Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 298 Chapter 308: Six Kingdoms Fighting for the Princess

In the afternoon, Li Hao entered the Tai Chi Palace again, and faced the holy man in the Ganlu Hall. After Li Hao saw the ceremony, Li Shimin spread his hands and asked, "Shikuang, what treasure are you going to offer this time?"

Li Hao took out a small brocade pouch from his bosom, held it in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this is the treasure presented by my minister."

Seeing that it was just a small kit, Li Shimin frowned suddenly, and asked suspiciously: "The things in this small kit are actually better than the treasures you have offered in the past?"

Li Hao nodded: "Return to Your Majesty, yes."

"Better than Yantian?"

"Yes."

"Better than a plague cure?"

"Yes."

……

The more Li Shimin asked, the more curious he became, and finally he couldn't help it, and said, "Bring it up, let me have a look."

Xu Lian went down to take the kit from Li Hao, and passed it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin unwrapped the kit and glanced at it. He was stunned for a moment, then reached into the kit and touched for a while, and found dozens of grains of rice. He turned the kit mouth down again and poured out everything inside. A small pile of rice, nothing else.

Li Shimin was not reconciled, so he reached out and searched in the rice pile. After searching for a long time, he confirmed that there was nothing else. Li Shimin frowned, and asked angrily, "Li Hao! Where is the treasure?"

Li Hao cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, these are treasures."

"What?" Li Shimin grabbed the rice and stared and asked, "The treasure you are talking about is these rice?"

"Back to Your Majesty, yes."

Li Shimin was furious, threw the rice to Li Hao, and shouted angrily: "What kind of treasure is rice! Don't you know that rice is not grown in Guanzhong!"

Facing Li Shimin's anger, Li Hao's face remained unchanged, and he said very calmly: "Your Majesty, this rice is not ordinary rice, and it can be grown in Guanzhong."

"Huh?" Li Shimin was slightly startled, and then said viciously, "So what, this is the treasure you mentioned? Do you know that this is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor!"

"Your Majesty." Li Hao said slowly, "The rice yield is very high."

"Oh?" Li Shimin asked with a cold face when he heard that the rice yield was high, "How many catties does this rice yield per mu?"

Li Haodao: "This rice is called high-yield rice, with a yield of 700 catties per mu." He gave the hybrid rice another name, and deliberately lowered the yield.

"What?" Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard the words, and then glared again and shouted angrily, "Li Hao, do you think I don't understand farming! How dare you deceive me with such nonsense!"

Li Hao's expression has always been calm, because he has already made up his mind, and slowly cupped his hands: "I dare not bully the king."

"Don't dare to bully you?" Li Shimin sneered, "Hmph, then you are still talking nonsense, how dare you say that the rice yield is [-] catties per mu? More than [-] catties! How dare you say that your rice yield is [-] catties per mu, and you are not afraid of the wind flashing your tongue!"

Li Haodao: "Your Majesty, I would like to guarantee with my head that the rice yield is indeed [-] catties per mu, and it will be harvested twice a year."

"What!" Li Shimin was shocked now, with a yield of [-] catties per mu and two crops a year?What kind of concept is this? If the current farmers are a family of four, they must have at least three to four acres of land in the family, and they can barely eat enough every year. The family only needs one mu of land, and every year they not only have enough to eat, but also have a lot of surplus food.

Li Shimin didn't quite believe Li Hao's words, but Li Hao made a strong oath and pledged his head as a guarantee, which made him a little confused. He recalled the shock that Li Hao brought to him every time he offered treasures in the past, and suddenly felt that what Li Hao said might be true , hurriedly said: "Xu Lian, quickly pick up these rice seeds!"

Xu Lian was stunned when he heard the words, then he answered with a bitter face, bent over to pick up rice seeds in the hall.

Li Shimin stared at Li Hao sharply. Li Hao lowered his head slightly and remained motionless, even his expression didn't change much.

"Is it true that the yield per mu is [-] catties? Two crops a year?" Li Shimin asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, yes." Li Hao nodded and said, "This humble minister has already planted two seasons of rice this year, otherwise he would never dare to talk big to His Majesty. The climate and water and soil in our Guanzhong are not suitable for growing rice, so we can only plant rice once There are two crops a year, and Weichen guesses that if this kind of rice is planted in Lingnan Road, it may be possible to crop three crops a year."

"Three crops a year!" Li Shimin was shocked again, stood there for a long time, and finally said slowly, "If all this is true, then this is a great achievement, and the people in the world will no longer have to worry about food."

Li Hao nodded and said: "As Your Majesty said, this is also the original intention of this rice seed. I call it a high-yield rice. Your Majesty may wish to name this rice seed to commemorate this rice seed."

"This... let's talk about it after I send someone to plant it myself."

Li Haodao: "Your Majesty's words are true. In fact, I have already thought of a name for this rice at home. It can be called Zhenguan Rice. From then on, even if it takes thousands of years, people will eat this rice. I am grateful for the grace of my emperor."

Li Shimin heard that his eyes are like light bulbs, shining straight. Li Hao's suggestion is so amazing. If the rice is really high-yield, and it is harvested twice a year, and it is named Zhenguan rice, the common people will think of him when they eat in the future. Khan Li Shimin, this is to be famous forever, even if his Tang Dynasty is defeated by his descendants, so what, his name will be praised by generations, the death of a tiger keeps the skin, and the death of a person leaves a name, this is like letting historians continue to beautify History is more effective.

Li Shimin was secretly excited for a long time, nodded and said: "Well, Zhenguan rice? Good name, if this rice is really as magical as you said, then why not call it Zhenguan rice, haha."

Li Shimin is very happy now, very happy.

Seeing that Li Shimin was finally happy, Li Shimin also smiled triumphantly, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, my minister's request to marry Princess Wencheng..."

Li Shimin immediately suppressed his smile when he heard this, and suddenly said: "It's fine if you don't mention it, since you mentioned it, I ask you, what is the marriage contract between you and Li Daozong?"

Li Hao said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, King Jiang Xia actually doesn't want his daughter to marry a foreign country, but His Majesty has orders, he has to follow, but some time ago, Tubo regretted the marriage, King Jiang Xia hurried to find Wei Chen, The reason for saying that you are willing to marry your daughter to a humble minister is that your Majesty will marry Princess Wencheng to another foreign country."

"Yeah." Li Shimin nodded, then frowned and asked, "Then why did he look for you instead of someone else?"

Li Shimin suspected that the relationship between Li Hao and Li Daozong was not simple. Li Hao had thought of this a long time ago. He grinned and asked, "Your Majesty, if you look at the Tang Dynasty, who else can compare to the humble minister?"

Li Hao's words are very pretentious, very pretentious, and he actually pretended to be pretentious in front of Li Shimin, which was too arrogant. Li Shimin was stunned when he heard the words, and then laughed loudly, pointing at Li Hao: "You, you! ...Sure enough, you are still such an idiot! This Li Daozong really knows how to pick a son-in-law."

Li Hao flattered him by the way: "It's not that King Jiangxia has vision, but His Majesty has vision. It's His Majesty who favors this minister and calls him a hero of the Tang Dynasty. King Jiang Xia thinks that His Majesty can't misjudge someone, so he chose him." Weichen."

"Okay, okay." Li Shimin said, "Poetry Man, although you offered rice, the marriage between you and Princess Wencheng must wait until I send people to plant this high-yielding rice before I can agree to you. Pushed, how about delaying this first?"

Li Hao twitched his mouth, this old fox really doesn't see a rabbit and doesn't scatter a hawk, I even use a human head as a guarantee, but I still don't believe me.

Now that Li Shimin said so, Li Hao was helpless, and just about to answer, suddenly someone outside the hall announced loudly: "Your Majesty, envoys from Tianzhu, Gesa, Dashi, Huoer, and Zhenla are seeking an audience outside the Taiji Palace." !"

"Huh?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, showing a puzzled look on his face, "Why are they here?"

Doubts are doubts, he still announced the envoys of the five countries.

After a long time, the envoys of the five countries entered the palace in a row. After seeing the ceremony, Li Shimin spread his hands and asked, "The five envoys suddenly asked to see me, why?"

The Tianzhu envoy bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty Tianke Khan, the Tianzhu envoy Amor was entrusted by the king to ask His Majesty Tianke to marry Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Hao and Li Shimin stared in surprise when they heard the words, and at this time, the Gesa envoy also bowed and said: "Your Majesty Tian Khan, the Gesa envoy was entrusted by Khan to ask His Majesty Tian Khan to marry Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty .”

Li Hao and Li Shimin looked at each other, and they could see that the wind direction was not right.

Then the envoys from the other three countries also spoke one after another. Every envoy asked to marry Princess Wencheng. Well, Li Shimin and Li Hao could see that, yes, they were here to make trouble.

Li Shimin was very angry. If it wasn't for the great news that Li Hao just brought him, he would probably be angry with these bastards now. Five people came together to propose marriage, and they still proposed to marry the same princess. of it!
Li Shimin's face was sullen, and he didn't say anything for a long time. He was thinking about how to reject these guys, and Li Hao was also thinking. He could see that this matter was obviously caused by Lu Dongzan, with the purpose of embarrassing himself. I have to say that Lu Dongzan's move is really good. Using diplomacy to exert pressure, Li Shimin must have a very good excuse if he wants to refuse, otherwise if the five countries are rejected, plus one Tubo, a total of six countries At that time, on the border, the six countries will block Datang together, and the common people will suffer again.

It's like a farmer's family raised six sons, but only made one new piece of clothing for the New Year, and it's not suitable for anyone to wear. If you don't give them all, it's not suitable. Li Shimin has a headache.

Li Hao pondered for a while, then suddenly walked to the center of the hall, and said, "Your Majesty, I also want to marry Princess Wencheng."

Li Shimin was stunned when he saw this, and immediately realized that Li Hao must have made up his mind, so he cooperated and said: "Poetry Maniac, don't interfere."

Li Haodao: "Your Majesty, I really love His Royal Highness Princess Wencheng, and I request His Majesty's permission. If Your Majesty is not willing, I am willing to compete with the envoys of the five countries. Oh, yes, there are also Tubo envoys. The envoys from the six countries will conduct a fair competition, each competing for the princess based on their abilities."

When the envoys from the other five countries heard the words, they all agreed and thought it was a good idea, but they didn't believe it. Six people can't compare with one Lu Dongzan?

Seeing this, Li Shimin was secretly happy. Li Hao’s method is good. Let’s have a game and wipe out everyone else. He is willing to gamble and admit defeat. He has lost his temper and has no excuses. He nodded and said: “Okay, let’s do it like this. When I go back, I will discuss with the ministers how to conduct this competition, and after the discussion is completed, I will issue a decree to inform you."

(End of this chapter)