Xiao Ran hung up the phone, "Wu Niang is fine."
"Well, Yushu go get the prepared things."
"Yes, Your Highness!" Yu Shu brought a huge red cloth and covered the big pumpkin.
This way it can't be seen.
Princess Gaoyang and two little maids came back carrying baskets full of fruits.
"Little sac gentleman~Niqi early plum duck~" The little princess gave the biggest one to Xiao Ran.
Xiao Ran took the strawberry, looked at it, and handed it to Li Lizhi.
The little princess suddenly became unhappy and frowned.
Xiao Ran also realized that what he did was wrong.
Although the little princess is young, she is not stupid. The little girl will definitely be unhappy if you do this in front of her.
"I don't want to eat strawberries, you eat them, my dear!" Li Lizhi handed them to Xiao Ran, fearing that the little princess would cry.
Xiao Ran took the strawberry, really carelessly.
"Mingda, can we eat together?"
"Hmmmm~"
"Second sister, eat too." Xiao Ran asked Princess Chengyang to take a bite, and the three of them shared it.
"Sister, this melon is also delicious. Try this one." Princess Gaoyang felt that Li Lizhi was a little embarrassed, so she gave Li Lizhi a different one.
"Well, good!" Li Lizhi took the melon and took a bite.
On the other side, Li Shimin brought Empress Changsun and called many people.
Including Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Ma Zhou, Wei Zheng, Tang Jian, Li Ji, Yuchi Jingde, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong...
Almost all of Li Shimin's confidants came.
Li Shimin drove with Empress Changsun in front, and Cheng Yaojin and others rode electric bikes and bicycles behind. The group of people marched out of Chang'an City and headed straight for the greenhouse.
If I didn’t know, I would have thought they were going to blow up the streets!
A group of big guys doing this naturally attracted a lot of attention.
Soon a group of people stopped the car by the river and saw Xiao Ran, Li Lizhi and others waiting outside the greenhouse.
"Uncle, uncle..."
"Well, what's going on? Why are you making such a fuss?" Li Shimin really wanted to know what Xiao Ran and the others had come up with.
"Grandpa, this is the Mid-Autumn Festival gift from the Agricultural College to Datang." Li Lizhi pointed inside the greenhouse. "Grandpa, uncle...you go in and take a look."
A group of people entered the greenhouse and saw pumpkin vines and leaves inside, but no pumpkins. The red cloth in the middle area was very conspicuous.
The nutrients in the entire greenhouse are just enough to grow one pumpkin. So it grows ridiculously large.
There are also a lot of chemical fertilizers. Without these things in the Tang Dynasty, it would be impossible to grow such large crops.
"Grandpa, please open it and take a look." Li Lizhi pointed to the giant pumpkin.
"Okay, okay, let me see if there is any surprise." Li Shimin walked forward a few steps, pulled open the red cloth, and what came into everyone's eyes was a huge pumpkin.
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
"Wow~" The little princess also saw it for the first time. She had not noticed this greenhouse before.
"This melon is so big~"
The little princess was very small compared to the pumpkin. She pounced on the pumpkin, but the huge pumpkin didn't move at all.
It took Li Shimin a long time to recover from his shock. He could tell that it was a melon, but he didn't expect it to be so big.
"I've never seen anything this huge before. This melon is truly amazing! How did something this huge grow?"
Li Shimin was shocked and curious about the huge size of the giant pumpkin, and was eager to know what kind of planting methods and conditions could produce such a strange pumpkin.
"Grandpa, this was grown by everyone from the Agricultural College. It's quite special and needs careful care..."
Li Lizhi did not take all the credit, there was no need to do so.
"Good, good, good. I am very satisfied with this pumpkin. Everyone in the Agricultural College will receive a reward. I will reward them handsomely." Li Shimin touched the pumpkin excitedly. "This pumpkin is so big it seems unreal."
Others had the same feeling and couldn't help but touch it to confirm whether it was real.
The touch tells everyone that it is a real pumpkin.
"Girl, can this be eaten?" Li Shimin still wanted to confirm.
"Grandpa, of course it's edible."
"Okay, okay, hahaha, this is good, this is good!" Li Shimin laughed heartily.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. Your Highness has led the Agricultural College to cultivate such auspicious things. It is a blessing for the people of the Tang Dynasty and the country." Fang Xuanling was the first to stand up and speak.
Li Shimin nodded. "Such a large melon is truly a rare treasure in the world. It is truly an auspicious sign for our Tang Dynasty!"
"Your Majesty, this melon is a rare find in the world. It is so huge, it is truly a blessing for our Tang Dynasty. God bless the Tang Dynasty, so that such a wonderful melon can be born!"
"This melon may become a treasure of our Great Tang, displayed throughout the world, so that all the barbarians may know of our Great Tang's prosperity and might."
"Ancient legends say that the appearance of a gigantic creature is a sign of prosperity. The discovery of this melon in the Tang Dynasty is a perfect sign of our dynasty's prosperity. Your Majesty's great achievements should be recorded in history, immortalizing them for eternity."
"The Book of Songs says, 'The melons and gourds are endless, and the people are born.' This melon is so huge, and the melons and gourds are endless, which symbolizes the prosperity of our Tang Dynasty's descendants and the longevity of our country."
After receiving so much flattery, Li Shimin felt elated.
Xiao Ran next to him also sighed that these officials are good at talking.
There were some things Xiao Ran didn't quite understand, but he thought they were pretty cool.
I don't know why it's so powerful!
Li Shimin excitedly said, "This thousand-jin pumpkin is truly an auspicious omen for the Tang Dynasty and the fruit of the diligence of all the officials of the Agricultural College. You have brought this wonderful product to the Tang Dynasty with your wisdom and sweat, and your contribution is invaluable. Today, I grant everyone in the Agricultural College a thousand taels of gold and a hundred acres of fertile land. The students who participated in the planting will be given official titles. I hope you will continue your efforts and spread this miraculous planting method throughout the world, so that all the people of our Tang Dynasty can benefit from the prosperity of agriculture..."
Li Shimin's words excited several students from the Agricultural College.
Some people are not short of money, but they know that this matter must be recorded in history, otherwise ordinary people would be too excited to hear about gold and fields.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Several students hurriedly bowed to express their gratitude.
"Ananda, have someone bring the pumpkin back to Chang'an City. I want all the people to see it. This is a good omen for our Great Tang."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"During the Mid-Autumn Festival, I, along with all the civil and military officials, and the people of Chang'an, will offer this melon as a tribute!"
Fang Xuanling was the first to step forward and spoke, "Your Majesty is wise and benevolent, so only can such a magical pumpkin appear. Your Majesty shares the joy of the people and the auspiciousness of this object. This is truly a blessing for the people of the Tang Dynasty and a blessing for all officials. Your Majesty's heart is as vast as the sky, and his love is as warm as the sun..."
"Long live His Majesty!"
"Long live the Tang Dynasty!"
Xiao Ran was also stunned. This is what makes people with culture different. They speak so nicely!
There was no need for Zhang Ananda to arrange for other people. Yuchi Jingde, Hou Junji and several generals volunteered to carry the giant pumpkin back to Chang'an City personally.
Even if he didn't participate in the planting, at least he participated in the moving. Maybe there would be an additional sentence in the history books about who moved the giant auspicious sign into Chang'an City.
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