Fu Tang

Although Li Congjia looked very angry, Shi Xueting felt that it should not be a big deal.

If it was really a major event, Zhao Kuangyin's memorial would definitely not be hidden from Oleg, but it just made Li Congjia so angry... What did Oleg do?

Before he could ask, Li Congjia threw Li Zhongyu's letter to Shi Xueting.

Shi Xueting picked it up and looked at it, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "The prince knows it well, why are you so angry?"

There are not many things written about Oleg in this letter. The first is that Oleg once ran to Li Zhongyu's tent in revealing clothes in the middle of the night during the march.

Li Zhongyu did not describe in detail what Oleg did, but Li Congjia also experienced it. How could he not know the purpose of Oleg running there in the middle of the night?

What's more, he followed Li Zhongyu's oath and swore. According to Li Zhongyu himself, he kicked Oleg out at that time and had absolutely nothing to do with Oleg.

Shi Xueting felt that Li Zhongyu's handling of this matter was not stupid. Instead of hiding it, he told Li Congjia immediately, probably because he was worried that there were people from the intelligence department in the military camp, not to mention that he was innocent about this matter. Need to hide?

The most important thing is that Li Zhongyu didn't feel that Li Congjia was with men, so he could be with men as he should.

In other words, he still knows that he is different from his father, his father already had him when he met Shi Xueting!

After having a son, no matter how mischievous they are, the tolerance of his subordinates can be improved a lot. For example, Li Congjia, who has Li Zhongyu, even if he no longer marries wives and concubines, the minister will talk nonsense at most and will not force him, but The crown prince doesn't have any children yet, to be exact, he doesn't have a son-in-law. If he gets mixed up with a man, Zuo Shu is afraid that he will act as an imperial case without Li Congjia.

And taking ten thousand steps back, Li Congjia felt that even if Li Zhongyu fell in love with a man, it shouldn't be Oleg. After all, Oleg now has nothing but looks.

Of course, Li Congjia was not angry about Oleg's behavior of seducing the prince. He pointed to the following content and said: "Look carefully, Oleg... I thought he was really a battle-hardened man thanks to his great bragging rights before. In the end, it was only a tentative confrontation between the two sides that scared him!"

Li Congjia couldn't figure it out, didn't it mean that the princes of Kievan Rus Principality were all brave and good at fighting, and they were very cruel?Didn't Oleg dare to challenge Vladimir because he thought his soldiers were powerful?

How did you become like this when you turned around and went to the battlefield?

He was so afraid that he didn't even dare to go out of the tent. Later, when Li Zhongyu went to the battlefield, he didn't dare to follow him.

Li Congjia was relieved and angry at the same time, Li Zhongyu must have looked down on Oleg for being so cowardly, but... Oleg's cowardice also affected Li Congjia's own plan.

Shi Xueting knew Li Congjia better, and asked, "Do you think he is an idiot who cannot be supported?"

Li Congjia was helpless: "Isn't it? If I knew this, I would definitely not choose him. I might as well make friends with Vladimir!"

But Shi Xueting said with a smile: "I think it's not bad to be Adou, after all, it's not good for Datang if he's too powerful."

Even if it is just paying tribute every year, the Great Tang is also the suzerain of the Principality of Kievan Rus. If someone powerful comes and gets the position of Grand Duke with the help of Great Tang's troops, it will be very troublesome to turn his back on him.

It is a trouble, but it is not impossible to solve it, but even if it is such a trouble, the less trouble the better.

Li Congjia thought for a while and said, "If he is too weak, he will only be annexed in the future."

Shi Xueting asked: "Annexed? By whom? The Ghaznavid Dynasty or the Saman Empire? I didn't say that. These two countries are exhausted and have no energy left."

Li Congjia shook his head: "Neither, but Byzantium."

Shi Xueting is rarely at a loss, Byzantine?He had vaguely heard the name somewhere, but he didn't understand it.

Li Congjia said: "The current strength of Byzantium is not as good as before, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse. If Vladimir is there, it may be able to withstand Byzantium. If it is replaced by Oleg... I am afraid it will not be able to stop Live Byzantine cavalry!"

The most important thing is that in this time period, the relationship between Byzantium and the Principality of Kievan Rus should be relatively tense. When the two of them are evenly matched, no one will act rashly. pass up this opportunity.

At that time, the "puppet" that Li Congjia worked so hard to support will be wiped out before he can make any contribution to the Tang Dynasty. No one will be happy for it.

As for helping Oleg fight, what a joke, it is simply impossible.

Shi Xueting thought for a while and said: "Vladimir is probably going to retreat. We fought with Vladimir only because he threatened Datang at the frontier. Now that he is leaving, we naturally ignore him. As for Oleg... ...if he can go back and take that seat from Vladimir, let him go."

Since it's not cost-effective to help, isn't it simple?I don’t want to help anymore, anyway, it’s the utmost benevolence to help now.

Li Congjia heaved a sigh of relief, and this was the only way to go, but he was puzzled. Although Oleg was not too old, Gu Pan was restrained, and his force value was not low, and it was said that he played against Li Zhongyu before At that time, the leader was not very powerful, but he was remarkable. How could he become the Kievan Rus version of Zhao Kuo?

When Li Congjia was puzzled, Li Zhongyu was looking at Oleg helplessly in his tent: "You have to think about it, if you just go back to Chang'an like this, even if my father agrees, the ministers of the court and China may not agree to help you again." You, there are many people who want to ask Datang for help, and if it is not for your own extraordinary strength, Datang will not choose."

Oleg's face was pale, and he looked like a frightened bird. He looked at Li Zhongyu tremblingly and said, "No...it's okay if you don't go back, whatever...anywhere is fine, as long as you can't hear the voice of God's wrath. ...I don't beg you to help me anymore, you...you dare to steal the power of God, you...are all devils!"

Li Zhongyu was embarrassed: "The power of God? Calling the power of firearms the power of God can only prove your ignorance. It seems that you are really not suitable to stay here anymore. You want to leave, but tell me It's useless, I'm the prince in the capital, but in this barracks, I'm just an officer under General Zhao, so you should go to General Zhao to apply for this matter."

Oleg walked away trembling, Li Zhongyu felt helpless looking at his back, thought for a while and began to write a letter, wanting to tell the real reason why Oleg became like this in the capital.

After all, he was worried that if he told his father about Oleg's seduction through Shi Xueting, he would become very passive. At that time, Oleg just showed the transformation from a "hero" to a bear.

So Li Zhongyu only mentioned it a little in the letter, and now it is better to tell his father the reason.

It is estimated that no one expected that Oleg, who looked pretty good, was dumbfounded after hearing the sound of explosives exploding.

At first, Li Zhongyu thought that he just couldn't get used to such a scene, but Li Zhongyu himself was also a little uncomfortable. After all, the picture of a group of people being bombed with their limbs flying and their bodies disfigured was not good-looking.

However, Li Zhongyu is adapting, not only he is adapting, but Li Sheng is also adapting, and there are more new generations who were sent here to hone their fathers and brothers before they came.

Their parents have experienced many such cruel wars, and they are used to such scenes. However, they are getting older and starting to become old. One day, the burden will be handed over to the next generation. These juniors also understand this very well. , so no one backs down even if they are not used to it.

Unlike Oleg, after the initial fear, he actually shrank under the city wall and shivered with his head in his arms. This time, not only Li Zhongyu, but many people looked down on him, especially Oleg who was yelling about something. penalty.

When Li Zhongyu heard these two words, he felt that Oleg might have misunderstood something. It is said that when Datang, or Li Congjia and the others just made the explosives, people who hadn't seen it thought it was God's punishment.

He thought for a while and sent someone around him to solve Oleg. It wasn't that he cared about Oleg, but that he knew that his father had placed a bet on Oleg. Although it seemed useless now, who knows what will happen in the future? Will it affect the situation in the west?

This pawn cannot be lost.

It's a pity that no one can persuade him. Oleg is still as timid as a mouse. These days, whenever he hears the sound of an explosion, he will be frightened a lot, even if it's just an explosion of an oil barrel, he will panic for a long time.

Li Zhongyu was also puzzled. Oleg naturally said that he wanted to learn before, so he should know that Datang has such a powerful weapon, so how could he be so frightened?

He asked this question, and although Oleg was confused, he still answered honestly: "If you know it, you know it, but you haven't seen it with your own eyes. I didn't expect it to be like this. You... This is stealing the power of the gods, and it will attract people. God will punish you!"

Well, when it comes to religious issues, the two sides can't talk about it. It's useless even if Li Zhongyu cares about it, unless they have to explain the religious issue first, but what Li Zhongyu believes in is the idea of ​​his ancestors, and he worships his own ancestors. I have never believed in any immortal Buddha, what can I say?

He can't manage it, so naturally he doesn't plan to. He needs to learn a lot, and it's the most complicated one. What Li Sheng needs to learn is how to dispatch troops. He will be positioned as Li Hongji's successor in the future, but Li Zhongyu is still It is necessary to consider the overall situation, and the overall situation is easy to say but very difficult to do.

He was writing letters there, and after Oleg returned to his tent trembling, his attendant Duoguo looked outside and said, "Your Highness, no one is following."

In an instant, Oleg changed his appearance. He was no longer a young man who was mentally exhausted because of the fright. He frowned and said, "People from Tang Dynasty... are really tight-lipped."

Duo Guo asked cautiously: "Your Highness... haven't got the answer yet?"

Oleg shook his head: "They are too careful."

Duo Guo hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness...do you want to continue? There are already many criticisms outside."

Oleg took a deep breath: "Forget it, it's useless to continue without a chance, and it's time for me to 'heal'."

Duoguo was immediately overjoyed. His Highness didn't have to continue to pretend, so he didn't have to meet the various eyes of those people. Generally speaking, the eyes of those people were dominated by contempt.

Seeing Duoguo's happy face, Oleg couldn't help laughing: "I've wronged you these days."

Duoguo shook his head: "For the sake of Kievan Rus's plan, it's nothing, let alone His Highness who was wronged."

Oleg didn't say anything, of course he was wronged, in order to get in touch with the visible but intangible world, Oleg took the slant to apply for admission, but he didn't expect that Li Congjia turned around and set up some kind of international college. .

Now for that little bit of hope, Oleg started to pretend to be crazy again, in order to let others persuade him, wanting to make people not afraid or afraid. Apart from deepening understanding, what is better than this?

As long as Oleg understands the principle of explosives, maybe he won't be afraid, even if he doesn't understand what the person said, but as long as he can get in touch with it, he will understand it one day.

However, from beginning to end, no one told him.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't look at him at all. As the prince of Shu, the only person Li Sheng obeyed was the crown prince, and he didn't lie to others. Fake it.

No one was willing to really explain to Oleg that that thing was not divine punishment, it could be seen and touched.

Now that things are going on, Oleg pretends to be meaningless, so he also knows that he probably doesn't have enough weight.

Before, he felt that he should be a pawn in the hands of the Tang Emperor, so he wanted to test it out and use various methods to get what he wanted.It's a pity that it's useless. No one cares about him. It can only mean that whether his chess piece has or not has no effect on the emperor.

Therefore, it's time for Oleg to wake up, but he also needs the time to wake up, just in time for the last war before Vladimir's retreat, Oleg followed Li Zhongyu, after this war, the previous one flinched The old Oleg disappeared, replaced by the prince who was full of excitement and vowed to cut Vladimir under the knife.

Li Zhongyu was surprised by such a change, but Oleg also had his own reasons: "Before Vladimir didn't come out, these soldiers can be regarded as the elite fighters of my Principality of Kievan Rus. Seeing them being bombed like that, I am very surprised." Naturally heartaches and hates, but I don’t know who to hate, I can only attribute these things to God, it is God who sent down something like a punishment from heaven, and handed him over to Datang, so you can use these, but not now It’s the same, the moment I saw Vladimir, my hatred was transferred to him, if it wasn’t for him, how could so many young men in Kievan Rus be buried thousands of miles away from their hometown?”

For his rhetoric, Li Zhongyu was skeptical, but in any case, Oleg was indeed no longer afraid, and would lead troops to encircle and suppress the remnants of the soldiers that Vladimir hadn't had time to take away.

Seeing that he had recovered, Li Zhongyu had to redo the unfinished family letter.

It's just that he wrote all the causes and consequences in the letter, saying that he couldn't figure it out, so he could only rely on his father's wisdom.

After Li Congjia received the letter, he had a strange expression on his face. Originally, he had given up on Oleg, but turned around and Oleg "healed" by himself?This matter... is strange.

After reading the letter, Shi Xueting said with a smile: "It's okay if Oleg doesn't recover, he can't continue acting, if he really wants to continue, I'm afraid he will either be sent back to Kievan Rus Principality, or sent directly to Chang'an. "

Li Congjia heard an important point: "You said...he is acting?"

Shi Xueting nodded, Li Congjia couldn't help asking: "How did you guess it?"

Shi Xueting chuckled: "I didn't guess, this is the news I just received."

Shi Xueting handed Li Congjia a piece of paper, and after Li Congjia took it, he found that it was written on the conversation between Oleg and his servant Duoguo, and it clearly stated that Oleg was pretending to have other plans .

After reading this, Li Congjia had a flash of inspiration and said: "Oleg's purpose is actually to know the principle of explosives!"

Although these two things seem to have nothing to do with each other, the fact is that Oleg pretended to be weak in order to arouse some people's sympathy, or make a bet on his own weight that the prince will enlighten him .

In the end, I didn't expect the prince to enlighten me, but in the end, I didn't get to the point. What Oleg wanted to know most was still not knowing.

Li Congjia looked strange: "This Oleg... has a lot of scheming, what a pity... he met Da Lang."

Shi Xueting chuckled: "Da Lang may not know that he is pretending."

After thinking about it, Li Congjia simply said: "It's a pity that all the children he met were those who had studied in the academy."

There is also a reason for this. Li Zhongyu and the others don’t explain it because they have all studied in the academy. This kind of reason is very simple and basic to them. Anyone who can’t study well can’t stay in the academy, let alone graduate up.

And even though Oleg is a student of the International Academy, he has learned different things from them, but Li Zhongyu still subconsciously regards Oleg as a student of the academy, thinking that he should know these basic things, so there is nothing to say, and everyone knows how to answer If things happen, I'm afraid it will happen like this. If you say it's God's punishment, it's probably hopeless.

It turned out to be wrong, Oleg now needed a ladder to climb up, but the ladder refused to come down, so he could only watch.

Shi Xueting also understood this meaning, so Li Congjia said it was a pity for Oleg, but he didn't refute it.

Li Congjia put the letter and the piece of paper on the case and said: "It seems that Oleg is more discerning than Vladimir. I said that according to his previous performance, it is impossible to be so cowardly."

A young man who tried his best to learn the high technology of Shangguo was a threat to Datang. If such a person really let him know a lot, he would dare to go back and study desperately.

Although Li Congjia feels that his own side has been ahead of the whole world for hundreds of years, what if someone else finds out and researches it?At least stealing some results from Datang, and reverse derivation at that time, is better than groping and researching a little bit.

Therefore, Li Congjia has always been very strict about his own technology. Unless he can truly trust foreigners, it will be even more difficult to learn this knowledge.

The college's screening of students is stricter than that of soldiers, so stealing students naturally does not exist.

After hearing Li Congjia's comments, Shi Xueting didn't continue the topic, but just diverted and said, "Yang Ye has been in a stalemate with Tubo for a long time, and I'm afraid it will take some time before he can make a move."

After hearing this, Li Congjia immediately asked, "Can he still hold there?"

After hearing this, Shi Xueting said with a strange expression: "If you can hold it, let alone hold it, he has already incorporated several tribes!"

Li Congjia was a little dazed: "Didn't he say that he was confronting King Lhasa, King Yaze and King Yalongjue? Why did he continue to recruit tribes? Are these tribes obedient?"

Shi Xueting coughed lightly and said: "These tribes... are said to obey General Yang's command very much, and have already regarded General Yang as a god."

Li Congjia became interested: "Respected as a god-man? Has he done a lot? Could it be that he snatched the glazed Buddha statue?"

Shi Xueting shook his head: "The glazed Buddha statue can only be seen but not eaten, it is of no great use."

This is him. If a Buddhist disciple said that, he would be immediately mobbed and attacked.

Li Congjia thought hard for a long time but didn't think of what it was, and turned to Shi Xueting, "Why?"

Only then did Shi Xueting reply: "Yang Ye led his troops to station there, because it seemed that he would not be able to leave for a while, so he simply squatted in Zhucheng. Because the city was only used temporarily, it was not built very well, but it was not strong enough. There is also a very special thing in the city - a warm shed!"

Li Congjia understood instantly: "They... grow vegetables on the plateau?"

does it work?

Of course it is possible. Anyway, Yang Ye didn't want to raise vegetables that were particularly difficult to grow, just some common things that could be preserved.

That's the case, when the green vegetables appeared, it also made many tribes greedy. Some tribes just looked at it, like the three Tubo kings who were still thinking about whether they could grow vegetables themselves if they were defeated, while other small tribes Simply lead the team to surrender!

Li Congjia couldn't help but laugh when he heard that the talent of farming was probably engraved in the bones of the people of the Central Plains, but he didn't expect that there was only such a talent, which seemed to be more useful than thousands of troops. Surrender!

The more Li Congjia thought about it, the happier he was, but when he looked up, he found that Shi Xueting had gone out to pick up a carrier pigeon. After releasing the carrier pigeon, he glanced at the note and frowned.

The smile on Li Congjia's face also gradually disappeared, something that could make Shi Xueting frown...could there be another accident on the front line?