Chapter Seventy-Three: True Summer (1)
The finale of "There is No Sacred in the Empire", hey, hey hey is really heavy, it's almost crunchy.
If it is the world to return to his hometown in peacetime, then how to look at it, it is the best choice to return to Wugong County, the hometown of the Li family, but unfortunately, born in troubled times, a small county like Wugong simply cannot resist the attack from outside the city, although Hedong at this time is still calm, but what about the future, it is uncertain, so the Li family finally only reached Hedong and did not continue to move, staying.
Hedong City is the seat of Hedong County, and it is also a fortified city with perfect defense facilities, although it cannot be compared with the defense of Luoyang, but in the same way, it does not have to face many strong enemies, plus Li Yuan's eldest son Li Jiancheng has been operating here for many years, and the Li family has moved here, and it is much stronger than Wugong County in any case.
Although everyone was tired after a long journey along the way, it was gratifying that they had not encountered any trouble along the way, of course, the Li family had been low-key and had not made many enemies, and because of Shi Qingyi's request, the Huajian faction launched a network of relationships along the way, plus a small army brought by Li Shimin to protect the convoy, whether it was a righteous army on the table or a bandit who did not enter the stream, they could only obediently watch the convoy pass from under their noses, and did not come forward to rob. Therefore, he was able to reach Hedong City all the way safe and sound.
At this time, in Hedong City, in the main house of the Li family, Li Shimin was leading a beautiful girl about the same age as Shi Qingyi and heroic in the old lady's room.
"This is Mrs. Dongming's beloved daughter, Princess Dongming Shan Wanjing!" The old lady hummed and said that she knew, Shi Qingyi had already stood up with a light smile, and made a close look to Dongming's little princess, but was replied with a cold face, Princess Dongming looked down on people, and seemed to deliberately target Shi Qingyi, although Shi Qingyi was surprised, but then it became clear: Hey, she is clearly still a simple little girl! It can be seen that the reason why this Dongming princess is hostile to herself is entirely because of Li Shimin's relationship, Shi Qingyi said in her heart that Li Shimin is really blessed to be loved by a simple girl like this.
Princess Dongming Shan Wanjing is the daughter of Mrs. Dongming and Mo Yinbian, and therefore, she is actually the grandson of Zhu Yuyan, the queen of the yin, this identity is a bit scary, and for this matter, there are very few people in the rivers and lakes who know, but unfortunately, Shi Qingyi happens to be one of these people who know, and it is one of the very few people who are not afraid of the queen of yin at all. For Princess Dongming's deliberate rude behavior, it's just a fool's errand as an ignorant girl.
It is said that the incident of the queen of yin and her daughter turned against each other, and the incident of Shan Meixian, the later lady of Dongming, ran away from Ryukyu, it is said that it was because the demon yin side did not live up to this well-dressed beast and insulted Shan Meixian, and the queen of Yin actually suppressed her anger in order to envelop this one day after the evil king Shi Zhixuan, and married her daughter to this guy. I didn't expect this beast to be inferior, and I actually had to extend my claws to my young daughter, and finally Shan Meixian broke away from the Yin Sect in a fit of rage, went to Ryukyu to establish a new sect, and never met her mother again, the Queen of the Yin.
The rumors in the rivers and lakes say so, but there are obviously many doubts in it, and it is by no means as simple as it seems. At the very least, Shi Qingyi, who has already fought with Demon Yin, has already noticed that the martial arts that Demon Yin has not lived up to are by no means as unbearable as he expressed, speaking of which, Shi Qingyi is very impressed by the experience of fighting with Demon Yin: because when this guy was fighting with Shi Qingyi, he didn't work hard, and the long sword in his hand was also ordinary, and after being cut off by Shi Qingyi with the help of weapons, he didn't even use his real skills, and then he pretended to be seriously injured as an observer. In fact, although Shi Qingyi's sword qi hit him all over the body, it was only a skin injury, just a scary sight, if this thing was serious, it was Shi Qingyi's danger.
After all, he is a person who can cultivate the "Demon Guiding Sentient Beings Sword", and Bian Bu is definitely not as simple as a beast who only knows how to play with women. Then the image he expressed, as well as Mrs. Dongming's move to take the opportunity to break away from the Yin Sect, are very intriguing.
Mrs. Dongming founded the Dongming faction mainly engaged in weapons production and sales and other industries, so there are frequent business contacts with various warlords in the Central Plains, Mrs. Dongming is backed by the Yin faction, and her father Yue Shan is a famous predecessor on the rivers and lakes, black and white have to sell some face, so the business is prosperous, and the various forces in the Central Plains also have extraordinary influence, the reason why Princess Dongming came to Hedong this time is also because Li Yuan in Taiyuan wants to buy some high-quality weapons.
Li Yuan and Yue Shan are brothers who have been friends for eight worships, so Dongming's wife Shan Meixian did not dare to slack off, not only sent her powerful cronies, but also sent her own daughter, on the one hand, to increase her experience, on the other hand, it is also because the relationship between the two families is really close, in the same way, Shan Wanjing will naturally get the strong protection of the Li family when she arrives here, and she does not have to worry about Mrs. Dongming. So, the little princess of the Dongming faction took the opportunity of this business to meet Hedong for a visit.
Although Shan Wanjing's attitude towards Shi Qingyi was arrogant and rude, but in a blink of an eye, when she met the old lady Dugu, this little princess immediately became extremely enthusiastic, what she thought in her heart, even the blind can see it, the old lady is noncommittal, she is also very enthusiastic about Shan Wanjing, and it seems that she is not compatible with her, but it makes Shan Wanjing look very flattered, because the old lady's health is not good, she can't continue to speak for a long time, so it didn't take long for the little princess of Dongming to have to leave, Li Shimin accompanied her away, and only the old lady, Li Xiuning, Wei Minzhi, and Shi Qingyi were left in the house.
The old lady spoke, and her voice carried a trace of the old man's unique sigh for time: "I didn't expect that even Meixian's daughter was so old, hehe, in addition to her temper, she and her mother were really similar when they were young, now that I think about it, it seems to be yesterday, Meixian is such a girl, as if it is a moment of kung fu, her daughter has grown to what it is today, alas, the deceased is like this, and now I am already so old......" The old man's tone was embarrassed, But before the three people next to her could say something to comfort, the old lady had already changed the topic and asked about the transaction between the Dongming faction and Li Yuan.
"Although my father has already taken up the post of staying in Taiyuan, it is natural to expand the army because of the defense of thieves, but it is easy to recruit soldiers, but the weapons and equipment of soldiers are a difficult problem."
The person who said these words was Li Xiuning, since the death of Mrs. Dou, Mrs. Dugu consciously began to cultivate this granddaughter's economy, politics and mind, Li Xiuning also lived up to expectations, and soon became familiar with these things, so Li Xiuning began to slowly contact the various commercial industries of the Li family, and gradually, even if it was some secret things, Li Xiuning could also participate, even if it was some military secrets of Li Yuan in Taiyuan.
Although the officials and craftsmen of Taiyuan tried their best, they could not create a large number of ordnance and equipment in a short period of time, so my father had no choice but to order a large number of weapons from Mrs. Dongming in order to equip the army as much as possible. Increasing the combat effectiveness of the army ......"
Taiyuan is in the land of four wars, there are Turks in the north, Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian was a military town when he was in power, and later when today's Zixiong is strategic, in one fell swoop to divide the Turkic departments, the importance of Taiyuan has been slowly reduced, but this is only a few years, the Great Sui has fallen apart, even with the Turks have regenerated their ambitions for the Central Plains, although because of Yang Guang's means before, the Turks were unable to gather forces for a while, so as to go south, but small groups of elite soldiers still often go south to plunder, plundering people and goods, It has brought all kinds of disasters to the people of the Central Plains. But at this time, there was chaos in Yanmen Pass and Mayi, and Wang Rengong, who was stationed in Mayi, was killed by his general Liu Wuzhou, occupied Mayi, and declared himself a vassal to the Turks. Li Yuan's purchase of weapons from Mrs. Dongming in order to strengthen the military strength of the important town of Taiyuan was also a matter of last resort.
"That's it!" The old lady suddenly asked, "What unusual behavior does the people have in the world about this matter?" Hearing this, Li Xiuning was stunned, "Second brother, how can he react!" "But I never paid attention.
After listening to Li Xiuning's words, the old lady gently closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her originally cloudy eyes had become bright. "This matter, Taiyuan's deputy left-behind, Gao Junya and Wang Wei can't hide it, the two of them have always been at odds with your father, although this time your father is not selfish, but hoarding weapons without authorization, if you don't get it right, it is a crime of rebellion, Yuan'er was confused for a while, but the people of the world were shrewd and capable, but they did not stop him, his mind, hum."
It may not be possible to say that Li Yuan is completely selfless, but Li Yuan does not have any idea of rebellion at this time, after all, in the turbulent season of the world, only by holding military power can he protect himself more effectively, although Li Yuan has the idea of separating Taiyuan and watching the general trend of the world change, but taking advantage of the situation and replacing the Sui Dynasty has not yet germinated, Li Yuan attaches too much importance to feelings, so he will not block everything he has for a slim thought.
However, Li Yuan doesn't want to gamble, some people want to gamble, many things can't be decided by one person's will alone. Li Yuan never realized that his good son, Li Shimin, was already planning an earth-shattering thing behind his back.