Li Shimin

"In that case, the King of Jin can tell His Majesty about this matter. If His Majesty wants my Cui family to borrow weapons, then my Cui family will use anything to borrow weapons!"

Cui Xuanlan said quickly.

"That's fine too!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly.

"Thank you King Jin!"

Cui Xuanlan was overjoyed.

After eating, Cui Xuanlan did not leave, but directly moved into Cui Hongmo's small house.

"Sanlang, if this is difficult, don't worry about hurting Aye's face and offending His Majesty!"

After Cui Xuanlan left, Cui Mi said worriedly.

"Mi'er, there is no need to worry. This king is just passing a message to His Majesty and acting as an intermediary. Besides, there are so many vassal states around the Tang Dynasty, and it is also management if those barbarian hozen manage it. And if I let my family of the Tang Dynasty manage it, it will also be management. Management, for me, Datang, is beneficial and harmless!"

Li Xuan said in relief.

"That's good!"

Hearing this, Cui Mi also breathed a sigh of relief.

After that, Cui Mi was sent upstairs.

Li Xuan asked Li Chang to call Li Chengqian.

During this period of time, Li Chengqian and Cheng Chusi directly brought several old farmers from their respective villages to Lijiazhuang, and followed a group of farmers in Lijiazhuang to learn how to pickle dried cucumbers and other vegetables.

"Master, you are looking for me!"

After a while, Li Chengqian walked in.

"The Cui family in Qinghe wants to ask His Majesty to borrow some weapons to attack those barbarian countries. You can tell His Majesty to see if His Majesty is willing to borrow some weapons from the Cui family, or what do you want to borrow from the Cui family? Weapons?"

Li Xuan said straight to the point.

"Master, the Cui family asked the court to borrow weapons?"

After listening, Li Chengqian looked surprised, "How could they have such an idea?"

"The Jinyang Wang family said they were exterminated, so they were exterminated. Why are they not in a hurry?"

Li Xuan sneered, "Besides, what's wrong with conquering a country of barbarians and making them kings and emperors?"

"But they are a thousand-year-old powerful family, and they pass on the fragrance of books!"

Li Chengqian still didn't understand.

"fart!"

Li Xuan was speechless for a while.

"Master?"

Li Chengqian was taken aback.

"Bringing the fragrance of books to the family, when the Sui Dynasty was overthrown, these families could pull out tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to help the Li family?"

Li Xuan said mockingly: "By passing on the fragrance of books, each of these aristocratic families has so many family guards? Moreover, passing on the fragrance of books, each of their aristocratic families is doing business. Half of the descendants of the aristocratic family have entered the court as officials to seek various personal interests for their aristocratic family?"

"You have to remember that every family puts interests first. If there is no interest, where can they get the money to study? Where can they get the ability to pass on for thousands of years? This trip to Taiyuan, if it weren't for our large number of troops, or Taiyuan Zhechong Fu Duwei is His Majesty's confidant, we will inevitably be resisted by the Jinyang Wang family, and then we will have to face tens of thousands of Wang family soldiers!"

After listening, Li Chengqian was surprised.

"Okay, you can gradually learn about these things in the future. Now, you only need to inform His Majesty of the Cui family's request!" Li Xuan said.

"Yes, master, I will definitely tell Aye about this today!"

Li Chengqian hurriedly reported.

"Well, go and do your work!"

Li Xuan waved his hand in satisfaction.

Li Chengqian bowed his hands again and walked out.

Afterwards, Li Xuan gave a chuckle of satisfaction, got up, and walked towards the second floor.

night!

Inside the Hall of Two Rites.

After Li Chengqian reported the day's events, he reported to Li Shimin that the Cui family wanted to borrow weapons.

"The Cui family wants to borrow weapons from me?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help being startled.

Then, he was all smiles.

"It seems that these aristocratic families have been stimulated by Xuanba!"

"You can tell Xuanba tomorrow that I can borrow weapons, but the Cui family needs to use food to borrow weapons. The specific matters need to be discussed with the head of the Cui family!"

Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian.

Hearing this, Li Chengqian couldn't help being surprised.

"Aye, my child doesn't understand, you really borrow weapons from those aristocratic families?"

"Why not borrow it?"

Li Shimin laughed lightly, "After those aristocratic families conquered the vassal states, they were also the territory of my Tang Dynasty, but I promised to let their aristocratic families be the real kings of those vassal states.

However, the taxes they gave to Datang cannot be less than a penny. "

"Moreover, these aristocratic families are like blood-sucking cysticercosis to my Tang Dynasty. Only in this way can we drive them out of Datang!"

Regarding these, Li Chengqian was still obsessed with listening.

……

The next day, early in the morning, Li Xuan informed Cui Xuanlan of the news.

Hearing this, Cui Xuanlan was full of excitement.

Regarding this, Li Xuan could only sigh helplessly, hoping that the Cui family would not regret their actions today.

After that, prepare ten bottles of white wine and a hundred catties of pickled cucumbers for Cui Xuanlan, and let Cui Xuanlan take them away.

When Cui Xuanlan arrived outside the Taiji Palace, there were already servants waiting for him.

Along the way, the servants led them into the Hall of Liangyi, where Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and other important officials met with Cui Xuanlan.

Then, it is to discuss the use of military weapons.

Food, money, and even which barbarian country the Cui family will attack, how many people the Cui family will remove, how much wealth will be removed, and how much food and weapons will be returned... etc. All issues need to be discussed clearly Chu.

After three consecutive days of discussion, Cui Xuanlan left Chang'an City with a relaxed expression.

In the past few days, the influence of Li Xuan not selling vegetables and not auctioning liquor finally appeared.

All the aristocratic families in Chang'an City are also like ants on a hot pot, spinning around anxiously.

Unfortunately, this time Li Xuan is determined to teach these nobles a lesson.

Li Jiazhuang can leave you and other nobles of the family, but you and other nobles of the family cannot leave Li Jiazhuang for a moment!

……

Chapter 467 Completion of the giant steel ship

Follow Cui Xuanlan back to Qingzhou.

The Cui family borrowed [-] weapons from His Majesty, intending to mobilize the power of the whole family to attack the barbarian country, but someone leaked it, and it started to cause a commotion among all the aristocratic families in the world.

Since the edict was issued in the Taiji Palace last year, all the aristocratic families in the world who think they have some strength have begun to move around.

However, after a few days of preparation, these aristocratic families found helplessly that the family had enough staff but not enough weapons.

Therefore, we can only prepare to develop in secret.

Unexpectedly, the Qinghe Cui family could come up with such a wonderful idea, and even Li Shimin agreed!

In an instant, the five surnames of Boling Cui, Fanyang Lu, Xingyang Zheng, Longxi Li, Zhaojun Li and other five surnames Qiwang, as well as the six Kanxi surnames, the Jiangnan family, the Daibei Hu surname, the Taiyuan Wen surname, and the Taiyuan Tang surname All the powerful families started to come towards Chang'an City again.

After the past two years, the family's caravans did business abroad, and the power of the tribes in the Tang Dynasty just around the Tang Dynasty, these aristocratic families are well aware of it.

However, in this matter, the patriarchs of these aristocratic families were disappointed in the end. At one time, Li Shimin only allowed two aristocratic families to borrow weapons from the Tang Dynasty.

The Cui family has already got the first place, and the remaining ones can only be obtained by the southern family or the northern family.

In the entire city of Chang'an, undercurrents began to surge again.

In the end, the Li family of Longxi got this spot.

However, it is time for spring plowing.

After the allocation of places was completed, the heads of the aristocratic families could only rush home.

The matter of spring plowing is the most important.

If you want to fight, you can only talk about it after the autumn harvest.

The entire Lijiazhuang began to get busy again.

The whole Zhuangzi went to battle together, tearing down the glass greenhouses, pulling out the withered vegetable branches, leveling the fields, and dividing the paddy fields.

For [-] mu of land, a household can allocate about [-] mu of land.

It took half a month to level 1 mu of paddy fields and more than [-] mu of fertile land.

Standing on the edge of the field, the corners of the old butler Li Chang's mouth were cracked to the side of his ears in joy.

With last year's experience, this year's old butler is full of motivation.

After plowing the fields, they began to raise chickens and ducks, pigs and fish.

At the same time, there were dozens of households in Lijiazhuang, and there was good news from the family that some of the households' mothers-in-law and aunts had a big belly.

Afterwards, some older bachelors who had reached the age of marriage greeted all kinds of matchmakers with joy all day long.

Then, carrying all the betrothal gifts, they went to the outer village to give the betrothal gifts.

The entire Lijiazhuang has become the most envied Zhuangzi of all the surrounding villages.

Soon, it will be June.

The weather is getting hotter again.

Cui Mi's stomach is already too big to walk, Zi Yun and an old woman have to follow Cui Mi all day long to avoid falling.

"My lord! Qingzhou Zoubao!"

The housekeeper Li Chang walked in with a letter sealed with wax paint in his hand.

"Qingzhou?"

Hearing this, Li Xuan, who was staring blankly, was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly took the letter.

The more you look, the happier you look.

"Xuanba, what kind of happy event makes you so happy?"

On the side, Li Yuan asked curiously.

"My steel ship was successfully built!"

Li Xuan said with a happy face.

Hearing this, Li Yuan also looked overjoyed, "Then when shall I go to Qingzhou?"

"Go to Qingzhou?..."

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, a look of embarrassment flashed in his eyes, after thinking for a moment, he said firmly.

"Mi'er is nine months pregnant, I want to go to Qingzhou after the baby is born!"

"Alright!"

A trace of astonishment flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, but he nodded again and again.

"However, there is one thing that needs to be prepared in advance!" Li Xuan continued.