"Your Majesty, this is a memorial sent urgently from eight hundred miles south of Lingnan." Li Mu said.
Li Shimin was overjoyed and quickly took it and started reading it.
"Okay, very good!" Li Shimin said happily.
The memorial was sent by Feng An, saying that Lin Yiguo did have rice seeds that were harvested three times a year.
Because Lin Yi's country was too small, he only collected more than a thousand stones of seeds.
Feng Ang was worried that the people of the Tang Dynasty would not know how to farm, so he also found more than a hundred civilians from Linyi State, and sent ships along with the grain to transport it to Mingzhou along the coastline.
Li Shimin immediately issued an order to ask Hangzhou County to arrange planting as soon as possible after receiving the seeds without delay.
With Zhenguan rice seeds and Zhenguan plows, as long as there are no natural disasters, the Tang Dynasty will basically not be short of food in the future.
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"Dad, there's a letter from Chang'an." Cui Yi said
Cui Lingdao, the head of the Cui family, said: "Don't you leave all the family affairs to you? Could it be that something big has happened?"
He has now begun to slowly delegate power, and his son Cui Yi is basically handling all family affairs.
And Cui Yi has always handled it very well. Now that he comes to him, there is only one possibility: he can't handle it.
Cui Yi said: "Dad, Cui Hao wrote a letter saying that Hou Linxuan of Jingyang County knew how to make colored glaze. He originally wanted to get it and donate it to his family, but Lin Xuan directly dedicated it to Li Shimin. He has no choice now."
"Well, the method of making colored glaze is indeed a good thing. If we can get it, the strength of our Cui family will also be greatly increased." Cui Lingdao nodded and said.
Cui Yi said: "Yes, I got this news and am going to send a group of people to Chang'an to get the production method."
"What you did is right. Come to me now, has something happened?" Cui Lingdao asked calmly.
Cui Yi nodded and said, "I was just about to send someone to Chang'an when Cui Hao sent another letter, saying that Li Shimin had sent a forbidden army to guard the area."
Cui Lingdao was not surprised. The method of making colored glaze was a money-spinner. It was impossible for Li Shimin not to know about it. It was reasonable to attach such importance to it.
However, it would be a bit difficult for the Cui family to obtain the method of making colored glaze.
After all, Chang'an is Li Shimin's territory. It will be difficult for them to succeed when Li Shimin is prepared.
Cui Lingdao pondered for a while and said: "I remember that Lin Xuan should be a boy, right? He was the one who competed with us last time, right?"
"That's him. That kid has ruined our good fortune several times. Now he has figured out the method of making colored glaze. Li Shimin has obtained the method of making colored glaze. He will not have to worry about money in the future. If he frees up his hands to deal with us, I'm afraid..."
Cui Yi said with some worry.
Li Shimin was able to succeed only with the help of his family.
Later, not only did they not keep their promise, they also continued to suppress their family.
From the fact that they called him by his first name, we knew that they had no respect for Li Shimin at all.
Cui Lingdao said confidently: "There's no need to worry. Li Shimin doesn't have the ability to destroy our family. But letting him increase his strength like this is really not a good thing for us."
"What can dad do?" Cui Yi asked.
Cui Lingdao thought for a moment and asked, "I heard that Li Shimin betrothed his daughter to that Lin Xuan?"
"That's what happened. Li Shimin was very willing to spend money to win over Lin Xuan." Cui Yi said.
Cui Lingdao said lightly: "Since Li Shimin is willing to give up, we are also willing to let Cui Hao find Lin Xuan. As long as Lin Xuan is willing to hand over the method of making colored glaze, our Cui family girls can marry him as equal wives."
Everyone in the world was proud to marry a girl with the fifth surname, and he believed that Lin Xuan would not be able to refuse.
"Dad, how is this possible?" Cui Yi said.
Li Shimin once asked for a girl with the fifth surname for his son, but they all jointly refused.
In his opinion, Lin Xuan was not worthy of a woman from his family.
Cui Lingdao glared at Cui Yi and said, "Why not? Lin Xuan can make immortal drunkenness, and now it is the method of making colored glaze. Isn't it worth our while to win over him?"
They rejected Li Shimin's marriage proposal in the first place just to retaliate against him for not keeping his promise.
It's not because they think women with the fifth surname are noble.
People all over the world are proud to marry women with the fifth surname, just because the fifth surname is regarded as a high-ranking family, and the ancients attached great importance to family status.
In Cui Lingdao's view, as long as he can win over Lin Xuan, let alone one woman, even ten, it is all worth it.
"Dad, Lin Xuan doesn't dare to give us the method of making colored glaze." Cui Yi said.
He didn't think about whether Lin Xuan would agree to it, but worried about whether he dared or not.
In his opinion, the girls with the five surnames are more noble than princesses or whatever.
Lin Xuan would definitely be ecstatic if he had this opportunity.
Cui Lingdao thought for a moment and said, "In this way, you ask Cui Hao to tell him that we will not sell it in Datang after we make it, so he doesn't have to worry."
There are so many countries around Datang, why are we worried about not making any money?
If he and Li Shimin fought in the Tang Dynasty, who knows whether Li Shimin would get angry and publish his method.
Cui Yi nodded and said: "Dad, if this happens, he will definitely agree. I will reply to Cui Hao right away."
"Wait a minute." Cui Lingdao stopped Cui Yi and said, "The other companies must have gotten the news, and maybe they pay the same attention as us. You ask Yuxiu to go to Chang'an in person."
They are all on the same side, just to deal with Li Shimin.
The Cui family is known as the No. 1 family in the world. It is impossible for the other families to have no idea about the title of "the No. 1 family in the world".
Cui Yi exclaimed: "Dad, do you mean to betroth Yuxiu to him? This is not possible."
Cui Yuxiu is his daughter, the direct daughter of the Cui family.
Cui Yi originally thought that Cui Lingdao was planning to choose a girl from another branch, but who knew that Cui Yuxiu was going to marry Lin Xuan.
Cui Lingdao said: "When did I say that I wanted to marry Yuxiu to Lin Xuan? Yuxiu is smart and smart. Only by asking her to go to Chang'an can this matter be done well."
Cui Yi smiled and said, "Dad, I'll go right away."
The decisions of other companies were similar to those of the Cui family. Li Shimin had no choice but to start with Lin Xuan.
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Lin Xuan didn't know this because a big event happened in Chang'an recently.
On February 26, the sixth year of Zhenguan, Queen Changsun was pregnant for nine months and gave birth to a daughter.
Li Shimin was so happy that he named her Sizi and gave her the title of Princess Jinyang.
He also issued an edict, and a month later, a banquet was held for all ministers to celebrate Princess Jinyang.
Li Shimin had many children. Not to mention those of Li Chengqian who were born before he ascended the throne, Princess Jinyang was the first child to receive a title right after birth.
Moreover, Jinyang was the place where the Li family raised their troops and had always been regarded as the place where Longxing was established. Li Shimin named Sizi the Princess of Jinyang, which shows his love for her.
Many meritorious ministers are wondering whether to have a son now and marry Princess Jinyang later.
Lin Xuan was stunned when he heard the news. Although Princess Jinyang was very favored in history, she did not receive the title right after she was born.
It is estimated that this is consistent with what he said before, that giving birth to a child would be extremely harmful to the body of Queen Changsun.
Princess Jinyang became the last child of Li Shimin and Queen Changsun, so Li Shimin loved Princess Jinyang even more.
In ancient times, only the birth of the eldest son would be celebrated in a big way.
Other children usually celebrate with their own families.
But this time Li Shimin actually wanted to celebrate Princess Jinyang, which gave Lin Xuan a headache.
You said you should always give gifts when attending a banquet.
As long as Princess Jinyang is older, it's okay. He can just get some novel toys.
But Princess Jinyang is so young, this gift can only be given to Queen Changsun.
Lin Xuan is not short of money, but you can't give a bunch of money as a gift.
Apart from money, the Lin family really doesn't have much to offer.
Some people will definitely say that if you have money, you can’t buy good things?
Lin Xuan wants to say that it is true, of course you can buy ordinary things.
But it’s hard to buy something that can be given to the queen and the queen likes.
"Sir, what are you thinking about with such a sad face?" Chunyue asked.
Lin Xuan's eyes lit up when he saw Chunyue. He was not planning to do anything during the day, but thinking that as they were both women, maybe Chunyue would know what Empress Changsun liked.
"Chunyue, if you give the Queen a gift, what kind of gift would she like?" Lin Xuan asked.
Chunyue thought for a while and said: "Sir, the Queen lacks everything. Except for some novel things, I really can't imagine what the Queen will like."
Something novel?
Lin Xuan laughed, yes, if you don’t have a good gift, you can make it yourself.
As a time traveler, if you can get something they haven't seen before, Empress Changsun will definitely like it.
Lin Xuan saved Chunyue, kissed her on the face, and said happily: "Thank you Chunyue, I have thought of a way."