Xiao Yu smiled and said, "As Lord Liu said, the third article will be invalidated directly. But we will ask for 200,000 stone for grain and grass, and 80,000 taels for gold. As for the war horses, since Lord Liu said that there are not so many war horses in Guanzhong. Well, Xia Guan knows that there is a horse farm in Lantian County, and we want the 200,000 horses in Lantian Horse Farm. ”

"What, this...

Liu Wenjing exclaimed, he never thought that Yang Gao had such a big appetite, this was clearly planning to build a horse farm in the south!

The corners of Xiao Yu's mouth raised slightly, "What, Lord Liu, although the number of my conditions has doubled, I am afraid that there are less than 50,000 of these 200,000 horses that are truly strong and available!" ”

Liu Wenjing snorted coldly with disdain in his heart, he wanted to scold people when he said this, although there are not many of these 200,000 horses that can go to the battlefield, but they can produce horses continuously, and the real effect is more terrible than 100,000 war horses!

After a pause, Liu Wenjing said: "Lord Xiao, 150,000 stones of grain and grass, 50,000 taels of gold, this is the limit of what I can take, I can't add more!" ”

Xiao Yu lowered his head and thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, deal!" ”

Seeing Xiao Yu relieved, Liu Wenjing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Lord Xiao, can the 200,000 horses in Lantian Racecourse be discussed again?" ”

"No way!" Xiao Yu said in an unquestionable tone: "The 200,000 horses in Lantian Racecourse are also the bottom line of my dynasty, and they can't be reduced any longer!" ”

Liu Wenjing shook her head helplessly and said, "Lord Xiao, I have no right to deal with this matter, and I still need to ask our Emperor His Majesty, I hope you will give me a few days." ”

Xiao Yu nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, then please ask Lord Liu to come and discuss with me after the Tang Emperor is finished." ”

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Liu Wenjing's eagle letter soon appeared on Li Yuan's desk. After reading Liu Wenjing's eagle letter, Li Yuan frowned and fell into deep thought. As an emperor, of course he knew the intention of Yang Gao's move. Throughout the ages, the southern expedition to the north was difficult, Zhuge Liang six out of Qishan, the Eastern Jin Dynasty Hengwen, Zu Ti and others' northern expedition ended in failure, a very important reason is that their troops have no cavalry, lack of mobility, combat effectiveness is much worse than the northern army.

But Li Jiancheng and Pei Lin had to redeem again, one of these two people is the crown prince and the other is Xiangguo, which is related to the face of the Tang Dynasty, and it is absolutely not allowed to be in the hands of the enemy dynasty all the time.

"Your Majesty, the crown princess is asking to see you outside!"

Just as Li Yuan was thinking about the pros and cons of this matter in his heart, Wei Zhongxian walked into the hall and said in a low voice.

Li Yuan opened his eyes and shook his head helplessly, "No, tell her, I'm busy!" ”

"Yes!"

Wei Zhongxian bent down and arched his hand, and slowly withdrew from the main hall.

Outside the main hall, the crown princess Zheng Guanyin was anxiously pacing back and forth.

Zheng Guanyin was born in Xingyang Zheng's family, married Li Jiancheng in ten years of great cause, and it has been five years since then. After Li Jiancheng was captured in Shangyong, this woman felt that her sky had fallen halfway, if it weren't for the advice and enlightenment of his uncle and brothers and the officials of the prince's mansion, His Majesty the Emperor would have rescued His Royal Highness the crown prince no matter what, I'm afraid she would have found a short-term sight.

Today, she learned from the eyeliner in the palace that Liu Wenjing had an eagle letter from the peace envoy, and immediately entered the palace to see the driver, wanting to know her husband's current situation.

"Father-in-law Wei, is my father willing to see me?"

As soon as he saw Wei Zhongxian coming out of the main hall, Zheng Guanyin hurriedly stepped forward and asked anxiously.

Wei Zhongxian shook his head and said, "Crown Princess, Your Majesty is very busy now, and I really don't have time to meet you, so you better go back!" ”

"This..." Zheng Guanyin said unwillingly, "Father-in-law Wei, please help me out!" ”

Wei Zhongxian sighed and said helplessly: "Niangniang, Your Majesty is now worried about the affairs of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and your entry will only make him more annoyed, so you better go back!" ”

After Zheng Guanyin listened to Wei Zhongxian's words, his brain suddenly turned blank, and he didn't know how he returned to the Prince's Mansion. Wei Zhongxian's words have been lingering in her ears, although she does not have a good political mind, but she still understands Wei Zhongxian's words, the saint is worried about His Royal Highness the Prince, which shows that the Sui Dynasty's offer is too high, so will the father give up His Royal Highness the Prince?

After returning to the prince's mansion, Zheng Guanyin quickly recruited Li Jiancheng's confidant official Prince Zhongyun Wang Qi.

After listening to Zheng Guanyin's statement, Wang Jue's face was also solemn. After a long time, he spoke: "Niangniang, there is no good way for Weichen to do this, but Weichen recently got acquainted with a new person, named Liu Zhiyuan." This man is a man of great wisdom and a unique vision, and he may have some clever plan! ”

"Then hurry up and invite him!" Zheng Guanyin is a woman and a Taoist family, and she has no opinions at all, and after listening to Wang Jue's words, she also asked Wang Jue to invite people as a dead horse.

More than half an hour later, Liu Zhiyuan, dressed in cloth and one-handed and one-armed, walked into the prince's mansion under the guidance of Wang Qi and met the crown princess Zheng Guanyin.

After Liu Zhiyuan fled from Jiangnan to Guanzhong, he carefully analyzed the situation in Guanzhong, and he believed that Li Tang's current forces were divided into three branches: Li Yuan's descendant Conglong faction, Li Shimin's Qin Wang Party, and Li Jiancheng's prince's army.

After thinking about it, he thought that he was an outsider, and it was impossible for him to become Li Yuan's descendant. Although Li Shimin, the king of Qin, can fight well, his subordinates are full of talents, and it may be difficult for him to defect and want to get ahead, after all, Liu Zhiyuan is also a figure who is unwilling to be subordinate.

Therefore, Liu Zhiyuan's candidate for defection is only the prince Li Jiancheng, because of the defeat of Jingxiang, the prince's mansion will die a lot, as the so-called scarce is expensive, Liu Zhiyuan believes that it will be much easier for him to defect to Li Jiancheng and climb backwards.

After Zheng Guanyin saw Liu Zhiyuan, he repeated the previous incident again, and said with a crying voice: "Mr. Liu, Lord Wang said that you are resourceful, and it is up to you whether you can save His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Liu Zhiyuan pondered for a long time, and said: "Don't panic, the crown princess, since Your Majesty is worried about this matter, it means that Your Majesty is still thinking about it, at least it means that he can redeem His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"What Mr. Liu said is extremely true!" Zheng Guanyin nodded desperately, as if he saw a glimmer of light.

Liu Zhiyuan continued: "But Your Majesty is worried, it means that the Sui Dynasty's requirements are too high, and Your Majesty feels that it is too much of a loss, so it will be annoying!" Emperor Yang Gao of the Sui Dynasty is far away in Jiangdu, we have no way to let him loosen his mouth, and if we want to save His Royal Highness the Prince, we can only start from His Majesty's side and let him loosen his mouth and agree to the request of the Sui Dynasty. ”

Zheng Guanyin said with a bitter face: "But how could my father listen to my daughter-in-law's words? ”

Liu Zhiyuan smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Niangniang, the grass people have already figured out what method to use to persuade Your Majesty!" ”