Datang: I was tricked by the system

Gao Shilian saw that the people were orderly receiving food in the cafeteria, and for a while, he couldn't find the right words to describe his mood at the moment.

No wonder the people are unwilling to eat their porridge. Compared with the food in the cafeteria, their porridge really seems to be sending beggars away.

Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but sigh, "This is really Yihuang's style, rich and powerful."

"It's incomparable, it's completely incomparable!"

Cheng Yaojin waved his hands as he spoke, showing whether he was up or down, and he didn't need to ask the opinions of the people, as long as he was not a fool, he would know how to choose.

Several people sighed and returned to the camp, and continued to discuss ways, and Cheng Yaojin also asked someone to write a memorial and send it back to Li Shimin in a hurry.

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Li Yuan, who was far away in Youzhou, also received the news of the Longyou earthquake, so he simply wrote a letter to Li Shimin and sent him back to Chang'an.

After reading Cheng Yaojin's memorial and Li Yuan's letter, Li Shimin sighed silently.

It seems that the Longyou region had to be abandoned.

As Cheng Yaojin said, the common people all sincerely surrendered to Li Yi, even if he let them snatch it back, it would not have much effect, on the contrary, it would anger the common people.

They have just lost their homes and relatives, if they are forced to continue, I am afraid it will be counterproductive.

Li Shimin has always wanted to be a good emperor and let the people live a prosperous life, so naturally he will not make things difficult for the people at this time.

Besides, compared with Li Yi, his financial and material resources are indeed much worse. The people in Longyou have just been hurt like this, so why should he let them suffer from the war again.

Li Yuan's letter made some suggestions to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin thought it was feasible, so he sent a letter to Cheng Yaojin immediately.

After receiving Li Shimin's order, Cheng Yaojin found Li Yi again.

"Lu Guogong said if he had something to say, you've already drank three cups of this tea, if it's all right, I'm going to get busy."

"Don't." Cheng Yaojin quickly poured the tea into his mouth. After being in touch with Li Yi for a long time, he also fell in love with the tea Li Yi drank. It was clear and sweet, not like they cooked it. the kind of tea.

It's really hard to drink now.

"My old Cheng won't play around with you anymore." Cheng Yaojin said directly: "You saved the people in the Longyou area, you can take them if you want, but our Majesty also has a few conditions, if you can Promise, then we can talk about everything."

Li Yi raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, he didn't expect Li Shimin to give up Longyou so easily.

That's good too, so that there will be no more wars and chaos, and the people will live in dire straits.

"Tell me."

"It's a condition, but it's actually very simple. The first one is that our Majesty hopes that you can provide us with some excellent seeds from Datang, including pork, of course."

Cheng Yaojin had eaten Youtang's pork, and it was indeed delicious. The fried shredded pork, braised pork and so on in the cafeteria had already captured Cheng Yaojin's stomach.

"You also know that the issue of food has always been a matter of concern to our Majesty. Even if it is for the sake of the people, you should not refuse, Emperor Yi."

Li Yi nodded, after all, they are people of a nation, they are the people of Huaxia, and Li Yi can accept them if they are given food and pork.

After all, only the strength of a nation can be considered truly powerful.

As for pork, the same is true. The reason why he produces excellent piglets is not so that the common people can eat meat, and this is also acceptable.

Seeing Li Yi nodded, motioned for him to continue.

Cheng Yaojin said the second condition.

"The second condition is not difficult. You Tang has tens of thousands of horses, and now he has eaten Tubo and Tuyuhun. What our Majesty wants is that Emperor Yi can provide horses for Datang."

The corner of Li Yi's mouth curled up, "Provide?"

Cheng Yaojin nodded, "Yes, mainly zebras."

"Let Li Shimin wake up and talk about it." If you want his zebra, you really dare to think about it.

Although it is true that You Tang had a lot of horses in five years, the number of zebras was still limited, and he didn't even have enough supplies himself, so he said to Datang, is it possible?
"This matter is not discussed. If you want, you can sell some ordinary horses to you. If you want to provide them for free, it is impossible."

The corner of Cheng Yaojin's mouth twitched, he knew it was so.

"How about [-] zebras or [-] ordinary horses?" Cheng Yaojin took a step back and said.

"You should go back."

Li Yi waved his hand, and directly issued an order to drive away the guests. If he wanted to hit the zebra's idea, it was impossible for him to agree.

Cheng Yaojin struggled for a long time, and finally, Li Yi agreed to provide ten zebras and [-] ordinary horses. Of course, all of these need to be bought with money.

This is the number per year, is there more?

In this era, horses are extremely worn out. Anyone who is injured on the battlefield will retire. In addition, those who are naturally old and have weak legs, basically tens of thousands of horses retreat from the barracks every year. .

In addition, Datang does not have such a thing as horseshoes. Horses' feet are not protected by horseshoes, not to mention easy to get injured, and their running is also very restricted.

Of course, these are not within the scope of Li Yi's consideration, but the horses purchased from You Tang are all fully equipped.

In this way, in fact, they are not at a loss.

For the second matter, after Cheng Yaojin got a satisfactory answer, he brought up the third matter.

"The third thing is that His Majesty hopes to reach an agreement of peaceful coexistence with you."

"How to coexist peacefully?" Li Yi raised his eyebrows and asked.

"It is to strengthen trade exchanges with each other, live in peace, and not interfere with each other." To put it bluntly, Li Shimin just wanted to exchange a Longyou for the safety of other places in the Tang Dynasty.

If Li Yi continues to erode like this, then Datang will not be far from being destroyed.

Li Yi naturally understood what Li Shimin meant, he was not prepared to attack Datang, since Li Shimin was willing, he naturally had no objections.

Now Longyou, Tuyuhun, Tubo, Western Turkic, Eastern Turkic, Tiele and many other tribes are already in his hands, a mere Tang Dynasty, there is really no threat.

As for the future, we will talk about it after the dust of the overall situation has settled.

"I agree to his conditions, and you can go back and return to your orders." Li Yi said lightly.

Cheng Yaojin thanked him again and again, after returning, he immediately wrote a memorial to Li Shimin, and sent it back quickly.

After the matter in Longyou was settled, not long after Cheng Yaojin and others left, Li Yi took Lu Ziyu to prepare to leave for Youzhou.

On the day of leaving, the people of Longyou knelt on both sides of the road, and they all cried to see each other.

Li Yi is like a reborn parent in their hearts, especially after learning that they are already Yihuang's subjects, the people are even more excited, and their love for Li Yi has also risen to an unprecedented height.