He took two steps out of three, and his sprinting turned into a trot.
Zhuge Liang pulled Wei Zheng and rushed back to the Great Zhou Imperial Palace.
Li Chengyuan, who had returned to the palace to continue handling state affairs, heard the sound of hurried footsteps and looked up.
"That fast?"
Li Chengyuan said in surprise.
When Wei Zheng heard Li Chengyuan's words, he quickly pushed Zhuge Liang's hand away and bowed.""Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!" Zhuge Liang replied respectfully.”
"How is it?" Li Chengyuan nodded slightly. How is the cotton growing?"
"Your Majesty!" Zhuge Liang replied with a smile. The cotton was growing happily! It's definitely a bumper harvest!"
Li Chengyuan nodded.
After all, cotton was a plant that loved light. The sun was extremely strong this year, so it naturally grew well.
With cotton, the people of the Western Regions would have to submit sooner or later. After all, this was a divine item that could keep out the cold. It was a treasure that everyone on the plateau could not refuse!
He put away his thoughts and noticed that Zhuge Liang looked excited, as if he had something to say.
"What's wrong?" Li Chengyuan asked. Sir, do you have anything to say?"
Zhuge Liang nodded and said,""Your Majesty! I believe that after winter this year, there will be an opportunity for the Great Zhou!”
Li Chengyuan raised his eyebrows.
As expected of Wolong, he actually guessed his thoughts. It seemed that he also knew the importance of cotton!
"What opportunity?" he asked with a smile.
"That's the plague!" Zhuge Liang replied immediately. This subject surmises that in the spring of next year, the Great Tang will very likely have a plague! This might be an opportunity for the Great Zhou!”
Li Chengyuan was stunned.
He hadn't thought of this, but in his memory, there didn't seem to be a plague in the first year of Zhenguan, so it was still questionable.
"We can pay attention to it. There's no hurry.”
Li Chengyuan said.
Zhuge Liang nodded and said,""This subject also thinks so. The plague is still too early, but the grain disaster is a certainty. The Great Zhou can make arrangements in the Great Tang in advance!”
"What do you think, sir?" Li Chengyuan asked.”
"This subject has a plan. Even if we don't bite off a piece of meat from the Great Tang, we can tear off a piece of skin!”
A trace of viciousness flashed across Zhuge Liang's eyes.
"What scheme?" Li Chengyuan asked curiously.”
Wei Zheng also looked at Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and sorted out the inspiration that flashed in his mind.
He slowly said," The Great Tang has always been short of food. Once a food disaster occurs, it will be difficult to cope. Even if the pass is stable, the border is hard to say!”
Li Chengyuan's eyes lit up.
During this period of time, he had been dealing with domestic matters every day, so he did not spend too much time on this aspect.
Now that Zhuge Liang mentioned it, he had an idea. He wondered if it was the same idea as Zhuge Liang.
"You're saying that the Great Zhou can use grain as a shovel to poach the Great Tang?”
"That's right!"
Zhuge Liang echoed,"Your Majesty is truly talented and intelligent. I only mentioned it a little and you guessed my thoughts."”
Li Chengyuan smiled." You flatter me, sir. Do you have a specific plan now?"”
Zhuge Liang nodded but shook his head.
"I have an idea, but I'm not too confident. I still have to see how much surplus food the Great Zhou has before I plan a strategy!”
Wei Zheng also said,"Your Majesty, I believe that stabilizing the situation in Great Zhou is more important. The matter of poaching the Great Tang should be put aside!"”
Li Chengyuan naturally knew this.
However, he knew how much food the Great Zhou had.
He did not know how many sweet potatoes and potatoes were planted. Even if the harvest was only 70%, it was enough for the Great Zhou to squander.
After all, the Western Regions didn't need the Great Tang. Although it occupied two-thirds of the Great Tang's land, its population couldn't be compared to the Great Tang's.
Li Yuan had taken over the previous Sui Dynasty and cultivated for more than ten years. The population of the Great Tang now stood at around 2.5 million, roughly ten million people.
As for the Western Regions?
Although he didn't have the exact statistics, Li Chengyuan had a rough idea.
In the records of his previous life, after the Tubo unified the Western Regions, the population of the Western Regions was only six to eight million at its peak.
The current Great Zhou definitely did not have that much. It was already not bad to have a little over three million.
Therefore, they did not need much food.
Moreover, his crops were harvested once every two months, and there were no planting seasons. After harvesting, he just had to continue planting. At most, the yield would be lower.
"Don't worry about food at all!" Li Chengyuan said. It would definitely be enough to eat, and there would be a lot of wealth! It's enough to do a lot of things!"
Zhuge Liang and Wei Zheng immediately became excited.
The more food they had, the more they could do.
At this moment, Li Chengyuan also said in a deep voice,"This matter is very important. You've also discovered some obvious flaws in the management of the Great Zhou recently!”
"Those who are not of my race will definitely have different hearts! There are too few Han people under me, and there will definitely be problems in my future management!”
"If the Great Zhou wants to develop, it must have enough Han people. This is a very good opportunity!”
Zhuge Liang and Wei Zheng nodded in agreement.
Li Chengyuan thought for a moment and revealed a greedy gaze."This food disaster! He had to make Li Er, that dog thief, lose a piece of flesh!”
As they spoke, the three of them began to plot.
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