The number of Yi Nan is not much, three thousand horses, anyway, the north city gate is very close to the military camp, Sun Xiangfu personally went to welcome him to the military camp, this time, Yi Nan is much more familiar than last time, Sun Xiangfu asked the canteen of the camp to get them some cold noodles and naan cakes or something, cold milk wine or something, he ate and drank unceremoniously.

During the banquet, Yi Nan Chong accompanied Sun Xiangfu who was eating and drinking with him, and said, "You wrote to say that the emperor wants to reward us Xue Yantuo, but is it true?" ”

Sun Xiangfu replied, "Of course, there are a lot of things to be rewarded this time, Your Majesty plans to personally go to Mobei to distribute summer clothes to the people of Xue Yantuo, as well as some Guanzhong specialties, by the way, also see what kind of help he can provide you if you want to build the Khan City there." ”

Hearing this, Yi Nan had mixed feelings in his heart, it seemed that his previous judgment of Li Shimin was a little inaccurate, this Han emperor seemed to be good to them Xue Yantuo, sent clothes, specialties, and personally came to help him with the Khan City he was about to establish, which was a bit too much.

"That, the emperor doesn't want us Xue Yantuo to pay taxes to the Tang Dynasty!" Yi Nan asked tentatively.

When Sun Xiangfu heard this, he smiled leisurely and said, "Don't worry, the imperial court has money, and it is not bad for your Xue Yantuo's tribute, Your Majesty is just worried that your life on the grassland will not be easy, and I want to provide you with some help as much as possible." ”

This year is an important year for Datang's external troubles to be eliminated and its internal development to start, as long as it is over, in the future, the overall national strength will grow very rapidly, because after some reforms, Datang's political efficiency and people's output are several times stronger than in history.

Sun Xiangfu depicted Yi Nan as Li Shimin's side of grace, and the military parade ceremony was Li Shimin's side of power, both grace and power, suppressing the small and small, stabilizing the frontier, and then concentrating on the development of internal affairs, accumulating national strength, and making the Tang Dynasty's strength far surpass other countries in all aspects, which is the current general policy of Datang.

What Sun Xiangfu said to Yi Nan was not a lie, so Yi Nan couldn't find any flaws, and said, "Then, how can I refer to the soldiers and horses I brought over?" ”

"This is simple, there are complete sets of military uniforms in the barracks, as well as washed and clean war horses, you go back and let the subordinate generals change into them, and then let the people who lead the troops obey General Su's arrangement."

The idea of letting Yi Nan's subordinate soldiers and generals refer to it was thought of by Sun Xiangfu temporarily, which is also a way to declare the sovereignty of the Tang Dynasty over Xue Yantuo, but Yi Nan, or the ancients of this period, most of them would not think so deeply.

And Sun Xiangfu asked his subordinates to prepare the clothing and equipment for Xue Yantuo's soldiers, and the styles were relatively booming, and when the time came, when the leaders of the surrounding departments saw that Xue Yantuo had benefited from the Tang Dynasty, they would be envious, and that would be right.

As long as they have the intention of becoming a vassal to the Tang Dynasty, Sun Xiangfu can defeat them with all kinds of sugar-coated cannonballs.

The time was not early, Sun Xiangfu arranged for Yi Nan and his subordinates to eat and drink and go to sleep, after dawn, he still had a lot of preparations to do in terms of reception.

In June, the summer flowers in the realm of Shanyang are in full bloom, and they go north out of Mayi, only thirty or forty miles, and the emperor's convoy can't move, because the scenery of the sea of flowers in front of them is too beautiful, and Concubine Wei and Concubine Yan and other concubines who accompany the car want to stop and enjoy the flowers, and Li Shimin is naturally accurate.

The fragrance of the summer breeze made Li Shimin's mood very good, Li Lizhi and Li Mengjiang caused a lot of trouble, and weaved a big wreath for themselves to wear on their heads, Sun Deshou and Sun Xiaomei have been following behind them, reminding her that some flowers have thorns and can't be picked.

Fat Li Taihe wanted to write poems to please Li Shimin, but he didn't think of any good sentences, and wandered around the flower fields with his ears and cheeks.

Li Chengqian found a high slope, sat on the ground, and played his guitar, Hou Shuya naturally plucked his strings, and in line with them, Dongzhu heard their piano sound, and danced among the flowers, and Yu Chi Baolin was intoxicated to admire her dancing on the side, these pictures were recorded in the picture scroll by a brush of Yan Liben.

"Hey, it's a pity that Sun Zhengming is not here, if he can get a good poem, this painting will be absolutely beautiful." Yan Liben, who finished painting, sighed with some regret.

"Yan Shilang don't have to regret it, the beautiful scenery of our good yang is not only this flower field, no matter how exquisite your painting is, it is not enough to paint the beauty of the perfect yang."

Yu Chi Baolin has been an official in Shanyang for two years, and of course he knows the characteristics of Shanyang very well, so he began to explain to Yan Liben some of the scenic spots in Shanyang that people talk about.

The first scene is to view the flowers at the head of the city, the city wall of Shanyang City is as high as more than five zhang, the highest place of the city gate to the south, even reaches six or seven zhang, in the spring and summer, look south from the city head, the eye is extreme, all are colorful flowers, it is called 'the sea of flowers in the sky' by Sun Xiangfu.

To the east of the direction of the water gate, is the wide and gentle Sanggan River, this section of the river is very straight, the sun rises at the end of the long river in the morning, the fiery red sun will be several miles of the river surface illuminated by the sparkling waves, the waves reflect out, naturally is the red light of the rising sun, yes, by Sun Xiangfu called 'the morning sun like fire'.

Then there are poplar trees along both sides of the Sanggan River in the city, Sun Xiangfu once praised the poem, "The golden eyes are beautiful for thousands of miles, and they become a scene to read the vicissitudes of life." ”

Its branches and leaves are particularly conspicuous in the sunlight of the north, it is a must in the city, the city of Shanyang is built in a hurry, except for the flower building along the Sanggan River, there are no buildings in the whole city, in any direction in the city, as long as you look in the direction of the central Sanggan River, you will see the beautiful flower building and that gorgeous color.

In addition, the street scene of Shanyang is also very beautiful, it is the only city with a leisure square in this era, there is Taohuahu Square in the west of the city near the sky, there is a workers' square in the industrial area in the south of the city, and there is Wanmin Square in the residential area in the east of the city, Sun Xiangfu made people do a lot of stone carvings and other things to stand there, and many poems representing Han culture are engraved on it, so that the people in the city can continue to be familiar with Chinese characters when they are wandering.

Of course, entertainment venues like the racecourse are also built very chic, for people at this time, it is also a place to play and enjoy the scenery, where, there will be a horse racing event in three days, usually, you can also play polo, the nobles and sons of the Tang Dynasty, all this is good.

Not long after, Li Shimin, who had picked a lot of flowers in the flower field by several concubines, also walked up the high slope of Li Chengqian playing the piano, looked very closely, and found that in the distance, many peasant households were busy in the flower fields, so he invited Sun Deshou to come over for questioning.

"Deshou, do you know why your brother didn't plant edible food on this hundred miles of fertile soil, but planted all kinds of flowers?"

When Sun Deshou heard this, he replied with a smile, "It should be that in addition to the suitability of this place, planting flowers is more profitable than growing food!" ”

"In other words, when he grows these things, he is thinking about how to make money?"

Li Shimin knew that what Sun Deshou said was the truth, because the economic value of the output of the flower field was indeed much higher than that of growing grain, just look at the prices of honey, perfume, and essential oils.

But if Sun Xiangfu knew early on that it would make money when he planted these things, it would be amazing, with such means, with the benefits of agriculture alone, the Sun family could earn all the wealth in the world.

Because, until now, Li Shimin doesn't know how many things Sun Xiangfu can plant, some time ago, the secret guard told him that several sons and brothers in Shanyang are looking for oak tree seedlings, and it is because Sun Xiangfu wants to use oak trees to grow top mountain lion's mane mushrooms.

A big tonic ingredient like lion's mane mushroom, even as an emperor, it is rare for him to eat it a few times, but now, Sun Xiangfu can be planted in large quantities, and the profits in it, not to mention the family's heart, even Li Shimin is moved.

Hearing Li Shimin say this, Sun Deshou shook his head and said, "That's not it, any industry in Happy Village can help my brother earn enough money, if he wants money, he is afraid that the money in this world will not be able to withstand him in a few years, he grows these things, just because our Datang, or rather, this world, lacks this kind of thing, and needs this kind of thing."

He once told Weichen that the food of our Datang is too scarce, so we must find a way to cultivate more new crops to enrich everyone's food, and when everyone's food is rich, the body will be healthier and stronger, and the life span will be longer, and everyone should live to be normal until they are seventy or eighty years old.

This year, the cotton produced by Guanzhong and Shanyang is enough for a small half of our Datang people to wear cotton clothes, if there are another two or three years, the people of the entire Datang Dynasty will wear more comfortable and warm cotton clothes, covering warm and thick quilts, it is not impossible, and when the time comes, it will be able to avoid injuries and illnesses to a large extent because of the cold weather.

As for the perfumes and essential oils produced by the flower fields, I believe that my brother also has considerations, at least, when it is popularized, we don't have to endure the strange smell of those Hu people. ”

Sun Deshou said this, Li Shimin really felt that this flower field was planted with some meaning, the smell of the Hu people, really made the Han people very unhappy, if this perfume can be popularized, it can solve this problem, however, this road may still be very long, just Shanyang to plant flowers, the yield is definitely not enough.

The best place to plant flowers, in fact, the four seasons are like spring in the south, Sun Xiangfu's primary purpose of planting flowers in Shanyang is to attract Hu businessmen to Shanyang and promote the economic development of Shanyang.

I believe that these ministers who have watched the beautiful scenery of the sea of flowers will also be nostalgic for the scenery here, and when they go back to brag, they will occasionally mention this place, which will make many people who have not been here and have seen such scenery hear it, and yearn for it, but don't underestimate this sense of yearning, it may be the core of Shanyang's development in the future.

Because as the city on the grassland continues to advance deeply, Shanyang's industry will definitely move forward, and at that time, it will become a center in the north of the Tang Dynasty, and the people of the Tang Dynasty who have become rich will prefer to live or play in a place with beautiful scenery like Shanyang.

Of course, there are some other purposes, which require Li Shimin to slowly observe and discover.

"Well, your brother's attainments in farming are unprecedented, I will bring all your peasant disciples to Shanyang this time, and I also hope that you can better learn his skills, and even surpass him, I want to see how strong our country can be if farming is developed to the extreme."

Since the beginning of the feudal system, the Chinese nation has adhered to the basic development path of taking agriculture as the foundation, but there is no ruler who really attaches great importance to agriculture, because thousands of years have passed, and agricultural technology has not achieved any leap forward.

However, when it came to Li Shimin, it was different. Datang has produced a genius in agriculture, Sun Zhengming.

It can be said that the Tang Dynasty can have today's situation, and Sun Xiangfu's farming technology plays a large part of the credit, which makes Li Shimin realize that agriculture seems to be a good way to rejuvenate the country.

It is precisely because of the strong agricultural support that Li Shimin has the capital to pull hundreds of carts of melons and fruits and millions of pieces of clothing to the grassland to win people's hearts.

It is precisely because of the strong agricultural support that the merchants of the Western Regions countries are the first to look forward to the Tang Dynasty, and Xue Yantuo is bowed to the Tang Dynasty.

All strong foundations should be built on sufficient agricultural output, because sufficient agricultural output can free people to do many things, such as the development of industry, commerce, and even culture and education.

So, shouldn't the imperial court pay more attention to agriculture! At the very least, we need a yamen to manage the country's agriculture!

At this moment, the idea of upgrading Sinong Temple to the Ministry of Agriculture and becoming a department on a par with the six ministries that specializes in managing the country's agriculture was born in Li Shimin's heart.