Chapter 1292 Therefore, the minister wants to ask for orders to go to Jiannan Road (
Chapter 1292 Therefore, I would like to request an order to go to Jiannan Road... (please subscribe and vote)
Cheng Sanlang also complained on the postcard that the painter's movements were too slow. He stood at the riverside pier for almost an hour.
The painter had just finished painting, but even so, he couldn't paint half of his heroic appearance.
He was also made to stand on the riverside dock and almost caught a cold due to the early spring wind.
Seeing Cheng Sanlang's proud boasting above, Wu Meiniang couldn't help but wrinkle her nose slightly.
Angrily and funny, he gently tapped Cheng Sanlang's fingernail-sized face on the portrait with his finger, and whispered something.
"Third brother, you are so thick-skinned, you are so shameless..."
As Mi Tai's words were spoken, a pair of bright eyes looked at Cheng Sanlang's face infatuatedly.
In my heart, I silently agreed with Cheng Sanlang's boast. Indeed... although the artist's skills are superb.
But it is indeed difficult to portray Cheng Sanlang's always charming and confident charm.
Wu Meiniang, who is already fifteen years old, has become more and more charming.
The curvaceous figure of a woman is becoming more and more visible. She sits on her knees in front of the case, with her proud and rounded arc.
If Cheng Sanlang were here, I am afraid he would be moved to tears again because his silent efforts have been richly rewarded.
Looking at these letters carefully, Wu Meiniang's eyes moved to the side. Inside the small box was a gift specially sent to her by Cheng Sanlang.
It was a very unique and particularly luxurious color: sapphire blue cashmere scarf (it was possible to dye it in twenty-four colors in the Tang Dynasty, and sapphire blue was one of them, seriously researching it).
This is a scarf that is three feet long and about one foot and a half wide, but when held in the hand, it is extremely light and soft.
That feeling is simply no less than the finest silk.
The most important thing is the beautiful blue. Wu Meiniang once casually mentioned that she likes the elegant blue very much.
Unexpectedly, he actually remembered and took great pains to send himself such a beautiful cashmere scarf that people couldn't bear to use it.
Although Cheng Sanlang still adheres to his naive style, it is almost summer, but he still sends himself such a cashmere scarf to keep warm...
But when I thought about it, Cheng Sanlang must have supervised the production of this thing, and then he had it sent to Chang'an to hand it over to him.
Wu Meiniang felt that her heart was about to melt. She took this cashmere scarf and gently put it on her pretty face.
It felt like it was pressed against Third Brother’s broad chest that was warm and even a little burning on the cheeks…
There seemed to be a slight noise outside the house. Wu Meiniang hid the cashmere scarf back in the wooden box as quickly as possible, and then quietly hid the wooden box behind the desk.
She lightly fanned Tang's pretty face to calm herself down, and then she stood up and walked towards the door. It must be those gossipy little sisters coming again...
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Li Shimin was standing outside the Ganlu Hall, looking at the very flat, smooth, yet very strong cement board.
Zhang Liang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Li Ji, Minister of the Ministry of War, were also admiringly looking at this thing.
"I just put a thousand kilograms of weight on it, but the cement board is not moving at all. If it were thicker, it would be difficult to damage even if it was chopped with a knife or an axe."
"It's as solid as bluestone..."
Li Ji picked up a concrete brick from Luzhou and smashed it several times on the boulder nearby.
It wasn't until he exerted great force that the concrete brick broke, causing him to take a breath of cold air.
"The solidity of this piece is probably higher than that of blue bricks. It feels like a stubborn stone."
"Your Majesty, are the official roads in Luzhou made of concrete like this?"
Li Shimin stroked his long beard and couldn't help but feel a little suspicious, not sure of the authenticity.
"The news came from Luzhou that they used this thing, and the official road they built was about one foot and five feet wide."
Minister of Industry Zhang Liang had a straight face and slowly shook his head. "Your Majesty, is this unlikely?"
"The official road from Chang'an to Luoyang was also laid with baked clay, which cost a lot of money and took several years to complete."
"The width of the road is only two feet, but with the financial resources of Luzhou, it is actually possible to build hundreds of miles of this kind of concrete official road..."
"I really can't imagine it."
After hearing this, Li Ji glanced at Zhang Liang, thought for a while and saluted Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, seeing is believing and hearing is false. Since the Governor-General of Luzhou dares to say so clearly in the memorial, it shows that they have the confidence."
"It's just that I also think it's a bit too exaggerated."
"Oh?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ji with some surprise. This guy was the same as Cheng Yaojin.
Although he likes to tease the younger generation on weekdays, he still has something to say when it comes to official business. Now he said something like this, haha...
"Just yesterday, the Ministry of War received news that there is some unrest on the west side of Jiannan Road."
"But Tubo?" Li Shimin reacted immediately, his eyebrows raised suddenly.
"Exactly, it is reported that the leader of the Tubo Kingdom heard that the Tang Dynasty was moving to attack Gaochang, and had already prepared an army with the intention of annexing Tuyuhun."
"He also sent envoys to Liuzhao in the south, bribing them with gold, silver, and military horses, in order to cause Liuzhao to cause chaos and contain the divisions of Jiannan Road in the Tang Dynasty."
Li Shimin's face gradually darkened, he stroked his long beard and continued to wait for Li Ji to speak.
"So, I would like to request an order to go to Jiannan Road. Firstly, I will take charge of the military affairs of Jiannan Road. Secondly, I will just go and have a look at Luzhou."
Li Shimin pondered thoughtfully for a long time, and couldn't help but hesitate.
"I will think about this matter carefully before making a conclusion. However, we must be on guard against the Six Imperial Edicts in the South."
"Let the department department send more people to investigate clearly."
"I understand."
After Li Ji and Zhang Liang both left, Li Shimin slowly returned to Ganlu Hall.
Tubo's national power was not weak, and it was firmly established on the plateau. It could advance and attack, and retreat and defend.
Moreover, according to the information from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, if people from the Guanzhong Plain go to the Tubo Plateau, they will easily get sick, and their lives will be in danger at every turn.
Even if the Tang Dynasty wanted to conquer Tibet, it would have to continue traveling southwest through Qinghai, traveling thousands of miles, which was very inconvenient.
When Tubo paid tribute before, it showed a very humble attitude.
Now after annexing the plateau countries, they became more and more arrogant and domineering, and even intended to fight against the vassal country of Tuyuhun, which had already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
Maybe the next step is to set my sights on the Hexi Corridor, an important trade route that leads directly to the Western Regions.
But now they are using troops against Gaochang, if the Southern Six Imperial Edicts are really bribed by Tubo to cause chaos in the Erhai area.
It is indeed difficult for the elite Tang troops controlled by the Tang Dynasty to escape from Jiannan Road.
The more he thought about it, the more frustrated Li Shimin became. He simply stood up. He couldn't think of a solution, so he walked around to relax his mind.