Chapter 1125 Muchuan promised to pay Beishan, and sent people to investigate
Chapter 1125 Muchuan promised to clear Beishan and sent people back to his hometown to investigate
This is Li Tai's temptation.
He knew that Luo Chuan must understand that those mines were not that simple, so he took the initiative to give some troops to see if Luo Chuan recognized the promotion.
Luo Chuan thought of this and said: "Your Highness, this is no longer necessary. Since the future mine is fully entrusted to me, the soldiers and horses I brought will be responsible for clearing the mountain."
When Li Tai heard the news, he immediately beamed, and then he said: "Brother Luochuan, there is a proverb in the Tang Dynasty that there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Although the mine is private, they must not be good people."
"If we drive them away, those people will definitely not be captured without mercy.
Once the two sides fight, there will be casualties.
If you are willing to help, lead the troops there as soon as possible."
When Li Tai said this, he was threatening Luochuan.
If you fail this time, then I will cause you heavy losses and your reputation in the military will be ruined, and no one will serve you in the future.
Luo Chuan cursed in his heart: "This bastard is so insidious."
He thought for a while and said: "In this case, I won't shirk it. Your Highness, just wait for my good news."
Li Tai nodded with satisfaction.
Luo Chuan looked at him and thought bitterly: "Remember this, I will make your life worse than death in the future."
"Then I will thank Your Highness on behalf of Your Majesty! Don't worry, Your Highness, as long as it is your Highness's matter, I will try my best to complete it!"
Luochuan said.
Li Tai nodded with satisfaction.
"Haha... Then I'll leave it to you, brother Luochuan!"
Li Tai said excitedly.
Luo Chuan thought to himself: "This Li Tai is indeed an insidious person. He even reminded him, but he still pretended to be stupid with himself.
However, those mines are indeed big pits at the moment, but their future value is immeasurable."
"Li Tai is just inviting disaster for himself by doing this and does not deserve sympathy. However, if he wants to withdraw from the world and do nothing, that is impossible!"
Luo Chuan shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "I have a request. I hope His Highness can send a general who is familiar with Beishan's environment to assist me."
Li Tai frowned and looked at Luochuan, but said nothing for a long time.
Li Tai knew that this was Muchuanliu's back-up move and wanted to pull him into the trap.
Mobilizing troops in the Tang Dynasty was a serious matter and required Li Shimin's approval.
What Muchuan means is that if you want me to send troops, you can, but you have to send a general to follow me, don't even think about withdrawing from the world.
If Li Shimin starts to blame him in the future, Muchuan can pull Li Tai out as a shield.
Although Li Tai wanted to understand this, he was angry, but he also knew that he was riding a tiger and had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree to this condition.
Li Tai smiled lightly and said: "Okay, let Wang Shou, the partial general under Governor Yang Gongren, follow you. He has stayed in Beishan for more than 20 years and is relatively familiar with Beishan."
"Thank you very much, Your Highness! I'll leave first then!"
Li Tai nodded and watched Luochuan leave.
"Humph, this Luochuan is still young and vigorous, how can he agree to such a thing casually! If the court finds out, he will definitely not be able to live with it!"
Seeing that Muchuan had left, Chu Xianghe walked out of the next room.
Also walking out was Li Tai's personal aide Wang Yong.
At this time, Li Tai's aide Wang Yong said: "Your Highness, do you want to teach Luo Chuan some lessons?"
"No rush! Let him work for a few months. When he fails, I will deal with him soon!"
Li Tai said.
This Luochuan is not simple.
Now Luochuan is regarded as a big variable by him. Although Chu Xianghe said that he had agreed to do the rebellion with him, Li Tai knew.
This guy is not that simple.
Li Tai already had a vicious plan in mind.
He wanted to completely pull Luo Chuan into his camp, and it wasn't just a verbal promise from Luo Chuan.
You have to convince him since there is no way out!
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Luochuan returned to his temporary residence
, then sat on the chair and became silent.
Luochuan is currently thinking about how to protect himself wisely, and he is also thinking about how to deal with Beishan.
Luochuan was nominally an official of the imperial court, but in fact Luochuan was already the largest wealthy businessman in the Tang Dynasty. He controlled four large gold mines and had his own private army.
Luo Chuan was thinking in his mind that these 50,000 soldiers were given to him by Yuchi Gong, but he had obtained them with Liulichang's huge profits.
It can be said that it is his own foundation and has always been Luochuan's biggest reliance.
But now we can't do anything without troops. That Li Tai is too cunning and cunning.
"It seems I can only kill someone with a borrowed knife."
Luochuan sneered.
In the next few days, Luochuan stayed in his mansion.
He asked his men to find paper and pen and write down what he knew about the situation in Beishan.
Then he ordered people to investigate the terrain of the Beishan area.
The Beishan area was a geomantic treasure land in the history of the Tang Dynasty, with high mountains and dense forests.
There are rich mineral deposits here, especially rare metals, mostly iron ore and coal mines.
It took about ten days for Luochuan to finally figure out the specific locations of the mines that had been mined in Beishan.
The location of Beishan is about 180 miles away from Luoyang City.
It is west of Luoyang and is located in hills.
Beishan has a vast territory, high mountains and deep forests, and there are many wild beasts and raptors on the mountains.
It was one of the battlefields between the Sui Army and Wagang Village.
Beishan is surrounded by dense woods and the terrain is relatively high, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Luo Chuan studied the surrounding environment and found that the terrain here was suitable for an ambush, but Luo Chuan was the attacker and a rash attack would definitely arouse the opponent's vigilance.
If you want to occupy the mine without anyone noticing, you have to outwit it.
"Give me the order to dig a secret tunnel leading to the mine near Beishan, and then dig the tunnel to the vicinity of the mine."
Luochuan ordered.
Luoyang is full of people, so if he doesn't use it, it will be in vain.
No matter what the result is, just dig a channel first.
After Luo Chuan's soldiers heard the order, they immediately went to prepare materials.
Luochuan continued to study the map of Beishan.
There are more than five mines in Beishan, and four silver mines are the property of the Tang Dynasty.
It is guarded and guarded by the Imperial Forest Army directly under the Tang Dynasty King Li Shimin, and it is far away from the coal mines.
The remaining three mines are the iron mine in Yuemingzhai and the two coal mines in Yueqingzhai.
These three mines were once mined jointly by the Sui Dynasty and the Turks.
Later, the northern Xinjiang treaty port was closed. As a result, the relationship between the two countries became very tense, and neither one was willing to give up his mines to others.
In the past, the Sui Dynasty and the Turks fought fiercely to compete for these three mines. Both sides were victorious and no one was willing to compromise.
Later, the Sui Dynasty fell and the Tang Dynasty rose up and drove away the Turkic soldiers, but many rogue bandits arose and wreaked havoc here.
