Qin Ming waved his hand, sat on the chair again and said:
"Of course it is true. This rice can be harvested three times a year in Champa. If it is grown south of the Yangtze River in the Tang Dynasty, it should be able to be harvested twice a year."
"As far as I know, the people of the Champa Kingdom are far less diligent than the people of the Tang Dynasty in terms of farming, but they harvest much more food every year than the people of the Tang Dynasty."
"To be honest, it is a waste of resources to let such a good place be occupied by lazy people."
"If you don't believe it, you can send someone to Honglu Temple to ask about the envoy from Champa? Besides, even if no envoy comes from Champa, then we can send an envoy to Champa."
Li Tai stood up after hearing this, his eyes glowing green, pulling Li Chengqian's sleeve and saying:
"Brother, if it's true as Brother Ming said, then we might as well send troops..."
When Li Chengqian heard this, he covered Li Tai's mouth and said:
"Fourth brother, be careful what you say."
After speaking, Li Chengqian paced back and forth in the restaurant. After walking for a while, he looked at Qin Ming seriously and asked:
"Brother Ming, this news is too important. Gu and Qingque must quickly return to the palace and report the news to their father, who will make the decision."
...
So this luncheon that had just started ended in a hurry because of Qin Ming's unintentional words.
At the door of Qin Mansion, Qin Ming handed Li Chengqian a food box and said:
"Gao Ming, Qingque, here are some pastries from the mansion. You can take them with you to eat on the way."
Li Chengqian took the food box and said with a smile:
"Well, thank you."
After speaking, Li Chengqian and Li Tai got on the carriage.
Qin Ming walked up to Yuechan, pointed to the food boxes in the hands of Sishe and Qingwan behind him and said:
"Yuechan, there are several food boxes here. One is for you. Please help bring the others to the Queen and the princesses."
Yuechan nodded when she heard this, then took out a letter from her arms and handed it to Qin Mingdao:
"My slave, thank you, the man from Qin County.
The Qin County man's desired slave must be brought to him.
In addition, there is a letter here, written by the princess to the man from Qin County. "
Qin Ming looked happy when he heard this. He took the letter from Yuechan and said:
"Thank you."
Yuechan smiled, saluted Qin Ming, and got into her carriage.
After the two carriages had gone four or five meters, they suddenly stopped. Then Li Tai's chubby little face got out of the window and said to Qin Ming:
"Brother Ming, I will come again when I am free some other time. Then I must ask you for advice on how to build a greenhouse."
Qin Ming smiled and waved to Li Tai and said:
"Okay, no problem. Ming will be waiting for you anytime."
...
After seeing off the two princes, Qin Ming took Xiao Qingwan and Si She back to the study.
He took out the envelope Yuechan gave him from his arms, tore it open, took out the letter from inside and read it.
There were two letters in the envelope, one written by Li Lizhi and one written by Li Xiyao.
The two princesses expressed their concern for Qin Ming between the lines, asking him to take good care of his injuries, and said that they would come to the Qin Mansion to see him if they had the opportunity in the next few days.
What surprised Qin Ming was Li Lizhi's letter. Because in Li Lizhi's letter, in addition to caring about herself, she also reminded herself to be careful about Changsun Chong.
This couldn't help but make Qin Ming feel warm in his heart. After all, Changsun Chong was not only her cousin, but also almost became her husband.
And when Li Lizhi wrote this in her letter, she was obviously on his side.
Thinking of this, Qin Ming couldn't help but flashed in Qin Ming's mind, Li Lizhi's pretty face that looked exactly like Empress Changsun.
Wan'er saw that her young master kept giggling after reading the letter, so she asked curiously:
"Sir, what did Her Royal Highness write in the letter? Are you so happy?"
Qin Ming came back to his senses, looked at Wan'er and said:
"It's nothing, I just cared about my injury, sir."
.......
At the second moment of Shenshi, the palace of Chang'an City, Ganlu Hall.
Li Chengqian and Li Tai didn't delay at all on the road, and they quickly arrived at the Manlu Hall.
After the notification,
Li Chengqian walked quickly into the hall, saluted Li Shimin and said:
"My son, please pay homage to your father."
Li Shimin nodded slightly and said with a smile:
"Everyone, get up. How is the Qin County man's recovery from his injuries?"
Li Chengqian bowed and said:
"Reporting to my father, the Qin County man's injury has recovered very well and is no longer a serious problem."
Hearing this, Li Shimin stroked his short beard and said with a smile:
"Ah That's good."
Li Tai, who was standing aside, saw his eldest brother, who was mumbling without getting to the point, and hurriedly bowed and said:
"Father, I have something important to report to my father."
"Oh? Qingque, what do you need to do? Tell me?"
Upon hearing this, Li Tai hurriedly told everything in detail about what Qin Mansion saw, as well as what Qin Ming said about the rice in Champa State.
During this period, Li Chengqian supplemented any missing parts.
Li Shimin didn't care much at first. After all, the yam Qin Ming mentioned had an output of twenty shi per mu.
But when he heard that rice in Champa could be harvested three times a year, and if planted south of the Yangtze River, rice could be harvested twice a year, he was shocked.
He even felt so engrossed in listening that his short beard was pulled off by him, but he didn't feel any pain.
Seeing that his father was silent, Li Chengqian hesitated and said cautiously:
"Father, should we send someone to Honglu Temple to inquire first?"
Li Shimin came to his senses after hearing this. He patted the armrest of the chair and said to Wu Shi next to him:
"Wuyu, go and find me the Minister of Honglu Temple."
"promise."
After a while
Wu Shi led a middle-aged man with a square face to the Manna Hall.
The middle-aged man saluted Li Shimin and said:
"Cui Xin, my minister, pays homage to the saint."
Li Shimin nodded slightly and said to Cui Xin:
"Cui Qing, I'm here to ask you, are the envoys sent by the Champa Kingdom still in Honglu Temple?"
Cui Xin, the minister of Honglu Temple, thought for a while and said:
"Reporting to the saint, the envoys of the Champa Kingdom are still at Honglu Temple."
Li Shimin felt happy when he heard this and said:
"That's very good, Cui Qing. I have something here that I need you to do today. When you go back soon, no matter what method you use, you must find out from the envoys in Champa whether their country's rice is harvested three times a year. ?Can the yield per mu reach five stones?"
Cui Xin was stunned for a moment when he heard this and said:
"Sage, is this too exaggerated? How can there be food that is harvested three times a year in this world?"
Li Shimin heard this and said angrily:
"Since I said that, I have a certain degree of confidence. Why are you still dazed? Go quickly. And after you find out more about it, no matter how late it is, go to the palace immediately and report it."
This was the first time Cui Xin saw the saint get angry. Although he kept complaining in his heart that Your Majesty was crazy about food, he said respectfully on his face:
"No. I will go back to Honglu Temple to inquire."
After saying that, Cui Xin saluted Li Shimin and hurried out of the hall.
On the other side is the Zhengdian Hall
Princess Changle, Princess Yuzhang, Princess Chengyang and Princess Jinyang were happily eating the cakes brought back by Yuechan.
Princess Jinyang held a big food box in her arms, stuffed pea yellow into her mouth, and said vaguely:
"Brother Ming, that's best. Remember that Si Zi likes to eat pea yellow."
...
