From the next day, Minghui stayed at Li Hao's house, and Du Hong arranged for her to prune flowers and trees and sprinkle the courtyard of the West Wing, which was the courtyard where Wu Meiniang lived.

Wu Meiniang was very quiet during this time, the general range of activities was within the West Chamber, occasionally came out to walk in the courtyard, and all the servants along the way would smile and nod to say hello, behaving very easy-going, all the servants received Li Hao's order, and they didn't dare to talk to her more, and they also met and bowed and passed by with their heads buried in their heads.

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

After Li Shimin finished reading it, Long Xin was happy, just when he was very happy, Li Hao had come to the Ganlu Hall to ask for a meeting, and brought a small cloth bag, which was full of corn seeds, and Li Hao was going 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, since this was the case, it was better to take the initiative to give it generously, and it could also win a little bit of Li Shimin's trust, as for the origin of corn, this is too simple, just say that it was found from the deep mountains and old forests.

Li Hao excitedly introduced corn to Li Shimin on the Ganlu Palace, saying how awesome the yield was, how hard it was to find this kind of seed in the deep mountains and old forests, almost nine deaths or something, it was simply an adventure.

Li Shimin has been looking at Li Hao with a smile, in his opinion, the reason why Li Hao boasted like this is that he wants to invite merit, for Li Hao's act of inviting merit, Li Shimin still likes it, people, there will always be a little selfish, if everyone is selfless, he has to wonder if they are pretending, and with Li Hao's unprofitable temperament, Li Shimin feels that Li Hao's current behavior is very Li Hao, pay attention, Li Hao here is an adjective.

Li Hao jumped up and down and boasted, but he didn't surprise Li Shimin, 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 boasting, Li Shimin spoke: "Poetry madness, you said that this corn yield is so high, it is really a blessing for the Tang Dynasty, I want to promote corn in the whole country, and from now on I will not plant rice, only corn, then there will be no more starving people in the Tang Dynasty, what do you think?" ”

"Forehead ......" Li Hao's eyes blinked, only corn is planted in the country? What are you kidding, then no one will starve to death, the key is that in the future, all the people in Datang will have to eat bitter and rough cornmeal every day, even the rich people have no food to eat, so it's no wonder if he is not scolded to death.

So Li Hao smiled and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the taste of this corn is not very good, it is a little bitter, and the flour is a little rough, and when you eat it, the taste is a little poor." ”

"Hehe, just a little?" Li Shimin sneered and waved his hand, "Okay, I will send someone to plant corn in the imperial village, try it yourself, you can retreat." ”

"That's it?" Li Hao was stunned when he heard this, this is too stingy, even if the corn is not delicious, but how to say that it is also the grain with an unyielding nature, for the year of the famine, this corn can be called an artifact, it can be said implicitly, as long as there is corn, no matter how big the famine occurs in the Tang Dynasty in the future, there will not be many people starving to death, Li Hao's contribution to corn is simply the same as the last time to quell the plague, but Li Shimin's attitude is too perfunctory and too hasty, not a single copper is given, and the door is too picky.

"Huh?" Li Shimin saw that Li Hao was still standing on the hall, his left eyebrow moved, and he asked in a nasal voice, "Why hasn't the poet retreated?" ”

"Uh......" Li Hao asked unwillingly, "Your Majesty, has there been anything you forgot to give to Weichen?" ”

"Something?" 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, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Weichen has donated such a high-yield grain, should Your Majesty ...... What does that mean? When he said what he meant, he raised his eyebrows twice.

"It's coming, it's really going to be rewarded, but why does this finger rubbing action look so annoying, there is a sense of déjà vu......" Li Shimin saw Li Hao take the initiative to ask for a reward, in fact, he was still very happy, he liked the greedy Li Hao more, because that Li Hao looked safer, but he hated the greedy Li Hao, because the goods used this posture to blackmail their money.

Originally, Li Shimin planned to deliberately not mention the reward, and shame Li Hao, if Li Hao took the initiative to ask for a reward, he would push the boat down the river to reward it, but when he saw Li Hao's nasty expression and nasty action, he suddenly changed his mind, raised his eyebrows and asked: "Poetry madness wants to be rewarded, right?" ”

Li Hao hurriedly patted his ass: "Your Majesty is really sage, you can see Weichen's thoughts at a glance, Weichen is like a clown jumping off the beam in front of His Majesty, and there is nothing to hide......"

Li Hao's series of sycophants were shot without discipline, Li Shimin blushed when he heard it, he had seen someone who opened his eyes and said nonsense, but he had never seen such a shameless one, he suddenly had a feeling of returning to six years ago, the first time he saw Li Hao, Li Hao was a sycophant when he met, and he shot him straight into the sky, the mood was called a cool, maybe it was a feeling, Li Shimin didn't want to be embarrassed for Li Hao, nodded and said: "Lantian County Hou Li Hao has contributed to the sacrifice of high-yield grain, rewarded 100 taels of gold, 100 horses of brocade silk, and sealed 100 households, now you are satisfied." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" Li Hao listened happily and thanked him, although this reward was a drizzle for him, but fly legs are also meat, since we want to play a miser role, we have to play it seriously.

After Li Hao came out of Taiji Palace, he took Lu Yun and Jin Li to Taibai Lou to eat, the previous restaurant was generally depressed at noon, because the Tang Dynasty people did not eat lunch, but since the appearance of Taibai Lou, even at noon, business is very hot, the hall is always full, and there are many people waiting in line.

When Li Hao came, it was just noon, and there were more than 20 people in line, Li Hao, as the owner of Taibai Building, how could he be willing to line up, and directly asked the shopkeeper to arrange an elegant small private room for himself, and took Lu Yun and Jin Li to eat.

After entering the private room and sitting down, Li Hao ordered a few exquisite side dishes, asked for some wine, and sent his men to pass the dishes, Lu Yun smiled at this time: "Young master, you have created a spirit immortal brew, but you don't like to drink it, it's really interesting." ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows: "I have a poor amount of alcohol, and my wine is also poor, if I get drunk and go crazy, then my glorious image will not be completely ruined." ”

Lu Yun wanted to laugh again when he heard this, but was suddenly interrupted by a shouting sound outside, but what the person who came seemed to be speaking a foreign language, Li Hao couldn't understand it, and said, "Someone is here to make trouble?" ”

Jin Li listened carefully, shook his head and said, "It's not a trouble, it's the Tubo people who came to eat, but the voice is relatively loud." ”

"Tibetans?" Li Hao frowned, to be honest, he didn't have a good impression of Tubo, the history books said that during the Zhenguan period, Li Shimin married Princess Wencheng to Songtsan Gampo, the lord of Tubo, and concluded a good relationship between the two countries, and the two sides coexisted peacefully like glue or something, he came to the Tang Dynasty for so many years, and also carefully checked the history, and finally figured out the situation, Tubo is not a good generation, they are very fierce, Songtsan Gampo is also very ambitious, fortunately, the lord of the Tang Dynasty is an invincible figure like Li Shimin, otherwise Songtsan Gampo will definitely wave his troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, don't even think about it, as for Li Shimin's marriage to Princess Wencheng, in fact, he was forced to be helpless, Tubo is strong, it can be said that it is second only to Datang, if Datang is a tiger, then Tubo is a leopard, although it is not as fierce as a tiger, but it is also much more powerful than some jackals and wolves.

Although the Tang Dynasty was strong and invincible, there were too many countries that coveted the Tang Dynasty, and there were many ants that could bite the elephant to death.

Not only does Li Hao have no good impression of Tibet, but Li Shimin also has no good impression of Tibet, as the so-called mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, Li Shimin and Songtsan Gampo are both ambitious people, how can they sympathize with each other, it is already good not to hurt each other.

The group of Tubo people spoke very loudly, and they came upstairs with a grunt, and entered the private room next door, even though the bag in Li Hao's store had a good sound insulation effect, but they still heard their voices.

Li Hao frowned and asked Jin Li: "Do you understand the Tubo dialect?" ”

"Understood." Jin Li nodded, "When I was a horse thief in the past, I had a subordinate who was a Tuyuhun person, and his language was very similar to Tubo. ”

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

Jin Li listened carefully for a moment, frowned and said: "Young master, this group of people is the envoy of the Tubo faction, and they came to ask the emperor for their lord, and they also threatened that as long as the Tang Emperor refuses their Zanpu's proposal again this time, he will directly wave his troops to attack." ”

"Yo! What a big breath! Li Hao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and sneered, "I want to fight, it's good, right now, our Datang is not short of money, nor is there a shortage of food, and there are more powerful weapons of the country, they dare to come and try it, it's best to tear their faces apart, and they don't need to kiss." ”

When it comes to the weapon of the country, Li Hao suddenly remembered that his position as the secretary of the scientific research temple has been restored for many days, but he has not been to the scientific research temple since he came back from Tingzhou, dereliction of duty, authentic dereliction of duty, it seems that he has to go as soon as possible, otherwise those who have a heart will impeach themselves again after they know about it, and they don't know what the production of the bed crossbow over there is. ”

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

Li Hao's eyes widened, and he pretended to be full of compulsion and said: "That place is under the control of Lao Tzu, you are Lao Tzu's personal guards, Lao Tzu will take you in, who dares to stop you." ”

Enduring the noise of the Tibetan envoy next door, the three of them hurriedly finished eating, left Chang'an City, and went to the Scientific Research Temple.

Li Hao took Lu Yun and Jin Li into the scientific research temple, and the doorman did not stop him, and sure enough, the leader of the scientific research temple still has some power.

Li Hao went to the temple and summoned the management of various departments to come for questioning, asked them in detail about the situation of the scientific research temple in the past two years, and read the detailed documents, and finally had 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 some unpopular gadgets, which have no great effect, but the results on the production line are still good, and in two years, one hundred and twenty bed crossbows were made, equipped with 10,000 crossbow arrows.

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 people with intentions, and it is estimated that the scientific research temple will be difficult to support, well, these 120 bed crossbows, Li Shimin will be played tomorrow, by the way...... Apply for some more funding, hehe......