Chapter 7-A Princess Will Do
The four or five potatoes were still shaking, but Li Shiming's hands were shaking uncontrollably.
He was too excited.
With this kind of food, the Great Tang would no longer have to worry about large-scale famine, which would lead to civil unrest and the destruction of the dynasty.
Li Shimin had read many history books.
He knew that in all the dynasties in history, people would rebel because of famine and the lack of food.
Now that there was such a high yield of food, as long as his descendants did not follow an unpardonable fatuous ruler, the Great Tang could basically continue for ten thousand years.
Not only that.
Moreover, with enough food, the population of the Great Tang would rapidly recover, even surpassing the size of the Sui Dynasty.
With a sufficient population, the army would definitely become stronger.
At that time, his army would be able to march into the plains.
He could take revenge for what happened at the Wei River.
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Thinking of this, Li Shi Min couldn't suppress his excitement and ordered the guard,"Dig up all the potatoes immediately. Zhen wants to see if there are really as many as a thousand catties per mu.”
"Yes, sir!"
The guards responded in unison and were about to attack.
With so many guards taking action, the potatoes on one mu of land were all dug out in a short while. Then, they were weighed and counted.
An hour later, the head guard cupped his hands and said,""Your Majesty, all the potatoes have been weighed. There are a total of 1,086 catties.”
"Did you calculate it correctly?"
Although the truth was right in front of him, Li Shiming still couldn't believe it.
This happiness came too suddenly.
After getting the confirmation of the head guard, Li Shi Min finally believed this fact. He held a potato with both hands and muttered,"The heavens bless our Great Tang, the heavens bless our Great Tang.”
Then, Li Shi Min regained his dignity and ordered,"Immediately send all the potatoes to the palace. No one is allowed to eat them for three years.”
He knew what Li Shimin wanted to do.
He must be thinking of planting all these potatoes as seeds next year.
However, thinking that he still had more than 100 mu of land outside Chang 'an, he did not stop them and allowed the guards to take away all the potatoes.
Of course, Cheng Chuwen's land outside Chang 'an City was also bought and sold by force from the landlord. At that time, there was a big commotion in the city.
However, everyone had forgotten about this.
Seeing that all the potatoes had been taken away by the guards, Li Shimin squatted to the side and pointed at the black things that Cheng Chuwen had dug out before."What is this?"
Everyone in Chang 'an knew that Cheng Chuwen never practiced martial arts.
Therefore, when the guards were injured, Li Shiming had already noticed this.
Later, Cheng Yaojin told him that Cheng Chuwen had a weapon that would explode if he stepped on it, so Li Shimin was even more concerned.
It was only because Empress Zhangsun's illness had not recovered at that time that he temporarily suppressed this thought.
Now that Empress Zhangsun had recovered from her illness, Li Shimin immediately came to the Cheng Manor under the pretext of having an All-Ox Banquet to see how powerful this weapon was.
"This thing is called a landmine."
Cheng Chuwen also wanted to give this to the soldiers of the Great Tang, so he explained,"This thing is actually a weapon with great lethality. If it's the complete version, one landmine can kill at least one soldier and injure two.
However, as long as it is used to scare people, I can reduce the power of the mine by countless times.”
"It's so powerful?"
Li Shi Min was shocked and couldn't help but take a step back."Can such weapons be mass-produced? I mean, can it be used by the army?”
As soon as he said this, everyone stared at Cheng Chuwen.
Most of the people present were generals who had experienced countless battles. They knew very well how spectacular the effect on the battlefield would be if this thing could be used on a large scale.
Imagine that the Tang army had planted a large number of mines on the enemy's path that they had to pass through.
Every time the enemy advanced, they would have to pay a huge price.
Cheng Chuwen thought for a moment, nodded, and then shook his head."It can be mass produced, but there is a certain danger in producing this thing, and the production speed is relatively slow.”
Although this wasn't what Li Shi Min and the others wanted, they were satisfied.
"It's fine, we have time to wait." Li Shimin nodded.”
"Yes, yes, yes. We can wait."
Cheng Yaojin and the others nodded.
Seeing this, Cheng Chuwen had nothing to say. He agreed to hand over the manufacturing method of this thing to the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works, and then the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works would make it.
As for Cheng Chuwen making it himself, don't even think about it.
Landmines relied mainly on gunpowder.
Even gunpowder was unstable and could explode at any time.
Cheng Chuwen didn't want to put himself in danger.
Li Shi Min had no objections to this.
He even held Cheng Chuwen's hand happily and said kindly,"This time, you didn't save this one's empress and even made such a great contribution. What do you want this one to reward you with?”
"Just give me a princess."
Cheng Chuwen blurted out, but he immediately regretted it and changed his words."I'm wrong. You can just reward me with tens of thousands of taels of gold and make me a first-grade official.”
Instantly, everyone was speechless.
Li Shi Min immediately let go of his hand and led a group of guards outside.
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