have a lively environment.

It is precisely because of this that Li Zhi called Shen An up early. I have already started class, and you are still free. Does this make sense?

Therefore, Shen An, who was very lazy, could only steel himself up and go to the library of Chongwen Hall.

From the perspective of later generations, there are of course countless things that can be reformed and improved in the various systems of the Tang Dynasty.

However, where to start has always been a complicated question.

Shen An piled up various volumes on his desk, but he didn't read a single word, and it was of little use.

It is better to honestly recall all the knowledge learned in the previous life and try to find a feasible strategy.

The Tang Dynasty in the medieval era was still a purely agricultural society, and at the same time, slavery still existed. Under this social structure, the two most important things were to develop agriculture and promote the construction of military exploits.

Don't look at Li Zhi's exaggeration. Feel free to express your opinions and make suggestions, but that's his opinion.

Shen An still understands his position very well. The problems in the currency system and military system are not something he can intervene in if he wants to solve them.

As the saying goes, if he is not in his position, he will not pursue his political affairs. He is not the humerus of the imperial court. If the suggestions he puts forward are too sharp and touch the sensitive nerves of the old ministers, the gain will outweigh the losses.

So, he turned his attention to agriculture.

This is the safest and will not go wrong.

It can also be found from the historical records of past dynasties that whether the emperor or the prince in the Peaceful Era interfered the most throughout the year, it was agriculture.

Encouraging mulberry farming, encouraging agricultural planting, and introducing various fresh fruit and vegetable varieties are all things they love to do.

Shen An is now just a minor official in the East Palace. Since this is the case, it is best to start from here.

Speaking of agriculture in the Tang Dynasty, Shen An believed that the most important thing to change, and what could be easily changed, was the Shetian system.

The so-called Shetian system is relatively rare in modern times, and its traces may still be found in the tropical rainforests of South America.

That is to set fire to the mountain, burn the grass, and use the nutrient-rich ashes as fertilizer to burn the existing seeds. At the same time, the heat of the ashes also helps plant seeds germinate.

Ancient people didn't think so much. As long as they could farm easily and have a good harvest next year, they didn't care about environmental factors or the hole in the ozone layer.

Of course, the fertility of such a She field cannot be maintained for a long time. In three years at most, the fertility will degrade and planting will be impossible.

What to do?

Just change another area and continue setting fire to the mountain.

Land that has been abandoned can continue to thrive without management.

Such a planting method is of course not conducive to the development of agriculture, but the Tang people, whether they were the upper-class aristocrats or the lower-class ordinary people, had no concept of scientific planting at all.

Although they also know that farming requires watering and fertilizing, for them, She fields are much more convenient. Anyway, in this era, the population in the entire country is still relatively sparse, and the per capita cultivated area is huge.

The land has not been damaged much, and there is no need to loosen the soil or take care of the fields frequently. Naturally, it is the best.

As for the future, I still don’t know where I will be and what I will do with so many thoughts.

The average age of the ancient population is just there. They didn't think that far ahead. But for observers like Shen An, this is a good entry point.

As we all know, land annexation has always been very serious during the dynasty. In years like Zhenguan, because the Tang Dynasty had just been established, everything was still in a completely new stage.

Not just people, but also systems.

The people's spirit was high-spirited and progressive, and everyone was proud to be a Tang Dynasty person. After experiencing the chaos of the late Sui Dynasty, the power of the powerful was also greatly weakened.

At present, under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, most people are relatively honest.

However, even under this background, the land promised to farmers is often not allocated to them in full.

On the one hand, there is not enough fertile land, and on the other hand, there is a lot of barren land with no one taking care of it. Even in a huge city like Chang'an, outside the Lifang District, there is still wasteland as far as the eye can see, and no one is cultivating it at all.

This is only one aspect of the problem. More importantly, due to low planting technology and insufficient cultivated land, many states and counties in the Tang Dynasty have always been in a situation of insufficient food.

Year-round, there are famines everywhere, which requires a sound grain storage system. Strictly speaking, there are already many grain warehouses set up around the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

However, whether it is Chang'an or Luoyang, there are still victims of famine from time to time. In fact, the reason is that water transportation is still not convenient enough.

And food production is not high enough to be self-sufficient.

Convenient water transportation and dredging rivers, Shen An is naturally aware of these matters, and also knows that this work should be carried out in advance.

Since the Tang Dynasty, and during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the water and land transportation routes from south to north have been well maintained.

As a result, there has never been a large-scale famine within the two capitals and in many states and counties along the coast.

This must-do thing is right in front of us. The reason why no one has ever mentioned it is not because Shen An is timid, nor is it because the courtiers are not smart and didn't think of it.

It's because if you want to solve these problems, you have to use huge manpower and material resources, and it can't be done just by talking.

Dredging rivers requires tens of thousands of laborers, not to mention that even to transport grain, whether by water or land, countless laborers need to be mobilized.

For example, Hanjiacang, the largest national warehouse in Luoyang, has countless poor people staying near the dock where it ships.
Chapter completed!