In Li Zhi's eyes, Li Hong is his young son, and he needs to be taught at all times to avoid letting him go astray.
In Wu Mei's eyes, Li Hong is just a stupid kid who wants to cling to her and enjoy some maternal love all the time.
In the eyes of those civil and military ministers, Li Hong was the future of the empire, a sapling that needed constant repair.
However, when Li Hong's immature words arrived at the Anxi Protectorate, and when the Protector learned that His Highness, the Prince who was about to become the crown prince, needed to find something called an onion, he specially drew an immature picture.
A cavalry team of eight hundred people left Khotan.
Since the things His Royal Highness the Crown Prince needs cannot be found in the four towns of Anxi, and since this thing is called onion, it must be in Congling, right?
So, this group of cavalry went all the way west, killing and asking questions, and finally learned from a little king who was captured alive that this thing should be in Little Bolu.
At this time, the cavalry, whose number was less than 500, turned around and charged into Xiaobolu.
They transformed into bandits and burned, killed and looted Xiaobolu, looking for the shadow of onions everywhere. It was not until a city was burned to a white ground that they learned the whereabouts of onions from the frightened city lord.
It was August at this time, and the thing was planted in the wilderness outside the city, boundless and green.
It's just that the thick bulbs of the onions were blocked by the dense onion leaves, so they didn't notice...
In order to prevent the young Crown Prince from having another whim, these people looted all the plant seeds they could find along the way.
When they personally took these plant seeds back to Chang'an to report back to the prince according to the instructions of the prince's sect, only less than 300 of the 800 cavalry returned.
When Li Hong saw the onions, onion seeds, and various plant seeds presented to him by the vicissitudes of the cavalry, he was both happy and very ashamed, because as a poor man, even the green onions on the walls of the East Palace
The prince who is full of weeds does not have enough money to reward these warriors.
After being scolded by his father and mother, the impoverished Crown Prince had no choice but to go to Naha. After signing a loan treaty that was humiliating and humiliating the country, he finally borrowed 2,000 yuan. His Royal Highness then rewarded all these warriors.
He was afraid that he would treat these warriors poorly, so he trained all of them into his Prince Liu Rate, even though the Prince Liu Rate at this time only had 600 people.
Since this incident spread among the army, the soldiers in the border states of the Tang Dynasty all expected to be taught by the immature prince.
No matter how outrageous and unbelievable the content of the Prince Religion is, they have enough courage and perseverance to complete it.
There was no way, the young Crown Prince had given him too much. Even the soldiers from the Western Regions who had laughed at the eight hundred people at first, after learning that all the survivors in that group had been trained into the Crown Prince's Sixth Command
, the envious eyes are red.
Not all soldiers are qualified to be trained into the sixth rank of the prince. Today's sixth rank of the prince will be the emperor's personal guards in the future.
This is the practice of the Tang Dynasty.
The soldiers who died on the road looking for Yuan Cong received generous pensions from His Highness the Crown Prince. As soldiers, after they died in battle, their identity as soldiers would be replaced by their nephews at home, and these nephews would also follow that branch.
The root of the team entered the sixth-rate sequence of the Prince.
In the opinion of Emperor Li Zhi, this matter was just a child's mischief.
In Wu Mei's eyes, this behavior was a stupid thing done by a child who did not get enough attention from his mother and deliberately acted mischievously in order to attract his mother's attention.
Of course, the more than 500 soldiers who died on the road looking for onions did not attract their attention. After all, this was a very small thing to them and not worth paying more attention to.
What they don't know is how much their son, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, has paid for this trivial matter that they think is not worth mentioning.
And the most tragic price is that you have to run while being a target for Naha's slingshot...
And this is just an insignificant clause in the loan contract that humiliates the country.
Li Hong took out a red-skinned onion from his arms and patted it in Naha's hand and said: "As long as it is stored in a cool place, it can last throughout the winter.
The best thing about this thing is that the yield per acre is very high. As long as the fertilizer can keep up, it is not unusual for one acre of land to produce 4,000 to 5,000 kilograms.
Even if a farmer only sells one pound of onions for one copper coin, he can still get four or five copper coins for one acre of land.
Therefore, we must treat this treasure that we have sacrificed more than five hundred lives to obtain, otherwise the blood of those warriors will be in vain."
Naha looked at the onions in her hand, and then at Li Hong's unique red and phoenix eyes. She was very moved, so she held the onions and said, "Okay, I still have a lot of land at home. I will help you grow onions. Also,
I don’t want you to return those two thousand guan.”
The corners of Li Hong's originally straight mouth curved slightly, but he put on a determined look on his face and said: "How can a man break the contract midway if he makes a promise with a thousand pieces of gold?
You said before that your money was not brought by strong winds, but was obtained by many businessmen from the Western Regions working hard in the Gobi Desert. This money will definitely be returned to you."
As soon as he finished speaking, his ear was caught by Naha, and Naha said angrily: "How dare you deceive me."
Li Hong said blankly: "Did I deceive you?"
Naha roared angrily: "As soon as you start lying, your ears will move. Just now, your ears moved and you said, what did you lie to me?"
Li Hong, who originally looked frustrated, was stunned for a moment after hearing Naha's words, and then said: "Actually, the yield of this kind of onions is not that large."
Naha smiled and let go of Li Hong's ears and said: "I know you are bragging. Seeing how pitiful you are, I will write off the two thousand guan in one stroke. I will not use a slingshot to hit you in the future. My sister-in-law said that you are the prince and cannot
I have lost my status."
Li Hong chuckled and said, "That would be so embarrassing..."
Naha curled her lips and said, "Sister-in-law wants me to ask you a question, and you must answer me honestly."
Li Hong sat up straight and said, "Okay, if you ask, I will tell you the truth."
"You are the prince of the Tang Dynasty. If you want money, you have many connections. Why do you have to ask me to borrow money?"
Li Hong smiled and said: "Because only by borrowing money from you can I avoid future troubles."
"Is there no future trouble? I remember I wrote a lot of conditions on it."
Li Hongdao: "The conditions you offer are all things I can fulfill myself. If you hit me with a slingshot, I can become faster and steal wine from the palace. This is not difficult for me. I call you Na."
Sister Ha, this is not a condition for me, I usually shout like this.
As for helping you copy scriptures, just think of it as me practicing calligraphy and helping you to scare people. I also like this very much. Ever since I became the prince, it has no meaning at all..."
Naha sat on a bench, swung her legs and asked: "What will others ask of you?"
After hearing Naha's words, Li Hong's face suddenly darkened, and he said bitterly: "They will ask for people to be sent to my crown prince Liuli, and they will also ask for their nephews to be sent to me as companions.
They would also ask me to bring their little lady into the East Palace.
And none of these things are something I can agree to.
They all think that I am too young to understand these things, but they do not know that although I am young, I am not a fool who can be manipulated by them.
My husband has always told me to be smart, to be smart, to be smart, I remember it firmly, they can’t even try to lie to me!”
"But, I think it's quite silly for you to get the onions. After so many people died, you got back some seeds, oh, and a few onions."
Li Hong smiled and said, "Are you stupid?"
Naha said: "Totally stupid."
"So, do you think the emperor is also a fool?"
Naha thought for a moment and said, "I heard from my brother that your emperor is the most powerful emperor in the world."
Li Hong pulled out a spinach from the vegetable field and put it in Naha's hand: "Do you think this thing is valuable?"
Naha looked at the spinach dish in her hand and said, "It's not delicious and it's not worth the money."
Li Hong said with a smile: "When I was studying "Taizong Huiyao" with the Taifus, I read that in the eleventh year of Zhenguan, the Nibolu people presented spinach to Taizong. Taizong was overjoyed and rewarded him with ten thousand gold.
Since the emperor happily rewarded the Nibolu messenger with ten thousand gold when he got the spinach, it means that the spinach is very important to us.
My soldiers traveled thousands of miles to get me onions, which has proved that they are loyal to me. With such warriors, I will naturally take the opportunity to recruit them into the Prince's Sixth Command and become my personal soldiers.
My husband once told me that no matter how much money you spend on talents, you will definitely make it back twice or dozens of times in the end."
Since the emperor can reward the Nibolu messenger ten thousand gold for spinach, I can reward the Tang Dynasty warriors two hundred thousand gold, and also give them official positions, so that everyone can envy them, and let everyone know that as long as they respect me
Li Hong, I, Li Hong, will never let you down.
Let everyone know that although the prince is young, he still has a voice."
Naha looked at Li Hong depressedly. She once again felt that this child was stupid.
Obviously I just asked him a casual question, and he just answered yes or no directly, but he said a lot of things about the boss, as if he was very smart.
Fortunately, she still remembered that her sister-in-law wanted her to be nicer to Li Hong, so she endured it and waited for Li Hong to finish.
As soon as Li Hong said the last word, Naha jumped off the big bench and climbed on the back of the black horse, saying to Li Hong: "It's getting late, I have to go home, otherwise my sister-in-law will scold me."
Li Hong said loudly from behind: "What's wrong with you? You should listen to what others have to say before leaving."
The black horse was as fast as the wind. Li Hong ran to the door and heard Naha's voice coming from afar: "Next time, next time, next time."
There was no sincerity in what he said, and Li Hong stamped his feet bitterly. He said most of the words, holding them in his heart, feeling very uncomfortable.
It's not that there are no people around him who are willing to listen to him. The entire Suzaku Street can be filled with people who are willing to listen to him.
However, Li Hong just wanted to talk to Sister Naha. Only by talking to her would he not have to go through what he wanted to say in his head.
You can be happy and happy, say whatever you want, whatever you want.