Tang Dynasty Never Night

When Li Xian received the news, his anger had already broken through the sky. He was thinking about the future just now, but in the blink of an eye, someone came to his door. It was the Arab army. Dear, you guys stay where you are, okay?You have a lot of oil there, and you will have a lot of money in the future, so stop thinking about invading others.

Huh?oil? !

Li Xian immediately jumped up: "Oh, mom, they are here!"

Although the current science and technology have not yet reached the level required for oil extraction, they should occupy it first. Anyway, they fought here first.Li Xian thought that as soon as he came out, he turned around and went to Li De to discuss it. Well, he was not familiar with the Minister of the Ministry of War. Even if they are not short of money, they will frown when they hear that they need to allocate funds, especially when Li Xian said that they need to build roads, Dai Zhide's face is like a bitter melon.

Li Xian needs to find an offensive and defensive alliance. Zheng Qi is actually the best candidate, but now he is looking for Zheng Qi, which is 100% absenteeism. I don’t know what happened recently. Those veterans, led by Dai Zhide, plus Liu Rengui, they are staring at him Keeping an eye on it very closely, Li Xian's study load is the sum of the previous few years, and it feels like making up lessons, which is almost unbearable.

As soon as Li De saw Li Xian approaching, he knew what he was going to say, and said with a smile: "You are the chief guard of the Anxi Governor's Mansion, so you can tell me what to do about this matter."

Li Xian patted the table: "Is that my business alone? The country is in trouble and there are all parties to help. You are still here to eat pumpkin pie. How embarrassed are you? Hurry up, get half of the meeting."

Li De had no choice but to say, "Your sister-in-law just sent someone to deliver it. You came at the right time."

"Hey, sister-in-law sent you a pumpkin pie to see that you were moved. Didn't you kneel down on the washboard at home?"

Li De looked blank: "What?"

Li Xian: ...Forget it, Li De obviously doesn't understand this trick.

Li Xian had no choice but to change the subject: "Who do you think will be sent on this expedition?"

Hitting is definitely going to happen, everyone has hit at the door, when did Datang swallow his anger?Some countries did not fight, but they could send troops to fight with Tang Dynasty if they resisted a little. In this case, there is no need to discuss, just discuss who to send.

Li De pondered for a moment and said, "Let's report to Father."

Li Xian thought about it, and it happened to be a letter to Empress Wu. Although Empress Wu might not be able to get in the manpower, he could understand a little bit. Although he admired Empress Wu very much, Li Xian also knew that during the Wu Zhou period, the Tang Dynasty The overall attitude is actually not as tough as Gaozong's period.

After all, Empress Wu still has shortcomings, and he can make up for it from now on. If it is not good enough, Li Xian began to think about how to solve this problem with Zheng Qi.

But one thing is for sure, Empress Wu knew very well that military power was the most important thing.

In the end, Li De and Li Xian took a few prime ministers to the Hanyuan Hall together. Li Zhi's health was almost recovered. Of course, it seemed impossible to recover completely. After all, his body was originally... and now he can recover to the previous state. Seven seven eight eight is almost the same.

Li Xian also felt a little sympathetic to Li Zhi. Before that, Li Zhi already wanted to continue to be in power, but when he came back, he found that someone had called at his door. This luck...

Li Zhi is very calm, and it’s okay not to be calm, not to mention that since he was born since he became the throne, the border of the Tang Dynasty has not been stabilized. Compared with the blood of Li Xian and Li De, Li Zhi is obviously calm There are many, and he just said: "Is the national treasury still full?"

Dai Zhide didn't dare to show off his stingy fan in front of Li Zhi and quickly replied: "It's enough to support a long-distance expedition."

Since everyone knew that they were going to fight, there was no need to hide it. Li Zhi nodded and asked some other questions. The focus was on armaments.

The prime ministers are all at the level of old foxes. Even if they have a good candidate in their hearts, they will not be so rash to come out to recommend someone. That is not a recommendation or a target. Everyone has already started to think about how to write a book when they go back.

Li Xian didn't speak the whole time, he was waiting. It was just a very brief battle report saying that Bukhara was occupied, but the specific situation has to wait for the next battle report. Although the marching chief has not yet been selected, but Li Zhi has already issued an edict ordering Anxi Duhu Mansion and the nearby Zhechong Mansion to organize troops to resist Dashi's army.

This time, Li Zhi intends to let Lou Shide be the general manager of the Posuo Road march, with Ashina Daozhen and Nuohebo as his deputy.Nuohebo is the Tuyuhun Chanyu who was beaten to nowhere by Tubo. After several years of recuperation, the Tuyuhun tribe has recovered, but Nuohebo doesn't want to stand on his own. If you have meat to eat, look at those Turkic people. After they are attached, they will follow Datang to beat others.

There is a big difference between these two times, and Nuo Hebo wants to open it now, not to mention the people he is bringing with him now, so what if he returns to the country?Even if Tubo is suppressed by Datang, it is still very easy to destroy them, and if they are attached to Datang, Tubo at least dare not directly attack Datang.

Speaking of his qualifications, Ashinadao can really be the chief officer of the marching army, but it is a pity that he is a Turkic, and the soldiers in his hands have never been in the same system as the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. It is his own power, and the Tang Dynasty No matter how big the hearts of the monarchs and ministers are, it is impossible for such a person to command the troops of the Tang Dynasty.

In comparison, Lou Shide is indeed very suitable. Someone recommended Liu Rengui before, but Liu Rengui is more familiar with Silla, while Lou Shide knows more about the situation in the west.

Lou Shide led the troops to the expedition, what to do in Luoyang City, even Li Zhi felt that his health was almost in good shape, and was going to Hebi Palace to escape the summer heat.So the mighty people went to the Hebi Palace again.

To be honest, although going out to escape the summer heat is good, but in Hebi Palace... Zheng Qi's Earl's Mansion is not next to Li Xian's Prince's Mansion!Want to be next to each other unless they both go to another hospital!

Li Xian was a little sad, but soon he had no time to complain, because Lou Shide sent back the battle report from the front line: The army of Dashi Kingdom also seems to have gunpowder!Although the stability and appearance are not as good as Datang's, it is indeed gunpowder!

Li Xian: Damn it!This is not the same as promised!

Li Xian immediately panicked when he found out, and went back to the palace without even looking for Zheng Qi, so he went around in circles by himself in the study room, and Bai Hu followed him around in circles, but just turning around it made him dizzy, and then turned into big characters The type sleeps on the ground and sleeps himself as a tiger skin rug—the kind that is a bit fat.

Li Xian was also amazing. The white tiger took up half of the study floor and couldn't stop him from circling in the study. Later, it was too troublesome and changed to circling around the trees in the yard outside.

His brain is running fast. In his original impression, even if gunpowder will be invented in the future, it will be invented by Tang Dynasty first. Other places are relatively backward in civilization now. How can gunpowder be invented now?

Could it be... There is also a traverser in the Great Food Kingdom?This is not good news.Li Xian's mind was very confused, thinking for a while, even if there were, who would be afraid of them if they were all time travelers, not to mention that there was Zheng Qi by his side, thinking for a while, but what if people knew more than him?Although Zheng Qi was born again, in terms of science and technology... the skill points have not been lit up.

Zheng Qi saw Li Xian circling under the tree as soon as he arrived. He was not surprised. The insurance company had already reported to him just now—the king of their family had been circling under the tree for almost an afternoon.

Zheng Qi walked over and grabbed Li Xian's hand and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

When Li Xian saw Zheng Qi, it was as if he saw a savior: "The news came today that there was gunpowder at Dashi, what should we do now?"

Zheng Qi was very calm: "What else can I do? If it comes out, it will come out."

"But this way we have no advantage."

"So what?" Zheng Qi asked back: "There is no advantage, and we are not at a disadvantage. Why do you have to worry?"

Zheng Qi is still very relieved about Datang's military strength, especially now that the treasury is rich. The Ministry of War does not say how rich it is, but military expenditures are definitely indispensable. We have come through difficult times before, so what are we afraid of now?

Li Xian paused for a moment and was a little dazed, before taking a deep breath and saying, "But this way...you won't be able to conquer Dashi."

Zheng Qi: ...

Hero, I really don't know that you still have such thoughts.

"What are you doing to conquer them? It's too far away to be troublesome." Zheng Qi is very pragmatic. Now these countries around the Tang Dynasty have not been suppressed, especially Tubo and some Turkic tribes, and there is also a Japanese country, oh, it can be called Japan now. There is also a Japan watching covetously, who has the heart to toss about a big food country?

So from top to bottom, everyone probably meant to drive those barbarians away first, and then ask them for compensation and mental damage fees after the fight, which is almost the same.

No one thought about occupying the Great Food Country, let alone... What's the value of occupying a place with more deserts?

Li Xian gritted his teeth and said, "There are very good resources there. Although they are not needed now, they will be very valuable in the future."

Zheng Qi immediately asked: "What is it?"

Li Xian quickly gave him a popular science about the rise of Arab countries in the Middle East. Although there is a very important prerequisite for this rise, Li Xian feels that he has already worked hard to occupy the territory. In short, he just tries to do everything he can.

After hearing this, Zheng Qi was also a little moved. He thought for a while and said, "It still depends on the battle situation on Lou Shide's side, but... have you told the Emperor and Empress about this?"

Li Xian immediately looked bitter: "Not yet, I... I'm writing the planning charter."

Li Zhi is a very enlightened emperor, his thinking is very broad, no matter how incredible the various things Li Xian put forward, he will listen to them.However, this does not mean that Li Zhi is good at persuasion. If you want to convince him, you have to do something.

So now Li Xian has developed the idea of ​​writing a plan first.

Zheng Qi asked kindly: "Have you finished writing?"

Li Xian pressed even harder: "I can't write it."

This nima predicts the future, and if he pokes it, he can't wait for it to be a thousand years later. If he dares to write, Li Zhi will dare to slap him, but other than this... what should he say?

Zheng Qi thought for a while: "Perhaps...wait a minute, wait for those ships to come back from the sea, if they can really find something valuable... According to the map you drew, the Dashi side is the way to those The only land route in the mainland, or else you can only take the sea route, it is still necessary to open up a major traffic route."

Wang Fu mighty!Li Xian slapped his head, why did he forget to cut in from here?It's just... It will be a year of the monkey when the fleet returns!At that time, when Li Xian gave the captain the map, the captain calculated the known sea route ratios, and it took at least two years for them to come back after sailing this time. There was still no accident. If there was an accident... I don’t know how many years .

Strictly speaking, the fleet is actually no different from Tang Seng's trip to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures. After all, no one knows how long it will take.

"Hey, I'm afraid I'll miss the opportunity at that time." Li Xian knew what Tang meant, and he would not take action unless necessary, unless there was a very tenable reason, and then he would take action.

Now that the Tang Army is at war with the Great Food Kingdom, it would be best if the war could be resolved quickly. If it takes too long, one reason is the increase in military expenditure, and the other reason is that it will cause more casualties.

So no matter how much Li Xian wanted to push Tang Jun to occupy Dashi, he wouldn't let Tang Jun intentionally delay the battle until the fleet came back.

Zheng Qi is quite open-minded: "Don't worry, there is always a way."

Zheng Wangfu thought: If there is no excuse, can't you still find an excuse?He's the best at it.

Li Xian walked back to the study with some regrets, but happened to see the white tiger who had woken up, and suddenly shouted: "That's not right!"

Baihu was sitting there scratching his back with his hands, and when he heard this sound, he was startled and hit his head with his paw, and immediately let out an "ow".

Li Xian didn't even look at him, turned his head to look at Zheng Qi and said, "If the other party also has gunpowder, then...the casualty rate of our army will increase."

Zheng Qi was helpless: "There is no way to do this. In war... there will always be bloodshed."

"No, no, no... no." Li Xian shook his head: "To minimize the casualties of our army, people are the foundation. When the population is large, everything is there."

Li Xian turned his head and began to think. Zheng Qi didn't bother him when he saw this. He turned his head and waved at the white tiger, but the white tiger shrank back instead - it had a shadow in Zheng Qi's heart. When foodies face people who punish themselves with delicious food, they will have psychological shadows. The shadow area is probably linked to the degree of punishment. The white tiger... Obviously, the shadow area is larger than the Pacific Ocean.

Zheng Qi was not discouraged, turned his head and took out a bag of jerky from a corner, took out a piece and waved to Baihu.Bai Hu's eyes lit up when he saw the jerky, and then... the idiot followed Zheng Qi away, leaving Li Xian alone to think, what is the use of this invention?

The only thing he is lucky about now is that the other party hasn't produced a telescope yet, but this is not considered a weapon, at most it is an off-hand equipment. How to add attribute points to Tang Jun?

What Li Xian can think of now is all kinds of bombs, but the bombs of later generations will definitely not be able to be made now, so Li Xian can only start to push forward and think about what kind of bombs appeared at the beginning-even if he is against the sky now Can't make steel either.

It's just that Li Xian's knowledge of weapons is obviously not particularly sufficient, but he has a good reserve of various modern weapons.In desperation, he could only refine a few key points.

The first one is that he remembers that the earliest period was probably firecrackers, also called fire barrels. In this period, the power of ammunition was used to fire, but the bullets were stone bullets and iron bullets. He can still remember the general shape, and the specific use Material: Don't know.

Then came the bird gun, which is a simplified version of the fire gun, and the enlarged version of the fire gun is the cannon, so basically everything evolved from the fire gun, well, the question now is... how to make the fire gun?

It's not easy to write a plan for this thing, because there are too many unknown things, Li Xian could only briefly write it down and then gave up. He turned to Zheng Qi but couldn't find it, but as soon as he went out, he saw him playing with a tiger—take Holding a pole with a piece of jerky poked on it, and then waving it around like a juggler, finally saw Li Xian came over and directly poked the jerky into a tree, then Zheng Qi clapped his hands and left , leaving only the white tiger and a tiger turned around twice in place and then began to climb the tree, it was horrible!

"You're teasing it again." Li Xian always felt that he was too sinful. Ever since he learned about the appearance of the white tiger with Zheng Qi, Zheng Qi's basic respect for the white tiger has disappeared. It was well suppressed, which made Li Xian feel very sorry for Bai Hu.

Zheng Qi smiled slightly: "Aren't you always worried that it is too fat and doesn't like to move? This is just right."

you bear!

Zheng Qi decisively changed the subject: "Are you looking for me?"

"Oh oh oh, come on, let me tell you something, you can see if this thing is reliable or not."

Li Xian finished his plan in a few words, and he was still a little apprehensive after he finished speaking: "Well...I'm not sure about it, tell me...do you want to tell Father?"

Zheng Qi asked back, "Do you want to do it yourself?"

Li Xian nodded fiercely, Zheng Qi said decisively: "Then do it, the emperor should support you in this matter."

Li Xian got Wang Fu's permission, turned his head excitedly and was about to flee to the Hebi Palace, but was stopped by Zheng Qi and carried back to our side: "It's getting late, what are you going to do now? Go tomorrow, it's not a bad day."

Li Xian probably found the direction to realize the value of life again, the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, he couldn't sleep at all, Zheng Qi simply didn't let him sleep, and asked for leave the next day.

So Li Xian got the treatment of sleeping until the sun was up. After getting up, he rubbed his waist and said that he couldn't play like this in the future, or his old waist would be scrapped sooner or later.

After he came down to court, Li Xian resolutely went to the Hebi Palace. This time, he didn't bring any plan, and this thing couldn't write a plan, so he just relied on his mouth to fool around!

Li Zhi was also very happy when he saw him. At this time, Princess Taiping and Ji Wang Li Lun were also there. Empress Wu and Li Zhi were discussing about letting Li Lun leave the palace to build a mansion. Being kicked out at about this age, Li Lun is not too young now, he can go out and try to be independent.

Li Lun was obviously also very excited, and Princess Taiping was a little envious, but who made Li Lingyue a princess, if she left the palace, there was only one possibility and that was to get married.

Li Lun seemed a little excited, and the two children became even happier when they saw Li Xian, Li Xian = delicious food.Although Li Xian seldom thinks about how to make food now, it is probably because Li Xian has trained the cooks of the palace, and the kitchen will come up with some new things from time to time, and Li Xian does not hide his secrets , Send a copy of the recipe to the palace, and send a copy of the finished product to the East Palace and Yongwang Mansion, that's all.

Children love food, and Li Xian has a milder temperament than Li Hong and Li De, and he has too many amazing stories, so Li Lun and Li Lingyue like him very much.

After Li Xian saw the two of them paying their respects to their parents, he took out some snacks from his sleeve pocket - not particularly precious, just some osmanthus candy, pine nut candy or dried meat.

On the contrary, the children liked it very much. Empress Wu looked at her little daughter dotingly: "Eat less, and be careful of bad teeth." Then she asked the maid to take the little son and daughter out to play.

Li Zhi said with a smile: "How old are you, and your temperament is similar to that of your younger brothers and sisters. You always have to bring some snacks with you before giving up."

Even so, Li Zhi likes this. He has a pure heart, and there is no attribute that Junfu likes more than this.

Li Xian rubbed his nose and was embarrassed to tell Li Zhi that these things were all prepared to feed the white tiger, and the white tiger's recent various sugars would only be fed to Li Xian when he was happy.

But Li Zhi was just teasing, he knew Li Xian must have something to do when he saw Li Xian's expression, so he said directly: "What do you want to say?"

Li Xian decisively recruited all his ideas, Li Zhi thought for a while and asked, "How sure are you?"

Li Xian said with difficulty: "No... I don't know."

Empress Wu said: "This is not a bad thing, the Ministry of Industry is too busy recently, why not let Qilang try it."

Li Zhi didn't object at all, he still had hope for Li Xian, he thought for a while and said with a smile: "However, you can tell Dai Zhide yourself about the cost."

Dai Zhide?That old stingy?Actually let him deal with it by himself?Is this still my father?

Li Xian just wanted to play tricks when he heard a loud noise, turned his head curiously, and saw the little eunuch next to the prince running over with snot and tears, and he immediately came and threw himself on the ground and cried: "God!" ...the Emperor, the Crown Prince...His Highness the Crown Prince...is dead."

What?Li Xian stood up immediately.