Ang Lee was a distinguished guest of Dongnu Province, so it was reasonable for him to receive special treatment. Although hundreds of delicacies could not be finished, there would not be much waste. The leftover delicacies would not be thrown away directly, but would be left for the ordinary people in the palace. The final residue would also be supplied to the pig factory outside the palace, so that the last bit of value could be squeezed out. In this way, it was not a waste.
Because Ang Lee's arrival represented the imperial court of the Tang dynasty, the officials of Dongnu Province were very happy. They had completely lost confidence in dealing with the domestic food shortage crisis alone. The only thing they could rely on in their hearts was the imperial court of the Tang dynasty, because only the imperial court of the Tang dynasty could solve the various problems they encountered and solve their inner worries.
One by one, the senior officials of Dongnu Province came to Ang Lee one after another and toasted Ang Lee with great respect. Their attitudes were so flattering that they wanted to worship Ang Lee as if he was their ancestor.
Ang Lee was a generous person, so naturally, he did not refuse anyone. He drank with everyone one cup after another and said some compliments to each other. The atmosphere was very warm. From the lively atmosphere at the scene, it was impossible to tell that Dongnu Province was facing a huge food shortage crisis. It was as if Dongnu Province was in a flourishing age at the moment, and the famine outside did not exist.
Ang Lee himself could not remember how much wine he drank at the banquet. Anyway, he drank until he was dizzy and walked a little bit. However, Ang Lee was really happy.
No matter how much wine was drunk in this era, it would not hurt people. After all, the degree of wine was there. Wine with more than ten degrees was at most the level of beer in the future. As long as the stomach could hold it, there was no situation that it could not be drunk.
"An, you can't drink anymore. It's enough."
When Zhao Yefu saw that Ang Lee drank too much, she was somewhat distressed. She was worried that Ang Lee would drink too much and hurt his body. She was still very concerned about Ang Lee. It seemed that she really regarded Ang Lee as one of her own.
Ang Lee waved his hand and said, "Not much, not much. This is not much! Drink, continue to drink! "
It was clear that Li An was in high spirits. Such a small amount of wine was a piece of cake for Li An. Even if he drank a little more, there wouldn't be any problems. Li An's alcohol tolerance was questionable. There was almost no one in the world who could match him.
Perhaps he really drank too much. When he woke up the next morning, Ang Lee looked at Zhao Yefu in his arms. He could not remember how he came to this room last night and what he did...... he had no impression at all...
At this moment, Zhao Yefu was looking at Li An affectionately. His expression was very gentle, so gentle that it made Li An feel embarrassed.
"Yefu, did I drink too much last night?"
When Ang Lee saw Zhao Yefu looking at him affectionately, he asked softly.
Zhao Yefu said with a smile, "Not much. You just vomited a dozen times."
"I vomited a dozen times. I actually vomited. This is impossible! I have never vomited before. I actually vomited after drinking too much. "
Ang Lee said with a sigh.
Because of his high alcohol tolerance, Ang Lee almost never got drunk. He could only make others drunk. He had never been drunk by others. This time, Ang Lee was drunk. He did not remember what happened last night and vomited more than a dozen times. How shameful it was! It was too shameful.
"Drinking is bad for your health. You must not drink so much in the future."
Zhao Yefu said softly.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "Okay, Yefu said not to drink too much. Then I won't drink too much. It's okay even if I don't drink. I support Yefu."
"You are so obedient. After breakfast, where are we going to play?"
Zhao Yefu asked.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "Yefu, don't you have any state affairs to deal with? You are still in the mood to play. "
Zhao Yefu said helplessly, "There is nothing particularly urgent except for the shortage of food. Now there is not enough food. We can only be anxious."
It could be seen that Zhao Yefu had given the hope of solving the crisis to the Tang dynasty. He was about to step down as the queen. Before that, he did not intend to work seriously. He did not have the ability to work seriously. He was counting on Ang Lee to solve the crisis here. He wanted to ride on Ang Lee's coattails. Before that, the most important thing was to entertain Ang Lee well.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "That's right! It is difficult to solve any problem without food. Let's solve the food problem first! "
"Solve? How? You didn't bring much food this time. It can't change anything!"
Zhao Yefu asked curiously.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "Don't worry, Yefu. Although I didn't bring much food this time, I will find a way to solve the food shortage here. I brought a lot of seeds, which are very suitable for the environment here."
Obviously, it was not enough to rely on the Tang dynasty alone. If they wanted to fundamentally solve the food shortage crisis here, they had to grow food locally. It was very important to popularize food and build irrigation works as soon as possible. However, the scope of popularization would be limited to a certain extent temporarily. Only some people who had enough food had the energy to develop production. How could people who were hungry have the energy to work?
However, Ang Lee did not bring many seeds. It was not enough to popularize a large area. He could only experiment on a small area first. After the success rate, he would popularize it more widely.
"Seeds, what kind of seeds are they?"
Zhao Yefu asked curiously.
Ang Lee said, "They are all crops from America. There are sweet potato vines, corn, peanuts, and so on. These are all high-yield crops. They don't have high requirements for the terrain. They can be planted in terraced fields in the mountains. They don't need to be fertilized. They grow fast and well. If they were brought here earlier, maybe there wouldn't be a famine here."
Zhao Yafu shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily the case. We've encountered drought and flood in succession here. During the drought, the crops planted were all dried up. Now we've encountered another flood. The flood washed away all the main food crops in the low-lying areas. Most of the crops in the terraced fields were also lost. The yield per mu is less than one-third of the previous years. Two consecutive disasters have ruined the previous grain reserves. Now the people have no surplus grain in their hands. They can only barely survive by buying."
Obviously, from Zhao Yefu's point of view, in the face of an absolute disaster, no crop would be spared. Li An's thinking was too naive. For example, during a drought, there was no water in the field. What kind of crops could survive without water? Obviously, it didn't exist. During the flood, no crop could resist the erosion of the flood.
However, different crops had a great difference in their ability to resist disasters. In the same drought, some crops could resist for a few days, while some crops could resist for a long time and would not die quickly. This was the so-called ability to resist drought. The same was true for the ability to resist floods. Some crops had shallow roots and could be washed away by a flood. Some crops had deep roots and could not be washed away by a large flood. This was the ability to resist floods.
The crops from America that Li An had mentioned were particularly resistant to drought. They were also good at resisting floods, but they were far less resistant to drought. In addition, the vitality of these crops was stronger. Even without much nutrients, they could still grow very well. It could be said that they had strong vitality.
"There are experimental fields in the palace. Why don't we plant them in these experimental fields?"
Zhao Yefu said.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "Good idea. Let's do it. Let's go to the experimental fields and have a look."
Under Zhao Yefu's lead, Ang Lee and Zhao Yefu walked to the fields behind the palace. At this time, half of it was open space, and the other half was planted with some local vegetables. They were growing quite well.
Since vegetables could still be grown in the palace, then theoretically, the fields outside the palace should also be able to grow crops. However, some places were hit by frequent floods and could no longer grow vegetables normally. However, the places that could grow vegetables still had to be planted. They couldn't completely abandon all the fields just because some places were hit by frequent floods. In this way, the food supply would be even more tight.
Ang Lee could also understand the practical reasons for this situation. After all, when the people whose fields were completely destroyed by the flood had no food, they would definitely rob the fields that could still grow food normally. In this way, all the fields would not be able to produce food normally. When the vegetables planted in your field were stolen before they grew up, would you still have the mood to continue to grow crops? You probably wouldn't have the mood anymore!
For example, in a school, some people were not willing to study hard and were mischievous every day. This would cause some good students who were willing to study to be unable to study in peace. As a result, they would become useless students who would have nothing in the future. This situation was very realistic. In almost all the schools in the future, this situation existed. It was also quite helpless. There seemed to be no good way to prevent this from happening.
The fields inside the palace did not have the same situation as outside. There were soldiers and horses stationed here. The hungry people outside would definitely not be able to cause trouble in the palace and would not destroy the vegetables in the palace. In this way, the vegetables in the palace would naturally be able to survive. If the disaster victims of the whole country could enter the palace, then the vegetables in these fields would probably not be able to grow at all. They would probably be dug up by the hungry disaster victims as soon as they sprouted.
In order to popularize the planting of vegetables on a large scale, they must first transport enough food so that all the people in Dongnu Province could eat their fill and feel at ease. In this case, they would not destroy the crops that had just sprouted in order to fill their stomachs. Then, everything would be on the right track.
Behind Ang Lee, Yang Xuan's team would come with a large amount of food. The food that his team brought was at least twenty times that of Ang Lee's team. He believed that it would greatly alleviate the food crisis that Dongnu Province was facing, thus stabilizing the hearts of the people here. It would allow the people here to develop their production with peace of mind and fight against the cruel nature.
"Yofu, you should have rabbits here, right? This thing reproduces very quickly. In addition, although there was a famine here, there was a flood this year. There are a lot of weeds in the mountains outside. With these countless weeds, there is no need to worry about the rabbit's food. With enough food, the rabbits can reproduce hundreds or thousands of times in a year. As long as the gradual popularization of raising rabbits, it will also alleviate the food shortage here. "
Ang Lee said.
"Raising rabbits as food, but rabbits are so cute. How can they be eaten? This is too cruel. "
Zhao Yefu's palace also had rabbits, but they were raised as pets, not as food. She never ate rabbit meat.
Ang Lee said helplessly, "Rabbits are cute, but rabbit meat is also very delicious! Now the people have no food to eat. Only rabbits that reproduce very quickly can save the people here. In order to let the people fill their stomachs, there is nothing wrong with eating rabbits. Yofu, don't feel sorry for the rabbits. You should feel sorry for the people who have no food to eat! "
"Does it have to be rabbits? Can't we raise another kind of animal? "
Zhao Yefu said.
Li An shook his head and said, "No, the other animals grow too slowly. Only rabbits have the strongest reproductive ability. Rabbits eat grass, and it's easy to get grass here. Raising rabbits is the most suitable. Don't think about anything else. It's best to quickly raise rabbits! You can raise a group of rabbits in the palace. If there are more rabbits, you can build a rabbit ranch in the city. If there are more rabbits, you can build a rabbit ranch directly outside the city where there is a lot of grass. It will be more convenient. "
At this time, it was still not safe outside the city. The safest place was the palace. First, all the breeding rabbits were collected in the palace to breed. When the scale was expanded, the palace would definitely not be able to accommodate them. In this way, some of the breeding rabbits could be divided into multiple locations in Gui Chang City for further breeding. When the number was more, a large-scale rabbit ranch could be opened outside the city. Then, naturally, it would be promoted in the whole territory, so that all the cities had rabbits to breed. Step by step, it would spread to the countryside, so that more people could eat rabbit meat.
Zhao Yefu finally agreed to Li An's request. Although she thought the rabbit was very cute, compared to the starving people in the country, the rabbit was not so important. No matter how important the rabbit was, it was not as important as the people! Water could carry a boat, but it could also capsize it. The most important thing in the world was every person. They were more important than anything else. Whether they could eat their fill determined the stability of a dynasty.
It would take more than a month for the Tang dynasty to provide a large amount of food aid. At least in this month, the people here would be hungry. Eighty percent of the food that could be obtained from the outside world was transported from Central Sichuan. Because of the bad roads, the food transported could not meet the demand. It could only alleviate the situation.
In addition, because the price of food was too high, the financial resources of Dongnu Province were about to be emptied. The palace was now almost an empty shell. If it continued like this, the palace would not have the money to buy food sooner or later. In that case, it would be very bad.
In order to relieve the pressure on the palace, Ang Lee had already sent people to Central Sichuan to buy food. Ang Lee used his own funds. Anyway, Ang Lee was now rich and had plenty of money.
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