The next day.
Li Er deliberately took a day off from court and dragged his family to the Jia family's paddy field to harvest rice.
In order to become the one emperor in history, Li Er had never missed a day of morning court since he ascended the throne. The sudden break made the officials of the imperial court puzzled.
However, it could also be seen from this that he attached great importance to agriculture.
Li Er, Empress Zhangsun, Li Chengqian, and Li Lizhi were all here.
As for Li Tai, this little fatty, he was a bookworm. He was addicted to reading and couldn't extricate himself. According to Li Chengqian, he refused to come because he wanted to study.
Qin Mo felt that the little fatty should be a qualified scientific research talent. He could consider focusing on training him so that he would not compete with Li Chengqian for the position of Crown Prince and affect his grand plan.
Other than Li Er's family, there was also Zhangsun Wuji, Old Qin, and Old Foolish Yuchi.
The two door guards were Li Er's bodyguards, and he would usually bring them with him when he went out.
Li Er, who had a family with him, made Qin Mo complain if he wanted to go on an outing.
Because of Empress Zhangsun's teasing yesterday, Li Lizhi looked at Qin Mo with affection, as if she was moved.
This made Qin Mo sigh at how mature the girls in ancient times were. He also shouted in his heart," I'm not a lolicon."
The Jia family's paddy field was ten miles outside the city.
Along the way, they saw golden fields from time to time. They were rice fields. Li Er's family laughed and pointed from time to time.
Because the people in Guanzhong liked to eat wheat, there was little rice planted. Moreover, it was already past the wheat harvesting season, so there was no golden field in sight. The rice fields were only sparse, like patches on clothes.
The group soon arrived at Jia Village and finally saw a stretch of rice fields.
Jia Luren brought the Jia family to the village entrance to welcome them.
"This commoner attends Your Majesty." The Jia family was so excited that they were trembling. The family's rise seemed to be in front of them, and the knowledge of their ancestors seemed to be able to spread throughout the world very soon.
"No need for formalities." Li Er was dressed in ordinary clothes as he sized up Jia Luren. This person was the countryside talent that Qin Mo had mentioned. He looked no different from an old farmer.
However, he was never one to judge a book by its cover.
"Your Majesty, how is the paddy field?" Qin Mo looked at the rice fields on both sides and found that the Jia family's rice had more ears, and they were more plump and even.
He estimated that it should be 400 catties.
However, Qin Moshi had seen many paddy fields in the future, and they were better than the Jia family's, so he was naturally not very surprised.
However, it was enough to fool Li Er and the others.
Li Er and the others were overjoyed.
"The rice here is indeed much more fertile than the rice fields I saw along the way.”Li Er was very excited." Are all the Jia family's rice fields like this?”
"The Jia family's rice fields are almost the same.”Jia Luren nodded.
Looking around, he realized that it was indeed as Jia Luren had said.
"Harvest it immediately. I want to see how much it produces per mu.”Li Er ordered.
He was eager to see the yield of rice per mu.
With a single order, dozens of Jia clansmen threw themselves into it with great enthusiasm.
Li Er still felt that it was not fast enough and ordered some of the guards to join in. He could not help but take off his shoes, roll up his pants, and snatch a sickle to join in.
Since the Emperor had joined in, the cunning old man and the others naturally could not stand by and watch.
Qin Mo was the only one who did not join in. He was commanding from the side.
As he reaped, he also shucked the rice grains. The rice grains that he had shucked were placed in sacks.
An hour later, the harvest was complete.
The rice grains that had been peeled were already being weighed.
Someone reported the number of words after each portion was weighed.
50 pounds.
100 pounds.
150 pounds.
200 pounds.
250 pounds.
300 pounds.
.......
As the number continued to rise, the joy on Li Er's face grew.
"Your Majesty, the total yield per mu is 420 jin.”
In the end, Jia Luren summarized the numbers, which made Li Er overjoyed.
"Good! If the food in the world could be doubled, the people in the world would no longer have to worry about famine.”
As for the northerners who didn't eat rice, they would even eat tree bark when they were hungry. This was not a problem at all.
Empress Zhangsun congratulated him." Congratulations, Your Majesty. The yield of grain per mu has doubled. Even in a year of famine, the people will be able to survive safely. They will no longer flee from famine and be homeless.”
Old Qin, Old Foolish Yuchi, and the sly old man also congratulated Li Er.
Rubbing his hands excitedly, Li Er asked Jia Luren," If we follow your planting method, will all the rice be able to reach this yield?”
Jia Luren replied," As long as we plant it in a scientific way, we can achieve this yield. After reading Uncle Lan Tian's Rice Planting Techniques, I realized that my planting method still has many areas that can be improved. Perhaps we can even increase the yield.”
It could even increase production?
Li Er was overjoyed." We'll immediately promote Qin Mo's rice planting techniques later.”
Previously, Qin Mo had already shown the Rice Planting Technique to Li Er. He did not feel that it was impressive. Qin Mo said that it was brought from overseas, so Li Er asked him to test it out and promote it.
Now that there was a real case of Jia Luren, Li Er was immediately tempted.
Qin Mo said," Promotion is necessary, but 400 catties of rice per mu is already the limit. Only by creating new varieties can we increase the yield. I invited Jia Luren to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to conduct experiments on hybrid rice. Once the experiment is successful, we will definitely be able to achieve a yield of 500 catties per mu.”
"Good! Let go. If you need anything, just tell me.”
At this moment, Qin Mo said," The common people of the Tang Empire don't know how to choose seeds, breed, or apply fertilizers. They rely on the weather to survive, and the yield is less than 200. This requires scientific guidance.”
Qin Mo called Li Er over to promote his science.
Li Er nodded.
"People often say that there are Bole in the world, and then there are thousand-li horses. Little did they know that there were often thousand-li horses, but there were not often Bole. If he did not pay attention to science, how long would a great talent like Jia Luren be buried in the countryside? This is why I asked His Majesty to develop science and add subjects for the imperial examination.”
He was criticizing Li Er. Li Chengqian and Li Lizhi looked at Qin Mo with admiration. They felt that he was so powerful that he dared to criticize their father.
"It is my fault that a great talent is buried in the countryside and cannot be discovered.”Li Er sighed." Go ahead and do it. I want to see how far science can go.”
Qin Mo had achieved his goal.
Jia Luren's family was so excited that tears welled up in their eyes. The Emperor said that they were great talents.
The persistence of several generations had finally paid off.
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