Imperial City.

Under the Secretary of the Central Committee.

After a hurry bathing, Yan Liben arrived with corn without caring about fatigue.

When the box opened and a golden corn was held in front of Emperor Li Zhi, his eyes were filled with surprise and doubt.

"Is this corn?"

"Go to Your Majesty, this thing is corn." Yan Liben replied.

The eleven prime ministers in the hall all stretched their necks at this time and looked at the golden thing together.

Li Yifu smiled and said, "This thing is extraordinary at first glance. Jade seeds are formed on the golden rod, and they are golden, but they are as bright as jade. They are worthy of the name of corn and the image." After saying that, he looked at Changsun Wuji with some pride.

Changsun Wuji was also looking at the corn. Although he was a little surprised that Yan Liben had dragged it for a long time and got a corn, he actually didn't believe it.

The yield per mu can be two or three stones, and it is extremely drought-resistant. It can be planted in both north and south, and it can be planted in spring or summer, and it is convenient to store. How can such a good thing be found in the world? Why is it discovered until this time?

Li Zhi held the corn in his hand and played with it. The corn had been dried by Li Xiao. Holding it in his hand, it felt hard and tight, very fulfilling and extremely real.

"Is this thing really edible?" Han Yuan asked.

Han Yuan is a party of Changsun, and they are also relatives. Han Yuan’s wife is the daughter of Changsun Wuji’s uncle, so Han Yuan and Changsun Wuji are relatives and call Changsun Wuji the wife and brother-in-law. This relationship is still quite close.

Yan Liben himself had never eaten corn, but he believed that his subordinate Di Renjie was a talent he discovered when he was working in Henan. He promoted him all the way, and he never disappointed him.

"I haven't eaten this corn, but my subordinate, Di Renjie, a member of the Yongzhou Facao, has eaten it. According to him, when the corn is tender, it is tender and juicy, delicious, and can be made into a variety of dishes. When the corn is old, it can be ground into powder after drying, which is similar to wheat. The flour that is ground into powder can be made into paste or made into cakes. Steamed cakes, soup cakes, and cooking cakes are fine."

Li Zhi's eyes shone in his ears.

Although he received a report from Yongzhou before, he did not fully believe it. He was consulted with the prime ministers by the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and it was just a routine matter.

But when Changsun Wuji's attitude was revealed, he was no longer as simple as discovering a new crop, but had more expectations.

And now there is really a corn in front of him, which makes him very excited.

Changsun Wuji, Changsun Wuji, I’m afraid you would never have thought there would be corn. Now it depends on how you ended.

"It's just a corn, what's the point? Just a corn plant, how can people believe that this thing can produce two or three stones per mu? How can people believe that this thing can be cultivated on a large scale? How can people believe that this thing can be eaten? " Changsun Wuji stood up and suddenly raised a lot of questions.

Xu Jingzong also stood up.

He was also one of the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Palace in Taizong, but unfortunately he had never received much attention. He was demoted several times for making mistakes, but he had never dealt with Changsun Wuji, and was even more suppressed by Changsun in recent years.

This time he finally got promoted by the emperor and became the prime minister. How could he not know the emperor's intention?

No matter what, Changsun Wuji opposed it if he agreed, and that was right.

"Changsun Prime Minister, you said before that there was no such thing as corn in the world, but now corn is placed in front of you. Now that corn is placed here, you still don't believe it. This is a bit too much, right? Isn't Changsun Prime Minister unwilling to give me the God of Tang Dynasty to me?"

Changsun Wuji glared at Xu Jingzong with contempt, a swaying villain. He used to be unwilling to take a look at such a person, but now he jumped in front of him like a rabies and barked.

"If you say something without any reason, let someone believe it, then you have to come up with some real evidence!"

Li Ji, who had not spoken, spoke at this time.

"I just heard from Changshi Yan that this thing was discovered by Li Xiao, a native of Lanxi. I wondered, this Li Xiao is Li Xiao from Lijiazhuang, Lanxi. Is it the one who set up Lanxi Academy to recruit children from the village for free? He also established a cooperative and bought a thousand cows for a lot of money and then distributed them to the villagers to adopt them so that they could use the cows to plow the land for free?"

"Is it the one reported by Yongzhou that signed a villager's convention with villagers during this year's severe drought, establishing a township drought and disaster relief, which led to the fierce fights caused by drought in previous years, resulting in many casualties. However, because of the township drought it was established, there has been no water fight so far, and no casualties. Moreover, Li Xiao and Li Sanlang, who has been drought this year until now, has guaranteed 30,000 acres of crops?"

Several inquiries were made.

But it's so great that a little villager said.

It is not simple to be a prime minister who is a minister of the Shangshu, who is in charge of the government affairs, is a prime minister who is the third rank of the Central Secretariat, but he is able to praise a small villager in front of the emperor and the prime ministers.

Yan Liben nodded.

"It is this person, Li Xiao, a native of Lanxi. He has offered His Majesty a secret recipe for decolorization and purification to His Majesty, and then offered the court a strategy to pacify Liaodong. Although he was young, he was born with great talent and had always lived in seclusion in the Qinling Mountains in Lantian Countryside. However, although this person lived in seclusion in the mountains, he also benefited the countryside and was respected by the great wise men in the hometown that the villagers respected."

Li Zhi naturally knew that this corn was discovered by Li Xiao, but at this time he still pretended to remember this person.

"It turned out to be him. This Li Xiao is a talent. Before, the Taiwei praised the plan to pacify Liao, and the generals of the various guards unanimously praised his talent. I even issued a special order to grant him the title of the seventh rank of the Eastern Army to join the army, but unfortunately this person was unwilling to come out to be an official."

"I didn't expect that he had done so many good deeds in the village, and what I didn't expect was that he had discovered such a heaven-given corn now. This person is like this corn, and he was simply gifted by God to my Tang Dynasty!"

What the emperor said was equivalent to the final conclusion for Li Xiao.

This is a good citizen, a great good citizen.

"Your Majesty, Li Xiao is waiting outside at this time. Why didn't your Majesty summon Li Xiao to come and ask in person? The corn was discovered by Li Xiao, and the corn in front of His Majesty was also cultivated by Li Xiao himself. As long as your Majesty asks him, it will definitely be more detailed." Yan Liben saw that the emperor liked Li Xiao so much, so he added fire.

"Is Li Xiao outside?"
Chapter completed!