The water level of Huaqing Pool, which originally dropped, has been replenished by rainwater, causing the water level to rise a lot. It seems that the rain will not stop in the next three or two days, and there will be more rainy days in September.

This year is another rainy season, which is worth celebrating.

For Taifu Temple, there is an autumn harvest after the summer harvest. Not all crops are harvested in the summer. Rice from Huainan, sorghum from Liaodong, beans, persimmons, and even oranges from the south will be planted in late August.

Cabbage, radish will start to be planted in September.

In the library, Zhang Yang put down the hammer in his hand and took a roll of paper from the bookshelf, "This is our Lishan manufacturing technique."

A roll of paper was spread out on the ground. Li Shimin frowned and looked at the details on the drawing and said, "It's very complicated."

Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Yes, this is the drawing used in the early stages of the assembly line. It is indeed very complicated."

Yan Liben might be able to see the craftsmanship, and it would be strange if His Majesty could understand it. He might not even understand the line markings on it.

Finally, Li Shimin withdrew his gaze and said, "I saw that the saplings planted outside are very good."

Zhang Yang looked outside the library and explained: "I plan to plant an apple tree in the library, so that our family can have apples to eat."

"Your family?"

"If Your Majesty likes it, I will send some to the palace in the future."

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, "Why did you insert the branches into the potted plants?"

"Those branches are from olive trees. I can't guarantee that planting one will yield a harvest. I plan to use its branches to sprout and plant a few more. In fact, this is to give myself more opportunities to try my luck."

"You, the Taifu Temple Minister, have done a great job."

"Auntie is already cooking. Your Majesty, please stay and eat. Now there are many new dishes on our dinner table. Many of the crops planted last spring have just been harvested."

"Okay, then I'll have a meal at your place."

The emperor looked a little reluctant, even if he wanted to eat, he would show some reluctance.

It happened to be meal time, and the two aunts were already busy.

Empress Changsun held her newborn baby, Xiao An, with a smile on her face. However, when the child was in the arms of strangers, she would burst into tears.

He had no choice but to leave it to Li Yue. After being in his mother's arms, he felt much more at ease.

"This child usually plays tricks and makes his mother laugh." Li Yue explained while comforting the child.

"It's better to make some noise, it's better to make some noise." Empress Changsun whispered.

Xiao Sizi usually stays with the Queen and His Majesty, but now she has so many playmates when she arrives at Lishan. Xiao Qingqing is taking her to ride on the back of a bear, and the two girls are having a great time.

Li Lizhi, Xiao Wu, and Xu Hui helped handle Lishan's account books.

Li Yue attaches great importance to Xu Hui's growth. Xu Hui is very talented, especially in business. While she leads the tea cultivation of her mother's family in Donghai, she often writes back to her family. After the separation of her parents' family from her mother's family, many things happened.

She has to figure it out on her own.

In the name of Taifu Temple, it will be much more convenient with Zhang Yang's help, and the Donghai Xu family's tea planting in Jiangnan East Road has also started. Now there are more than 2,000 acres of mountainous land for tea cultivation, and it will be possible next year

See results.

The mountainous land is not easy to grow food, but the local government is willing to use it to grow tea.

After the aunt served the food, the three girls came back to eat.

Li Shimin looked at the dining table. On the table were pea soup, fried cowpeas, some cabbage, bitter gourd...

All kinds of dishes are the results of Taifu Temple this year.

Li Shimin took a bite of cabbage and said, "Well, this dish is better than lotus cabbage."

Li Zhi said obediently: "Father, my son often grows vegetables with his brother-in-law."

Empress Changsun smiled and said nothing, and Li Shimin ate happily. The emperor, who was tired of eating meat, was very interested in these novel vegetables.

Gao Yang added: "Father, there is mung bean soup after dinner."

The prince has been standing not far away. It is rare to see that His Majesty has such a good appetite. He did not even drink alcohol today.

After a meal, the emperor had a hearty meal, and the rain outside the house was still raining.

After the meal, the children played some activities for a while and then went to take a nap.

Zhang Yang boiled the water and poured hot tea, "Your Majesty, please use tea."

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, "After autumn, I will hold a banquet in the palace. I can bring out these dishes and show the achievements of Taifu Temple to the officials in the court."

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Taifu Temple needs to promote vegetables in the future. Since they are used at banquets, I hope the government can give us the right to promote vegetables, so that the local towns and counties in Guanzhong can relax restrictions on farmland."

“How big of a field do you need?”

"In fact, as long as each household has three to five percent of the land that can be used to grow vegetables, it will not affect food production, and the local area must develop crop trading to increase the value of crops and acres."

Li Shimin took a sip of tea and thought about it carefully. This guy is still the same. Anyone who asks for something from him must get some price back. His surrender is just an exchange, and he is not a sincere loyal minister.

He could only sigh deeply and said helplessly: "I will consider these things."

The response from the DPRK and China was slow, which shows that Tian Khan has a high vision.

At present, Li Xiaogong wants to become a big grape grower with 300 acres of grape land, and he also asks for grape seedlings from outside the country in advance.

As long as these three hundred acres of grapes can be grown and generate enough value, the value of the acres will also increase accordingly.

When people find that acres of land are of higher value and can choose to plant more diverse crops, this may also be used to slow down land annexation.

Professional people do professional things, whether it is Wang Anshi in later generations or Shang Yang in the past. The seriousness or severity of land annexation is related to national strength.

Increasing the value of acres of land can provide local villagers with cash crops to survive, instead of blindly inflaming food prices.

Although it may not change anything essentially.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At least Zhang Yang feels that he can improve a little, and he is not an able minister in governing the world. In terms of governance, Fang Xuanling is the pillar today, and in terms of running the court, there are Gao Shilian and empress.

There is the eldest grandson Wuji.

In terms of uprightness, as the benchmark of the court, Duke Zheng is full of uprightness.

On the art of war and strategy, generals Li Jing, Qin Qiong, and Yuchi Gong were also present in various places in the Central Plains.

They are all unique in their respective fields.

There are too many powerful people in this world, and Li Shimin has too many talented people in his hands.

As for me, I don’t know much about political affairs. It’s okay to make a joke in the court. It’s fine if I don’t cause any serious trouble. Why should I talk about land annexation?

Unable to solve the land problem directly, Zhang Yang wondered if he could change his mind and at least give it a try first. It would be wrong to just be pessimistic.

Today's development in Lishan is mainly based on industrial production. No matter whether you are the Taifu Temple Minister or not, you cannot give up farming.

In addition to grapes, you can also grow pumpkins, eggplants, courgettes, and cabbage, which are all good crops and can be widely planted.

Zhang Yang drank the tea and suddenly smiled.

Li Shimin said in surprise: "What are you laughing at?"

Zhang Yang looked at the rainy scene in front of him and slowly put down the teacup in his hand, "I'm wondering if I can sit in the position of Taifu Temple for the rest of my life."

Li Shimin nodded and said: "If you can do better, I can keep you in the position of Taifu Temple Minister for the rest of your life."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

As both a monarch and a minister, he is also a son-in-law. There are many conflicts between the monarch and his ministers, and there are also many interests in the relationship between the monarch and his son-in-law.

The Queen was very troubled by the relationship between Her Majesty and Zhang Yang. It would be best if the two of them would not quarrel and be amicable. She was worried that they would quarrel again.

However, since Zhang Yang withdrew from the court, there have been few disputes between His Majesty and him.

After a long silence, he was tired of looking at the unchanging rain scene in front of him. Li Shimin was surprised that he could sit like this without moving for so long.

"Turkic enlightenment has begun."

Zhang Yang nodded, "Good thing."

"There is another issue at the moment, and they are arguing about it. Regarding the issue of education, Wei Zheng advocated educating the Turks to submit to Tian Khan and abandon their bad habits. Changsun Wuji was very opposed to this. He felt that Turks were Turks and abandoned their bad habits.

Still Turks."

The teacher warned me yesterday not to ask questions about court affairs.

Li Shimin always liked to ask people difficult questions. Zhang Yang looked melancholy with his hands in his hands and didn't speak for a long time.

"Originally I wanted to ask Xu Jingzong about this matter, but he has been much more cautious recently and seems unwilling to participate in the dispute between the DPRK and China."

Zhang Yang said distressedly: "Old Xu is still negotiating with the Tubo people about the placement of the Protectorate, so he probably can't spare his energy."

"What do you think?"

Li Shimin asked further.

The emperor knew how to make use of people, especially the talents of his ministers, and was always thinking of squeezing out Zhang Yang's value.

After looking solemn for a long time, Zhang Yang said helplessly: "Your Majesty, I think forcing the cow's head to drink water will probably not be good. Huh? Isn't Xu Jingzong's policy of educating Tibet very good?"

"What's the meaning?"

Li Shimin asked again.

"There is a ready-made method at the moment. Xu Jingzong arranged many details in Tubo to make the descendants of the large ranchers in Tubo love the Tang Dynasty and let them know that only by following the Tang Dynasty can they live a good life. Chang'an is a holy land and the Central Plains is a sacred place.
To be continued...