Chapter 233: A Visitor from Yunzhou

In front of a carriage, a sturdy man with pigtails on his head arched his hand and said to the people in the carriage: "Khan, the palace of King Liang has arrived." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Oh, got it." A crisp female voice came from the carriage, and there was a tremor in her voice.

At this moment, Yang Kang came out of the gate of the palace, he saw the man with pigtails, and said in surprise: "Ma Hangu, it's you." ”

The person who came was none other than Ma Hangu, the captain of the guard of the dark clouds. He asked, "Yang Kang, where is your lord?" As he spoke, he gestured to the carriage.

Yang Kang was even more surprised, his triangular eyes widened, and he said, "Here you are." You wait. With that, he turned around and ran.

In the carriage was the cloud of Qibi, the king of Yunzhou County. It has been more than a year since she left King Liang, and she really misses it in her heart, so she came with the caravan carrying sugar.

At this moment, she was about to see King Liang, who was thinking about her thoughts, and her heart was very nervous, she was in the carriage, dressed up vigorously in front of the mirror, until every green silk of her was neatly arranged, and her pretty face was smooth and clean, and then she smiled shyly at the beauty in the mirror.

At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and then, Yang Kang's shout came: "The prince is here." ”

"Yun'er, is that you?" This is Li Su's excited voice.

The clouds quickly glanced in the mirror again, making sure they were in the best condition, and then got out of the carriage.

Among these women in Li Su, the heaviest weight in Li He's heart is the Qibi dark cloud. At this moment, when he saw the dignified and delicate face in front of him, he was in a daze for a while.

There were tears in Qibi Wuyun's eyes, and when she saw King Liang, who was becoming more and more robust and heroic, she wanted to throw herself into his arms. However, in front of so many people, she still had to salute King Liang first.

She stroked her chest with one hand and said, "See ...... concubine"

Before she could finish speaking, Li Su, who had already come to her senses, stepped forward, picked up the crook of her legs, took her into his arms, and turned around and walked towards the gate.

The dark cloud pillowed on King Liang's warm and firm chest, his heart was extremely happy, and tears couldn't stop flowing.

After walking through the door. Hearing the news, Ashina Qing, Haitang and other ladies rushed over, originally preparing to greet the dark clouds, but seeing them like this, their eyes were hot.

Ash Naqing and the others were very well-behaved and knew that they should shut up at this time. Only Li Ning'er shouted, "Sister Wuyun." ”

Li Su only had the jade man in his arms in his eyes at this time, and he didn't pay attention to them at all, and went directly into his bedroom with the Qibi dark cloud in his arms.

Li Ning'er was aggrieved for a while, blinked her big eyes, and was about to cry.

After a long time, Li Su and the radiant Qibi Wuyun came out and greeted the other princesses.

The next morning, Li Shimin's study in the Taiji Palace.

"See Father." The dark clouds saluted Li Shimin.

"Okay, don't be polite. Sit down, Dark Cloud. Li Shimin said happily when he saw the dark clouds.

After chatting for a while, Qibi Wuyun took out a book of recitals and said, "Father, this is the recital that Master Kong wrote to you. As he spoke, he handed it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin finished reading Kong Yingda's recital and said: "Very good, the education demonstration county has done a good job and achieved remarkable results. Kong Yingda praised your support for him in the recital. The development of your Yunzhou is very fast, which is inseparable from the efforts of you, the county king. ”

"Thank you, father, this is what a son should do." Qibi Wuyun said.

Li Shimin asked: "What's going on with the sugar factory that Kong Yingda mentioned in the song?" ”

Li Su said: "Father, the dark clouds came this time and brought some gifts. As he spoke, he shouted outside, "Yang Kang, come in." ”

Yang Kang led people to move in a few boxes, opened them, and then retreated.

Li Su took out two bags from the box and opened them, revealing white particles inside.

Qibi Wuyun introduced: "Father, this is white sugar, this is white sugar. ”

Li Shimin dipped a little in his fingers, put it in his mouth, and said in surprise: "It's very sweet, how is such a fine sugar made?" What is the yield? ”

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the technology of sugar production was still very backward, and the yield and quality of sugar were still very low. In 647 AD, Tang Taizong sent people to India to learn the method of boiling sugar, and the technology of sugar production was improved to a certain extent. It is now 637, and the sugar technology of the Tang Dynasty is still at a low stage.

Yunzhou is suitable for planting sugar beet, which is a good raw material for the production of white sugar and white sugar. The modern Datong Sugar Factory, with an annual output of more than 10,000 tons, is the largest sugar factory in North China.

Qibi Wuyun said: "This is the production of the sugar factory established by His Royal Highness King Liang under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry in Yunzhou, and the designed production capacity can reach an annual output of 20,000 catties, and after the scale of sugar beet planting comes up, the production capacity can continue to expand." ”

Then she introduced the development of Yunzhou Sugar Factory in detail.

Li Shimin said happily: "The sugar beet growers you mentioned signed a purchase agreement to lead farmers with industry. This method is good, and it can not only feed a large number of workers and their families, but also a large number of peasant households, and this experience is worth promoting. ”

Then Li Su took out a lot of small bags from the box, including white sugar, rock sugar, brown sugar, brown sugar, mints, sandwich candy, crisp candy, marshmallow, kraft candy, maltose and so on.

Li Shimin tasted a few things and said, "Not bad." He shouted, "Wang De." ”

Wang De came in and said, "Your Majesty, what do you command?" ”

"You ask someone to send these sweets to the queen, so that she can share them among the concubines and princes."

Wang De commanded a group of eunuchs to move the boxes away.

Li Shimin asked, "What is the situation of those people's activities in Yunzhou?" ”

Qibi Wuyun said: "When Erchen first arrived in Yunzhou Mansion, they were very powerful, in addition to occupying a large amount of land, they also basically controlled the local commerce.

However, the situation has changed radically in the past two years.

Yunzhou's economic development is very fast, all industrial products are monopolized by the Yunzhou government, and agricultural production has also made great progress, basically squeezing out the space for their operation, and the focus of their current business operations has gradually withdrawn from Yunzhou.

As for the issue of land annexation, as soon as the sons entered Yunzhou, they had already stopped land transactions and punished those who traded secretly, and the situation of the government controlling the land was still normal. ”

Li Shimin said happily: "Okay, you Yunzhou has done a good job, the imperial court has granted you autonomy, you discuss with King Liang, find an appropriate time, open the knife to those people, first eradicate them in your Yunzhou, and make a model for the imperial court." ”

"The retainers obey." Li Yu and Qibi Wuyun replied together.

Li Shimin is now more and more confident that he will realize his great idea.