What Li Ye said was completely beyond Yang Xiuyuan's understanding.

Even with these dishes placed in front of me, I still couldn't believe it.

"Your Highness, are you kidding me?" Yang Xiuyuan couldn't stand it anymore.

Even if it offends Li Ye, he still has to raise his own doubts.

"It seems that you won't believe it unless you see it with your own eyes.

But this is normal.

Let’s eat first, and then I’ll take you to see where the vegetables are grown!”

This is exactly the effect Li Ye wants.

Yang Xiuyuan nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I'll open my eyes this time too."

He didn't dare to say anything about such a big thing even if he returned to the capital without personally witnessing it.

It doesn't take much to imagine how many officials would question this if it were made known to the court.

I'm not sure and I don't have confidence.

Although the dish was very delicious, Yang Xiuyuan's heart had already flown away to the fields.

Eat your meal as quickly as possible.

Especially the vegetables, there was not a single drop left.

After a winter, vegetables became more attractive to him than meat.

Li Ye didn't care. After eating and drinking, he took him to the vegetable greenhouse.

Because growing vegetables is a secret and the prices of vegetables are extremely expensive.

So I put it in the safest place in the middle of the village.

When you arrive at the site, you can see rows of greenhouses.

The width is more than ten meters and the length can reach forty or fifty meters.

Yang Xiuyuan had also seen greenhouses in the fields near the capital, and they all looked similar.

However, those greenhouses have no sunlight, so very few vegetable varieties can be grown. The roots cannot grow too big, and the leaves are almost not green, but yellow due to lack of chlorophyll.

In addition, the greenhouse needs to burn charcoal to maintain the temperature, so the cost of growing vegetables is extremely high, and only the top dignitaries can afford to eat them.

The greenhouses here are endless at a glance, and there are countless of them.

If all the plants are grown with vegetables, how much charcoal will be consumed every day?

It's simply unimaginable.

"Please come in, Lord Yang!" Li Ye made an inviting gesture.

The two walked over together, and Yang Xiuyuan discovered that the greenhouses here were different from those in the capital.

A greenhouse in Beijing is equivalent to a house without windows.

To keep it warm, it is covered with soil.

Here the situation is completely different.

All of them are covered with some straw mats and felts.

Because the temperature was already high and the sun was shining.

The straw mats and felt were uncovered and rolled up beside them.

As he walked in, Yang Xiuyuan's eyes widened.

It's not like he hasn't seen transparent glass before.

Most of them are valuable ornaments.

In ancient times it was called glass.

The purer it is, the higher its value, but the glass made here is very clear and has almost no impurities.

Sunlight can penetrate the glass and shine into the greenhouse.

The vegetables grown there grow particularly well, just like in spring and summer.

"Your Highness, could it be that these greenhouses are covered entirely with transparent colored glass?"

Yang Xiuyuan didn't know what to say at this moment.

If you have so much transparent glass, why grow vegetables? If you sell them, you will become rich enough to rival a country.

Li Ye explained, "It's also correct to call it transparent colored glaze, but I call these things glass.

Due to the rush of work, the purity is not very good.

If there is no impurity at all and it is completely transparent, more sunlight will be able to enter and the vegetables will grow better.

Come on, let’s go in and take a look!”

With a dazed look on his face, Yang Xiuyuan entered the greenhouse and instantly felt that it was extremely hot inside, almost as hot as early summer.

But I didn't see any greenhouses.

This made Yang Xiuyuan even more confused. How did the temperature rise if there was no charcoal burning?

Li Ye pointed to the raised semicircular passage in the middle, which was more than one meter high, and said, "Add carbon here and lead the chimney outside.

We burn coal here, which has a lower cost and produces a higher temperature.

By exhausting the smoke outside, you don't have to worry about poisoning and you can keep the temperature warm.

Taking advantage of the transparent glass feature, vegetables can be exposed to the sun even in winter.

That’s why it grows so well!”

"Since Your Highness can make such pure colored glass, wouldn't it be a fortune if he made it into ornaments and sold it?

Why go so far away to grow vegetables and make money?"

Yang Xiuyuan didn't understand at all and couldn't help asking.

Li Ye smiled and said, "The reason behind this is very simple.

Because the cost of producing glass is actually not high, and we can get as much as we want.

If we produce too much at once, we won’t be able to maintain the current price.

Maybe you can buy a nice ornament for just a dozen cents.

But it is different when growing vegetables in a greenhouse. As long as the price is right, many people are willing to buy it in winter.

This business can continue forever."

Yang Xiuyuan seemed to be lost in thought and understood what Li Ye meant.

It seems like a huge waste to use very valuable glass to grow vegetables.

But vegetables are ridiculously expensive in winter, and they can be sold out all winter long.

If you make glass into an ornament, it will never break once you buy it and keep it.

The greater the quantity, the less valuable it will be.

"Your Highness is right. I admire you!"

"It's nothing, actually. Lord Yang doesn't usually pay attention to how to do business, so it's normal that he doesn't understand this."

I visited several greenhouses and saw that there were more than a dozen kinds of vegetables grown there, which could be eaten in different ways.

There are no fewer dishes in winter than in summer.

This made Yang Xiuyuan completely convinced.

After the visit, Yang Xiuyuan did not linger any longer. He bowed to Li Ye and said, "I have completed my inspection and will report to the emperor.

Your Highness said that I have already kept it in mind, and I may not necessarily say many good words to Your Majesty."

"Thank you very much!"

Li Ye asked someone to bring him some local specialties to eat on the road.

These are just some ordinary items and cannot be considered bribery.

Yang Xiuyuan did not refuse.

As they escorted Yang Xiuyuan away, Lei Ying said with some concern, "Many things in our village have been exposed. What if the Emperor feels that Your Highness is a threat?"

"Your Highness built this village. No one can take it away, not even the Emperor."

Lei Zhan’s considerations are very simple. He is only loyal to Li Ye and doesn’t even care about the emperor.

Li Ye smiled and said, "Since you want to fight for the throne, there are some things you have to do.

Now that we have embarked on this path, there is no turning back."

Everyone looked at Zhao Wudi. They all knew that he was loyal to the emperor and had to show his attitude at this time.

Zhao Wudi did not hesitate and said solemnly: "As long as Your Highness does not actively rebel, I will always stand by Your Highness's side.

If the Emperor truly wishes to take away Your Highness's military power, I will fully support Your Highness."

After hearing his words, everyone smiled with relief.

Lei Zhan put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile, "That's right, after such a long time of knowing each other, don't you still understand Your Highness?

Only if Your Highness inherits the throne will it be a blessing for the Dayuan clan."