Originally, potatoes were only grown in the refugee settlements outside the city.
As the saying goes, there are many eyes and hands, and it is not too simple for aristocratic families to mix in some of their own people and spread salt on the ground when it is dark and the roads are slippery.
But if there are several wagons of potatoes and sweet potatoes, the situation is different.
Li Er could have secretly issued a secret order to quietly promote the trial planting of potatoes and sweet potatoes across the country.
Or simply take some of it, find a poorer state or county, and distribute these potatoes and sweet potatoes to the farmers there.
There will be a bumper harvest next year, the people will become rich, and the whole world will understand how powerful this thing is.
As for the planting throughout a state and county, these aristocratic families will never be able to stop it, no matter how powerful they are. It will only directly arouse a popular uprising. At that time, there is no need to take action yourself, and the angry people will take them down.
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So Li Sheng gave him several carriages of sweet potatoes at once, and he almost went crazy with joy.
"Erlang, the mashed potatoes are here. What's the difference between what I made and what Sheng'er made?"
At this time, Queen Changsun walked into the hall with a smile and carried a thin white porcelain bowl and came to Li Er.
Li Er opened it and smelled it...
Then he immediately picked up the spoon and took a big mouthful.
"ah……"
The extremely sweet taste made Li Er let out a long sigh of relief.
This thing is simply wonderful!
Such a delicious thing, actually...
"Mr. Guanyin, how on earth can such delicious food be produced at a yield of several thousand kilograms per acre?"
"How do you know this concubine? If Erlang is curious, why not call Sheng'er and ask?"
"Uh...sigh."
Li Er put down the mashed potatoes in his hand and suddenly sighed softly.
When Queen Changsun saw this, she was worried and a little curious, "What's wrong? Does it not taste good? We still have some stock here..."
"The inventory... is no longer necessary. The refugees outside the city only have one basket of potatoes. Let's give them all the inventory to plant. There is no need to plant anything else, just potatoes."
Li Er thought for a while and then said, "You said that this kid Sheng'er is very talented. He is a top choice in terms of literature, Taoism and martial arts."
"But...actually I want to say that Cheng Qian is not bad at all, what do you think?"
Queen Changsun fell silent. How should she answer this?
They are all biological children. The palms and backs of the hands are all flesh.
"That's true..."
"But the excellence of this child Cheng Qian makes me unsatisfied. This child is polite and well-controlled... I have to say that if he was born in a commoner's family, he would indeed be a good child. But..."
"Alas, this is where the difficulty lies. Chengqian is a well-behaved child, but he is really..."
As soon as Li Er thought of these vicious and unscrupulous aristocratic families, as well as the Turks and Goguryeo, he felt depressed.
Even he felt his head was getting big. Li Chengqian was only thirteen or fourteen years old, how could he withstand it?
If you don't pay attention then, you will probably end up on the same path as your father Li Yuan.
Then the Tang Dynasty... I guess it was just another Western Jin Dynasty. If it didn't exist, it would be gone.
"But Sheng'er is completely different..."
"These days, you also know that most of the foreign ministers are people from various aristocratic families. These people have joined forces to put pressure on me because of the imperial examination order..."
When Li Er said this, Empress Changsun showed a look of distress.
"In addition, foreign enemies such as the Turks and Goguryeo... I am very exhausted, and each of them is a powerful enemy. I am still unable to do anything."
"But Maid Guanyin, do you know..."
"I went to talk to Sheng'er for a while. In the end, in less than half a day, after a heart-warming conversation, Sheng'er casually gave me some strategies and actually solved all my problems."
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"All the problems have been solved? How... how can this be possible?"
Empress Changsun covered her mouth in shock, she didn't expect...
Is this kid Sheng'er so powerful?
It sounds like Li Er went up the mountain to seek advice from an eminent monk or something.
However, no matter how talented Sheng Er is, he is still only sixteen years old.
She never expected that Sheng'er actually had the ability to handle state affairs...
"Erlang, is this true? But Sheng'er is only sixteen years old."
"Why did I lie to you? What do you think...if Cheng Qian encounters something like this, and so many officials from aristocratic families and factions join forces to put pressure on him, what can Cheng Qian do?"
"Child Cheng Qian, I don't know that people are also different. Some people are really working hard, and some people say they are people, but in fact... they are just the vassal king. This child is soft-hearted and has no decisiveness... If he is beaten by these
The lords of the noble families gathered together and even threatened and cried, fearing that Cui Zhengde would be released."
"This...this is true. Alas, this Cui Zhengde, if he were an ordinary emperor, he would probably not die, and he would leave Dali Temple and go back in the blink of an eye."
Empress Changsun has a clear sense of love and hate, and is kind-hearted but not confused. She knows that as a royal, she must deal with villains when she sees them.
And thinking about what Li Er said, it does make sense.
If you want to inherit this child Qian and fight against the intertwined people from these aristocratic families, I'm afraid it's really... a long way to go.
Thinking about it this way, this kid Sheng'er is really amazing.
At such a young age, he was actually able to help Li Er make plans and even decide on major court affairs...
"Actually, the strategies this kid gave me were not only about reducing the vassal state. He also had some insights into resisting foreign enemies. Even Li Jing was full of praise."
"Oh? Sheng'er is also involved in military affairs? Is it true or false?"
"Are you kidding? This guy gave me a pamphlet... uh, this is called a design drawing. According to the drawing, I can make a new crossbow. Let me tell you this, an ordinary soldier can only draw a crossbow with one stone.
An arrow with the power of a stone.”
"But the new crossbow drawn by Sheng'er can shoot arrows of three or four stones!"
"ah?!"
Empress Changsun was immediately stunned. This child... was simply incredible.
Even though she doesn't understand things like leading troops in war, she also knows the concept of doubling the power of a bow and crossbow.
Think about this child...well, fortunately I gave birth to him.
If this was a Turkic man, how could Chang'an be saved?
Then again.
Empress Changsun was also curious as to what strategy Sheng'er gave to deal with these aristocratic families.
You know, let alone Wei Zheng and other capable ministers of the Tang Dynasty, this is a big problem. Looking at the eternity, throughout the dynasties, which emperor has not been troubled by the issue of vassal kings.
It's incredible that Sheng'er was able to do it.
"Erlang, what idea did Sheng'er give you?"
"Sheng'er's idea... is actually nothing special. But Sheng'er, this kid, is very powerful because of his extremely high knowledge. He is not like me and other headache doctors who treat head and foot pain. What is it specifically, anyway..."
Li Er smiled strangely, "You will know in the morning tomorrow. Then I will see how these aristocratic families behave like monsters!"
