However, these things about the Japanese country are a matter for later.
Even Xiao Han didn't expect that Xiao Lizi's angry words would pave the way for the proliferation of Japanese pirates in the future!
I don’t know if the two of them would have regretted the decision they made today if they could predict the future situation. Of course, based on Xiao Han’s understanding of Li Shimin, this soft-spoken emperor would probably only regret that he was too harsh on the Japanese country.
polite!
"Well, Your Majesty, you just said something about firearms and it seems you haven't gone into detail yet."
Just now, Xiao Lizi was busy changing the topic, but now, seeing that the emperor was already angry, Xiao Han, who just wanted to live a peaceful New Year, also began to skip the matter in a hurry and redirect the topic elsewhere.
"Hou Junji's missing staff member who collapsed the Firearms Research Institute suddenly appeared in the west when you went to Lingnan!" Li Shimin looked a little angry. Hearing Xiao Han's words, his reply tone was still a little unkind.
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"What?" When Xiao Han suddenly heard the news, his face suddenly changed color! It was only then that he remembered a piece of information he had inadvertently received when he was in Lingnan!
The information was sent to him by Chang'an. It listed a lot of things that happened in Chang'an. One of them seemed to be about Hou Junji, who was demoted because of his fight with Xiao Han. For some reason, he was suddenly demoted again.
Reactivated, and has led troops to the vicinity of the Hexi Corridor!
At that time, Xiao Han was still racking his brains to sneak into the Feng family to find out the news. When he learned about this, he didn't care at all and just regarded it as a normal military operation.
After all, as long as a person like Hou Junji has not committed a heinous crime, the emperor cannot always let him be an idler at home! It is certain that he will be reinstated in the future!
"Well, speaking of it, it's also a coincidence!"
Xiao Lizi did not hide anything from Xiao Han. Even though he knew that he and Hou Junji were not at odds with each other, he still calmed down and patiently explained to him: "Hou Junji had a family general before him who was from Dunhuang. I knew him."
That aide! The general was visiting his family at home, and unexpectedly, he met that aide man on the street!"
"Oh? Then he arrested this person?" When Xiao Han heard this, his eyes lit up and he asked hurriedly.
"No!" Li Shimin frowned and sighed softly and said: "Because this person had something to do with his family, he had not been back to Chang'an during that time, so he had no idea what happened in the Qinling Workshop.
As a result, the staff member who was unfortunately robbed on the way not only treated him warmly, but also scraped together a lot of money and gave him a lot of money! So that he could continue to do his work."
"You mean, that staff member was in a very poor state back then?" Xiao Han vaguely heard some meaning from Xiao Lizi's words, and frowned.
Could it be that these things were done by the staff alone, without the intervention of some big forces behind them, so they were allowed to fall into decline?
No! This doesn’t make sense!
From the time this person planned to get close to Hou Junji to the smuggling of firearms, it was clear that these things were carefully planned, and it is impossible for anyone in the world to be so bored that he would risk many risks to steal something personal.
Almost useless firearm recipe!
"Well!" Li Shimin's eyes also flickered a few times, and it seemed that he had also been confused about this: "According to what the general said, when he saw the staff member, he was in such a state of desolation that he was almost no different from a beggar!
That’s why he believed his words about being robbed without a doubt!
Later, after he funded this person, because his family was short of money, he wrote a letter and asked the passing caravan to take it back to the Hou family's accounting office. He told the matter again and wanted the accounting office to give him the money first.
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It was also because of this that Hou Junji knew that the staff member who had caused him such misery had fled to the west! So he took the letter and immediately went to the palace to ask for an audience! He also volunteered to lead the troops to the west to capture this person! "
"Then what happened? Did you catch this person?"
When Xiao Han heard this, he asked subconsciously, but he quickly realized that it was meaningless whether he asked the question or not.
As long as you see that Hou Junji still has no intention of returning to Beijing until now, you know that his trip must have been in vain!
In the vast world, how difficult is it to find just one person? No one knows this better than Xiao Han!
Not to mention, the place where we are looking for people this time is in the Hexi Corridor! The people there are complex, the forces are intertwined, and the geography is difficult and dangerous!
Exiting Dunhuang and heading west are the countries in the Western Regions.
To the south is Tubo.
To the north is Gaochang and the remaining Turkic tribes!
Although it belongs to the Tang Dynasty in name, in fact, it can be said to be a "three-no-no" zone. In the Central Plains, it is extremely difficult to find someone who deliberately avoids them. When you get there, you are not familiar with the place.
Finding him is definitely a hundred times more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack!
"So far, this person has not been found! When Hou Junji arrived in Dunhuang, it had been more than a month since the general met this person! Besides, this person knew that the news of his appearance there would definitely spread back to Chang'an.
Here, you must have left Dunhuang early! Whether you go to the Western Regions, the grasslands, or Tubo, Hou Junji cannot find it easily!"
Li Shimin sighed slightly. When he thought about the firearm formula that was about to be leaked, he couldn't help but feel a little angry and scared!
In the past few years, he has seen with his own eyes how firearms shine on the battlefield!
Don’t talk about it from afar, just say that Xiao Han is suppressing bandits in Lingnan this year!
It was a battle that was destined to be lost, but with the addition of firearms, the victory was instantly reversed. In the end, not only were almost all the incoming bandits wiped out, but only a few people on my side were injured. Such a record, even if it is compared to ancient times,
Compared with the powerful military strategists, they are no less generous! This is enough to show the power of firearms!
"Huh?"
Li Shimin, who was secretly feeling sad, inadvertently raised his head and suddenly saw Xiao Han. Seeing his indifferent expression, his heart suddenly moved.
"What, is it possible that you, the new fire general, are not worried at all when the firearms are scattered?" Li Shimin glared at Xiao Han and asked in a pretended to be cold tone.
"Ahem..." Xiao Han never expected that he just touched a fish and was grabbed by Li Shimin's pigtails. He coughed twice hurriedly, rolled his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about getting angry. Do you think he is messing around now?"
The situation is so miserable, even if he gets the firearm formula, wouldn't he be useless?"
"Hmph! If he is the only one who steals the formula, it will be useless! But if he sells this formula to others, whether it is Tibet or the Turks on the grassland, then..."
