The carriage drove along the wide cement road in the city, and it was hard for Li Shimin to imagine that this was a city that had been built in more than two years, because all he saw along the road were neatly arranged and exquisitely decorated houses, and there was no feeling of a barbarian land in the south at all.

On the sidewalks on both sides of the street, there are even cement flower beds that even Shanyang and do not have, it is the height of summer, the flowers on the flower beds are extraordinarily bright, and there will be a fruit tree every other distance, which is also full of heavy fruits, with lychee, longan, yellow bark and other fruit trees in the majority, and even the size of the tree is also very consistent.

No, Lingnan is full of such fruit trees, and they directly transplant adult plants of similar size to the city to plant, so that it is convenient for the residents in the city to pick when they want to eat.

This place in Guangzhou, in later generations, is called Yangcheng, also called Huadu, the reason why there is the name of Yangcheng, is derived from a myth and legend of the Zhou Dynasty, and the name of Huadu is because there are indeed many wild mountain flowers here, almost most of the country's varieties of flowers, can be planted here, grow very well, therefore, Sun Xiangfu left the industry of flower water in Guangzhou.

Li Shimin likes sweets, loves bright colors, after entering the city, the whole mood is naturally better, in the car, he wore a pair of sunglasses given to him by Sun Xiangfu before, sucking coconut water with a straw tube, and soon, in front of the gate of the palace built for him by Feng An, the guards went to the palace wall to check the armament, and he first watched the appearance of the entire palace from the outside.

White walls and red tiles, not a courtyard-style building, the main body is more like a castle-like building, somewhat similar to the Sun Mansion, although there are only three floors, but the ceiling height of each floor reaches five or six meters, but it is not shorter than the Wangjiang Tower in Chang'an.

What surprised him the most was that all the windows in this building were filled with translucent glass, and the windows on the third floor were almost completely transparent glass.

Although he knew that this thing was not worth much, its market price was high! Previously, no one had made it a window on the top of the house, even Sun Xiangfu's house, because he was afraid of being scolded for extravagance.

However, who doesn't want to enjoy extravagant things, just for the sake of face, you still have to be polite.

"Feng Qing, you are too luxurious to build, I live in such a luxurious house, I feel uneasy!"

"Hehe, Your Majesty rest assured, the glass used to build this house is not a high-priced product made by the Weinan Glass Factory, this is a large crystal ore found by the seafarers under the subordinates on an island in the South China Sea, and it was pulled back over there to be fired.

Moreover, in Lingnan, it is very necessary to make these glazed windows, because there are many mosquitoes in Lingnan, many of which are still poisonous, with these glazed windows, it can be very well lit, and it can also prevent mosquitoes from entering the palace, which can ensure that Your Majesty can rest well on our side. ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded, accepted it, and said with a smile, "I originally thought that Lingnan was a wild land, but now it seems that it is a big mistake, I didn't expect that there are so many people here and such abundant products, and I really don't know if I don't know it, and I was shocked when I saw it!" ”

When Feng Ang heard this, he smiled and said, "Actually, Your Majesty is right, a few years ago, this was indeed a wild place where poisonous insects were rampant and diseases were rampant, what exactly did it look like, you went up to the top floor for a while, took a telescope, and looked at the old city outside the north city gate, but since Zhengming came here in the first year of Zhenguan, everything has changed."

He cured the potbelly disease that hindered the reproduction of the population in Lingnan, greatly increased the labor force in Lingnan, and introduced new rice varieties in Champong, taught everyone to farm, so that the people of Lingnan no longer had to worry about grain and rice, and also left behind the technology of fighting the epidemic and preventing diseases, sugar production, salt making, pharmaceuticals, shipbuilding, winemaking, manufacturing canned fruit pulp, dried fruits, flower water, etc., so that our Lingnan is rich in products and has developed rapidly.

With these goods, businessmen from all over the world are more willing to run to our side, they bring a lot of things we need, and also sell the things we produce at a high price, you may not know! A boatload of cane sugar in our Lingnan can be exchanged for a boatload of silver in the Wa Kingdom, and if it is cinnamon sugar, it can be exchanged for two boats of silver, or even half a boatload of gold.

And because we have become rich here, in about four years, the population of many small countries and small tribes along the surrounding coasts has gradually migrated to our side, plus the Rinan County opened up by Bamu on the coast of Jiaozhi, the population of our Lingnan is not more than 300,000 at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and now there are at least more than 700,000, and in a few years, it will not be a problem to break through one million. ”

Hearing Feng An's words, Li Shimin smiled bitterly, "I thought that the title of a county candidate was enough to reward Zhengming for coming to Lingnan to introduce rice seeds, but now it seems that the reward is too thin, if it was not for his trip to Lingnan, there would be no Lingnan today, and even, there is no Datang today, the grain and goods you produce here have survived several major crises for our Datang!" After I return to Chang'an this time, I will let the Ministry of Rites wait for you. ”

"Hehe, Your Majesty is benevolent, we know everything, but the officials of Zhengming and the ministers are already the top of the dynasty, and the wealth is inexhaustible, even if the reward is thick, it is useless to wait with us, and the one who asks for it is just this world, can continue to be so peaceful and easy, as long as Your Majesty can put the people first and continue the current idea of governing the country, it is the greatest reward for the subjects and people of the world."

"Feng Qing Gaoyi, I am very comforted, I am very comforted!······"

Li Shimin held Feng An's hand and praised him very gratefully.

"Hehe, in that case, Your Majesty, don't delay the minister's good intentions, go in and have a look!"

Feng Ang smiled and made a gesture of please, Li Shimin and Li Jing, Wei Chigong, Zhang Liang, Duan Zhixuan, Liu Hongji and others, and walked towards the hall of the palace together.

"Hey, what's this roof hanging? Why can it automatically rotate and fan out the air? ”

"Hehe, didn't Your Majesty notice the spinning windmills on the top floor of the palace? We have a coastal place, the sea breeze is strong, there is a windmill to drive the gear device, you can make the ceiling fan hanging in the room, keep rotating and ventilating, each floor of the palace is built so high, but also to facilitate ventilation, relieve the heat, upstairs several floors of the living room, bedroom, there are such facilities, the speed of the fan rotation, can also be changed by adjusting the gears, when the night is cool, you can use a small wind, when it is hot in the afternoon, use a strong wind. ”

"It's exquisite, but it's the same as the windmill on a waterboat."

"Hehe, this device, but the craftsmen under the subordinates imitated the Sun Mansion Courtyard in Baiyun Lake, and those Sun Mansion craftsmen who specialize in architectural design usually live where to do research."

Li Shimin nodded and said with a smile, "These craftsmen under Zhengming are specialized in the research of various strange and obscene skills, and they usually have a lot of results, I really want to know, what flowers they can play with the house in the future, this living room is not small, it can be used for hundreds of people to drink and feast together, it is better for Feng Qing to invite his nephews and nephews, as well as local officials and clan elders, and I will set up a banquet here and have fun with them." ”

"Your Majesty, if you gather everyone for a banquet, there is still a place that is better than this hall, please come with your ministers."

Soon, Feng Ang took Li Shimin and the others through the hall, walked out the back door, and after passing through a corridor, he saw a large sparkling place.

This is an artificial swimming pool with the size of five or six acres of land, the ground around the swimming pool, all of which are paved with colored pebbles inlaid in the cement, the bottom of the swimming pool, there are tiles paved, three sides are inlaid with tiles, one side, paved with fine gentle slope sand, behind the sand, is a tall coconut grove, in the middle of the coconut grove, there are many seats, this picture, let Li Shimin suddenly think of the Qujiang Pond water beach that will be open in the summer of Wangjiang Tower.

I didn't expect that in the back garden of this palace, there was such a large paddling pool, and in the coconut grove next to the pool, eat some melons and fruits and cold food, blowing the natural wind, not to mention how comfortable. If you feel hot, you can also go to the pool to play in the water to relieve the heat, if there are some beautiful women to accompany you, that picture, think about it is very beautiful!

"Your Majesty, our Lingnan summer is hot, so playing in the water in the open air and eating grilled seafood in the beach and woods is the most comfortable way to drink and feast······"

Hearing this, Wei Chigong, who had not spoken for a long time, finally couldn't help but interrupt Feng An's words and said, "It's good to bake and eat!" In the past few days on the boat, I have eaten some steamed, Feng Gong also asked for more big fish and meat, I heard that your wild boar in Lingnan is good, and there are also that kind of big pythons, big spotted fish······"

Li Shimin smiled and pointed at Wei Chi Gong and said, "Hehe, you old thing, I'm afraid it's not that you're tired of eating dry food on the ship these days!" I have the face to bother Feng Qing to help you show up the delicacies of the mountains and seas. ”

Feng Ang smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, my Lingnan land, flying in the sky, climbing on the ground, swimming in the sea, growing on the trees, all kinds of food, the previous fishing tools were not sophisticated, the cooking skills were not enough, and I didn't dare to eat indiscriminately, but now, it is the chef team that has already been sent by Wangjianglou to find out a lot of ways to eat, and when the time comes, you will definitely have a good time." ”

After Feng An's introduction, Li Shimin, who is good at getting closer to others and himself in the wine field, was immediately moved and agreed to his proposal, so a beach barbecue dinner was prepared under Feng An's Zhang Luo.

When Li Shimin was eating, drinking and having fun in Lingnan and getting closer to the local people and officials in Lingnan, Sun Xiangfu finally completed the phased task of planting medicinal fields and began to set off back to Chang'an to see his wife and children.

Anyway, the construction and development of the counties in the north are responsible for their own assassin history, Niu Jinda has also come to Shanyang to take office, and after handing over the reorganization of the army and the replenishment of the pension after the war to him, Sun Xiangfu will have nothing specific to do, and it just so happens that he will also return to Chang'an to help the Anbei Army participate in the Western Turkic War this time, and the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition will ask for merit, set a reward, and by the way, also participate in the super court meeting to be held by Li Shimin in the second half of the year.

The political significance of this court meeting is not small, at least, it will set a development plan for the next five years of Datang, Sun Xiangfu is so important, and high-level officials naturally cannot be absent.

It's Li Chengqian, he is now playing experience professions, he is having a lot of fun, and the progress is not small, the key is that he is free between the five surnames and seven families, and he can still get a lot of economic benefits, so he doesn't want to go back to Chang'an at all, and Li Shimin has no clear intention to let him go back to Chang'an now, so he has to let him play in Shanyang for a few more months, and he must be present when the court meeting.