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The West Chang 'an Army!
In the main tent of the central army!
A scout reported,
"A grain transportation team has passed by the bank of Weishui River, transporting at least 100,000 catties of grain!
The grain transportation route was from Youzhou Province! They had already arrived at the place where the Tian Ce Army was stationed!”
Yuchi Gong's hand, which was playing with the bow and arrow, instantly paused.
"How much grain did you say?"
"100,000 catties!" The scout reported again!
"Are you kidding me? 100,000 catties of grain?
How could Youzhou City have so many grains?”Yuchi Gong looked at the scout and scolded angrily!
Yuchi Gong hated his subordinates lying to him the most.
"Did you see wrongly? Or is there something wrong with your eyes?"
Yuchi Gong stood up and asked the scout again!
"Reporting to General, I don't have any. What this subordinate saw was indeed 100,000 catties of grain! It can't be wrong!"
Scouts were professionally trained!
It would definitely not be wrong if it was easy!
Yuchi Gong still looked at the scout coldly and did not speak. He still didn't believe the scout's words!
"Father. Something happened."
Yuchi Baolin quickly walked in!
Yuchi Baolin was Yuchi Gong's eldest son. Although he was only twenty-one years old now, he had followed Yuchi Gong to war for many years!
"What is it?" Yuchi Gong asked!
"The reserve provisions of the Heavenly Strategy Army are here! A total of 100,000 catties!" Yuchi Baolin approached Yuchi Gong and said in a deep voice!
"100,000 catties!" Yuchi Gong whispered.
"You can leave first."
Yuchi Gong waved his hand at the scout, indicating that the scout could leave!
He could not trust the scouts.
But he had to believe in his son, Yuchi Baolin!
Yuchi Baolin was a steady person, and he would never be wrong when it came to the estimation of rations!
But just in case, Yuchi Gong asked again," Are you sure?？”
"Father, I was also very surprised at the beginning! How could Youzhou City transport so many grains in such a short period?
Therefore, I especially ordered people to inquire about it. It's really 100,000 catties of grains. All of them are transported from Youzhou City!
I even specially got someone to snatch a bag of grain. This grain is also a little strange…"
At this point, Yuchi Baolin hesitated!
"Let's go out and take a look."
Yuchi Gong left the main tent!
There was indeed a bag of grain outside the tent!
After Yuchi Baolin opened the bag of rations, Yuchi Gong took a closer look and was very surprised!
Generally speaking, the Great Tang was bounded by the Yellow River.
North of the Yellow River, most of the staple food is wheat.
To the south of the Yellow River, rice was the staple food!
However, the rice at that time was very different from the rice now!
The rice at that time was very stuffy and not full enough. The grains were very small. Compared to the rice now, it was like a younger brother!
"This is rice? But why is it so full?"
Yuchi Gong asked the question in his heart!
"I asked too. According to the Youzhou soldiers, this is Youzhou rice. It was the same species as the rice in the south, but it was better than the rice in the south!
For example, the maturity period should be short, the yield per mu should be high, and the grains should be large…"
Yuchi Baolin introduced!
"Alright, stop talking. Let's go, we'll enter the palace now!"
Yuchi Gong seemed to have discovered a new continent and was very excited!
He immediately ordered his personal guards to prepare the horses.
"Come into the palace with me. Oh, and this bag of Youzhou rice! You must bring it with you!"
Yuchi Gong pointed at Yuchi Baolin and said!
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Dew Palace!
Li Shiming was shocked when he saw the bag of Youzhou paddy in front of him!
He even squatted down and took the initiative to hold a handful of Youzhou rice in his hand. Then, he carefully looked at it.
"What did you say this was called?"
"Youzhou paddy!" Yuchi Gong hurriedly replied!
"Youzhou's paddy…are all the 100,000 catties of grains transported by Youzhou's army like this?”
Li Shi Min was extremely shocked!
"Yes! All of them! 100,000 catties of such Youzhou rice!”
Yuchi Gong hurriedly nodded!
"I've never heard of rice in Youzhou Province! He didn't expect Su Gan to produce such a crop in Youzhou!
It's really amazing!"
Li Shiming held a big pile of paddy rice in his hands and sighed with emotion!
Although he didn't know why the paddy fields in Youzhou Province were so far away, he knew that these grains were definitely better than all the grains that he had ever seen!
Because the grains of the paddy in Youzhou Province were so big that they could fill one's stomach!
Now, the Great Tang had just established itself!
What is the foundation of a country?
It was still not food!
An empire must be built on food. Only then could the people live and work in peace and contentment!
"Your Majesty! Something big has happened!"
Just as Li Shiming was thinking about the problem, Zhangsun Wuji walked in quickly!
Zhangsun Wuji didn't notice the Youzhou paddy on the ground and said directly,
"Your Majesty! It was said that the Tian Ce Army had sent over 100,000 catties of rations!
They were going to be stationed outside Chang 'an City! With a hundred thousand catties of rations, their thirty thousand troops could survive for an entire year!
They're going to waste an entire year with us!
I don't understand. How could their reserve food come so quickly?
Moreover, there were a total of 100,000 catties of grain. How did they, a mere Youzhou, prepare it in a place of bitter cold?
They didn't care about the lives of the people in the city and took out all the food as rations?
Even so, they still had a million soldiers in Youzhou City.
Didn't this million strong army need provisions?”
Zhangsun Wuji was like a curious baby!
After seeing Li Shiming, he asked desperately!
However, Li Shiming did not answer Zhangsun Wuji's question at all!
Li Shiming looked at the paddy in Youzhou Province and seemed to have understood everything!
"Your Majesty, why aren't you saying anything?”
Zhangsun Wuji spoke for a long time, but Li Shiming simply ignored him!
This made Zhangsun Wuji feel very surprised!
"I know all your questions! It's all because of the rice in Youzhou Province!"
Li Shiming pointed at the paddy fields in Youzhou Province! He said!
"What is it? The rice in Youzhou Province?"
Zhangsun Wuji immediately put on a black question mark face!
Youzhou rice, this phrase!
This was the first time he had heard of it!
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