"You are still blaming me. Otherwise, as a prince, how could you be reluctant to eat a camel?"
Li Yuanji said with emotion.
Li Shiji quickly shook his head and said: "I really don't mean to blame you. As for my reluctance to eat camels, it's not because I can't afford it, and it's not because I'm afraid that you will misunderstand my extravagance. It's because the soldiers of Zuoying are about to go into the desert to conquer the remaining people."
For Turkic tribes, camels are their must-have livestock.
I must keep this kind of livestock to provide for their needs."
Li Yuanji looked at Li Shiji with some surprise and said, "You have already started marching into the desert?"
Li Shiji nodded and said: "Yes, some of the remnants of the Turks have fled into the desert, and some of the Turkic tribes are already in the desert. The order you gave me is to wipe out all the tribes in the Turks, so the desert is also part of my conquest."
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Li Yuanji sighed: "The desert is not easy to conquer. A little carelessness may lead to the annihilation of the entire army. You must be fully prepared."
Li Shiji smiled and said: "I and others are already making preparations, and the camel is one of them."
Li Yuanji nodded and said, "That's good." Then he said nothing more.
Afterwards, Li Yuanji and his party entered the Chinese army's tent under the guidance of Li Shiji. The roasted cattle, roasted sheep and roasted camels outside the tent were cooked at the moment they entered the Chinese army's tent.
Li Shiji ordered the people to bring the most delicious parts of cattle, sheep, and camels to the Chinese army's tent with baking sheets in hand.
The two humps on the camel were sent to the two most distinguished people.
Li Yuanji looked at the roasted camel hump in front of him, which was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, with a golden color and sizzling oil. He smiled and said: "To be honest, there is a roasted lamb in the camel, a chicken in the sheep, and an egg in the chicken. I like it."
I have eaten a lot, but I rarely eat this grilled hump.
Today, thanks to Li Aiqing's great blessing, I can have a good taste."
Li Shiji said humbly: "How dare you? It's your blessing that I can achieve success and enjoy unprecedented wealth. It's not your blessing, and I don't have the qualifications."
"Is it interesting to say so many polite words? Eat it quickly, it will get cold if you don't eat it, and it won't taste good if it gets cold."
Since Li Shimin lost his identity as King of Qin, he has become less hypocritical and has begun to show his true temperament. Therefore, although he understands this hypocritical scene where everyone is smiling and saying hypocritical words, he just can't stand it and likes to destroy it.
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Neither Li Yuanji nor Li Shiji pretended to have heard what Li Shimin said.
Now that Li Shimin has no official title and no title, he can naturally speak freely and freely.
But they can't do it. One of them is the prince overseeing the country of the Tang Dynasty, and the other is a minister of the Tang Dynasty. They are both bound by fame and fortune. They must be hypocritical when they should be hypocritical.
"Come, Your Highness, eat it while it's hot."
Li Shiji’s warm invitation.
Li Yuanji smiled and nodded, eating the hump.
The scorched skin on the outside of the hump is delicious, but the middle is average, and the inside is tender and soft, but it doesn't quite suit Li Yuanji's taste because it has such a weird smell.
Maybe some people like to eat this weird taste, but Li Yuanji just doesn't like it. This is a matter of personal taste.
Li Yuanji simply ate some burnt skin, and cut a few pieces of beef shank and mutton shank with a knife. After eating for a while, he was already full.
Then he raised his glass with Li Shiji and others and started drinking.
Although the army was hardly provided with alcohol during the expedition, and was not allowed to bring alcohol, after the army was victorious, when it was time to reward the three armies, the court would still send people to bring a large amount of alcohol.
The purpose of these drinks is to reward the soldiers, to embolden the soldiers, and to numb the nerves of the soldiers and allow them to relax.
That is to say, the soldiers can relax after a tense battle.
This can effectively prevent the incident at Xiaoying from happening, and can also indirectly alleviate the sequelae of war among soldiers.
This is a relatively reasonable way of running the army set up by the ancients based on the principle of Zhang Yiyi.
Of course, many generals do this kind of thing naturally, and many soldiers also naturally feel that after a war, as long as they win, they should be rewarded.
Therefore, only a few people would connect this kind of thing with the psychology of soldiers.
After Li Jing's surprise attack on Jieli was successful, and Li Shiji and others made further achievements one after another, the Ministry of Civil Affairs had ordered people to deliver the first batch of drinks as a reward to the three armies, so everyone could drink to their heart's content.
"Wind drink!"
"Wind drink!"
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After who knows how many rounds of drinking, everyone was drunk. Some people vomited, some fell asleep, some were drunk in the big tent, and some took the opportunity to complain about Li Shiji.
There is no doubt that the one who took the opportunity to complain for Li Shiji must be a general under Li Shiji, who was very loyal to Li Shiji.
In order to avoid Li Shiji's embarrassment and Li Shiji's desperation to kill his own people with a knife, Li Yuanji pretended to be drunk and dragged Yin Kaishan, who came later, to take him to see the gold and silver jewelry seized from the Turks.
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Li Shimin's drinking capacity was a bit alarming. He drank a whole jar without getting drunk. Instead of getting more and more lost in the lake, he became more and more energetic as he drank. After seeing that everyone was drunk, he proposed to compete with everyone in the big tent.
Nei's painting style was suddenly distorted by Li Shimin, and a group of demons began to dance wildly.
After leaving the tent, the strong wind blew, and Li Yuanji suddenly became more sober. His slight drunkenness was completely blown away. He couldn't pretend to be drunk anymore, so he simply returned to normal and asked Yin Kaishan to take him there.
Look at the gold and silver treasures seized from various Turkic tribes this time.
According to reports from the front and rear, as well as from various commanders and commanders of the Chinese army, the trophies seized from the Turks this time include not only cattle, sheep, horses and prisoners, but also a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, as well as precious medicinal materials, which are only produced by the Turks.
of rare treasures.
Some of them were accumulated by the Turkic tribes for generations, some were plundered from the Central Plains when the Turks went south to plunder, and some were brought to the Turks by Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao when they fled to the Turks.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So the quantity is very large, filling sixteen tents, almost reaching the Tang Dynasty's treasury.
Some people may think it is an exaggeration, thinking that how could a barren Turk be as good as the Tang Dynasty's treasury.
But you have to know that all the trophies captured by the Tang Dynasty from the Turks this time were the trophies obtained by the Turks. The Tang Dynasty's treasury is only the Tang Dynasty royal family's treasury, and does not count the treasury of various nobles.
As well as the treasures of various wealthy families, as well as the treasures hidden in the homes of ordinary people.
If all these are taken into account, the Tang Dynasty's wealth reserves may be a hundred or even a thousand times that of the Turks.
Looking at it this way, don’t you think that the Turks have more wealth?
Among these sixteen tents filled with trophies, there were fully six in the Chinese army camp.
Every tent was guarded by a team of armored soldiers. Without exception, these soldiers were all related to the Li family.
Some of them have also been saints, princes, former kings of Qin, and current bodyguards around Yong Wang.
In the army, except for the army commanders, even the commander-in-chief and the general manager are not allowed to hang out there.
So when Yin Kaishan silently led Li Yuanji to the tent, he was stopped by the soldiers in front of the tent.
Li Yuanji stood up and showed his face, and the soldiers silently moved out of the way.
Seeing this, Yin Kaishan joked: "Without you, I wouldn't even have gone in to take a look. Even if I walked around here, they would have stared at me as if they were on guard against thieves."
As Li Yuanji walked into the tent, he smiled calmly and said: "These are national treasures that need to be added to the national treasury. They are not anyone's private property. The Army Sima has records, and the soldiers will also check them. The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the three provinces will have detailed items."
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If there is one copper less, the three provinces and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will issue accountability documents.
In serious cases, they can even lose their heads, so they are responsible and you don’t have to blame them.”
Yin Kaishan sighed with emotion and said with a smile: "I don't blame them, I just feel that they don't trust people. What is my identity, and I would covet the money here?"
Li Yuanji chuckled and said, "That's impossible to say. If you just pick one up, nothing will happen to you, but they might lose their heads. They are also thinking about their heads."
Yin Kai paused at the foot of the mountain and hurriedly defended himself: "I am not that kind of person. I can't spend all the gold, silver and jewels I have received. Why do I still covet the ones here?"
Li Yuanji smiled and nodded: "I know you are not this kind of person, but can you guarantee that other people, like you, have no intention of corruption in this money?"
Yin Kaishan suddenly stopped talking.
At this time, Li Yuanji also completely stepped into the tent.
There was an oil lamp burning in the tent, so there was light. Everything in the tent looked dazzling and dazzling under the light.
Horseshoe gold, rough gold coins, gold bars, gold nuggets, gold ornaments, gold swords, etc. were piled densely into a hill.
Even though Yin Kaishan had no intention of coveting the contents of the tent, his breathing became rapid after seeing this golden mountain.
Li Yuanji didn't have much reaction to this. He had seen Jinshan that was more exaggerated than this, and he didn't like to see it. If Li Yuan hadn't kept a close eye on the key to the inner treasury, he would have even seen it.
Move those golden mountains to your bedroom and play with them slowly.
Yes, there is also a gold mountain in the inner treasury, which is more than three times larger than this. It is Li Yuan's personal asset.
Li Yuan watched it very closely and would not let anyone touch it except a few close eunuchs who helped him manage the inner treasury.
Otherwise, the gold would have been turned into materials by Li Yuanji to strengthen the national power of the Tang Dynasty.
In other words, if a son robs something belonging to an old man who has lost most of his power, he will easily be sprayed to pieces, otherwise Li Yuanji would have grabbed it long ago.
If you want gold, Tianzhu has plenty of it, so just go to Tianzhu and grab it.
What's the point of treating yourself as a miser?!