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Chapter 224 Chapter 232: Offering Corn
From the next day, Minghui stayed at Li Hao's house, and Du Hong arranged for her to trim flowers and trees, and clean the west wing courtyard, which was exactly the courtyard where Wu Meiniang lived.

Wu Meiniang was very quiet during this time, and her activities were generally within the west wing. Occasionally she came out to walk in the courtyard, and all the servants she met along the way would smile and nod to say hello, and behaved very accommodating. He didn't dare to talk to her much, and just passed by with his head buried in a salute.

Three days later, a secret letter arrived at Li Shimin's desk. The content of the secret letter was brief: Li Hao treated Wu Mei with courtesy, as if he were a guest.

After Li Shimin read it, Dragon Heart was overjoyed, and when he was extremely happy, Li Hao had come to the Temple of Ganlu to ask for an audience, and he brought a small cloth bag full of corn seeds, and Li Hao wanted to dedicate the corn to Li Shimin.

After the Battle of Tingzhou, Li Hao also knew that the secret of corn could not be kept. In this case, it is better to donate it openly and generously, which can win Li Shimin's trust a little bit. As for the origin of corn, it is too simple, just say yes It was found in an old forest in a deep mountain.

Li Hao excitedly introduced corn to Li Shimin at the Temple of Manna, saying how great the yield was, and how hard it was to find this kind of seed in the deep mountains and old forests. It was almost an adventure.

Li Shimin has been looking at Li Hao with a smile. In his opinion, the reason why Li Hao brags like this is to ask for credit. Li Shimin still likes Li Hao's behavior of asking for credit. Humans are always a little selfish. If everyone is selfless, he has to wonder if they are pretending. Besides, Li Hao has no profit and can't bear the early temper. Li Shimin thinks that Li Hao's current behavior is very Li Hao. Note that Li Hao here is an adjective.

Li Hao boasted up and down, but Li Shimin was not surprised. Li Hao knew in his heart that Li Shimin seemed to have checked the corn, so he was not very surprised by the super high yield of corn.

Sure enough, after Li Hao finished bragging, Li Shimin said: "Poetry maniac, you said that the yield of this corn is so high, it is really the great fortune of the Tang Dynasty, I want to promote the planting of corn all over the country, from now on I will not grow rice or millet, only corn, Then there will be no more starving people in Tang Dynasty, what do you think?"

"Eh..." Li Hao blinked his eyes, the whole country only grows corn?What a joke, that way no one will starve to death. The key is that all the people in the Tang Dynasty will eat bitter and rough cornmeal every day. Even the rich have no food to eat. It is no wonder that he is not scolded to death.

So Li Hao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the taste of this corn is actually not very good. It's a bit bitter, and the flour it grinds is a bit rough. When you eat it, the taste is a bit bad."

"Hehe, is it just a little bit?" Li Shimin sneered and waved his hands and said, "Okay, I will send someone to plant corn in Huangzhuang, try it yourself, you can retire."

"It's gone?" Li Hao was taken aback when he heard the words. This is too stingy. Even if the corn is not delicious, it is still a food with an unfathomable yield. For the year of famine, this corn is simply a magic weapon. Implicitly speaking, as long as there is corn, there will not be many people starving to death in the future, no matter how big the famine is in the Tang Dynasty. Too perfunctory and hasty, didn't give a single coin, stingy, too stingy.

"Huh?" Seeing Li Hao still standing in the hall, Li Shimin raised his left eyebrow and asked in a nasal voice, "Why doesn't the poet retreat?"

"Eh..." Li Hao asked unwillingly, "Your Majesty, did you forget to give this minister something?"

"Things?" Li Shimin pretended to be confused and asked, "I don't remember what I sent you."

Li Hao stretched out his right hand, rubbed his three fingers together, and said with a chuckle, "Your Majesty, my minister has donated such high-yield grains. Should Your Majesty... mean it?" Eyebrow.

"Come on, I really want a reward, but why does this finger rubbing action look so annoying, there is a sense of déjà vu..." Li Shimin was actually very happy to see Li Hao offering a reward. Li Hao of virtue, because that kind of Li Hao looks safer, but he hates that kind of money-greedy Li Hao, because that guy used this posture to blackmail his money.

Originally, Li Shimin planned not to mention the reward on purpose, so as to embarrass Li Hao, if Li Hao asked for the reward, he would give it along with the flow, but when he saw Li Hao's disgusting expression and actions, he suddenly changed his mind He raised his eyebrows and asked leisurely: "Is the Poet Maniac going to be rewarded?"

Li Hao hurriedly flattered him: "Your Majesty is really wise, you can see the thoughts of this humble minister at a glance, and this humble minister is like a clown in front of Your Majesty, there is nothing to hide..."

Li Shimin blushed when he heard Li Hao's series of flattery. He had seen someone who opened his eyes and told lies, but he had never seen such a shameless one. He suddenly had a feeling that he had returned to six years ago. Hao, when Li Hao met, he flattered him so much that he shot straight into the sky. His mood was so good. Maybe it was because of his feelings. Li Shimin didn't want to embarrass Li Hao anymore. Grain is meritorious, you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold, a hundred pieces of brocade and silk, and you will be granted the title of a hundred households in the township, and you will be satisfied now."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!" After hearing this, Li Hao bowed down to Xie En happily. Although this reward is a drizzle for him, the legs of a fly are also meat. Since we want to play the role of a miser, we must play it seriously.

After Li Hao came out of Taiji Palace, he took Lu Yun and Jin Li to Taibailou for dinner. The restaurant business in the past was generally sluggish at noon because people in the Tang Dynasty did not eat lunch. It is always full and there are many people waiting in line.

When Li Hao came, it happened to be noon, and there were more than [-] people in line. As the owner of Taibai Building, how could Li Hao be willing to line up, so he asked the shopkeeper to arrange an elegant small private room for him, and brought Lu Yun and Jin Li in for dinner.

After entering the private room and sitting down, Li Hao ordered a few delicate dishes and some wine, and then sent the waiter to deliver the dishes. At this moment, Lu Yun smiled and said, "Master, you created the spirit brewed by immortals, but you don't like it." Drink, it's really interesting to say."

Li Hao raised his eyebrows: "I have a poor capacity for drinking, and my wine quality is also poor. If I get drunk and go crazy, then my glorious image will be completely ruined."

Lu Yun wanted to laugh again when he heard the words, but was suddenly interrupted by shouts from outside, but the person who came spoke seemed to be in a foreign language, Li Hao couldn't understand, and asked in surprise, "Someone is here to make trouble?"

Jin Li listened carefully, then shook his head and said, "It's not trouble, it's the Tubo people who came to eat, but their voices are relatively loud."

"Tubo people?" Li Hao frowned. To be honest, he didn't have a good opinion of Tubo. According to history books, during the Zhenguan period, Li Shimin married Princess Wencheng to Songtsen Gampo, the king of Tubo. He has been in the Tang Dynasty for so many years, and he has carefully checked the history, and finally figured out the situation. Tubo is not a kind person, they are very fierce, and Songtsan Gampo is also very ambitious. Fortunately, the Lord of the Tang Dynasty is such an invincible figure as Li Shimin, otherwise Songtsan Gampo would definitely send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, without even thinking about it. As for the matter of Li Shimin marrying Princess Wencheng, he was actually forced to do so. The national power of Tubo is strong, It can be said that it is second only to the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty is a tiger, then Tubo is a leopard. Although it is not as fierce as a tiger, it is also much more powerful than some jackals and wolves.

Although the Tang Dynasty was powerful and invincible, there were too many countries coveting the Tang Dynasty, and there were too many ants to kill elephants. In order to stabilize Tubo, Li Shimin could only resort to the kinship policy.

Not only did Li Hao not like Tubo, but Li Shimin also didn’t like Tubo. As the saying goes, two tigers cannot be accommodated on one mountain. Li Shimin and Songtsan Gampo are both ambitious heroes, so how could they be sympathetic to each other? It’s good not to hurt each other up.

The group of Tubo people spoke very loudly, and they came upstairs and entered the private room next door. Even though the sound insulation effect of the private room in Li Hao's shop was good, they could still hear their voices.

Li Hao frowned and asked Jin Li, "Can you understand Tubo dialect?"

"Understandable." Jin Li nodded, "When I was a horse thief in a humble position, one of my subordinates was from Tuyuhun, and his language is very similar to Tubo dialect."

Li Hao hurriedly asked: "Then what are they talking about?"

Jin Li listened carefully for a moment, then frowned and said, "Young master, these people are envoys sent by Tubo to ask the emperor for their lord, and they threatened that as long as the emperor refuses this time When Zanpu asked for a marriage proposal, they sent troops directly to attack."

"Yo! What a big tone!" Li Hao raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and sneered, "I want to fight, it's very good, right now our Tang Dynasty is not short of money, nor is it short of food, and we have a powerful weapon for the country, they dare to come Give it a try, it's better to beat your face, and you don't need to make a kiss."

As soon as he mentioned the sharp weapon of the country, Li Hao suddenly remembered that his position as the Minister of the Scientific Research Temple had been restored for many days, but he hadn't been to the Scientific Research Temple since he came back from Tingzhou. Otherwise, those caring people will impeach him again after they know about it, and they don’t know how the bed crossbow production situation over there is. When he thought about it, he suddenly had a whim, and said to Lu Yun and Jin Li: "Come with me for a scientific research after dinner. Temple."

Lu Yun said: "That place...we can't get in."

Li Hao opened his eyes wide, pretending to be authentic: "That place is under my control, and you are my personal bodyguards. If I take you in, who dares to stop you?"

Enduring the noise from the Tubo envoys next door, the three of them finished their meal in a hurry, left Chang'an City, and headed to the Scientific Research Temple.

Li Hao brought Lu Yun and Jin Li into the Scientific Research Temple, but the guards didn't stop them. Sure enough, the leader of the Scientific Research Temple still has some power.

Li Hao went to the temple office, summoned the managers of various departments to come for questioning, asked them in detail about the situation of the Scientific Research Temple in the past two years, read the detailed documents, and finally got a general understanding of the current situation of the Scientific Research Temple.

In the past two years, those craftsmen have more or less invented some things, but they are all unscrupulous gadgets with no major effect, but the production line has achieved good results. In two years, 120 The bed crossbow is equipped with [-] crossbow bolts.

With these 120 bed crossbows, Li Hao breathed a sigh of relief. If the scientific research temple has no achievements in two years, it will definitely be impeached by someone with a heart. Let's play Li Shimin, by the way... apply for some funds, hehe...

　Wait until the afternoon or evening for the next update. I haven’t slept since I got off the night shift. Let’s take a rest first, my mind is muddled.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)