Chapter 20 It's More Valuable
"Easily broken? Is it glass?"
As soon as he heard his brother's words, Li Shimin immediately guessed the answer, smiling but also a little disapproving - now not only the Daxing Palace, but also the bedroom and study room where Li Shimin lives daily have been replaced with glass. His demand for such things has been
Reduced to zero...
It's not that I don't want more. After all, there are so many palaces in Daxing Palace, and Li Shimin has so many concubines. Who doesn't give him a few pillow breezes when he sleeps, and wants to get some pieces of glass to live in?
The place?
In the past period of time, Li Shimin got tired of hearing the same words.
But no matter who was blowing the whistle, Li Shimin ignored it. Because after the death of Queen Changsun, there was no one in the harem who could make Li Shimin change his mind.
So no matter who asked for it, Li Shimin wouldn't nod, and even scolded the other party if he was pushed too hard.
The reason is very simple. Although he is the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and it is his brother King Han who makes glass, he cannot always dominate all the output of the palace, can he? Others will not say it, Zhao Guogong, Lu Guogong, etc.
Among those sons and brothers of their own, who wouldn’t be eager to wait for Li Yuanjia to install glass windows for them?
besides……
The price of one hundred guan for this piece of glass was set by Li Yuanjia. Can the emperor really continue to have prostitution for free?
No matter what, Li Shimin will not continue to dominate his brother's glass production, and in his eyes, the old ministers who once conquered the world together are more important than the concubines in the harem, right?
So after hearing his brother's words, Li Shimin really lost interest.
It's just glass, at most it's more translucent, but not very interesting.
But Li Yuanjia didn't care. He just smiled and said in a mysterious manner: "Second brother, what I am going to give you this time is not ordinary glass, but a good thing made of glass..."
"Something nice made of glass? What is it?"
First he asked casually, and then Li Shimin seemed to have remembered something. He raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Eleven, it can't be the same thing you told me last time, right?"
"Ah? What did I say?"
After hearing the emperor's words, Li Yuanjia was stunned and quite confused for a while.
Did he talk to Li Shimin about the mirror?
"Haha, this is where you want to grow vegetables in winter!"
After twitching his brows twice, Li Shimin squinted his eyes and smiled: "I remember clearly that you once said that if you build a big house with dozens or hundreds of pieces of glass, you can grow vegetables in it, and you can grow vegetables in it in winter.
It can be planted... Why, it's already built?"
"Well……"
The corner of his mouth twitched, and Li Yuanjia was speechless.
The idea of glass greenhouses has naturally appeared for a long time. After all, for a modern person, it is too painful to not eat real vegetables in the winter. Although there are cabbages these days, you can also rely on tea to supplement vitamins in winter.
, but Li Yuanjia still wants to eat real vegetables.
Therefore, he definitely had to build the vegetable greenhouse during the Zhenguan period, and he had to build it.
only……
"Oh, it's so difficult!"
Thinking of the difficulties Chen Mu and the others had in building the "glass greenhouse", Li Yuanjia couldn't help but sigh secretly - the current glass is still a bit too brittle, so it's better to install it on the window and take care of it carefully, but it would be really good if it was placed on the roof.
It's a bit "dangerous". I don't dare to think about hail or anything like that. Rain and snow can break through if they fall a little heavier, which makes people helpless...
"Growing vegetables in winter? A house made of glass?"
After hearing the emperor's words, Li Yuanjia was still sad, but Li Ke was stunned.
"A house made of glass? Wouldn't it collapse easily?
At this moment, another voice came over. Li Yuanjia turned around and suddenly had a headache... Li Zhi, a little kid, came over at some point. And next to him, there was someone who was just talking.
Prince Li Chengqian and King Wei Li Tai were toasting with ministers everywhere...
Not to mention, if you only look at the situation at this time, it is definitely brotherly harmony!
But Li Yuanjia knew very well that Li Chengqian had begun to "degenerate", and because of the emperor's favor, Li Tai's power also began to grow rapidly!
The relationship between the two of them can never go back to what it was before.
But at least now, outsiders who don't know the inside story can't tell anything. When they saw Li Zhi, Li Tai and others coming over, some ministers around them who originally wanted to come over to say hello quietly stopped.
The royal circle, it's better not to come and join in the fun at this time.
Swishing to Li Shimin's side, the youngest Li Zhi asked with his eyes widened: "Father, can you really build a house with glass? Wouldn't it all break with one push?"
"Haha, I have to ask your eleventh uncle."
"Ahem!"
Amid the emperor's laughter, Li Yuanjia resisted the urge to roll his eyes and explained helplessly: "Xiao Zhi, it's not all made of glass... Even if I were capable, I couldn't build that kind of house.
!”
He is not very familiar with Prince Jin, but it does not prevent Li Yuanjia from showing off his uncle's airs.
"That……"
"It's very simple, it's just that the house has more glass."
Seeing several nephews gathered around, Li Yuanjia also knew that he might not be able to do it if he didn't explain clearly, so he simply spread his hands and said: "The key reason why those vegetables cannot grow in winter is that it is too cold! So my idea
Just use more glass in the house so that sunlight can shine in, and then burn a few pots of charcoal fire inside to raise the temperature..."
"..."
Listening to the emperor's uncle's explanation, everyone surnamed Li, including the prince, was stunned.
Holy shit, can this still happen?
This is to build a house for those vegetables!
Several people all stared at the eleventh emperor's uncle with their eyes wide open, expressing their disbelief - it is natural for people to live in a house, and it is natural for them to build a shelter from the wind and rain for their livestock, but...
…
Who has ever heard of building a house for vegetables?
However, after a brief period of astonishment, the princes' eyes quickly lit up and their expressions became excited again... Especially the little fat guy Li Tai, after blinking desperately for a few times, he soon looked thoughtful.
He looked like he was thinking, as if he had figured something out.
The purpose of the glass greenhouse is actually very simple. Even the ancients could figure it out if they thought about it for a moment - for them, the key to constraints was materials, not ideas...
Just when they all had an idea, the officials around them consciously did not come forward to disturb them.
Seeing the strong curiosity on the faces of his nephews, Li Yuanjia secretly cried out in pain. He did not dare to neglect anymore and said directly to Li Shimin: "Second brother, what I brought today is indeed used."
Chapter completed!