August, a month with the highest happiness index in ancient times, because, into August, often into the autumn harvest, autumn harvest, is often the time to be full, of course, since human civilization into the feudal society, the autumn harvest does not only mean such a simple thing as eating.

People will have a series of sacrifices, celebrations, Li Shimin almost danced a break dance on the Taiji Hall today, and the jaw of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ministers almost fell to the ground.

The rice with a yield of ten stones per mu was born in the Tang Dynasty, and the eight hundred miles were urgently brought to Chang'an with the signature seal of the two Qin messengers and a painting recording the scene at that time, and at the same time brought a long letter from Feng An, the Duke of Yueguo.

This letter can be described as a domineering side leak, Lingnan actually took the initiative to ask for tribute to the imperial court, you know, the imperial court has always regarded Lingnan as a wild place, let alone tribute, it would be good not to have the imperial court allocate funds for relief.

The so-called domineering side leakage, of course, there are real things, a total of ten boats of fresh melons, fruits and sugar are paid every quarter, 3,000 stones per ship, and 500,000 stones of rice are paid every quarter, three seasons a year.

In this, everyone still doesn't understand what the word sugar means.

That is to say, except for the winter when it is difficult to sail during the dry season, in the other three seasons, Lingnan will send so many things to Chang'an, a total of 30 boats of fresh melons, fruits, sugar, and 1.5 million stone rice.

All the ministers of the court and the central government wondered if there was something wrong with their ears and actually heard such a ridiculous recital.

Of course, with Feng An's recital, the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, who had calmed down, no longer doubted the authenticity of the data of ten stone three per mu.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Sun Zhengming, who introduced rice seeds, has made great contributions to the country, and it is not enough to reward him if he is not a knight."

Li Shimin is looking at the chapter again and again! Wei Zheng was the first to jump out and said.

"Uh, knighted? There is a precedent for the knighthood of a retainer? ”

Li Shimin subconsciously said a word, and immediately someone came out to agree with him.

"Your Majesty, this example cannot be opened, since Sun Zhengming is His Majesty's retainer, then all his credit should belong to His Majesty, His Majesty sent him to introduce rice seeds, he is just an executor······"

You don't need to look at Li Shimin to know that the people who say this must be those who read books and read their brains badly, and there are not a few, Li Shimin's sentence just now is not that he doesn't want to knight Sun Xiangfu, but he wants the ministers to make an exception, so he can make an exception.

However, unexpectedly, the voices of these people who came out to oppose them gradually became quieter, and it was not Li Shimin's hardcore descendants or Wei Zheng who prevented them from speaking out, but those officials of the seven clans and five surnames.

When the court was quiet, everyone's eyes looked at Wei Zheng.

Being watched by everyone, Wei Zheng felt a little bad, and he regretted that he had jumped out to speak just now, but now that everyone was waiting for his next words, he naturally didn't want to say it, so he said what he thought in his heart.

"At the beginning of His Majesty's accession to the throne, he has always emphasized justice and fairness. In a fair and fair environment, the vassals can work hard, and the people can produce with peace of mind.

Now, Sun Zhengming has made great contributions to the dynasty, and if His Majesty's reward is not fair enough, then it will chill the hearts of those talented people who want to make contributions to the Tang Dynasty.

The old minister thought that Sun Zhengming's utilitarian benefit was in the future, and it was not enough to reward him if he was not a marquis or above, and rewarding and punishing him was the foundation of the court's rule of Qingming, and His Majesty should not be careless. ”

"The ministers seconded the proposal."

Similarly, the first to come out and echo Wei Zheng was not Qin Qiong, Dugumou, Wei Chigong and other Sun Xiangfu's related households, but those officials of the Seven Sects and Five Surnames, which surprised Li Shimin.

However, such a thing as a marquis is not trivial, and it needs to be negotiated slowly, since Li Shimin couldn't figure it out, he didn't say anything to death, and said, "This matter, before Sun Zhengming returned to the court, the Ministry of Rites gave a suggestion, and in addition, Feng Anping's rebellion and tribute also made a great contribution to the court, and the Ministry of Rites discussed the merit and rewarded together." ”

Li Shimin handed over the matter to the Ministry of Rites, which can be regarded as a small comma, of course, the matter is not over, Lingnan can now grow rice with a yield of ten stones and three per mu, then this place has become a treasure land, how can the minister of the DPRK and the central government tolerate Feng Ang to make a fortune in Lingnan alone! Therefore, some suggestions such as sending more officials to Lingnan and relocating households to Lingnan have all been discussed by the minister, and to put it bluntly, it is to compete for profit.

For these discussions, Li Shimin did not set the tone, only said that after the mission returned to Chang'an, it would be discussed, and after the end of the early dynasty, Li Shimin summoned several ministers to the imperial study to discuss matters, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, the eldest grandson Wuji and a Qin Qiong were all there.

"Zhu Qing thinks, why would those family officials who have always been inseparable from Sun Zhengming speak out to help him be knighted?" Sitting down, Li Shimin asked.

"It's not difficult to guess, they want to pull Sun Zhengming into the courtier sequence and prohibit him from doing business, Your Majesty may not know that the Luoyang branch of Wangjianglou is about to be completed." The eldest grandson Wuji said with a smile.

"So fast?" Li Shimin and the rest of the ministers all looked at Eldest Sun Wuji with some surprise, waiting for his next step.

"Well, a full set of building materials are all made in Chang'an, transported to Luoyang by dozens of large ships of ten thousand stones, and it only took Sun Zhengming more than three months to build Chang'an's Wangjiang Tower, do you think it will take four or five months to build a smaller branch in Luoyang?"

Sun Xiangfu went down to Lingnan when he passed through Luoyang in April, and now it is August, thousands of skilled craftsmen, for him to get a restaurant building materials, where it takes four months, a person only carves a decorative wooden board a day, can carve thousands of pieces, this is the advantage of more people.

The eldest grandson Wuji is also because he has a relationship with several families in Luoyang, so the news received is more timely, and now, the main building of the Luoyang store of Wangjiang Building has been built and is entering the stage of later decoration. At most, before the winter, they can be open, maybe it is precisely because of this that those officials of the family family feel terrible!

You know, a Wangjiang Building, can suck up fifty percent of the water of the Chang'an restaurant industry, Luoyang or other big cities come, the entire restaurant industry, but there is no other people's share, there is no restaurant business, their fields can naturally not be sold, will cause a series of consequences.

When everyone heard the eldest Sun Wuji say this, they immediately understood, and Qin Qiong, who also knew the situation, said, "Other ministers are doing business, maybe these officials don't care, this Sun Zhengming, once he becomes a courtier, if he has the slightest business behavior, I am afraid that he will be impeached by them." ”

"The word 'profit'! It's really harmful. However, I am afraid that those people will be wrong this time, Sun Zhengming does not need to do business, only needs to farm, and he can also make a fortune. Fang Xuanling wiped his beard and smiled.

"Yes! Those fields of a certain family are in his hands······" Qin Qiong almost leaked his mouth, and told him about the income from his family's field this year, which is tens of thousands!

"Sun Zhengming's merits are indeed beneficial for a thousand years, however, this person is still too young, even if he is knighted, the minister thinks that it should not be too high." Du Ruhui also opened his mouth to say a word at this time, but saw Qin Qiong cast a grateful glance at him.

Du Ruhui is setting the tone for this matter, because several people who are familiar with Li Shimin know that when those profit-seeking people want Li Shimin to knight Sun Xiangfu, Li Shimin is likely to do the opposite and not give him the title.

And Sun Xiangfu is indeed too young, less than eighteen years old, if he is a marquis, he will have merit in the future, but it will not be easy to seal, sometimes, he would rather have a lower title and take less, and he should not be jealous of the monarch, this is the experience of several old oilers in the officialdom, so Du Ruhui's suggestion seems to be to persuade Li Shimin not to give Sun Xiangfu a high title, but in fact, he is thinking about Sun Xiangfu everywhere.

"Well, I have my own plans for this matter, now that Lingnan is stable, the treasury has sufficient grain and grass, and there is the benefit of cotton armor, but the winter battle of the soldiers of the government is not affected by the cold weather, I think that it is the best time to send troops to exterminate the Liang division of Shuozhou, what do you think?" When Li Shimin said this, his eyes were already looking at Qin Qiong.

At this time, Qin Qiong said, "Your Majesty, at the end of September at most, the garment workshop will be able to produce 10,000 sets of cotton armor, which can be used by the army to go on the expedition." ”

"Well, let the people who will be the prisoners also help make it, and strive to make more cotton armor within a month."

"There is cotton armor for the soldiers to cover their bodies, just so that Liang Shi is not prepared in winter, and he will be caught off guard!" Fang Xuanling agreed.

When everyone heard this, they also nodded in agreement, and at the same time discussed the candidate to lead the troops, of course, due to physical reasons, Qin Qiong was still excluded, and another one who was excluded was Wei Chigong, the credit of this old man is too much, and then rewarded, it is almost the same as the prince, so he has almost no chance to lead troops to fight in the middle and late stages of Zhenguan, and Zhenguan took the initiative to tell Taizong for old age in the seventeenth year.

Of course, these major events in the DPRK and China have nothing to do with Sun Xiangfu, he loves to discuss the positioning of the sextant with Li Chunfeng now when he has nothing to do, and he has developed the habit of watching the sea, because Xi Jun has been buying them to go to sea for more than a month, and he has not come back yet.

"Nothing will happen! Dao Chief, you can help them do the math. ”

After testing the newly made sextant along the coast, Sun Xiangfu asked Li Chunfeng worriedly.

"Hey, I forgot if you didn't mention this stubble, since I saw you, my calculation has not been accurate, but today's hexagram, Poor Dao guarantees that it will be accurate, and they will definitely return safely." Li Chunfeng took the sextant and smiled and said to Sun Xiangfu.

"Really? How so? ”

"Haha, look at that!" Li Chunfeng laughed and pointed to the sea in the distance.

I saw that at the end of the line of sight, the Happiness with white sails was sailing towards the dock in the wind and waves, and on the deck, Xi Junmai, whose skin was so dark that it glowed, was waving and shouting to the shore.

"I'm finally back, if I don't come again, my brother won't be able to catch up with the gamble with the emperor."

Sun Xiangfu's breath of relief finally relaxed, and half an hour later, the Xiangfu finally stopped on the dock, and Xi Junmai jumped to the shore.

"How? I haven't seen you for more than a month, do you want me? ”

"Usually when you're so cute, it's when you're in trouble, say it! Is there something wrong with it? Sun Xiangfu gave him a blank look, and walked towards the boat, he wanted to check whether the baby bump had been damaged after walking on the sea for more than a month, however, more than a dozen women came out of the cabin, and all of them were wearing veils.

"Oh my day, you ran to Tianzhu and it was spring? Bringing so many women back? ”