Xiande Hall.
A young eunuch suddenly walked in from outside and whispered something into Gao Shichang's ear.
"Your Majesty, His Highness King Chu requests an audience outside the palace.”
Gao Shichang whispered to Li Shimin.
Li Shi Min, who was in the middle of a discussion with the officials, frowned slightly.
"Xuan."
He didn't know why Li Kuan was in such a hurry to see him at this time.
However, Li Shiming stopped his discussion with the ministers and called Li Kuan in.
Soon, Li Kuan and Wang Shouren arrived at Xiande Hall.
"Congratulations, father.”
Li Kuan congratulated Li Shiming as soon as he arrived at the palace.
Li Shi Min was wondering why he was congratulating him.
Suddenly, he saw Wang Shouren, who had come with Li Kuan.
His spirit jolted as if he had thought of something, and he hurriedly stood up.
"Those two grains are already ripe? How's the production?"
Li Shi Min said excitedly with a flushed face.
Zhangsun Wuji and the others who knew the inside story were also excited.
He looked at Li Kuan expectantly.
"4,000 catties of potatoes, 5,000 catties of sweet potatoes."
Li Kuan said lightly.
"Impossible. Your Highness Chu must be joking. How can there be such a divine item?”
Before Li Shiming could speak, Zhangsun Wuji retorted.
Although he had known about this for a long time, he had never thought that it was true.
In his opinion, those two crops might be more productive than the previous crops, but it would definitely not be that much higher.
In addition, King Chu Li Kuan had been performing too well recently.
Zhangsun Wuji felt that he should suppress Lord Chu appropriately.
Hearing Zhangsun Wuji's words, Li Shiming and the others regained their composure.
Although Li Kuan wouldn't lie to them, he still felt that it was impossible for such a divine item to appear.
The other officials who didn't know the inside story secretly asked Fang Xuanling and the others, but they couldn't believe it either.
Xian De Hall immediately became like a market as the officials started discussing.
"Impossible, I've lived for decades and have never heard of such a thing.”
"Ridiculous. It's absolutely impossible.”
“......”
"Kuan 'er, is it true?”
Li Shi Min looked at Li Kuan expectantly.
"If Imperial Father and the other lords don't believe me, you'll know when you go and take a look.”
Li Kuan looked at the court and said calmly.
He had already dug up two mu of land, but these people still did not believe him.
"Then let's go and see if it's true.”
Li Shi Min said.
Following Li Kuan and Wang Shouren, the group of people arrived at the experimental field in Lantian County.
Li Shimin and the others were a little excited when they saw the two plots of land and the piles of potatoes and sweet potatoes.
"This... These were the sweet potatoes and potatoes? There were probably four to five thousand kilograms of them!”
"His Highness King Chu can't be telling the truth, right?”
"I'm not sure. These are only two fields. I wonder if King Chu has placed the production of several fields here.”
Li Kuan didn't comment on Li Shiming and the others 'comments.
"Imperial Father, this is the yield of two mu of land. If you still don't believe me, you can dig up all of these hundred mu of land in front of Imperial Father and all the lords.”
Looking at Li Shiming, who was watching the show with potatoes and sweet potatoes in his hands, Li Kuan said lightly.
Li Shi Min and the others came back to their senses and quickly got people to dig up the remaining land.
As the soil was dug up, the potatoes and sweet potatoes piled up to the side were as tall as a small mountain.
Li Shi Min was extremely excited. Half of the hundred mu of fertile land had been dug up, and there were piles of potatoes or sweet potatoes beside each mu of land.
Only after witnessing it with their own eyes did the ministers believe that high-yield grain really existed.
At the same time, they were shocked, and there was a happy smile on their faces.
Whether or not they could reach four thousand jin, the Great Tang's food problem could be solved.
Zhangsun Wuji was shocked and delighted, but at the same time, he felt a little complicated.
Lord Chu had really done a great service this time. This was a greater service than giving up the art of making paper.
After all, paper making and book printing only affected the scholars and aristocratic families in the world.
But food affected millions of people in the Great Tang.
"Quickly weigh it."
Li Shi Min said excitedly.
The guards quickly weighed the potatoes and sweet potatoes piled on the ground.
As time slowly passed, the guards finally weighed the potatoes and sweet potatoes.
"Emperor, these potatoes and sweet potatoes, the most is six thousand jin, the least is four thousand jin.”
Hearing the guard's words, Li Shi Min and the others were shocked.
A moment later, everyone was in an uproar.
"So many? That's great. Thank you, God."
"The heavens bless the Great Tang, the heavens bless the Great Tang."
"The people of the Great Tang no longer have to suffer from hunger.”
Wei Zheng and the others shouted with red eyes.
Li Shi Min was so excited that his eyes turned red and his body trembled.
Li Kuan pursed his lips as he watched from the side.
Why thank the heavens? This wasn't given by the heavens.
"Imperial Father, Lantian County Magistrate Wang Shouren has contributed greatly by presenting the treasure.”
Li Kuan looked at the excited Li Shi Min and said.
He had not achieved his goal of letting Wang Shouren present the treasure.
Wang Shouren's expression changed. He looked at Li Kuan's back with a complicated expression, but then it turned into determination.
Others might not know who this thing belonged to, but how could he not know?
Li Kuan's words reminded everyone.
"Emperor, please reward County Magistrate Wang."
The ministers who came to their senses pleaded Li Shiming.
"Reward, great reward. Wang Shouren is the Marquis of Lantian County. Fourth rank, high ranking official."
Li Shimin looked at Shouren Wang and said with satisfaction.
Not only was Wang Shouren talented, but he had also managed Lantian County in such a short time and brought such a divine item to the Great Tang. He deserved a reward.
Although Li Yuan had once said that one had to have military merits to be conferred a title, no one in the court refuted him.
The contribution of these two divine items was much greater than ordinary military merits.
"Thank you, Emperor."
This time, Wang Shouren could be considered to have ascended to the heavens in one step. One had to know that even Yue Fei had never been conferred the title of Marquis.
Although he was only a county marquis, it was still an impressive thing for a civil official to be made a marquis, especially when there was no war.
"The King of Chu, Li Kuan, is rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold, a hundred bolts of silk, and five hundred mu of fertile land.”
He also rewarded Li Kuan and Li Shimin.
Although these rewards were dispensable to Li Kuan, they were still a form of importance.
Zhangsun Wuji looked at Li Kuan with even more worry.
The more he looked at his son, the more he liked him.
The only bad thing was that this kid was not interested in going to school. He spent all his time playing around in King Chu's courtyard.
"Looks like I have to force this kid to study.”
Li Shi Min rubbed his chin as he looked at Li Kuan.
Li Kuan looked at Li Shiming with trembling eyes and suddenly had a bad feeling.
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