Don't be a prince

The soldiers under Liu Mang's command only focused on their muscles, and they were all burly men. They even abandoned their horizontal knives. They despised pettiness, and the whole team replaced them with maces as their main weapons.

However, the mace was still powerless to face the gate of the village, so at the foot of the mountain, they brought down a tree that was as thick as a person's arms, and the branches were not pruned, and they carried it directly to the gate of the village.

One hit, two hits, and after the third time, the bolt of the gate of the village was finally overwhelmed and broke, and Liu Mang also rushed in immediately.

Then came the slaughter.

Although there were more than 2000 bandits in the camp here, they were far from the opponents of the 500 people led by the prince himself.

Looking at the bloody battlefield in front of him, Li Jing stroked his beard: "The current crown prince's personal leadership can already be compared with the Xuanjia Army. Although there is a huge difference in combat experience, in terms of personal combat power, the Xuanjia Army can't take advantage of it." It's just that the Xuanjia Army hasn't played for a long time, and I don't know what's going on now."

Li Jing has every reason to believe that the same training method has been promoted within the Xuanjia Army.As the emperor was a pro-military force before he ascended the throne, although the Xuanjia Army downplayed their sense of existence, the generals naturally could not forget the army that made the emperor's myth of defeating ten thousand enemies with a hundred horses.

It's very boring, using the crown prince's personal lead and five hundred soldiers to deal with bandits, it's like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.Except for a few unlucky ghosts who were cut and wounded, no one died in battle.

The bandit villages on the border are of various races, including Han people, Turkic people, and even golden-haired Hu people.It's not a big deal, but there are a few guys in a circle, shouting "Ba Ga", this is too much!

"Wait a minute, you can't kill them, these people are from the Wa country, maybe they are messengers!"

Just as Li Chengqian wanted Liu Mang to kill these humanoid beasts, Tang Jian's voice came over.

The old guy didn't look like he had enough rest since he returned to the barracks. He always slept in his carriage and took a nap. Unexpectedly, he also followed.

"Messenger? Isn't Wa Kingdom in the East China Sea? How could it appear here?"

Li Jing was very dissatisfied with Tang Jian's sudden interruption. As the number one in the military, he naturally knew the location of Wa Kingdom.How could the country's envoy across the sea appear in the grassland?

Tang Jian trotted all the way over and explained: "Although they are countries in the East China Sea, it is very difficult to travel by sea. Therefore, there were also envoys in the Sui Dynasty who came from Silla Baekje, passed through Goguryeo, and detoured directly from the grassland to Chang’an’s is nothing unusual. Don’t think that the Wa Kingdom and the Turks are at odds with each other, but when facing us in the Central Plains, they are easy to talk to each other.”

After finishing speaking, Tang Jian leaned in front of the team and began to speak the island language in a murmur.As the leader of Honglu Temple, he naturally mastered many languages, including the half-baked Japanese language.

One speaks a half-baked Japanese language, and a group of people speak a half-baked Chinese, and they can still communicate.

The Japanese language in the Tang Dynasty is still somewhat different from that of later generations.

However, Li Chengqian, who had been influenced by short driving movies and fan dramas for a while, could barely hear a sentence or two and guess what they meant.

After a long time, Tang Jian smiled, turned around and said to Li Chengqian: "His Royal Highness, they are the envoys of the Japanese Kingdom. They came to our Tang Dynasty for a pilgrimage and to study. They just passed here and were detained by bandits. Now we are going back to Chang'an, just to take them with us." them."

Back to Chang'an with the Japanese?

Li Chengqian immediately got goosebumps.

Turning his head, Li Chengqian asked Li Jing: "Mr. Wei, I heard that in the former Sui Dynasty, the national book of the Wa Kingdom actually called itself the country of the rising sun and our Central Plains the country of the setting sun. Is there such a thing?"

Li Jing's grandfather, Li Chongyi, was the Inspector of Yinzhou, he was granted the title of Duke Yongkang, and his father was the prefect of Zhao County. How could he know this.

Li Jing nodded and said: "It is true. At that time, the military generals of the Manchu Dynasty were so angry that they wished to kill the Japanese and punish them for disrespecting the country. But Emperor Yang was not angry, but said that they were uncivilized savages. However, their sin of disrespect is forgiven."

Li Chengqian nodded and said to Li Jing: "Mr. Wei, why don't we make a bet..."

Looking at the corpses of Japanese envoys all over the floor, Tang Jian sighed deeply, and threw the Japanese national book in his hand into a pool of blood.

Yelang is arrogant!How come a person from a shabby island country doesn't have a long memory?He was arrogant and conceited in the former Sui Dynasty, but now facing the Tang Dynasty?As an envoy to the Turks, I have no right to speak in the returning army.I hate these bastards, or I hate this unlucky country. The beginning of the letter of credence is still the same, so I can't persuade Li Jing even if I want to dissuade him.

It's just strange, why does the prince despise the Wa country so much?It looks like....they don't intend to let them go.

The bandits seized a lot, and they were all good things.The soldiers consciously invited His Highness the Crown Prince to take a look at the seized items, pick out something they like, and then it's their turn to divide it up.There are trophies that can be freely selected, so Li Chengqian has no intention of caring about the death of those Japanese.

Send Tang envoy!

Now it is the fourth year of Zhenguan, it seems that these guys are some kind of envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty who went to the fields and met the death of medicine.

There is no need to bring them back to Chang'an. Some trolls who have read history all over the world just like to assign the later sins of the Wa Kingdom to the Tang Dynasty.They had already entertained them during the Sui Dynasty, but they turned a blind eye and sprayed dirty water on Li Shimin's head.

A lot of people are like this, they like to find the bones in the egg, facing historical celebrities, they always like to find some bad deeds to prove that he is a bad guy, or search Baidu all over to turn the recognized bad guy into a good guy.The rotten Confucianism got into the pile of old papers, was accused by them, and it was their turn, and the result became more and more out of hand.

It's all about eating too much salt.

Chapter 2 Back to Chang'an

Changsun Chong killed the leader of the bandit camp, so he should be entitled to the best spoils.This is an unwritten rule in the army, but when this rule is placed in front of Li Chengqian, it naturally doesn't work.

A bag of special gems was easily snatched by Li Chengqian, leaving Changsun Chong alone beating his chest and stamping his feet in grief and indignation.

This prince's cousin doesn't look like a prince at all, it's too much!

diamonds...

Looking at the densely packed things in the bag, Li Chengqian couldn't help but smile.

There is currently no market for diamonds in Datang, but those Hu merchants like this kind of thing very much.The original cutting technique was poor, the diamond was not faceted properly by them and it didn't look that dazzling.

But this thing is not for use as a gem. According to Chang Sun Chong, he plans to inlay this thing on his horizontal knife, and it will definitely distract the enemy when he uses it to kill the enemy.

Instead of letting him ruin the diamond, it's better to use it as a cutting tool.You must know that the craftsmen in the glass workshop have been worried about cutting the glass. In later generations, I heard that the glass knife is a synthetic diamond.Nowadays, we use real diamonds in Datang, so that we can be stylish.

It's just a small episode, whether it's the extermination of bandits or the belching of Tang envoys, they are all small episodes in the journey.

Li Chengqian took away the diamond, Li Jing took away a delicate scimitar, Sun Simiao took all the medicinal materials as it should be, the sad and angry grandson took away a bag of gold, and Tang Jian fell in love with a piece of emerald jade.

After the leading bosses had finished taking all the loot, the soldiers below began to share the spoils excitedly.

The big manager didn't like this thing, so he let them divide it by themselves.

With the military exploits, there will be corresponding rewards when they return to their own Zhechong Mansion. Coupled with the spoils that were distributed this time, each soldier has a good net worth.

It is said that the closeness to the hometown is timid. When the large army passed by Gaoling, it was only a little more than a day away from Chang'an.

Li Chengqian helplessly stroked his buttocks, trembling with fear.This time he went north, he didn't stay in Shuofang honestly, he first went to Fengfu, then to Mayi, and finally even ran to Baidao, and he didn't know how he would be dealt with when he went back.

Seeing Li Chengqian's uneasiness, Zhang Yun couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, you are suffering from a sudden illness, and there is nothing you can do about it."

"Yeah, Gu is sick, if you don't say Gu will forget about it."

With an excuse, Li Chengqian naturally became happy, and did not notice Zhang Yun's surprised eyes at all.

Feelings... Are you pretending to be sick?

Li Chengqian became happy after being exposed to worries about the future. After seeing the majestic Chang'an City from a distance, his timid feeling was also diluted by nostalgia.

When I was ten miles away from the city, I met a welcoming team represented by Fang Xuanling.

It is a great honor for the prime minister to lead a hundred officials out of the city ten miles to welcome him!

But when Li Chengqian saw Li Jing, he realized that he didn't seem so happy.

"Flowers are cooking oil over brocade flames. The old man is already in trouble. Now that he is in such a state of affairs, I'm afraid he will have to hide for a while after returning to Chang'an."

"Wei Gong, what are you talking about? You defeated the Turks and captured Xieli alive. This is a great achievement."

Li Chengqian was very puzzled. At this time, Li Jing was not at all proud of the winner, but worried. What's going on?

Li Jing glanced at Li Chengqian, but didn't say anything, and limped off the carriage, ready to receive the order.

Sun Simiao didn't know the reason for his treatment, but he only said that the effect of the medicine would cause the root cause of the disease, which was why Li Jing had to take a carriage on his return journey.

Fang Xuanling held four imperial edicts in his arms, stopped Li Jing and Sun Simiao who were about to bow down, and started to read directly.

Three complicated and lengthy imperial decrees almost boasted Li Jing, Tang Jian and Sun Simiao to the sky.Li Jing is still Minister of the Ministry of War, but he has added [-] households. Sun Simiao was originally a Taoist priest, but he was given the title of "Miaoying Zhenren", which made Sun Simiao pull his face.As for Tang Jian, giving up one's life for the country can be called great righteousness and great loyalty, and luring the enemy alone can be called great courage, adding five hundred households to the city, and the emperor bestowed a pair of jade Ruyi.

As for the rewards of these three people, I can't listen to them, and I started to drool halfway through hearing them.

As for the fourth imperial decree, Zhang Yun read it out on his behalf, which is very simple.The prince's army did anything wanton, but as the crown prince, he violated the emperor's order. Before moving to the battle, he was supposed to enter the Zongzheng's mansion and fight for thirty or fifty big boards, but because of his help, there were so many survivors in the wounded barracks. Investigate, instead of thinking behind closed doors.

Li Chengqian accepted the imperial decree in a daze, if not in front of people, Li Chengqian would definitely jump up.

What?

To balance the merits and demerits?And then nothing?

Although I am the prince, but is this gone?

After looking at Li Jing and Sun Simiao, I realized that the expressions of these two people were actually envious.Tang Jian was immersed in the content of the imperial decree, with a look of intoxication.

After receiving the imperial decree, Li Chengqian was speechless and didn't know what to say.

But forget it, anyway, this trip to the grassland at private expense can be regarded as an eye-opener, so there is no need to be upset because of this little thing.

Under the guidance of Fang Xuanling, the three biggest heroes and one incidental hero in this war returned to Chang'an surrounded by hundreds of officials.

Tang people have limited ways to celebrate, and the first thing to do is to have a big meal.

At the banquet in the palace, Li Jing was persuaded to drink again and again, and the emperor even went off in person, pouring wine for Li Jing and the three of them, which can be said to be the utmost honor.

Compared with the three people who attended the banquet, Li Chengqian was much more unlucky. The eldest grandson was really angry this time, and his pale fingers kept tapping on his forehead, without the slightest demeanor of a mother of a country.

"I don't know why you ran to the battlefield. Do you have Li Jing to lead the army? Or is it better than Daoist Sun's medical skills? As for killing the enemy, you shoot the Turks to give them face. If they are injured, it will be a big victory for them. How did you agree to Ben Gong before you left? Why did you go back on the battlefield?"

"According to the military newspaper, when the convoy was attacked, you also shot and killed more than [-] Turkic people?"

"According to the introduction of the military newspaper, you also visited the wounded barracks in person and participated in the treatment?"

...

All the mothers in the world look the same when they are angry, it has nothing to do with the village women and queens.

First she scolded angrily, then cried distressedly.

Holding Li Chengqian's hand, the grandson's tears seemed to burst a bank.

During the whole journey in the grassland, even if he paid great attention, Li Chengqian's hands still inevitably suffered from frostbite.Now back to Chang'an, although it has turned into a hard scab, it still makes the eldest grandson feel distressed.

"Mother, it's not a big deal for a child to suffer a little bit. Didn't the wounded barracks set a historical record? In the past, the survival rate in places where there were only a few deaths was now over [-]%. Even the survival rate under severe injuries is over [-]%. The result is that our Tang Dynasty won a big victory this time. If there are countless kills, there will be countless self-inflicted losses, it is just a game of changing lives."

Got clicked again....

Touching his blushing forehead, Li Chengqian couldn't laugh or cry.

Fortunately, the maids were very considerate and brought the meals prepared by the imperial dining room.

I don’t even look at the chicken or anything, but a plate of shredded cucumber, it looks like I learned it from the East Palace Kitchen, otherwise I can’t adjust the taste.

Be darling, that stupid cook actually made soy sauce. Although the scallion dipping sauce is not elegant, but Li Chengqian, who hasn't eaten fresh vegetables for a long time, just doesn't care so much at this time.

After a good meal, he was chased away by the eldest grandson without giving him any time to rest.

Hearing that the army was returning to Beijing, Li Gang hurried back from the academy and sent Li Tai and Li Ke to check on the situation.

After not seeing him for nearly a year, Li Tai seemed to have lost some weight, which was strange.

"It's nothing, it's just that when I was studying the pulley block, I didn't have enough food and came out hungry. Brother Huang, your servants of the pulley block have completely understood it, and those craftsmen who came to study the general supervisor, military supervisor, and the Ministry of Industry have also learned about the same. The craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry are very sensible this time, they have researched the combination of multiple pulley blocks, the 'magic arm' that can lift and transfer heavy objects, and immediately dedicated the blueprint to the academy after making the finished product."

Power arm?

After imagining the appearance of this thing, Li Chengqian decided that it was just the most primitive tower crane.Fastest update../ ../

Patting Li Tai's already deflated belly, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "It seems that you are very suitable for such a job, Qingque. Are you interested?"

Li Tai's eyes widened immediately, to be honest, he didn't know why he was so concerned about such a thought-consuming thing.Compared with the boring schoolwork before, why does winding on the wheel make me so calm? Standing on a stool, pointing at the pattern on the black wooden board and shouting at the group of stupid craftsmen, why does my heart feel so happy?

As for the improvement of colored glaze... the glass windows of the college are now very poor in light transmission. Although it is not much better than paper-pasted windows and animal skins, but if it is completely transparent, what will it look like?

Li Tai, who was still unaware of the drooling from the corner of his mouth, said with a smile: "Since you ordered, I will go to the glass workshop tomorrow. You are all idiots. I will definitely be able to make colorless and transparent glass." come out!"

Li Chengqian patted Li Tai's shoulder with a smile, and looked at Li Ke on the other side.

Among the three brothers, Li Ke has the highest appearance, which probably has something to do with his mother.It has not been seen for a year now, and his face is even paler, but the calluses on his hands have not changed, which means that he has not carried it with him during this period of time, and has been practicing martial arts diligently.

Seeing Brother Huang looking at him, Li Ke smiled: "Seeing the excitement you two are talking about, I don't have the nerve to disturb you. Brother Huang, I heard that you went to the battlefield? Is it exciting?"

Li Ke has always yearned for the army, and also thought of being able to kill the enemy on the battlefield, but his identity is doomed to have no relationship with the army in his life.Not to mention the leader, as long as he contacts with the military generals, he may be killed.

It is cruel to extinguish a person's dream, so Li Chengqian didn't tell him about it.

"What's the excitement? At that time, a group of Turkic nobles escaped from the encirclement of the army, and accidentally bumped into our convoy. Then..."

Telling the story of the frontier, the three brothers strolled back to the East Palace from the Hall of Eryi.

As soon as he entered the gate of the East Palace, Li Chengqian saw a black shadow appear, and before he could react, he was attacked by a tongue.

Dumbfoundingly, he hugged Heitan's head, Li Chengqian was very proud.

It seems that the dog is really loyal enough. It has been almost a year since I saw him. The former puppy has become Shen Jun's big dog, but he still knows who his master is.He picked a branch from the side of the road and threw it out, Heitantou screamed and jumped out, biting the branch and came back.

I haven't seen him for a year, and Fang Sheng is getting older, and he tends to be a little limping when he walks two steps.

Seeing his master smiling happily, he said, "Your Highness, I don't know. Since you went north, Heitantou has been unhappy. The slaves and others fed it good meat, but it ignored it. It just hid it secretly in your study. , it will find it by itself and eat it.

Some time ago, the guards were not effective enough to guard it, so it ran out of the East Palace.The servants and others almost turned Chang'an City over, but found it in your study the next day, with a dead hare beside it.After that, the servant simply asked Orion to catch some wild rabbits and keep them in the East Palace. Almost every month, it would catch one and bring it to your study, as if it was waiting for you to come back. "

Hearing Fang Sheng's words, Li Chengqian smiled and patted Heitantou's dog's head, scratching it.

It would be rude to delay any longer, and I don't know how worried the old man is.