Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

"I missed my grandmother and couldn't help myself... I made everyone laugh..." After a long time, Li Kuan realized that he had lost his composure in front of everyone, and raised his hand to salute everyone.

"Your Highness, what are you talking about..." In terms of seniority, Dou Wei and Li Kuan's grandmothers can be regarded as distant cousins, so at this time he naturally had to stand up and smooth things over: "Your Highness is extremely affectionate, filial and sincere, and I can only admire you in my heart." , why make fun of it?"

"Yes, yes..." After Dou Wei spoke, most of the others, except Cui Chan, who was very prestigious, and Yang Zhen, who had been squinting at Li Kuan, agreed.

Of course, considering that everyone gathering here today intends to help the King of Chu rebel against his father, His Majesty Li Er, Dou Wei's words of "the utmost filial piety and sincerity" are more or less black humor.

But what does it matter?

Warmth, that was the emotion that Empress Taimu only gave to Li Kuan.

Among the heads of the aristocratic families present, who dares to say that he has no fear of this strange woman?

Empress Taimu was raised in the palace by her uncle Yu Wenyong, Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty, when she was young. She was extremely doted on. Almost everyone who knew her thought she would become an excellent woman. Among them (historical records) There is Changsun Chi, the elder brother of the famous general Changsun Sheng (Li Kuan's grandfather). He once persuaded his younger brother Changsun Sheng, hoping that the other party would choose one of the descendants of the Changsun family to marry him.

Of course, the matter eventually came to nothing.

Later, Empress Taimu and Empress Ji, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty accepted the Northern Zhou Dynasty (accepted the Northern Zhou Emperor's abdication of the throne). She also cried loudly: "I hate that I am not a man to save my uncle's family."

A woman with such ambitions and feelings is destined to be extraordinary in this life.

Of course, there is no need to elaborate too much on the rest of the story.

—— Queping was selected and married the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan. They gave birth to four sons (Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Xuanba, and Li Yuanji) and one daughter (Princess Pingyang). She eventually died of illness in Longyou.

This is known to everyone in the world, and it is also something that will be recorded and spread in history books.

But in fact, Queen Taimu is a very important figure to the entire Guanlong Group.

There is no other reason for this. Before Emperor Wu Yuwenyong died on the way to conquer the Turks in the north, he had already foreseen the future of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and handed over part of the wealth belonging to the royal family to his favorite niece. It is said that he also left a child. Support the iron cavalry.

Later, Dou's parents (Dou Yi and the eldest princess of Xiangyang) passed away one after another, leaving her a large amount of wealth and loyal retainers.

Therefore, unknowingly, after a long period of time, Dou has slowly accumulated enough power to influence the world's trends!

And this was later confirmed.

In fact, when Li Yuan sent troops from Jinyang, what he had in hand was not only the wealth accumulated by his Li family for generations, but also the share of the Dou family's efforts.

——This strange woman, after hiding in hiding for decades, finally found an opportunity to help her husband rise to power, destroy the Sui Dynasty, and avenge her uncle's clan.

To be honest, even if we don’t mention Empress Taimu’s most outstanding pair of children: Li Shimin, who conquered most of the country and was invincible, and Princess Pingyang, who went to the battlefield as a woman and was buried with military honors after her death, Empress Taimu’s Dou family was very important to Li. The family's ability to conquer the world in the end is still indispensable.

Therefore, the golden hairpin that she left behind after her death represented her personal token. To a certain extent, it was not only an unimaginably huge inheritance, but also meant that it was an extremely majestic warning: The people she gave her all to protect were best viewed with a level of awe.

Of course, the heads of the aristocratic families in this situation may have to carefully consider whether they should be replaced by a prince or even a king with a different surname or someone with a high position because of the golden hairpin Li Kuan just took out from his arms. A powerful former minister came to be the victim.

But whenever powerful individuals form a group, this powerful group is born with a certain arrogance.

Cui Chan's silence and Yang Zhen's casual glances all meant one thing: Li Kuan's confidence did not make them change their minds, and even made them more satisfied.

Obviously, with Empress Taimu's inheritance, the commotion His Highness King Chu can make will only be greater.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu," Cui Chan said again after being praised by everyone, "I wonder how much food and grass your Highness needs?"

"Shouldn't the more of this thing be the better?" Li Kuan scratched his head: "Father Zhong, don't you just want to let me give you a random price, and then you just go back and prepare it first?" , and after waiting for two days, he sent someone to tell me that "the time has come." Let's take action as soon as possible? I tell you, since I was a child, I have been a master who can't see rabbits and doesn't let go of hawks! If you can't see food, don't do it. Do not think that this king will do anything that exceeds the rules!"

Cui Chan, who was suddenly told the central issue by Li Kuan, subconsciously leaned forward and supported his knees with both hands. He closed his eyes slightly, looked at Li Kuan and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, King Chu. I will never break my promise. Make an offer!"

"One million and two million stones of grain!" Li Kuan rubbed his nose and said boldly: "As long as the grain and grass are in place, I can destroy the Xuanjia Army!"

"Yes, within seven days, we will deliver 1.2 million stones of grain and grass to Chang'an!" Cui Chan didn't even make any counteroffer. In his opinion, the grain was just handed over to Li Kuan for a formality. Forget it, even according to the plan he had discussed with Wang Qunyue, the head of the Wang family, these grains would eventually become a means for Li Ke to appease the people after he came to power. Therefore, Cui Chan directly agreed to Li Kuan's request without any hesitation.

"Very good!" Li Kuan nodded to Cui Chan with satisfaction, and then he looked around: "Father Zhong has spoken, do you all have any objections?"

The other two families with the fifth surname and Qi Wang naturally had no objection.

The eight Guanlong people, especially Xiao Cong and Xie Jun who had previously had conflicts with Li Kuan, all looked at Yang Zhen in unison.

Yang Zhen glanced at Cui Chan calmly, but in the end, he didn't say anything.

Everyone was silent for a while.

"In that case, I'm going to prepare some manpower. It seems I have to go to Uncle Dou's house..." Li Kuan muttered to himself at the end, finally arousing most of his interest.

Dou Shilun...

That's a really cruel person...

And just when Li Kuan was about to leave on his own, forgetting that he was the master of this place, he suddenly turned his head and looked at Cui Chan: "Father Zhong, can you keep your word?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness, it will definitely count." At this moment, Cui Chan doesn't have the aura of a rich man who has lived for thousands of years. He is as honest as an old farmer sitting on the ridge of the field, dealing with the grain merchant who is repeatedly confirming the harvest with him: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will keep my word. This business should be done with integrity!"

"Is it true that children and elders are not bullied?" Li Kuan seemed to find this statement very interesting. He couldn't help but put it in his mouth and chewed it for a while: "It's good that children and elders are not bullied..."

For a long time, in an eerie silence, Li Kuan raised his head and said to Cui Chan, who was smiling all the time: "Father Zhong, be happy!"

"Is it happy?" Cui Chan asked with a smile. He seemed to find Li Kuan's "happy" very interesting.

"Of course, it's fun!" Li Kuan nodded seriously.

It's just that, old man, if you believe in me, you will be happy, but it's still to come...