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Chapter 420
Yuchi Gong opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

It is published in the newspaper that the imperial court will use troops against the Turks, and the Turks will definitely receive the news.

But after waiting for a while, seeing that Datang did not move at all, the Turkic people would really think that Datang was bluffing.

Li Shimin said decisively: "Xuanling, you are responsible for the selection of envoys. Tell them that they must show Datang's anger."

The more angry the Turkic people are, the more they will believe that Datang is bluffing.

"The weather is cold now, I have someone prepare some vegetables, you can take them back and taste them." Li Shimin said.

Although the ancients paid attention to not eating from time to time, they gave up growing vegetables in greenhouses.

But they still know that vegetables cannot be grown in winter because of the cold weather.

Therefore, the ancients thought of growing vegetables beside the hot springs.

There are not many hot springs around Chang'an, and even fewer vegetables are grown, which can only be supplied to the royal family.

However, in order to win over the minister, Li Shimin would reward the minister some every winter.

When Fang Xuanling and the others heard that there were vegetables to eat, they all looked happy.

Vegetables are not rare in normal times, but in winter, there is no place to buy them if they have money.

However, a few people did not show joy.

Even Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong showed disgust.

Although vegetables can be grown near the hot springs, the temperature cannot be controlled, so the vegetables grown are somewhat malnourished, and the taste is much worse than usual.

When there are no vegetables, it is good to be able to eat vegetables, and naturally no one cares.

But they all have vegetable greenhouses built with Lin Xuan's help, and there is no shortage of vegetables, so they naturally look down on those vegetables that are malnourished.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."

All the ministers bowed to express their gratitude, even though Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong were not rare, but who would dare to refuse the reward from Li Shimin?

The vegetables grown by the hot spring were not enough for the royal family. Li Shimin rewarded the ministers just to win them over. He was very happy to see them thank you, but when he saw Cheng Yaojin, he was taken aback for a moment.

You must know that when he rewarded vegetables in the past, Cheng Yaojin would take the initiative to find him, wanting more.

But what happened this year?

Not only did Cheng Yaojin not ask him for money, he didn't even smile, and Li Shimin even saw disgust in his eyes.

That's right, disgust.

"You have worked hard and done a lot, just a few vegetables, so there is no need to be polite." Li Shimin waved his hand and said.

"Zhijie, the amount of vegetables is small this year, and I don't even have enough to eat. You can't ask me for more after you finish eating." Li Shimin said.

He wondered why Cheng Yaojin didn't ask him for vegetables, but he couldn't ask directly.

Otherwise, what would Cheng Yaojin really ask him to do?
You know, apart from rewarding ministers, harem concubines, princes and princesses, and the clan, they all have to be rewarded, and the rest is not enough for him to eat.

Therefore, he thought of testing Cheng Yaojin by beating around the bush.

"Since His Majesty doesn't have enough, then those ministers who rewarded the ministers are not needed." Cheng Yaojin said.

Seeing what Cheng Yaojin said, Li Shimin felt that there was something wrong with it.

"Oh? In the past, when I rewarded you, you not only accepted it, but also asked me for it. Why did you suddenly change your sex this year?" Li Shimin asked.

"hey-hey."

Cheng Yaojin chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, Zichu helped me build a vegetable shed so that I can grow vegetables in winter. There is no shortage of vegetables in my house."

"Greenhouse?"

Li Shimin was taken aback, and asked, "What is a vegetable greenhouse?"

"It's to build a house on the ground, use coal to heat the fire, and grow vegetables. If your majesty doesn't have enough food, I will send some to your majesty later." Cheng Yaojin said very generously.

"Your Majesty, there are ministers, and ministers can also send some to Your Majesty." Yu Chigong also said.

Li Shimin was taken aback: "You have it too?"

"That's right, Zichu helped us all build a vegetable greenhouse." Yuchi Gong boasted.

"us?"

Li Shimin looked at Qin Qiong and Li Jing.

Li Jing and Qin Qiong were not as high-profile as Cheng Yaojin and the others, but seeing Li Shimin looking over, they had no choice but to nod.

Li Shimin was so angry, Lin Xuan was almost becoming a son-in-law, and he didn't give him any good things.

If Cheng Yaojin and the others hadn't said it, he still wouldn't know.

"Su Guogong, E Guogong, aren't you talking about greenhouses? Greenhouses already existed in the Han Dynasty, and it's not uncommon. The vegetables grown in greenhouses are seasonal things, how can they be eaten by His Majesty?" Wei Zheng Said.

"What a seasonal thing, isn't the vegetable grown by the hot spring also a seasonal thing, how can His Majesty eat it?" Cheng Yaojin said unwillingly.

"The hot spring is a normal phenomenon. How can it be compared with the use of charcoal fire to heat the room?" Wei Zheng argued.

"Why can't they be compared? Could it be that the vegetables in the greenhouse don't grow in the ground?" Cheng Yaojin asked.

"You are making too much sense." Wei Zheng was at a loss for words.

He also read about growing vegetables in the greenhouse.

It is recorded in the book that it was abandoned because it was out of date.

Therefore, when he saw that Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong wanted to offer food to Li Shimin, he immediately objected.

In fact, the abandonment of growing vegetables in greenhouses was due to the lack of national strength of the big man at that time.

The cost of growing vegetables in a greenhouse is too high, and it is not worth it just to eat a bite of vegetables.

But those ministers naturally couldn't say that to the emperor, so they found an untimely thing to prevent the emperor from growing vegetables in the greenhouse.

Many people may think that the cost of building a vegetable greenhouse for Lin Xuan is not high?

In fact, it is also very high, but it is much cheaper than when it was a big man.

If the greenhouse wants to be heated, it must be heated all the time.

You must know that growing vegetables requires a lot of space and consumes a lot of wood and charcoal.

Plus some other consumption, the cost is very huge.

But Lin Xuan and the others used coal, which was worthless.

The only valuable thing is the glass.

But it is only valuable in the eyes of outsiders, to Lin Xuan, it is nothing at all.

Li Shimin waved his hands and said, "Don't quarrel, since Zhijie and they are fine to eat, I can naturally eat too."

"Hey, the minister will send some to His Majesty when he turns around." Cheng Yaojin said.

……

"Your Majesty, please see the Marquis of Jingyang County." Li Mu said.

"Okay, before I looked for him, he came to the door by himself." Li Shimin thought to himself.

Li Shimin was naturally upset that Lin Xuan built a greenhouse for Cheng Yaojin and the others but did not build it for him.

"Let him in." Li Shimin said.

Lin Xuan walked into the main hall, seeing Li Shimin's unhappy face, he was a little puzzled, could it be that Empress Changsun was ill again?

It shouldn't be, if Empress Changsun falls ill, it's impossible for me not to receive any news.

"See Your Majesty." Lin Xuan suppressed his doubts and bowed in salute.

"Excuse me." Li Shimin waved his hand and said impatiently, "Why are you here?"

Lin Xuan said: "I don't know what happened to make His Majesty so angry?"

He came to talk to Li Shimin about making soap, but Li Shimin was obviously unhappy now, and he wondered if he would come back another day.

He doesn't want to be a punching bag.

"It's not Turkic people yet, they went to the border to plunder again." Li Shimin said.

He originally wanted to ask Lin Xuan why he didn't build a greenhouse for him, but Lin Xuan also participated in the calculation of the Turkic people, and he wanted to hear Lin Xuan's opinion.

Lin Xuan was not at all surprised when he heard that the Turkic people were looting on the border of the Tang Dynasty.

Nomads have always been the confidant of the Central Plains Dynasty. When the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, they plundered at the border.

When the Central Plains Dynasty declined, they would directly invade.

This happens all the time, and it's no surprise.

When the Central Plains dynasty was strong, it would also attack nomads.

(End of this chapter)