Chapter 2017 Great Tang raises troops to challenge Xue Yantuo
Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian in astonishment as he held up a heavy, thick leather tube with both hands. He didn't quite understand what the child wanted to do.
Li Chengqian explained with a very serious expression.
"I respectfully welcome my father back to the capital and present twenty telescopes supported by Han and Tang merchants.
To help me, Wu Ben of the Tang Dynasty, be invincible on the battlefield and conquer all attacks..."
"Telescope?" Li Shimin took it with some surprise and handed it to Zhao Kun behind him.
After all, tens of thousands of people were still squatting behind their backs, and they couldn't delay entering the city just because their father and son were boasting and spanking here.
Li Chengqian couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when his own father didn't open that wonderful treasure right away.
But Li Chengqian also knew that it was important to enter the city and find an opportunity to introduce the benefits of the telescope to his father later.
By the time all the matters back in the city were settled, almost two hours had passed, although Empress Changsun and Li Shimin were already exhausted both physically and mentally.
But they still wanted to go to the East Palace as soon as possible to see the two granddaughters and grandsons whom they had never met before.
Only then did Li Shimin, who was sitting on the chariot, have time to look at the half-foot-long round leather tube that Zhao Kun was carrying across his body.
"This thing was presented by the prince, right?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince calls this object a telescope." Zhao Kun quickly took out the round leather tube and handed it to Li Shimin who was sitting on the chariot.
After Li Shimin took it, he sat on the shoulder chariot, opened the leather tube, and took out the metal tube inside.
Accidentally, he also brought out a piece of paper stuffed in the leather tube. Li Shimin picked up the paper out of curiosity.
I couldn't help but subconsciously read in a low voice. "Instruction manual for telescope, patent inventor: Cheng Chubi..."
"How come everything has something to do with this kid?" Li Shimin couldn't help but complain, and continued to look at the instruction manual carefully.
After just a few glances, Li Shimin's expression suddenly condensed, and he suddenly opened his mouth to stop the advancing team.
He picked up the telescope in his hand, opened it, and began to look into the distance.
Then, Li Shimin saw the figure and even the appearance of the soldiers who were patrolling on the palace wall several miles away.
After bringing it in, I could only see the general outline of the palace wall. Through the telescope, I once again appreciated the palace wall and the soldiers who seemed to be pulled closer.
I saw that my husband was like a little baby, looking at the copper pipe for a while, and then squinting his head and looking into the distance.
Empress Changsun couldn't help but remind her softly. Li Shimin, who had regained consciousness, suppressed the excitement and shock in his heart and signaled the team to continue moving towards the East Palace.
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Li Chengqian, who knew that his father and mother were coming to see the second and third sons, had already been waiting at the gate of the East Palace.
When he saw his biological father getting off the chariot, Li Chengqian had just saluted and was about to speak.
Then he saw his own father shove something in front of him.
"Chengqian, when did Cheng Sanlang give you this thing?..."
"Father, this was specially sent to me by Brother Chu Bi and his third brother when they passed by Chang'an a few days ago."
After hearing Li Chengqian talk about the origin of this good thing, Li Shimin couldn't help but smile a little more on his face.
"This boy really surprised my father. My father was about to attack Xue Yantuo, and the battlefield was in an open plain."
"With this thing, I, the Tang Dynasty, will be able to detect the enemy first. It is indeed a good thing..."
"Yes, father. Unfortunately, there are too few. Moreover, Brother Chu Bi said that the workmanship of this telescope is cumbersome and the defective rate is extremely high."
"So the cost is very expensive. Just such a telescope costs dozens of dollars."
Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, patted the round leather case, and said without hesitation.
"Don't say dozens of guans, just one guan of a hundred. The more the merrier."
With this thing, being able to detect the enemy first means that you can take advantage of it. On the battlefield, the side that can take the advantage will naturally have a greater chance of winning.
Even when our own troops are weak, if we can detect the enemy's movements in time and avoid them in advance, we can reduce the casualties of our soldiers.
Therefore, this kind of treasure is really a hundred sticks, and the more the better.
I saw my husband lovingly holding the telescope, playing with it as if he had found a treasure, and standing there with Cheng Qian unable to move.
Although Queen Changsun was very patient, she was really impatient at this moment.
Nannuan moved forward and whispered, "Husband, should we go see our granddaughter and grandson first?"
"Yes, yes, let's go there quickly. It's important to see our granddaughter and grandson first."
The father and son arrived at the harem of the East Palace, and in a room, they saw the two little guys babbling and sitting on a pile of brown sand.
Holding the shovel clumsily, the spoon was messing around there. From time to time, the brown sand was scattered everywhere.
And a eunuch, silently holding a broom, swept up the black sand, and then poured it back into the sand paradise separated by wooden boards.
Li Shimin and Empress Changsun admired the infant amusement park and listened to Na Chengqian's story about the origin of the amusement park.
Empress Changsun couldn't help but said with some relief. "It seems that in the future, if Mingda has children, I really don't have to worry too much about my body."
"Mr. Guanyin, please don't say such things. That boy Cheng Sanlang, if you let him do things and think of ways, he will do a good job for you."
"But do you think he can take good care of children with his unconventional character?"
Listening to her husband's obviously emotional remarks, Empress Changsun couldn't help but secretly roll her eyes.
Then he carefully stepped into a sand paradise composed of at least hundreds of kilograms of cassia seeds.
Then he smiled and looked at the two granddaughters and grandsons who were looking at them with confused and curious expressions.
Looking at the chubby little faces, chubby little bodies, and dark and cute eyes of these two little dolls, Queen Changsun felt that her heart was about to melt.
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Just when His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty led all the civil and military officials back to Chang'an for the Third Heavenly Meeting, Li Shimin finally issued the decree.
He ordered the Minister of Rites, Li Daozong, King of Jiangxia, to recruit soldiers and horses from Shuo, Fen, Lan, Dai, Xin, Wei, and Yun to guard Shuozhou.
He also ordered Xue Wanche, the governor of Daizhou, and Ashinasheer, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, to march to Shengzhou. Soldiers and horses from the ten states of Xia, Yin, Sui, Dan, Yan, Zhen, Fang, Shi, and Xi were stationed in Shengzhou.
Song Junming, the governor of Shengzhou, and Xue Guwu, the general of Zuo Wuhou, sent troops from Lingzhou, Yuan, Ning, Yan, and Qing states to station in Lingzhou.
He also ordered Zhizhi to conquer the Turks and defeat the Turkic soldiers and horses in the two states, echoing Li Daozong and others.