Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

After Li You left Empress Changsun's Lizheng Hall, Li Shimin only flirted with his Guanyin maidservant for a while before leaving.

"Send Qu Tutong, Zhao Wenke and Yu Wenxin to the study to meet me again."

Then Li Shimin shook his head and said: "Forget it, go to the Shangshu Provincial Class and call the three prime ministers, and go to the Qinzheng Palace together!"

'Huh, labor and capital can not only open their mouths, but also eat beautifully! '

Before Li Shimin was quite speechless by Qu Tutong's words, now Li Shimin is going to show again.

In order to make the performance more exciting, he decided to add a few more audience members.

If it wasn't for the fact that this matter was really urgent, Li Shimin would have wanted to save it until tomorrow's court meeting.

Since they had only been summoned once in the morning, the three bosses hadn't left yet, and they were all sitting in the workshop of the Ministry of Industry at the moment.

In fact, after leaving Li Shimin's study room, the discussion among the three of them never stopped.

"Jiang Guogong, although we rejected His Majesty's today's matter, the situation of the river in Guanzhong is indeed not optimistic!"

Yu Wenxin said to Qu Tutong earnestly.

Qu Tutong was a famous general who served in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. After he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he was named Jiang Guogong.

"Hey!"

Qu Tutong sighed and said, "I don't know about this. But now the severe drought in Hebei has just been resolved, and the people who were sent out to build the bamboo waterwheels have not returned yet."

"My Ministry of Industry is really powerless."

"Besides, now that May is about to enter, all parts of the country are facing the danger of heavy rain."

"It's too late for them to build their own dams, and the state capitals will definitely not hand over the civilian husband to me."

After Qu Tutong finished speaking, Zhao Wenke on the side said: "Actually, we are not completely helpless!"

Hearing this, the other two quickly looked at Zhao Wenke.

"Unless His Majesty is willing to hand over the army to us!"

"Since the Turks invaded last year, 5 troops have been stationed in Gyeonggi."

"As long as His Majesty is willing to send us 2 people, that's enough!"

However, upon hearing this, the flame of hope that had just ignited in Qu Tutong's eyes was extinguished again.

As a general, he knew more about the situation of the left and right Wuwei army than the other two.

These people undertake the task of guarding the capital, facing the Turkic army that may appear at any time, these people must be on guard at all times.

Not to mention 2 people, even 1 people are impossible!

After Qu Tutong explained, the three of them sighed and shook their heads together.

Although these three people are old, they are not slack in their work.

He is also well aware of the water conservancy situation in Datang.

In fact, today Li Shimin told them about the water conservancy in Guanzhong, and they were very happy.

But after being happy, it is a kind of powerless helplessness.

This feeling of powerlessness made all three feel aggrieved for a while.

"But even if we can't send any manpower, we still have to inform the state capitals in the pass to make them ready."

"Well, the Dushui Supervisor will also send inspectors. Let's do our best and obey the destiny!"

Just when the three of them were feeling emotional, Li Shimin's call came again.

"What's going on today? Your Majesty, who is usually indifferent, wants to see us again!"

"Could something be wrong again!"

By the time the three of them came to Qinzheng Hall with questions, Changsun Wuji and the other three had already arrived.

After all, the three of them were younger and walked faster.

After the six people stood still, Li Shimin said, "Actually, the reason why I asked all my lovers to come is because of Guanzhong Water Conservancy."

"After careful consideration, I decided that this matter must be carried out immediately!"

Hearing this, although Qu Tutong felt hot in his heart, he still stood up in pain.

"Your Majesty, didn't the old minister say this, it's really difficult!"

However, this time Li Shimin was unmoved: "It's difficult, since the Tang Dynasty raised troops in Taiyuan, it's not difficult for anything to happen."

"All the lovers are also heroes who have accompanied Datang all the way. Are you really saying that there is nothing you can do about it?"

As soon as Li Shimin said this, Zhao Wenke felt hot in his heart, and said, "Return to Your Majesty, of course there is a way. As long as Your Majesty is willing to dispatch the left and right military guards..."

"Your Majesty, no!"

Before Zhao Wenke finished speaking, Qu Tutong stopped him.

"Why not!"

Li Shimin also understood, he knew that Zhao Wenke had taken a fancy to the manpower of these two armies.

"Of course not, Your Majesty!"

Qu Tutong said: "Although we have reached an agreement with the Turks, there are quite a few Turkic spies in our Tang Dynasty."

"Once we rashly use the army to build water conservancy, if the Turks suddenly attack, we will have no time to gather the army."

"Even if these troops are barely assembled, the exhausted soldiers are still too weak to fight!"

After Qu Tutong finished speaking, Du Ruhui immediately expressed his affirmation.

As the saying goes, Fang Mou is decisive, and Li Shimin must seriously consider what Du Ruhui affirmed.

However, this time Li Shimin had no intention of using these two armies, so he agreed immediately.

"If you don't use these two armies, is there no other way?"

Facing Li Shimin's question, everyone once again fell into deep thought.

After a while of silence, everyone shook their heads.

However, at this time, Changsun Wuji said, "Has Your Majesty already had a good plan?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin smiled slightly.

'Sure enough, Wuji knows me best! '

Li Shimin was actually waiting just now, waiting for someone to ask a question.

If no one asked, how could he tell the brilliant trick he got from Li You in a logical manner.

Sometimes it's embarrassing to say it yourself.

After a smug smile, Li Shimin said: "My dear friends, have you ever thought about using slaves?"

"Slave? Didn't my Tang Dynasty have no slaves for a long time?"

Qu Tutong didn't quite understand what His Majesty meant.

The three of them have been busy since the severe drought in Hebei, but they didn't pay attention to some recent changes in Chang'an City.

But although they didn't pay attention, there were still people present who paid attention.

Fang Xuanling immediately understood what Li Shimin was talking about: "Is your Majesty talking about the slaves brought back from Turkic recently?"

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I heard that Chang'an has had a lot of Turkic slaves since it started doing business with Turks."

"And soon, a large number of slaves will arrive."

"Can we use some slaves?"

"At the same time, I also heard that the caravan brought back a lot of bullocks from the Turks. These bullocks are also a great help in dredging the canal."

Li Shimin's words awakened everyone present.

Changsun Wuji immediately started to laugh.

"That's right, His Majesty is really a man in the palace, but he knows the affairs of the world."

"I heard that although these slaves are powerful, but because they can't speak Chinese, few people care about them. I think the price will not be high."

"As His Majesty said, these people are perfect for building water conservancy projects."

"What do you think, three adults?"