After last night's heat, it didn't seem so hot in the morning. Instead, it felt a little cooler.
Today was the beginning of autumn, the ninth day of the eighth lunar month and the twenty-second day of the ninth lunar month.
The commoners who owned land in the capital went to the fields to adjust the planting and harvesting of vegetables, and the greenhouses were built.
The planted cotton began to be harvested. The Ministry of Revenue sent people to keep an eye on it, not allowing the people to take it away themselves.
A small portion of this batch of cotton would be made into absorbent cotton, while the rest would be made into military coats and bedding for the soldiers at the front line.
The extra money would be sent over to the Tubo tribe to exchange for things to influence the Tubo tribe.
At the same time, he sent seeds to the Anxi Jiedushi and the Karluk Division led by Ashina Xian, telling them to start planting cotton next year.
That place belonged to Xinjiang during Li Yi's time. Along with the blueprints and assembled seed shedding machines and spinning frames were sent.
Next year, they would be able to plant them in large quantities. If they wanted to use it for themselves, they could use it for themselves. If they had excess, they could sell it to other places.
"This year, the Governor's Mansions in the northeast didn't give them to us. No, they didn't go to war." Li Yi had started drinking mutton soup early in the morning.
In the beginning of autumn, one had to put on autumn fat. Even if there was no shortage of food in the past, according to custom, one had to eat more meat.
The price of meat was very high today. Early in the morning, the price of pork had increased by more than 10%, and the price of mutton had increased by nearly 20%.
By the time Li Yi had breakfast, the price of pork had dropped by 5%, and the price of lamb had dropped by 12%.
The people selling meat in the Eastern and Western markets had no choice. Someone had spread the news that the price of pork in the Southern City Meat Market had only increased by 3% and that of lamb by 5%.
Everyone paid for their tickets and took the bus to South City.
The common people knew the reason. It was said that Li Dongzhu had written a letter to Yu Huaide and the others, saying that on the beginning of autumn, the meat price would be increased by two to three percent.
Then, a large amount of meat was released, and the price was fixed.
The other places that provided live pigs were very proactive, and Li Yi was one of them.
"Doctor Li, if you don't give benefits to the pig and goat farmers, don't you know how sad they are?" Wu Jieyu looked at her son and said.
Bao 'er was one month old a few days ago and had grown up. His mother was good-looking and was now fair and plump.
It was cold in the morning, so there was an extra hot water pipe in the canteen to raise the temperature.
Bao 'er was still sleeping soundly without a care in the world.
"We have a bumper harvest this year. Two seasons of indica rice have been successfully planted, and we can add another season of vegetables.
The vegetables in the water net grew well and were used to feed livestock, especially pigs, saving food.
Good news came from the Western Agricultural Temple. They had found rice that could increase production, but they still had to study the rest.
There are a lot of foreigners, so there are a lot of poultry rearing, especially ducks. The cost of rearing livestock is lower, so they can't earn more. "
As Li Yi explained the overall situation, he suddenly noticed that Bao 'er raised her eyebrows.
She called out, "Taohong, change over to the side."
Taohong put down her chopsticks and ran over. She pushed the trolley to a corner and brought out a clean diaper.
BaoBao opened his mouth and was about to cry, but he suddenly stopped. Taohong was done with her work and took the things out.
"How much?" Empress Wang looked at her son. After the little guy finished a fried egg, he grabbed a lamb chop with both hands and ate it. His face was covered in oil.
"They say it's double, but I estimate it to be 50%. They like to exaggerate the numbers.
It was estimated that the yield would stabilize at three dan per mu. With sufficient fertilizer, the original yield of rice would be two dan per mu.
If it's less, it would be four dan per mu. That's impossible. The highest yield I know is thirteen dan per mu. Double-season rice only produces six dan per mu. "
Li Yi didn't believe the data given by the Western Agricultural Temple. If it was bragging, the yield of ten thousand catties per mu was considered less.
"Only six dan? Double-season rice? What rice? "Empress Wang was already satisfied with 50%.
"Super rice. It's better to plant the current new rice and indica rice. The yield is thirteen dan per mu. We have to wait, wait for the Western Agricultural Temple and also wait for the fertilizer industrialization."
Li Yi didn't expect super rice to appear in the Tang dynasty in a short period of time, because he lacked a person.
Now, the capital government was using a lot of farm manure and mineral fertilizer, so the yield of the land was high.
In other places in the Tang dynasty, in the south, where double-season rice and wheat could be planted, the yield was maintained at three dan per year.
The capital government had two dan per year of rice. The water net and fertilizer were very useful.
Not to mention increasing the yield of grain by 50%, even if it was more than 20%, the people who planted crops would no longer need to borrow money in a year.
The extra grain was more than two months of rice. How many months had it been?
"It's been a few years. When I think of the past, it feels like it was yesterday." Empress Wang sighed.
She saw how Li Yi improved the lives of the people in the capital government and then expanded to further places.
Little by little, it seemed that the increase was not much, but when it was added up, she found that the income of the people had increased several times.
On the other side, Wu Jieyu didn't come back. She sat by the side of the carriage and breastfed her child. The baby didn't have time to cry to remind people during the whole process.
Wu Jieyu fed her son and said, "In a few years, the capital government will be everywhere in the Tang dynasty."
"Impossible. The ability of officials is different. Some officials don't have the heart of the people. The officials in remote places are more willing to be local emperors."
Li Yi poured cold water on her. How could officials be the same?
"Kill! Send out your students in Zhuangzi to be provincial governors. "At this moment, Wu Jieyu felt more like Empress Wang than Empress Wang.
"They are His Majesty's subjects, not the Li Family Zhuangzi." Li Yi explained the matter clearly.
The Li Family Zhuangzi's students? If they were sent out, wouldn't the whole world belong to the Li Family Zhuangzi?
"Send them to the county next year. The students in the county will be sent to the provincial government." Li Dan, who had been eating silently, gave an idea.
"I still have to teach them other things. Originally, I wanted to continue teaching the 90 nurses, but in the end, Guo Zhiyun asked for 30 of them to teach the doctors who followed the army."
Li Yi mentioned the request of the source of the Yellow River. He sent out 30 people. There were 10 women and 10 men in Zhuangzi, and 10 imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Department.
They brought a lot of things out. They had been there for a few days.
Noble Consort Lu put down her chopsticks. She was full. She ate a bowl of steamed egg soup and six steamed dumplings.
The difference between steamed dumplings and steamed buns was that the steamed dumplings were made with flour. After eating, one would feel hungry quickly.
She picked up a piece of watermelon. "If the students were sent out and were caught, wouldn't their knowledge be leaked?"
"How can it be so easy? My knowledge is high enough, right? I can't even bring it up. I need time.
They have only learned a little. There is no information to check. If others want to learn, it will be useless even if they have more than 10 years.
Give me more than 10 years, and I will destroy the country of whoever catches the students. No one will be able to overtake me. "
Li Yi was full of confidence. It was already so difficult for him to develop bit by bit, let alone other countries.
Who could overtake him on a curve? It was impossible not to take the wrong path.
He was developing according to the technology tree and the social system.
All the mistakes that were made in the development of society in history were corrected by him.
Even so, he still felt that it was slow. When would the rocket artillery be able to fire a few hundred kilometers away?
"Xiao Yi, do you think my body is okay?" When Li Dan heard Li Yi say that it would take more than 10 years, she became worried and afraid of dying.
"No problem. You can go back to your house once in a while to see your family for a meeting. Most of the time, you will live in Zhuangzi. Remember to give me cows. Give me one cow a month."
Li Yi joked. He knew that Li Dan's heart died first in history.
Now, she did not want to die. She could see that the lives of the people were better. She wanted to see more.
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