Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

At this time, Chen Yingfu's mansion seemed to be a busy factory.Chen Ying temporarily recruited [-] to [-] helpers from the street at a wage of ten yuan a day, and these helpers were busy cleaning the feathers.The original four large pots in the kitchen were no longer enough, so Chen Ying had to temporarily build twelve large pots with a diameter of four feet in the yard to continuously cook the down at high temperature.Likewise, the fire in the drying room is kept burning day and night.

The servants in the mansion and thirty or forty helpers were also busy without touching the ground.Of course, in order to stimulate the enthusiasm of these people, in addition to giving them starting wages, Chen Ying also gave them extra meals. Not only the rice is delicious, but each person can eat a piece of big rice weighing about half a catty for each meal. Fat.

"Lang Jun, we can't go on like this!" Lan'er was very dissatisfied with Chen Ying's generosity, pouted her mouth and said in displeasure: "We have to eat more than 200 catties of grain and more than 30 catties of meat a day. Mountains of gold and silver will be defeated by the Lord sooner or later!"

"It's okay!" Chen Ying smiled disapprovingly: "When our batch of down jackets are processed, we will get rich!"

Lan'er said: "A good catkin quilt can be sold for [-] yuan for two pieces with a width of eight feet and a length. How much will our duvet be sold for?"

The down quilts and down jackets that were produced in a hurry were not sold by Chen Ying. Except for the two quilts and two sets of down jackets that were given to Princess Pingyang and Ma Sanbao, the rest were distributed by Chen Ying to the people in the mansion for free. servant.

Chen Yingdao: "The catkin quilts are only used by rich people. I heard that the nobles are covered with fox white quilts. Four pieces of one foot long fox white quilts need to be sold for at least 28 pieces. Our four pieces of one foot long duvet quilts sell for fifty pieces. Each set of duvet uses six catties of down, plus the cost of silk and labor, and each duvet sells for one hundred pieces!"

"What? One hundred strings?"

Lan'er stared at Chen Ying dumbfounded, she really wanted to know if Chen Ying was crazy about money.

Chen Yingdao: "Don't think that there are a lot of one hundred guan. There are a lot of rich people in Chang'an. Our duvets are lighter than fox white quilts and have a better effect on keeping out the cold. If it weren't for the fact that it is easy to imitate, I would still like to sell one thousand guan. Where's the bed!"

At this moment Li Chuqi said out of breath: "Mr. Lang, there is an old man without beard coming outside the door!"

Chen Ying came to the door and looked at a man in green robe and tunic with a white face and a broken face.

Behind the man is a group of left guard soldiers.

Seeing Chen Ying come out, the white-faced man cleared his throat, and said in a voice like an old duck: "General Ning Yuan, Chen Ying accepts the order!"

When Chen Ying heard this, he was very troubled that he was an eunuch.

Should I kneel or not kneel?

However, before Chen Ying could kneel down, the eunuch said: "General Chen, our family passed down oral instructions, don't kneel down to perform the grand ceremony!"

Chen Ying quickly bowed and stood up, bowing his head and obeying orders.

The eunuch said: "Your Majesty has ordered you to tell General Ningyuan Chen Ying to meet you at the Palace of Ganlu immediately without delay."

"The minister obeys the order!"

The eunuch Chen Yingchong cupped his hands and said, "I haven't asked you how to address your father-in-law?"

"Our family can be called father-in-law!" The white-faced eunuch said with a low eyebrow and a slight smile, "Our family name is Chen Mingqi, and Tian is the regular attendant of Ganlu Palace."

"It turned out to be Chen Changshi in person. We were still a family 500 years ago." Chen Ying stretched out his hand as if to invite him in, and said with a smile: "Chen is too sloppy, and it is too disrespectful to go to see him like this. , Chen takes a bath and changes clothes, and then Chen Changshi enters the palace to meet you! Please Chen Changshi wait a moment!"

Chen Ying couldn't figure out Li Yuan's intention to see him at all, if he didn't understand Li Yuan's intention, he would not dare to enter the palace.Even in exile, Chen Ying would never allow himself to be slaughtered.

Chen Qi smiled slightly, and followed Chen Ying into the front hall of the Chen Mansion. After a while, a maid slowly entered the hall with tea.

Chen Qi also happened to be feeling thirsty right now, and suddenly his eyes widened while holding the teacup.

There was not a drop of water or tea leaves in the teacup, but a silver ingot of about ten taels.

Chen Qi looked left and right, but found that no one was paying attention to him, so he covered it with his sleeve, and put the ingot of silver into the sleeve calmly.

At the beginning, Chen Ying thought that eunuchs in TV dramas love money, which is a lie.From Chen Qi's skillful action of collecting money, Chen Ying knew that this Chen Qi usually collected black money.

Chen Ying showed a knowing smile: "Changshi Chen, how does Chen's tea taste?"

Chen Qi said with a nonchalant smile on his face: "General Chen's mansion makes good tea. After Chen Qi drank it this time, he will come to the mansion to bother him in the future!"

"Welcome Chen Changshi at any time!" Chen Ying took out another generation of copper coins, about two hundred pieces, and handed them to Chen Qi, saying: "Brothers came here through the wind and snow, it's really hard work, take it to buy wine, warm body."

"How does this work!"

Although he was talking about how to do it, Chen Qi put the money bag away with a swish.

Chen Ying walked out of the front hall with Chen Qi, and asked in a low voice: "Chen Changshi, why does Your Majesty summon Chen?"

Chen Qi said in a low voice: "It's not our family talking too much, General Chen just needs to understand that it's a good thing!"

Hearing this, Chen Ying felt relieved and followed Chen Qi towards the Ganlu Palace.

Chapter 73重臣待遇

The first year of Wude was an extremely turbulent year for the newly born Li Tang Dynasty.The newly born Li Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty is brewing a new fission.There are Turks and Tubo who are ready to move, and now the Turks are sharpening their knives, which makes Li Yuan, who is over fifty years old, heartbroken.

Li Yuan also had no good way to deal with the Turkic cavalry who came and went like the wind.Although Li Shimin captured Xue Renguo alive and destroyed the Western Qin Dynasty, the northwest of the Tang Dynasty was temporarily stabilized.However, Liang Dushi of Liang Guo was not dead-hearted. On the fourth day of July, taking advantage of the battle between the Tang Dynasty and Xiqin Xueju, Liang Shidu personally led more than [-] cavalry to invade Lingzhou, and was defeated by Hussar General Lin Xingcan.In early September, Liang Shidu invaded Yanzhou again.Duan Decao, the general manager of Yanzhou, did not fight according to his armor. When the morale of the Liang division was slack, he sent troops to attack. On Baili Road, many people were captured.

However, Liang Shidu's evil intentions were not dead, and he invaded Lingzhou in the first ten days of November. This time, the Turkic people sent more than [-] troops to station in Yezhuling.Master Liang was nothing to worry about, both Lin Xingcan and Yang Ze were well-versed in soldiers, but what worried Li Yuan most was the more than [-] Turkic cavalry.

Once the Turkic people go to battle in person, Lingzhou will definitely not be able to resist.However, today, it is very cold, and it is extremely difficult to increase troops in Lingzhou.If there is no reinforcements, I am afraid that Yanzhou and Lingzhou will no longer be owned by Datang.

For this reason, not only did Li Yuan not sleep well, but even Li Shimin's joy in defeating Xue Ju and destroying Xiqin was also diluted a lot.In his dream yesterday, Li Yuan even dreamed that the Turkic soldiers killed Lingzhou until blood flowed like rivers and bones piled up like mountains.Looking at the snowflakes floating in the sky again, Li Yuan felt very bad.

Just when Li Yuan was about to despair, Li Xiuning entered the palace with a quilt.

Seeing Li Xiuning coming in, Li Yuan's inexplicably irritable mood immediately improved.

"Sanniang knew that Daddy was bored, so she brought a new mattress?"

Li Xiuning smiled and said, "Daddy, you don't know this is a good thing!"

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, no matter how difficult the Tang Dynasty was, he would not treat Li Yuan badly.In fact, Li Yuan would never wake up from the cold like Chen Ying. He was covered with a good bearskin mattress, which was very effective in keeping him warm.When the emperor wants to support the world, what he values ​​most is not wealth, but the filial piety of his sons and daughters.

Li Yuandao: "San Niang, what do you want? Except for dissolving the marriage with Chai Shao, Dad promises you!"

Li Xiuning was inexplicably depressed when she heard this.In fact, she did intend to break up the nominal marriage with Chai Shao, but before she could speak, Li Yuan blocked the conversation.

Li Xiuning's face slowly sank.

Li Yuan had no choice but to explain patiently: "Sanniang, please bear with me for a while, Dad also has difficulties. Although our Tang Dynasty says that it has a beautiful appearance, it is actually a troubled time. This community really can't stand the toss!"

Li Xiuning retorted: "Then is it necessary to ruin the happiness of my daughter's life?"

"It doesn't mean it will last forever!" Li Yuan sighed and said, "Behind Chai Shao is Chai Clan, and Chai Clan and Guanlong Group are intertwined, and it affects the whole body!"

The Chai family of Chai Shao is not actually a Han Chinese.Their ancestors belonged to the A Chai tribe of the Tuyuhun tribe of the Xianbei (historically known as Alu). During the period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, the surnames of the Xianbei people across the country were sinicized collectively, and A Chailu was renamed Chai.Although Li Xiuning also has Xianbei blood, she doesn't like Chai Shao.

A man who doesn't even have the courage to protect his own woman can be said to be a man's shame.Of course, Li Xiuning didn't change her mind at all. In fact, nomads are not as loyal to women and love as they are in later generations of film and television dramas. If you are the wind and sand, this is simply nonsense.When Temujin was down and down, he even threw away his wife. Minister Tuotuo used Temujin's wife to give birth to a son for him. Temujin didn't take it seriously and regarded him as his own son.

In fact, the same is true for Chai Shao, who reacts differently to his wife depending on their national habits.Among the nomads, a woman is just a tool to bear children. Any woman can take on this responsibility at any time, and she doesn't care at all.

This is Li Xiuning's heart knot, Li Xiuning will never forgive Chai Shao, but Chai Shao thinks that there is nothing wrong with him.

Li Yuan reached out to take the soft down jacket, and immediately felt a difference.

In fact, without Li Xiuning's explanation, Li Yuan could see the military value of down jackets and duvets at a glance. If down is used to make sleeping bags, this kind of airtight down sleeping bag will not cause frostbite or loss of personnel due to the cold even in the ice and snow.It was as if he was about to doze off, and someone sent him a pillow.