area51novel Chapter 395
Chapter 395
When Li Shimin arrived at the Taiji Hall, the scout had already slumped on the steps in front of the Taiji Hall, holding a pen holder tightly in his arms.
The guards in front of the hall were about to step forward to call the scout, but Li Shimin raised his hand to stop him.
Li Shimin stepped forward and slowly squatted down, reaching out and carefully taking the bamboo tube from the scout's arms.
Unexpectedly, the scout woke up instantly as soon as he touched the bamboo tube, opened his eyes and found that the person next to him was the emperor.
"I deserve to die."
The scout immediately knelt down to apologize, and presented the bamboo tube to Li Shimin with both hands.
"It's okay, just sit down."
Li Shimin held the scout and signaled to Wang Defa with his eyes. Old Wang understood what he meant and asked someone to take the scout away to rest.
The bamboo tube was unscrewed to pour out the letters inside. To Li Shimin's surprise, there were actually two letters inside.
This was obviously smuggling private goods.
Li Shimin was more certain that it was not an urgent military situation, so he casually opened the personal letter from Zhang Baoxiang, the garrison commander of Ganzhou.
After a moment, Li Shimin smiled faintly.
"Haha, Lao Wang, I will arrange for someone to deliver ten jars of imperial liquor to Ganzhou and hand them over to Zhang Yuxiang."
"I can give you the liquor, but you want Xue Rengui? Haha..."
Zhang Baoxiang explained the unfair treatment he had received one by one, and at the same time inquired about Xue Rengui's background, hoping that Li Shimin would assign Xue Rengui to him.
"Well, and pass on my oral order to warn Zhang Baoxiang that this liquor is very strong, and you must not let it cause any trouble!"
To be on the safe side, Li Shimin warned Zhang Baoxiang in advance.
If Su Chen heard the name Zhang Baoxiang, he would definitely say that he was a great man, and Jie Li Khan was captured by Zhang Baoxiang himself.
"Yes!" Lao Wang responded respectfully.
Immediately, Li Shimin opened the bound letter from the Western Regions.
Suddenly, Li Shimin's expression kept changing.
Surprised? Shocked? Speechless...
"Hahaha... Atana has made a great contribution this time!
Old King, tell those old killers to come to the Imperial Study to discuss matters!"
Li Shimin didn't even care about lunch and immediately summoned the emperor and his ministers.
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"Who wrote this letter? His writing skills are comparable to that kid's."
Li Shimin read the letter from the Western Regions several times in the Imperial Study. The handwriting was almost the same as Su Chen's writing with a brush.
The whole article was less than 100 words, but a large piece of sheepskin was used.
"To show sincerity, send a thousand cattle and sheep first, good, good!"
Li Shimin knew that the cattle sent from the Western Regions were not oxen, but edible yaks, which were quite large!
Not long after, Fang Xuanling and others hurried to the Imperial Study.
They were planning to find a place for lunch, but they heard someone come to report that His Majesty had an urgent matter to summon.
"Gentlemen, please don't be polite!"
"Gentlemen, please take a look. This is the letter from the Western Regions!" Li Shimin did not wait for Fang Xuanling to salute, and directly handed the letter to Fang Xuanling.
Then Li Shimin sat in his seat and waited quietly for them to express their opinions.
"Your Majesty, this..."
After a while, Fang Xuanling and others circulated the letter of less than 100 words.
Without exception, they did not dare to believe whether the so-called letter of the country was true.
Are tea and fine salt so easy to sell?
As a gift, a thousand cattle and sheep were sent first. Although they were not oxen for farming, they were definitely generous gifts.
"Your Majesty, how much is the cart that the Western Regions royal family said?"
Wei Zheng suddenly raised a question. You know, the Tang Dynasty carriage can carry at least 1,000 kilograms.
Even a thousand kilograms of fine salt is only five strings of copper coins, but it is better to ask clearly.
If it is a thousand kilograms of tea, the value is hard to say. Su Chen has never put tea on the market.
"This... I don't understand it either." Li Shimin was speechless.
Fang Xuanling smiled profoundly and said:
"Your Majesty, as far as I know, people in the Western Regions are used to using cattle and horses to carry goods, and rarely use horse-drawn carriages to carry goods. Therefore, I think the one car they are talking about must be based on the amount loaded by Atana. Two hundred kilograms of fine salt and about fifty kilograms of tea make up one car."
Fang Xuanling's analysis was well-founded. They were all present when Atana loaded the car before he left.
The last time Atana left for the Western Regions, he carried three carts of six hundred kilograms of fine salt, two carts of about one hundred kilograms of tea, and some glass products.
"Hahaha, Xuanling is right!"
Then Changsun Wuji picked up the letter again, frowned slightly, and said:
"Your Majesty, the letter said that the Western Regions sent a thousand cattle and sheep to Chang'an this time. I think we should send people to the Ganzhou border to meet them as soon as possible, so that the thousand cattle and sheep can arrive in Chang'an smoothly."
Li Shimin woke up instantly after hearing this, and was too happy just now.
"That's right, that's right! I almost missed the big event, Keming, you take care of this matter."
"I obey your order!"
"Your Majesty, there is no time to waste. I will arrange 500 people to go to Ganzhou." Du Ruhui bowed and turned to leave the imperial study.
"Keming, wait a minute, take ten jars of imperial wine and give them to Zhang Baoxiang."
Li Shimin suddenly thought of helping Xue Rengui to invite Zhang Baoxiang to drinkAs for the wine, just let Du Hui take it along, so there is no need to send another person.
"I obey your order!"
Du Ruhui turned and left the imperial study without asking the reason.
"Your Majesty, the Queen has sent someone to deliver lunch to the side hall, asking how long Your Majesty will take to serve the official business." The old king entered the imperial study and reported to Li Shimin in a low voice.
Seeing that it was time for lunch, and Li Shimin had not come to Lizheng Hall, Empress Changsun sent someone to check the situation.
Knowing that Your Majesty returned to the imperial study halfway on business, she sent someone to deliver lunch to Taiji Hall.
There had been similar experiences before, and Li Shimin often forgot to eat and sleep.
Li Shimin opened his mouth slightly when he heard this. Fortunately, there were only three ministers in the imperial study, and the generals were busy recently, and some people were resting today on the weekend.
"Quick, call Ke Ming back, it won't be too late to arrange it after lunch."
Li Shimin was really considerate of his subordinates and was a rare good boss.
Although he was sometimes stingy.
"Everyone, lunch is ready. Please follow me to the side hall to eat." Li Shimin stood up and said politely to the three ministers present.
"Huh? Why don't you see Ma Zhou?"
"Your Majesty, Ma Zhou went to the printing factory an hour ago to arrange the Chang'an Daily for tomorrow."
Ma Zhou has been following Fang Xuanling to familiarize himself with the business recently.
Li Shimin nodded and walked towards the side hall.
Before leaving, he did not forget to take the letter from the Western Regions with him. He wanted to share this good news with Empress Changsun as soon as possible.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
It was not the first time that Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng had dinner at the same table with Empress Changsun, so there was no need to say more about Changsun Wuji.
"Greetings to the Queen!"
"Ministers, please take a seat!" Empress Changsun bowed slightly in return and asked everyone to take a seat.
There were eight dishes for six people, and Empress Changsun did not ask the imperial chef to add dishes temporarily.
Boiled fish and boiled pork slices were both large bowls of dishes, and the soup and rice were also good for everyone to eat.
Half an hour later, the meal was over and Empress Changsun said goodbye to Li Shimin.
"Wait a minute, Guanyin, I have good news to share with you." Li Shimin handed the letter to Empress Changsun.
Empress Changsun was a little curious. Why are there still people writing letters on sheepskin? Paper is very cheap.
At first glance, Empress Changsun thought it was written by Su Chen.
"Your Majesty, this..."
"Hahaha, it's all true! Atana has made a great contribution this time." Li Shimin laughed out loud.
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