Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

Yuchi Baoqi flew through the palace. The green leaves and flowers of the palace at the turn of summer and autumn made Yuchi Baoqi relax after a long time.

"Eat some oranges, Your Majesty."

Yuchi Baoqi turned his head and saw Wang De squinting his eyes with a half-peeled orange in his hand.

"Uncle, scaring others can really scare them to death. It's not necessary for you to fly around with a kid like me at your age."

Seeing Yuchi Baoqi stop and sit down on a large rock in the imperial garden, Wang De followed him.

"Your Majesty, I have something to ask you, but it's not urgent. You can take a while."

Yuchi Baoqi simply lay down on the stone. The stone was hot from the sunlight and he treated it as sweat.

"What's going on, Uncle Wang?"

Wang De was a little embarrassed to say: "The officials who came back from Sindhu are in Ganlu Palace now. It's hard to explain in a few words. You will know when you get there."

"Has Canglan been behaving well lately?"

Yuchi Baoqi yawned. "Same as always, pretty well behaved, but a little restless at night. It takes Lizhi more than an hour to coax him to sleep."

Wang De hesitated for a long time before finally speaking, but his words were a little obscure: "In the future, I can teach Canglan Qinggong and martial arts."

Yuchi Baoqi sat up and patted Wang De on the back: "Then I'll trouble you, Canglan, to take care of Canglan."

Yuchi Baoqi stood up and walked towards the Ganlu Palace. Wang De sat on the stone for a long time, unable to let go. When he came to his senses, his face was covered with tears.

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"How long have they been like this?"

Li Shimin stroked his beard and said, "It is said that it started when he boarded the train of the Western Region Construction Corps. Is the momentum so strong after he took office in Sindhu?"

These officials who had returned from Sindhu were all wearing only a pair of underwear as they lay in the center of the Ganlu Hall. Some of them were eating the food sent by the Shangshi Bureau, but they were not eating it, they were just stuffing it into their mouths.

"Eat more before you die! Eat more food from our Great Tang. I don't want to become a Sindhu in my next life! Wuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

"Hot! So hot! So hot, so hot!"

As they were talking, several officials tore off the cotton clothes they were wearing and lay down in the center of the Ganlu Hall with a group of colleagues.

Yuchi Baoqi clapped his hands and said, "Go, add some more ice. They have suffered so much, and it's a psychological trauma. Let the Ministry of Revenue prepare and start the first national compensation in the Tang Dynasty."

Li Shimin glanced at Wang De, and Wang De went to draft an edict. Li Shimin still didn't quite understand: "What kind of purgatory is this body poison?"

Yuchi Baoqi spread his hands and said, "It's just that the temperature is 40 to 50 degrees in the summer, and there is a lack of water. The locals are used to defecating and urinating in the streets, and after death, they also practice water cremation, which is to use a small raft to burn the body and then push it into their Ganges."

"There are some local sects whose belief is cannibalism, but their doctrine does not allow them to kill people. They wait for the corpses to float over in the Ganges and have a feast."

Li Shimin's stomach churned when he heard this: "Okay, okay, don't say anymore."

Yuchi Baoqi would not listen: "The local people's drinking water, water for washing, and excretion are basically provided by the Ganges, which is equivalent to our Yangtze River and Yellow River. Think about it."

Yuchi Baoqi saw Wang De coming back and said, "Please ask Wang Nei Shi to ask the chef of Baolilou to make some frosty summer drinks and desserts with Princess Shude."

Turning around, Yuchi Baoqi sighed, "I never wanted to get involved in this poison. To put it nicely, this place is a feudal empire, to put it bluntly, it's a cesspool. Whoever messes with it will end up covered in shit."

"Sindhu has a lot of land. Due to its special climate, it can grow a lot of spices and beans. I have never thought of attacking such a rich place. Just tell me how poisonous it must be."

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, then just do business with them. I can't bear to see these officials become like this."

Yuchi Baoqi was amused: "What kind of business is this? Why is the Western Region Construction Corps called the Construction Corps? It's mainly for construction. First, we build the industrial and real estate facilities needed by the people of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, and then the water conservancy engineering facilities."

"If we just build a Medog hydropower station and block the Yarlung Zangbo River from flowing into Sindhu, within five years, I estimate that all the people in Sindhu will be dead. They can be easily crushed to death."

Li Shimin looked at Yuchi Baoqi with his mouth open: "Boy, aren't you known for your kindness? Don't you say you don't engage in massacres to prevent future troubles?"

Yuchi Baoqi was amused: "A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen. I don't want to have too much blood on my hands, so why not? What you said is true. The hydroelectric power generation facilities of the Western Region Construction Corps will benefit the people of our Tang Dynasty. Whether Sindhu lives or dies has nothing to do with me."

After cooling off on the ground for a long time, the officials crawled to the dining table again, picked up the chopsticks and continued to stuff food into their mouths. Yuchi Baoqi fed each of them a hawthorn digestion tablet.

"When I was an official in the Tang Dynasty, I was not rich, but at least I had enough food and drink. But I went to Sindhu and stayed there for two years. I was no different from a refugee. My ribs were clearly visible."

Arriving even faster than Princess Shude's dessert were the technicians from the Civil Affairs Division of the Engineering Department. Several trucks were parked at the entrance of Ganlu Palace.

The workers carried the indoor and outdoor units of the air conditioner up the stairs, and many supervisory craftsmen directed the workers on where to put these things.

The manager of the Engineering and People's Livelihood Division wiped the sweat from his forehead and came over to salute: "Your Majesty, I have met the young master. Large-scale commercial air conditioners have begun mass production, with a scale of nearly a thousand units assembled and rolled off the production line every day. Currently, all the Baoli-related companies have begun installation."

"This time we are here to install them in the Imperial Palace. We have transported about 700 of them. We may need to install scaffolding in the main hall in a while. Would Your Majesty and Young Master please move to another hall to discuss matters?"

Li Shimin didn't know what this air conditioner was, but he thought that since Baoli Commercial Company installed it, it must be a good thing, so he stayed to see what it was.

"Father, you have seen that thing in the car that blows cold air is the air conditioner."

Li Shimin understood after being reminded by Yuchi Baoqi: "The one in the car shouldn't be this big. This is too big."

The manager was directing the construction of the scaffolding. The workers brought this time were all experienced and skilled workers, and he also had time to respond to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, this is a large commercial central air conditioner. According to the scale of Ganlu Hall, we plan to install three on the top of Ganlu Hall. The craftsmen who will supervise the work will complete the subsequent beautification work."