thefictionvixens Chapter 401
Chapter 401
The next day at noon.
"Fuji, has there been no news from the troops sent to Lingnan to collect sugarcane?"
In the imperial study, Li Shimin put down the newspaper in his hand and asked Changsun Wuji.
"Your Majesty, sugarcane usually matures in mid-to-late November, when the sugarcane is most abundant. Therefore, I guess that the caravan going to Lingnan to collect sugarcane will return to Chang'an in about half a month."
Changsun Wuji patiently explained that they now all know that the extraction of white sugar from sugarcane mainly depends on the sugar content of sugarcane.
It is not cost-effective to transport immature sugarcane back to Chang'an.
Li Shimin tapped the desk lightly with his fingers, thinking that there were still a thousand cattle and sheep in the Western Regions that had not been settled. "Keming, have you sent someone else to arrange the itinerary for the Western Regions to enter Chang'an in advance?"
"Your Majesty, the minister and Fuji have ordered the county governments along the way to prepare for the welcoming measures to ensure that the thousand cattle and sheep arrive in Chang'an smoothly."
Du Ruhui answered respectfully.
"Alas! Why did that kid let me taste hot and sour noodles? Now I can't get it, and I'm very distressed!"
Li Shimin had eaten hot and sour noodles at Su Chen's place the day before yesterday. Yesterday, he ran to the imperial kitchen and asked the imperial chef if there was any way to make hot and sour noodles.
"Haha, your majesty, the sweet potato production is so high, and the white potato production must be the same.
In the future, hot and sour noodles will definitely not be scarce. Your majesty just needs to be patient for a few months."
It's rare for Wei Zheng to persuade Li Shimin so tactfully. If it were in the past, he would definitely say: 'As an emperor, how can you be greedy for food? This is definitely not what a wise monarch does! '
"Well, Xuancheng is right!"
Li Shimin smiled awkwardly but politely.
Suddenly, Li Shimin saw a eunuch outside the imperial study room who kept winking at Lao Wang, but Wang Defa was calm and didn't notice it at all.
"Lao Wang!"
Li Shimin looked at Wang Defa, indicating that someone was looking for Lao Wang outside the door.
"This old slave deserves death!"
After the old king confessed his crime, he quickly walked to the door of the imperial study. Generally, young eunuchs and other eunuchs were not allowed to enter the imperial study without permission.
The eunuch outside the door handed Wang Defa a letter, and then whispered a message in his ear.
After learning about it, the old king waved his hand to send the eunuch away, and quickly walked to Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, this is the letter sent by Su Hou to present to Your Majesty.
In addition, two thousand five hundred strong war horses are guarded outside the Suzaku Gate, waiting for Your Majesty to deal with it."
The old king handed the letter to Li Shimin, and then told Li Shimin the eunuch's message.
"Two thousand five hundred?"
"There are still five hundred war horses!" Li Shimin instantly guessed that those war horses were brought back by Li Ke and Xue Rengui.
But for some reason, five hundred horses were missing.
Changsun Wuji pointed at the letter in Li Shimin's hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, why do you need to see what Su Xiaozi said in the letter first?"
Li Shimin nodded and opened the letter sent by Su Chen.
For the next thirty seconds, everyone was stunned by Li Shimin's expression.
Li Shimin looked at the letter, and his expression kept changing, especially the gnashing of teeth.
His lips twitched, which was very scary.
"Fuji, you come and read it to everyone."
"Old Wang, if that kid sends a letter in the future and dares to let me read it in person, I will chop off your head!"
Li Shimin was furious and slammed the letter on the table.
It can be seen that Li Shimin was really angry about the content of Su Chen's letter.
"Here! Here!" The old king was frightened and trembled all over.
Changsun Wuji walked up to Li Shimin with a bow and carefully picked up the letter on the desk.
He was very confused. What did Su Chen say in the letter that could make the emperor so angry?
Holding the letter, Changsun Wuji's face was solemn. Just a few dozen words should not make the emperor so angry!
Changsun Wuji cleared his throat:
"Your Majesty:"
"I want the five hundred black armored soldiers with bows and arrows."
"I will foster the two thousand five hundred war horses with you first. Don't disperse them. We will use them when the time comes."
"Thank you!"
When Su Chen wrote the letter, he paid special attention to the tone and format considering that he was asking Li Shimin for help.
But he didn't expect that Li Shimin would be so angry by his tone.
The content of the letter was very concise, just those two things.
"I want the words?" After reading it, Changsun Wuji savored the greeting carefully.
"Your Majesty, I don't think there is anything wrong with this letter. It can even be called a model of writing, and the handwriting is also neat." Changsun Wuji commented on the letter.
But he didn't notice that Li Shimin's face was getting darker and darker.
"Fuji, did you understand it?"
"That kid not only detained the Black Armor Army, but also dared to ask me to help him raise horses!"
"Huh?"
Li Shimin glared at Changsun Wuji and asked loudly.
Changsun Wuji took another look at the letter in his hand, "Your Majesty, I...I think..."
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be angry. Su kid has always been strict in his actions.I will definitely not ask Your Majesty for troops without reason. In my opinion, Your Majesty should settle the more than 2,000 war horses outside the palace as soon as possible. "
Wei Zheng saw that Changsun Wuji could not withstand Li Shimin's questioning, and immediately stepped forward to speak.
Li Shimin calmed down a little after hearing this, and motioned Changsun Wuji to sit back.
After thinking for a moment, he said: "Go, send those war horses outside the palace to the Youwei camp, and take care of them alone."
"Yes!" Wang Defa immediately went to find someone to do it.
Then, Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling and said: "Xuanling, send a letter to that bastard and ask him what he wants to do!
How unreasonable!"
Li Shimin became more and more angry as he thought about it. He dared to let the emperor raise horses for him.
"Yes! ”
Fang Xuanling immediately bent over his desk and wrote a letter.
"That kid once said that Mingda would have hot and sour noodles anytime he wanted. It seems that the bastard is keeping it to himself!"
Li Shimin instantly had an idea and showed a cunning smile.
"Tell that kid that if he wants five hundred black armor soldiers, he must exchange five catties of hot and sour noodles!
Otherwise, don't even think about taking a single soldier from me!"
Everyone looked at Li Shimin with contempt after hearing this.
Li Shimin, however, didn't care at all. He glanced at everyone with disdain and said to himself:
'If you have the ability, don't eat my hot and sour noodles! '
Changsun Wuji understood the look in his childhood friend's eyes and immediately shouted:
"Your Majesty is wise!"
...
"Youfu, take a few people to pick up some yellow mud and weeds."
At about eight o'clock today, Su Chen summoned the masons again to make the kang, which was almost finished.
The kang boards have all been laid. Considering that the kang boards are made of cement, they heat up quickly and dissipate heat quickly, but the insulation is not good enough.
So Su Chen plans to paste another layer of yellow mud on the kang boards in order to achieve better insulation effect.
A total of twelve kang boards were used, and each cover board was two feet square (about 60 by 60 cm).
Therefore, the final size of the kang is: eight feet long and six feet wide (about 2.4 meters by 1.8 meters).
The kang is very large and can sleep many people when it is turned over.
The mason is now building a smoke exhaust port according to Su Chen's instructions.
After the yellow mud and weeds are mixed and pasted on, the kang can be lit.
Li Chengqian and others looked at this strange "bed" without saying a word.
"My Lord! His Majesty sent someone to deliver a letter." Steward Wang Xi hurried to Su Chen with the letter.
"Oh." Su Chen took the letter.