In Chang'an City, there has been a lot of trouble for more than two months, and there has been no movement at all about His Majesty's patrol.

At this time, Li Shimin specially edicted Chen Zhengtai into the palace!

Seeing Chen Zhengtai, Li Shimin hesitated.

Chen Zhengtai was silent for a long time, and had to speak first: "Your Majesty......"

Li Shimin suddenly came back to his senses and smiled at him: "Before, I thought that the person you were talking about was Pei Lian, but now it seems that I think badly. ”

"Your Majesty means ......" Chen Zhengtai looked at Li Shimin in confusion.

Li Shimin said: "I announced to the outside world that I would patrol Shuofang, ostensibly guarded by 20,000 soldiers and horses. But behind his back, he ordered Pei Lin to prepare rations for 3,000 men and horses. Do you know why? ”

Chen Zhengtai actually thought about some possibilities, but there was no conclusive evidence for these things after all, so he simply didn't think about it, so he subconsciously said: "Your Majesty's move wants to lure the snake out of the hole. Now that he wants to go to Shuofang with great fanfare, the opposition from the DPRK and China is very great, so His Majesty wants to create an illusion for Pei Lian, that is, His Majesty may be on a private patrol, so he only needs to take 3,000 elite soldiers out of the customs. Therefore, His Majesty secretly mobilized 3,000 people to the border town, and he looked like he lived in a simple place, which made him mistakenly think that His Majesty's fanfare patrol was fake, but the real purpose was to patrol the desert privately like Yangzhou at the beginning. ”

Li Shimin bowed his head: "Exactly, this is a secret decree, only I and you, as well as Zhang Qian, and then Pei Lin knows." I'm thinking, if Pei Lin is really the person you said, then ...... If I go out of the customs in secret and are captured by one of his people, won't this person be able to make great profits again? You Chen Zhengtai rebuilt Shuo Fang, can make him like a fish in his throat, and over the years, the world has begun to rule, and sooner or later he will sweep through the desert, and he may even be aware of Pei Lian's guilt, how can he not be like a fish in his throat to me? So on the one hand, I made such a feint, making it look like I had actually secretly gone out, and on the other hand, I ordered a hundred horsemen to investigate, but ...... So far, the Hu people have not moved at all, Zhengtai, it seems that you and I are thinking about it, at least Pei Qing's family is absolutely impossible, these days, he is still as usual, lifting the cage and teasing the birds every day, the days are very ordinary, he is old, it is time to take care of his old age. ”

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Yes, at the beginning, Erchen was also suspicious of him, but now it seems that it may have been a misunderstanding." It's just that...... If not him, who could it be? ”

"Anyone is possible." Li Shimin said with a serious expression: "Even your Chen family can't get out of the relationship." ”

Why did he mention his family again, Chen Zhengtai said that he was very wronged!

Seeing Chen Zhengtai's sad face and wailing again, Li Shimin immediately pressed his hand and said, "Of course, I haven't found this person yet." It's just that...... I have made an order, saying that I will patrol the Shuofang, and since I have opened the Chrysostom, how can I not go? I thought about it, but I should go. It's just that now that people in the world are very opposed, it is indeed not appropriate to make a big fanfare. The prince's place, I have already greeted him, so I will naturally make him supervise the country, and I will go to Shuofang to see it in a few days and then return, and there is no need to mobilize the people. ”

Chen Zhengtai was worried, so he couldn't help but say: "In the grassland, it is indeed dangerous. ”

Li Shimin laughed and said, "What is this? Do you know that when I first came to the battle, I always brought only a few servants to close to the enemy's camp to observe the enemy's situation? Who can hurt me in this world? As long as I sit on a horse, I am an enemy of all people, and you don't have to worry too much. ”

When others say this kind of thing, it can be called bragging, or empty-sighted.

But when Li Shimin said it, he didn't have the slightest sense of disobedience.

Chen Zhengtai couldn't say anything anymore, after all, he was just a mortal, and he didn't understand his father-in-law's affairs, and he couldn't stop what his father-in-law wanted to do!

At this time, Chang'an City has gathered a lot of people, everyone is talking, in fact, from all walks of life, first came to Chang'an, most of them are excited, thinking that next year's spring will be the imperial examination, and at that time, with their own splendid articles, they will become famous all over the world, which is almost the dream of every reader.

For Chang'an City, they feel that everything is new, of course...... Arrogant readers, there will inevitably be a lot of discussions, everyone calls friends, makes friends with each other, and soon mingles!

When I came to Chang'an, I learned about the University Hall, and I was shocked by the strength of the University Hall, but I couldn't help but feel jealous in my heart, but deep down, they thought that reading should not be like the University Hall...... It's a bit too utilitarian.

It is also strange to say that the most elusive thing about human temperament is that it is clear that all living beings are busy for fame and fortune, and some people travel thousands of miles to rush for the imperial examination, studying day and night. There are also people who sweat like rain in order to do business, and they must compare baht. But the more so, such people like to say that they don't want fame and fortune, and reprimand others for being utilitarian. Or they boast that they don't love money, and they look like they are above the others.

Fame and fortune are occupied by such people, so they inevitably have to flaunt something, not only the benefits they deserve, they can't miss anything, but at the same time, they also have to occupy the moral high ground.

Just when the people were talking about it.

Li Shimin had already taken hundreds of iron horsemen, divided into three roads, and walked out of the palace city in a clear and simple manner, and then ...... He arrived at Erpigou.

Erpigou than the previous place, a little more fireworks, here walking, most of them are businessmen and craftsmen, the people in the past are in a hurry, do not want to do more to stay, even the pace of people walking here, are obviously much faster than the people in Chang'an.

At this time, it is still the time to go to work, so there are few pedestrians on the street, but many construction sites in the distance are noisy, leaning on the university hall, and the mansions are being built and dusty.

To a certain extent, in Li Shimin's view, compared with Chang'an City, this place is not suitable for human survival, there is too much dust, but there are still people flocking here, and it seems that they want to find their own way out in this land.

Li Shimin sat in the carriage, watching the scene on the street intently, while Zhang Qian sat in the corner of the carriage, serving full-time.

Suddenly, Li Shimin said: "I don't know how this wooden rail is laid." ”

Zhang Qian said respectfully: "I heard that the slave has been paved for hundreds of miles. It is said that they were built in sections, tens of thousands of people, and they went hand in hand! There is a steady stream of timber production here, and a steady stream of paving roads there, and the progress is very fast, but I have heard that the cost is very huge, and every day it is like throwing money into the water. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Yes, so much money!" This is nearly a million yuan, and the entire imperial court, the money and food for raising soldiers for a year, is nothing more than that. CHINT has always acted like this, and it has been in full swing...... He was still young, he didn't know the preciousness of money, he was extravagant, and in the end, it was too easy to make money. ”

As soon as it was said that it was too easy to make money, Li Shimin couldn't help but pantothenic acid in his heart, and finally shook his head with a wry smile.

Zhang Qian glanced at Li Shimin cautiously, and then followed Li Shimin's words: "This is true, in fact, the slave really can't figure out what the use of this wooden rail is, saying that it can walk on the top, but on this road, can't you take the carriage and horses?" It's really redundant, the slave doesn't want to speak ill of the colt, it's really ...... It's so distressing to watch this kind of money! Since His Majesty ascended the throne, the Tang Dynasty has been in ruins, and it is the time to use money, where is this money not good......"

Li Shimin lowered his face and said, "Okay, don't say it again." ”

Zhang Qian trembled and hurriedly said: "The slave is dead." ”

Li Shimin stiffened his face for a long time, he felt that what Zhang Qian, this guy, said was quite a bit of a fuel on fire, which made him instinctively annoyed.

But if you think about it, Zhang Qian's words make sense.

The road that could have been walked, but I had to lay wooden tracks on the road, was it enough to be fed and supported?

It's not like that's how money is wasted!

At the beginning, Li Shimin felt distressed, and now that the old things are brought up again, it makes him a little unhappy.

Li Shimin was depressed, but soon joined Chen Zhengtai.

Chen Zhengtai has already prepared his outfits, but in fact, he is also full of expectations for Shuo Fang.

After all, for this place, he spent a lot of energy, manpower, and material resources, not to mention this Shuo Fang...... But in the future of the Chen family, thousands of years later, people's impression of Mengjin Chen may no longer be Mengjin, but Shuofang Chen.

Chen Zhengtai has laid a future for the entire Chen family, the family and the country are all over the world, if a person is only dedicated to the country and the people, and is out of low-level interests, this is also a bit too much, people must have a public heart, but they also need to have selfish desires! It's just that...... Chen Zhengtai tried his best to tie the future of the family with the future of the world.

After investing so much in Shuofang, Chen Zhengtai naturally wanted to take a look.

So, Chen Zhengtai and Li Shimin met, and the monarch and ministers did not have too many greetings, Chen Zhengtai directly led the people and arrived at a temporary station non-stop.

The station was built specifically for wooden tracks.

Then let people unload Li Shimin's luggage, which was a lot, hundreds of guards, plus Li Shimin's daily necessities, as much as 30,000 catties, and more than 70 vehicles were loaded.

The laborers unloaded their goods and began to load them onto the horses parked on the wooden rails.

Li Shimin got down from the four-wheeled carriage and stood on the platform, he saw the wooden rails laid on the ground, and saw that on these wooden rails, there were special carriages parked one after another, because they were only loading goods, so they had not yet been put on the horses, and each carriage was a four-wheeled structure, and the volume of the carriages was quite large.

Laborers are desperately loading the goods in.

It's just that...... Li Shimin didn't have the slightest interest in the wooden rail, but he also found something unusual, so he said: "Zhengtai." ”

"The son is here." Chen Zhengtai responded with a smile.

Li Shimin said strangely: "Pretending so much? ”

His so-called many, in fact, makes sense.

The previous 30,000 catties of packing were still so difficult, but these laborers did not care about the weight at all, and the goods that should have been loaded in seventy cars were actually stacked up in only ten cars, which was obviously a bit unbelievable for Li Shimin.

The goods loaded in the previous seven cars were loaded on such a car, okay?

"Is this horse worth eating?" Li Shimin couldn't help but ask!

That's true.

Horses are loaded, and Li Shimin certainly knows that Chen Zhengtai's four-wheeled carriage does carry a lot more weight, but now ...... It's too much.

Chen Zhengtai said confidently: "Your Majesty, rest assured, this is all a trivial matter, and you will know it then, so please ask Your Majesty to board the car first." ”

Zhang Qian was looking around, His Majesty came with more than 100 guards, but Zhang Qian was more relieved before, because he knew that Chen Zhengtai would also accompany him this time, outside this pass, it was the territory of the Chen family, and Chen Zhengtai had to arrange hundreds of thousands of guards to accompany him to protect.

But looking at Chen Zhengtai's appearance now, it seems that only him, Xue Rengui and a dozen guards came over, and then there were some grooms.

That's not quite right, right?

He opened his mouth to say something.

Chen Zhengtai has already introduced Li Shimin into a huge carriage!

I saw that in this carriage, the area is not small, it is enough to accommodate more than a dozen people, and it is specially furnished, surrounded by wooden walls, blankets on the ground, and fixed tables and chairs in the carriage, which are also ready-made, looking at people feel neat and comfortable!

Just look at the appearance of this big cart, put it in other places, I'm afraid that there are no five or six horses, and I don't want to pull it.

Li Shimin walked in, his eyes turned around in this carriage, and he felt that it was extremely spacious, and he couldn't help but say, "I still want to ride a horse and hurry." ”

Chen Zhengtai smiled and said: "Here, it is more comfortable than a horse, and the speed is not slow." ”

Li Shimin sat down, someone had already served him tea, he took a sip of tea, but said, "When will it be done?" ”

"Right now." Chen Zhengtai immediately said: "Your Majesty wait for a while, son...... Then he went and commanded. ”

Li Shimin bowed his head, feeling that this trip was a little fast.

People and horses are not machines, and because of this, any long-distance trip requires complete preparation!

Li Shimin was born as a soldier, so he naturally knew the truth that the soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first. Because both men and horses need to eat and drink, food, clothing, shelter and transportation along the way must be prepared in advance.

But when I got to Chen Zhengtai, the thousands of miles out of the customs looked like going out of the city.

Li Shimin is a calm person, although he is suspicious in his heart, but he did not immediately raise his own questions, just drinking tea while waiting to see what Chen Zhengtai wants to do.

Zhang Qian, who was on the side, couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks this is not safe, do you want to promote Chen Yuma, otherwise it will ......"

Li Shimin said calmly: "Let's take a look again." ”

"Whoa." Zhang Qian didn't dare to say anything more, he had already made His Majesty unhappy, for fear that His Majesty would be angry with him again, so he had to laugh: "Then ...... Look again. ”