Chapter 227: New crops!

He Ziming's experiment won Li Yin's approval for his new product. Similarly, he got a big order from Li Yin, one hundred large diesel generators. These generators will be used in Taoyuan until the thermal power plant is completed. Yizhou was established. In addition, Li Min purchased 20 mobile power stations for emergency needs.

After the generator was settled, Li Yin went to the machinery factory to order various modern machinery, including modern machine tools, lathes, milling machines, and even welding machines. Move back whatever you want.

Of course, these things cannot be completed by Li Yin in three or two days, so he can only go back and forth between modern times and the Tang Dynasty every now and then. After all, apart from machinery, there are other things to deal with, and he understands that this is a protracted war, and it is considered a good thing if he can get it done within this year. Fortunately.

Even Li Yin simply asked Tong Nian to make an order, and he would buy whatever Taoyuan wanted, saving him from buying like headless chickens, which made Tong Nian so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

Li Yin was so busy, but in the blink of an eye, it was already May, and the people in Yizhou were busy again this month, harvesting winter wheat and planting high-yield rice. In modern times, rice seeds and wheat seeds are purchased, but Li Min does not plan to plant hybrid rice. It is not necessary. High-yielding rice is enough. Moreover, as agriculture spreads to the whole of Bashu, the demand for rice seeds is also increasing. Li Yin, even Nezha, who has three heads and six arms, will die of exhaustion.

Without the pressure to buy seeds, Li Yin focused on new crops. Corn, rapeseed, cotton, figs, rubber grass, and diesel trees were all introduced to Yizhou by Li Yin, among which figs and rubber grass were for rubber production, and the diesel tree is prepared for the ever-increasing demand for diesel in Taoyuan. Natural biodiesel can be extracted from the fruit of this kind of diesel tree, which can be used as fuel without pollution. Now many countries are planting it, and Li Yin certainly does not want to lag behind. Because he really needs diesel, but he can't just buy it from Hyundai all the time, we have to learn to be self-reliant, right?

In addition to these, Li Yin also introduced some fruits and vegetables to Yizhou, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, pineapples, soybeans, lychees, and bananas. Grapes, cabbage, spinach, etc. Some of these vegetables were also available in the Tang Dynasty, but they were not planted on a large scale. And there are many vegetable seeds in modern times, so Li Yin bought them directly.

"Your Highness, what do you think?" In the field of Yangshu Village, Wei Tieniu said, pointing to a stone tablet. This stone tablet is more than one meter high, and it says Yangshu Village Shidou Planting Base.

"Pfft!", "Hahaha..." Everyone looked like they couldn't stop laughing.

Wei Tieniu touched the back of his head, feeling a little puzzled. Said: "Your Highness, what are you laughing at?"

Guan Sixing's face was full of embarrassment. This Yangshu Village was under his management. Since he took office, he began to carry out more detailed planning for agriculture, especially after Li Yin introduced so many new crops. Planting bases for different economic crops have been delineated. And Yangshu Village got the potato planting base, because they were the first to plant potatoes.

Walking to Wei Tieniu's side, Guan Sixing said in a low voice: "I told you to find someone who can read, why don't you listen, you can't tell the word 'earth' from the word 'shi'. Now let's make people laugh. "

Only then did Wei Tieniu understand that this stele has been standing here for more than ten days, no wonder he would laugh non-stop when he saw some scholars passing by, "Little bastard, didn't you say that the master taught you the word potato?" Did you write it?" Wei Tieniu turned to an eleven or twelve-year-old boy behind him, "I will let your father beat you when I get home."

After Li Yin laughed, he said, "Okay, don't blame the child, don't blame yourself, who told you to let Xiaowa write these words and send them to the craftsman who carved the stele."

Wei Tieniu immediately shrugged his head when he heard the words, "Our village was poor before, so few people could read and write. Now that we have money, we send our children to private schools. Speaking of which, His Highness is not afraid of making jokes. He is the only one in the village who knows That's the most words." He pointed at the child who had just been reprimanded.

"So we need to study more. The village is rich now. Have all the children been sent to public schools?" Li Yin led a group of officials to the village.

"They were all sent to school. Now that there is a story about Guan Shishi, every household has sent their children to school."

Wei Tieniu's words made Guan Sixing feel embarrassed for a while, but now he has become a role model for Bashu. When he passes by families with children, he always hears similar words, "Study hard, and you will become a governor just like Guan governor ", "Do you want to know as hard as Guan Shishi?"

Shangguanyi and Dou Xiande both laughed in good faith when they heard the words. Not only did the aftermath of the government affairs examination not stop, but now it aroused more and more sympathy.

"That's right, knowledge changes destiny, understand?" Walking on the cement road from Yizhou City to Yangshu Village, Li Yin was in a good mood.

After entering Yangshu Village, Li Min was a little surprised. He hadn’t been here for more than a year. Many changes have taken place in Yangshu Village. Not to mention the paving of the cement road, the thatched cottages in the village also disappeared without a trace. We went to the brick and tile houses, but these brick and tile houses are still in the ancient architectural style, which is very beautiful.

"That's right, they all live in brick houses now." Li Yin said with a smile.

Wei Tieniu said with emotion: "This is the blessing of His Highness, and it has made the people of Yangshu Village rich. In the past, how could we dare to imagine what we are like today. We have enough food and clothing, live in a good house, and have extra money in our hands."

"You can't say that, it has something to do with your hard work, but you can't be proud when you have money, and look down on people from other villages."

"That's natural." Wei Tieniu said.

This time Li Yin came down during the busy farming season, one to see the operation of the agricultural cooperative, and the other to see the living conditions of the people. As he spoke, Li Yin entered a family. He didn't notify anyone when he came back, it was a temporary idea. Therefore, there is no situation where local officials act for him.

This family is a family of five, a couple and three children. Li Yin entered the house and went straight into the kitchen.

"Now everyone in the village eats vegetable oil and refined salt, and every meal is either white rice or pasta." Wei Tieniu said following Li Yin's buttocks.

"Then did you all buy this oil in Yizhou City?" The rice tank of this family is full, and there is a dish of fried peanuts on the table, which is exactly as Wei Tieniu said.

"No, after the Shang Tang Chamber of Commerce bought oil and salt, some people in the village went to Yizhou City to sell the oil and sold it. They shouted among the villages on weekdays. If we want to buy it, we can just call them."

Li Yan nodded. This is the most primitive business practice, and oil sellers have already appeared in Yizhou.

Yangshu Village is relatively rich, but this does not mean that all the villages and counties in the fief are so rich. Li Yin left Yangshu Village and went to inspect other villages. Their living conditions have improved a lot. Now they are not afraid of being hungry, but said The amount of spare money in hand is not as good as Yangshu Village. Although there are a few houses in the village that have built brick and tile houses, they are only a few after all.

"In a few years, these villages will not be able to catch up with Yangshu Village." Guan Sixing said as if he had seen Li Yin's thoughts.

"There is no way to do this. There will always be those who get rich first and those who get rich later. We just need to control this gap so that the gap between rich and poor cannot be too large." Shangguanyi continued.

Li Yin understands that this is an inevitable process, and he can't say anything. As Shangguanyi said, it must be controlled, and the poor cannot be made poorer and the rich richer.

After inspecting several villages, it was getting late, and a group of people returned to Yizhou. Speaking of which, Li Yin is still very satisfied with the current development of Yizhou.

Back to the palace, Li Yin had just entered the bedroom when Cui Yingying saw him and said, "Your Highness, the queen mother said that she will return to Chang'an the day after tomorrow."

"The day after tomorrow? So soon!" Li Yin sat down and poured himself a glass of water.

Cui Yingying hugged the puppy Butterfly, and said: "The queen mother said that the father is urging her to go back, so it is not good to stay here anymore."

After more than four months of treatment, Empress Changsun's condition has fully recovered, or she recovered a month ago, but after recovering from her illness, Empress Changsun is not in a hurry to return to Chang'an. Participated in the construction of Yizhou Women's University with Cui Yingying, and even wrote an inscription in person, which made women's enthusiasm for studying to a higher level, but later Li Yin realized that this was Cui Yingying's ghost idea, in order to increase the reputation of women's university.

"Alright, why don't you prepare some special products for your mother to take back?" Speaking of which, Li Yin also wanted Empress Changsun to go back earlier, so that she would not have to ask questions like a primary school student every day.

Cui Yingying nodded and said: "Well, I understand, but what about the Supreme Emperor?"

When Li Yuan was mentioned, Li Yin's head immediately grew half a circle. Now he finally understood a sentence, it is easy to invite God, but difficult to send God away. This Li Yuan actually lingered after his illness was cured. He also wrote a letter to Li Shimin saying that he would spend the rest of his life in Yizhou in peace, and what was even more strange was that Li Shimin agreed, which really made Li Yin vomit three liters of blood.

Seeing Li Yin almost going crazy, Cui Yingying burst out laughing, and she said: "Your Highness, I don't think we should think of ideas, why don't we just build a house for the Supreme Emperor and let him settle in Yizhou?" It's not that we can't afford to support one person, and my father must still be a little pissed. It's just what he wants if the Taishanghuang doesn't go back, and the Taishanghuang! He intends to enjoy himself in Yizhou. After all, he is so old. Although the disease is cured, it hasn't been many years, has it?"

Sighed, Li Yin said: "This is the only way to do it now, and I can't send him back by force. Forget it, I don't want to do this anymore. I can send one away."