Since that day, the eldest Sun Qiang'er handed in a chapter of love poems, the white girl's heart has completely fallen, and she usually takes it out and reads it when she has nothing to do.

The relationship between the two has also developed very quickly, and they meet frequently.

On this day, the white girl was looking at the love poem in a daze again, but she was shocked to hear her mother's voice calling herself, and she was so frightened that she hurriedly took the poem into her arms.

"Mother, why are you here?" Bai Wan'er said with a crimson face.

"Your father is looking for you!"

Bai Chongjian was unusually happy today, and he walked erratically.

When he returned home, he asked his wife to call his daughter as soon as possible.

"Wan'er, you look good in recent days!"

"Father!"

Bai Wan'er's face was dignified and virtuous, but her ruddy face shone in the candlelight.

Bai Chongjian nodded.

I am very pleased that I have raised such an outstanding daughter, and my daughter's background and character, as well as her talents, are top-notch among her colleagues.

As her daughter grew up, there was an endless stream of visitors.

Seeing that Lang Jun had been staring at her daughter, Mrs. Bai Chongjian couldn't help but say angrily: "What are you looking at Wan'er all the time laughing? ”

"Of course I'm glad that Your Majesty summoned me today because our family is going to soar!" Bai Chongjian could no longer hide the joy in his heart.

"Oh, what the hell is going on?"

Bai Wan'er also looked at her father with a puzzled expression, her eyes shining.

Bai Chongjian smiled and said, "Today, Your Majesty found a good son-in-law for our Wan'er, and this person is not someone else, it is the crown prince Chengqian." ”

"Our daughter will be the crown princess after she passes!"

Madame Bai was stunned for a few seconds when she heard this, and then said in surprise: "Really? ..... That's great! ”

In addition to being excited, she turned her head and grabbed Bai Wan'er's arm and said, "Did Wan'er hear that, you're going to stay in the East Palace!" ”

"East Palace...... Crown Princess! ”

"In the future, when the crown prince succeeds to the throne, you will be the queen........"

Bai Chongjian looked at Madame, her eyes smiled into a slit, "Madame is right, our Wan'er will be the mother of the country in the future." ”

And these words fell on Bai Wan'er's ears, but they were like a thunderbolt from the sky.

Yes?

The brain buzzed, and the person was stupid on the spot.

This..... How can it be?

It is a great honor to be able to live in the East Palace and be the crown princess, but she feels extremely cold.

Bai Wan'er's strength seemed to be drained all of a sudden, and she paused on the chair.

Afraid!

I don't know!

Seeing her daughter's strange expression, Bai Chongjian couldn't help asking, "Wan'er, what's wrong with you?" Why is your face so ugly? ”

"Ugh....... It's nothing! ”

Bai Wan'er hurriedly replied in a trance: "Father, my daughter heard that the prince likes men, wouldn't it be ...... for her daughter to marry her?"

"Don't talk nonsense, what is this called?" Bai Chongjian's face suddenly turned ugly, and he reprimanded.

Seeing that his daughter's eyes were red, he immediately said: "My father has also heard about it, and I also made a special trip to consult Hou Junji, and Hou Junji asked Ou He to say that the prince is okay for his father." ”

"But ......" Bai Wan'er wanted to cry anxiously at this time, and finally blurted out: "Father, my daughter is already a sweetheart!" ”

"What?"

Bai Chongjian and his wife's faces, which were still happy just now, froze suddenly.

Bai Chongjian's face turned green.

Is this worth it?

I have just agreed with His Majesty about the crown princess, but my daughter has a sweetheart here, this is the crime of bullying the king!

"Who is this person?" Bai Chongjian asked with a flushed face.

"This man is...... The eldest grandson, Qiang'er! ”

"Eldest grandson Qiang'er?" Bai Chongjian frowned, rang for a long time, and asked, "Isn't the son of the eldest grandson Anye you are talking about?" He was exiled to the land of South Vietnam, and then Empress Changsun interceded, and was only allowed to return to Chang'an in recent years, the nephew of Empress Changsun? ”

Bai Wan'er nodded with teary eyes.

Bai Chongjian said angrily: "How can he compare with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? ”

"Besides, to see a man, you must first look at his father."

"His father's eldest grandson, Anye, what is it? Alcoholic as life, not doing business, once by His Majesty awarded the right prison gate rate, moved to the right prison gate general, but followed Nghe An King Li Xiao often rebelled, and finally the queen interceded to avoid the death penalty and exiled to the land of South Vietnam. ”

Bai Wan'er: "The eldest grandson Qiang'er is different from his father, he reads books very well, writes poems and songs and fonts well, and is handsome and upright......."

"Shut up!" When Bai Chongjian heard this, he pointed at her angrily and said, "Silly daughter, why are you so confused by this person!" ”

"Father.....

Bai Chongjian gritted his teeth and interrupted her: "In the future, you are not allowed to associate with that eldest grandson Qiang'er, and you are not allowed to leave home half a step!" ”

Bai Wan'er couldn't help lying on the table when she heard this, crying into tears.

The white lady next to her wanted to speak and stopped.

......

But said that the eldest grandson Qiang'er

I made an appointment with Bai Wan'er for several days in a row, and I was so happy.

He even copied a few poems and love words from the Wei Palace, carefully studied them, tasted them carefully, and really memorized them backwards.

I can't help but sigh, to be able to make such a verse, it is simply a man of God!

When the hour came, the eldest grandson Qiang'er came to the old place again, but she didn't see a little hand stretched out inside.

What's the situation?

The eldest grandson Qiang'er was a little confused, and he shouted a few words without believing in evil: "White girl? Wan'er? ”

After a while, I heard a poignant and hoarse voice coming from the other side of the wall, "Qiang'er......"

This voice made the eldest grandson Qiang'er stunned for a moment, he turned around in fright and was about to run, this voice is not right!

But then his footsteps stopped, and he finally recognized that this was Bai Wan'er's voice, and hurriedly turned around and asked, "Wan'er, why did your voice become like this?" ”

"Today, my father was summoned by His Majesty and came back to say that he wanted to marry me to the crown prince......." Bai Wan'er intermittently told what happened during the day.

"This ......"

When the eldest grandson Qiang'er heard this, the whole person was like being struck by lightning.

Dizzy, I didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

Listening to the sound of choking in the wall cave, the eldest grandson Qiang'er shook her head and said a little angrily: "Wan'er, you must not marry the prince?" ”

"Li Chengqian is moody, and I heard that he is not close to women, someone once gave a woman to the prince, and now he is still a virgin, if you marry it, wouldn't it be a skeleton in the deep palace?"

In response to him, Bai Wan'er sobbed.

The eldest grandson Qiang'er scratched her head anxiously, and when she heard it, Bai Wan'er seemed to be ready to accept her fate.

He suddenly remembered some love words in those poems, and hurriedly read: "My bright eyes are in your autumn waves, glimpse my pale face, miserable eyes, I turn around, just to see your shy silver glow, your charming form swaying in the water, shattered ....."

"Your haggard beauty shadow, like the light murmur of the heart, a kiss to dissipate, just like a thick tenderness, ripples this my shallow wish, you are so let my heart sway, your colorful cold tears make the faint blue Haoyue flute droop, my liver and intestines are broken....."

Bai Wan'er couldn't hold back any longer when she heard this, stretched out her white hand from the wall, and said to her eldest grandson Qiang'er: "Qiang'er, I don't want to be a skeleton in that deep palace, I don't want to live in the East Palace, which is like a tomb, and I don't want to be moldy and rotten inside." ”

"Wan'er!"

"Childe!"

......

An hour later

On the palace of King Wei, Li Tai was writing wild grass.

A man in black walked in and saluted, "King Wei! ”

"Wait a minute!" Li Tai didn't even raise his head, and asked noncommittally, "Eldest grandson Qiang'er went back?" ”

"Yes, I watched him go back."

"Hmm....... Today's eldest grandson Qiang'er has ever done anything wrong? ”

The man in black said truthfully: "Never! ”

"At first, there was even the cry of the white girl, and then the two of them interlocked their fingers and fought as before."

"Your Highness, do you want to reveal this matter?"

Li Tai shook his head and laughed even harder, "Don't panic first, the two of you haven't crossed the thunder pool yet, and after entering the substantive stage, you can find someone to let Li Zhi, the king of Jin, know!" ”

"King Jin?"

"That's right!"

Li Tai didn't explain much, and told Li Zhi, which was equivalent to telling his uncle, the eldest grandson Wuji!

The eldest grandson Wuji has been dissatisfied with the prince for a long time.

At that time, the prince's face fell to the ground with a "bang", and he also cleared up his involvement.

After all, Bai Wan'er and the eldest grandson Qiang'er met on purpose, which was actually intentionally promoted.

Li Tai waved his hand to let the man in black go down, while he looked at the cursive script in a daze.

This poem was written by my brother-in-law.

The man in black slowly retreated, with a layer of fine sweat on his forehead, and said in his heart: I, Nima, the heart of a scholar is the blackest!

......

And at the moment inside the East Palace

Li Chengqian's leg was sick, his knees were red and swollen like a steamed bun, and he died of pain, as if he was burned by fire, so that he couldn't sleep for several days.

Since he was a teenager, the pain has become more and more intense, and sometimes he has a fever, which makes it even more unbearable.

Li Chengqian looked at the limbs that had begun to deform, and his face was hideous.

"What do you all eat? Why has it not only not been cured for so many years, but has it gotten worse and worse? ”

Li Chengqian roared at the imperial doctor.

The imperial doctors knelt on the ground in fright, not daring to squeak.

"Get out!"

Li Chengqian's face turned purple, and the low voice that erupted from his throat made people shudder.

No one can understand the pain in his heart.

Since his illness, he has not only limited his activities and cannot walk for a long time, but even his walking has gradually become different from ordinary people, and now it has begun to affect his life.

This made Li Chengqian extremely humiliated, and this inevitably brought about a kind of distorted inequality in his psychology.

Especially as the two able-bodied younger brothers are getting older and older, and they are not even able to walk, the psychological changes brought about by this physiological change are becoming more and more intense.

It's so uncomfortable to die!

"Satisfying? Call your heart! Li Chengqian closed his eyes painfully and said.

At this moment, the only thing that can comfort him is satisfaction!

Soon "satisfaction" came

He began to gently medicate the prince.

Li Chengqian's manic heart gradually fell.

"Satisfied, only you understand me."

"Prince Ben sometimes feels like a thirsty fish, only in your eyes can you find the blue water, and only then can I breathe and swim freely."

"My father and the ministers forced me to marry the crown princess, but don't worry, when I become the emperor, I will make you the queen!"

“......”

Li Chengqian said to himself, and said....... I don't know when I fell asleep.

......

Inside the Imperial Palace, the Hall of Manna

The conquest of Goguryeo was imperative.

Today, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng, Li Jing, Li Daozong, Wei Chi Jingde, Li Ke and other civil officials, as well as officials related to the expedition such as the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry were summoned to the palace for discussion.

Li Jing stood up and said, "Your Majesty, in addition to money and food, there is one more thing, even if that kind of steel crossbow can be mass-produced?" ”

"Yes, if it can be like a divine weapon, my Datang sergeant doesn't know how many people die less!"

"And the kind of bottles and black balls that can be thrown out and can suddenly burn, can you also make a batch?" Li Ke also said.

Several people said one after another.

Li Shimin coughed when he heard this, and asked, "Where is Duan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry?" Did you develop something that you saw last time? ”

Duan Lun swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers are incompetent...... The steel is too brittle to make a crossbow! ”

"Didn't you go and see the stove? How could it not be made? When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately became angry.

When Qin Shou went south to Huaishui, he specially asked Baiqi Division to quietly arrange for people from the Ministry of Engineering to go to the stove to study for several days.

Outcome......

In the end, I even told myself that I didn't make it?

What do you want?

Duan Lun wiped the sweat on his head and said, "Your Majesty, can you find that master and give me some advice?" ”

Li Shimin glared at Duan Lun fiercely, so frightened that Duan Lun and several officials of the Ministry of Industry almost buried their heads in the soil.

The atmosphere was suddenly gloomy and could be watered.

Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji, and Wei Zheng again...... Waiting for a few people, at this time a few people were also looking at themselves, not squeaking.

What are you looking at me?

Li Shimin glanced at them, and only after a while did he grit his teeth and say, "Let's discuss this matter again!" ”

Wait for the next court

Li Shimin left the eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Zheng, and Li Ke behind.

"Just one thing, let's find a way to get Qin Shou's steel-making method out?"

The eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others nodded.

It is a matter of national fortune, and everyone is naturally duty-bound, but this matter sounds a little awkward.

The Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers partnered to pit a person, what kind of words did it say?

......

When everyone came to Qin Shou's house, they heard that Qin Shou had gone to Xishan.

"What are you doing in West Mountain?"

Gao Yang said: "I said that I was looking for a salt mine for my sister to treat lung disease or something......"

Li Shimin's eyes couldn't help but soften, "I forgot that there is still this stubble, but he has this filial piety." ”

"Let's go, let's go to Xishan too!"

.......

Out of Chang'an City, more than ten miles to the west, is the so-called West Mountain, that is, the land of salt mines mentioned by his father-in-law, but when he looked at the place, Qin Shou couldn't help but want to curse.

Nima ...... Where is this salt mine, isn't this a brine salt?

This is the little salt well!

How can this give a mother-in-law and sister-in-law salt mine treatment?

Do you put people in wells?

was about to go home, but happened to run into Li Shimin and them, and couldn't help complaining to his father-in-law.

At this moment, Li Shimin finally understood that the salt mine that Qin Shou said was stone salt, not brine salt.

Yun Rui knew a lot about this place, and couldn't help but say: "That thing has it, it's on a few mountains not far from here, and no one wants it!" ”

"Really? Take me to see it! ”

Qin Shou was stunned, and then remembered that at this time, everyone was still eating green salt from the salt well, not refined salt.

When he arrived at the place, Qin Shou couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the scene in front of him: "What a good thing, how much should it be sold if it can be made into refined salt?" It is with this salt that we will not have to worry about eating and drinking in this life."

"It's a pity...... We are not enough! ”

Well?

The speaker has no intention, but the hearer has a heart.

The faces of the monarchs and ministers changed suddenly, and only the Adam's apple was rolling.

Li Shimin pursed his lips and asked Qin Shoudao, "What do you mean..... These things can be made into edible salt, refined salt? ”

Qin Shou said indifferently: "Of course, the salt you eat is the same as the salt you eat at home." ”

At this moment, Li Shimin and other monarchs and ministers have completely changed.

Eldest Sun Wuji's eyes flickered, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva to confirm again: "Is there really a way?" ”

Qin Shou glanced at him, "How does the refined salt I gave you taste like before?" ”

Everyone nodded hurriedly, and said that it didn't taste good.

Qin Shou continued: "With the same method, the salt in this salt mine can be made into refined salt with the same taste. ”

At this time, the monarchs and ministers completely lost their souls, and looked at the surrounding mountains with bright eyes.

Can stone salt be made into refined salt?

Isn't there so much on the mountain.......

I'm dripping!

I can't imagine!

It happened that there was a hole in the mountain, and Qin Shou didn't bother to explain it to them, but went in to check if he could treat his mother-in-law with a salt mine.

When he came out, he found that his father-in-law was still in a daze, and couldn't help patting Li Ke and saying, "Third brother, we estimate that we have to pick up this place, dig it in again, and it is best to buy this place." ”

"Coincidentally, this piece of land is all saline-alkali land, so it shouldn't cost too much money!"

Li Ke reacted suddenly, and said in a loud voice: "Buy, buy....... A must buy!

If it is really as Qin Shou said, if you buy it, you earn it.

Li Ke pulled his hair even harder,

It's horrible!

Taking advantage of Qin Shou's opportunity to go to see other salt caves, Li Shimin pulled the eldest grandson Wuji and asked, "I asked Chong'er to go to Qin Shou to learn things before, but can I learn this method of making salt?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but be stunned, and then said bitterly: "I haven't heard him mention ......"

Li Shimin's face suddenly darkened.

......

On the way back

Qin Shou's carriage was in front

Li Shimin and the other monarchs and ministers were in the back, and everyone watched Qin Shou walk slower and slower with burning eyes, and each other's hearts were turning over the river and the sea.

Salt!

This is hard currency that is "harder" than money!

In Li Shimin's eyes, if what Qin Shou said was true, its significance was even greater than the conquest of Goguryeo.

So much so that the monarchs and ministers completely forgot what the purpose of their coming was.

After entering Chang'an City, Li Shimin did not follow Qin Shou back, but returned to the Ganlu Hall with a few people.

"Today you have also heard that stone salt can be made into refined salt."

"I allow you to buy the land of stone salt, but you must report it to the imperial court, and divide it specifically, and when you get the method of making salt, we will discuss the matter of sharing."

“......”

The rest of the people couldn't listen to it.

There are a few words lingering in their minds: stone salt can be made into refined salt!

What is this?

Wealth, the wealth of the sky!

So, at this point, they are all going crazy.

Li Shimin finally finished speaking, picked up a cup of tea, and prepared to take a sip.

As a result, everyone "hula" saluted neatly: "Wait, wait, retire!" ”

"Uh......" The corners of Li Shimin's mouth twitched, and his hand holding the tea trembled.

Boy!

What are you doing here? Turning your face is faster than turning a book!

Is it in such a hurry?

It's just not a thing!

His face twitched, but he finally waved his hand to let everyone leave.

Before everyone left the main hall, they were very regular, and when they got out of the temple gate, they ran away.

I can't wait to take three steps in one step.

Li Shimin heard the footsteps, and his face became even more pale.

He asked the eunuch who was in charge of the money on the side, "How much money can I still take out of my inner treasury?" ”

"Not much....... It's only 5,000 times! ”

"Five thousand? So little? Li Shimin frowned, his face was ugly to death.

Suddenly, Yun Rui saluted and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a little money, can he buy the land of stone salt?" ”

"How much money can you have?" Li Shimin said disapprerovitically.

"Ten thousand...... No, if you make it up, you can make up 20,000 yuan! Yunrui gritted his teeth and said.

"How much?" Li Shimin raised his head suddenly when he heard this.

You call this a little money?