Chapter 948 What good things do you have for this old man on a cold day?
Chapter 948 What good things do you have for me on this cold day? (Please subscribe and vote)
"What's more, just because it is very rough, the process is simple, and the iron thing weighing several dozen kilograms only costs less than 400 yuan."
"If you want to put dragons and phoenixes on this thing, do you think this is something that ordinary people can afford..."
Cheng Chubi spoke with righteousness and righteousness, regarding the incorrect consumption concepts of Li Ke, a pampered and dissolute emperor.
There is also the aesthetic point of pursuing serious education and criticism based on the aesthetic point of view that everything is shiny on the outside and a bag of chaff on the inside.
Li Ke wiped the spittle off his face with a black look on his face, and raised his hand in time to stop Brother Chu Bi's immoral behavior of spitting indiscriminately.
"Chengchengcheng, brother Chubi, do you have a point?"
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North of the Ganlu Hall, in a small courtyard next to the Yanjia Hall on the Jinshui River, Li Shimin was stroking his long beard and looking at the huge new sand table in front of him.
On the side, stood Ashina Sheer who had just become his brother-in-law this year, as well as Li Ji and Li Jing, the Ministers of War of the Tang Dynasty.
Ashina Sheer stared blankly at the huge sand table in front of her, which was about two feet long and about one foot and a half wide.
It not only accurately marks the important places on the northwest frontier of Longyou Road in the Tang Dynasty.
He also accurately marked the countries in the Western Regions and many water sources and roads on the map he submitted when he returned to the Tang Dynasty on the sand table.
This made Ashina Sheer feel as if he had become a god, standing very high in the sky, looking down at this land.
"How is it, She'erqing?" Seeing Ashinadur's stunned look, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel happy.
Ashina Sheer shook his head in disbelief, and then bowed respectfully to Li Shimin, expressing his sincerity.
"Your Majesty, this is so amazing. I didn't expect that this sand table can really hold the world here."
"This is more intuitive than the map I presented to Your Majesty. From this point of view, compared with the Tang Dynasty, the Gaochang Kingdom is simply a small place."
Li Shimin chuckled, and his face gradually darkened.
"Gaochang was originally a small place, but the king of Gaochang, Qu Wentai, and his wife Yuwen Yubo came to the court to pay tribute as a sign of submission.
I gave his wife the surname Li, and she was a clan relative, and she was given the title of Princess Changle. I comforted Gaochang a lot, but I don’t expect that now the Western Turks are invading the east..."
"He actually intends to surrender to the Western Turks, and has repeatedly invaded our border town of Datang."
This made Li Shimin quite unhappy. After all, he had just defeated Tuyuhun before, and Tuyuhun had now surrendered.
I thought that my act of killing the chicken to show the monkeys would bring peace to the northwest border of the Tang Dynasty for a period of time.
But I never expected that Qu Wentai, the king of Gaochang who had previously submitted to the Tang Dynasty, would see the Western Turks fighting with Xue Yantuo.
It was clear that the Western Turks were defeated by Xue Yantuo, but I don't know if Qu Wentai, the king of Gaochang, had something in his mind.
After receiving the goodwill message from the Khan of the Western Turks, King Gaochang immediately became confused.
After all, the Western Turks were powerful for a while and occupied most of the territory in the Western Region.
If he is actually willing to form an alliance with himself, doesn't it mean that Qu is already on an equal footing with the Western Turks?
Therefore, he wanted to capture Ashina Sheer, who had previously taken refuge with him, and his subordinates.
As a generous gift, it was given to the Western Turks in exchange for more support from the Western Turks.
Ashina Sheer is the brother-in-law of the old Li family who is standing next to Li Shimin now.
He was originally an extension of the Eastern Turks, who set up a tent in Mobei and commanded the Tiele, Xue Yantuo and other tribes.
Later, he was defeated by Xue Yantuo and retreated to the west. Later, he led his troops to seize nearly half of the Western Turks' territory and called himself Dubu Khan.
But who would have expected that he would be defeated by Xue Yantuo again, and the Western Turks also wanted to kill him. In a dilemma, they had to lead the remaining troops to flee to Gaochang.
I originally thought that I would be able to enjoy a peaceful time in Gaochang State, but I didn't expect that things would happen after I stayed for less than a year.
King Qu Wentai of Gaochang decided to throw a banquet and invited him into the city to have a banquet.
He also sent his elite troops to prepare to eat his men.
Fortunately, Ashinasheer was not unprepared, and soon learned from the spies that there were large numbers of troops mobilizing both inside and outside the city.
When he did not hesitate, he drew his sword and killed Gao Chang's envoy who lured him into the city.
He led his bodyguards to fight a bloody road back to the camp, rescued the remaining troops who had escaped from the encirclement of Gaochang soldiers, and headed east to the Tang Dynasty.
The arrival of Ashina Sheer not only presented a map, but also brought a lot of information about Gaochang, the countries in the Western Regions, and the grassland Mobei.
Now, King Qu Wentai of Gaochang has begun to harass the border towns of Tang Dynasty, which also proves the correctness of the intelligence brought back by Ashina Sheer.
This bastard, King Qu Wentai of Gaochang, has betrayed the Tang Dynasty and became a lackey of the Western Turks.
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Cheng Chubi, Li Ke and Fang Jun jumped off their horses and asked their personal guards to take down the iron stove and clay pipes from the carriage behind them.
Of course, two large baskets of peat blocks were also unloaded from the car.
Seeing these three scourges unloading the weird gadgets at the palace gate, the Imperial Army generals guarding the palace gate couldn't help but look confused.
"The last general has met His Highness King Wu. He has met the process too often. He has met the Second Young Master Fang. I wonder what you three want to do?"
Li Ke, who had long sleeves and was good at dancing, stepped forward and bowed, smiling happily.
"It turns out to be General Zhao Lang. This is a new object invented by Cheng Taichang. It's called an iron stove, and it's specially used to burn peat."
"We are going to take it and present it to His Majesty. Could you please Zhao Lang to call a few people to help you get it?"
It was dedicated to His Majesty again. General Zhao Lang couldn't say anything else, so he had to bite the bullet and call a few soldiers, and also found wooden sticks and ropes.
He tied up those things and followed the three young dignitaries towards the palace.
When they arrived at the Ganlu Hall, they inquired and found out that His Majesty had already jumped to the Yanjia Hall where the sand table was.
Just when Li Shimin, Li Ji and Ashina Sheer were pointing at the huge sand table.
Zhao Kun heard the mutterings of the guards coming from outside the courtyard gate, and couldn't help but be a little confused. He glanced at His Majesty and the two important ministers in the room.
After thinking about it, he toughened up and walked indoors.
Li Shimin saw Zhao Kun's hesitant look and couldn't help but cast a puzzled expression.
"Your Majesty, Cheng Taichang, His Royal Highness King Wu and the Second Young Master Fang are coming this way, and they are carrying many objects, saying they are to be presented to Your Majesty."
"Those three guys?" Li Shimin couldn't help but look a little weird when he heard that those three scourges had something to offer to him.
"That's all, let them come in."
After a while, Cheng Chubi, Li Ke and Fang Jun stepped into the house and bowed respectfully to Li Shimin and the two important officials of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin stroked his long beard and looked at the three people with a half-smile, and his eyes finally fell on Cheng Chubi.
"Excuse me. It's such a cold day. I wonder if you have anything good to offer me?"