This is not Changsun Wuji's intention to oppose Li Er, but it is because this matter really cannot be decided by the monarch and his ministers together.
If the finances don't allow it, then the thing won't be possible at all...what's the point?
It only damages Li Er's own prestige in vain.
However, seeing that Li Er's face was always unkind, Changsun Wuji was a little scared, so he honestly settled the deal with Li Er.
"Your Majesty, our country, the Tang Dynasty, is now peaceful and the people are at peace. Among the people, there are already five hundred people who are literate..."
Speaking of this, Li Er couldn't help but frown.
Ma De, five percent of the people are literate, and there are five surnames among the people. Isn’t this the group of people with five surnames and seven hopes?
It's just... you really want me to be mad at the dog family, right?
Changsun Wuji didn't understand why Li Er suddenly turned dark again, but he spoke more carefully, "And this only happened after we worked hard to manage the Tang Dynasty after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty."
"If it had been earlier, it would have been difficult to make a living, let alone read and write..."
"Nowadays, things are actually not much better. Although there are potatoes and sweet potatoes... last year's bumper harvest only gave the people a reassurance. It also made many aristocratic families dare not hoard food and could only sell it to avoid the price plummeting.
, it can be regarded as a disguised improvement in people’s lives. But..."
"Even so, the effects of potatoes and sweet potatoes will still take a long time to be realized. Nowadays, although people's lives have improved a bit compared to the past, they are not that significant."
"In this case, in most farmers' families... the children are not just children, they also have to help their parents with work, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain their livelihood."
"Nowadays, many places in the Tang Dynasty have suffered from insect pests. Although the grain production has not been reduced much, many cattle and sheep raised by the people have also lost their forage and suffered a lot..."
"If we force the promotion of elementary education..."
Changsun Wuji showed a difficult expression, "Even if we can really find those many gentlemen, it will be difficult for the people to really spare the energy to let their children study. In the end...I am afraid that the implementation situation will not be very optimistic."
…
Changsun Wuji’s explanation, Li Er...
Although his face was still a little unhappy, he nodded and acknowledged what Changsun Wuji said.
Fang Xuanling on the side originally planned to say something, but...
After listening to what Changsun Wuji said, he lowered his head and said nothing more.
What Changsun Wuji said was pretty much the same as what he was thinking. In fact, that's what happened.
If we don’t have that condition, what can we do?
However, Fang Xuanling was still hesitating. After all, she had really listened to the truth explained by His Highness Li Sheng, and understood that... this matter belonged to the great interests of Datang, and it could even be said that it was a must-do, and had to be done.
Things to do.
Although there are many difficulties, but really speaking, we still have to work hard to push forward no matter what.
Fang Xuanling was thinking hard, and at this moment, Li Er suddenly spoke.
"Okay, I'm not in a hurry about this matter. But..."
"Since the main issue is food, and education is a long-term solution, let's deal with fish and shrimp first."
"The fish and shrimp thing?"
Changsun Wuji was startled when he heard the words, fish and shrimp?
This... seems to have nothing to do with the merits of culture and education...
But at this time, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but his eyes lit up and a smile appeared on his face.
"Since Your Majesty has this intention, it is the best thing."
"Haha, that's right. The career of culture and education will be unavailable for a while, but..."
"Marquis Shengxiang has already said that children should eat as much fish, meat, eggs, and milk as possible from birth to three years old. We can't afford these other things. After all, whether it's domesticating cows or raising pigs on a large scale..."
Li Er shook his head, but his expression did not look downcast.
"It's not available yet. However, we can still think of ways to deal with other parts."
"The people will do their best to raise chickens, and we don't need to get involved for the time being. But fish and shrimps, this can be done, right?"
Changsun Wuji's face was full of confusion when Li Er said this directly. He didn't understand what Li Er was talking about...
But then, he figured it out.
Fang Xuanling smiled directly, and then told Changsun Wuji about raising fish.
When Changsun Wuji heard this, he was immediately confused.
Just now he was talking to Li Er about the early summer of this year...
Many places in the Tang Dynasty suffered from insect plagues of varying sizes.
When pests occur, food damage is not that serious. After all, people don't just plant food and ignore it.
But correspondingly, it is impossible to have so much energy to protect weeds and flowers. As a result, cattle, sheep and pigs have no private chat.
Because of this, meat prices suddenly dropped in many places in the Tang Dynasty during this period.
This actually means that farmers who realize that they can no longer keep their livestock are slaughtering and selling them in tears.
This is also the main reason why Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling appeared in Ganlu Hall today. In fact, they mainly wanted to report this matter to Li Er.
Changsun Wuji will come to report this matter, it is impossible that he does not understand people's livelihood.
therefore……
After hearing Fang Xuanling's narration, those two words immediately made me confused.
"This fish...can also be farmed???"
Changsun Wuji felt that he had been living in confusion for most of his life.
How is it possible to farm something like fish???
"Raising fish...even if the fish is raised, won't it run away? Is this...this impossible?"
In ancient times, there were not all kinds of construction machinery like in modern times.
As long as there is a water source in rural areas, you can rent an excavator to dig out the entire fish pond.
But this was in the Tang Dynasty.
In the Tang Dynasty, where did the excavators come from?
If ordinary people want to open fish ponds like modern farmers, it will definitely be a big project.
In fact, let alone digging fish ponds, just digging some ditches for irrigation is an absolutely huge project.
Also in this case...
When it comes to raising fish, Li Er, Wei Zheng and others, including Fang Xuanling at the time and Changsun Wuji now, were so shocked.
Li Sheng's answer was also a plan to raise fish directly in rivers and lakes - he had never thought about fish ponds from the beginning.
Therefore, at this moment, Changsun Wuji was directly shocked.
Can fish in the river be farmed?
but……
Then, Fang Xuanling also explained the plan to Changsun Wuji.
Li Er's face was full of smiles, and people in the Ganlu Hall were talking.
After a while...
In the end, Changsun Wuji opened his mouth wider and wider, until it finally formed an extremely exaggerated hole directly on his face.
Mad, that’s awesome...
After listening to Fang Xuanling's story, Changsun Wuji was really shocked. This was the only feeling in his heart.
So cool!
And then...
Changsun Wuji also immediately thought of a question, took a deep breath and said...
